Bertha looked around.
White clouds were everywhere, with no sun or moon visible. The atmosphere was delightful, incredibly cozy, and the surroundings were abundant with greenery.
"I like the environment! At least they take care of the environment here," she thought.
Maxim said, "Let's go."
"Where?" Bertha asked.
Rachel answered, "We are going to the God of Fate."
"What?" Millan looked around, confused.
He quickly regained consciousness due to the intense concentration of light energy in heaven.
Bang.
Bertha knocked him out again.
"do you guys have any item that can negate the effects of the light element?" Bertha asked.
Since arriving in heaven, she feels that even with her extremely powerful body, the light energy is still beginning to affect her.
"I believe there are such items, but you can only get them when we arrive at God of faith's residence," Maxim responded.
"Why the God of Fate?" Bertha asked.
"the orders stipulate that you must go to God of fate," Maxim responded.
Rachel also started explaining.
"God of Fate is my Fiend. the safest place in hell for us is with him." Rachel replied.
Bertha nodded and didn't resist as Maxim carried her away.
She had many questions to ask from Rachel, but for now, she decided to wait.
...
"Why can't you get it?" Rachel said with disappointment.
God of Fate said with a bitter smile, "A rank 9 'Jump rank' is a treasure everyone would fight over. Of course, I can't get it."
"Please! Get it somehow. I need it," Rachel begged.
"At the moment, I have a rank 5 'Jump rank,' and at most, I might be able to buy a rank 6 one. As for rank 7, it will appear very rarely on 'exchange,' so even if I want it, It depends on luck," the God of Fate explained.
'jump rank' is a very popular item that rarely appears.
In the long run, it's not difficult for a god to find a rank 7 'jump rank,' but It may take thousands of years.
As for rank 8, it is almost always placed in the 'auction house,' where gods bid many 'contribution points' to buy it.
'Jump rank' is not only useful for increasing ranks. It is also a critical ingredient in some powerful formations and medicines, so its price is much higher than it should be.
As for rank 9, it's legendary.
Only the wealthiest and most powerful gods have a shot at getting it.
As they were talking, Maxim arrived and, after putting down Bertha, bowed and left.
"That's it; give the rank 5 'Jump rank' to her," Heavenly Rachel instructed.
Bertha, who was confused, looked at God of Fate.
She had a pair of big, beautiful wings and was exceptionally attractive.
"Is that a god? So beautiful," Bertha was mesmerized.
The God of Fate came down gracefully and gave her a white, ordinary-looking pill.
'Jump rank' is not a pill, but it looks like one.
"That's 'jump rank'! Take it and eat it!" said Mage World Rachel.
Bertha took it and looked at it.
Without much hesitation, she placed it in her mouth and ate it as Rachel instructed.
After coming this far, there was no more room for doubt.
"I am feeling something!" Bertha said.
'Jump rank' can increase rank, whether a mage's or knight's rank.
At this time, Bertha is an apprentice mage and a rank 2 knight.
Bertha's knight's rank was increasing, as it was closer to rank 5.
She felt her body strengthening with unimaginable speed.
First, her meridians became powerful enough to tolerate rank 5. Then, her blood and heart grew stronger, reaching rank 5.
Her organs were next to reach rank 5, and finally, her knight energy transformed to rank 5.
All extremely smooth without the slightest bottleneck!
'jump rank' will increase rank without failure! It is like a miracle: no preconditions or anything. As long as one swallows it, they will reach the same rank as it.
In a moment, she had crossed 3 ranks!
"I feel... indescribable!"
"Huh? Wha..." Milan woke up again but was knocked out again, much quicker than before.
This time, his head was wounded.
"My reaction speed increased by so much! Also, I cannot control my power, so I should be careful.
The wound healed in seconds with the help of light energy.
Rachel was also thrilled! She reached rank 5 and now had 'hidden in Mage World' skill.
She is currently hidden in all realms - hell, heaven, and the mage world. No one can detect her anymore.
So, she immediately created two other clones.
Her heavenly clone also created a Mage World clone she hadn't created until now.
With the problem of detection solved, now is the time for a major expansion!
...
God of Fate was looking at Bertha silently.
Heavenly Rachel said, "Please, collect that rank 6 'Jump rank' and as many lower 'Jump ranks' as you can!"
God of Fate thought and said, "I am doing all this. What am I going to get in return?"
"A chance at rank 10! I promise you that!" said Heavenly Rachel.
"What? You are speaking nonsense!" she said.
"You can believe me and have a chance, or just do nothing and eventually die!" said Rachel.
After a while, the God of Fate agreed.
"I am going to buy the rank 6 'Jump rank' and other lower rank 'Jump ranks' as you instructed." Then, she teleported to heaven's central shop, 'exchange.' It was being operated by God of Market, a member of the executive branch.
The building was constructed from white clouds and had a grand appearance.
God of Fate entered through the massive door and spotted God of Market, who appeared as a man with golden hair and pupils.
