Scarlett snapped her eyes open as she regained consciousness. After looking around a bit, she realized it was the next day already and she was in Alan's room, on his bed while he wasn't anywhere to be seen. Scarlett got off the bed but then noticed her clothes were changed. She froze as the thought of Alan seeing her naked passed through her mind.The door opened and Alan stepped in."You're awake?" he asked but was met with Scarlett's glare. He sighed as he pretty much knew what was on her mind."No I didn't change your clothes and no I didn't see anything. It was Maple who helped you""Where is she?" "She left. She said her family was visiting"Scarlett nodded. She knew there was no way Maple was in the hotel and not by her side."I can't believe I fainted" Scarlett whispered as she remembered yesterday's fight. She bitterly smiled as she remembered how cowardly she stood at the side and only attacked from a distance."It's because it's your first time" Alan walked closer to her an
Immediately Maple returned to the academy, she was informed of her parent's arrival so quickly went to get ready.Her grandfather had three wives with about twenty-four children. Her father was acting as the first son of the second wife. The first wife only had girls, it was her luck.Maple's father had two wives with nine children. She was the daughter of the second wife, the smallest in the family. She had two brothers and an elder sister. She didn't get along with her step-siblings except for Polly and Molly. They were twins and just a year older than she was.When she received word her parents were coming, she had no idea her stepmother would be there. But fortunately, Molly and Polly came along.* * *There was always a special room granted for any visiting family in the academy. Maple was led to her parent's room by a cleaning bot. Well, when it wasn't cleaning it was just a bot."Good day, Father, Good day mother, Good day mother" Maple greeted as she entered. She greeted her s
After having breakfast, Scarlett followed Alan to his room to check out the VR helmets he had gotten.Scarlett unboxed the helmets excitedly. Although she had seen them online, she had never held one with her hand so she was very excited.The souls also came out and helped, and for a reason or two Aviva was equally excited."Why are there five? we're six aren't we?" Scott asked. He had stopped giving Scarlett a cold shoulder after speaking his mind and went back to normal."Aviva will use mine, I don't want to take chances. Although the academy might think I'm messing with my enemies when I'm fighting, they still think I'm Aviva so..."Scarlett was cut off mid-sentence by Mary. "Using different helmets will be troublesome"Only after Scott spoke his mind did Scarlett notice the others were also avoiding her."Oh yeah, you haven't even checked out the system rewards yet" Scott suddenly snapped his fingers drawing their attention."I completely forgot about that"Scarlett stopped checki
In a facility underground, a middle age man walked with hurried steps towards an office. Reaching the office he opened it without knocking."Young master...""What is so important that you forgot to knock?" A young man sitting behind the desk asked."Sorry sir, but we found a perfect subject," the middle-aged man said with excitement on his face.The young man stared at him for a while before opening his mouth. "Perfect is not a word you can use on everything Samson""No sir, this subject's constitution surpasses that of Aviva"The young man froze at his assistant's words. "What did you say?""His constitution surpasses that of Aviva" the assistant repeated excitedly. He knew his young master would be shocked and he wasn't disappointed."Take me to him immediately"With no further ado, the assistant led the young man away.* * *Ten minutes later, they arrived in front of a cell, and inside was a 10-year-old boy. His eyes were dull as if his consciousness was sucked out."He's a bit o
"Hey Maple" Scarlett answered the call."Hey Scarlett, you're better now" Maple's voice rang out from inside the phone."Yeah, thanks for helping me yesterday""Sure no problem"And then silence followed for almost a minute before Scarlett spoke up. "So, why did you call?""Um well, I wanted to come to see you later with my sisters, hope you don't mind""Not really, it's just I'm going out with Alan later..." before Scarlett could even complete her sentence, Maple interrupted."Right, your date got ruined yesterday because of the incident, he must be trying to make things up to you. So sweet, I think I should get a boyfriend as well or I'll get diabetes from your sweetness" then she hung up, leaving Scarlett with her mind wide open."My gosh, Maple is such a character, her thoughts run wild pretty quickly" Scott was laughing so hard even the others couldn't resist smiling a bit."Whatever, we should log in first" Scarlett then walked directly to the helmets before placing one on. "See
Ajax stared at his uncle and then his dad, both of them were giving him the same look. He had no leeway at all. He as a person liked to see things go down, and let the world burn but he didn't like burning with it.Ajax sighed and then tapped on this watch. A holographic screen came up displaying Alan's fight."He must have already used an ability orb," his uncle said thoughtfully after watching it. Ajax on the other hand had no idea what they were talking about."But the way he sent out those attacks doesn't look like he just got it" Ajax's dad added."Forget Alan, what I want to know is what that girl was doing. Was it her mental attacks again, is it that powerful" Ajax's uncle said again."She's not even a ranked yet, how can she fight a 2-star beast?" When Ajax heard his cousin speak he smirked. His cousin became a ranked last year and his soul core was still brown. "Because you're weak doesn't mean everyone else has to be. Didn't you watch her clip, I bet she can mop the floor wi
