Forgetting About the Teleportation Circle?

Unlike what most people would expect, many people were present in this Village. It even looked like some people were permanent residents. Things like shops, restaurants, and inns flooded the central area of the Village. Other areas were living residencies or exchange offices. The way things worked in here was similar to the guild in some novels. You can exchange monster bodies in order to gain points. With points, you can buy anything you want. Ed even noticed a slave market while he was strolling around. Those unfortunate enough to be sold as slaves would suffer for the rest of their lives. Or at least until their owner had enough of them.

Ed headed into one of the exchange offices and entered. It was the same as the office where they issued him the authorization for entering the tower. 'So this place is also managed by the Central Government' Ed thought as he walked inside.

"You're a new face. You can have the card after exchanging some carcasses." One of the workers there spoke to him and pointed towards a room. Indicating that the room is where he can exchange the carcasses.

Silently, Ed walked into one of the room without questions. He didn't know what card the man was talking about, but he acted like he knew everything.

Inside the room, a lady who was wearing the Central Government's uniform smiled towards Ed. She was beautiful with a charming smile, but Ed didn't care about that. Without saying a single word, he withdrew dozens upon dozens of bodies. It was a mix of the lions, Thunderbirds, and other monsters he didn't need. Ed didn't bring out all the bodies, but only the weak ones. He kept the exceptional bodies so he could sell them in the outside world.

After he finished, the receptionist maintained her smile and started to check the bodies.

"Your total comes to 340.000 points." She then walked outside with him to issue his a card. Ed finally looked at how the card looked. It was the same as an ID card, but only in silver. Things like name and points weren't filled.

"Please fill it with Qi." She told him what to do next. Ed did as he was told and the card shined. His picture and name were inscribed upon the card. Ed was surprised by the technology if it could be called that. Next, the receptionist asked him to hand her the card and filled it with Qi. The points were now filled in as well.

"You can head back to the person over there for the payment." The receptionist told him as she walked back to the room.

"You need to pay 10.000 points." The man overheard the woman speaking to Ed, and asked for an overbearing amount of points. Ed had a lot of points, but that didn't mean that he would simply accept it. He shot a deadly glare at the man and released his killing intent.

In an instant, the man knew that he shouldn't mess around with Ed. He was only at Earth Establishment. Plus, he was brought into this tower to work. He made extra money by tricking people who weren't as sharp as Ed.

"I'm sorry, it's only 1000 points." The man didn't try anything funny and told Ed the real amount. ED could also tell that he wasn't lying this time. The man brought out a machine and passed the card over it. Ed's total points decreased to 339.000.

'It's like a credit card' Ed looked at the silver card while walking out.

Ed strolled around the Village and checked what they had to offer. He hasn't done anything like this ever since he left the academy. Many memories flooded his mind. Some good, and some sad.

The shops were very unique. They sold monster parts, jewels, weapons, armors, pills, and so on. Some people even sold the monsters they hunted instead of exchanging them.

"Hey you!" while walking, Ed heard someone calling in a familiar way. He turned around hesitantly and found that Johan was waving at him. 'Does he do the same every time?' Ed thought to himself.

"I'm glad you could come to the Village." Johan smiled at Ed. This time he wasn't alone. Two men and two women stood behind him while he spoke to Ed. Of course, Ed didn't waste time and checked his Map. The four of them were neutral towards Ed. This made Ed think why only Johan was a red dot while he seemed friendly.

"Why? Were you waiting for something to happen to me?" Ed jokingly said.

"Well, your cultivation is considered low for someone challenging the tower alone." Johan seemed to forget Raikou who was standing next to Ed when they first met. And apparently, he forgot the others, or simply didn't see them.

"Well, sorry to disappoint you, but nothing happened," Ed spoke calmly.

"I'm not disappointed. More like this confirms my suspicion. I usually don't bother with people, but something about you drew me to speak to you. I guess it was your strength." Johan said words that sent alarms in Ed's mind. He even backed off two steps.

"Hmm, what wrong?" Johan asked him in confusion.

"No, nothing. Don't mind me."

"By the way, I never got to hear your name. Once again I'm Johan." Johan extended his hand towards Ed.

"Edward," Ed spoke while shaking hands with Johan. He thought about giving him a fake name, but it wasn't worth it. He would kill anyone who tried to hurt him. Plus he knew his face, so it didn't matter much.

"I'll be challenging the floor boss soon. I'm guessing you don't know where it is? You can come with me if you want." Johan offered Ed his help. Ed didn't accept of course. He politely rejected him but shamelessly asking for the information about the floor boss. Of course not what type of monster, but simply where to find it.

"On the other side of the Village, there are two teleportation circles. One will take you to the floor boss, while the other straight to the next floor." Ed was reminded that another way existed to leave the floor. He had completely forgotten about the advance teleportation circles that existed.

"I see. Thank you for the information." Ed thanked Johan, and both of them headed on to their own direction.

"Oh by the way. I forgot to tell you, but don't trust anyone in this Village."

"Oh, I know about that," Ed told him and both of them finally disappeared from each other's sight.