“Why do you keep avoiding my eyes? Look at me! I need you to pay attention if we're to succeed.” Mo Lan snapped impatiently, making Annabelle jump in fright. She had thought that Mo Lan would stalk away after she gave in to her baser instincts and slapped him. But surprisingly, he endured it and told her to get dressed. He had taken her to the mountain, explaining the principles of law formations and stopping at intervals on places with stronger law activities to cultivate and gain deeper understanding on the principles behind their formations and functions. When they got up the mountain, he had taken her on a hands-on combat training class, but she never seemed to fully concentrate, wondering why he was still helping her. “Fine, sit cross legged, let's start dual cultivation and attempt a breakthrough. But before then, I will set a formation around this mountain to prevent your aura and heavenly manifestations from reflecting when you eventually break through.”“Why are you so sur
“Has Mo Lan come out yet? It has already been a week. We have been asked to leave this place and we only have twelve hours left.” Anthony whispered, watching his watch. All of their luggages and things they consider important which didn't belong exclusively to the mystic lands have been packed up and arranged for take off. However, four people were visibly absent while others were ready to take off. But at least, everyone knew where two of them could be seen. Ryan was rushing his last minute cultivation while trying to condense demi god threshold. While Annabelle was upstairs in her room cultivating as if the urgent messages from the system had no relation to her. “I don't really know what's wrong with Mo Lan. He had disappeared to who knows where ever since last week when Annabelle broke into the demi god realm. Could it be that he got backlash while trying to help her breakthrough?” Sean asked with a frown. “It can't be that. If he was truly wounded, there was no way Annabelle wou
Mo Lan’s pale, sweaty face was the first Aryan saw the moment he regained consciousness. A wide smile broke on his face as Mo Lan hugged him crying. “It's so good to finally see your face, the soul mate that lighted the beacon, guiding me out of darkness. Has the rest left the mystic lands?” Aryan whispered, rubbing his back. “Big brother, we have a lot to say to each other, but we only have two minutes left, let's go.” Anthony shouted, making him notice the other two. Anthony quickly carried up Aryan while Mo Lan grabbed Annabelle, quickly racing to the front porch. They met an open space craft, making them surprised. “Hurry up!” Sean shouted, coming out from the vehicle. “Why are you still here?” Aryan whispered in surprise. Anthony and Mo Lan staying back was no surprise due to their bond. But Kaiser and Sean staying back was a mystery. “How can we leave our brothers to weather storms alone? Lynda is leading the rest away. Ryan, Aria, Jasmine and Angel are in the other vehic
Anthony Martinez knelt at the graveyard, overwhelmed with sorrow. He dropped the white lilies he came with on his mom's grave and took a deep breath.His mom was a single mother; she was a social worker who fell in love with a soldier that came over to Seattle for vacation.She had gotten pregnant, however Sean, the good soldier, gave her an engagement ring, promising to marry her once his mission was over.Only for her to hear that Sean (Anthony's father) was dead, while she was in the delivery room.She had called him because they needed his consent for surgery since she was having prolonged labor, just for the colleague who picked up the phone to tell her that her lover died in a bomb explosion, while saving a little boy in the war zone.The sorrow worsened her condition, but she finally managed to give birth to Anthony.However, her body got weak.Worse, she was not eligible for the monetary compensation which the government was meant to pay out to Sean's child because she was not
The girl screamed and slapped him.“Let go of me, you pervert!” She roared, jumping up and wiping the spot where Anthony's hand touched.Anthony quickly apologized and ran to the scene where he saw the rest gathering.He pushed them aside and saw the girl holding a bouquet of ninety-nine roses, designed with notes of hundred dollars.It was the ultimate gift.A money bouquet fitted with ninety-nine roses.She was smiling shyly as Kelvin professed his undying love for her.There were boxes of gifts at her feet.Anthony's eyes went to Clara's waist, where Kelvin's palm was resting comfortably.He immediately saw red and screamed, rushing to Kelvin in anger.Anthony was already managing to hold on to the last vestiges of his mental health after his mom died, but seeing such a scene from Clara, the only person who gave him hope, made his rationality snap.He had sacrificed a lot for Clara because he saw her as family, how dare she try to back out now?He punched Kelvin furiously, making t
Anthony looked around in confusion, wondering where the voice was coming from.Just then, the doctor walked in.“Oh! You're already awake. I will be back in a minute to run a full-body check on you. Don't worry about the bills, the person who crashed into you already cleared it all,” the old doctor said with a kind smile, before turning to leave.“Do you want to accept or reject it?” The metallic voice asked again.“Doctor, can you hear that?” Anthony asked, making the doctor halt his footsteps.“Hear what?” He asked, confused.“You're the only one that can hear me. I'm inside your body. I'm a system, and you're my current host.” The metallic voice answered impatiently.“Nothing, thanks for your help doctor,” Anthony quickly said, discharging the doctor.“You're obviously confused. The system chose you, so you're now my master. The system supplies you an endless amount of money, and you can also buy skills with points. Meanwhile, you can earn points for completing little tasks. There'
Anabelle quietly took Anthony to view the rolls-Royce phantom.“This is the rolls-Royce phantom. It's priced at 8.8 million dollars. It's currently the most expensive in here” she said humbly.“Good, I want to pay with a card!” Anthony said, looking at the time.The girl's heart skipped a beat, but she rushed to the cashier anyway, praying that the sale would go through.Anthony hurriedly followed her, looking anxiously at the time.He had just an hour left.And there were still more than a million dollars to spend. “Sir, do you want to drive it out, or should we deliver it? Fifty thousand dollars will be paid if you need us to deliver it. What's your permanent address?” She asked humbly.'Shit! I still live in that shitty dorm. I should have just bought a house instead,' Anthony cursed internally.“Send it to my dorm tomorrow. You can mail the papers to me. Here's my phone number and email,” Anthony said, forcing himself to remain calm.The girl's hand was shaking as she slipped Ant
Anthony quickly found a secluded corner so that he could comfortably understand what the system was yapping about.“Wait, I thought that after spending the money, the task function will be activated, then I will be sent on missions in order to be eligible for more rewards?” Anthony asked.“Yes. However, you unknowingly accomplished your first mission while spending your welcome bonus. The tasks are divided into four sections: Easy, medium, hard, and life-threatening. However, you're not eligible for life-threatening missions until you reach level 5. The mission you just accomplished is under the hard category. You were meant to pay the girl's bills, if you had chosen the hard category. You would have been forced to find a way to raise money for her, but you unknowingly paid the bills with your bonus, killing two birds with one stone. Each task has complementary rewards. And the rewards increase with the level of difficulty of the task chosen,” the system explained, making Anthony smil