In a casino, Scarlett and Alan sat at a round table along with Ajax's cousin, his dad, and his uncle. Ajax stood at the side giving Scarlett an apologetic look.'O God, once Maple knows about this, I'm toast'. He silently prayed so that Scarlett would forgive him."Welcome Alan, it's nice to meet you," Ajax's dad said breaking the silence that was starting to get deafening."You too. But I'm curious as to why you have invited my girlfriend" Alan emphasized the girlfriend to send a message across. He had his eyebrow raised with a threatening glare in his eyes.Ajax's uncle frowned before releasing a small not so friendly chuckle. "You jest, Alan, she is a girlfriend, not your wife""Oh, I'd like to know what Mr. Robinson is implying he saying this" Alan's gaze turned icy."Okay enough. You called for me and here I am, out with it. What do you want?" Scarlett asked nonchalantly with her arms folded.Ajax started sweating well after hearing Scarlett speak. 'This is bad, really bad. Good
Alan opened up his room and saw his uncle pacing worriedly.Unlike most people thought, Paul Quakkins wasn't the first human to asses his mind space, he was just the first one to speak out. Only a few people knew this truth and Alan was one of them he had found out by mistake in his past life and had a fallout with his uncle. Then he was shallow-minded, it was also one of the reasons he had lost Scarlett, and this time he promised not to let himself go again.But Ajax's meddling had messed up the timeline and now knew things were bound to happen, that was why he was upset earlier."Good day Uncle," he said to draw his uncle's attention.His uncle turned and sighed in relief after seeing his face. "You brought me a lot of trouble young man" his uncle scolded with his eyes narrowed.Alan stared at his uncle and sighed. "Sorry uncle, I didn't know someone was watching". It was really a failure on his path, if he had known Ajax was filming, he wouldn't have hesitated to get rid of him."I
Two hours later, Wallace regained consciousness with absolutely no recollection of himself, he was completely blank."Let's begin separation and then we'll call for the young master" Dr. Link said to the other men in white coats.Wallace was then moved to a circular table where his code would be temporarily removed. Things were done carefully this time as they made him unconscious again.Several minutes later, a floating disk with a white manacore sitting on top flew towards the glass pod in the center of the room and ever so gently placed the manacore inside it.After the manacore was placed in, other floating disks started appearing, each carrying a purple or red mana core and then flying towards the opening of the pod.What happened then was a feast for the eyes. As the other manacores entered the pod, each released a hue that was absorbed by the white core.Thirty minutes later, the white core was brought out again, still retaining its color even after absorbing all those differen
Deep in an underground facility, a young man stared at the reports in his hand and smiled. He couldn't suppress the joy in his heart."You have finally found a way to wipe his memory?""Yes, young master and you should probably continue reading the report" the man standing beside him said.The young man being referred to as young master nodded and continued reading until his eyes widened. "White? How is that possible?""I had them redo the test a couple of times but it kept giving the same results," the assistant said."A white mana core? It sounds unbelievable, the highest so far is gold and Aviva is the only one we have captured with a golden core, how can there be white all of a sudden" the young man lost his composure.While the world was still in the dark about mana core and other related subjects, he had been studying them for years."I was shocked as well, but isn't this a good thing? We have someone stronger than Aviva ever was" the assistant said."Do not say that...Aviva had
Few hours later Scarlett logged out. Fortunately, she got almost everything, the one thing remaining was elemental stones, not just hers but for the others too and she was hoping on them to get the coins she needed to buy them.After putting down her glasses, she was greeted by Maple's angry expression."I thought you said it was important?""It is important" Scarlett mumbled and then shook her head. She told her everything Alan told her while removing a lot of things though and inputting hers just to be safe."How do you even know all of that?" Maple eyed her suspiciously."Well actually..." Scarlett tried to explain but she was interrupted by Maple."Don't tell if you don't want to. I can't take it when you lie to me" Maple sighed with a dejected look. Ajax wasn't the only reason she was stressed, she had no idea what Scarlett must be going through but she wasn't telling her about it.Seeing the atmosphere becoming awkward she decided to change the topic."Where are your ghost frien
