Everyone didn't know why, but seeing Gray move through all 5 stages of grief, they felt their initial anger fade away. First, Gray went through denial, digging up other areas in disbelief. Soon, he transitioned to anger, acting like a full-grown baby while stomping the grounds, as hard as he could. Soon he reached a bargaining level, talking to an ant that can't understand him. Everyone heard him talk to the ant, asking if the crystal was fake. He even tried bargaining to exchange items with the ant. Then came depression. Everyone saw him squat down as though it was the end of the world, talking to himself as if he were crazy. And finally, acceptance. He accepted the matter, but still swore to peel off the skin of the one who stole his crystal. It was amazing that he went through all 5 stages of grief in no more than a few minutes. "_"Everyone didn't know what to say. Although his face was still hidden behind his mask, he had the impression his face was paler than before wi
POWER One thing that every awakener craves for. They yearn for power like an addictive drug they can't live without. Everyone wants the power to crush their enemies and do as they like. They want to stand on top of the masses, looking down at everything in disgust. They want power because women respect power. They want power because power gets things done in a blink of an eye. Wealth, vehicles, women, mansions, and everything good in life. All these are easily attainable with power. Even for revenge purposes, power was a must. So how can the masses not be enticed by what these organizations and groups offer? To be associated with a group means people will have to think twice before touching you, regardless of the bounty on your head. Understand that people beg and kneel just to get into certain influential organizations and orders like theirs. Yet, they were inviting this guy in and he was still hesitating? Everyone looked at Gray, feeling he wasn't so bright upstairs.
Everyone thought Gray would be fearful of Lilian's attack. After all, the surging aura emitted from her attack was enough to kill several newborn awakeners before the attack even touched them.But Gray on the other hand showed no fear, carrying a giant bone, raising his hand with great momentum. "Boy you are courting death" "Fuck off! Death? How do you write it? Let me tell you that this word doesn't exist for me!" Well, he was telling the truth. No lies here. Boom! The attack and, causing a wave of wind to push the ant queen back, smashing her into the wall. Mommy... Why are humans so scary today? Sat no more Already, she was trying to dig her way out since some humans were blocking the path leaving the site. What a bad day! ~Crack. The bone Gray was holding shattered at its center due to Lilian's scissors that sliced through it like Tofu. Her scissors had double-sharp edges, menacing it wasn't just the inside edges that were sharp, but the blade's exterior edges too.
WHAT?Baychang and Lilian were dumbfounded after turning around and seeing Gray's hands moving in their direction. Boom!The punch hit, sending them rolling like tumbleweeds."Yoite not dead? Impossible! You should be dead!" "Your heart stopped! Impossible! Impossible! Faking a corpse?"(--->○□○)Everyone, including Cerberus, looked like they saw a Ghost. But how did that concern Gray?"Dead your mother! How dare you try killing me? I want you all to die!"Bahahahaha~"I learned the innate corpse technique, a technique that lets my breaths fade for a moment, and you all bought it, thinking I was dead? Idiots!"In a flash, Gray flew to Cerverus's side but was easily smacked away as though he was a bug.Taking beatings from Lilian and Baychang even during death, helped him level up tremendously since they were far stronger than the ants he fought and were far above his strength too.Damn!If he wasn't fighting with them, he would've loved to thank them for giving him such high points.
