Chapter 25

Lich was sitting down eating grapefruits. Every now and then he spat out a grapefruit seed.

"This is the best job ever! I get to eat so many grapefruits. Granted I need to collect 1000 seeds and the grapefruits only have a seed each."

While Lich was happy about the job, the owner of the Grapefruit store stared in horror at Lich.

'What is wrong with this kid! I told him to just smash the grapefruit and get the seed. But the speed he is working is still as fast as others. How is his mouth okay? If I were to eat grapefruits with the same rank as me I would of been bleeding from my mouth. How in the hell is he still going?'

Contrary to what the shop keeper thought, Lich's mouth was not okay. First, because his mouth was sewn shut he had to rip out the stitches to even eat. Secondly, the acidity of the grapefruits started to make the wounds worse.

However with the speed he was eating, it was hard to tell if it was blood or grapefruit juice that covered his face.

'These stitches are annoying, each time I close my mouth they close again. But the pain is worth it since I get to eat some grapefruits.'

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Back in the car, Lich was now headed to the Ramen place.

"Don't give me that look Driver. I am not going cause I am still hungry. It is just I might be hungry later so it would be best to be prepared."

Staring down at the flyer of the grapefruit, Lich chuckled.

'It is funny it is just me sitting down eating grapefruits. One hand with a grapefruit and the other one throwing the seeds behind me. Which explains the trees behind me? Cause the seed auto grows or something?'

Having the door open, Lich learned he was now at the ramen place. Walking in, Lich learned the G0 Job for the ramen shop was stocking cup ramen.

Time slowly passed as he stocked the cup ramen.

"Man magic is great. Even though this is cup ramen, I can feel the warmth. That means it can be eaten right away. Is it forever warm or does it start to cool after being opened. I guess one day I will learn."

Most people would think Lich was crazy as he was talking out loud to himself. But there was no one else here. The shop owner was outside at his ramen stall serving a small number of patrons.

"I guess I should enjoy the peace and quiet for now. The only reason this place isn't being overran right now is cause everyone here is too strong to eat G0 Ramen. I am probably the only person this weak out and about."

Taking a small break, Lich looked at his remaining coupons.

"Just 3 more coupons left. Then the flood gates open. Who knows how many people are going to show up and make everyone busy. Then again the looks on a lot of the people here seemed happy. A new face showing up and the thought of more, must makes the stagnant feeling's wash away."

Placing the last of the thousand cup ramen on display, Lich let out a scornful laugh. "But what the hell do I know. Even the zombie guy didn't really look at me and was happy. Just the thought of what it means that I am here."

Tear drops started to fall from Lich's face.

"The only reason I didn't go to the necromancer place was because if the look on their face was the same as the others it meant no one here was looking for me. But it is my own fault I guess."

Wiping the tear stains on his face Lich left. Since his eyes were sewn shut no one could tell he was crying. Granted who would of cared anyway....

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Funny enough when Lich looked at the flyer of the ramen place, he smashed his fist against the limo's window. The flyer was showing Lich crying into a ramen bowl. With the words saying "A Bowl To Cry In As There Is No Shoulder Available."

Driver hearing the window being hit, grunted.

Lich snapped and yelled. "Just Fucking Drive!"

After a bit of time Lich yelled stop.

Getting out Lich walked to the closest building. He was eager to spend the coupons and get this over with.

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"A cube that deploys a tent when placed down. That is cool I guess, takes away the work of trying to set it up."

The place Lich ended up going in was the Tent Shop. While stocking the Tent cubes onto a display a thought hit Lich.

'When was the last time I slept? I kind of been focused on spending the coupons and not thinking about myself. Eh, whatever'

The reason Lich switched to talking in his head was because the shop owner was standing behind him. Whenever Lich slowed down, the owner would either sigh or scoff. It seemed when he spent his coupons everyone learned about it.

The shop owner started to shake his head. 'Such a lazy worker! Why did he decided to be so slow in my shop. If he keeps taking his time I wont be in first and that stupid zombie will earn the achievement. This brat is a dirty undead lover!'

Having someone breathing down his neck while he worked made Lich stiff. One of the tent cubes he placed earlier was off and it only got worse after each layer of tents were placed on top.

Until suddenly he moved his hand forward to fast and knocked down a lot of tents. Not only did the progress on the quest bar drop, Lich was lifted by his neck.

Yelling with spit flying out of his mouth the owner started to strangle Lich.

"You stupid bastard! You ruined my chances of getting the achievement. I should of never even let you in my shop if you were going to ruin my chances!"

Lich didn't try fighting back as the strength of the owner was out of his league. The only thing that could help was Driver. But as Lich and Driver linked eyes, Lich knew no help was coming.

As his vision was blurring , Lich gave up. But suddenly he didn't feel hands around his neck.

Once his vision came back he saw the shop owner kneeling in front of someone and was missing his arms.

The man spat on the owner and berated him. "You could place your hands on the newbie so easily and act like a boss, but once someone closer in strength appears you start groveling. That is why you waste of space who depends on connections deserve to be purged from the map. Give me one reason why your shop should keep standing."

The shop owner was now acting like a different man. His face was covered in snot and tears.

"This isn't fair! Why are you picking on me! The brat started it. If he wasn't working so slow I could of beat the evil zombies! Don't make me tell my brothers on you!"

Sighing the man raised his hand in the air. The ground started to shake and the outside that was dark was now bright. Suddenly a group of men rushed into the door.

"You dare summon a meteor in the city! What is wrong with you! Wait, Little Tent what happened to your arms!?"

Seeing the group of men, the shop owner went from crying to laughing.

"You have done it now! My brothers are here to kick your ass! Big brother I was teaching my new hire some manners and this jackass attacked me! Kill him!"

The group of men started to yell curses at both Lich and the man who summoned a meteor. Then the one who was called big brother walked forward signalling the others to be quiet.

"You may be hailed as a pseudo 0 Server, but I am the builder of city hall. If I talk to my friends I can bury you in so many lawsuits you wont ever get to play with your rocks again. So remove the meteor or die!"

Hearing the threat the man started to laugh. He even squatted down holding his stomach and coughed. "Wow I am terrified. Please no lawsuits, how could I walk around if the law was against me."

Thinking they won, the group of men started to laugh and even started to insult the man. Instead of getting mad though, he just smiled.

"I guess if there is no city hall or police and the like I will feel easier and safe. Luckily a meteor shower is happening right now."

The shaking started to get a lot worse. One of the man headed outside. Running back in he started to cry pitifully.

"Big brother! There are thousands of meteors falling right now! I think he is aiming for all of our businesses!"