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Chapter 17 - Millionaire

Three hours later, a blue-haired man holding a large bag with his only arm walked out the ship. Leaving out the gifts he received from the grey-skinned man, Rick brought with him many things like shield reactors and energy cells he could use to recharge himself while other things were to be donated to the guilds in exchange for merit points, the droids too.

[The bracelet that man gave you is truly wondrous. From where we came, immortals were powerful beings comparable to gods. The only difference is that gods were born with their powers while Immortals had to slowly grow, yet they were not even a little inferior to gods. Others should, we may have to use it as a last resort.]

"Oh, I should contact the guild and ask for transport, the explorers guild boat is too small for huge droid in perfect condition and a dozen more damaged ones." Staring at the obelisk next to the immortal armor bracelet in his wrist, he opened the contact list and searched for the guild's assistance contact and connected the call.

[Explorers guild assistant, how may I help you?] An artificial female voice was heard from his obelisk. It was the automatic assistance system used to facilitate the communication between the guild and it's explorers.

"Rick Lawson, bronze-rank explorer. I just completed the mission to explore the ship and I need help to bring what I found."

[Understood, can you tell the specifications of what you found? It will make easier to aply for a carrier if you do have found something good.]

"Yes, a fully-intact battle droid, a dozen damaged one, a few swords made with a transparent crystal and a heavy cannon. The cannon is about 4 meters wide and taller than a tree.I also found a damaged flying bike in the cargo compartment."

[Do you wish to make any donations?]

"I think so, other than the flying bike the rest can be all donated to the guild in exchange for merit points."

[Applying for a large carrier ship.... Your request has been accepted, your ship you will arrive in third minutes with a member of our staff to calculate your reward for the donation.] Rick felt the cold emotionless tone of the artificial voice turn gentle when he spoke of the donation, but he kept quiet. He would have to wait at least third minutes until he could leave the small island. He sat on the dry sand and stared at the sea and the silhouette of the continent not too far from where he was.

Suddenly his energetic eyes activated by themselves and a huge blue spot of light was seen below the ocean seconds before a gigantic white whale leaped over the island he was. Rick could swear he saw the whale giving him a curious glance before moving upward and spreading its body as soon vanished into the clouds.

"I must have been crazy." Rick scratched his eyes, unbelieving in what he just saw. "No way there is a flying whale so close to Eden. Those strange monster from before didn't count because they were dead for a long time. I'm just curious to why that whale didn't kill me, it was like just the stare had enough power to kill me a few times. Hey, voice in my head, can you tell me if that whale was one of the three beast gods?"

His voice sounded excited when asking his interior voice, just the thought of meeting a being that could be considered a god was a something that made him excited. Of course he never thought of the voice in his head as a real god.

[You are wrong.] His "divine self" rose his voice. [This god is not sure about how this world's power system works, what I'm sure of is that the whale we just saw was about as powerful as the man you call Ares, however it should not be one of the three beasts you name as beast gods.]

Thirty minutes later, a large cargo ship reached the island as a middle-aged man stepped out. He walked over to Rick and greeted him.

"Bronze-rank Explorer Lawson, I'm the staff member of the explorers guild and a sub-manager. Can you guide me around the ship to see what you've found?"

"Yes, follow me." Walking around the ship, Rick had removed the grey-skinned man as he knew an indestructible body wasn't something he should let other see and guided the man to where he gathered all the droids, weapons and strange devices. The man's eyes shone like he had seen gold then he turned his eyes and saw Rick staring coldly at him while holding the hilt of his sword. He was sure this bronze-rank explorer would easily kill him if he tried to fool him. Rick was registered as an elemental masters and ordinary humans like him could be killed by the former with no one would care. So he approach the pile of droids and other devices Rick gathered and started calculating his reward

"Let me see, any damaged droid could were about 200 merit points while the intact could reach up to 400-500 depending on the type. There is at least a dozen damaged droids and one intact. Sir, there is a lit of how much merit points could be exchanged in a single donation, do you wish to exchange the rest for money?"

He thought for a moment and nodded with his head."I can accept it, what do you propose?"

The man finished inspecting everything before he contacted the guild. Soon, he ended the call and rose his voice: "3000 merit points and 1.050.000 credits."

"Shit!" Rick nearly lost his composure. Just the money was already more than what his dad as a gold-rank explorer for a few years received in five years.