“Nothing. I feel like I just wasted an hour talking to myself.”Ella sighed and looked at their new ‘companion’, who had laid on the ground and fell asleep with the greatsword next to him.“If it’s not working then let’s get rid of him. He could be dangerous.”Ivan kept sneaking glances at Kahra’s blade, his eyes filled with greed.“He could be a World Boss. We should focus on our task: The Great Serpent.”-WolfgangUnsurprisingly, they had lied about the reason behind their presence in the Dead Marshes.While they were indeed a newly-formed Mercenary Group, they weren’t actually living in Sun City.In fact, it had become difficult- if not impossible- to enter largely-populated settlements.The so-called ‘NPCs’, residents of this magical world, were hostile towards the players. Their mages had developed special artifacts that could detect the System, which was something that every Player had.The only place that players congregated at was Black Mountain City, now known as Bastion.In f

“The Boss was gracious enough to wait for you!”Several armed men were in Wolfgang’s room. What little furniture decorated the place was destroyed or flipped upside down as the gang members took anything and everything that could be sold for money.Wolfgang in question was on the ground, bleeding from his nose and lips after getting kicked and punched by the shouting man.The second-in-command of the Harling Gang had come in person, and from the looks of it, he was a Player too.“E-Ella ran away with the loot! Just give me one more we-”Andrei of the Harling Gang punched the pleading Wolfgang again before cleaning his bloodied hand and smiling.“We’ve waited long enough, Wolfgang. We don’t care if Ivan died or Ella ran away. You borrowed money from us.”“The interest was too hig-”“Still speaking?!”Andrei gestured for his men, who ganged up on Wolfgang and gave him a brutal beating. Admittedly, Wolfgang didn’t suffer as much considering the tenacity of his body. Normal humans wouldn

Two days settling in the motelWolfgang didn’t laze around and went out of his way to contact many of his acquaintances to help Leiu.Unfortunately, finding a Transcendent that was ‘situated’ in the North was difficult.“As I said before, the players in the North belong to the Earth Coalition. There are many of them but they follow a set of rules and they cannot bring just anybody with them.”Wolfgang paused for a bit, seemingly hesitating about something.“However, I heard about someone gathering desperate people, mostly poor or homeless, to take them to the ‘other side’.”“Oh?”“But it’s not the North. It’s the Kantika Isles.”“...”Leiu frowned, remembering the Imperial Counselor.“Didn’t you say that the Queen of Noules had lost her Counselor five years ago?”“You mean Zeno? Yeah. It’s quite the known thing as Noules became very destabilised upon his departure.”‘A brief detour might not be a bad thing. Zeno knows quite a lot of things and I could use her help.’Leiu pondered for

Felix, known as the Preacher, didn’t waste any minute ever since he left his ‘hideout’. The thought of running away did cross his mind, but it went away just as quickly when the youth who had almost killed him planted something inside of his body.Admittedly, Felix knew that taking humans to the vampires was a risky job and that what happened today wasn’t that unexpected, however, he never anticipated that one of his clients would be so strong that he wouldn’t stand a chance.Felix was Lv176, which was neither too high nor too low in today’s standards, nevertheless, he was a Frost Mage and was able to defend himself. But, upon witnessing what Leiu was capable of, and adding to that how Felix himself was incapacitated in an instant, any attempt at retaliating became nothing more than suicide.Rather than trying to be clever, Felix opted for the safest route and immediately reached out to his contacts in the port city.It was much better to help Leiu and get this matter done with than r

The Kantika Isle was the main small piece of land East of the continent. It was at the center of the Kantika Isles as well as the biggest of them all albeit housing only one of the Original Vampire Families and no cities or major settlements like Port Heim.There were a handful of small human settlements, mainly farms, all of which were owned by the Kantika family but managed by actual humans that worked under them.The trip to the Kantika Isle took a little over two hours. The boat occasionally rocked back and forth within the darkness of the night and the calm yet eerie waters.Xavier didn’t try to dissuade Leiu, but his facial expression betrayed and showcased his rising nervousness.Setting foot on the Kantika Isle without a proper invitation was strictly prohibited and warranted severe punishment, but Leiu was going to do something even more ridiculous.Attacking the strongest Original Family, especially single-handed, was nothing short of suicidal. Even so, as he saw Leiu’s comp