*****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
*****Although it was a workday, Wednesday, almost everybody in the city did not bother going to work that day.Instead, they were all filled to the brim with excitement and anticipation as they all prepared for the upcoming competitions.The ones who could afford the travel expenses, hotel, and ticket traveled down to the capital city, to watch the competition in person while the ones who couldn’t afford or bear to leave decided to watch them in their comfort zones.As it was the first time the city would be organizing this competition, various cities created a massive show center in their various stadiums, which would air the competition in real-time, where people could watch.Although the competition hadn’t even begun, it was already filled to the brim, with everyone there to support their cities and country.The entire country was in a state of wild joy and excitement right now.“Hehehehe. Hubby, although I can’t support you directly, I will be here for you, watching and prayin
*****William was thoroughly confused at this moment as well as anxious, seeing the deathly quiet street that had been overfilled to the brim the previous day.‘Could it be I’m still dreaming?’ he wondered.Williams began to ponder hard when a sound jolted him back to his senses.Without hesitation, he bolted toward the sound, only to see an old man, with an earpiece in his ears mowing the grass.“I thought an apocalypse had occurred while I was dreaming?” He heaved a deep sigh of relief and the goosebumps that had crawled all over Williams slowly dispersed.Without hesitation, Williams approached the old man and tapped him after a slight hesitation, jolting the elderly man hard.The next second, he stared at Williams as though he weren’t seeing well.“There are still people other than me in the street? A young one at that?” He mumbled slightly, confusing Williams.“Hum… sir, I’m wondering if you perhaps has any idea where everyone had disappeared.”“This…”If earlier, the