The Genius Evolution Store

”Congratulations, Student Auric.” Mayor Petrus smiled from ear to ear. He had been receiving a lot of praise because he sponsored Auric instead of the governor.

”I’m just doing my best. There is no need for congratulations.” Auric shook his head.

”Hahaha. You’re too modest.” Mayor Petrus chuckled. ”What you have achieved is something unimaginable for all people.”

”You’re overpraising me. I’m afraid that it will get into my head.”

Mayor Petrus laughed harder. ”Well, I suppose I shouldn’t take too much of your time. I’m sure that you’re busy, so I’m just going to tell you why I came here. I want to increase your sponsorship.”

Auric thought for a moment. He wasn’t going to reject free money, but there was actually something that he wanted.

”Rather than an increase in sponsorship, can I request something instead, Mayor?”

Mayor Petrus raised his eyebrows. ”Actually, that’s more convenient for me. People’s needs are different. I gave you what I thought you needed, so if you can tell me what you need, I’ll prepare that instead. This will support you a lot more.”

”Thank you.” Auric raised one finger. ”May I ask for more protection for my mother?”

Auric didn’t have to think about his father. Even he didn’t know where he was, so anyone who wanted to approach him would have a hard time finding his father.

So, it was better for him to focus on his mother instead.

”Your mother?” Mayor Petrus thought for a moment. He had assigned the same level of protection as himself to Auric’s mother, but considering the situation, it might not be enough. ”How about this? I will increase the number of agents to protect your mother. If you think that’s not enough, I can also hire X-Guard as bodyguards.

”As you know, we’re protecting your mother from a distance, while bodyguards are much closer.”

Auric carefully considered the offers. ”I think it’s best to avoid X-Guard first. I don’t want her life to be affected, but I’m pretty sure it’s going to be affected in one way or another. If you think it’s necessary, please proceed in that direction.”

”I see. I can do that much.” Mayor Petrus agreed to Auric’s request. ”Still, I don’t think this is enough. Since I don’t know what you want, how about I give you 5 million instead? You can buy anything you want.”

Auric wasn’t going to reject free money, so he nodded. ”I understand. Thank you for your care.”

Even though five million could only feed Lindwurm for ten days, he wouldn’t reject free money.

”Very well. Keep working hard, Student Auric. If you have anything you want, you can just request it from me.” Mayor Petrus took out his business card. ”This is my private number. I will be able to see your request directly.”

”I understand. Thank you very much.” Auric smiled.

Mayor Petrus smiled back and patted Auric on the shoulder before taking his leave.

Since the camp would start in two weeks, he still has time to prepare.

Auric muttered, ”Looking at this speed, I should be able to evolve my fire, wind, earth, and unique elements in two weeks.”

He was confident because of the progress of those four elements. They were 86%, 70%, 76%, and 96% respectively.

For the fire and unique elements, he could finish them in just two to three days. After all, he intended to focus on his elements. The other two elements would take up most of his time.

At the same time, his water element had reached 62%, while his dark element had gone as high as 66%.

The element with the lowest progress was his light element at only 30%.

”Although ranking up my dark element sounds like a better option, I have to prioritize my wind and earth elements first because I have revealed them. At the very least, I can surprise them with the fire and unique elements.” Auric crossed his arms, contemplating.

As if knowing what he was thinking, Lindwurm asked, ”Do you intend to register your elements in the Evolution Association?”

”I’m still thinking about that.”

”I think it’s not a bad idea. First of all, your information is going to be locked by that old man. The only people who will know this are the people from the Evolution Association.”

”Yeah, but the problem is that there will be customers who witness it.”

”I think they have thought about it carefully. Why don’t you ask them about it?”

Auric hesitated for a moment. Still, he had President Gunther’s number, so he thought about calling him.

After a few minutes, Auric decided to call President Gunther.

”Hoho. My little genius. What’s the occasion for your call this time? Do you want to arrange a test?”

”Good morning, President Gunther. If I may take a bit of your time, I would like to ask you something. If I intend to register an element without wanting to expose my strength, can you do it?”

President Gunther chuckled. ”Actually, I got a call from the Supreme Chief directly. After learning that I had been helping you take the test, he called me to help you.

”He predicted that you would request something like this. So, I had prepared some arrangements.

”Because I could vouch for your power, you could actually work as a hidden master in the association.

