Three days later, Puco drove Night White into the territory of White Stork. This made Night White exclaim, "The magic car is really a great invention."

"We've arrived, my lord," Puco said, looking pale and weak.

Even though Puco was the driver, he needed rest during the journey, and Night White took advantage of these breaks to drink blood.

"Why do you look so weak?" Night White asked.

"My lord, the magic car needs magic power to operate. I am only an intermediate-level mage, so the recovery and storage of magic power is limited."

"Intermediate-level mage?" Night White was surprised. "Puco, you look like you're over thirty years old. How can you be only an intermediate-level mage? Besides, this elf is quite powerful..."

"Haha, my lord, how can I compare myself to talented people like you guys? They are the main force in catching elves, while I'm only responsible for driving. I'm satisfied just getting a share of the profit." Puco said with a bitter smile.

"Maybe you don't understand that for us. Without money, there are no resources for cultivation." Puco explained.

"I understand. After this mission is successful, I'll give you a bigger share," Night White said.

"Thank you, my lord."

"Don't call me 'my lord.' I have no position, no background, and I'm just an ordinary mage. I don't want to be called 'my lord' by anyone."

"Then how should I address you?" Puco asked respectfully.

"My name is Night White."

"Okay, Mr. Night White!"

Night White was speechless, but he didn't bother correcting Puco.

Puco continued to guess Night White's background, and he believed that Night White was a child of a military commander in White Stork, and his low-key attitude was intentional. He also guessed that Night White was probably using a pseudonym.

It's no wonder he's the son of a military commander. He's willing to give more to us social mages. The temporary team might not survive, so it's not a big deal.

The amount of money spent on mage cultivation is huge, especially for social mages who have no strong background or fixed resources provided by schools. To obtain resources for cultivation, they must complete commissions from wealthy sons or tasks issued by the adventurers' association.

"Lead the way." Night White said to Puco.

"Yes, Mr. Night White." Puco said, gesturing for Night White to follow.

"Hmm!" Night White nodded and carried the female elf as he walked towards the Christmas family.

...

"Wait! What are you two doing?" The guards at the Christmas mansion stopped them.

"Don't your young master want an elf? We caught one, and we've come for the money." Night White stated their purpose directly.

"Fine. Leave the elf here, and we'll send the reward to you later," said the guard arrogantly, showing no respect for Night White and Puco.

"Oh, we don't need the money. It's good to keep the elf with us." Night White said, turning to leave with the elf.

"Stop!" the guard shouted.

Night White turned to look at the guard coldly and asked, "What? Do you want me to sell the elf by force?"

The guard was stunned at Night White's arrogance, but he quickly regained his composure. "It's our rule to receive the goods first before paying."

"Mr. Night White, shall we do as they say?" Puco came to Night White’s side and softly said to him.

"Do you know it, Puco? If they default, who will you talk to?" Night White whispered to his driver. Puco thought about it and realized that Night White was right. He had no dealings with the Christmas family and didn't know how dependable they were.

"Don't worry. Even if I don't sell the elf, I'll give you 20% of the reward." Night White said to Puco.

After hearing Night White’s words, Puco felt at ease. So he didn’t ask anymore. Anyway, Puco can get the 20% rewards so he didn’t care about the process.

"I won't sell it. Your way of doing business lacks sincerity. I'll keep the elf for myself. You two are just watchdogs."

"Humph. It's ridiculous that a bunch of uncivilized mages still want to do business!" The guard from the mansion was very angry when Night White didn't listen, and said: "Take them down."

The invisible shadow power condensed around Night White as Night White saw the guard about to take action.

"Fallen Night! Eerie Apocalypse!"

Night White shouted coldly.

Suddenly, the surrounding space distorted, and black smoke quickly spread, forming a black vortex in mid-air.

The vortex grew larger and larger, gradually extending countless arms that looked terrifying!

The dark arms spread out everywhere, corroding everything they touched.

"Help! Save me!"

"Help! Help!"

