Cursed Immortality

Jacob was shocked when he heard about the privilege restriction on Life Crystal uses. He has just earned a 3-Star Privilege, and probably in the entire epic plains, only the Timeless Dark Tree had a 3-Star Privilege. 

4-star privilege means probably a top big shot of the Unique Plains, or even higher. 

'Just what kind of secret life crystals had to classify it as such, and how did the clown society get their paw on so many of them? It's too strange… first that mutant, and now life crystals. It's like they are trying to achieve something other than just creating some mindless puppets. What if the dark beings are also involved with them? It's not impossible to have traitors in amidst…' 

The more Jacob thinks about it, the more he finds this topic complex and out of his league. He isn't someone with a narrow mindset. He knows if the dark beings have something that can genuinely allure him, he might temporarily side with them. 

It wasn't hard to imagine there were others like him. After all, in the Zodiac Plains, strength and benefits meant everything. 

The Killer Skull Society working with the Dark Beings won't surprise Jacob much. 

In the end, Jacob decided to put this matter on hold and seek Immortika's opinion. Who knows, he might get lucky. 

Furthermore, now that he knew what was inside these rings and just how important they seemed, he quickly stowed away the nine rings with life crystals and said, "I want to sell the rest." 

"The final tally is 914,400,000 Zodiac Credit!

"Do you want to exchange?" 

'Why are those life crystals worth so much?' Jacob was really curious now, "Alright." 

He put the rings on the floor before they vanished and received the payment. 

Although the price has dropped substantially, he has more than enough to buy whatever he needs. He won't give away a precious resource if he has no choice, especially when this resource was highly regarded by the Zodiac Plains. He also decided to pay more attention to the Dark Beings treasuries in the future! 

Who knows what surprise awaits him? 

Now that he earned over twenty billion ZC, it was time for the main event as he said, "Open the epic plains shop!" 

The next moment, a corporeal virtual projection appeared before him, the same as the last time.

His Star ID name and current balance were in the top-left corner, which was 20,304,560,150 ZC.

Then, there was a list below under the category of Level-1 Epic Authority, and there were four items.

"1. Unique Star Ocean Medallion

"Description: A Medallion of proof to pave the way for the Champion towards Unique Star Ocean!

"Price: 500,000,000 ZC

"2. Life Zone Scroll (Epic Plains)

"Description: Create a 100X100 Life Zone anywhere in the Epic Plains, and no Dark Being will be able to enter.

"Limitation: Only Useable in Epic Plains.

"Duration: 10 Years

"Price: 10,000,000 ZC

"3. Life Limit Breaker (1-Level)

"Description: Break the power level limit on the Epic Plain by one level for every living being. While active, any living being with the same level can enter the epic plains.

"Duration: 100 Years

"Price: 1,000,000,000 ZC

"4. Escape Life Talisman (Advanced Epic Rank)

"Description: An escape talisman made with Space Magic Runes. It can be activated with magic, or whenever the user is in life-threatening danger, it can automatically activate as long it is attached to the body and teleport the user 1,000 miles away in a random direction. 

"Limitation: Does not work in confined and locked spaces or against space restriction abilities!

"Available: 3

"Price: 50,000,000 (Each)"

Jacob's eyes shimmered, seeing the Unique Star Ocean Medallion, while completely ignoring items number two and three before looking at another new item. 

'So that's how that guy probably got away from me that day. These escape-life talismans are indeed a life savior and quite annoying. What if my enemies started to come at me with these talismans? I won't be able to kill them at all. On the other hand, the same goes for others!' 

Jacob was both thrilled to see this life-saving treasure, and depressed about how this could affect him. He couldn't help but think about Nelsen, and he guessed there were over ninety percent chances that he had this talisman. 

'Space restriction abilities, huh? Furthermore, it said space magic runes…' Jacob's eyes shimmered as he thought something and quickly ordered. 

"I want to buy the Unique Star Ocean Medallion and all three Escape Life Talismans." 

Six hundred fifty million ZC was instantly deducted from his action, and the next moment, two small pillars rose from the ground, and there were items on top of each. 

One of them had a pristine blue triangular-shaped compass with beautiful engraving, and there was only a single black compass needle within. There weren't any compass points. Instead, there were engraved sun, moon, and a six-pointer star on its three corners, all glowing in different lights. On the other pillar were three yellow pieces of paper engraved with complex runes and patterns. 

'So, the Medallion was a compass? And how the hell am I going to use it?' Jacob frowned as he picked up the cold compass. It was extremely heavy despite being only palm-sized. 

"How should I use it?" He asked SAAI. 

"Imbue magic power in it, and the compass needle will move. The three compass pointers, the Sun and Moon, represent light and dark, while the Star exists between the light and dark. That is the only forward! I can't reveal anymore." 

"So, all I have to do is follow the star? Just what in the world is the unique star ocean." Jacob wondered aloud, and SAAI remained silent. So, he knew he wouldn't be getting any more information. 

At least he knows how to use this thing and what to follow. 

Jacob quickly put away the compass and three talismans before asking, "I want to know if I can buy anything that can restrict space and those space magic symbols as well. It would be even better if I could also buy the blueprint of escape life talisman or anything related to space." 

The projection in front of him suddenly changed, revealing a few objects. 

"Sky Lock Cube (Advanced Epic Rank)

"Description: Treasure that can lock space in a 100-meter radius. 

"Limitation: Epic Rank 

"Price: 100,000,000 

"Principles of Rune Artificer: Space Runes (Advanced Epic Rank)

"Price: 250,000,000 ZC

"Teleportation Array (Advanced Epic Rank Blueprint) 

"Description: Design to set Teleportation Array between two points within 10,000 Miles Radius. 

"Limitation: Won't work in restricted space. 

"Price: 1 Billion ZC

"Sky-breaking Step (Advanced Epic Rank Talisman Blueprint)

"Description: Teleport ten miles in any direction of eyes. 

"Limitation: Won't work in restricted space. 

"Price: 250,000,000 ZC"

Jacob was flabbergasted when he saw those four items popping out. He wasn't expecting there really be something related to space to buy, yet he got all the things he wanted! 

Even though he didn't get the blueprint for escape life talisman, he was content with the sky-breaking step talisman. Ten miles in his chosen direction was quite enough, especially if he added more than hundreds of talismans. 

Furthermore, the Principles of Rune Artificer: Space Runes seemed mandatory to create these space-related runic items. Now, he finally understands why there wasn't anything about space runes in his previous manual related to runes. 

Those were just fundamentals, only now he was stepping into the actual domain of Rune Artificer. 

Mulling, at this point, Jacob's eyes burn with the passion of a researcher who craves knowledge of the unknown. He said, "I want all of them, and show me every manual related to Rune Artificer, Magic Smith, Pill, and Potion Alchemy!"