“Wait, Hee-hee, wait!” Tolly called out in a loud voice. Yet, what replied to him was a long silence. He got countless questions in his mind, his eyes even turning into question marks. With great disappointment, he was puzzled at what he should do next. Suddenly, with a twitch in his eyes, a status screen popped up before him. He rubbed his eyes a few times, but the screen was still there. And then he pinched his face. It hurt. It was not a dream. With a ‘Ding’, a short text message appeared on the screen, which read, [Quest: you can constantly drive your target crazy, and then you will receive your Wrath points commensurate to how angry your target is. Are you going to accept this mission or not?] Tolly was stunned. His lips curving into a happy smile, he finally saw something before him. He was glad that Hee-hee didn’t lie to him. After reading the message, two tabs flashed into his mind with Yes and No written on the screen. Very excited, Tolly never expected that his H
“Fabulous. Obviously, I’ve received a newbie package.” Tolly whispered to himself excitedly. Without any hesitation, he visualized a ‘yes’ in his mind, and instantly the ‘yes’ button was clicked on the screen. Suddenly, a giant Prize Wheel appeared on the screen. The Prize Wheel was divided into nine parts of different colors. A hand was placed in the center of it. All of a sudden, it started spinning like a whirling fan. Tolly watched intently with great anticipation. What kind of reward would he get? A nice artifact sword? A lovely pet animal? A drop-dead gorgeous girl would be better… Nevertheless, what he expected most would be the Six Sun Manual. Anyway, he didn’t want his bird to fly away. As he was craving the possibilities, the hand finally pointed to the green part of the Prize Wheel. And then five capitalized words appeared on the green part of the wheel: THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION. Tolly was left dumbstruck, even his eyes turned into signs of question marks.
While Tolly was still excited about his system, the stocky boy called Tim smashed at Tolly with his long, black staff.It was such a sudden attack that Tolly was not able to dodge it in time. When the long, thick staff landed on his hips, Tolly screamed in pain.The stocky boy got excited and said,“What do you think of my Howling Staff? Isn’t it nice?” said the stocky boy in an ironic voice while spreading a big grin over his face,“Now tell me the truth, how do you know my name?”“F-f-from your sister Jenny,” stuttered Tolly in pain, “she’s told me about it.”“How dare you call my sister Jenny?” said the stocky boy furiously, “you’re such a lowly bastard. It seems I have to give you more smashes.”When the stocky boy Tim smashed his staff at him again, Tolly immediately jumped away and managed to escape from it just in time.“Kneel down! I’ll spank your ass with my staff. How dare you dodge my smash? You’re making me hit the roof,” yelled the stocky boy.He started to smash again. Y
The stocky boy fell down to his knees. With the staff on the ground, he was totally left dumbstruck.“Hey, Tim,” said Tolly with a smug smile, “are you okay?”Looking at the proud smile on Tolly’s face, the stocky boy really wanted to smack him in the face, but he couldn’t.“Do as you’ve promised, my little master,” said Tolly, “Perhaps this might be the last time I call you this way,”With that, Tolly grinned from ear to ear, which made the stocky boy Tim almost hit the roof. He was not ready to admit his failure yet, so he planned to play dumb.“What did I promise you? I promised you nothing, I guess. You know, I have a weak memory,” said the stocky boy, starting to look into the sky.“All right then. It looks like I have to mention that to you. Call me brother-in-law when there’s no one else in sight. Please do it now, Tim!” said Tolly loudly.“Hemm,” the stocky boy grunted, “What if I don’t call you that?”“Then I’ll tell everyone you’re practicing Muting Staff, not Howling Staff,
It turned out that the strange patterns and pictures on the back of the map were cuneiform used in ancient Assyria or Persia back on Earth. Tolly recognized them at the first sight because he had used to study them for his digging job as a gold miner in his previous life. He had wished to dig out more treasures like antiques or something like that except for the gold in the cave, though he had never dug out any of them apart from broken pottery or dirty boots back on earth. He had regretted he had wasted too much of his time studying those picturesque characters. Yet, today he came to believe what his father had always said to him, “Learn more, Tolly, nothing is useless. One day when you want to do something, what you’ve learned will come to help you one way or another. You’re what you read or learn.” At the moment, he had to admit his father had always been a wise man. He started to read the first line of the cuneiform on the back of the map. It read: ‘Anyone who acquires the S
Tolly walked out of his house and started to go to see Fanta Lord. Yet, the Fanta Mansion was too big. He had no idea where he should head for. It seemed that he had to find someone else to help him. Interestingly, the stocky boy didn’t go very far. He wandered around Tolly’s house, still angry. [Dear Tolly, the owner of the Hidden Dragon System, you’ve earned another 50 Wrath points from Tim.] The text message suddenly popped out on the screen before Tolly’s eyes while Tolly was walking. He immediately realized that the stocky boy must be nearby. After walking across a long corridor, Tolly saw the stocky boy sitting on a bench in a small pavilion at the end of the corridor. “Hey, Tim, how are you doing?” asked Tolly in a loud voice, looking excited. The stocky boy raised his head. Upon seeing Tolly, he was almost hitting the roof. “Hemm,” said the stocky boy Tim, letting out a cold harrumph, “not good. I don’t want to see you at the moment. Just leave me alone.” A new text mes
“You didn’t see everything about Jenny, did you?” asked Fanta Lady again,“What do you mean by everything about my dear Miss, Fanta Lady?” asked Tolly, “of course not.”Only then did Fanta Lady realize that she had taken him wrong. Therefore, she heaved a deep sigh.“Okay, just tell us everything you saw last night,” said Fanta lady, her voice a little bit softer than before, “Yet, if you lie to us, I’ll soon find it out. At that time, I think you’ll be driven out of Fanta Mansion instantly.”“I swear everything I’d like to say is true, or else I will be struck by lightning again,” said Tolly quickly. He had already known what it would be like if he was struck by lightning, so he was not that afraid.He was going to tell the truth, of course. There was nothing special that he had to hide away from them except for his Hidden Dragon System.“You know, last night…” said Tolly.However, it was soon interrupted by the knock on the door.“Come in,” said Fanta Lord, “Is it Jenny?”“Yeah, fat
“Let’s make a bet, Tolly. If you can be alive ten days later, I’ll call you superman,” mocked Tim, still laughing, “I’ve heard Dr. Franklin says you will perish in ten days.” Tolly waved his hand. It looked like he was not willing to have a bet with Tim. “No?” said Tim with great disappointment, “I’ve known you have always been a coward.” “I mean I am not pleased with your bet. How about this? If I’m still alive ten days later, can you kneel down before me? Besides, I don’t need you to call me superman. You just need to call me elder brother in public. Of course, if you’re willing to call me brother-in-law in public, I’d be much more pleased.” “What kind of bet it is, Tolly!” fumed Fanta Lady with rage, “but anyway, since you’ll die soon, I’m not going to mess with you about this.” Quickly, Tolly got more Wrath points from Fanta Lady. It was 50 points. “No problem,” replied Tim quickly, “If you lose, I think there’s no need to give you any penalties because death is the capital s