Why?... Why is the world so cruel?A waterfall of tears flowed down Cora's cheeks, still in disbelief by fate's cruelty towards her. Her mouth moved nervously with quivering shivers, and her eyes could only stare in fascinated stupor.How... How can her father die? Words alone couldn't describe the endless stream of emotions that bombarded her senses. For a moment, she contemplated killing herself and joining her father wherever he may be.But when Shertan's overly boisterous laughter filled the air, she quickly regained her senses, feeling her priorities now come in line. Kill! She must kill Shertan and avenge not just her father, but Timothy too, who was bold enough to help them this far. He was a good man. A man 50 times better than anyone in here. But now he is dead! Dead because of her! No. Father also died because of her.Cora touched her beautiful face, wishing she would have slashed it to a hideous mask if she knew it would result in the downfall of 2 innocent men. It
Up, up, up and away they went, bursting out the ant hole like a rocket. Momentary happiness washed over everyone, but it quickly faded away when they realized they still didn't know who this masked man was. Gary also kept silent, leaving the anthill and returning the same way he came. With his newfound strength, he could easily scale the giant cliffside, carrying the trio to the very top. Arriving at the giant tree branch he and Emelia stood on earlier, Gray finally dropped them without a word. "Thank you." Connor broke the sense, seeing where the masked man had taken them. Even though it would take them several hours to leave from here to the forest's closest exit, this area was still considered part of the forest's perimeters since it had no major threats people had to worry about. The reason why places are considered dangerous is because of the concentration of apocalyptic energy gathered in one place.The energy in the air was nowhere near that where they came from.This is
Already, Gray planned to use Connor and his group as informants down the road.Of course, in exchange for their services, he could provide them with things they too desired. Although they owe Gray a favor, how many favors can one do before the feeling of gratitude vanishes? "To take them to my side, I have to show them my worth." Gray thought deeply. Although he talked smack to those people who wanted him to join their organization, he knew the benefits of being informed. Knowledge and information were more essential to him. If news of any treasures go by, he wanted to know. After feeling the benefits of the Z-6 crystal, he felt he should also do treasure hunting in his spare time. Luckily, no one else saw his actions of absorbing the crystal's contents. Well, those are matters for later. Now, his focus was on his missions... particularly his second mission ....[>Task 2: Gain a minimum of 500 kill points while in the Sigmore Forest. >Reward: Lightning Innate Ability. >Pun
Did they not understand how dangerous the situation was?Of course, they did.The tension in the room was thickening, the longer the silence drew out. Hufferstone felt his blood pressure rising when staring at the ashamed group who came to report failure. The worst part of it all was that they completely wasted 95% of the Command Center's resources and now had to wait for more resources to arrive from their superiors. Although Spade was a well-known powerful man in Z-Sphere, he wasn't the only one getting a buzz around here. Hufferstone was also considered a genius, though not as powerful as Spade. He oversaw all matters concerning Sigmore forest, following all orders granted by Z-Sphere's world government The Beggar's organization might be up there, but the World Government organization was also a force to be reckoned with. Understand that the world government didn't just have its roots in Z-sphere, but also had them in all other Zones/spheres. If one meets the requirement, t
Venturing into the academy, everyone was not disappointed. There were towering castle-like stony buildings scattered around with magnificent giant statutes. Wow! Was that water flowing out from the mouths of several stone dragon heads? Gray had never seen anything like this before! The buildings were all so gigantic, and the space stretched out for as far as the eyes could see, enclosing many hills, paths and terrains. Some buildings stood on hills, others stood on cliff sides, and some stood on ground floor with massive ancient fountains shooting out at the center of their many courtyards.Many people's hearts hammered in their chests, feeling country bumpkins seeing city life for the first time. Everyone who has gotten accepted into the academy, was obviously an awakened human. So kicking their feet, they steadily ran forward to cover more ground. Walking normally will take them forever to get to their quarters. So how dare they dilly dally when nightfall had already come?
After fighting, boxing, stabbing and punching, Gray finally saw the academy’s silhouette from a distance. “Really there?” Real or fake? The siblings, Fariel and Faron, who were behind Gray, were painting heavily, wondering how this guy could fight and keep running at the speed he did without even breaking a sweat. You have to know that they were panting so hard after running 5 hours at max speed while carrying their luggage. Fortunately, this guy didn't mind fighting off the many underground creatures and clearing the path for them. Who was he truly? Could this guy be a senior and not a first year like them? Giving each other tactful stares, suddenly, they didn't feel like geniuses anymore after being with Gray for this short time. Just this accident that happened earlier, allowed them to know how big the world truly was. Forget revenge. They must first grow strong enough to survive before thinking of ever making a move at their cousin who clearly had all the resources an
