[Ping! Ping! Ping!...]
[Congratulations! You've achieved an impossible feat for a beginner player]
[You've gained a huge amount of EXP, +12,000EXP]
[The Creator has noticed you and a has gifted you FP, +5000FP]
[The higher floor inhabitants of the tower are watching you!]
[Error! Your gift,[Psycho mode(Ex-rank) is not recorded in the system's info-box]
[Downloading the details of your gift... Your gift has been succesfully added and recognized by the system, Psycho Mode (Ex-rank) has been stored]
[New mission: Find all the artifacts linking to Psycho mode [1/5] ]
Denzel's system window was filled with alot of messages. Some of them in particular caught his attention. The first was the mentioning of the name Creator, Denzel was puzzled by why the creator would allow such an anomaly like him to roam free and wondered what the identity of the creator was and even if they were human. The next was the rank of the gift he gained after regressing, Psycho Mode which was Ex-rank gift. The highest rank known to Denzel was the SSS-rank but now he possesed a gift which even surpassed that. The last was the mission the Psycho mode gift gave to complete. He had never heard of a gift that could alter the system and give out missions like this one. Denzel didn't get time to run through all the messages until another strange system message appeared.
[Ping! Ping!]
[ Your gift, [Eye Of The True Regressor] has found the location of the next piece of the Psycho mode artifact] [Co-ordinates : The 20th Floor of the tower]
"That's more like it",Denzel said as he grinned. Denzel finally knew where to start in his quest to gain full acess to Psycho Mode. But to even get closer to his goal, he had to find the second artifact which was on the 20th Floor of the tower. Leon tapped Denzel on the shoulder,"Those monsters, something tells me that they weren't supposed to appear now", "How do you know" , Denzel said as he was shocked by how Leon figured it out so quickly. "Well that's easy. I know because they were on my level for once",Leon said in an egoistic manner pointing to himself. Denzel's shocked face turned to disgust as he heard Leon's response. ( Note that Denzel is still wearing the mask). Denzel & Leon heard cheers coming from behind them. "Looks like they've got their new hero", Leon said as he tapped Denzel on the back pushing him closer to the crowd. Denzel never taught Leon would actually praise him. It felt good. "Are you just gonna stand there? Come this way", Olivia shouted to Denzel and Leon from a place away from the crowd and signalled to them to follow her. They disappeared from the crowd's sight but not before some juicy content was posted on the net about them. They followed Olivia to the top of a building having a clear view to the city. When they got there a man was already sitting on a high-tech chair smoking his cigarette. Immediately the man saw them he hurriedly dropped the cigarette and stepped on it. "Yuck Milo! You seriously have to stop smoking", Olivia said as she covered her nose with her hand. "Sorry but I just can't helo myself, it makes me calm". The man paused for a moment and looked at Denzel and Leon,"Mr. Rünter and Mr. Mysterio, how are you doing? Well, I'm a straight forward guy so I'll go straight to the point. Join my guild. We need power like yours"."Milo you fool! that's not how you ask someone to join your guild". "Huh! Then teach me oh Wise King Solomon",Milo replied in an annoyed tone. "I'm sorry but my friend here doesn't have manners at all. What he mean't to say was that we will be grateful if the two of you joined our guid". "Why should we join? I mean I personally have no reason to join you so I'm sorry I have to decline your offer",Leon said with a cold expression.
"I guess we weren't really that appealing. If our guildmistress were to be here I'm sure she would have won you over. Too bad she's away on an meeting between s-rank.... Wait Mr. Leon aren't you supposed to be there too?"."F**k! I'm doomed", Leon finally remembered the agenda he had that day. Leon had a strong feeling that something was going on that day but didn't really make an effort to remember. He was supposed to be at a meeting which had started about an hour ago.
"Sorry Olivia, we'll catch you later", said Leon as he and his NPC brother(Denzel) run at full speed to the meeting venue. Denzel and Leon were far gone but Milo and Olivia remained at the roof top. "If those two ever choose to forsake mankind, all the rest of the world can do is pray.", Milo remarked as his eyes glowed blue. "They stopped something that took a whole country days to conquer. "Milo what's the probability that...","Don't even bother asking it's impossible", Milo interrupted Olivia mid sentence as his eyes glowed with calculations.
[Probability of Leon and Denzel joining the Lumiere guild :- 0.00%]
" My classmate's brother is Player Leon so I'll atleast try and bring him aboard" "A normal classmate hmm?",Milo rubs his chin in fake confusion."Stop teasing me, he's just a classmate and nothing else", Olivia yelled turning bright red. Milo kept silent but still had an ominous smile on his face. "Let's head back the guild" "Yes sir!".
Meanwhile...
The meeting between the s-rank players took place concurrently with the dungeon break at the players association building of the Nertherlands. The meeting was held in an underground conference room in the building. Around a rectangular long table sat the Association Chairman and the s-ranked players present at the meeting. They were all waiting in silence for the appearance of the last S-ranked player to turn up.
"Well it seems like one of our friends sees this meeting to be a waste of time. Okay, lets begin the meeting. Firstly, I'd like to thank you all for your compliance with me. I know you all have your various bussiness schedules but you still made time to be here, I'm very honoured. I, Ruud Van Hasten, without a doubt in my mind that all of as present here have seen the recent changes that have occured since the appearance of the gates & towers. We all became players after this incident and have been forced to fight for our survival. Unlike you I don't have a system window because I'm an entrenched player. I'm sure this is news to you because such informations are top secret. As an entrenched player, I gained knowledge about the changes and had all my abilities maxed out the moment the changes occured . I am restricted from entering the towers oe dungeons. The towers appeared in all countries but one notable detail was sited with their appearance, they only appeared in the capital of each country. Washington DC, Copenhagen, London, Amsterdam, Accra and the others. I personally think that the break wasn't coincidence but a well thoughtout plan. Enough about that, let's get to main purpose of our meeting today, 'Project Alpha'. Alot of rebellious groups have been formed over the past month and have been causing a ruckus all around the world. A notable group is the Andras Cult. This group has killed three S-ranked players in the span of a week. They are very skilled and as such all the lives of S-ranked players is at risk. This resulted in the association chairmen of all countries meeting and agreeing on the formation of the Alphas. The Alphas consisted of S-ranked players of all counries. So instead of the S-ranked players being killed the game will be the other way round with the cult members being hunted down. Any questions?"...
END OF CHAPTER
LEON DE RÜNTER(LVL.32). EXP: 105/1400~
HP:200 DEX:180
MP:180 AURA:210
ATA:200 DEF:180
STA:195 AGI:190
INTELLIGENCE:220
[CLASS: HYDRID:- WARRIOR-MAGE(2)]
ABILITIES:- EQUIPMENT:-
•Aura skills(8). •???
•Flame Demon King Skills(20)
•Dead Target(14)
GIFTS
•Flame Demon King (SS-rank)
•Dead Target (S-rank)
•NEXT AWAKENING [LVL.50]
DENZEL DE RÜNTER(LVL.30). EXP: 1005/1100~
HP:190 DEX:180
MP:170 AURA:200
ATA:190 DEF:160
STA:165 AGI:180
INTELLIGENCE:195
[CLASS:WARRIOR]
ABILITIES:- EQUIPMENT:-
•Aura skills(8). •Psycho mask(Ex-rank)
•Gaia's Breath Skills
•Psycho mode Skills(4)
GIFTS
•Eye of the True Regressor (F-rank)
•Psycho mode (Ex-rank)
•Gaia's Breath (S-rank)
•NEXT AWAKENING [LVL.50]