BANG“Shraa!” The plant monster Coniver slowly falls to the ground. Its greenish brown skin fades into darker shades of brown following its death.I blow the barrel of my ORION with a smile. “Easy peasy.”Thanks to Khione side mission, I’m now level 13. The monsters in here are not threats to me now. Except the Tygris. But as long as I don’t go to the 5th level or 5th floor, and downward, it’s all good.I look around the training center. Because I wasn’t that strong yet, I didn’t dare go past the 1st floor, so I’m going to use this opportunity to take a walk in the training center.Yeah, I decided to go to here to cool down.Since there’s a banquet, no one would expect anyone going here, so there’s no guard. I also didn’t bring my Arrow with me, which means I have no GPS tracker on me. So I don’t need to worry that anyone would caught me in here.I stroll down the grassy stairway to the 3rd floor, passing a pair of big glowing crystals. As this training center was built above layers o
I aim at the coming Tygris and activate my new skill.‘Ice Shot.’I fire my gun three times while running away from it and the tree. Three bullets fly from the barrel of my gun with thick white streaks. The Tygris dodges the first shot, but it could not dodge the next two with its big body. And this time, thankfully, my bullets actually draw blood.“Yes!” I grin when I see the red stains forming in its orange coat.“RAWR!” I laugh because I finally got the reaction I’m yearning for. “Finally crying, aren’t you?!”“Look out!”I instantly jump to the side, again, dodging the Tygris’s lunge attack. But the monster turns around fast this time, and I scramble to my feet.It growls at me at the same moment of its green eyes glow. Suddenly, I feel the earth moves around me.“Oh shit.”The ground below me is suddenly elevated and I lost my balance. But even when my face had planted on the ground, the ground around me begins moving erratically, punching me with rocks and hard soil. My body ac
We stop running just after we reach the 1st floor. Heaves and huffs escape our lips as we take our breath.“I want to thank you again, Terrence. If you weren’t here, I don’t know what would happen to me.” Ollie said.I still cannot erase the familiarity from him, but I just cannot figure out who this guy is. But I decided not to think about that too much.“You’re welcome. But next time, please don’t go in by yourself. It doesn’t matter how high the magic you mastered. That Tygris isn’t a foe you can take down by yourself.” I said seriously.Even when I play the game, I only dare to come here when the available characters had reached level 15 at the bare minimum. With Khione in hand too. As it would be very hard to beat it without good amount of HP, strength, and resources. It gives a handsome amount of EXP and Gold when defeated, as well as AP. But it’s worthy of the preparation.However it’s still unfathomable that I didn’t think of using Khione at all before. If only I had remembere
‘How am I so stupid to not know?’ I mull over to myself.“Look, if it’s such a big deal, I’ll treat you to lunch for a month. But can we just forget that problem? I really want to be friends with you.” Kanon said, looking away and looking a bit nervous.“Uhh… You don’t have to do that.” I said. I look at her. ‘Now how should I move on with this?’She looks at me. “But you seem so serious. You must be upset.”I gulp and nervously look away. “I’m just not expecting you to be here.”She looks at me curiously. “No… You’re not expecting me to come up to ‘you’, are you?”“It’s the same.” I pop a samosa into my mouth. The delicious chicken curry invades my mouth as soon as I chew.She smiles knowingly. “Aww. You’re a sucker for sweet gestures. I know exactly fifteen guy who are just like you and trust me, they all melt after they know me.”I hum. “Mmhm. You’re gonna have a hard time melting me.”“And why is that?” She asked, taking a step closer to me with a smug smile.“Because I’m a diamon
Early in the morning, I checked my menu right away and realized that on the hidden mission last night, the Tygris did get beaten. Because my level had reached 15 and I had 10.000 Ecras beside my name.“Is this real? I thought we haven’t managed to beat the cat?” I wondered.[You have. Ollie’s magic helped you lower its HP by half, then your attacks gave it critical damages due to the Ice element, and Khione finished it with her skills. The reward is yours.]I grinned satisfactorily. “A’ight… Hahaha!”But I couldn’t enjoy my victory for much longer because I was immediately called to the Counseling Office. I immediately changed into something more presentable and left my dorm.As soon as I arrived, the headmaster was there, also Fay, that old Cornell, and lastly, Harcourt. I greeted them equally before taking a seat as instructed. Harcourt was the first to speak.“Terrence, I realized that my words may have hurt you—”“It had.” I nodded calmly.Harcourt looked taken aback while the oth
After I’m done enjoying the treat I deserved, I asked her. “So what do you want to see me for?”“I’m assembling a team.” She said in slight whisper.I instantly recognized this as a canon dialogue. But isn’t she supposed to be discussing this with Rean instead of me?“Wait, why are you talking about it with me?” I immediately asked.“Well, you’re the first person I know here and you’re good. You beat the Ice Fairy.”“ ‘We’ beat the Ice Fairy. ‘We’.” I corrected her.She rolled her eyes. “Yes, but it’s mostly you. Anyway, I’m assembling a team, and I’d really like you to help with it. Since you’re from here, I’m sure you know some cadets that are exceptionally good.”As far as I know, the team is canon. It would never change even if she ask me. But the problem was that ‘I’ need to get in this team somehow. So—“Me? Are you asking me to join or just my opinion?” I try to open the gate myself.She looked conflicted. “Well, I kinda heard that the teachers had already found my long-ranger,
*** Mission failed! You’ve failed the mission “Get in Rean’s Team”! You may not claim the rewards! + Mission changed! Finish the mission and… *** I couldn’t bring myself to continue reading the notification as the only thing on my mind is ‘FAILED?! WHAT THE FUCK?!’ After talking to the girls, also Natalie (again), because I passed out at the banquet and I remembered I had to apologize. But thankfully, she didn’t mind at all. Although she did hear that I went to the training center, and she wanted me to spill about it. I didn’t, of course. She didn’t like it, of course. But I don’t care and she didn’t press further. Then I had a talk with Rean and Ian. Their reactions were mostly the same as the girls. Overall, they had good impression on me. So then what the hell is this? “What is wrong with him?” Guinevere asked, looking at me nervously and slight disgust. “Probably intercepting his escaping brain cells.” Rufus replied uninterestedly. The comment made the plum haired girl
After that short briefing, we were dismissed. Rufus and the others went on their own way while I left to plan my own strategy.‘Ozzie. Did you catch when the event is going to happen? And can I have a map of the venue?’ I asked the System as soon as I got off the elevator.[It will happen at the end of this week. Map will be available for free when you are at the place. But you can buy it at the Shop if you are desperate.]That means I have less than a week to raise my level to at least 16, and work together with… I gulp. Rufus’s team.I never liked them back when I was still a player or now. Rufus is such a… Character. He’s a real bully and bad, and… I don’t like him. Period.Pierce is the only one tolerable. He is the one who has more sense between the three of them. But I still can’t trust him because he still has a dark side that he hasn’t shown yet.While Guinevere... Well… She’s Princess Annoying. F minus. Bleh.I whisked them away from my mind for now and opened the System’s sh