The 'exchange' building was the home of God of market, so he was almost always present.
He asked expressionlessly, "Hey, God of Fate, long time no see."
"Yeah, I want to buy something – a rank 6 'Jump rank' and 10 rank 5 'Jump ranks.'"
"Huh? So many? That would cost most of your contribution points!" he said.
Currency in heaven is 'contribution points,' which can be earned by working for heaven.
It is transferable so that gods and angels can buy and sell things.
As a member of the 'gods council,' God of Fate earns contribution points passively but also spends a lot on her experiments, so at the moment, she has just a few left.
"I know, but I need them for my new experiment!" said God of Fate.
The God of Market waved his hand, and eleven 'Jump ranks' appeared.
After clicking on some monitor, God of Fate's contribution points bottomed out.
Then, he handed them to her.
"Out of curiosity, do we have any rank 7 'Jump ranks'?" she asked.
"We had until a few centuries ago. Then, God of Magic bought it, so we don't have any at the moment," God of Market said.
God of Fate nodded and left.
She returned and called a rank 6 angel, who was very loyal to her, and gave him the rank 6 'Jump rank.'
...
Bertha was in a large mansion specially given to her.
"What is going on?" Millan woke up again, then looked at her with confusion.
Bertha got an item to resist the light energy and gave it to Milan.
As for herself, she is rank 5, and the light element has a neglectable effect on her.
"Bertha, where are we?" he asked softly.
"We are in heaven and will stay here for a while," she said.
She had initially planned to return as soon as possible, but as she saw the environment, she decided to stay for a while and check if it could be a permanent place for the wood elves.
"In heaven? Is heaven real?" he was astonished.
Mortal humans in mortal continents didn't know much about mages, demons, and angels, and the very existence of such things was doubted by many.
As a former prime minister, Milan knew that mages existed in ancient times but had no idea about heaven and hell.
"Yeah, it is real," she replied.
He felt his worldview shaken and began asking questions about heaven.
Bertha answered as much as she could.
After a while...
"Now, what are we going to do?" he asked.
"For now, let's have fun!" Then she smiled at Milan.
She was not the type to remain a virgin after more than a hundred years of life. She already experienced sex many times.
Milan had proved loyal to her, so she wanted to be intimate with him.
It might also be due to some remote influence of the light energy, which greatly enhanced all positive emotions, including love and joy if one didn't use immunizing items.
It usually can be resisted by individuals above rank 4, but Bertha was rank 2 until not long ago, so some remote influence might be present.
She was still unwilling to have children with him, as she didn't want her child to be half-elf, but she was okay with just having sex.
"What?"
Bertha jumped on him, and they started their act!
Milan, whose lifelong dream was to be with Bertha, was very willing.
Although at this moment, even if he were not, Bertha would not have stopped!
...
Zagronan took the rank 6 'Jump rank'!
"Use it, quick! I want to know what my next skill is!" Rachel urged.
"Wait, Rachel, my bloodline is only rank 5, so I can't get promoted now; otherwise, I will get enslaved!" he spoke with great fear.
"You are not in hell! Nobody will enslave you!"
"But if I do it, I can't return to hell! I won't use it unless my bloodline reaches rank 6!" he said firmly.
"You idiot! You are not going to get back anyway! My rank 6 Skill can be game-changing! Why are you so short-sighted?" she retorted.
"I cannot risk enslavement, so I'll keep it and use it once my bloodline reaches rank 6," he said firmly.
For royal demons, enslavement is the most terrifying thing that can happen to them.
Rachel shook her head and shouted, "Idiot!"
"Hey, why are we here?" Lana asked with confusion.
"Let's take it as a honeymoon! Let's explore!" said Zagronan.
They were already out of Wood Elf territory, in another country named True Moon Country.
Lana looked around and said, "I don't like it! It's too cold for my taste! Let's go back!"
"We cannot go back now!" said Zagronan.
"Then, let's have some fun! Let's see 'explore' some human cities," said Lana with expectation.
"Okay!" said Zagronan.
"No, wait!" said Rachel.
Mage world Rachel has promised Bertha that nothing will happen to wood elves.
Hellish Rachel knows Zagronan.
If he starts 'exploring' human cities, the entire continent will soon be destroyed!
"Just a little fun won't hurt anyone, so don't disagree!" He said.
"Not on this continent! There will be grave consequences if you harm anyone here!" she said very seriously.
Zagronan sighed and said, "Okay, then we'll go to another continent."
He was strangely tame when dealing with Rachel.
Zagronan hugged Lana, and they started flying.
...
Continents are very far apart from one another.
After flying for months, Zagronan finally reached some island.
It was very tiny, only the size of a 'hotblood' city.
Humans were the primary residents, with some snow elves here and there.
"Can we finally have some fun here?" Asked Zagronan with some frustration.
"Yeah, it should be fine."
And with this one sentence, Rachel gave a death sentence to the residents of this island.