''I apologize, master, for not doing a thorough investigation. '' Dan immediately fell to his knees and begged for forgiveness.

They believed Raydon would recognize this mid-rank item holder, so it was of little concern to them who this person was. Additionally, they were less familiar with item holders and organizations than Raydon was.

But they realized their error, and everyone shared the same thought in response to Raydon's perplexed query. 'Of course, we cannot expect a god to recognize a common mid-rank item holder.'

"Don't worry, forget about it." As Raydon said, he started to reflect.

'Trade Organization? Could it be the B-Rank old man I met at the item shop? '

In addition to understanding that B-Rank is middle rank, he also assumed that Fang belonged to the Trade Organization. Raydon decided to ask him later after a few more attempts at putting the puzzle pieces together.

''So what's the message? ''

Dan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Raydon's disregard for the situation, but vowed to himself that he'd do a better job the next time.

Dan rose to his feet once more and retrieved a box from his dimensional storage. Then he mimicked the Shadow Messenger from before, bowed low, and respectfully handed Raydon the box.

"The messenger said that his master, Fang the Butcher, wants to meet you and sent this gift as a token of his goodwill."

''What? '' Raydon exclaimed in surprise.

He was unable to comprehend the situation. He was aware of the differences in rank between item holders.

Herman, who was recently killed by Raydon, was a low-rank item holder, and probably the weakest of all of them. On the other hand, Raydon had some idea of the potential power of someone like Fang, who is a B-Rank item holder.

'Why is someone so powerful requesting a meeting with me? Moreover, he sent a gift to express his goodwill. This situation is extremely suspicious.'

He cast a quick glance at Dan and the others before picking up the box and carefully inspecting it because he didn't want to confront this insane cult with questions. Not that he would learn anything useful from them, either.

When he opened the box, he saw a black sapphire ball with specks of black smoke floating in it.

'Is this storage expansion orb? ' Raydon was enthralled and curious. It had the appearance of a storage expansion orb, but it was slightly larger than Raydon's most recent green-grade one.

[Storage Expansion Orb.]

-Grade: Blue

-Quality: N/A

-Skill: Enchant

By using this item, users can increase the capacity of their dimensional storage by 8 square meters. *

-Mana Cost: None

-Duration: None

-Cooldown: None

'Wow, it really is. But why did he give this to me as a gift? I can't even use this with my current dimensional capacity. '

Raydon was well aware that this item was extremely valuable. In fact, it would be the most expensive of all the blue-grade items he could find. After killing Herman, however, he realized the truth from the books he discovered after using his green-grade storage expansion.

If Raydon used this item right now, it would be a complete waste, as dimensional storage can only be expanded beyond a certain size with a higher-grade dimensional storage orb.

With a white-grade expansion orb, he could now increase his dimensional storage up to 100 square meters. However, in order to expand from 100 square meters to 3000, white-grade would no longer work and he would have to use green-grade dimensional storage expansion orbs. And the requirement was blue-grade after 3000.

The green-grade expansion orb that Raydon used to expand his dimensional storage from 4 square meters to 7 square meters was completely wasted.

After selling one green-grade dimensional storage expansion orb, he could likely purchase dozens of white-grade orbs. Consequently, Raydon's only options for this item at this time were to keep it for future use or sell it for gold coins.

''Okay, thank you. '' Raydon said as he placed the expansion orb in his dimensional storage.

Raydon noticed that everyone was still staring at him and felt obligated to say something. ''You can now continue your training on your own. Now that Dan has mastered the technique, he can demonstrate the second phase. ''

''Yes, master.''

Then he turned and walked away from these lunatics, not looking back.

'Something is going on that I'm not sure about. Well, I'll find out sooner or later. '

Raydon pondered this as he walked down the street. Dan and his group's behavior were more exaggerated than he had anticipated, and he found it intriguing that a mid-rank item holder would request a meeting with him in this manner.

But he didn't dwell on it much. In the end, his main goal in this world was to have fun while climbing to the top of the rankings. To that end, he would naturally make the most of any and all resources he came across.

Raydon quickly found a driver and proceeded to the item market. In addition to selling the items in his possession, his goal this time was to find the person who sent him the gift and to determine the reason.

After some time, he arrived at the shop bearing the recognizable ''Other World Antique'' sign.

''W-w-w-hat a p-pleasant surprise, s-s-sir! '' Surprisingly, the shopkeeper was already there when Raydon walked in, and the old man ran over to greet him as soon as he saw him.

When Raydon turned to face the shopkeeper, he noticed that he was looking more anxious than ever. He had begun to wonder if the disappearance of the men he had found at Raydon's request for the mission was the cause of his anxiety before he heard the voice coming from the waiting seats next to him.

"Hehe, I found you. No one can rip me off and then disappear. ''

When he turned to investigate the source of the noise, he saw a muscular man whose upper torso was completely bare and whose pale skin was missing in places. Additionally, it appeared as though the skin had been completely torn off of one side of his face, exposing his skull, and the right side of his breastbone and the still-beating heart behind it could be seen.

''Hm? Who ripped your dick off? ''historical

With a grin on his face, Raydon asked the zombie stall owner where he had previously purchased the earring that had the Despise skill.

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*Changes to the term about the capacity to dimensional storage.

YxY → Y square meters.

(I saw that the old term was confusing because it was thought through the rubik's cube example, and I decided to fix it like this.

I will edit the previous chapters when I find time, unfortunately, there is nothing I can do at the moment because I do not have an editor.)