“What if Rex found out?” Standing before Kenji's room, Seung started having second thoughts.

  Although he wanted to teach Kenji a lesson for disrespecting him, he was worried what if Rex found out about it.

  After all, the only reason they can continue bullying Kenji is because Rex hates his timid personality. But unlike him and others, Rex doesn't get physical with Kenji but makes his life difficult by various means.

  Once Rex had seen them beating Kenji, that day he took them for training and gave each one of them a good beating.

  Thinking of the beating he received, Seung struggled for a while before leaving. However, as he turned the corner, he saw Rex standing in the hallway.

  “I was thinking of taking you for training, but forget it, you should be tired. Sleep early, we still have to take care of those Lizardmen.” Patting Seung's shoulder, Rex spoke a few words and then headed toward his room.

  As Rex left, Seung was left standing in his place, sweating heavily. Today he narrowly dodged a bullet.

  [Ancient Calendar: 12 Feb 0001]

  Waking up the next day, Kenji washed his face and then breathed in Ki for an hour. After which, he got up and left the room.

  Entering the kitchen, Kenji had something to eat and then got Seung's clothes and put them in the washer.

  Unlike the washing machines back on Earth, the one present in their housing complex was made by Fairies, and it doesn't have a motor or any other complex parts, just a few runes engraved inside a barrel. The best part about the machine was that it runs on Ki.

  Just pour Ki into it and let the runes charge up, which is enough for the machine to run a full 15 minutes.

  After washing clothes, Kenji changed into a fresh set of clothes and immediately set out.

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  By the time Kenji arrived at the notice area, the workers’ team of the Silver Party was already about to head out.

  “You are late, remember to be on time.” Reminding Kenji, who was trying to catch his breath, Neo started leading the workers’ team.

  After catching his breath, Kenji hurriedly caught up with the rest of the team.

  The distance from Kenji's housing complex to the gate of the city is around 15 kilometers. The reason why the distance is so great is because there are many areas in the city where humans aren't allowed, and Kenji has to take multiple detours just to get here.

  Following behind the team, Kenji arrived at the area where they had taken away the Fire Lizards yesterday. Today, the Silver Party also seemed to have hunted Fire Lizards.

  “Hi, how much longer do you think I have to be on transportation duty?” As the workers were gathering the carcasses of Fire Lizards, Neo sneakily asked one of his teammates.

  Around a week ago, because of his negligence, they almost lost a teammate, and since then Ramses has put him on transportation duty.

  Before this, it was a circling job, and everyone had to do it once and then forget about it for the rest of the week.

  “How would I know? Just ask Ramses yourself.” The teammate just ignored Neo and continued resting; today was a tough fight.

  Seeing his teammate's exhausted face, Neo opened his mouth and wanted to say something but ultimately chose to remain silent.

  Soon, everyone started walking back to the city.

  After entering the city and getting paid for his work, Kenji didn't look for any other job for today and just headed back.

  It wasn't because he was tired or anything, but today he wanted to go to the market to see the prices of materials needed for the Gift that he wanted.

  Usually, materials for an F-rank Gift cost around 1–2 gold coins; however, the Gift Kenji wanted was a little special, so he had no idea how much the materials would cost.

  [Peak Physique

  Rank: F

  Type: Gift

  Perks: Physical Enhancement

  Description: Grants a body touching the barrier of a Bronze.]

  Looking at the description of the Gift that he wanted, Kenji continued toward the market.

  Kenji's weak physique is like a rock chaining him to the bottom of the sea. Recently, as he mastered the use of Ki, Kenji noticed the disadvantages of his weak physique even more. He can't mobilize a large amount of his own Ki through his body, as his body would start hurting if he did so.

  Even continuing to use a small amount of Ki for a longer period of time can make his internal organs feel like they’re burning. So, Kenji is determined to change his weak physique as soon as possible.

  Arriving at the Fairies Market, Kenji saw big shops with humans going in or coming out of them. Every shop was a two-story or even three-story building with giant billboards.

  “Evy Information Store, Sky Pill Shop, Master Lu Dojo, Fray Book Collection, General Library, Sky Treasure House…” As Kenji walked by every building, he kept reading their names, and as he saw Sky Treasure House, he stopped.

  Although it was Kenji’s first time coming to the Fairies Market, he had done his research and knew from many hunters he worked for that all the materials needed for Gifts could be bought at the Sky Treasure House.

  Seeing tens of people walking into the Treasure House, Kenji felt a little nervous, but getting hold of himself, he slowly walked inside.

  “Welcome, what kind of material are you looking for?” As soon as Kenji entered the Sky Treasure House, his surroundings changed, and a tiny ball of light appeared before his eyes.

  “...Well... I am looking for Ironwood Seeds and Blood Essence.” As someone who had already met the Ki reserve criteria for the F-rank Gift, Kenji was able to see the list of materials needed for [Peak Physique].

  “Okay, how many seeds and how much essence do you need?” the ball of light asked back.

  “Can I look at the price first?” Kenji asked, a bit of embarrassment in his voice. He didn't want to make a fool of himself when he came face-to-face with a Fairy when it was time to pay.

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