The growing popularity, Going deeper into the forest

The growing popularity, Going deeper into the forest.

What the hell? My name is already known in 5 Base? Am I getting Famous?

'My name is already known in five bases, and there's no mistake that the cause for this sudden popularity are the reporters up there. Reaching this part in my thoughts, I looked at the hovering helicopters in the air and waved.

Since I can't communicate with them down here and there's no need to, I returned to lily's side.

Lily: Even though it was levels above us, it still died.

Adrea: We're awesome right?

Lily: No, not we. It's you that's awesome.

Adrea: Don't think like that. If I didn't receive your help at crucial times, the monster would not have died so quickly. After saying a sentence, portraiting I need her, it appears Lily vanity has been pleased and she was happy I appreciated her.

Lily: Hmm, You're starting to know how awesome this miss is right? It appears you're smart. Seeing the scene of a petite-sized beauty, puffing out her chest in pride as she said this, created a harmonious scene if you ignore the damage to the surroundings of course. Still not true with her speech, lily spoke again: You know that with me by your side, you'll get famous faster right?" she said.

She hasn't even taken a breath after speaking before I answered her saying: "Nah, that's cap. If anything, I believe my appearance alone, can make me stupidly famous". I said calmly, like what I just said was reasonable anywhere and anytime in this world.

It was only after a few seconds of being speechless, did she turn around and walked in another direction, leaving a simple reply: "So Shameless", she said, which earned a chuckle from me.

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The duration of the exam is 12 hours, which is half a day, and in 7 hours, lily and I have hunted more than 50 monsters above level 20. 50 Above level 20 monsters? That's a lot of monsters who died at our hand, considering the fact that they're a tier and levels above us.

Honestly, Without Lily's help, I would not have come this far. I can totally kill the monster that both of us killed, but it would not be as fast and relatively safe as this. If I was alone, my body should have probably been filled with injuries by now. But even though things were going smoothly at a steady pace, I was not satisfied with the speed of collecting points. With our current speed, it will be hard to win this bet and get first place, and that's even if we were able to even compete for that spot with our points.

Maybe because she noticed the look on my face and guessed the reason for my sudden change of mood, she spoke:

Lily: Are you worried about our current speed of collecting coins? She asked.

Adrea: Yes I am. I answered honestly.

Lily: Why don't we go deeper into the forest? She said.

Adrea: Deeper huh? Wait, did you just say deeper?

Lily: Yes. She answered with a little hard to notice panic in her voice. I would have asked but right now, am not in the mood because I was thinking of my problems. If I lose this bet, I will become a slave to someone else, and if I win it, I'll get juicy rewards from the system, so even though going deeper into the forest feels like a reckless and dangerous idea full of risks, it's worth it.

Adrea: Let's go. I said. And without replying me, she walked faster ahead. 'Looks like she's more anxious than me', I thought.

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Going deeper into the forest did help out, even though I was dancing with the devil on several occasions, at least it was worth it. In 4 hours, we were able to hunt a little more than 15 monsters above level 26. Looking at the dead body of the level 29 bull we just fought that made me risk my neck several times made me realize that this is not the ancient world, this is the real world. If I die here, then it's game over. Looks like I have to abuse more of my time in the ancient world due to this advantage.

As I thought of this and rested at the same time, I checked my progress in the Epic mission.

[Epic Mission: Get Top 1 in the College exam],

How can the position of the Ancient King be below that of someone else?

Win the bet and Get Top 1 in the exam, letting everyone know your name.

Depending on the popularity of your name, more rewards will be received.

Name known in 5 Base: +,

Name known in 10 Base: +,

Name known in 20 Base: +,

Name known in 30 Base: +,

Name Known in 50 Base: x,

Rewards: Ancient grade cultivation manual, Basic Ancient World Language.

The motivation I receive just by looking at the rewards is just.....' Ah', I sighed. I never expected my name to spread so fast. After 10,000 years, the population that was declining rose back up sharply. At present time, at the age of 15 years, you're considered an adult, and at the age of 16, you're at the legal age to get married. Presently a Base, from Base 1 to base whatever-number-that-exist, will have sections no more than 100, and in each section, the least population is 5 Million. And right now, the amount of people, that know my name is 15,000,000,000 at the very least. That's more than 15 Billion people that know my name. That's twice the total population of people in my past world, I quote, 'Twice the total population of people in that world'. That's a whole planet that knows my name. Sighing in amazement, I looked at the dark sky and saw dozens of helicopters. I guess this is their doing. Right now, all I have to do is concentrate on getting first because there's no use having this popularity and failing the mission getting no rewards. With that said, lily and I went deeper into the forest to make this last one hour useful.

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Even after crossing a distance that will take ordinary people a few hours to cross, we still haven't seen a single monster. As was about to talk to lily about the strange situation, she wasn't by my side again. I was about to shout her name but heard a sound a hundred meters away, and what I saw scared the shit outta me. That thing was holding lily by the next and from her expression, she'll be gone soon. I was about to go and rescue her but stopped when I heard her saying in a weak voice: "R-r-r-r-run". Before I could react, a punch from that thing was already inches away from my face. 'Fast', I thought. It was so fast I could not react. Too late to dodge, I was hit and flew at a sound-breaking barrier speed, only stopping when I hit a mountain.

Damn, so painful, my bones were screaming out in pain. Please stop this pain.

I had to distract myself from the pain by biting my lips. And I did the thing I should have done from the beginning, 'Sense the power level of the other party, and after I did, I immediately felt an emotion I have never had before, 'Despair'.

'O-O-O-O-OH OH MY GOD! WHY IS A MONSTER OF THIS LEVEL HERE? WHY???????? WHY????????

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