Just as they were about to finish their breakfast, Zion’s phone rang. The callerID is an unknown number. Zion picked it up.
“ Hello ! Am I talking to Zion Sheng ? “ a man asked from the other side.
At the same time, an alert arrived on Cerise’s phone.
Cerise opened the alert, as she watched her phone screen, her expression became icy. Suddenly, it felt like the temperature in the cafe had gone down by two degrees.
She muted her phone, and shew her phone to Zion.
On the phone, a live stream is playing on one of the streaming platforms. They were calling Zion, just to make fun of him as the weakest player
Zion looked at Cerise in shock. Just how much does she hate her guild ? In this world of hunters, a guild is a second home. The guilds, especially larger ones, will take care of you from birth to death. They have an affiliated hospital where all the players and their families get treated. They have child care facilities that can take care of newborns from the time they are born to the nursery, some even have schools leading up to high school. After all, when a ‘player’ parent enters the dungeon, the guild will have custody of their child. The guild makes decisions on whether to go for surgery or treat moderately in case of injury. The guild will receive inheritance of the child if a specific will is not made. Yes, it calls for a lot of injustices, but most guilds take this part of their job extremely seriously. Because once a problem occurs in any of these services, a mass exodus of players happens. It could literally make or break a guild’s future. As such, the guilds whic
After coming out of the marriage bureau, Zion headed straight to the nearby halloween store. This shop does not sell fake props, but real props like spider legs, frog eyeballs, rat tails, slimy slugs and all sorts of curiosities, mixed with cheap dollar store like “ do it yourself “ items, which are mostly used by children to set up pranks, and by low level hunters to set up traps in the wilderness. “ Zion, actually, we need to goto equipment return station. “ Cerise called him as he entered the store. All the same, she followed him. “ Are you talking about the evidence camera borrowed from the city office for filming our session in the chapel ? “ Zion asked. “ Yes. The deadline is like twelve noon, but I still have to go to the orientation. We need to go by ten. “ Cerise answered. “ How many of those cams do you have ? “ Zion asked. If it’s just one, they will go borrow more. “ ten ?! “ she answered . “ In that case, extend the lease. We will keep them for one more day. “ Zio
‘ Can you see it ? ‘ Cerise asked in shock. ‘ Yes. ‘ Zion answered with equal shock. [ Ordained marriage ] [ Skills ] [ Telepathy : You can speak to your partner telepathically. ] [ Mana cost increases based on distance and obstacles. ] They never heard of the couple rings themselves having power. Or did the couples keep it a secret ? “ wow ! “ They both said at the same time, looking at their intertwined hands, with the rings touching each other. ‘ Can we do this without rings touching ? ‘ Cerise wondered. ‘ let’s check . ‘ Zion answered. They unlocked their hands. ‘ Test123, Reply, Over ! ‘ Zion tried to convey. ‘ Test success , Test success , Test success ! Important things must be said thrice, Over ! ‘ Cerise finished. Before either of them could stop, their thoughts moved forward. ‘ My ! Was ‘The’ Cerise Mayflower a hidden otaku ? ‘ Zion thought. ‘ Damn ! I responded. F*ck ! no.. don’t think … Don’ Then Cerise’s voice went silent in Zion’s head. ‘ Ah ! It seems w
As soon as Zion signed the contract, he wanted to walk out.TwelveInches put on a very magnanimous expression and started speaking.“ Ah, Mr. Zion. I actually wanted to tell you this before. There’s no way of breaking it gently. I am dating Leste. I heard you got dumped just yesterday, right after your awakening, despite the three years you were together. You won’t be uncomfortable working with me, would you ? “ TwelveInches asked, his tone dripping with superiority.Zion smiled serenely in answer.“ Oh, Mr. Streamer ! If I want to avoid my ex’s boyfriends and patrons, there won’t be a single alley in the city I can step into. I don’t feel uncom
“ Oh, it seems the industry norm is to clear at least one dungeon on your own, then apply for a guild. “ Zion said into the camera, looking at the information. “ Are you not going to follow the norm ? “ The cameraman asked Zion. “ No. I don’t have time. I don’t think it makes a great difference in the guild’s opinion. So, I believe it’s better to act quickly now to submit my CV now rather than after almost all my friends are out doing the same thing. “ Zion opined. ‘ Ooooh ! Smart ! ‘ The camera man complimented Zion. The next guild even more strictly rejected him, just because he was a dungeon baby. So did the next guild, and the guild after. [ We do not accept applications from the Dungeon babies. ] The fourth guild put a plaque on the outside. It was a giant redgate in chinese style, with even the red lanterns & co, with all the bells and trappings of a martial arts dens. “ New hunter ? “ The door man asked Zion. “ Yes. “ Zion answered. The moment he did, the doorman point
