***** Fully aware that he is now the latest sensation in the capital city, with only a handful of people like specks in the sand recognizing him, Williams was presently seated inside a taxi, looking visibly relieved. ‘It suddenly felt as though the weight of the world had been lifted from my shoulders the instant, I completed this quest. What a relief!’ He let out a sigh and stretched his arms, but then, his attention was suddenly drawn to the taxi's radio at the front, his ears perking up and his eyes snapping towards it. The following second, Williams did not know whether to laugh or cry. The radio was actually broadcasting the news about his recent gamble with the god of gambling, detailing how he had rendered the previous god of gambling obsolete. What dumbstruck Williams wasn’t the broadcast itself, but how it was greatly exaggerated. The more Williams listened, the more he doubted whether what was being broadcast on the radio was his match or not. The smooth-talking host
***** [Congratulations to the…] “Boy, we’ve gotten to the destination.” Williams, “_” Williams again, “_” He couldn’t help but suddenly blink several times after returning to his senses, then he raised his head. ‘Old sir, how could you kill my great anticipation like this?’ Williams did not know whether to laugh or cry, recalling all the wild and great expectations he already had for the longest quest he had ever taken in his life, but still, he got out of the taxi after letting out a helpless sigh and paid the driver’s money. He was about to turn around and walk to his destination when the old man suddenly called him back. “I can tell that you’re new to the capital city, probably amongst the massive visitors who are here for the Gem Seeking Competition.” Williams, “_” He looked at the old man for a moment, not knowing where he was headed, but then he nodded his head slightly. The old man also nodded his head, already expecting his response. “Given how nice a kid you are,
*****The first thing Williams did upon entering the room that was prepared by the old man before his arrival was take off all his clothes and take a long cold shower, washing away all the stress and sweat of the day.Once done, he put on a casual wear and then rushed out of the room, running to the restaurant of the hotel.He would have ordered the meal to be brought to him, but thinking that it would take a much longer time, which he doesn’t have, considering how famished he was, Williams opted to go to eat it himself.….“Dang!!! Do I need to stay in this busy city till the day of the competition before I see my only deserving competitor? Why won’t they just let me enter their hotel.”Currently sitting alone with a brooding expression on her face, Jewel, who had already changed her filthy dress into the new one she got after reaching the capital city couldn’t help but sigh heavily.She appeared thoroughly defeated as she looked through the extremely crowded hall despite how
*****Although the hall was filled with people right now and almost everybody was discussing in a hushed manner, which made it seem as though the place was noisy, they all still heard Jewel’s sudden yell, causing everybody in the hall to stop whatever they were doing and turn their heads in her direction in unison.The place abruptly became pin-drop silent and everybody began to wonder what was going on.Jewel also realized this, that she had acted way out of line.She went blank for a jiffy, and then she became embarrassed, realizing that all gazes were on her.Nobody taught her when she hurriedly sat down the same way she had shot up, then as though she wasn’t the one who had made everybody look at her, she began to eat her meals with all focus.Seeing this, everybody did not know what to think for a second till they saw Williams, then some people quickly concluded that it was a couple’s fight, causing them all to start gossiping while happily laughing at them.Jewel became f
*****“Are you really sure you wanna do this?”“Yes.”Seated within a bar of the hotel that was presently filled with a lot of other contestants of the gem-seeking competition and gazing emotionlessly at a guy of the same age as him, who does not have any special appearance, Maximus nodded his head.As soon as the guy received his unhesitant response, he remained silent for a moment, gazing intently at Maximus and trying to understand if he really meant it.A second later, he sighed and took a gulp from the glass of beer he was holding before glancing seriously at Maximus again.“But man, this same country you are trying to betray is your birth country, which you are here to represent. Are you sure you will not regret this intention and action of yours later?”Maximus, “_”As soon as he heard the guy’s question, a slight frown appeared on his face and he became displeased.“Can you do it or not?” He growled darkly, his voice low.Realizing that Maximus was already furious an
*****In a hotel room, a beautiful lady was seen seated on her bed and doing a video call with a middle-aged man at this moment.“You’ve completed the mission already? That was quite fast, how did you manage to neutralize that old bastard in such a short time?” The man on the video inquired with amazement.“Boss, I did not neutralize him. Have you not heard the news?” “What news?” The man appeared confused, which in turn confused the lady.“Boss, have you not heard that someone else has replaced the old gambler and made him unable to gamble again in his life?”“Huh… that…”The man on the video frowned for a moment, but then his eyes constricted and he appeared amazed.“The news was real and not a mere rumor?”“Of course, boss. How come the organization’s Intel had not reported it already?”“Amazing.” As though the middle-aged man didn’t hear the beautiful lady’s words, he beamed excitedly, looking as though he had just won a jackpot.“The person that defeats him, what’s th
*****Like the entirety of the people in the capital city, Jewel woke up very early the following day.She did not even sleep throughout the night, filled to the brim with excitement for the day.The reason behind her joy wasn’t that of others, the long awaiting Gem Seeking competition, no. Jewel was excited because finally, she’d meet the person who had long captured her interest.Filled to the brim with excitement, Jewel rushed into the washroom to bathe, then she wore the dress she bought the previous day.She was about to rush out when she remembered that she hadn’t taken her phone.Picking it up, she realized she had switched it off the day before.Jewel turned on the phone when without warning, her face changed significantly.“Two- two hundred missed calls and fifty messages?!” She exclaimed with shock.“Who has the time to call me this much?” she thought before quickly clicking the notification icon.The following second, she became nervous. “Has Father known I have a
*****Williams, having slept very late the night before, planning many things currently felt his head throbbing hysterical as though he were having a hangover when he hadn’t even drunk even the slightest trace of alcohol.[Lazy brat, ] a disdainful voice echoed in his mind, but acting as though he did not hear, Williams ignored it before staring at the caller’s ID on his phone, feeling grumpy about who had spoilt his great dream.The instant he saw it, however, all the traces of the sleepiness in his eyes were wiped off. “Have I over-slept?” he mumbled before hurriedly looking at the time at the top left corner of the cell phone.“Dang!” He exclaimed with shock before he quickly threw the phone to the bed.Williams jumped up and bolted into the washroom.“Why didn’t you wake me up, system?!” He yelled with fury in his mind, blaming the poor system.The system was stunned for a moment before a speechless tone came from it into Williams’ mind.“Is my job part of waking up the ho