What did it bring?Watching the ant humbly place the giant crystal rock in his hand, Gray was both amused and curious. Sadly, he knew very little about things like crystals. But when his hands touched the Crystal, he heard the system's familiar ring echo in his ears. Ding! [It is detected that the host has come in contact with a rare Z-6 Pure Energy Crystal detected. Does the host wish to absorb its energy?]"Hold on, system." "Before that, what is this energy crystal and why is Z-6 rare?" Gray felt he should know before absorbing it. But the more the system spoke, the more exaggerated his eyes began.What? A Z-6 crystal? Gray's eyelids jumped in shock, almost dropping the clear crystal to the ground. Don't you freaking understand how hard it was to touch anything higher than Z2?Understand that within Z-Zone, the concentration of enethey here was so low that one can find zombies, plants, crystals and other objects within the ranks of Z-1 to Z-4.Even professions are ranked i
Success! The absorption was a success and his body no longer felt any heart-wrenching pain. The ant queen was still humbly kneeling, not daring to try anything funny. Shock filled its eyes when it saw the crystal become glass-clear. But just when Gray was about to leave, he suddenly felt a presence approaching the site. Was he scared? Not really. If he was still mortal, he would be afraid. But now that he had become an Awakened human, he couldn't be killed off by another awakened creature. His only true sense of worry comes from not conforming if he could still survive after his heart is yanked out of his chest. Today wasn't the day for such trials. "Could it be the group from earlier? Where are they coming to see if I'm alright?" Wrong! The intimidating energy the incoming group was releasing could be sensed from afar. Looking at the crystal in his hand, Gray had a hunch. "Sure enough, I was right to absorb it fast." With just a few breaths, he came face to face with ol
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