"So you are saying you didn't get the gift?" Elder White Beard's eyes turned cold. "You stole it?"
"I extracted it!" Kopi hurriedly corrected him.
"What's the difference?" Elder White Beard couldn't hide his countenance getting colder, and it affected his surroundings, too.
Not even Kopi was exempted, experiencing the frost biting his soul.
"I don't have a choice." Kopi wanted to cry. "This is my gift."
"Furthermore, when I concluded if I really should extract his gift to heal my lower lips, it's really up to the circumstances. However, his death… is my responsibility the moment I extracted his gift.
Therefore, fret not, for I will take revenge on him.
It's just not now is not the right time.
But there will be!"
Elder White Beard turned silent for a while before controlling his emotions.
The icier his countenance, the colder his surroundings.
He wouldn't even be surprised if he caused a blizzard due to his emotions alone.
He gazed at Kopie and said, "I know you are aware of this. I don't have to explain what I'm talking about."
"I know!!!" Kopi shouted and pounded his head to the cold floor, ending him screaming in pain.
It didn't last long though, as the self-regeneration gift quickly healed him.
"So…" Elder White Beard stroked his long, silky white beard with an ambiguous expression.
"So when you mean you want me to teach you, you are saying you want to extract my Gift?"
"N-No… I-I…" Kopi couldn't find the correct words for what he must say.
After all, why else was he present here?
To acquire the Divine Rank Gift!
He didn't know when he could come across it in his lifetime.
He might have stayed as a mortal ranker if he missed the chance!
It was just too tempting.
"So you really came up with bullshit reasons just to get my Gift, huh?" Elder White Beard was instead amused.
After all, he never heard such a… should he say an overpowering Gift?
And he was itching to know if it could extract his divine rank gift, too!
The divine rank gift is just not a rank or a name that represents the high hierarchy, but it's more than that.
It is like you were trying to distinguish the growth of the average person to a way, way more talented person.
Therefore, he wouldn't be surprised if Kopi failed to extract his gift.
Hence, he was wondering about the limit of the gift Kopi received.
"I must ask, what is the limit of your gift? I'm sure you have already talked about it with your gift, right?"
"Ah?" Kopi was stunned and organized his thoughts. "That's right, we did."
'He's obnoxious, though.'
[...]
Kopi quickly replied, "He said I can only have five slots, but it depends on the level or the rank I ascend. Furthermore, the higher the quality, the higher it will take to occupy the slots."
"If that is the case…" Elder White Beard thought for a while and continued "You are left with only four since that gift you extracted is the lowest.
Doesn't that mean you can't extract my gift?"
"Yes, It should not be the case since yours is a Divine rank-"
Kopi sensed Elder White Beard's bearing suddenly changed.
He shivered in terror and heard Elder White Beard saying, "So you are saying you are already aware?
Wasn't that when I touched you? Your gift should have informed you, right?"
Kopi frantically nodded without hesitation.
There's no need to lie about it.
"And you asked your gift if you can extract my gift, so it's why you are here?
I should teach you a lesson for being greedy!"
"Eek!"
Kopi swiftly kowtowed and begged for Elder White Beard's forgiveness.
"I can't help it! It's just too tempting!"
"AND YOU GAVE IN!!!" Elder White Beard didn't hesitate to conjure a solid object out of Ice Element and began to spank Kopi's butt.
He didn't hold back at all, knowing it could be healed by his self-regenerative gift.
Kopi screamed in excruciation but didn't rebuke.
He knew he was at fault here.
But, no matter what, he wouldn't deny he gave in to the temptation.
However, he was ready to accept the consequence, and here he was now, getting spanked by Elder White Beard, who didn't hold back from the child.
Elder White Beard puffed in exasperation and suddenly guffawed.
He couldn't help it.
It was the first time for him to explode into anger ever since he received his Gift.
After all, it was terrible for him to feel wrath since the consequence was so dire to the point he couldn't control his Mana Aura if he tried to release it.
Furthermore, it was also the first for him to spank a child.
And losing composure to the child at that?
He couldn't help but cackle.
Kopi was puzzled by his behavior but felt indignant about it.
Just how could a person spanking a child be an amusement to him? And it came from a powerful person at that?
He really didn't know how to react.
"All right. Since your gift is so confident he can extract my gift, then you can try." Elder White Beard extended his hand.
Kopi was still on fours while his swollen butt, coated by the viridescent glow, faced the sky.
It was still aching, so Kopi arduously tried to stand up.
He didn't touch Elder White Beard's hand yet, but Elder White Beard urged him.
"Hurry up!"
He touched his hand in fright and unsurprisingly heard the voice of his gift.
[The host's contact with an existence possessing a Divine Rank Gift Element of Ice.
Does the host want to extract the Gift?
Yes/No?
Warning: Out of the Extraction's consideration, the Extractions wants to inform you that the process will be excruciating, and the host will possibly faint for a day. Sealing will take that much time.
However, what is a reward without Trial?]
'Who gives a shit about pain, trial, or sacrifices? The reward is something that can topple all of them!' Kopi complained.
He barked, startling Elder White Beard, having his appearance getting splashed by his saliva.
"YEEESSS!"
[Extraction began to extract the gift.
Processing time… it will take a whole fifteen minutes to extract the gift, while a day to seal it.
Advise the host… to ready your indomitable will, or your mind will break.]
"AAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"
Kopi almost lost his grip, but Elder White Beard hurriedly tightened it.
He was amused by Kopi's reaction, as though he was experiencing the torture, not from his physical body but from his soul.
His amusement didn't last long when he finally sensed his mana core… was vanishing.
He discerned its travel path, and it really went to Kopi's hand.
It wasn't his mana that was depleting, but his mana core was vanishing for Kopi's sake!
"T-This is…" He didn't know how to react.
He was aware Kopi was not lying, and it should really be the case of having his gift extracted.
But experiencing it… it really feels otherworldly.
"So a gift such as this exists?"
Elder White Beard couldn't hide his astonishment as he continued to stroke his long, silky, and icy beard.
"If even the Divine rank gift is being extracted? Does that mean…"
His snowflake eyes gleamed in excitement.
"This is the rumored God Rank Gift?!!!"