Chapter 20: I Need a Face-to-Face Meeting

Fatty Lei planned to rest after eating, but he did not dare drink the ‘coffee’ Andrew gave him again. If this drink really worked like coffee from Fatty Lei’s original world, then resting after drinking it would be impossible.

He asked his Intelligent Butler Wangcai to bring him a pot of boiled water.

“Hoo~~”

His stomach felt warm. It had been a long time since he had felt the warmth of hot water.

So Fatty Lei could not help but close his eyes comfortably, showing a relaxed expression.

At this time, the Intelligent Butler Wangcai wore a set of clothes that originally belonged to the soldiers in the Military Outpost. Fatty Lei wore a sergeant’s uniform. The two of them looked like the remaining staff of this Military Outpost.

“It’s already morning now,” Fatty Lei said softly.

He really had not expected that he had been so busy that a whole day and night had passed.

“Master, you look very tired. Why don’t you go and rest? When Andrew finishes his experiment and contacts us, I will notify you,” the Intelligent Butler said, seeing his Master’s exhausted appearance, and tried to persuade him.

Fatty Lei raised his arms and stretched, letting out a deep breath.

“I was just thinking of that. Then you take charge of guarding the Military Outpost. When that guy Andrew contacts me, come to the Basement and let me know. Also, you need to pay attention; the area around our Military Outpost is not very safe. Wild beasts appear from time to time,” Fatty Lei reminded his Steward.

“Don’t worry, Master. Although I am not a combat-type Steward, dealing with a few monsters is no problem. So you don’t have to worry about safety,” Wangcai said. He then turned and looked at the surrounding Metal Walls before adding, “Besides, the high walls of our Military Outpost are not just for show.”

After eating and drinking his fill, a heavy drowsiness swept over Fatty Lei’s nerves.

“Alright, I am going to rest now. I leave everything to you,” Fatty Lei said as he walked out of the Watchtower and descended the wall.

After seeing Fatty Lei into the underground passage, Wangcai took two Laser Rifles from the Supply Depot and returned to the Watchtower to keep watch.

Even though those monsters posed no danger to this Intelligent Life, he could not help but be concerned about Fatty Lei’s safety. After all, if Fatty Lei died, this Steward would also face Eradication.

The two of them, Fatty Lei and Wangcai, shared a relationship where if one prospered, both prospered; if one suffered, both suffered. Therefore, Wangcai had to take things seriously. Moreover, if Fatty Lei became a powerful high-level Dimensional Merchant in the future, Wangcai, as his Steward, would also gain great power.

While Fatty Lei had already fallen into a deep sleep due to exhaustion, and his Intelligent Butler Wangcai guarded the Military Outpost, far away on another Dimensional Plane Continent, the Magic Apprentice Mr. Andrew was conducting experiment work in his backyard.

Andrew’s home was in a commoners’ residential area in the northern district of the Capital City. Because it was a Fantasy Plane World, most houses on the Continent were single-story, and there were very few tall buildings.

Only the royal palace, the Mage Towers where great Mages lived and researched, the mansions of Nobles, or various entertainment venues had multistory structures.

Andrew’s home was not big, with only two rooms and a living room. But it had the advantage of a small backyard where Andrew grew some vegetables and fruits.

At this moment, Andrew was hunched over, holding a hoe and busy with something in the ground.

He dug up a plant he had planted that had already borne fruit. Then he took out a bundle from his chest, carefully opened it, and revealed its contents.

If Fatty Lei had been by Andrew’s side, he would have been greatly surprised when he saw what Andrew held in his hand.

Because the thing in Andrew’s hand was something Fatty Lei was all too familiar with—a ‘Sweet Potato’ that cost three coins in his original world.

Andrew carefully opened the bundle. Looking at the ‘Sweet Potato,’ his mood was very excited.

“I pray in the name of the Douglas family. If my guess is correct, then our declining Douglas family might regain its glory through my efforts,” Andrew said excitedly, his body even trembling.

If Fatty Lei had been there, he would have scoffed at this. It was just a ‘Sweet Potato’ in his hands—what was there to get excited about?

Actually, Andrew’s family, tracing back a thousand years, was once a large and powerful family. Moreover, many Mages in their family could rival Deities.

At that time, the Douglas family was glorious and noble on the Continent, an object of admiration and envy for everyone. All of this came from the ‘Sweet Potato’ in Andrew’s hands.

But for some unknown reason, the ‘Sweet Potato’ suddenly stopped growing in the Douglas family. Because of this, the Douglas family quickly declined and fell, leading to the family being divided and swallowed by Continental forces.

