Interesting Encounter

After Zoom closed off his status screen, he proceeded to sell all the items he has obtained from looting and all the fighting and gathering he has done.

Not knowing where to go he opened up his map.

The lay out of the city appeared on the status screen, you can zoom in to get a better view, around the city countless names were listed, the guilds association, interstellar travelling agencies and the main commercial area of the city where people mainly buy, sell or trade different common and rare items.

It was close to the center of the city, the building weren't as tall but were big, crowds of people who normally wore office or casual clothes were overshadowed by the many armoured people, players included.

Zoom walked over to the largest and most crowded building in the area, it was eight stories tall with a futuristic design, it was fully made up of strong metals with countless automations like robots.

He approached the five entrances where a long line of people stood, four uniformed men with heavy armour were standing at the front of each entrance, they were checking each person entering before letting them through.

They were guards and had a strong and oppressive aura that felt like they were telling you to behave and be obedient.

"Alright you're good, go in." After the check the guard leaned to the side letting the person through before standing in front of the passageway blocking people once again.

'I don't want to cause any trouble so I'll just be obedient for now.' Zoom thought, he glanced at the end of the line which was far, at this rate it would take him more than twenty minutes just to enter.

"Sigh, Ciel would probably kill me for taking this long..." Zoom's arms were loose as he looked down, he had a dejected expression.

Behind Zoom was a tall and fit man, he had black hair and wore a beautifully created black suit and a black hat, It looked pricey and had a few expensive gems embedded on it adding a layer of defence.

He was about to pass through the entrance without even bothering to wait in line, but he took a glanced at Zoom, his eyebrows were raised in shock, he had a slight and almost unnoticeable smirk.

'Another interesting candidate.' He approached Zoom and struck a conversation.

"You seem down young man, are you perhaps in a hurry to enter the trading centre?" The suited man said, this store was the trading centre, almost every city had one where it was a hotspot for trading magical items, beasts, carcasses, material and cores.

It was run by the trading organisation which was a giant in the galactic world.

Zoom was surprised from the abrupt disturbance, or was it a disturbance? He looked at the main straight in the eye, he fixed his posture before showing a slight smile.

"Ah yes I am, why do you ask." Zoom looked hesitant but decided to speak.

'Is this a scam? A robbery? No there's to many guards, maybe he's trying to recruit me into some shady organisation, I'll just see how this conversation goes.' He thought

"Well I might be able to help you there, come follow me through the entrance, I have a... something..." The man looked hesitant, he proceeded to walk over to the entrance.

Zoom continued to look at the man, he was both doubtful and curious so he decided to follow behind him.

After they were closed a guard noticed them, the guard's eyebrows were furrowed in irritation.

'Hmph! Another idiot thinking he's special? Hahahaha!' He shook his head, the suited man placed his left hand on his storage ring.

A storage ring is another way to store items by people like a spacial inventory, the amount they can store vary from each tier, unlike them the players and their system which had an inventory function with limited space, it was possible to buy a storage ring for added space.

This action alerted the guard, the guard pulled unsheathed his sabre pointing it to the suited man.

"Hey what are you trying to pull her?!" The guard shouted, his voice echoed through the area catching everyones attention, the people in line snorted in disgust, who does this guy think he is, even if you're the guardian of the planet you won't have any special rights since this is the trading centre!

A golden card appeared on the suited man's left hand, he shoved the card in front of the guard, the guard looked at the card carefully.

Slowly his head dripped of sweat, his eyes burning with energy lost all it's colour, he looked weak and pale before bowing deeply and shouted.

"I'm truly very sorry sir! I didn't know it was you, this will never happen again!" The guard's sabre was unsheathed while he had his arms on the side, everyone watching was stunned.

Who could this man be to be able to have such rights?

"Don't worry." The suited man spoke before storing the golden card back to his storage ring, he glanced at Zoom and said.

"Come."

Zoom gulped, his eyes were widened but regained his calm composure and nodded.

They both entered the centre while the crowd continued to watch in awe, the other guards were sweating profusely, the bowing guard didn't stop bowing until after one minute where he fainted.

***

Inside the centre the suited man glanced at Zoom and said.

"We'll part ways from here, good luck on your adventure young adventurer."

"Thank you for your help sir..."

"Duch."

"Thank you sir Duch." Zoom proceeded to bow slightly, he didn't know what this man was, his intentions and what he can do so he decided to be respectful.

"No problem, I hope we'll see each other once again." The man disappeared from his sights in milliseconds.

'What an interesting encounter.' Zoom thought, he took one last glance at where the suited man last stood before proceeding to explore the centre.