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Chapter 43 - These Aren't For Sale

I sensed a hesitation in her. Of course she had to feel that way. I knew how hard it was to achieve the ultimate goal she had in her mind.

*Zip*

Just as if she cut off a sticker, she used some sort of power to remove my contract.

"I'll need more than just words to prove your worth to me," her voice came as if she had a plan for the two of us. "See you later."

*Clang!*

My sword hit the ground before I felt like something melted away. I wasn't seeing things but my shadow vibrated for a second before it turned a little pale. My spear lost any contact with her body, while I turned around to check if she used any sort of a gear or a hidden technique I didn't know about to escape.

"Just remember," before I could check all around, her voice came and this time it was from one direction, the sky. "I'll be at the first golden quest. If I didn't find you there, then forget about this deal between us."

*Woosh!*

It was like a gale of wind came and swept away a thick layer of dust. I stood in daze while a message popped up in front of my eyes.

[A contender has been eliminated]

"This…" I stood in daze while Rachel came and stood by my side.

"What was that all about?" she asked and that was exactly what I had in my mind.

'Wait a sec… Could it be…' A possibility suddenly arose when I had a wild thought. When I realized it, I raised my head and laughed in delight.

"Humph, as if you know what just happened," Rachel seemed upset from not answering her. But what could I tell her? This girl wasn't just an evolution, but also a reincarnation?

It wasn't uncommon for the illusionist to reincarnate. After all, they would die faster than anyone if they faced an enemy like me. They got a crushing advantage in the early stages of this game. But later on, many things would appear to limit their abilities.

Plus a growing orientation about their presence would make their lives here in danger. A reincarnated illusionist would have a unique ability to form shadows. After all this would be the reward of going into the cruel wheel of reincarnation.

The one I met just now wasn't the real illusionist, it was her shadow. She decided to sacrifice it in return for escaping here. She even dumped her chance to get that skill just to stay unrestricted by me.

As for the contract? She had zero intention of following me in the first place. But as I managed to trap her once, the next time I'd be more careful and thoroughly prepared.

'The golden quest, huh?' I looked at the bright sky and the twin stars shining over this world of the quest before turning to Rachel.

"Now all we need is to wait for one of these two berserkers to kill the other," I said to her before I pointed to my Bulltor to come.

"We are going to do nothing?" she seemed a bit startled by my words.

"You can feel them, right?" I pointed upwards, just above the twenty meters tall walls lining the labyrinth here. Two pillars of light kept rising from time to time while the sounds of their clashes echoed even from such far distances.

"They are coming to each one's throat. Why should we interrupt them?" I shrugged before watching my Bulltor in content, "let them be. One enemy down means one less formidable opponent to kill."

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I could feel the curious gazes of Rachel falling over me. "Which one of the two do you want to fight?" she asked as if she realized how knowledgeable I was.

"If I have to pick," I turned my gaze towards the two pillars in the distance, "I'd rather fight the dragon over that Selvator."

"I'm curious though," she moved to block my vision and force me to look at her face. She was really a piece of art! A brilliant work done by someone loving perfection and beauty.

Not a speck of flaw was there on her face, nothing at all! Even her long eyelashes curved in a mysterious way to give her a more sexy appearance.

"If we had to fight one on one, without any warriors, could you perhaps win over me?"

Her stunning eyes looked like a bottomless ocean. I resisted the urge to just take her by force at this moment. She looked so adorable while acting this cute.

"Do you know what this is?" I pointed to the pendant I was wearing. Her eyes looked in curiosity at it like she didn't know what it was.

"Just open your market and look for the heart shield pendant," I said just to let her stop nagging me for now.

My plans had to change. I planned everything to stop the illusionist and take control over this sexy succubus. I managed to turn the girl into my loyal follower, and that illusionist ran away.

I grabbed the contract she threw off my spear and stored it inside my inventory. It cost me five hundred thousand coins just for this mere piece of paper, the only loss I took for defeating such a scary opponent.

