Shock, dumbstruck, petrified, dumbfounded, awestrucked, none of these words could qualify to express what Alex was telling right now.He felt he had fallen into a deep pleasant dream and nothing was waking him up.“Mjölnir's Gavel? Mjölnir's Gavel? Is it the real thing?” the shock on Alex's face could not be explained.He slowly called forth the hammer from his inventory.Though outwardly appearing as a simple block-faced blacksmithing hammer, closer inspection reveals Mjölnir's hammer splendidly magical nature. Intricate glyphs of the Ancient Smithing Tongue adorn the handles short adamantine shaft, gleaming with azure light.The blocky mallet-like head houses a perfectly smooth orichalcum face embedding a single large yellow diamond that glints with inner fire. Every time Mjölnir hammer strikes hot metal, miniature lightning bolts arc wildly from the jewel, as if barely contained storm forces rage within.When simply held, writhing veils of static electricity dance across the hammer

Logging out, Alex was met with Nexus's metallic face again.“Damn, would you stop doing that? You look like a kidnapper from out of space" Alex barked at Nexus." Actually, I'm from out of space and I successfully organized and carried out a kidnapping yesterday, so you're perfectly correct in your description” Nexus replied in a sarcastic tone “Hope you had fun? I was monitoring your game play, quite a lot of power you pack currently but too many excessive moves, you don't know how to manage your mana, in a battle of attrition, you would lose woefully".“I would refine my moves after a bit of training and it would be okay. I'm sure of it" Alex replied proudly.Giving Alex a knock on the head, Nexus reminded him, “You're being too proud, conceited and reckless. I can't control how you behave or how you do things but I would make sure to warn you, even if you have the system in your possession, there are times it would fail you and at those moments, you would be left to fend off the da

Alex and Emma were shocked. Professor Tillman’s family was kidnapped?“I'm sorry professor, I have no idea what you're talking about. Emma and I are waiting for someone who said he was coming, we have no idea who took your family and why" Alex immediately said in defense.“Then why did I have to rush down here, and told that I would meet the both of you here waiting? If anything happens to my family, I would make sure the both of you see hell” Professor Tillman raged and the he dropped a package that he was carrying before he left.Alex immediately called up the Nexus system and scanned the package to know its content and to his surprise, it was just an ordinary tablet.Bring it out from the box, he saw a note, “Watch and call".“Watch and call? What does that even mean?” Alex murmured before powering up the tablet.When the screen came alive, Alex saw his mum asleep in a pristine white room, an oxygen mask fixed on her face and a vitals machine showing her vitals.There was no one in

Alex sank down onto the edge of his battered bed, the broken slats creaking under his weight. He dropped his head into his hands, grabbing fistfuls of his own hair as if to physically hold himself together against the whirling storm inside threatening to tear his psyche apart.His mother's face swam before him—her warm smile fading into pallid sickness, machines beeping all around. Then a harsh blindfold tightened across her eyes as shadowy figures dragged her frail body from her hospital room. Alex squeezed his eyes shut but still saw her reaching weakly towards him before the door slammed shut, cutting off her cries.The image shifted to Emma’s frightened eyes peering over the duct tape covering her mouth, hands bound cruelly behind her back. Rage and anguish warred within Alex until he thought his heart would explode.A gentle knock at the bedroom door startled Alex from his spiraling distress. “Alex? Can I come in?” Emma’s muffled voice penetrated through his misery.Alex raised h

Nexus successfully explained the area known as the No Zone to Alex and Emma.“Currently, they are on the verge of entering the inner zone, once they are there, we would lose every form of communication with them" Nexus pointed to a red dot on the screen that was edging the border of the outer area. “This is insane," Emma shouted "This is the same place you actually expect us to go? What are the chances that the Codex hasn't been destroyed by the unstable environment within the No Zone? I'm least concerned about that, if we eventually get there how are we even going to survive once the pulling force brings us deep into the Core area? Alex this is a very bad idea, the thought of it already sends centipedes crawling up my skin”." I understand Em, but we haven't listened to Nexus' proposal nor the reason why he has been in contact with the followers of Kaia. Why don't we give him a chance to explain?” Alex tried pacifying Emma." Good point, actually, we can only send a few words daily