Accepting a Job

Augustus didn't look at the two bodyguarding jobs, as it was too much hassle to protect someone. He is not the kind of guy who can protect others. 

As for the assassination job, after thinking for a moment, he still refused it. The terms and amount weren't enough for him. 

So, the only two hunting requests in the wild are left. Hunting a beast or finding rare plants can be easy or difficult, depending on the beast or the herb you want to find and your luck. 

He carefully looked at the two job requests to see what kind of thing they wanted him to find in the wild.

The first was to find 'Flaming Salamander' scales and its 'Crystal Heart'. The flaming salamander is a powerful creature with a fire-breathing ability that lives near active volcanoes. Their usual strengths are between first and second rank.

The second job is to find a 'Demon Cactus'. It is a rare plant found in wasteland areas and is deadly poisonous, capable of killing extraordinary mages.

After carefully thinking and comparing the two, he decided to do the first hunting job of Flaming Salamander.

Finding flaming salamanders is much easier, and the city is closer to the volcano, where a few months ago, a group of them were sighted.

And the money was good, as every flaming salamander with scales and a crystal heart will let him earn about five thousand crystal coins, and if he manages to get six or seven, he will easily earn thirty or thirty-five thousand crystal coins in this single job.

"This is it; I am taking the flaming salamander job."

Augustus said as he accepted the job and looked at Zoela.

"Alright, sign the contract, and you have a week to finish the job; otherwise, you have to pay 5k crystal coins for breaching the contract."

Zoela quickly sent him the contract, and he quickly signed the contract.

"Since you are moving towards the high-end market, I can help you introduce some powerful people who might be interested in a new talented young man."

She said it with a tempting, slutty voice like she was trying to say something else and set him up for an entirely different kind of work.

But Augustus just smiled upon hearing her temptress's voice, as he didn't want to end up becoming a s*x toy for some powerful milf; instead, he wanted his harem of strong milfs who could help him battle and also be in bed.

He knows he is being too greedy, but so what? He is going to get everything he desires in this f**ked-up world. He might even take this slutty milf Zoela in his harem and let her try sucking him dry.

But these were the thoughts in his mind, and he didn't dare say them out loud; otherwise, who knows what this milf will do to him?

"Thanks for the offer, but I still prefer to work independently without any restrictions."

Augustus carefully declined Zoela's offer and then quickly left the place, not wanting to stay anymore.

"Tsh!"

Zoela noticed his reaction and his desire to run quickly, but she didn't say anything; instead, a tempting, sexy smile appeared on her face as she looked at the running Augustus.

Augustus, who came outside, felt relieved and couldn't help but look back at the small pub behind him before moving away.

He first returned to his place and ordered some things that were needed for his journey and packed other essentials.

Although he felt his strength was good enough to hunt those flaming Salamanders, he is still going to train and meditate during his travels to increase his strength.

Now that he didn't have money to buy different spells, the rest of the day he was going to improve his spell casting and meditate to increase his fire element ether.

And tomorrow he will leave the city, as it will take two days to travel to the volcano where flaming salamanders were last seen.

With that in mind, he went to the training facility on the ground floor of the apartment building and started his practice of controlling and casting various spells.

The training room was specially made from cutting-edge technology that can take some serious damage and absorb shocks or any tremors.

Without this kind of place, the whole community will be filled with noises and tremors every time someone practices their spells. So, most of the apartments have such rooms for training.

The training room in his apartment building is also the same, as they can hold most of the first-rank mage spells. For higher, he needs to go to a better place, but this is enough for his current strength.

He, with his new profound talent, started to do his spell-casting training, and without knowing it, the day passed, and the next morning, he was ready to leave.

Augustus was ready but couldn't help feeling surprised by the enormous difference in talent, as this single day of training was equal to four or even five months of training.

Even though he expected it, after carefully feeling the increase in strength, it felt like a dream.

He could imagine anyone now being caught up in his increasing strength. With time, he was now sure that he would become the strongest.

Augustus took a small bag that contained some necessary tools and was ready to leave. He wanted to save money to buy space storage devices, but they are quite expensive; otherwise, he wouldn't need to carry bags.

He intended to board the special maglev train reserved exclusively for professionals, which would transport him to the perilous region beyond the city.