I Can Get 1,000,000x Returns from Selling Anything!-Chapter 116 --Permafrost Prison, Ring of Void

The two world announcements crashed down one after another like thunderbolts.

In an instant, the entire Multiversal World Channel exploded into chaos.

"What the hell?! We players from other world regions contributed to the defense against the shadowkin invasion too. Why does only World Region No. 616 get double EXP? How is that fair?!"

"Protest! We players from other regions don’t want anything else—just fair treatment!"

"Holy shit, I didn’t expect the system itself to be this biased! Was this game developed by players from World Region No. 616 or what?!"

But over in World Region No. 616, the public channel was nothing but celebration.

"Thanks to the great Faustus for winning us double EXP! This is insane!"

"@Faustus, Guildmaster is forever our god!"

"By the gods, I hereby declare that from today onward, Faustus is my idol!"

"Everyone, latest news—Munich Guild has disbanded on the spot! I heard even their guildmaster has already joined Doom Guild!"

"Hahahaha... That’s completely normal. Here’s something you probably don’t know—those financial conglomerates back on Earth are now totally helpless when it comes to this game!"

"The exchange rate between dollars and gold coins has already skyrocketed to 20:1! And even if they have gold coins, they still can’t buy the most core assets in the nine main cities. I heard all those commercial properties have been monopolized by Faustus!"

"What? Faustus is that outrageous?"

"Of course! Otherwise, how could he possibly pull off something as heaven-defying as killing the shadowkin overlord?"

"..."

[Ding! You have slain the shadowkin overlord! Luck +100! Charisma +100! Achievement obtained: "Human Watcher"!]

[Achievement rewards obtained:

epic-grade NPC ×10,000!

Exalted-grade NPC ×5,000!

legendary-grade NPC (low-grade) ×10!

The rewards have been automatically delivered to Polaris City.]

Daniel let out a long breath.

At long last, the massive trouble posed by the shadowkin had been dealt with.

Now, all he had to do was crush the Sixfold Host in Winterhold of the North, and this mission would be fully completed.

And this trip to the Abyss Rift had brought him an astonishing harvest.

With the ten newly rewarded legendary-grade NPCs added in, the number of legendary-grade powerhouses under his command had surged to thirty.

Four transcendent, eight high-grade, five mid-grade, and thirteen low-grade.

This force was enough to let him stand against any future version update, and it also gave him the confidence to confront the Shadow Council head-on.

He opened his inventory and began checking his spoils.

Among the items dropped by the shadowkin overlord Baal, the most eye-catching was a skill book glowing with an icy blue radiance.

[Permafrost Prison (SSS-rank Forbidden Art)]

Learning Requirement: Archer / Level 150

Effect: Draw upon the power of absolute frost and transform it into an arrow, creating a realm of eternal ice within a designated area (1000 × 1000 meters). All enemy targets within the domain are forcibly afflicted with [Frozen], [Slowed], and [Icebound]. Enemies inside the domain take damage equal to 200% of the caster’s Attack Power every second.

Duration: Infinite (can be terminated by the caster at any time; consumes 1% MP per second)

Description: A forbidden art said to have been created by an ancient Great Sage Archer, using the heart of a Frost Dragon as its catalyst. Once the arrow is loosed, all lands for ten thousand miles are sealed in ice.

Including [Heavenfall Strike] and [Thunder Abyss], which he had obtained earlier, Daniel had now collected three forbidden arts.

Unfortunately, the learning requirement for forbidden arts was Level 150, so he still could not use them for the time being.

With that thought, he put away the skill book and took out a ring glowing with a soft golden light.

[Ring of Space (legendary-grade)]

Effect: Grants an independent storage space of 300 × 300 slots. Living beings cannot be stored inside.**

Daniel placed the softly glowing ring into the guild warehouse and tapped his fingertip lightly to confirm the sale.

[Ding! You have sold "Ring of Space (legendary-grade)" to Doom Guild for 1 copper coin, triggering Millionfold Boost!]

[The item sold belongs to the special equipment category. Please choose: quality boost / quantity boost!]

"Quality boost!"

[Congratulations! You have obtained 1 gold coin! You have obtained "Ring of Void (supreme-grade)"!]

He took the brand-new ring out of his inventory.

Unlike the previous one, this ring was entirely pitch black. A deep-blue gem was set into its surface, and within that gem, it seemed as though an endless galaxy slowly revolved.

The ring felt almost weightless in his hand. The moment he put it on, an indescribable power spread from his fingertip throughout his entire body.

[Ring of Void (supreme-grade)]

Effect: Grants an independent space of 1000 × 1000 slots. Living beings may be stored inside. Time within the space flows in sync with the outside world, and living creatures inside may survive, rest, and recover from injuries normally.**

Special: The wearer may anchor the entrance to the space at any chosen location and set access permissions. Buildings may be constructed within the space, crops may be planted, and living creatures may be raised there, as though it were a portable world.

Description: Legend says that the ancient God of the Void forged this ring from the Core of the Void to imprison beings that even gods could not truly destroy. Later, the ring passed into mortal hands, and its bearer became the sovereign of that world within.

Daniel stared at the description in silence for a full five seconds.

A portable miniature world!

Converted into real-world area, it was large enough to hold a small castle.

And it could store living beings, grow crops, and raise animals.

He slipped the ring onto his finger. With a single thought, his consciousness instantly sank into that void space.

It was a gray-white world. The ground was smooth as a mirror, and above was an endless expanse of bright white emptiness.

The edges of the space were wrapped in a faint golden wall of light, across which ancient runes flowed.

"A fine treasure."

Daniel withdrew from the space, the corners of his lips curving slightly upward.

With this ring, he could store all thirty legendary-grade powerhouses under his command inside it.

Just imagine it—using a portal to descend upon the main city of an enemy world region, and then releasing thirty legendary-grade powerhouses from the ring in an instant...

The very thought of that scene was enough to make one’s scalp tingle.

...

Not far away, the human legendary-grade powerhouses had gathered together.

"Carodion... just now, you addressed that young man as ’my lord’?"

an elderly man asked hesitantly.

"You... were truly revived by him?"

Unfortunately, faced with everyone’s questions, Carodion and the others gave no response at all.

"It’s good to see you again..."

Another powerhouse looked at Carodion’s hollow gaze, his voice choking slightly.

"Even though you’ve lost your former memories, at least... you’re still alive."

"Yes. As long as you’re alive, that’s enough."

After finishing his inspection of the spoils, Daniel turned and walked toward that group of legendary-grade powerhouses.

"My lord."

All thirty powerhouses bowed in unison.

Daniel nodded, his gaze sweeping across the other human powerhouses.

"The shadowkin have been destroyed. You may all return."

At that moment, an aged legendary-grade powerhouse stepped forward. After hesitating for a moment, he asked softly,

"My lord... could you tell us what exactly Carodion and the others went through? For the dead to return to life, there must have been some price to pay, no?"