Then the two fell unconscious on the ground. If this was the wilderness, Night White would have definitely killed them, but killing people in White Stork would cause a lot of trouble.

"Why are you standing there? Take what do they have!" Night White said to a dazed Puco beside him.

"It's...okay! Mr. Night White." Puco responded anxiously, quickly grabbing what they had as he lay them on the ground.

"They have a lot of good stuff on them. They deserve to be the Christmas family's guards."

"It's all yours. Consider it as a 20% share of the elf’s bounty. This elf is now my property." said Night White.

"Thank you, Mr. Night White!" Puco thanked him.

"The ownership of this elf belongs to me. Is that okay?" Night White pointed to the elf and asked.

"No problem. No problem." Puco nodded and smiled.

"Well, you have nothing to do here now. You can leave." said Night White.

After Puco left, Night White carried the elf into the Christmas’s mansion.

“Mr. Christmas, come out. One of your guards broke my arm. You need to compensate me." Night White shouted.

Soon, the housekeeper came out and saw that Night White's right arm was indeed broken. He asked anxiously, "Little brother, who did it? Tell me, and I'll give you justice!"

"The two at the door!" Night White put down the elf in his hand and pointed to the two guards who had lost consciousness at the entrance.

Night White paid no attention, obviously just trying to cheat money.

For a while, the housekeeper did not know how to deal with it. After a while, a noble young lady wearing a gorgeous brocade robe came out from the mansion, followed by another girl with yellow hair.

Night White thought he recognized them, but he didn't think too much about it. He would scam them first and whether he sold the elf or not was another matter.

"I'm Alice, the heiress of the Christmas family. How much do you want as compensation?" The young lady asked Night White, apparently aware that this dirty beggar in front of her was here to extort money.

"Not much, 100,000 Bella." said Night White, looking at the young lady.

"Housekeeper, get the money."

"Miss!"

"Get the money!"

“Did you want to let the Christmas family be ashamed of this matter?” Alice glared at the housekeeper.

The housekeeper did not dare to disobey the heiress's orders and had to go to the warehouse to get 100,000 Bella and hand it over to Alice.

"I know what you're up to, but 100,000 Bella is not easy to get. And it doesn't mean much to the Christmas family. Since you are able to defeat those two guards, it proves that you are not weak. I want to bet double the money with you. If you win, you get twice the money. If you lose, I'll still give you this money. The match will end when one of us gives up. You don't have to worry about getting hurt." said Alice.

"No problem! I'd be a fool to refuse." Night White agreed without hesitation. He would still earn money no matter the outcome, and he didn't think he would lose.

The two then went to the arena, but the girl with yellow hair always looked at him with a complex expression. Night White felt like he had seen that look before, but he couldn't remember.

"A magic shield covers the entire arena. If our magic collides and explodes, it won't affect spectators." explained Alice.

"Okay, how do we compete?" Night White asked.

"Three rounds. In the first round, we'll use the Shape Technique; in the second round, Magic; and in the third round, any method is allowed. We need to finish all three rounds regardless of who wins or loses. If it's a tie, your bet of 100,000 Bella will be multiplied by 1.5." Alice said.

"No problem!" Night White agreed immediately.

After exchanging magic formalities, they began their duel. Night White wielded flames of black and red, shouting, "Meltdown! Fire Shape!"

A sharp sword of fire element appeared in Night White's left hand.

The girl with yellow hair in the spectator's seat covered her mouth and tried to hide her shock.

"Stop the Waves! Water Shape!" Alice's sword of water element appeared in her hand.

Night White charged towards Alice with his flaming sword, and Alice quickly launched a counterattack.

"Boom!" The collision of the two powers resulted in the disappearance of the fire and water. Both Night White and Alice took a step back. From this first round, Night White realized that Alice's swordsmanship was not as good as his.

Night White's mouth curved slightly upwards as he took a bold step forward, waving his sword, and a flame sword aura cut fiercely toward Alice.

Alice leaned back to dodge the flame sword aura, and Night White immediately aimed at her head with his flaming sword.

