The four of them use the teleportation chamber to teleport to Thereath. Jack asked them to go ahead first to the palace. There was still some time left, he wanted to pick up two weeks worth of coins from both Ellie's Restaurant and Amy's Bakery.
Jack collected 136 gold coins from the two establishments. Feeling royal after receiving the coins, he hailed a carriage to take him to the palace.
When he arrived, he saw the other nine candidates had gathered in front of the palace wall gate. All of them had increased to level 46 already, which made him the lowest level in the group.
"You took a carriage and let your gramps walk on foot?" Domon said when Jack approached.
"Uh… I thought you needed the exercise," Jack replied.
"How dare you make us wait! Do you think you are the main character?" Princess Purple uttered with displeasure.
"Duh, isn't it obvious," Jack replied without any humility.
