Chapter 1289: Giving an Explanation

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    "What...?"

    "How in the...?"

    "...Damn."

    Unsurprisingly, after they saw SeventhShield look at Valyr''s status screen with immense shock on his face, Zack and the others allowed their curiosity to get the better of them as they took a look at it themselves.

    "200 points?" murmured Zack in disbelief, only to then look at the young man for answers. "You''re telling me that your lowest stat is around 200 points?"

    "I mean... you''re already looking at your answer," replied Valyr with a chuckle, highly amused by the four''s reactions. "The system wouldn''t lie, no?"

    "You know that''s not what I meant, right?" answered Zack back with a question of his own.

    "What I''m trying to say is..."

    With his expression containing both anticipation and curiosity, he asked Valyr what he felt like was the most important question to ask.

    "How did you get those stats in the first place?"

    "Oh, that''s simple," answered Valyr without hesitation, briefly causing shock to the four before looking at one another with excitement written all over their faces.

    However, once they heard the next words that left the young man''s mouth, the four glanced at each other as if they''d gotten a taste of horse shit.

    "Well, almost all of my stats come from elixirs, specifically ones that come directly from the Meltierre Empire," said the young man to them, enthusiastically explaining each step he took to get his hands on the elixirs.

    "Once you get to the Meltierre Empire, what you want to do is to make your way to the Meltierre Heavenly Court and befriend someone known as the Imperial Alchemist."

    "As long as your relationship with the Imperial Alchemist is close enough, you''ll be able to ask elixirs from them and they''ll give it to you without any strings attached."

    "...Does that answer your question?"

    "... You know, if you wanted to keep it a secret, you could just tell us that from the start, no?" said SeventhShield to Valyr after some time, letting out a faint sigh as he continued to ponder over the latter''s words.

    "Say, Ataraxia."

    "Hmm?"

    "If you don''t mind... could you join us for a run sometime in the future?"

    "Sure," replied Valyr with a smile, prompting SeventhShield and the others to smile back in return. "Just make sure to not invite someone like Darklight into the party next time."

    "I''ll make sure to do that," said SeventhShield in return, letting out a chuckle before he and the others finally bade farewell to Valyr.

    Ding!

    Watching the silhouettes of the four gradually disappear from his field of vision, the young man soon heard a notification go off in his mind, prompting him to take a look at what it was.

    Seeing that it was a message from SeventhShield, Valyr went ahead and opened it, only to feel a smile creep up on the edge of his lips after he was done reading.

    "I''m not sure what guild Darklight said exactly before he died, but if you''re fine with it, we could take a look into what it is."

    "As long as it doesn''t take up too much of your time," replied Valyr after pondering over it for a bit. "After all, this is a problem I brought unto myself."

    "Don''t worry. I''m sure it won''t take too long," wrote SeventhShield in his response. "Plus, it''s not like we could ignore something like that. After all, we feel a bit guilty for having you join our party in the first place."

    After exchanging a few more messages between the two of them, Valyr soon closed the screen he brought up with a slightly amused smile on his face.

    ''I wasn''t planning on showing my strength that way... but all''s well that ends well.'' Finally feeling like he''d taken a step to get closer to his final goal, the young man went ahead and made his way to the inn as a number of thoughts began to swirl in his mind.

    ''Well, aside from getting the drop from the Medium difficulty super-boss, I suppose the only thing I need to do before ascending is to solidify my foundation even further.''

    ''...I''ve already got more than enough stats to guarantee a good class. I could definitely say the

    same thing for my skills.''

    ''In that case... I guess it''s time to act on that idea I had, then.''

    ''Time to make use of the Records.''