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Chapter 260 - Chapter257-A Luxurious Swimming Pool!
Chapter 260 - Chapter257-A Luxurious Swimming Pool!
"Ghost Knight Commander!"
"This task is already challenging enough. If I raise the difficulty any further, this amount of compensation won't be enough, and I'll have to increase your rewards again!"
Velen explained seriously, his face full of sincerity.
Collapse.
Hearing this, both Ghost Knight Commander and Silver Lunar Knight Commander mentally collapsed.
They couldn't accept the brutal reality: the treasures they had spent their entire lives chasing were so... cheap in Velen's eyes.
"Just digging a hole and pouring some water, and we get treasures we'd kill for!"
"Ghost, accept it already."
"When compared to His Highness Velen, we are nothing but paupers. The treasures we hold so dear are no better than garbage in his eyes. We have to adjust our mindsets."
"Honestly, right now, I even feel a little envious of Old Jin and Old Hua."
"Because those two don't even know what kind of mental devastation we've gone through in such a short time."
After speaking, Silver Lunar Knight Commander leapt into the large pit. Covering his right hand with mana, he effortlessly lifted a huge barrel high into the air—seven meters up—and began pouring its contents into the pit.
Hearing his words, Ghost Knight Commander also smiled bitterly, then jumped into the pit, grabbed a barrel, and flew into the air to dump it out.
Iron Cub Spring!!!
However, when the two knight commanders saw that the liquid pouring from the barrels wasn't just ordinary water, but a dazzling golden fluid—Iron Cub Spring—they both widened their eyes in shock and cried out.
"Ghost! If Blazing sees this, won't he go completely insane?!"
After the shock wore off, Silver Lunar Knight Commander looked nervously toward Ghost Knight Commander for confirmation.
"Will he?"
"He absolutely will!"
"If Blazing had access to this much Iron Cub Spring, he could temper his body to the extreme. No exaggeration—it would reach a point where the three of us combined wouldn't be able to defeat him anymore!"
Ghost Knight Commander gave a firm answer.
——
Beep! Congratulations, Host, on triggering a Spendthrift Tycoon behavior! Reward: 10 million luxury points, and 100 Invincible Upgrade Potions!
As Velen watched the two knight commanders pour barrel after barrel of Iron Cub Spring into the pit, the system's reward notification suddenly sounded.
"This reward must be from settling Silver Lunar Knight Commander's labor fee and triggering the Spendthrift Tycoon reward!"
"That means... my luxury points have now reached 900 million! It's time for a breakthrough!"
"Once I break through to the peak of Supreme Rank Level 9, the rewards I get for further spendthrift behaviors will be even more insane!"
Thinking this, Velen immediately ordered the system:
"System, consume 900 million luxury points and boost my strength to the peak of Supreme Rank Level 9!"
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
As wave after wave of breakthrough energy surged out, the two knight commanders in the midst of pouring water were utterly stunned.
"Silver Lunar, what is His Highness Velen doing?!"
"Is... Is it even possible to break through like this?!"
Watching Velen lying casually on his crystal bed, breaking through at a terrifying speed, Ghost Knight Commander's eyes nearly popped out of his head.
"Ghost... even though I can't quite believe it myself, reality is right in front of us."
"And also, your description is wrong. It's not just a breakthrough—this is a rapid-fire breakthrough!"
Silver Lunar Knight Commander smiled bitterly as he expressed his disbelief.
A few moments later—
"Other people need elaborate preparations to break through."
"And even after breaking through, they still need time to stabilize their strength."
"But His Highness Velen? He just rapid-fired his breakthrough like crazy, and now... he's fallen asleep!"
When they finished pouring the fifty barrels of Iron Cub Spring and approached Velen, they found him fast asleep, causing another massive blow to their already fragile minds.
Having rare treasures was one thing.
Having the means to casually harvest special items was another.
But now... even cultivating was this outrageous?
It was a full-spectrum, no-dead-angles kind of crushing!
"Hmm?"