The cameraman zoomed in, unwilling to miss a single expression on Zion’s face. [ OppaJJang : Oh ! the beauty attack ! ] [ OppaJJang has donated 20 dollars to the stream. ] Twelve Inches thanked her for the donation in his stream. Unfortunately, the beauty-loving girls or just any girls at all are not watching him at all. They were all focused on Zion's stream. “ I will establish a guild myself. I will accept all the dungeon babies in the world. They can all join my guild. “ Zion said, his voice full of passion. The first part was something he had decided before joining the stream. He thought the stream would make the best advertising space. However, after getting beaten up this badly just for one extra word on his awakening certificate, Zion wanted to do something to comfort himself, and all others who were in the same position as himself. The cameraman was too shocked to say anything. ‘ How does this guys’ brain circuit work is written all over his face. ‘ [ HunterJobHu
Cerise’s mother was one of the most powerful awakeners belonging to the silversword guild. Thus, her treatment by the guild had always been good. Two years ago, the guild general manager changed. Her mother started going on tower quests under the influence of the new GM. Unlike the dungeon clearing which is over within hours, tower Quests last longer. Conversely, they give out equally great rewards. As such, tower player's children are supposed to be treated with greater respect, but reality is rather opposite. Tower gives one treasure, kills ten. The survivors would be hated by all, despite the dead players receiving their share. As such, the survivor’s children will become pariah’s. The tower quest her mother had completed had especially high mortality. In a day, Cerise and her brother became anyone’s game. That was all acceptable, till their mother went missing in the tower. All of a sudden, they can not live in the quarters they have lived their entire lives, but had to live
It’s the Item box skill. Only, this item box is infinite, and continuously uses your mana. As such, once you put more than ten items, the mana drain will kill you, unless you have millions of dollars of mana regeneration items on you. There are lesser ranked item boxes with limited numbers, as well as space equipment which doesn’t consume mana. Now, they have given her such useless skill, at least in their eyes. Cerise knew better though. With her dual world core, all the mana in the world acts as her own. So, she need not worry about mana not being enough. So, she accepted the skill. Once the entire ceremony was over, she opened the EX rank dozen skills boxes. She put her hand on one and tried absorbing it. It worked. [ Map of worlds ] [ Map bound by the parts of places you have traveled to will be displayed. Once you have seen a place, you can teleport to the place you have chosen. Host need to have an open mana core. ] The map contained many associated function
Now that the first task is achieved, Zion starts concentrating on the goal that needs to be accomplished.First, he needs to fuse the soul container shards to make the Dragon soul container. The high level soul container he has received would just have to stay in his inventory for now.For that, he would use the one dragon mark soul container, along with all the soul container fragments he received from the raid.He has a dull idea that he knows synthesis. It’s knowledge acquired from one of the knowledge orbs. He closed his eyes, and started absorbing and organizing the knowledge.‘ Soul container shards develop over time in any undead creature. With the application of magic, the
Zion cast a weight reducing magic on himself. Magical theory is akin to algebra mixed with philosophical reasoning. There are many who excel in algebra, yet more who excel in philosophical nonsense, but there are very few who understand both. Zion was that rare breed. Forgoing all his golden fingers, this is one skill he acquired with his own two hands. The moment the whip surrounded himself, Zion cast a weight reducing spell on himself.The whip’s movement happens because of the swing of the wrist. Once this movement is done, the whip can not be changed from its course. The vampire had already used the right amount of strength for surrounding him. What happens when the object you thought was an iron rod was a rubber rod instead?Instead of trapping the iron rod, the whip picks up the rubber rod, continues rolling it up l
