The Mysterious Black Magician

The audience widened their eyes in surprise when Destroyer and his enemy started their match. The first 30 seconds, their battle seemed like a boring match. It was not as heated as Bob's match. The two used their strength and toughness. Destroyer summoned vines to bind his opponent. As he was a wood Elementalist defensive type, summoning vines and woods was easy for him.

Yet his enemy was also a defensive-type and an earth Elementalist. Whenever he tried to bind him, his enemy would summon a rock-hand and punch him below. He could even use an earth element to cover his two arms and increase his damage.

The two of them already received considerable damage from each other, but their health points that could be seen on the large monitor were still at 80% and above. It was the evidence that their vitality and endurance were not for show..

Although it was another blood-boiling battle like Bob's, it was easy to feel bored in it, especially that they already saw the same kind of action before it.

However, everyone was dumbfounded after a couple of seconds. Destroyer took something from his storage, it was a ring.

But Yman felt familiar with it. "An artefact…" Almina and the others glanced at him.

"Do you know about it, Yman?" Almina asked him.

"Yes, it is a common magical item in the empire," he said.

"E-Empire? Do you mean the Encantasia Empire?" Almina asked in haste.

Yman glanced at her and noticed that everyone was staring at him. He nodded in reply.

"How did you know about it? Have you been there before?" It was Maena who asked him this time.

"I am. In fact, I just came back from that place."

"..."

Suddenly, everyone fell silent. "W-What do you mean?" It was Almina who asked him. The expression on her face was both surprised and curious.

Yman blinked his eyes twice. "I mean, I went there after the fight against the demon…" he said.

Now that Yman mentioned it, he suddenly remembered Miss Pai's words. That he could get some benefits as his reward for being one of the people who defeated the demon. And it was not just a simple reward, it was truly a huge sum of money! He could become rich from it.

He also heard that the black magician could also get a 2% share. His total share then reached 5%! Though no one knew that he was the black magician. He could hardly believe it. If only it was not Miss Pai who said it, he would certainly not believe it.

Regardless, he needed a good plan for that money. If he spent it badly, his dream to become rich will probably just be an unreachable dream. Now that he had the source of income, next he needed a good plan. An investment might be a good move at this moment. But what kind? Well, it was not the right time to think about it.

"???"

Question marks floating above his head when he noticed the dumbfounded faces of the people around him.

"You went to the Encantasia empire?!" Almina and the others asked it at the same time. Yman doubted if it was a coincidence or if they practiced it. Regardless, he nodded in reply.

"Fufu, as expected of My Prince," Keremi who was silent the whole time suddenly interjected with a laugh. 

Then, Yman heard Almina say, "W-Why didn't you tell me?" 

'Eh?' Yman was quite puzzled by her words. Why did he need to tell her in the first place?

"....."

Even the others looking at Almina in wonder. Looks like Miss Almina's feelings towards Yman were not just a simple one. All of them thought so.

Nonetheless, after that time she ran to the stage and hugged him, most of them already suspected that the two of them were in a relationship. It truly astonished them. Never would they imagine that Yman was so lucky. But Yman's action and the way he acted even now, told them that it was not the case. Maybe he did not like her? Or maybe Yman was just a super dense person that even though Miss Almina's feeling towards him was as clear as day, he still could not tell.

Kiko, on the other hand, had his cold eyes fixed on Yman and Almina. While Kesha was just silent beside Almina. Around them were their party members together with party members of Bob's party. They were listening to the group's conversation, while the others had their eyes fixed on the large monitor screen.

"It was an unplanned departure—", after saying it, they suddenly heard a loud howl. It was coming from the stage. All their eyes simultaneously went back to the monitor. And there they saw the figure of Destroyer; he had already transformed into a large humanoid monster.

"A transformation artefact huh," Yman muttered.

From the VIP room.

"Wait, could it be… A Minotrent Monster?" Surprised, Sunday Sarake said with widened eyes.

"That high-level monster?" The information gatherer Jack asked with a 'can't believe' expression on his face.

"Yes, it is," Said Sunday while nodding her head. "But it puzzled me how he did that?"

"Fufu, he combined the earth elemental ability to the power of transformation artefact," they suddenly heard the person beside them saying it.

When Sunday and Jack glanced at him, they widened their eyes. The person looked familiar to them! If they were not wrong, he was the person from the Praeter Family. One of the heads from the great families!

His real name is… Adam Praeter?! The man who was said to be sitting on the apex of the business industry! One of the owners of the most popular Seeker Association! How did the HCZ7 able to invite such an important person?! Sunday, who was also one of the owners of the popular company, could not help but gasp in admiration towards the venerable man beside them.

Although Newtendo company was also a popular company, it was like a child compared to the Seeker Association. It was the biggest and most successful Association.

No one wanted to be on their bad side. Sunday and Jack frost for a moment.