”In other words, the first part of the test could be done directly with me as your guarantor. The second part of the test, where you have to help people evolve, we will do it like when you asked me to hide your identity as a silver-grade lightning evolution master.”

”Oh!” Auric almost forgot about this arrangement. He once asked President Gunther to see if he could work as a lightning evolution master without showing his face.

The arrangement worked. It was a pretty useful experience.

This arrangement could be adjusted to work for the test. Instead of doing everything in one day, he could do it in the course of several days.

”See?” Lindwurm winked. He had expected that they had prepared something for Auric.

”So, would you like to arrange a test?” President Gunther asked.

”In that case, can I trouble you to arrange the silver-grade test for the fire element?”

”Oh? Fire element?!” President Gunther smiled. ”Of course. I can do it.”

Auric intended to upgrade four elements in two weeks. Since his unique element didn’t need to be registered, it had less priority. After all, there was no unique evolution master.

Meanwhile, the wind and earth elements had been revealed, so he could just go there to take the test.

Still, he didn’t want to make a big ruckus, so Auric adjusted the arrangement slightly. ”Also, I would like to have the same arrangement for my wind element next week.”

”Your wind element as well?” President Gunther was surprised. He thought that Auric would only take one test since that was the pattern he had seen.

However, Auric surprised him by adding, ”I also want to register for the test for my earth element, but that one will probably be through the normal arrangement. If possible, I’d like it to be held on Friday of the second week.”

”Even your earth element?” President Gunther dropped his jaw. He noticed why Auric wanted this arrangement.

”I see. You don’t want to stand out. That’s why you want to separate them. It’s only natural to hide your fire element, since it can be your trump card. Meanwhile, if people see you advancing your wind and earth elements, they will be shocked. As such, it’s better to hide your wind element and show only your earth element.”

”That’s the gist of my idea.” Auric wondered how shocked President Gunther would be if he told him about the unique element.

President Gunther paused for a few seconds. ”I think I can arrange it. When are you going to take the test?”

”Two days from now.”

”Sure. I don’t have any problems with that schedule.”

”Thank you very much, President Gunther.”

”You’re welcome. Make sure to come on time. Since this is a test, don’t expect to earn money, okay? That’s the rule of the test, after all. I will have the staff tell the patients that you are doing charity or they’re lucky and exempt them from the treatment cost.”

”I understand.”

”Very well. See you in two days.”

Now that the arrangement had been made, Auric could finally focus on the schedule he had in mind.

Since he would have the test in two days, he focused on evolving his fire element first. As he expected, he filled the bar in one day and a half, spending most of his time raising this element.

Two days later, he went to the association to take the test. President Gunther had arranged everything and even put a camera in the room to record the process of him treating the patients.

This was more than enough as proof, so once he uploaded the proof, that video would be locked.

Auric finally became a silver-grade fire evolution master. During his free time, he would focus on increasing his wind element progress.

Although his unique element was close to evolving, he didn’t need to register it with the association, so he could just use the last two days to evolve it.

Just like they had agreed, he became a silver-grade wind evolution master after that. Then, he finished the second week by becoming a silver-grade earth evolution master.

President Gunther had a hard time containing his happiness because he was the one who handled this matter. It was obvious that he would become famous in the future.

Auric didn’t mind it since President Gunther had been helpful to him.

Of course, people heard that Auric had become a silver-grade earth evolution master. He didn’t hide this news, so they couldn’t help but cheer, thinking that the genius continued to progress.

Mayor Petrus even congratulated him, not realizing that what he had achieved was beyond what he knew.

Nevertheless, Auric managed to evolve his unique element. With this, only his water, light, and dark elements remained unevolved. Of course, he intended to evolve them as quickly as possible because he was curious whether evolving all elements would give him benefits.

Fortunately, Maya was very supportive. She was the one taking care of his preparation for the next trip.

All Auric had to do was to store the supplies both in his bag and in his storage.

To his surprise, as he reached the airport to fly to the camp, Auric encountered two people.

Then again, he wasn’t the only one who participated in this training camp. There were a lot of other students.

However, there were two people who unexpectedly joined this training camp.

The first one was Eric. He felt useless in the capital city, so Eric wanted to get stronger. The second was Ellia. She had almost everything, so it was quite surprising to find her at the airport.

”Eric? Ellia?”