Binding Quest

There was still time! The Sovereign Spark was within reach! Andres was thrilled.

Teresa was even younger than he was. As long as he completed Teresa's Binding Quests and bound Teresa's cultivation talent, he would have a great chance of seizing the Sovereign Spark when it appeared in the Four Supreme Planes.

Andres carefully examined Teresa's Binding Quests displayed in his mind.

Of the three quests, the simplest was undoubtedly the first: help Teresa embark on the path of cultivation and become a Level One Warrior.

As long as he completed this one, he would gain wind-element Demigod-level talent.

This was far easier than completing Inori's Binding Quests.

Andres was beginning to understand how the System Binding Quests were set up.

The System's Binding Quests were not necessarily harder just because the rewards were better.

These Binding Quests were based on the deepest desires of the bound target, and everyone's desires were different.

Even for the same person, their deepest desires could differ at different stages of life.

After Teresa's father died, he had fallen into slavery and lost control of his own fate. What he desired most now was to become strong and no longer be controlled by others.

Therefore, two of his three Binding Quests were related to strength: one was to begin cultivating, and the other was to reach the Saint Domain.

As for why it was reaching the Saint Domain rather than Godhood, that was also related to Teresa's current understanding.

Although the strongest experts in the three human kingdoms were all Level Nine Warriors, there were Saint Realm experts among humanity, and they were all on the Sacred Tree Continent.

Among them, the strongest was Wind Sage Yasen, humanity's first Saint Domain expert. He had created humanity's first Battle Qi secret manual capable of cultivating to the Saint Domain—the Wind Sage's Secret Manual.

Legends of the Wind Sage were spread everywhere throughout the three human kingdoms. Everyone knew of him.

To the current Teresa, the strongest experts he knew of were Saint Domain experts like the Wind Sage.

As for the third quest—kill Mad Blade Resior—Andres could roughly guess the reason as well.

According to Arnold, Teresa's father had originally been a soldier and had died at the hands of the Beastmen a year ago.

There had indeed been a war between the Oga Kingdom and the Beastmen a year ago. At the time, the commander of the Beastmen army had been the Beastmen prince known as Mad Blade, Resior, a Peak Level Eight expert.

Teresa clearly wanted revenge.

All three Binding Quests were the deepest desires in Teresa's heart at this moment.

Andres could not help but feel fortunate that he had met Teresa while he was still weak.

If he had only met Teresa after he became a Sovereign, then the Binding Quests might have become helping Teresa obtain another Sovereign Spark, completing a Supreme God Task, or achieving ten consecutive victories on the Plane Battlefield.

Because after becoming a Sovereign, what Teresa desired most would be to continue increasing his strength.

The rewards might be the same, but the difficulty of the quests would be worlds apart.

The weaker the bound target, the simpler the Binding Quests would be.

It seemed that in the future, he needed to find geniuses who had yet to grow and complete their Binding Quests while they were still weak, Andres silently calculated.

He began considering how to complete Teresa's first quest.

Naturally, Ivan, standing nearby, had no idea what Andres was thinking.

He instructed Arnold, "Very good, Arnold. Immediately arrange for a human expert to specially train Teresa."

Hearing this, Andres, who had been deep in thought, had a sudden idea and immediately said, "Mr. Ivan, I can teach Teresa."

Ivan was taken aback. He had not expected Andres to say such a thing so suddenly.

A polite smile appeared on his face as he tactfully declined. "Thank you for your kind offer, Baron Mitchell, but it would be inappropriate to trouble you with the internal affairs of our Goblin Merchant Guild."

The Goblin Merchant Guild trained promising children so they could serve the guild. Aside from strength, they also needed to cultivate their loyalty, so naturally they could not entrust them to outsiders.

Andres saw Ivan's concerns and said, "Mr. Ivan, you have probably heard that I will soon be leaving for Ironstone Town. I will not teach Teresa for long. He will still belong to your guild and will have no real connection to me."

"Besides, I also cultivate Wind Element Battle Qi, so I am well suited to teach Teresa."

Ivan did not speak, and hesitation still lingered on his face.

Andres said sincerely, "Please grant this request for the sake of Countess Inori."

Ivan frowned. He could disregard Andres, but he still had to show Inori some respect.

He thought for a moment before finally relenting. "All right. However, you must teach him within the guild, and I will have someone accompany you throughout the entire process."

The Goblin Merchant Guild had quite a few experts. Ivan was confident that Andres would not be able to pull any tricks.

Since he wanted to be free labor, then let him. It could also help us grow closer to Inori, Ivan thought.

"No problem. Thank you, Mr. Ivan!" Andres was overjoyed.

He had never intended to do anything underhanded. With Teresa's talent, he believed it would not take many days for him to become a Level One Warrior. At that point, he could receive the first reward.

As for the remaining two quests, he would need to increase his strength before he had any way of completing them.

"Then there is no time to lose. Let's begin today." Andres was already somewhat impatient.

Ivan was a little stunned. "What about purchasing the slaves?"

Andres slapped his forehead. He had been so excited upon seeing Teresa that he had forgotten about it.

Although Teresa was more important to him personally, he was currently handling matters for Inori and still had to settle her business first.

Based on the information he had obtained earlier from the parchment book, he selected some children with relatively good aptitude. Inori wanted one hundred people, so he had Ivan send someone to take him to meet each of the children.

First, he wanted to confirm their backgrounds, and second, he wanted to see whether any overlooked geniuses remained.

As expected, aside from Teresa, not a single one possessed Demigod talent, and none of them triggered a reaction from the system.

That was normal. Under ordinary circumstances, not many people in a Material Plane could achieve Independent godhood.

With the aptitude of these children, becoming a Level Six Warrior would not be easy.

Of course, a Level Six Warrior was still fairly good.

Although Level Six Warriors were nothing special in the original work, among ordinary people in a Material Plane, becoming a Level Six Warrior was already quite impressive.

The threshold for the Kingdom Knights, the Oga Kingdom's elite force, was only Level Five Warrior.

In the original work, the threshold for the Sacred Legion, the Church of Light's trump-card legion established in the Chaotic Territory, was also Level Five Warrior.

After all, these people had been found through slave trading. Andres had not held overly high expectations. Discovering Teresa was already an enormous surprise.