Axel took his phone out of his pocket and texted Mark.

"Hey, man. I just wanted to know if you could get me into another rift in the next few days. I've been working on my world a lot recently, and even though I still have to pay my debt for the convergence stone, I think it could be nice for my cultivators to get some real experience when it comes to battling outside my world." He wrote.

"Are you kidding me? It hasn't been even a week since the last rift you participated in. Even if my group has a shortage of manpower right now, it doesn't mean there are rifts every day." Mark replied." And if you want to get battle experience, you should come to the comic store and battle the other builders that come here."

After reading that, Axel couldn't help but think about it while rubbing his chin.

Mark was right. If he wanted to get more experience, the best way to do it would be to go somewhere where a lot of worldbuilders gathered to have friendly matches against them, and the comic store was the perfect place for that.

The only time he had fought there, he had been beaten by Mark's daughter Emma, but that was soon after he got to rank 1. Even if he was still in the same rank as before, his cultivators had become much stronger. He could even send magical beasts if he felt like it. After all, the last time he did it, it went pretty well.

"Ok, I will go to the store tomorrow then. But if you need someone to take part in a rift soon, count on me." Axel texted Mark back.

Before putting his phone down, he told Adam and William about his plan. After all, they may be interested in going to the comic store to participate in some fights too.

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"Hey, guys. Tomorrow we are going to Mark's comic store. I'm not asking. It is an order." he texted.

"Well, if it is an order, there is nothing we can do about it then," William replied.

"Count with me for that," Adam replied too.

After that, Axel continued browsing the web for an hour before he went to sleep. As he lay on his bed, he couldn't help but think about the plans he had for his world and how he could make it even better than it was right now.

'It's been a while since the last time I spent so much time on something. It feels great to be doing something again.' As Axel thought, a smile appeared on his face.

With those thoughts, Axel fell to sleep.

The next day, he woke up when it was almost midday and spent the first few hours of his day doing some tasks around the house. That way, the time at which he had arranged to meet his friends came soon.

He left his house and walked to William's, where he found both his friends already waiting for him.

"Everything is ready?" William asked Axel when he arrived.

With a nod, Axel indicated to his friends that they could begin walking toward the store. In no time, they had already arrived there.

As soon as they crossed the door, they found the muscular man waiting for them behind the counter with a smile on his face.

"Here you are. I didn't expect you to take so seriously getting battle experience." Mark exclaimed, laughing.

"Well, I have been working both on my add-ons and the political structure of my world lately, so it felt right to have some fights to see if what I'm doing works or not." He said

"I'm glad you're taking this seriously. It is important to test your improvements to know if they are worth it or not, so go ahead and battle all you want. There are already a few people inside, so you shouldn't have any problem getting a duel." Mark said.

"We will go already then," Axel said.

Saying goodbye to Mark, the three friends walked toward the back of the store, where they found four people sitting at the tables.

"Well, I think we should split up to fight." William suggested before pointing at a table." I will go against that one. If I'm right, he is a rank two, so the battle will be interesting at least."

"Is anyone here rank one?" Axel asked loudly.

One of the people looked at him and raised his hand.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Axel. Let's have a great duel." He said while extending his hand toward the person.