Nebillon city had many markets, there was even a grocery market but players rarely went there, although one could eat in SSO. It was still advised to log out at least once in two months.As SSO was a prototype it could have many unforeseen side effects, well at least that's what the students thought and the only thing keeping them at bay were these thoughts.Scarlett made her way into the busy market looking for any life-saving tool although she already had one, it didn't hurt to have another. Losing her hard earn levels was a nightmare, not because she was afraid to fight more creatures but because she had no time. It was just a week before the assessment and losing just one level could spell the end for you.She then walked into a store that sold accessories made of jade. Most life-saving tools were accessories so a good start."Welcome, welcome!!" an enthusiastic voice came from the other side of the counter."Hello?" Scarlett tilted her head in confusion. She heard the voice but c
Time slowly went by and before anyone could realize it, it was just a week left before the monthly assessment.Scarlett had patched things up with Maple and placed her full concentration on training, even though she felt that her instructor was pretty slow.She also ignored the third chain of the quest for the time being. The quest could be shared with ten people and that spoke volumes of how dangerous the quest was.In all this, Scarlett never forgets that her main goal was to save her brother but she was still weak.* * * Scarlett was currently in the training room with instructor Talon."Concentrate!!" Instructor Talon corrected again messaging his temples."I'm trying but it's hard, being on fire without actually catching fire, what do I even need that for, assessment is just next week. Please instructor Talon teach me something that is offensive" Scarlett pleaded but her pleas fell on deaf ears."I will teach you at my own pace. Now quit whining and start working on increasing t
Maple stood outside Scarlett's room, trying to comprehend what she was seeing."You guys?" she asked confused.When Scarlett started letting out curses, she knew something was up. "Scarlett?""You can see us?" Scott asked shocked. Being seen in SSO was rotatably different from being seen in real life and they all knew that. In fact, Maple just did them a favor by discovering them in the room, imagine they suddenly appeared in the class like they normally did, the outcome would be disastrous."What kind of question is that?" Maple frowned. "Scarlett?""I'm sorry for hiding it from you" Scarlett sighed, but the others had a change in expression."What are you doing Scarlett?" Bruce asked with a serious expression."What? I have to tell her about you guys at least. Scott back me up here, even if I make up an excuse, sooner or later she'll find out the truth so what's the use""If it makes any difference, I'm still here and I can hear you" Maple folded her arms.Scarlett facepalmed, who c
[Quest info: Oseremen is the village priestess, the original owner of the golden sand. Two days ago she was found missing from her cottage. You must find clues of her whereabouts on your own][Quest can be shared with a maximum of 10 players][Difficulty: S+][Quest item: Rainbow stone]"I'm back baby, who missed me?" Scott shouted upon entering the mind space."No one, you are causing a major disturbance just as you arrived" Angelica scoffed."The peace was great while it lasted" Mary commented, moving her glasses."I don't care what you guys say, I got a quest" Scott folded his arms."Yeah, like we couldn't get one""Angelica please don't bring yourself down to his level, and you guys should get out a bit, we need to talk" Scarlett sighed. She was tired of having to separate their squabble every single day.The souls appeared except Aviva and Scarlett decided to ignore them. Aviva was behaving too strangely these days and there was no time to address the issue yet.«Name: Scarlett»
"I have to complete this quest soon, 24 hours is almost over," Scott said before walking out of the room given to him but then he saw Obehi walking towards him from afar and immediately went back to the room. He had gotten an idea and planned to utilize it.'Don't know if it will work or not but there's one way to find out' he thought before using the small knife on the fruit plate to slightly injure his neck. The injury was healing at a fast pace but at least blood came out and stained his neck.Scott then sat down on the couch making low groaning noise and pretending to struggle.Obehi entered Scott's room and saw him groaning while closing his eyes. She immediately panicked and went to him cupping her face in her hands."What's wrong with you?" after caressing his face for a long time she noticed the blood on his neck and gasped.Scott gave himself a thumbs up before slowly opening his eyes to see Obehi's teary eyes, a part of him felt guilty but he used the fact that she was an NP
Scarlett stood in front of instructor Talon, listening closely as he exile the different tiers of the fire ability."While other instructors believe that there is no ability stronger than the other, I like to believe the fire is at the top, understanding your ability makes it stronger""Every ability has its tier, ranging from five to ten. Fire has seven, the first tier is 'Fire Control'"'That isn't so badAs if reading Scarlett's thought instructor Talon scoffed before he continued. "Fire control doesn't just involve you setting something on fire, your control over its will is what counts. Will it stop burning when you ask it to or will it continue to burn even after your orders?""Abilities were never ours in the first place, it's a way of earth's compensation towards our different lack to its current evolution so abilities do have a mind of their own, you have to tame them""Moving on, each tier of an ability has two sides, control over your element and that of others"Scarlett st