513 New rank preparations.

Blake unwrapped the gift revealing a black box that contained a watch.

“She must have wondered how I kept track of time.” Blake laughed.

He had never bothered to buy a watch because he had the system which always kept track of time, however, Camilla had no clue of the presence of the system and had decided to get him a timepiece since he had none even at his house.

“I wonder how much she had spent on it.” Blake was stunned as he inspected the watch.

The watch had 2 dials, the main one displayed the time, while the small one was a compass. The watch’s case was made of titanium further strengthened by arrays, the aperture that depicted the time was lined with precious gems, and the strap was made of full-grain leather from a Rugor.

“This is so thoughtful of her.” Blake was beyond impressed by the gift; the watch’s sturdiness made it perfect for a soldier.

Blake tried it on and took a look at himself in the mirror before putting it away in his drawer. He would have loved to call Camilla to thank her for the gift, but there was a chance that she would be asleep, so he decided to do it the next day.

After freshening up, he decided to make good use of the rest of what was left of that day. He went into a meditative pose and began thinking of everything that had happened so far and the way forward.

“I am finally gotten the promotion I wanted, so what next.” Blake thought as he began making an analysis.

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The major difference between a Captain and a Major wasn’t by the number of people they commanded, but by the authority and responsibility they held.

For example, the death of a captain during a mission or even the beast tide would be inconsequential, especially since the units were trained to function without them.

In the case of a Major, their death would not only cause a massive drop in the morale of the soldiers and lead to chaos, but it basically meant the end of the mission since they were the ones that knew the detailed plans of the mission.

As one of the 5 special ops majors in the eastern region, Blake’s range of action had expanded to the entire region and on rare occasions to other regions, meaning he would get to travel more and discover new things.

He first began with the cons of his promotion, which included having a bigger target on his back and being assigned to harder missions that might actually get him killed.

“It’s no doubt that there are a lot of people that hate me, meaning with each progress I make, I am being seen as a bigger threat to them, and even though Prince Bryon’s presence deters a lot of them someday someone will grow the balls to make a move on me.”

“The solution is to upgrade my defenses and increase my personal strength. I can’t keep relying on Ebony and Ivory every time.” Blake thought.

His most visited locations were the Square and his house. The chances of getting assassinated at the Square were lower than the chances of a camel could passing through the eye of a needle.

This left his house as the only place where he would most likely get assassinated. With this Blake began thinking of ways to improve his house defenses and create a hidden escape route.

As for improving his strength, since his cultivation had reached a bottleneck the only thing he could do was improve his equipment.

“The good thing about the promotion is that I would be able to get my hands on even greater information.” Blake thought. “With more detailed info on things happening in Infinite realm as well as traveling around, it would make it easier for me to discover my purpose.” Blake couldn’t help but smile as he finally felt he was moving forward after a long while.

When he was at the Captain rank, the only info Blake could get was just a brief overview of things like the relations of all empires, but now he would be able to know the past and recent actions of the empires, as well as the goals and plans of the Synder Empire.

‘Once I have confirmed my purpose I here, I would immediately quit the Ash corps and go after it.’ Blake stood up as he was done planning.

Normally, an Ash corp could not quit without serving a certain number of years, but Blake’s case was different. Prince Bryon was well aware that Blake was not from Infinite realm, so he had made a special contract for him when he was brought into the Ash corps.

“Time to sleep, tomorrow would be a rough day.” Blake said as he crashed on his bed.

The Ash corps had given him 2 days to prepare for his new role. So Blake planned on using them to upgrade his house and forge new equipment.

..

The next day.

Before the sun was out Blake was already up. With him being in the Hero realm, his body could go a week without sleep, but of course, it wasn’t advised because situations or missions might pop up and he wouldn’t have the chance to rest.

Once he was up, Blake began with his routine exercise, and by the time he was done the sun was out. He quickly freshened up before calling Jerry to pick him up and take him to the Adventurer Association. He needed both building materials and forging materials because a lot of work was about to go down.

Unlike last time, Blake’s bill didn’t even reach the million mark, making him almost skip as he left the adventurer association building for home.

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