Aldred turned around and looked at Mary. “What do you think of my family?”

“I think they are wonderful and powerful.”

She told the truth. Not just anyone can turn someone into Gold Rank immediately.

Aldred smiled and shook his head. “Let’s forget about that. I will meet them again, to do that I must kill the emperor and take the steering wheel.” He slapped himself. “Yosha!”

“By the way, Mary. Do you know something about this?” Aldred pulled out his ruby mana crystal from his inventory. It glowed beautifully in his palm.

Mary’s eyes lit up. “Where did you find that?”

“It’s part of my power.”

Mary nodded. She understood that Aldred was more to the eye. He had powerful families and a never-seen-before talent. It was unknown how many secrets he had. She did not have any trouble with that.

“That is a mana crystal. From the color and shape, I think it’s a rare ruby mana crystal.” Mary grabbed something from her pocket. It was the marble-like thing that he had seen in The Jovial Harlequin. “This is called mana gem.” Mary squeezed the marble and it glowed.

“When a mana gem is squeezed it will glow like this.”_-.

Aldred nodded. So that was how those marbles in the inn produced light. “Can you tell me all of its functions?”

“A mana gem is weaker than the mana crystal. That’s because a mana gem is just a small part of a mana crystal.”

“So mana gem is made out of mana crystal?”

“Yes. The function of the mana gem is to absorb and contain mana. For magicians, they can absorb the mana from the crystal or gem and use it to cast their spell. So whenever a magician ran out of mana, they can pull out their mana crystal and use the mana within them.

“And they can amplify their spell as well.”

“That is correct, but it depends on the crystal. If I remember correctly, ruby crystal empowered fire, so that crystal suits you perfectly.”

“What else?”

“A warrior like me can also use the crystal as a source of energy and power. But unlike a magician, I can use any type of crystal and I will still be empowered.”

“Can it run out of mana?” Aldred asked.

“Of course, it can.”

“How do I recharge it?”

“Recharge? Ah, you mean restoring the mana? That’s simple. Just stopped using it. It will replenish the mana by itself. But, the rarer the crystal, the longer it takes to replenish its mana.”

“That’s very convenient. Why is not everyone has it?”

“Everyone can have mana gem. It’s still pricy, but weak. It only strengthened the spell and empower the body very slightly. And not everyone can have a mana crystal. Especially the crystal in your hand. You have to be at least at Gold Rank to get one. But even with that, it does not mean you will surely get it.”

“I don’t know this thing is so valuable,” Aldred said.

“There is even a mana crystal that can increase power and talent very quickly, though I am not sure what rarity or type.”

It was probably the eternal mana crystal that his father had given to the old man that day. Aldred wondered what happened to the old man’s grandson. He must be big, powerful, and healthy right now.

…

Pharder kicked Sophia’s face before he sat on his bed. He gritted his teeth in anger. “The empress is sending more of her puppets to my fort. That woman is pissing me off!”

If not because of that woman, that terrible thing shouldn’t have happened to him.

Sophia smiled even though she was just kicked in the face. She crawled onto his feet and licked his toes. “Did you feel good, master?”

Pharder clicked his tongue. He stomped on her head, making her jaw hit the floor. “Don’t tickle my toes, bitch.”

He raised his fist and punched her in the face. “It’s because of you now I am in a bad mood.”

He grabbed her hair and raised her whole body. Her face was filled with bruises, and her whole body was battered. Pharder threw him to the wall.

Sophia’s delicate body slammed against the hard wal. Her back cracked and Sophia trembled in pain as she pushed herself and crawled to his feet again.

‘Master is mad. I have to please him. I have to please him so he will give me love again.’

Sophia held the pain and smiled. She crossed her arms, making her plump breast look bigger. Slowly, her slender fingers grabbed her dress and revealed more of it. “Do you want it master?”

“You dare to seduce me?” Pharder grabbed her neck, choking her.

She struggled to breathe. She tried to pull the hands away, but Pharder was too strong for her.

“Say the magic word, bitch!”

“Ma—ster, ple—ase ma—ke m—e we—t.”

Pharder laughed like a maniac. “I wish I can do the same thing to the empress.”

…

Aldred was training with the soldiers. Mary was doing push-ups in front of him. Her breasts bounced up and down. Aldred was doing push-ups as well. When her breast went down, he went down as well. When they went up, he also pushed upward. Her breasts were plump like peaches with a speck of red blushes. It was so smooth.

“You really like looking at my breasts.”

“It motivates me,” Aldred said while he intently stared at her breast.

“If you can do one thousand push up, I will let you play around with it,” Mary said.

“Really?”

“Yep.”

Aldred took a deep breath and started pushing up and down much quicker. He felt the strain on his arms growing heavy. His stamina went weak, and his head even turned dizzy. But he kept going. Anything he would do to play around with her bre— to have some fun with Mary

“Muda muda muda muda muda muda muda muda. Huryaaaaa!!!”

Mary blinked when she saw Aldred being so motivated. She had always let Aldred drink her milk and play around with her breast, so she thought he would not be so motivated.

That was true. Aldred indeed could play and suck her milk whenever he wanted, but he sometimes felt bad for it. It was a different thing when Mary gave it as a reward, and that was why he became so motivated.

Alder kept on going up and down to the point it shook the earth. His mind was filled with the fire of determination. And then, accidentally, he activated his flame jet and flew towards the sky.

Even so, he still did not care. He did the push-up in mid-air. “Four hundred sixty-three. Oraaa! I can do it!!!”