Absolute Beast Dominion

"No, they haven't sent any reply yet. It's only been two weeks. I guess it should come by next week if the postman doesn't encounter any problems along the way," Lily said.

Because even if teleportation magic existed, Kendru wasn't developed enough to have such a waypoint or even a spatial mage of considerable rank capable of teleporting people and receiving deliveries across a thousand kilometres.

The best option was for the letter to first be transported to the nearest major city to Kendru, which could still be more than 50,000 kilometres away. From there, a postman—generally someone like Brok who runs a delivery service—would deliver the letter to its designated destination.

It might take longer than usual since mishaps could happen along the way. In the worst-case scenario, the postman could die, and the letter would never be delivered. But that was rarely the case, since these postmen were highly experienced and knew the safest routes.

This lengthy process was naturally very costly, especially for deliveries to the outskirts.

It had cost Lily 100 Gold Coins, or 250,000 AC, to send a single letter. And this was something most people simply couldn't afford, making such communication almost nonexistent unless it was something very important.

As a matter of fact, 100 Gold Coins were something even Zerek Milti—whose headless corpse was still in Leo's spiritual space—wouldn't have been able to afford in a small city like Kendru without thinking it over many times.

Keeping that in mind, Lily had even paid the advance fee for the return letter that James or Sera would send.

The letter could even take longer than a month or two if the postman didn't have anything important to deliver alongside it, be it people or merchandise. Who would travel 50,000 kilometres just to deliver a small letter?

Though one could indeed commission a special order to deliver only a letter, the cost would skyrocket to more than 400 Gold Coins (1 Million AC). Because even if large distances felt small in this world, it didn't mean 50,000 kilometres was insignificant. Out of those 400 Gold Coins, the beast itself would consume more than 250 Gold Coins' worth of resources for the round trip, 100 Gold Coins would cover the specialised express service and its entire process, while the remaining 50 Gold Coins would compensate the postman for the travel hazards.

Leo nodded after hearing that.

"I guess we'll need to wait until the Interacademy Competition. We even have the compulsory mission to complete."

With that, they arrived at the place where all the mana-enriching treasures had been gathered.

Treasure - Rank - Effective Area Coverage - Mana Density Increase

[Mana Dew Fern] - Low Green-Tier(2) Treasure - 5m - 10%

[Azure Sap Moss] - Low Green-Tier(2) Treasure - 5m - 15%

[Spiritleaf Clover] - Mid Green-Tier(2) Treasure - 10m - 20%

[Mistbloom Reed] - Mid Green-Tier(2) Treasure - 10m - 25%

[Etherbud Vine] - Mid Green-Tier(2) Treasure - 15m - 25%

[Blueveil Grass] - High Green-Tier(2) Treasure - 40m - 50%

[Whisperroot Herb] - High Green-Tier(2) Treasure - 50m - 50%

[Moondew Orchid] - Peak Green-Tier(2) Treasure - 70m - 80%

[Arcane Sprout] - Peak Green-Tier(2) Treasure - 80m - 80%

[Sylvan Mana Fern] - Peak Green-Tier(2) Treasure - 80m - 85%

[Moonspring Blossom] - Pseudo Blue-Tier(3) Treasure - 90m - 85%

[Spiritwell Lotus] - Low Blue-Tier(3) Treasure - 100m - 90%

[Manaheart Lily] - Low Blue-Tier(3) Treasure - 100m - 110%

[Astral Bloom] - High Blue-Tier(3) Treasure - 140m - 140%

[Etherwood Vine] - High Blue-Tier(3) Treasure - 140m - 150%

[Arcroot Lotus] - Peak Blue-Tier(3) Treasure - 150m - 200%

Leo was pleasantly surprised because the elves had collected each and every treasure he had marked. He had fully expected a few to be missing.

"Good job, Sylrael. With this, the problem of low mana density in the territory will be solved," Leo praised.

Sylrael, who was standing beside them, gave a courteous nod.

Lily gently brushed a leaf on one of the plants with her fingertips, as if trying to interact with it. But she didn't know what was happening. She seemed to be just a step away, yet that single step felt like a vast chasm in the communication.

Meanwhile, Leo simply observed each plant one by one.

Good. All of them can be spread out evenly, and people could pay accordingly to live in areas associated with each treasure.

But then Leo suddenly recalled that he had a talent for hoarding treasures.

[Hoard Sovereignty] - 7★ - 0%

System, how do I claim these treasures for myself in order for the talent to work? Leo asked, recalling how the Dragon Crystal Vine had automatically been registered under the talent when Ashton mentioned it.

>Host simply needs to think of the treasure as his own while any other being related to the treasure needs to forfeit its right over it.

Hm?

Leo simply tried thinking of these treasures as his own and—

Ding!

[Hoard Sovereignty] - 7★ - 0% → 0.002%

It worked... I guess I had been thinking of these treasures as 'being collected by the elves'.

After that, Leo spread his senses across the territory and claimed every treasure within it as his own.

The [Titanbreath Lotus], the [Blue Leaf], the [Thunder-Crest Elk Antler], the [Fluxsoil Heart], all the magic plants, and everything else classified as a treasure.

[Hoard Sovereignty] - 7★ - 0.002% → 0.019%

"Huh?" Leo blurted out after seeing the measly increase in the attribute boost percentage from claiming all the treasures, whose combined worth might have exceeded 3000 Platinum Coins, or 750 Million AC.

It was another matter that he had more than double that amount in his spiritual space, but it still felt too small.

"What happened, Leo?" Lily asked, noticing the dumbfounded look on his face.

Leo looked at her.

"Nothing..." Seeing her, Leo realised that even the 50% feedback from her beast had made her so strong so quickly that if his hoarding talent could grow just as easily--that would make the talent even more broken than it already was. In other words, the world was once again balancing things.

And the talent's effects were stackable with bodily traits; it would simply become absurd in the coming days.

With that, Leo and Lily departed down the plateau to meet the newcomers. He even spotted a Skyrend Eagle in the distance flying toward his territory. The feather shop manager seemed to have arrived as well.

While heading toward the guest house, Leo spotted Brok. His eyes looked vacant as he slumped against the feathers of his beast, seemingly contemplating life.

Goosebumps rose across Leo's skin at the sight of him. His condition practically screamed that he had seen something he shouldn't have—in other words, the elves dealing with those trapped men.

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