William and the soldier walked deep into the palace together. After a while, they came to a large door guarded by four soldiers. They all looked very strong. Behind the door, which was opened by two mighty soldiers, was a staircase leading down. The soldier said he could continue from here. William descended the stairs at his normal speed, which were still dark and lit by torches. The darkness was not a problem for him, he could see better thanks to the power of his bloodline. After a while the stairs came to an end. He entered a small room. There was a table, some bookshelves and some furniture. Like iron chains.

At the end of this small room was another door, and it was all metal. Two soldiers were waiting at the entrance of the room. When he arrived, they opened the door as if forewarned. William walked through the door and continued on his way. He realized he was in a prison. On either side of him were dirty, smelly cells. All the cells were empty. For there was no one left to imprison. Also, this was the place where high ranking prisoners were held.

William continued on his way. Eventually, he passed through an unguarded door and emerged into a large area. There were no paved stones from here. It was an ancient cave lit by torches. But he still couldn't see Arthur. He continued along the path lined with torches. After about five hundred meters, the cave began to narrow. Eventually, it was the same size as the tunnels made by the worms he had seen in the Worm Mountains. There were still torches on the path. After another five hundred meters, he reached a gate where two soldiers were waiting. The design of the gate was strange. It was a round bronze door with various carvings on it.

William examined the carvings on the door for a while before entering. The carvings included a variety of shapes. Like the houses, giants, and demon symbols that reminded him of the Chinese architecture of his previous world. The human-like things were fighting these creatures. William interpreted it as 'a battle to protect the house'. He then had the guards open the door and went inside.

As he entered, he saw a large room. It was well lit inside. Stones that emitted white light were placed on the walls of the large room. This made the room look like a starry sky, and it also provided light inside. The room was dome-shaped, remodeled from a cave, and this was the last room. There was no door other than the one he came from. A huge chandelier hung in the center of the room. It was made of stones that emitted the same white light. The walls of the room were filled with bookshelves, but it was almost completely empty. There seemed to be nothing of value left.

Opposite the door he had entered, there was a stone door-like structure in the only part of the wall that had no bookshelves. Through the emptiness, he could see behind it. The top of this structure was covered with various carvings. Most of them resembled magical symbols, and a minority of them resembled symbols used on weapons and armor. It was rectangular and had what looked like a bowl on top. This bowl was combined with the door-like structure. There was a small gap in the part of the door that faced William. It was in the shape of a diamond.

As soon as he entered the room next to the door-like structure, examining the door and taking notes, Arthur turned to him. Beside him were the apprentices he had seen before. It was as if they were in the laboratory, in the middle of some important research.

Arthur smiled and called to William. "Come see this beauty." He said. He had fallen in love with this door-like structure. He wanted to share his joy with William.

William came to him and asked. "Does it work?" He tried to poke it with his finger, but Arthur slapped his hand angrily. "What are you doing? It's a teleportation array! Do not contaminate it with your filthy hands!" he shouted.

It was obvious from his expression that he was very angry. His passion for research was like a tiger ready to devour William.

"Okay...okay, I won't touch it." William rubbed his finger, even though it didn't hurt, and smiled shyly. "Does it work?" He repeated his question.

The anger on Arthur's face faded, then he fell into deep sadness. He spoke with an angry face, as if something had upset him again. "It works! But we can't make it work! We don't have a Space Stone! We don't have a high-level Soul Stone!" he said. He then dragged William through the door. "He took a mid-level soul stone from his dimensional bag and placed it in the small hole just above their heads. The soul stone was a little too small for the hole. Then he cast a simple spell that William did not know and waited with excited eyes.

After a while, William got tired of waiting and asked. "Well? Result?"

Arthur was still looking excitedly at the door. After a while, William noticed that the light in Arthur's eyes had changed. This light was coming from the door and was reflected in his eyes.

William immediately looked at the door and his eyes widened. It was as if a photograph of a galaxy appeared before him. Then the light began to shine beneath their feet, magical symbols etched into the ground, coiling like snakes around the door. Worried that the teleportation array was working, he started to take a few steps back, but Arthur stopped him. He grabbed him back and said, "Just watch." He said.

William did as he was told and the galaxy expanded to the size of a door in front of them. The process was extremely slow, comparable to the speed of a snail. Just like the last broken television, this galaxy-like image began to deteriorate. It lost its shine a few times and came back. After a short time, it disappeared completely. When William looked to where the mid-level soul stone was, he saw only the ashes of the soul stone.

"Unbelievable!" he thought. A mid-level soul stone could increase the strength of an Iron Rank warrior by one level in a short period of time. Of course, pollution was inevitable, and it was true that he would certainly be weaker than the others, but that didn't diminish its value.

"It is truly incredible." Arthur replied. Then he turned to William and asked. "Did you get the device?"

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The mission had just occurred to William. If Arthur hadn't asked, he would have forgotten. He took the device out of his dimensional bag and handed it to Arthur. Arthur snatched it out of William's hands with perfect speed and a greedy look in his eyes.

He quickly cast a small spell and confirmed that it was the device he wanted. "You are something perfect!" he said, but William didn't know whether he was speaking for himself or for the device in his hand. Then Arthur asked, looking at William. "How was the mage? The necklace must have kept you safe.

"What do you mean, it must have been protected? Are you serious? Don't you know the effect?" William asked with a mixture of surprise and anger.

"Well, we don't have that spell, so we haven't had a chance to try it." He said. He had a helpless look on his face.

"Damn it! And I trusted you. So if he cast that spell on me, I might die instantly." William was still angry.