But I wasn't regretting it. At least I didn't spend the hundred stat points to buy that useless warrior.

It wasn't effective against anything but illusions anyway. So now I saved my points and took a small loss. And now I had to readjust my entire strategy.

"No way! You had that thing around your neck?" The scream that came from Rachel was loud enough to scare all my thoughts away. I turned towards her in anger but her childish face and reaction calmed me down.

She was like a kid, jumping in the air and stomping her feet in disbelief. Her eyes were sparkling while looking at me in such eagerness to hear the answer.

"Do you think I came here to play around?" I scoffed before adding in a boasting way, "I planned everything. Even if I met that Selvator, I wouldn't be powerless against him either."

"But you can't kill him," she winked in her usual lewd personality. I could only bitterly smile as she had a point here.

But wait… I still could buy gear to help me here.

"Luckily for you my skill is at copper grade," she crossed her arms and that made her chest seem a bit bigger than usual, "if not then you wouldn't be able to face me head on."

I simply smiled and then opened my market. I needed to find that chestplate. Without further ado I bought four of them.

"Here, wear this," I threw one over to my Bulltor while wearing the other one.

"What about me?" Rachel saw the two chest plates in my hands. She seemed to put more hopes on my support. However I didn't intend to give one to her.

"You can go to the market and buy it yourself," I frankly said, "I bet you have enough coins to purchase a dozen of these."

"You…" she pointed at me with red cheeks that looked like two apples. She was the type to have her cheeks swelling up whenever she made any expression. "You have two here, why not give one to me?"

"Sorry, these two are taken," I shrugged as if this was something out of my hand.

"By whom?"

"By this one," I selected another warrior to summon and the next instant another Bulltor appeared out of thin air.

*Bang!*

His heavy body crashed over the ground and made Rachel panic. "Not only one, but… Two? How many blessing points do you have?"

"And also this one…"

I looked up at her in pity. I simply snapped a finger as if I was a magician and a third one appeared next to me.

"..."

She opened her mouth agape and I couldn't help but grin.

"C'mon, do you think your master is someone weak or something?" I enjoyed this moment of glory the longest I could.

"But… wait a minute, I know humans don't have a blessing from gods at this point. How can you… who are you?"

She looked warily at me like she was the human and I was the monster here. Her tail swayed right and left, exposing her inner excitement to my eyes.

"I won't tell," I tucked out my tongue in a teasing way before I turned to the two newly summoned Bulltors here.

Now I needed an extravagant amount of coins to make these two just like the first one I summoned.

The problem with that Selvator was that his skill wouldn't only affect me alone. So my main concern was his seven elite warriors who he just summoned before the quest.

He could use his energy to suppress me, Rachel, my Bulltor, and Rachel's warriors while sending his minions to kill all of us.

Yeah I could defend against one attack of his, but what about the others? Facing seven elite warriors wasn't a joke.

So I needed to summon more Bulltors here to make sure they'd get rid of those warriors fast. If it was only the Selvator remaining, then he mostly could kill one Bulltor each time he used that annoying skill of his.

And with the chest plates I gave to them, they had a chance to negate one attack. So hopefully that dragon would do his role and exhaust one more attack from that Selvator.

But now the problem of making the other two be as strong as the first one became impossible for me. I still had stat points left, but I couldn't transfer them to any of the two.

"How many coins do you have?" I suddenly turned to her and asked.

"I won't give you anything," she pouted her lips in frustration. "You refused to even give me one chest plate, humph."

"Alright," I removed the pendant from my neck, "take this as a token of our friendship then."

She looked at the pendant in my hand and despite the desire in her eyes, she turned her face away and even gave me her back. This girl… she was acting as a little girl, literally.

"C'mon, I need to raise the strength of my two Bulltors here," I said in an attempt to soften her heart towards me, "don't you want us to crush that Selvator and win this class?"

"Humph, you are the one winning it, not me," she still refused to help, "but if you told me how you managed to buy these two Bulltors, then I can summon a few to help."