"You lose!" Night White said.

"Thank you for being merciful." Alice said, gesturing with her hand.

Since Alice gave up the fight, Night White's flaming sword disappeared.

"Next round in ten minutes."

"Okay," Night White replied nodding his head slightly.

Alice was surprised that Night White was so strong, and she lost after only two rounds of battle. Although Night White's appearance was unkempt and his clothes were tattered, it proved that appearances could be deceiving.

The second round began, and Alice did not underestimate Night White this time.

"Star Gate! Come forth!" A star gate appeared on the stage, and a fully grown dark blood wolf emerged from it.

"Surrender. This is a fully grown dark blood wolf. You should know that it takes three high-level mages to kill one." Alice said.

"Okay!" Night White replied coldly.

Night White's sword glowed like a galaxy in his hand, and another star gate appeared. A white python emerged from it.

The white snake was completely white, exuding a chilling evil spirit from head to tail. Its red eyes shone bright, and it was over ten meters long. It bared its sharp fangs and teeth.

White Sun knew precisely what to do against the magic beasts. As long as it could make the opponent feel fear, it would be an easy victory.

White Sun was also an excellent hunter, and it knew the weaknesses of most magic beasts. After all, it has an aunt as a S-class adventurer, and its aunt has taught it a lot.

"Hiss..." White Sun bowed and looked down at the dark blood wolf, revealing its sharp fangs.

The dark blood wolf felt a fear deep down and attempted to attack.

“Ow...” The dark blood wolf roared towards the sky, and then attacked the White Sun.

White Sun spits out venom towards the dark blood wolf.

The venom quickly turned into fine needles and penetrated the dark blood wolf's skin.

"Ahwooooo..." The dark blood wolf screamed in agony and stumbled to the ground.

The outcome was already obvious. The dark blood wolf was paralyzed by the white snake's venom and couldn't fight back.

"The young miss's dark blood wolf was killed in one blow by that white python! This white python is not simple! It was able to kill a dark blood wolf in one blow!" The butler's face was full of shock.

The maids also looked shocked. The dark blood wolf, which the young miss was proud of, was defeated so easily.

"Come back, White Sun."

The star gate opened again, and White Sun walked slowly into it.

"Miss Alice, do you want to continue with this round?" Night White politely asked.

"You win!" Alice sighed and said that she had underestimated Night White's strength. She didn't expect Night White to be so powerful that the young miss's dark blood wolf was no match for him.

"What about the money?" Night White looked at Alice and asked.

"There's one more game left. Do you think I owe you money?" Alice touched her summoned creature and removed the poison from it, allowing the Dark Blood Wolf to return to the Consciousness Space.

"Next game or do we need a break?" Night White asked.

"Next game." Alice replied straightforwardly .

After performing the etiquette ritual, the two began the third match.

Night White shouted "Rule! Nightfall!"

With a shout, the entire arena was covered in darkness, enveloping Alice's soul and making her feel like she was being sucked into a black hole.

"A Forbidden Spell magic!" The butler exclaimed in surprise, and even the yellow-haired girl next to him could not help but widen her eyes at Night White.

"Such a powerful magic. This is the Forbidden Spell magic of the Dark Shadow System. Three years have passed, and Night White has become so strong!" The girl murmured to herself.

Alice was surrounded by darkness and her vision was severely limited. She could only feel the eerie atmosphere around her, and her body was uncontrollably moving towards the depths of the black hole.

"Stop the Waves! Water Screen Barrier!" A shout was heard.

Water pillars rose from under Alice's feet, firmly protecting her. The water wall's defense was extremely strong, making it difficult for the opponent to attack her.

Alice breathed a sigh of relief seeing the defense.

At this moment, Night White shouted "Fall Night! Enshrouded in Shadows!" With Night White’s arm falling, one magical figure after another appeared around Alice, each with a terrifyingly grim face.

Alice continued to swing her water-element sword to drive them away, but these magical figures kept coming like waves crashing onto a shore.