Andrew’s branch of the Douglas family descendants went into hiding, changing their names to avoid detection. This allowed them to escape that great calamity and pass down the family’s Sacred Artifact, the ‘Sweet Potato,’ through the generations.

For a thousand years, Andrew’s ancestors constantly hoped to make the Douglas family rise again. However, no matter what they tried, they could not successfully grow the family’s Sacred Artifact, the ‘Sweet Potato.’ This led to generation after generation of failure for Andrew’s family predecessors.

Although the ‘Sweet Potato’ seemed ordinary to Fatty Lei—something you could buy on the street for three coins—for the Douglas family, it was a Sacred Artifact that could transform them, granting them powerful strength comparable to that of Deities.

From the family’s historical documents, they knew that a thousand years ago, the family succeeded in growing this creature because there was a patch of miraculous land on their property.

But after the Mana on that land disappeared, they could no longer grow the ‘Sweet Potato’ Sacred Artifact with powerful Mana. The Sacred Artifact ‘Sweet Potato’ became no different from ordinary food, except it was a bit sweet…

But the Sand Beast that Fatty Lei traded with him contained some sand with Mana. Although the Mana would dissipate due to the suppression of Dimensional Rule after arriving in this world, Andrew deeply felt the changes it brought before it vanished.

So Andrew wanted to test again whether the family’s passed-down ‘Sacred Artifact’ could be planted in this sand before the Mana in the sand dissipated.

It was because of this idea that Andrew asked Fatty Lei for some sand to conduct his experiment.

Moreover, as an 80th-level Merchant, Andrew also knew that their family’s Sacred Artifact, the ‘Sweet Potato,’ was a hot commodity in many Magic Dimensional Planes. It was just that the supply was too scarce, leading to high demand.

If Fatty Lei’s Mana-infused sand could truly nurture the Sacred Artifact ‘Sweet Potato,’ wouldn’t that mean he could partner with Fatty Lei to earn a large amount of Credit Points?

Besides earning Credit Points, he could also enhance his own power and make the Douglas family’s name renowned across the Continent once more.

It was precisely because of this that Andrew was so excited.

Holding the ‘Sweet Potato’ in his hands, Andrew walked very carefully to the small hole he had dug in the yard. He placed the ‘Sweet Potato’ inside, then took out the pile of sand Fatty Lei had given him from his pocket and poured it into the hole.

“Hmm, the Mana in this sand is disappearing quickly. I need to conduct the experiment fast before the Mana completely vanishes,” Andrew said. After pouring all the sand into the hole, he picked up a shovel nearby and filled the hole completely with soil.

After doing all this, Andrew slowly retreated to the wall.

He waited and observed with excitement, and at the same time, he began to pray in his heart.

“Pop!”

The small mound covering the ‘Sweet Potato’ cracked, and more cracks appeared. A green vine slowly broke through the soil and grew rapidly.

“It worked!”

Even though it was just a guess before, when he saw that it was indeed true, Andrew could not control his emotions. His face showed a look of ecstasy as he waved his arms.

Perhaps because too much time had passed, the Mana in the sand had almost completely disappeared. This greatly affected the growth of the Sweet Potato.

The wildly growing vine, after its initial rapid growth, suddenly withered in an instant, turned to ashes, and scattered in the wind.

Andrew quickly ran over and carefully dug out the ‘Sweet Potato’ with his shovel.

There were still some traces of Mana fluctuation on the ‘Sweet Potato,’ but because the growth was unsuccessful, this ‘Sweet Potato’ could not be considered mature. Over time, the Mana on it completely disappeared.

Even so, Andrew was very happy.

He placed the ‘Sweet Potato’ inside his clothes, keeping it close to his body for safekeeping. Then he turned and ran into his room.

Soon, Andrew ran back out, closed the backyard gate securely, and then made sure all doors inside and outside the house were tightly shut before returning to his room.

He went to his desk, opened a drawer, and started contacting Fatty Lei.

Because it was a cross-Dimensional Plane communication, there was a time difference between the two Worlds.

In Andrew’s World, he had only been busy for about an hour, but in the other World, Fatty Lei had slept soundly for almost ten hours.

“Beep beep beep beep!”

The desktop computer speakers in the Trading Space made a sound.

As an Intelligent Butler, Wangcai was inherently connected to the Trading Space. So immediately, Wangcai entered the Trading Space.

He turned on the monitor, and Andrew appeared on the screen.

“I need to speak with Mr. Odin. Tell him we really are going to cooperate. And it’s big cooperation. I need to have a face-to-face meeting with him.”

As soon as Andrew appeared on the display, he shouted loudly to the Intelligent Butler Wangcai.