Heaven's Greatest Professor

"You know what," Gale said, scratching his forehead. "Leave the Gravboots for now... I need to tune it to have a better result."

Dimitri was reluctant to leave behind the most interesting item among the gear, but he had to. Gale would keep them wondering about it for months before he would hand them one.

The discussion went as well as it could have. The only thing that kept the group from Dragonforge interested was the Gravboots. For some reason, they were unwilling to commit to upgradable gear. Perhaps their earlier failures made them disgruntled, preventing them from seeing the true worth of the product.

And they couldn't even see that without testing it in their lab. Ultimately, Gale had to give them one whole set to tear apart and extort all the secrets as they wished. Hopefully, they would start talking soon. Because even if they were unable to extract all the secrets, they would be interested once they truly found out the true value of the gear.

"What is your vision for these gears?" Miss Arden asked. After thinking for a moment, she added, "We cannot sign a product if we don't know what the creator is intending for it."

"I..." Gale stood up from his seat. "I want everyone to have access to good gear when they risk their lives against corrupt creatures, Forsakens. Too many of them wear poor, worn-out stuff to battle, feeling unconfident in their gear and in their abilities. My first thought on this product was to pitch it to the military, but on second, I didn't start with them."

"Why?"

"You know how they work," Gale said with a sigh. "By the time I would have all the designs and gear fixed, they'll want me to compromise on the quality, give away all my secret designs... and not to mention the lousy pay."

"Good," Miss Arden laughed. "You're not just in for the good of all people. Those types of people tend to be visionary, but lousy businessmen."

She drew her palm to shake hands. Gale squeezed her hand lightly. "I came to you because I do not want to compromise on quality."

"Hopefully, the elders will see the value of this gear," she said, smiling.

"Would you want to take a sample of my enchanted clothes?" Jenni asked, coming next to him to shake hands. "Mine needs a lot of tweaking, and better designing in the overall style."

Saying that, she literally handed her a bag holding the prototype clothes. Gale watched, amused.

"Ahh... Thank you."

They all left, giving a curt bow and shaking hands, reminding them to wait for their calls.

"Fuck, I need to find a better name than enchanted clothes," Jenni grumbled and sat down, sprawling her legs over the table. "It sounded so stupid, no? I think they discounted me instantly when I said 'enchanted clothes.'"

"But you still got an offer," June said, patting her shoulder.

"For all it's worth," Jenni brought out the paper and handed it over.

June read, "Sixty gems for one hundred units... Doesn't it sound like they want it for cheap?"

"Those are gold-ranked gems," Jenni added immediately. "I hope."

"They are," Gale acknowledged. "Still, too cheap."

"What about you?" She perked up. "They didn't give you anything."

"Because they know I won't be sold cheaply." He shook his head. "I wished all this would be completed cheaply... I wish..."

"How much funding do you believe you need?" June asked.

"To make it to the mainstream market of weaponry and gear," Gale closed his eyes. "Millions... Millions of gold-ranked gems."

Jenni sucked in a deep breath. "I don't think you'll find any other dealer who'll likely spend this much amount of essence gems."

"If it's not Dragonforge," Gale said, leaning back in his chair, "I need to be a transcendent to fulfil it..."

"You're already halfway there," June said, stroking his head. "Consider half the job done."

"What?" Jenni turned. "Did I hear that right? Dawn, did you hear right?"

"Ahem! I was just—"

"Someone's coming," Gale said, jumping to his feet. "Five people... looks to be from the army."

It took a moment, but five people in familiar military attire came into view. They crept towards them, led by Aki.

"Looks like my vacation is coming to an end," Gale mumbled.

The leading man was of captain rank, followed by one lieutenant and three higher-ranked soldiers of silver rank. They walked in matching gaits as the captain came forward to stand before them.

"Sir," Aki said. "They come from the main camp, saying they wanted to talk to you about something."

Gale nodded and turned to the captain. "How can I help you, Captain?"

"By the orders of the General in charge," the captain said, bringing out a parchment paper. "You've been summoned."

"For what reason?" Gale asked. "You may not be aware, but I'm on a very important mission, entrusted to me by the Department Head Elder Ming."

Jenni snickered but shut her mouth immediately as all eyes flashed to her.

"I do not know your reason, nor do I want to hear," the captain said, tossing the paper to him. "The order is to bring you in as soon as we can."

Gale's eyes flashed over the paper and found there was nothing written that the captain hadn't uttered. Just in formal words.

"Well, you guys must have come from a long way," Gale said, letting out a sigh. "Sit down, have some drinks or food... I need to teach them a couple more lessons."

"Looks like you do not understand what this order means," shouted the lieutenant from behind, a stout woman with short hair. "We are ordered to take you even against your will if we need to."

Gale raised his eyebrows, and didn't like how she said it.

"We are allowed to use force if needed," the captain agreed.

"Yeah, that doesn't work on me that well," Gale laughed.

The soldiers laughed, and in no time they encircled him.

Gale laughed too. "Didn't you hear me? Force doesn't work on me."

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