Chapter 1315: Switching Back

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    "...Whew."

    "Just in the nick of time."

    Soaring through the skies on the azure dragon he conjured, Valyr eventually let out a wide sigh of relief the moment he landed in the center of a forest clearing.

    Double checking to see whether or not the forest he landed in was a fair distance away from Daffors Village, the young man faintly nodded in satisfaction, only to then ask the system how much time he had left before [Soul Shift] went away on its own.

    With the system telling him that there were only about 3 hours before the skill deactivated by itself in response, the young man faintly nodded once more as he began to take things out of his spatial bracelet.

    Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

    "It''ll be a while before I''ll be to return to this identity of mine." Briefly staring at the pieces of equipment he brought out, a slightly wistful smile appeared on his face as he began to arrange the equipment according to their set.

    After checking that he brought out three sets of armor made for three different classes, he then went ahead and brought the sets of Basic Reinforcement Elixir he concocted, as well as the few skill books he bought along his way back.

    "Alright." Making sure that he hadn''t forgotten anything else to take out of his spatial bracelet, the young man took in a few deep breaths after that to calm himself down, only to then proceed with the process of switching back to his player identity.

    "[Soul Shift]."

    Whoosh!

    Having used the skill more than once at that point, Valyr was easily able to adjust to the sensation of having most of strength disappear in a matter of seconds.

    Doing a few basic movements to further acclimate himself once both his strength and appearance had fully shifted back to his player self, the young man went ahead and stowed away all of the items he brought out earlier into his spatial bracelet.

    After that, he began to head back to Daffors Village at the greatest speed he could muster, making full use of the absurdly high AGI he had for his current class rank.

    "Around 5 gold coins," replied Thomas after briefly checking their current surroundings.

    "We were only able to set aside around 3 gold coins each," said Lucques, his tone slightly apologetic.

    "3 gold coins is more than enough, actually," said Valyr in response, consoling the two with his words. "In fact, even 2 gold coins would have been enough money."

    "What''s the money for, exactly?" asked Thomas once more, getting the feeling that the young man had no choice but to tell them at that moment.

    Yet, Valyr still continued to avoid the question.

    "Follow me and I''ll tell you once we get there."

    Seeing as they already owed a lot to Valyr and were also curious as to what the young man had prepared for them, Thomas and the others pushed all the other thoughts in their head to the side for the meantime as they followed the young man out of the village.

    Around half an hour later, it was only after the four of them entered a small forest clearing did Valyr stop, causing the trio to fall to the ground as they furiously gasped for air. "What''s... the point... of bringing us... this far?" asked Thomas amidst his deep breaths, his gaze towards Valyr now containing a bit of annoyance.

    "Just wanted to be safe than sorry," said Valyr, ignoring the exhaustion the trio felt after continuously running for so long.

    Naturally, the annoyance on Thomas'' expression deepened once he took note of that, with

    some of it even turning into anger.

    However, once Valyr began to take out things from his spatial bracelet, the anger on the man''s face immediately disappeared.

    "Is that...?"

    "It is." Valyr nodded with a slight chuckle.

    "This is why I told you three to set some money aside."