I looked up at her and couldn't help but laugh. "It's something only I can do."

"Why is that?" she even stomped her feet on the ground. I couldn't help but gulp when I saw her smooth like jade skin. She was crazily beautiful and without a single flaw, a deadly weapon made against poor humans like myself.

"Forget about having even a single bite of this," she noticed my fiery gazes upon her body and was shameless enough to touch her body in a slow way. I couldn't look at her anymore and shifted my eyes away from her towards the ongoing battle at the distance.

"Won't tell me your secret then?" she probed and I shook my head.

"It's just some sort of adjustment the system made for me lacking the blessing points," I mysteriously said without delving into any more details. "Now, give me ten million coins."

"What the f*ck?! Do you think I've robbed a bank or something before coming here?"

I couldn't prevent myself from laughing. "I know you don't have the coins, but you have precious gears and items. You can easily get tens of millions of coins if you sell a small part of your riches."

"These aren't for sale! No way!" She hugged herself like she was protecting her body from me.. What did she think I was talking about? That girl… Tsk.

Chapter 44 - The Stat Crystals

"Why don't tell me what you want instead?" she seemed to realize I didn't want the coins just to store them, "I have tons of items here. I'm sure I have what you are looking for."

"Then give me a few tons of those tons you have," I teased her again and her annoyed face made it so hard for me to not laugh.

"Alright, alright… I need stat points. Do you have any?" I asked amidst my laughs while knowing she had some.

But what she had would never be enough for my needs.

"Stat points? Why didn't you say this from the start," but the confidence she spoke with took me by surprise.

"How much do you have?" I didn't expect her to be so confident to match my needs, "I need a lot."

"Thousands perhaps?" she rolled up her eyes as if she was talking about cabbage and not stat points.

"Th… how come you have such astronomical wealth?!" I got a fright just from the way she said thousands. It was like she had much more than that.

"It's nothing," she shrugged and confirmed my thoughts by what she added next, "I don't even have stat points, I even have stat beads, orbs, and even crystals."

"Holy sh*t!" I couldn't help but curse in fright, "how did you get all these? We are still in quest one!"

Stat points could give one point in one stat, however stat beads could grant fifty stat points. As for stat orbs, each could give five hundred stat points. Stat crystals? Damn! I only read about them in the records as the highest form of the stat, giving almost five thousand stat points per crystal.

They were considered, even by my time standards, as immense treasures!

"It's really remarkable for a human like you to know about these forms of stats," her eyes looked at me in interest, "not only this, but all your performance and knowledge makes me wonder… Are you a reincarnator or a jumper perhaps?"

I gave her a plain smile. A reincarnator was just like the girl from the illusionist. She could be reborn with part of her memories intact. As for the jumpers, they were more scary beings.

They had access to the endless multiverse, allowing them to switch worlds with a snap of their fingers. They could retain their memories, their skills, their cultivation, and even their inventory.

The only drawback was that they needed to start the apocalypse from the start. But c'mon, starting with all these advantages seemed a bit biased, right?

"That's none of your business," I simply said, "but how come you have all these? Are you lying to me?"

*Woosh!*

Within her hands a large piece of silver crystal appeared. It was exactly like what I read before at records. I sucked a cold air of breath and grew slightly greedy for her immense wealth.

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"This is nothing actually," she shrugged, "not only for me, but for all the elites coming from other worlds. Before we came here we had to go through a test. Fighting inside a world on the verge of collapse and getting many items from there."

She threw the crystal casually in the air like she didn't really care about it. "It might seem like a big deal, but it isn't. We are limited by the system for each quest. So even if I have tons of stat points, they are left inside my inventory to be covered with dust."

"Then give me them," I couldn't restrain myself anymore.

"I can give you what you want," she said in a sly tone while her face showed an embarrassed expression, one that didn't suit someone like her, "but what I will get in return?"

