After team Sandstorm dispersed, Kyle went back into the tunnel.
'Hey, at least I get time to focus on learning more about funny ores,' Kyle thought.
'Gotta keep the positive vibes flowing. Imagine spending time moping around and lamenting your life. Hah, couldn't be me,' he thought as he remembered the time he had been on Earth.
The joke was that Kyle had constantly been moping around on Earth.
He had lamented his situation, but didn't do anything to change it.
He had been angry at his lack of funds, his non-existent social circle, the pressure his "colleagues" put him under, and so on.
As Kyle thought about his life back on Earth, he realized that he could have fixed almost all of these things.
It would just need a shit-ton of effort.
'Eh, nobody cares about Earth. Gotta get back to looking at magical stones.'
The tunnel had plenty of ore.
Due to the dense Metal Ether in the World Peak, the worst kind of ore Kyle could find was a Rank D Material.
Most of the time, he found Rank C Materials, and when he was lucky, he also stumbled upon some bits of Rank B Materials.
Kyle tried to understand how the Rank C Materials worked, but it wasn't that easy.
Understanding copper had only taken Kyle a couple of hours, but understanding even a single Rank C Material took him over two weeks.
For now, Kyle focused on the Rank C Materials since they were still understandable. Additionally, the more he understood, the fewer materials he had to buy in the future.
Two weeks after going into the tunnel, Kyle came back out again and approached a random person in the Third Realm.
"Hey, you one of the ones in charge here?" Kyle asked.
The man furrowed his brows. "My rank is Captain," the man answered with a bit of annoyance.
"Cool, can you check if my orders have changed?" Kyle asked, showing his emblem.
The Captain scanned the emblem with some annoyance.
"I see. You're an outsider," he commented. "If you were one of my men, I would have sent you to the frontlines for your undisciplined tone."
"So, did my orders change?" Kyle asked.
"Your emblem says that you are on standby near the frontlines and that your mission is complete," the Captain said.
"Cool. So, I can go back to doing jack-shit?" Kyle asked.
"โฆYes," the Captain answered after some seconds.
"Great! Thanks a lot!" Kyle said before running back into the tunnel.
The Captain only snorted.
Kyle focused more on understanding ore.
'This is getting annoying, ' Kyle thought. 'It's like my brain doesn't have enough space.'
"Hey, Boss," Kyle said. "Can I advance?"
"It's a good time to advance," Theodor answered neutrally.
Kyle just smiled before he shoved a bunch of ore into his gullet.
Luckily for Kyle, he could just eat anything that had Ether in it.
He didn't need to use a bunch of valuable Ether Gems to advance.
He could just shove funny rocks into his maw to become stronger.
Within a couple of minutes, Kyle advanced.
He was now a Late Warrior.
"You can continue," Theodor said.
"Wait, what?" Kyle asked.
"You can advance another level," Theodor said. "Your Battle-Strength is high enough. You have enough experience, and your Momentum is strong enough."
"You can purchase a lot of valuable ore with 60 Ether Gems."
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