The Insider System

Chapter 414: Not My Problem Pt.10

As he and Lucas were walking to Felg's workshop, Lucas turned to him and said. "I'll be going to the Metal Domain in two days. Do you want to come?" Lake decided to say yes to this offer right away but wanted to ask a few questions first, just in case there was a reason he shouldn't go. "What will you be doing there?"

"Our Guild office in the Metal Domain was destroyed, and while it's already rebuilt, the policy of the Metal Domain is changing, and I need to go there to renegotiate. I figured we could gather the journals and the other things on your map while I'm there." The Metal Domain had a high density of items but only a few journals, but they would have to get them eventually, so Lake was sure Lucas didn't care this trip would be uneven.

"Okay, I'll make sure to have them map ready so we don't miss anything while we're there." Getting a nod before Lucas looked away from him, Lake knew the conversation was over as they'd arrived at Felg's workshop. "Hello, Sir." Lucas got a nice greeting from Felg, but it was never returned as Lucas ignored him and started to pull items from his bag before placing them on the table.

"Alright, I have to go. Just give Felg anything you don't want, and the guild will pay you for them." Lake wasn't sure if he deserved the money as Lucas had helped, but he had no reason to refuse, so he nodded and thanked Lucas as he left. "Man, he's always so busy."

Lake knew Felg was only saying this because he was embarrassed that Lucas had ignored him, so patting his shoulder, Lake said. "Don't worry about it; he ignores what I say sometimes too." He couldn't tell if Felg appreciated this gesture, but the moment didn't last long, and soon they were on to talking about the items.

"Another big load today. Should I start expecting this?" Lake wasn't entirely sure how often it would happen, but he still nodded before saying. "For a while and every few days. Also, there are still a few more things, and I need you to do one of them first." The helmet wasn't that important anymore now that he had the eye, but he had spent his time Touching it, and he was sure Felg could handle the tracking mark.

"Alright, I'm ready whenever you are." With Felg ready, Lake quickly reached his hand into his bag and summoned the field helmet before handing it off. "I'm guessing you got it from someone important if this needs to be the first I look at." Lake stayed silent because Felg was already at work while saying this.

A few minutes later, Felg set the helmet to the side and said. "The tracking mark was nothing special. You don't need to worry about whoever owned it coming after you." Lake was happy to hear this and said so before taking out the eye and giving it to Felg. "This next, please."

"Oh wow, this is really something." Lake wasn't surprised Felg could tell with a single glance that the eye was more impressive than the other things because he noticed it as well, and he wasn't as experienced when it came to items. "I don't think anyone is tracking it, but I just want to make sure before I carry it around with me."

"I'd feel the same way if I was you." Another few minutes passed before Felg spoke again. "It's clean." Receiving the amulet, Lake had been about to put it away when he remembered he didn't own the item as it was still filled with another's mana, and he didn't know how to fix this issue. "Do you know how to drain the Mana of another from a vessel?"

"Brute force works best. Now that it's been separated from its owner, each time you try to input your Mana, it will chip away at what's already inside." With an answer, Lake put the eye back into Inner Vault before saying. "I'll be back for the rest later." He planned to give most to the Guild, but he would decide which items later. "In around 2 hours, I should be finished. I'll see you then."

On the way back to his room, Lake started to think of ways to pass the rest of his day. He still needed to test his speed, but it wasn't urgent, and he would rather do it tomorrow or whenever the next time he left the guild was because the training rooms here weren't big enough to meet his needs.

The mountains in the Metal Domain would make a much more suitable location, and by then, Felg would have finished with his new shoes, so he would be able to test them at the same time. Making training in magic a better use of his time, but he would need more than 2 hours to make any real progress, so waiting till after he'd retrieved his things from Felg made sense.

This left Working on his map so everything worth taking would be marked for him and Lucas when they left for their trip. He didn't really need to be in the library to do this since with Detector, he could just mark every location an item over level 40 existed, so he just returned to his room.

Once inside, he laid his map on the table and got to work. After about an hour, he stopped adding new dots because the number of items he'd found was already more than enough for a short trip to the Metal Domain. But with so much time left, he decided to work on organizing what the dots represented and what group they belonged to.

It was very clear to him Lucas hoped to avoid running into Demon Worshipers, and spending the time to find out who owned the item now would save them a lot of time while they were in the Metal Domain. It didn't take him an hour to complete his task, but he never actually completed it because a lot of the items belonged to groups he didn't know the name of, meaning he couldn't set Detector in a way to highlight them.

This was okay, though, because an unknown group was a good target for him and Lucas to go after. Using his last remaining time, Lake highlighted the items that were above level 60, and even though there were only a few in the entire Domain, he spent all of his remaining time on this task because he wanted to get as much information on each one before he finished working on the map.

Hearing a knocking on his door, Lake waited for one of his servants to answer it. A few seconds later, he was informed of who it was when they said. "Sir, Felg just sent a message saying your items are done. What should I tell them to tell him?"

"Nothing, I'm going now." After he had his map back in his bag, Lake returned to Felg's workshop to sort through the items. He knew that he was going to be keeping the helmet and the shoes, but everything else would depend on whether they were actually useful to him.

Because of his skills, he didn't really need good weapons, especially since he preferred to use his hands most of the time, so the Edge Sword would probably go to the guild even though it was better than his current weapon. He would change his mind if it had a skill he liked, though, and this was true for every item.

Walking into Felg's office, Lake Could see all the items stacked neatly. Using Detector Lake sorted out the lowest level items and handed them off to Felg, immediately shrinking the stack by over half. "These are for the Guild. How much are they worth?

"I don't know off the top of my head, but I'll get them appraised correctly by someone who focuses on valuable items." Lake nodded, knowing the guild wouldn't rip him off. Taking the boots and helmet off of the stack, Lake put them into his bag because they'd be worn by him along with the Dark Lords Chain from now on as his new armor.

Moving on to the edge sword, Lake inspected it, and when no impressive stats or abilities were shown, he handed it over to Felg, saying. "I'm selling this as well." And this trend continued with nothing he gathered today other than the items he'd already put away being better than what he already had in Inner Vault.

"This will probably be more gold than most the Masters have. You should be careful for people approaching you from now on." Lake would have probably been worried about Felg's warning if he wasn't able to tell when people were lying, but he was, so he said. "I'll be alright. I see you in a few days, Felg. I have to go back to my training now."