Chapter 429: A Test

Maya covered her mouth with her hand, having a hard time suppressing her shock. What Auric had just made was groundbreaking.

She would be shocked to death if she knew what Auric was planning to do with the gathering technique.

After all, he had developed a technique to increase one’s talent. After that, he created a technique to gather energy for them, and he added this magic weapon into the mix.

Basically, anyone with Auric’s sponsorship would have become a genius who could simply hide for years and suddenly come out as a powerhouse.

And he accomplished it within a few months after his awakening?

Of course, something like this wasn’t unprecedented, mostly in the scientific field.

One theory was discovered, allowing scientists to find other theories.

Auric merely took advantage of his ability to see the particles within the magic energy.

Of course, he owed Lindwurm for assisting him from the beginning. Lindwurm’s knowledge surely came from his father.

’Isn’t this good? Because of the idea of the Element Breathing Technique, I might not need to put the magic items into the Sun Store. Instead, I can just sell this at the Night and Day Store.

’At this point, I’m wondering if I should start changing the Night and Day Store to Genius Evolution Store?’

"Do you want my honest opinion?"

’Yeah?’

"If you name it the Genius Evolution Store, people will think of you as narcissistic. They will think you are the genius in that, not the one creating geniuses!"

’But that’s not the intention...’

"It doesn’t matter. Even if you build brand awareness, people will still think that way. Well, you may not particularly care, but it’ll be fine to sell the magic items, but you can hold off on the idea of changing the store’s name."

’Right? Night and day I think that the Night and Day Store is still good...’

Lindwurm crossed his arms and sighed.

Meanwhile, Maya walked toward him and asked, "Auric... Do you know what you’ve just done?"

"Yes." Auric nodded. "For the time being, I will be handling this kind of work for the ones close to me. It’s also good for the prototypes. Once I get the hang of it, I will probably start taking orders from others. It won’t be like a public request or something. Maybe I will just introduce it to someone who needs a weapon as a special service."

"No, no, no. That won’t matter. If this kind of weapon is out in the street, people will come at you with guns blazing."

"It’ll be fine." Auric smiled.

"Well, if you say so." Maya let out a long sigh. She was just worried because Auric might become the target. He was already a target like the Sun and the Moon, so if people knew about this as well, she couldn’t imagine what would happen.

Supervisor Jacob was trembling in fear.

’The ability to heal my injuries... and even these magic items or magic weapons...’ Supervisor Jacob felt chills down his spine. ’If he continues to grow like this, how terrifying will he become in the future?’

Ellia couldn’t help but ask, "So, this magic weapon... How do I get something like this? One billion? Ten billion? A hundred billion?!"

"Calm down, calm down!" Auric sighed. "I am not a blacksmith, so I won’t be the one to make the weapon. I will just commission it, or the customers will be the ones to bring the weapon to me. I will modify the weapons and turn them into magic weapons. There are many magic items in the market already, so I’m not going to sell the same thing."

"So, that means if I leave this sword with you, I can have something like that?" Ellia took out her own sword.

"Calm down!" Auric understood Ellia’s eagerness to get this weapon. Unlike the others, she focused her fighting style on her weapon. In other words, her ability would increase significantly more than the others’ abilities would if she got a magic weapon.

"In any case, I haven’t finished the design yet. Even my closest friends won’t get the prototypes just yet. I need to finish it so that no one can steal it whether accidentally or intentionally. So..." Auric grabbed the pistol and assault rifle before walking over to Maya.

Maya knew she had to give it back since he only made the right glove.

"...I will bring these back for the time being and discuss them with you once I finish with the design. In any case, the magic weapons will be the ones amplifying your power, so the kinds of weapons don’t really matter. In fact, a wand might become popular pretty soon. You know, for an elementalist like me, except it’s less practical."

Auric walked back. "So, no discussion about it. I will tell you when I’m ready. For now, just think of what you want first or maybe prepare the weapons first so that I can work on them once I finish my design."

Auric hurriedly escaped.

"..." Stella was a bit speechless. After knowing Auric as the Sun and the Moon, she thought she wouldn’t be shocked anymore no matter what Auric pulled out later.

It turned out she was wrong. Stella just looked at Katarina, who had a smug smile. "First time?"

Katarina nonchalantly walked back inside.

Stella just sighed as Katarina placed her hand on her shoulder and they walked back together.

Ellia was already following Auric closely as if she was tailing him.

Maya scratched the back of her head, not knowing what to do with him.

"This... I don’t even know what to report about this." Supervisor Jacob sucked in a cold breath.

"If you report it, he will probably feel disappointed."

"What are you talking about? You see something like this and not report it?"

"I heard Chief Lucas from the Evolution Association also withheld some information to protect Auric’s privacy. I don’t exactly want to say this, but it might be a test. He allowed you to see this with your own eyes to see what you would do.

"Report it. Then that means a negative perspective about you and this country. At that time, he might even leave the country entirely because of that." Maya shrugged.

"If he can’t be controlled, then he’s a national security risk. Leaving the country?" Supervisor Jacob frowned. "After everything the country did to protect him?"

"What did the country do to protect him, exactly?" Maya asked in a serious tone. "Assigning you to protect him during the training program? The fact that the country didn’t even fight for him and chose to settle with Dermania puts you in the negative.

"The one protecting him all this time was Chief Lucas. Well, the mayor of this city also did something good, but the provincial governor withdrew the support he had promised.

"So, yeah... What else? Oh, wait. There was also the matter of the military and the fact that the government was trying to make a fuss about the hunting event.

"Tell me, what exactly had the country done for him? You are still in the negative in my perspective." Maya shook her head. "Don’t tell me about national security bullshit. I know better as an adjudicator."

"We protected his information."

"That was just you not wanting his information to be known by other countries so that they could recruit him."

"We gave a lot of things."

"You’re talking about the rewards? The rewards he earned himself?" Maya sneered and walked back. "I’m just telling this because my grandfather respects you. This is probably just a test. If you give him another reason not to trust the country... Heh?"

Maya waved her hand while saying, "You can try to treat him like a national security risk or something. Even if I don’t do anything, you will probably regret it. Ah, by the way, you really need to try to kill me if that’s the case, because I’ll definitely be by his side. You can go away now. No need to go back to the store."

Maya truly believed that if Auric wanted to leave the country, no one would be able to stop him. He had easily made Dermania regret its actions by using the Moon Store. The only problem would be how big the damage Auric would do if he ended up leaving the country.

Auric had a mother who could regrow limbs and revive people. His father was even more mysterious when it came to that unique element.

If Auric was truly being chased down by an entire country, his father would definitely have a way out for him.

In fact, Auric already knew about the way out. There was one last assurance in case the country was really coming to kill him. It was none other than his student, Joker.

That was why Auric actually allowed Supervisor Jacob to witness the magic items.

In the end, Supervisor Jacob owed him for healing him. If, despite that favor, he chose to report him, that would become the biggest reason he would leave the country.

After all, Auric no longer had his second mother. His father was already roaming around the world, and no one could find him.

He could easily reopen the Night and Day Store anywhere he wanted. While he didn’t want special treatment to grow stronger properly, it didn’t mean there wouldn’t be any way to actually do him a favor. After all, he just didn’t want the special treatment related to his growth such as protection. They could still give him special treatment like access or other privileges.

For him, this so-called protection could also be considered ’monitoring.’

Auric just wanted to focus on something he wanted to do without ’this’ and ’that.’ He knew not to do something bad, as it became the only thing in his mother’s bucket list that never got fulfilled.

With Auric’s equivalent exchange principle, it was quite easy to figure out what he would do.