"Alas...Alice is going to lose." The girl spoke up.

"Under the Nightfall, except for the Dark Shadow System, all other magic becomes weaker. Unless you use light-type magic to disperse the shadows, Alice has no hope of victory."

"Surrender!" The butler shouted on behalf of Lady Alice.

Night White withdrew the Nightfall when hearing the shout, and Alice also put away her water-element sword, sitting on the ground and gasping for air.

"Are you alright, my lady?" The butler asked with concern.

"Yes, I am." Alice replied.

The butler handed the 200,000 Berra to Night White. "Thank you, Miss Christmas."

Night White put the blue crystal card back in her worn pocket and walked towards the viewing stand where she saw another elf. Now Night White had money, he was not planning to sell the elf since an elf's blood was more delicious than that of a human. Therefore, Night White would keep it as a blood bag.

As Night White was about to leave with the elf, the yellow-haired woman behind her asked: "Are you Night White?"

Night White stopped and turned to look at the woman with yellow hair.

"Yes, I am Night White." Night replied.

"Is that really you? Three years we all thought you were dead. Where did you go? Why did you return up to now?" The girl became more excited as she spoke and then hugged Night White tightly.

"Um...who are you?" Night White was a bit confused since the girl acted like they knew each other before.

"Night White, have you already forgotten me after three years?" Starry hammered Night White's chest.

"How could I forget you? It's just that you've changed too much, and I didn't recognize you." Night White laughed.

Starry looked at the empty sleeve of Night White and her face turned gloomy. "Your right hand..."

"It's just a hand. No big deal." Night White said in a casual tone.

Starry could only smile in bitterness.

"Wu-wu-wu, wu-wu-wu." The elf on the ground kept whimpering.

"Shut up, if you keep screaming, I'll feed you to the snake." Night White threatened.

The elf obediently closed its mouth upon hearing the words.

Alice noticed the familiarity between the two and frowned slightly, but she didn't say anything and left the arena with the butler.

"It seems that Starry has awakened?" Alice muttered to herself.

"Who is it, Night White?" Starry squatted down and looked at the elf on the ground.

"Just a elf, but her manners were too low, so I gagged her." Night White explained.

"Oh!" The elf struggled desperately, wanting to argue, but the cloth in her mouth was too thick and she couldn't break free.

"She caught the attention of the young master of the Christmas family, who placed a bounty on her. I happened to be passing by and brought her along." Night White continued.

"Don't be absurd. You probably want to sell the elf for money." Starry didn't mince her words and exposed Night White's lie.

"Haha, you're really clever." Night White didn't deny it, and laughed casually.

Starry untied the elf's restraints and removed the cloth from her mouth, while the elf glared at Night White in anger.

"Okay, I know you're angry, but at least Night White saved you." Starry said.

"Is this saving me? Is there any difference between him and those people?" The elf raged at Night White.

"No difference! Then I'll just sell you." Night White shrugged, and said indifferently.

The elf couldn't find any words to refute Night White, but she was well aware that her strength was inferior to his and he had a Level 7 summoned beast in his hands.

"If you want to live, be obedient..." Night White snorted coldly as the star gate opened again.

White Sun walked out of it slowly. White Sun didn't transform into a giant python this time, but instead turned into a normal white snake. If it turned into a giant python, it knew that it would cause unnecessary panic.

"Night White, come with me." Starry took Night White's hand and left the Christmas mansion. White Sun jumped onto the elf's body and said, "What are you waiting for? Follow Mom...Daddy!"

The elf was surprised, "You...you can also speak? Only Level 9 monsters have the ability to speak like humans."

"Mm-hmm, that's what you thought!" White Sun nodded affirmatively.

An honest snake never lied, but this was what Mom had meant, and White Sun just had to obey. Since Night White has asked White Sun to pretend to be a Level 8 magical beast, it just needs to be obedient. After all, it was true that only Level 9 monsters could speak. White Sun knew it very well.

Then the elf followed closely behind Night White.