"Don't say that! You are here and alive. You can keep the necklace as a gift!" he said. He smiled teasingly.

"A gift? Actually, I think the payment is low. Maybe I should be paid a little more." He said. His gaze turned serious for a moment, barely suppressing the urge to lick his lips.

Arthur was startled by this look. He had to speak quickly. He patted William on the shoulder, "Hahah! I think you've been paid enough, you know!" he winked.

William was reassured by his last words. He was right, it was as if he had stolen thousands of soul stones from his family. Honestly, he felt a little bad about it, but it was something he had to do to become stronger.

"Anyway, I forget about these conversations." William looked at the bookshelves around him. He couldn't see anything to read, then he looked at Arthur again and spoke. "I am leaving. Good luck in your future life, please take care of my family." He said. He gave him a light, noble bow.

Arthur was surprised. "Where are you going?" he asked.

"To the academy. I have work to do, I need to get stronger." William replied before turning around.

"You're right, we should definitely get stronger. Did you seem interested in becoming a mage? Do you want to go to the Mage Tower? I can write you a letter of recommendation." Arthur realized he loved this boy. What he had done at such a young age was no small feat.

William looked at his with puzzled eyes, but refused. "Unfortunately, I want to become strong enough as a warrior first. For now, splitting my attention will only slow me down." He said and turned around. It was true. If he wanted to become a mage now, he would miss the golden age to rise through the warrior ranks. If he grew old before he was strong enough, he would no longer have the desire to become stronger. He had to strike with all his being while he still had strength in his arms.

William had taken a few steps when Arthur spoke again. "Then take this, maybe I won't be here," he said. In his dimensional bag he pulled out a fist-sized orb-like shiny thing. It looked like the snow globes he had seen in his previous life.

He turned around and took the globe he was holding out. "A test globe, use it when you're sixteen. For you to see if you have mage talent." He said.

"Ah! Thank you. How do i use?" William asked, not knowing.

"Simple, you just have to activate it with your Qi," Arthur explained how to use it. Then he made a joke. "Actually, since you didn't tell me you were fourteen, you should owe me this globe, but still, consider it a gift from me." He smiled as he spoke. So William didn't take it seriously.

"Thank you again." William said and left. There wasn't much connection between them, but he loved Arthur as much as Baldur.

He was grateful that the mages he met were so kind and friendly. They were always portrayed badly in the books he read, but for now the situation was the opposite.

After William left the palace, he found out Godo's position by asking the guards. They agreed to have a drink tomorrow at noon. They were to meet at the most expensive restaurant in the square. He wanted to lock William up as much as possible while Godo and the others had the opportunity. (Locking the bill)

William noticed that he had nothing to do at the moment either. This world was very boring, unless there really were things like war, training or meditation. For a phone right now, he would give all the soul stones in his pocket without blinking an eye. 'Shut up and take my money!' That would be all he would say.

He felt that he had to go to an inn to spend the night. The palace seemed very cold to him, and the inns in the capital were not bad either. After all, he might be able to hear some gossip. That's why he loved the inns in this world the most. They were like the social media of his previous world. As long as you had sharp enough ears, you could hear gossip, true or false, from the neighbor's cheating on her husband to the king's impotence problem.

He decided to go to the inn where he had stayed before. The service was okay and it was cheap enough. He was rich enough in soulstones, but compared to gold as a daily currency, he was poor for a prince. During his time here, it had never occurred to him to ask his father for gold coins.

However, a small portion of the gold his father had given him when he left the barony months ago was left over and was more than enough to stay at the inn.

It was crowded when he arrived. The locals always preferred inns for drinking. Maybe they couldn't keep up with the restaurants in terms of quality, but it was good enough to make a living. William immediately wanted to rent a room, luckily most of the rooms were empty. People filled the inn just to drink and have fun.

With a small amount of gold, not worth mentioning, he rented a room and asked for the best beer in the inn, along with the best food. The innkeeper told him to just sit down and his order would come soon. William could hardly find a table. It was full of drunks and prostitutes who wanted to exploit them.

One prostitute also haunted William's table, but William quickly chased her away. His body was just entering puberty and he was very young. Although he was very curious about the performance of the man below, he was also afraid of himself. He was afraid that this wolf bloodline would force him to do something he didn't want to do.

In particular, he was afraid that he would experience one of those stereotypical and clichéd stories that used to contain so much horror and suspense, including wolves as extras. Yes, the fear of being a werewolf. His mind kept replaying the scene where he turned into a wolf and ate his victim's entire body, starting from the neck. This world had a sun and a moon, and in eight days there would be a full moon. When that day came, William thought of locking himself in a cave somewhere in the forest.

Then he immediately shook his head. 'No! This is not my old world. It's just a fantasy. It can't possibly happen,' he dismissed his thoughts.

Meanwhile, his food and beer arrived. The innkeeper apologized and said it was his best meal yet. William already suspected it was bad because it was too cheap. It was like a goddamn bean dish, but it tasted a thousand times worse than a bean. Maybe it had no taste at all. He gave the innkeeper an angry look, but said nothing because his beer was fine. He could tell that he was in this state because of the war. It would probably be fixed in a few days.

He tried to listen to the gossip in the inn, but all they talked about was the success of the rebellion and how good a king Thedo would be. William quickly lost interest. He spent about an hour listening to people praise Thedo and drinking his beer, then went to his rented room. He didn't want to worry about meditation or the daggers in his bag today. He decided to get rid of his emotional depression with sleep.

For William, this decision was perfect because as soon as he got on the bed, he fell asleep like a baby, even though he was not tired.