The first reason he was returning there was to find out more about the God Lord that the man in black had previously mentioned…

Secondly, he wanted to buy a few secret technique talismans.

While secret technique talismans were common in Jaellatra, they were all generally rather pricey. It definitely didn’t help that the ones Gerald wanted were of the rarer variants…

Quite honestly, Gerald had previously thought about learning how to make talismans. In doing so, he would surely be able to s