Joshua wasn't satisfied with such an answer but still couldn't complain, after all, he was ignorant of everything formerly and just came to know of such things as realms.
All he could do was sigh depressing, but Michael said at this moment, "My teacher mentioned something about the limitless realm before, not sure if it would be useful to you or not". Joshua said in hurry, "I know I won't ever be able to get to such a realm but hearing about it would make my life worth it all". Even Cornelius seemed eager to want to hear about it.
Michael became silent for a while keeping them in suspension which almost made Joshua and Cornelius jump on him to pry his mouth open to make him spill what his teacher had said. After a short dreadful silence that seemed like years to Joshua and Cornelius out of curiosity, Michael finally opened his mouth to say, "I would be as simple and direct as possible. If even thousand of limited were to attack a limitless who has just broken through, they would not even know how they all died. They are like gods on earth. As I heard from my master, ten warriors in the body-like steel realm can fight against a recovery realm warrior to a stalemate and there is even the possibility of being able to kill him as long as they are in the same age group though. So that means that a recovery realm warrior can fight and kill nine body like steel warriors and the much stronger ones can fight and kill more. There was something that my master told me. The younger and quicker your breakthrough, the more powerful you are than people who are more advanced in age and the same realm. A twenty-year-old sensory realm warrior can kill a thirty or forty-year-old body like a steel realm warrior and even fight to a draw with someone who is in their late twenties. Although he would be like a baby to a forty-year-old recovery realm artist. That was why I was trying hard to break through at the start but am way past my limit. I was even shocked when I advanced to the next realm. According to master, a twenty-year-old recovery realm warrior can take a one per cent powered move from a hundred-year-old limitless warrior which is a very incredible feat. Many people think that Andrew is in the same realm as I am, but Andrew is still in the speed realm, I broke through at the age of twenty-two to that realm Andrew is in right now while Andrew broke through at an age of twelve hence he is on equal strength with me that was in the strength realm. I even fantasized about Andrew being able to get to the recovery realm as he was already pretty close to breaking through to the strength realm. But....", Michael couldn't help sighing. Cornelius tries to console him by saying, "Nobody knew it would end the way it did. Just don't too take it to heart". "I know, I know", Michael replies while sighing, obviously still feeling depressed about the whole situation.
"Anyways we have strayed too far from the topic at hand. The mammoth herb can help you leap directly to the limitless realm as long as you are in the body as steel realm or the recovery, preferably in the recovery realm though, but it won't have any effect on those of the limitless realm cause every realm is a huge chasm for them. The king elephant herb has a much lesser effect of bringing a warrior forward by a sub realm in the limited realm. It is priced very very expensive in the kingdom if it was ever to even be put up in an auction which happens once in many years. It's a herb sought after by many people but it's hard to find. And the mission this time around is to secure the herb. If the higher-ups were to make a move, they would be suspected and it could be snatched by people more powerful than them so they have to use us to do their dirty jobs. I thought of denying formerly but they weren't relenting at all and didn't mind using the village and everyone in it as collateral if I fail to complete the job. And after destroying the village, the blame would be pinned on me. Which means that I would at the end be executed for conniving with enemies or bandits", says Cornelius in one breath. "So it's more of a threat than a request I did say", Joshua comments. "You could say that they have put me in such a difficult situation without anything like a choice on this matter", says Cornelius while sighing.
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He did hope that this situation would be settled as soon as possible without much difficulty. Without much discussion left, they all agreed to carry out the job on behalf of Cornelius. After all, he had assisted each of them in one way or the other and they were indebted to him for all his help. The meeting was quickly concluded without much hassle and they were about to leave before Cornelius turned to Michael and said in a serious tone, "I would like to discuss something with you". Michael scratched his head before asking, "Is it about that kid?", Cornelius nodded in reply. Michael turned toward George and Joshua before saying, "You guys can go without me, it would be a long talk". George and Joshua nodded in understanding before walking away.
Immediately the door was closed, and the atmosphere in the room became tense like there was a huge war about to be fought, then Michael says, "Let's discuss then".
Today Andrew left the bar earlier than usual, not fully drunk which was weird from his normal way of always being dead drunk even when the sun was high up in the sky. He was walking while hanging a jar of wine on his shoulders, he looked around him and saw children playing and goofing around.
He suddenly thought of his life and realized he didn't have the luxury to experience this kind of life be it before he reincarnated or after he did. After all, since when he could remember he was working to take care of himself and his sick father, and when he got to this world, he has been busy training, hunting, and fighting all just to survive and lead a better life but it was all for nought currently. The reason he left the bar early was that he was out of funds and hence had to go home to restock on money or should it be stolen from Michael's stash of money. He was angry that he had to run out of money this early when he was just getting into the mood for drinking. Although he was the only one at the bar at this time of the day, to him the lesser the crowd the merrier the drinking is.
He was walking just going home minding his business as usual not minding the talks around him and didn't have the energy to banter with anyone, all he had energy for was drinking and getting drunk, any more than that seems like a waste of energy to him. He saw a crowd gathered while passing by and decided to ignore it, after all, it wasn't his business to handle any situation that just randomly occurs, but on walking past there he heard a familiar voice which he couldn't mistake for anything in the world, he was shocked on hearing that voice but he knocks it off like he has drank too much today to the extent that he has started hallucinating about hearing voices and decided to continue walking away and even took a swig from the jar he hung at his shoulder. But while drinking, he heard the same familiar voice again and this time he couldn't knock it off as hallucinating and the voice seemed to be coming from the centre of the gathering.
He wanted to continue walking away but his legs just didn't seem to want to move away from it, he sighed knowing that there was no way of avoiding the issue, and hence starts walking towards the source of the voice. On getting there he saw her, he sighed before saying, "I just knew it had to be her". It was Marian the only girl he was a bit fond of in the entire village who was shouting, "Leave my mom alone", she screamed as tears came out of her eyes. None of the villages stepped up to help her which showed that the person causing trouble has to have been someone of great power to the extent that they can't handle the retaliation of the person. They all stood by while watching with pity in their eyes as they saw strong men dragging Annie with Marian trying to stop them while also calling out for help.