CHAPTER 90: TRAINING FACILITY

On his way back, Nash returned to the Black Willow Shelter.

Setting up a stall, he met some familiar faces, from Aspen to other customers who had bid at his stall yesterday.

"Boss Nash, do you have the herb?"

"I prepared it for you." Nash smiled, selling all the mature Marshwort he had gathered.

"It’s good, I’ll come to you tomorrow at the same time." Aspen smiled, satisfied with the transaction.

Looking at the other customers, Nash sold the rest of the herbs at a 20% premium price.

As for his agreement with the Verdant Group, one, he planned to sell the rare herbs himself; second, their purchase contract still hadn’t arrived.

Even the basic pharmaceutical book and herb encyclopedia that they promised were still missing.

After selling all his herbs, Nash offloaded the remaining items and loot drops to the official shelter store.

In total, between the 1,500 merits from hunting, herb sales, and drops, he earned about 6,000 merit points.

This was already three times more than what he used to make in the Silver Forest.

It seemed moving to a new shelter had been the right call.

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Seeing his time in the Dark Plane had ended, Nash returned to reality and began working through a pile of documents.

While his body worked autonomously, he optimized the Basic Governance runic program, integrating his plan to turn the Eastdam State into Earth’s primary food hub.

Soon after, it was time to tutor William.

"Boss, you came! I thought you’d ditch me again!"

"How could I? I’ve just had a lot going on lately."

His schedule had been completely packed these days.

"Haha, just don’t forget about me, Boss."

"Alright, enough chit-chat. Let’s start training."

Diving into three hours of intense training. By the end, William slumped to the ground.

"Huh~ finally done..."

"Not bad. Just a day or two and you could beat my Silver Wolf King simulation."

"Soon! I can finally join you, Boss!" William shouted excitedly, already dreaming of eating Nash’s cooking.

"Alright, see you tomorrow."

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Five days passed as Nash continued his daily routine.

During this time, he completed updating the [Combat Module System] for the combat response patterns to the Carrion Beetle.

With his current strength, he could now face swarms of over a thousand without issue.

He also uploaded data on other dark beasts. While not as detailed, the Auto Dodge runic program could still respond without errors.

As a result, his hunting efficiency skyrocketed, more than five times what it was before!

From 1,500 merit points, just yesterday alone, he earned over 7,500.

As for the herbs, without a storage device, he could only earn about 4-5,000 merits.

All in all, from nearly nothing, Nash’s total merits had shot up to 58,500.

This was by far the richest he’d been since entering the Dark Plane.

Just a few more days, and he could finally afford a storage device.

Meanwhile, William had also conquered every danger zone in the Lantern Shelter.

Using only his raw physical strength, he went on a slaughter spree that lasted three days and nights.

Baptized in blood and battle, William was finally ready for the bigger world.

Now, he was just waiting for confirmation from his family. Once that was done, he could join Nash in the Dark Willow Shelter.

At the latest, William should be able to accompany him on his mission tomorrow.

With him by his side, Nash had a life-saving talisman.

Even in a worst-case scenario, William’s background and protective treasures meant their lives wouldn’t be in danger.

Finishing his daily training, Nash headed to the new Training Facility.

"They should have finished setting it up by now."

Thinking of the advanced training equipment Camilla had sent over, Nash picked up his pace.

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Arriving at the training facility, Nash saw Michael and his students examining the neatly arranged equipment.

From rows of Basic Virtual Pods and Healing Chambers to Combat Suits and Advanced Sparring Bots, the facility’s opening alone was impressive.

"Chancellor Nash, you’re here!"

"Hmm. Can you tell me more about the advanced equipment here?" Nash asked.

Although he had helped transport the equipment, he had only looked at it roughly.

Aside from his occasional visits, he didn’t know much about the details.

"Then allow me to introduce the facility, Chancellor Nash," Michael said with a smile, gesturing for Nash to follow him inside.

"First, we have these Basic Virtual Pods. According to the manual, not only can they keep someone in the virtual world for days without issues, but they also allow access to the Dark Plane."

"Oh? These pods must be more advanced than the one I’m using," Nash replied.

While his own Dark Virtual Pod allowed access to the Dark Plane, it required nutritional supplements for extended use and couldn’t sustain him for days at a time.

Seeing that there were thirty of them, Nash decided to reserve five for his residence, so Amber and the others could train as well.

"Next are the Healing Pods. After testing them earlier, we found they amplify the effects of healing solutions up to three times. Even a mid-grade potion is enough to heal most injuries of a void warrior."

"Then we have these Combat Suits, it’s a modular suit that can simulate the defensive capabilities of equipment ranging from D5 to S-Class."

"And finally, these Advanced Combat Bots. They come preloaded with a wide range of martial modules and have strength equivalent to three times that of a peak Void Warrior."

"They’re ideal for sparring. The only downside is they require Void Crystals for power," Michael said, sighing with reluctance.

He could already imagine how much it would cost to run these machines regularly.

"These sparring bots have strength equivalent to three times that of a peak Void Warrior?" Nash asked, stunned.

With ten Advanced Sparring Bots, each with strength equivalent to a warrior at 300% saturation rate, even a Void Commander would struggle.

These weren’t just sparring bots; they were war machines.

"How much energy would it take to activate them at full power?"