Chapter-7<Awakening-3>

As A.J read the quest description, he was shocked. He didn't know what to think about anymore…

"So there is a being that is called The World Ender. He has the power to make some wield mana. That meant he could make a person awakened one. And he is impressed by my cunningness. And he wants to see me create chaos in the world." A.J mumbled.

A.J mumbled those exact lines over and over again. He could not believe what was happening to him. Then he started thinking logically. Not all the information on hunters and awakened ones are kept public. Some of the information is kept a secret. So it was obvious that he don't know about this. Maybe when he enters the world of awakened ones he would get access to all the information that he wants.

As far as the quest is concerned, it is very interesting. He did know what kind of supreme being is this World Ender fellow, but he made A.J an awakened one just because he seemed interesting to him. And that was insane. The question was what would it give away when A.J would really impress him?

Plus this quest had awakened his inner thrill seeker. He does like a good challenge. And with now him being an awakened one, he now has the tools to accomplish what he initially wanted…

A.J then wanted to try to use his inventory. So he took a pencil and he wanted to store that pencil in his inventory. So he clicked on the inventory tab to store that pencil. As he clicked on the inventory tab, he was greeted with another screen. That screen was filled with small little squares like in that of a chessboard.

A.J looked at the boxes with a big smile on his face. Like a boy who is just playing with his new toy, he was happy to see that screen. He knew how this screen works and what he was supposed to do next. But he was still happy as he was doing all of this stuff. Now all A.J had to do was push the pencil into one of the boxes and it would be stored in the inventory forever.

But as he was going to do so, A.J noticed that there was something already stored in the inventory. That was surprising as he had not heard that something like this could actually happen. When a person gets awakened with an inventory then his/her inventory is empty. He had never heard of a case where was something already stored in the inventory. This seems preposterous to him.

From the icon on the box, A.J saw that the item stored in the inventory looked like some sort of paper. A.J then clicked on the box showing that paper icon. And as he did that a white color A4 size paper. As A.J saw that paper he lost his shit…

It was a skill. There was no denying the fact. A skill is like a special power that only an awakened one can use. Skills can be found in portals or dungeons as a reward or something hunters have found skills lying around. But that doesn't change the fact that skill is extremely valuable. And they are sold for a butt load of money on an international market.

Skills are like a lifeline of an awakened one. They are like companions that play their part in every step that an awakened one takes. That is why choosing the right skill for the right job is very essential. But the worst thing about a skill is that one cannot determine the value or the use of a skill until and unless it gets appraised by someone that possesses an appraisal skill.

Appraisal skill is one of the rarest skills of an awakened one. And whenever one comes to the market it becomes very difficult for a normal awakened one to get their hands on that skill. Only the top and the most influential people of the world even have the shot to buy the skill.

But still, getting a skill right off the bat was a very amazing thing. It was like winning a lottery just after you have already won a lottery. If this skill is an offensive skill then it would be very great for A.J. He could then grow stronger easily and he would be able to accomplish great things in the future. So A.J without any delay took that piece of paper and tore it down…

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A.J had planned out his escape very well. He had decided that after his big heist he would move to America. But now it seems to him that he would have to delay that for a moment now. Because now his plans had changed…

If he wants to create some big chaos then he had to do it in the heart of the current civilization, that way the whole world would feel the ripples from his chaos. And the heart of today's civilization was of course America. But going there now won't do him any good. After all, he is just a small man currently. He needs to get stronger. And for that, he is at the best place…

Before Judgement day, Russia was the biggest country in the whole world. And compared to the lands that it had, the population of the country was abysmal. And the cold weather and harsh living condition did not make Russia the ideal country to live in. That meant that there were not a lot of people that were willing to come to live there.

When portals started opening, the Russian military was very efficient to close all the initial portals. But after that, the Russian government decided to stop closing portals. Due to their huge landmass, the military couldn't travel throughout the whole country and provide relief everywhere. So instead they let the portals be open and that made those lands monsters infested.

That meant that currently there is a huge portion of the Russian land is filled with portals with no one to close them.