GOING TO SUN CITY

When I entered the room, I saw my mother talking to a maid but when she saw me entering the room, she brightly smiled and said

" Are your injuries ok now, Arthur " in a caring tone.

" Yes mother " I replied and sat beside her and we both talked about the recent events for some amount of time while eating the refreshments served by the maid for me.

" Now tell me what you want, " said mother as if she already knew about the purpose of my today's visit.

I was somewhat surprised as I didn't think mother would find out about the purpose of my visit.

" Are you surprised about how I know, it's because a child will never be able to hide anything from his mother " said mother looking at me and waiting for my reply.

" I want to train for two days in the demonic forest, mother "I said straight away.

Now comes the real problem I thought and I was right about it.

As soon as I said that, the atmosphere in the room became gloomy and the smile on my mother's face was gone.

" Arthur, did you forget about getting injured in the demonic forest recently and also you had to rest for five days for the recovery of your injuries," said mother in a bitter tone.

" But mother, I became strong now and I will only practice in the outer area of the forest as much as possible " I said to convince mother since I need to go to the demonic forest within two days to get the dragon fruit from the flood python cave.

After an hour of nagging and giving some precautions, mother said

" Looks like you have already decided to go to the demonic forest, no matter what I say " and finally agreed on the matter.

" Yes, mother and father also agreed to it, " I said.

After which I ate lunch together with my mother and went to my courtyard at sunset.

As soon as I reached my room, I asked the system to do an appraisal on the puppet which I got as a reward for yesterday's fight against Lucas.

{ Ok host }

{ PUPPET NAME: None

TIER:  Three

GRADE:  Perfect grade

STRENGTH:  D Rank

USE: Consumes 10 high-grade Mana stones per hour to work and is made up of special materials which even a non-awakened person can use it for one hour.

WEAKNESS: Even though it is made up of special materials, it is still weak compared to humans and other races of the same strength.

MADE BY: Made by an Ancient Emperor of a forbidden world during his childhood.

STATUS: not bonded to anyone yet  }

I dropped my blood on the mana core of the puppet and as soon as my blood fell on it, I was able to sense a connection between me and the puppet and successfully bonded it with me.

As I don't have anything to do, I took one bloodline pill, which flows down to my abdomen, and started running the Red Dragon Holy Sutra.

After 2 hours, I decided to stop for today and went to clean myself. 

After eating the dinner brought by the maid, I went to sleep as I need to go to the demonic forest tomorrow.

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When I opened my eyes from my sleep, it was already dawn and I freshened up as I needed to go outside today.

I called my maid by ringing the bell which was beside my bed and said that I will be going outside today and told her that she can take a day off today.

" Ok young master and please be careful on your way outside," said the maid and went outside the room.

As I came outside the courtyard, I took out my flying ship artifact which is a Tier 4 artifact and can defend against attacks up to D Rank and take 10 high-grade Mana stones per hour.

I immediately boarded it and started moving it towards the direction of the Sun City which is located beside the demonic forest, also called Frontier city as the people of the city have to fight against the beast tides from the forest every year.

After six hours of journey, I saw the sun city covering thousands of miles and there were various shops related to cultivation resources from spirit grass to healing medicines, martial arts, magic spells, and cultivation techniques.

There is also an endless stream of people and many shops are crowded with people.

Also, the outskirts of the forest are heavily flooded with mercenaries from mercenary guilds and other people who want to earn more mana stones within less time by hunting mana stones.

Every city has a City Lord appointed by the Imperial Family and the city lord is also called a Count in the ranks of the nobles. The development of a city and its law and order is maintained by the city lord.

Soon I reached the demonic forest where some are waiting for their team members, some mercenaries are recruiting people and even some people came to me to join their teams but I declined them as politely as possible since I don't want to make any scene here.

I even heard some mocking and pitying me for going into the demonic forest at a young age but I didn't bother about it.

When I saw the forest closely, I realized that even though it was named a demonic forest, it was not as terrifying as I imagined.

Boundless trees are stretching across the mountain and even the sky is covered by them, while the sun shines through the gaps between the branches of trees.

You can also hear the roars of various monsters and soon after I entered the forest, I started moving towards the inner area of the forest where the cave of the flood python is located.

During that time I met many beasts of F rank but they were no match for me so I easily dealt with them.