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Spirit Fruit

"Wow... So this is the Silver Ape? And what's the big glowing tree in the middle?" Angel muttered in a low voice after seeing the Silver Ape.

However, unlike before, they did not sleep around the tree. Instead, they are—

"A-Are they... Do they eat each other?" Angel covered her mouth in shock after realizing that the Silver Ape was eating the Silver Ape that Yusri had killed.

"It's their nature—they eat anything as long as they're hungry" Melia said.

"While the tree is shining, it is the Tree of Spirit. It can cultivate a Spirit Fruit that is beneficial to one's cultivation base. However, it took several decades to grow even one, and the Silver Ape had eaten it all."

"I'm glad..." Angel took a breath.

"After all, let's clear this Beast Nest. Melia, don't do anything. Although you may not be a player, you are still the servant of Brother Yusri, so your contribution may still count towards my brother's contribution, and his name will appear in the announcement."

Melia silently nodded at Angel's words.

Angel locked her eyes on the large group of Silver Apes that gathered in a circle while eating the dead Silver Ape.

After taking a deep breath, he swung the Spirit Weaver.

"Wind Blade!"

A fierce wind arc flew towards the Silver Ape horizontally, and even before the Silver Ape could react, the Wind Blade had sliced a dozen Silver Ape into two pieces.

"Oooooo! Aaaah! Ooo!"

Alerted, the Silver Ape immediately dropped their food and rushed to Angel.

However, when they saw the huge aura emitted by Melia, they instantly stopped in their tracks and stood there as if it was a stone statue.

"What's that?"

Although Angel was astonished by the situation, she did not dare to stop and continued throwing the Wind Blade into the Silver Ape.

Holy hooch! Holy hooch! Holy hooch!

The Silver Ape dropped one by one right in front of each other, yet none of them dared to move, almost as if they were rooted from fear.

A few minutes later, all of the Silver Ape was killed by Angel, and an announcement appeared for the world to see.

«Congratulations! Player Angel has become the first player to clear the Silver Ape Cave!»

When Yusri saw the announcement in the sky, a relieved smile appeared on his face.

As soon as Angel came back outside, Yusri praised her, "Wow, it was faster than I expected. Good job, Angel."

However, Angel did not celebrate and simply sighed in a sad voice, "There is something wrong with that Silver Ape. It seemed like they were going to attack me at first, but they suddenly stopped moving and allowed me to kill them without any effort. That's ridiculous and not fun at all!"

"Uh..." Yusri is speechless and does not know how to respond to her complaints, as she only cares whether she is hurt or not.

"After all, you managed to clear the basement and received an announcement. This makes you an Ancestor, right?" Yusri asked him.

"Although that's the case, since it's just an obvious dungeon, my degree isn't comparable to your 'first' Skill and Servant category." Angel says.

"Hm... Then do you want to find some more basements to clean up?" Yusri asked him a moment later.

"No, it's okay."

"What do you want to do now?"

"I wanted to go on an epic journey that might take days, even weeks to complete, but I don't have time for that now, so I want to spend the rest of my time looking for a waiter." Angel says.

"A waiter, huh? What do you think, Melia? In what ways can we help my sister tame a beast?" Yusri asked him.

Melia nodded and said, "It's very easy to tame a savage beast. You just need to feed him some food and if it likes you, you can try taming it."

"Huh? That easy?" Angel looked at him with wide eyes.

Melia nodded again and said, "There are also techniques that allow you to tame and control ferocious beasts."

"Let's try the feeding method first. What kind of food should we feed them?" Angel asked.

"It depends on what kind of beast you are trying to tame, but most of them love foods that contain spiritual energy, especially the Spirit Fruit. You are almost guaranteed to tame most of the ferocious beasts with the Spirit Fruit," Melia said.

"Fruit of the Spirit, huh? It's a pity that the Silver Ape has taken it all." Angel took a breath.