In another corner, a broken down vehicle was getting ambushed by flesh eating plants from all corners. The vines yanked the massive metal tires away, before reaching force to tears the rest of the vehicle apart. Bam! The 2 siblings in the vehicle broke through the vehicle’s roof, getting on it while fighting the many vines that came their way. “Brother!” The dainty girl with brown hair in a ponytail and short bangs, quickly called to her brother when feeling a sharp pain on her left leg. Oh no! One of the spiky vines was now wrapped several times around her leg, pulling her away without mercy. “Sister!!!” ~Slash! Slash! Slash! The brown curly haired boy sliced and diced with his long twin blades with a pale face when seeing his sister getting dragged into the ground below. They were supposed to go to the academy, grow strong together, so they can finally take their revenge on their despicable cousin who caused their parent’s deaths. Their journey towards revenge had just
Vrmmmmm! The vehicle roared to life, its engine bellowing like a beast unleashed. Gray's cheeks flapped wildly, his gums fully exposed as Yegan's car surged forward with incredible speed. "Fuck!" Gray cursed inwardly, his fingers digging into the seat. In this post-apocalyptic era, seatbelts were a forgotten luxury, a relic of a safer past. Just having a car, especially one pieced together from rusted scrap, was a miracle in itself. If Gray had been born before the apocalypse, he would have marveled at these current steampunk-inspired vehicles that ran on water and sometimes coal. The engin
The Dean looked at Yegan's gangster attitude and wasn't offended. Reaching for the bottom of his desk, he calmly took out 2 vials and threw them Gray's way. Gray held on to them in confusion but soon understood their uses thanks to the dean and the system. The first was a Grade Z-3 Energy gathering elixir. It was blue and would make many newly awakened humans breakthrough in strength. Having a Z-3 grade potion was very unbelievable. Do you know what Z-3 is? In Z-sphere, pills, potions and elixirs are graded from Z-1 to Z-6. Weapons and skills are also graded as such. For people like them at the bottom of the awakened food chain, a Z-3 potion was like a godly item dropped from the heavens. The next vial contained 4 red booster pills that will give anyone additional strength for at most an hour after taking it. It's just that your eyes will give away the fact that you took it. Still, when fighting for your life out in the forest or dangerous places, who cares if your ey
"Teacher," Lohan's voice humbly bellowed. "Apologies, won't be going with you at once. But I swear to report to the academy soonest."He came from a clan and had several matters to finalize before leaving. What's more, if he left his mother without so much as a simple goodbye, he truly believed the woman would storm the academy and break in just to give him a good beating. Don't underestimate his mother. In their clan, although his father was a Patriarch, his mother was stronger than his father. It's said that growing up, his mother used to beat his father in battles so badly that anyone with common sense would stay away. But his father seemed to be a different breed, sticking his mother like glue. One thing led to another and now, they're married with 2 children, himself and his younger sister. It was amazing how many times Lohan had heard his father falling off from bed from his mother's kicks. His mother loved wearing handles and always walked with her hands on her waist an
Many recruiters stared at Yegan with envious eyes. This guy managed to indirectly recruit 4 of the top 6 giants into his school. Lucinda and Emelia were going to his academy, alongside Gray and Lohan who now had different identities, being his students.All 4 are going to Phoenix Tide Academy, who would've known the odds would be so different? Luckily for the other academies, they could still recruit a few more impressive students below the big 6. Of course, many talents had long decided to attend Yegan's academy too. It can be said that before today, several people had done their research, already having a clue of where they wanted him You could say that Gray was the only oddball who didn't even bother researching what academies would benefit him or not. After all, understand that it's just recently that the system came to him. With his previous 1.4 spirit score, although he didn't want to give up, he subconsciously knew his fate. Thus, never bothered researching the big acad
True or false? Many looked at the intimidating Yegan and suddenly felt shivers crew up their spines. Gray's head was lowered, so no one could see what his expression was. But if it were them, they would definitely jump at the chance of leaving Yegan's side. F***! Didn't you know what the female recruiter said? The last time Yegan had a student 35 years ago, his training was so intense that the student appealed to the academy on his knees, crying and begging for a way out. The student looked like he was begging for his life, even promising to work free for the academy and do multiple jobs on their behalf if it meant he would never get Yegan as his teacher again. Yegan has only had 2 students he took in all his life. The first one unfortunately died out on a mission and the 2nd disgraced him, throwing his face when begging to be removed from his care. People speculate that Yegan began stricter in his teachings after the death of his last Student. Anyway, the one pleading gave
"What is it? What is it?... What is the score?"Many people poked their heads over other's shoulders, clenching their fists to bite the anxiety that was eating them up inside. And then… the score finally stabilized. [49145]Boom! Many felt their chests, breathing in and out like crazy while others rubbed their eyes to ensure they weren't dreaming. 49 thousand, 1 hundred and 45.That score was too shocking! Many didn't even have to quench their shock before Gray bombarded them with another surprise attack. Putting his hands on the Spirit Ball, Gray felt the surge of energy explore every nuke and cranny of his body.It took a long time, a little longer than others .. and when it stopped, many cleaned in, forgetting to breathe. With their awakened eyegazes, they could further than a normal human. [ Purity (%): 100 ][Spirit Score: 5.2]--Silence--The whole place fell in utter silence, as they still couldn't believe their eyes. This… this… isn't this witnessing history in the ma