“ Zion Sheng. Newbie hunter. I will be using my gun, and I may be best suited for tracking and command. “ he said, showing them the pea shooter.“ Help yourself to any supplies from here, to be used in the mansion. We will be setting off with the lightest supplies. “ Zion added.Matt immediately went to the spears, pole arms, and the whipping sticks, while the rest took fancy to the bamboo basket backpacks he made.Bow Saintess took a short recurve bow, while Lila opted for a super long and sturdy long range bow, along with the arrows.Edward took the normal bow testing its draw with impressed eyes. Even James took the backpack, bamboo whip and the whipping sticks.&nbs
Now that the gun is ready, it is time to craft the bullets. Before Zion could set himself to the task, a message flashed in front of him.[ a fistful of clay offered at the temple ]Zion retrieved the clay. He ran an appraisal.[ Slime Clay ][ Made with fine meteorite dust and slime juice, this is considered toughest and most mana conductive clay in the world. It is often used by alchemists as a weapon due to its nature to allow and erase arrays as needed. ]Zion put the clay in his hand and concentrated.The array he crafted and written is finer than before. He took half of
“ Just drop a seed in the holes, and cover up. “ Zion told them genially.“ Yes, Sir. “ They answered happily.Zion modified the robots to create small robots, which looked like a hangman with a basket on his back and triangular belt for wheels. The robots started moving under the mushrooms, and started collecting the pea sized spores. They brought them back to the small pit he made at the entrance, pouring the basket in when it’s filled.“ Guys, I will be back in a few. I need to grab a few more bamboo seeds, and some odds and ends. “ Zion informed the guys filling up the bamboo pits. Right now, he has chosen only one variety, the ‘ Elephant bamboo. ‘ Omniscient CraftMaster
Zion screamed with happiness into the air.Sure, the entire land was covered with trash, but what about it ?He, with his innate crafting skill, can literally make gold out of trash, if he is so inclined to. On top of that, there’s the newly inherited knowledge.[ Blueprint Decomposter ][ Decomposes any and all material, as long as it’s started with the right cultivars. ]There’s the ultimate green combination of rafflesia in the trash, and dungeon grass around rafflesia which can decimate any and all trash in an extremely clean manner, only, they take ten years. Omniscient CraftMaster
The police took the statements, then the association’s officers confirmed the misreporting of death with their own eyes. The nurse who made the report immediately confessed to the officials about being forced to report the death. On top of it, she reported all the doctors, managers and others involved in the process, along with a voice recording.By the time they left, it was like a storm had passed through.Zion sat down listlessly besides Cerise, as he watched her.‘ What should I do now ? ‘ he wondered.When he started the broadcast and all this mess, it was with the aim of getting public attention. Now that he became the fisherman who reaped the benefits from the fights,Build a skyscrapper
Peace at last
As he sat and watched Cerise, his frazzled mind slowly calmed down. It occurred to Zion perhaps staying in this hospital was not the best idea. Afterall, he had no idea how far and wide the corruption had spread. So, he picked up his phone. Only then did he realize the live broadcast was still on. It was going on when he was dealing with the killer, it was on even now. “ I am sorry, my dear viewers. I would have to stop the broadcast for today here. If you want to watch more of me, please do so on DDA’s live platform. “ Zion informed them, before turning off the live broadcast. Then, he called the first hospital owned by the government and Association. Then he called the police, informing them of a killer who’s tied up.It’s only after that he looked at the messages. He does not have many acquaintances. He should not be receiving these many messages. So, he checked the messages. They were from the silversword guild hospital.The hospital had informed him that his wife had passed
Zion ran straight for the stairs. He had no idea he could move this fast. He flies up the stairs instead of moving up the stairs. Had he not been in such a hurry, he would realize that his body is moving at a higher strength. His foot slipped as soon as he put it on the supersmooth tiles of the hospital walkway. Zion did not think of correcting his posture. Instead, he braced for impact on the wall facing him, then slid sideways, so that he could reach the room faster. He even lowered his legs to let the shoes glide smoothly. The nurses at the reception did not even notice a person passed by because he crossed over the place far too quickly. Zion braked himself using the groove of the door, and pushed in the door of the room. The vitals monitor which was slightly beating with a small tick flatlined right in front of Zion. He did not even think. He braced his legs, jumped straight for the assailant’s head. The man got hit straight in his temple with a knee kick. He fell down