"500,000 gold coins!" Angel exclaims. "That's a lot of money, but you can buy it without much trouble, right, brother?"

Yusri immediately started sweating after hearing his words, and he said a moment later, "I only have about 200,000 gold coins left."

"Huh? How is that possible? You are still number one on the Wealth Ranking Board! Surely, you have over 200,000 gold coins!" Angel says.

"Well, most of that wealth actually belongs to Melia" Yusri said.

Angel then looked at Melia and said, "But the wealth is still a brother's right?"

Melia nodded and said, "Melia only holds it for Brother Yusri."

"Then what's the problem?" Angel kept asking.

"I don't want to rely too much on Melia and want to get my own money, so I'd rather not use the money we earned from selling her treasure unless it's an emergency." Yusri explained to him.

"Oh, so... Then I'll ask him." Angel said, and he continued, "Melia, may I borrow 500,000 gold coins from you? I'll pay you back in the future. Nor can I continue to rely on my brother forever."

Melia nodded her small head and took out 500,000 gold coins before handing them to Angel without batting an eye. In the eyes of a Cultivator at his level, 500,000 gold coins was a negligible amount of wealth.

"Are you sure, Angel? It was only 500,000 gold coins... You don't have to pay us back." Yusri said to him.

"I borrowed it from Melia, not you, brother, and I'm not shameless enough to accept money without paying it back. And as I said, I don't want to rely too much on you. If you can't take that money from Melia, then you should know how I feel."

Hearing his words, Yusri nodded.

"After all, where can we buy Spirit Fruits?" Angel asked.

"Spirit Fruit is quite rare, so only a luxury store will have it," Melia said, and she continued, "There's a very popular place in Phoenix City called 'Golden Phoenix Bazaar', which is the most popular', and you can find the rarest and most precious treasures there."

"Great! Where is this place?" Angel asked.

"About 5,000 miles away. If we leave now, we should be there by tomorrow morning." Melia says.

"Tomorrow morning, huh? What do you think, Angel? It's not the first time I've played all night" Yusri told him.

"Let's do it. Since I only have one more day before I have to go back to school, I want to play with you as long as possible." Angel nodded.

After retrieving her flying sword, Yusri raises Angel and jumps onto the sword before Melia flies into the sky with them.

"Although it will take some time, I can't wait to be able to use the flying sword myself" Angel said.

"I am too." Yusri.

After flying for some time, they came down to rest for a while. After flying for a few more hours, the brothers were temporarily out for dinner.

Once they re-enter the game, they return to their journey, and Angel will fall asleep in Yusri's arms shortly afterwards.

A few hours later, by the time Angel woke up, they had traveled over 5,000 miles.

"Good morning, Angel. We have to get there within an hour" Yusri told him.

"My brother...? Oh no! I accidentally fell asleep since flying feels so good!" Angel exclaims. "I'm sorry, brother..."

"Why are you apologizing?" Yusri shook his head.

"Even though you did this for me, I fell asleep and left you alone." she sighed.

"It's okay. Anyway, look over there—I can see a phoenix." Yusri suddenly said to him.

"What?! A phoenix?!" Angel immediately turned around to see where she saw a large bird in the sky.

However, as soon as they got closer to him, they realized that the phoenix was actually a large phoenix kite flown from the city.

"A kite?" Angel muttered in a low voice and was surprised, as this was the first time she had seen such a big kite.

"Rumors have it there is a living phoenix currently living in the city, and the kite was used in honor of the phoenix," Melia said.

"Wait a minute... A true phoenix living in a city? Surely, it must be fake, right? After all, who could miss the magnificent sight of the phoenix?" Angel says.

"Magic beasts like phoenixes were considered Divine Beasts, and they had the ability to take on human form once they reached a certain cultivation base, so it's not impossible for a phoenix to live in a city disguised as a human being" Melia explained.

"If there really is a phoenix, I'd like to meet him..." Angel sighed as they descended a few miles from the city.