Chapter 489: The Warp Gate [Part 2]


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    Northern and his crew were required to stand at the center of the gate: a golden pir that arched over them, with a piece of the same crystal in the center of the arc.


    They waited a little bit for the whole mechanism to start. Northern could hear a soft whirring sound that slowly built up, but all of a sudden there was a crack in the build-up, then it slowly dropped.


    At that point, Northern figured, ''Oh shit... there''s a problem.''


    And he feared that the source of that problem would most likely be him.


    A couple of secondster, the whirring sound started building up again, then the same thing happened. There was a crack, and the build-up began to drop.


    The official approached them, politely saying, "We would like to test the functionality of the gateway on other travelers to figure out if the problem is with the travelers or the gateways."


    Her tone was pleasing to listen to; the level of humility in her tone would make anyone be very calm and sensible with her.


    "Does this happen usually?" Shin inquired, looking at her inquisitively.


    "It''s not umon to experience faults in the gateway every now and then, but the problem is that the gateway seems to be experiencing some kind of overload. This usually happens when the gateway is trying to transfer arge number of souls."


    Shin folded his arms with a serious look at thedy, "And how many is arge number?"


    "A thousand."


    Shin went silent for a second, then retorted, "Okay, there''s definitely a problem. It''s fine, you can check-"


    "There''ll be no need for that."


    Shin looked at his son, raising a brow.


    Northern continued, "I kind of know the reason why that is happening."


    He looked specifically at thedy and asked, "Do you guys have one for arger capacity?"


    Thedy hesitated for a moment with skepticism ying on her face before she responded. "Yes sir. There definitely is arger capacity gateway; however, it is used for military purposes, or for extremely important travelers, such as Paragons and Ascendants."


    Northern nodded his head, "I understand. How much do I have to pay to use the other one?"


    Thedy hesitated again, this time looking at Northern from head to toe.


    He was wearing a casual shirt alongside ck pants and knee-level boots, which he received from the border.


    She politely said to him, "Sir, it will cost a lot of money."


    "How much?"


    "Three thousand Credis."


    ''Three thousand Credis, that is three hundred thousand Talii,'' Northern juggled his memory.


    Themonly epted currencies in the Central ins were:


    Talies (plural: Talii), which was the base currency of the world, small bronze coins, used for day-to-day transactions.


    Credi (plural: Credis), mid-tier currency which is made of silver representing higher status or wealth.


    Orens (plural: orens), these are gold coins, which are used for high market transactions and can be found amidst several merchants.


    Cryst (Plural: Crysts), these are modernized paper money backed by abination of precious materials and some form of magical essence.


    1 Credi= 100 Talii


    1 Orens 50 Credis (or 5000 Talii)


    1 Cryst = 100 Orens (or 5000 Credis, or 500,000 Talii).


    Hence the reason why three thousand Credis was 300,000 Talii, which is quite a lot of money.N?v(el)B\\jnn


    Enough for a peasant to buy a house, a farm and start a family, feeding them for at least a year.


    A middle-ss house costs a thousand Credis. Which is an estate, with a five-room mansion and a nice gardenpound.


    So, yes, it was pretty expensive.


    Northern sighed; he was in a lot of trouble now.


    Shin looked at him, worried. He still could notprehend why Northern was asking to use a muchrger one.


    But he didn''t question what Northern was doing. By now, he had figured out that there were tons of things he didn''t know about his son. Including the tremendous strength he was hiding.


    "We have a total of three hundred, ny-six thousand Talii. So it''s still affordable." Shin said with a calm voice.


    Thedy exchanged her eyes between the two of them, looking at them like they were insane. "I''m sorry, but shouldn''t that money serve you a better purpose? I''m sure it''s just a slight malfunction. It will work as soon as it''s tested with the next batch of travelers."


    Northern shook his head and directed his gaze at her, "Test it as much as you want. You''d still keep having the same issue."


    Thedy had an extremely confused look on her face. She was trying to be very considerate


    and reasonable, but it seemed these peasants weren''t having it.


    Then a thought broke into her mind, making her eyes widen. Her mouth opened as she realized what she could be missing.


    "I''m very sorry for not recognizing a Paragon!"


    "Eh?"


    Not only Northern, but all the crew eximed. A Paragon? Where?


    "I''m sorry, there seems to be a mistake. None of us here is a Paragon." Shin cleared the air.


    Immediately, the girl stood back with a puzzled frown.


    "Then an Ascendant?" she inquired.


    Shin looked at the rest; they all shook their heads. Then he responded, "No."


    Thedy looked at Northern, "I''m sorry sir. Is it okay for me to ask what rank you are?"


    Northern indifferently answered, "I am a Master."


    "How old sir?"


    "Sixteen."


    ''Sixteen and a Master? That''s insanely impossible,'' the thought cause her eyes to widen.


    She was meaning to confirm what rank he is, for him to speak like he was a thousand souls


    walking in one body.


    But she had ended up being taken by shock that she forgot her initial reason.


    A sixteen-year-old Master in the Central ins has never been heard of!


    "Please, can we proceed?" Northern bothered.


    Thedy broke out of her shock; at this point, she was just mentally tired. She shrugged.


    "If it''s what you want, then there is no problem."


    Shin brought out the pack of coins, selected ny-six coins from it and handed the rest to


    thedy.


    Thedy bowed as she received and took onest nce at Northern, who was expressionless.


    She faced Shin and the rest of the crew.


    "Then you all can proceed to the center of the gateway."


    Shin and the rest of them did as she said, while she walked away with Northern.


    After a while, the whirring began its build-up again; this time, however, there was no drop.


    The build-up continued till the crystal in the center arc began to glow brightly, eventually, a


    form circle on the ground appeared with a blue glow as the crystal. Then a light enveloped them, instantly warping them to South Drywall.