At that moment, Velen slowly opened his eyes.
Seeing the two knight commanders standing nearby, he sat up and looked toward the large pit.
"There's some seepage going on."
"And... looking at it now, this pool feels too plain and shabby."
Extending his spiritual senses, Velen found that the Iron Cub Spring was slowly seeping into the surrounding ground. The whole pit looked crude and unfinished.
"This won't do. It needs a serious upgrade!"
"Ghost, what's His Highness planning now?!"
Seeing Velen throwing handfuls of advanced mana crystals into the pit, Silver Lunar Knight Commander couldn't help asking Ghost Knight Commander.
"If I'm not mistaken, we're about to get more work."
Ghost Knight Commander had already guessed the situation but didn't explain.
They would know soon enough once Velen spoke.
As expected, a moment later—
"You two! Another small task!"
"Use these advanced mana crystals to pave the ground and sides of the pit. It looks too shabby otherwise."
"Don't worry—I'll be adding extra labor compensation for this too!"
After throwing a while, Velen casually explained, then continued tossing crystals.
If it wasn't enough, he'd just add more later.
Afterward, he took out another forty barrels of Iron Cub Spring, planning to fill the pool completely once the ground was properly paved.
——
Much later—
"This is absolutely insane!"
"This is absurdly extravagant!"
Staring at the newly finished, unimaginably luxurious swimming pool, Silver Lunar Knight Commander couldn't help but marvel.
"Silver Lunar, this is just His Highness Velen's daily life."
"We can't be envious. Just calm your mind."
Sighing, Ghost Knight Commander walked toward two massive chunks of Starshadow Steel placed nearby—their reward for pouring the water and paving the pool.
"Sigh, I've lived for hundreds of years... and it was all meaningless. You just can't compete."
Muttering to himself, Silver Lunar Knight Commander also headed toward his reward: two hundred Starnight Flowers.
Beep! Congratulations, Host, on triggering Spendthrift Tycoon behavior! Reward: 100 million luxury points, 100 Invincible Upgrade Potions!
Beep! Congratulations, Host, on triggering Spendthrift Tycoon behavior! Reward: 100 million luxury points, 100 Invincible Upgrade Potions!
Beep! Reminder: Welfare task related to Ghost Knight Commander has concluded!
Beep! Congratulations, Host, on triggering Spendthrift Tycoon behavior! Reward: 100 million luxury points, 100 Invincible Upgrade Potions!
Beep! Congratulations, Host, on triggering Spendthrift Tycoon behavior! Reward: 100 million luxury points, 100 Invincible Upgrade Potions!
Beep! Reminder: Welfare task related to Silver Lunar Knight Commander has concluded!
"Huh?"
Hearing the series of system prompts, Velen slightly frowned, thinking to himself:
"So... each knight commander can only trigger three instances of Spendthrift Tycoon behavior?"
"Still, the rewards have been upgraded to 100 million luxury points each. Not bad!"
Even though advancing to Ascended Rank Level 9 required 9 billion luxury points, Velen wasn't worried.
What concerned him more was whether others could keep up with his rate of growth, including his mentor, Anastasia.
Thinking of this, an excited expression appeared on his face.
Without hesitation, he jumped into the luxurious pool.
He immediately released his ice-attribute mana, rapidly cooling the Iron Cub Spring to a refreshingly crisp temperature.
"You two! Come and enjoy the pool together!"
Stare—
When Ghost Knight Commander and Silver Lunar Knight Commander heard this, they widened their eyes in disbelief.
Was His Highness really inviting them to enjoy this extravagant, divine-grade swimming pool?!
——
Moments later, two Spatial Rifts appeared above the courtyard.
From them stepped two figures: Blazing Knight Commander and Rose Knight Commander.
Slap! Slap! Slap!
Floating mid-air, Blazing Knight Commander saw the luxurious pool below, and noticed that it was entirely filled with Iron Cub Spring.
His mind went completely blank.
He slapped himself across the face several times, doubting whether he had fallen into some sort of illusion!