RE: LORD OF TIME

"That is an Angel, right?" Liam asked as he watched the figure with white wings flying away.

"I heard from my brother that some people from the Heavenly Realm will also be attending the academy this year," Alicia said with a raised eyebrow. "Didn’t expect to see one of them so soon."

’I was so busy with other things that I completely forgot about them...’ William looked at the figure flying away, and his lips couldn’t help but curl upward slightly.

’Since they are already here, that guy must have also arrived.’

"You guys aren’t surprised? That’s an Angel! Seriously, an Angel! The same Angels whose statues you see whenever you go to the Church of Light." Liam couldn’t help but speak loudly when he saw Alicia and William’s bland reactions.

Alicia’s mouth twitched when she saw Liam’s over-the-top reaction.

"First of all, there is no difference between us and them, so there is no need for you to get so agitated. Other than having a pair of extra pigeon wings on their backs, they are no different from us," She said in a flat voice.

"Second, the statue you see when you go to the Church of Light is not of an Angel but of the God of Light. There is a big difference between them."

Liam was taken aback by Alicia’s nonchalant words and felt a bit confused.

"Are you not surprised after seeing someone who is from a different realm?"

"What’s surprising about it?" Alicia asked in confusion. "I have seen a lot of people from different realms. We often travel to different realms for our vacations, so I have seen a lot of them."

Forget about Liam, even William was speechless when he heard Alicia’s words.

’Just how filthy rich do you have to be to go on vacations in different realms?’ He couldn’t help but think, his eyes twitching.

Liam, on the other hand, just stared at Alicia with his mouth slightly open, not knowing what to say after hearing about her extravagant vacations.

For a moment, he began to wonder if poverty had limited his vision.

Alicia felt a bit confused when she saw that the expressions of William and Liam were not right and asked,

"What’s wrong?"

"It’s nothing," William said with a shake of his head. "Let’s go back. I am really tired after fighting those sand scorpions."

Liam nodded and followed after William. He wasn’t tired before, but after hearing Alicia’s words, he suddenly felt a bit tired and just wanted to lie down and think about how to make money so he could also travel between realms like her.

Alicia scratched her head as she watched them hurry away, always feeling as if they were running away from her.

Shaking her head, she also followed after them and spoke.

"The academy will start from tomorrow. Don’t forget to come to class on time."

"The senior who helped with registration already told us," Liam said as he looked at his student badge. "We just need to follow the guidance of the student badge to find our classroom tomorrow, right?"

"Yes," Alicia nodded. "Without the guidance of the student badge, it will be difficult to find the right place because the academy is just too big."

She paused before adding.

"I hope we will be in the same class, but the chances are low because there are many students, and they will be divided into different classes."

"The classes will be divided based on their Aether Affinity Test, right?"

"At first, yes," Alicia nodded. "But as the semester progresses, different tests will be held, and your class might be changed based on your results."

"I see..." Liam nodded with a thoughtful look.

"Also, since you guys said you have traits, those will also be checked tomorrow."

As she spoke, she couldn’t help but glance at William.

After seeing him kill all those monsters inside the rift so easily, she couldn’t help but feel a bit envious of his Legendary-grade trait.

"I heard you will get some extra academic credits once your trait is verified. Do you know how many credits I will get for an Epic-grade trait?"

"It mainly depends on what kind of trait you have..." Alicia shook her head. "Even among Epic-grade traits, there is a difference between them. Some are very powerful, while some are only average. How many credits you will receive depends on the kind of trait you have."

"How strong your trait is, huh..." Liam nodded and didn’t ask anything else.

Soon, the basic dormitory building came into their sight, and William and Liam bid farewell to Alicia.

"I will let you know once my brother is free," She said before leaving.

Liam and William returned to their dormitory room, and Liam immediately rushed into the bathroom to take a bath and clean all the sand that was stuck to his body.

William didn’t have any sand on him since he had used Water Elemental Energy to clean himself.

Sitting on the bed, he sorted out all the things they had gained from the rift.

The first thing they had received was the Point Break skill and the monster core that had dropped after Liam and Alicia killed the sand scorpions.

Liam had suggested selling the skill scroll for academic credits so that they could divide the credits equally, but William refused the suggestion.

Selling a skill that was perfectly suitable for Liam would definitely have been a dumb idea.

At most, they could sell it for 300 to 350 credits.

And if Liam were to buy it again, it would cost him at least 400 to 450 credits.

William still wanted him to secure a place in the top ten of the Heavenly Ranking within the next three months, so selling something that could increase his strength was definitely not a good idea.

Since they hadn’t decided how they would distribute the loot after entering the rift, William simply said that since he was the one who got the skill, he should just learn it himself.

Similarly, he kept the five items that had dropped after he killed the mutated sand scorpions.

Poor Alicia only got the monster core that had dropped when she killed her first sand scorpion.

But she did not care about it because the thing she lacked the least was money and resources.

As for the fire essence crystal mine, they would decide how to divide the points after selling it.

"Everything is pretty normal, but that thing... That is definitely unusual," William muttered and took out the World Devourer Wolf Coat he had gotten from the Uncommon-grade treasure orb.

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---) World Devourer Wolf Coat (Uncommon): A mysterious coat that accidentally came into contact with a strand of fur from the World Devourer Wolf and successfully fused with it, gaining an extraordinary ability. This coat possesses the ability to devour armor- and cloth-type treasures, allowing it to replicate some of their abilities. If it devours enough armor- and cloth-type artifacts, there is a high possibility that it can evolve to a higher grade.

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William once again read the details of the coat and, after a moment, spoke to the spirit of the white pearl.

’What do you think about this thing?’

The spirit of the pearl, who was silently resting inside his sea of consciousness, glanced at the coat in his hands and spoke flatly.

’This is just a normal Unco—’

Halfway through speaking, the spirit seemed to notice something, and its voice subconsciously rose.

’How is this possible? How can there be aura of the World Devourer Wolf on this Uncommon-grade artifact?’