"I can order you to give me everything you have," I shrugged as the contract between me and her was slightly similar to the one I had with Angelica.

"Bad human, you should be more caring for me," she pouted her lips and put such an alluring expression on her face but I didn't shake this time.

"Give me five thousand… no, ten thousand stat points then," I extended my hand and she looked at me in a weird way.

"Only five is enough," she knew she couldn't get what she wanted in such a way. Instead, she came closer and even leant her head over my shoulder like she was my girlfriend or something. "Promise to be nice to me from now on, ok?"

I could resist her if she stood far, but standing this near made my heart palpitate. Her smell was so magical that it took control over my senses and made me unable to feel anything else but her.

*Woosh!*

Yet at this moment the pendant kicked to work and cleansed all of her charm away from my heart. I took a deep breath and before I could say anything; the entire world shook.

*Rumble!* *Rumble!* *Rumble!*

I turned towards that direction and saw the golden pillar getting weaker and weaker with each rumble. In return the silver pillar remained the same.

"Are they done?" she asked while I nodded.

"That dragon lost as expected," I said before turning in a serious manner towards her, "give me five thousand stats now. Best to be of stat beads and points."

I needed to distribute stats among my three Bulltors. I could even buy another one and push his level up without problems.

But three Bulltors seemed enough for now. She knew the time wasn't suitable for any play and handed me the points, beads, and even one crystal.

When she gave me that crystal, she winked with her lewd nature, "this is my gift for you. Don't forget to treat me well later."

I could only remain silent while storing this wealth away. Twelve thousand stat points! Damn! This was a wealth that made me even feel danger in my life if others heard about this.

But as she said, we were all bound by the system. Even with such wealth, I couldn't put it to maximum use in a short time.

"Let's go," I moved to touch my Bulltors when a window popped up in front of me.

[Do you want to store your warrior?]

"Yes."

*Woosh!*

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The next instant the Bulltor vanishes like it was never there. Inside my inventory, a small token appeared there with the shape of the Bulltor on its surface.

"Can we take away our warriors?!" She seemed surprised by what I was doing. I took the other two before starting to run inside the maze.

"Warriors can help us not only here but outside as well," I knew this was a detail not mentioned during this test, but I was sure about that.

Or else why were their prices so astronomical? If it was just for this quest, then it would be a hefty price to pay.

"Why are you running fast?" She copied me and stored away all her warriors.

"We are the last two contenders remaining beside him," I said while not decreasing my speed, "and he is now injured and exhausted. We shouldn't give him any time to recuperate."

I knew that the Selvator would beat the dragon kid from the start. But that didn't mean the Selvator won in an easy way. He must have paid a lot of price just to get the dragon killed.

Not only his stamina, but also his warriors would be lost. If given enough time, that Selvator would salvage the dragon from his blessing points, and he would replenish his lost warriors for sure.

Not to mention amending his wounds. The best timing to hit him was now. Or else he would grow stronger and become more formidable.

The two of us ventured inside the labyrinth. The walls kept our vision blind but I already had a clue about the direction we should take.

I kept taking turns towards that direction. In less than five minutes we finally reached the place of the Selvator.

But there was an unpleasant surprise waiting for us there!

"Ka ka ka, I thought we were going to have a whale but it turned out to be a small fish."

"They are still our contenders. As they are here, let's get rid of them."

"But there was an announcement before, wasn't one eliminated? Don't tell me the two of them did that!"

"If so then that succubus girl might be hiding her strength. Let's kill her first."

As we both reached there, I couldn't help but freeze in deep shock. I didn't find the Selvator alone, but that dragon kid stood all alive next to him.

I looked up at the Selvator youth and didn't find any speck of dust over his armor. Not even a scratch was there!

"You two…" Rachel said in a shaking tone and baffled expression, "you didn't fight each other?"

"Ka ka ka, I have to admit that Selvator has a good brain," the dragon laughed in carefree manner like we weren't a threat to him.

"They allied together," I said in a deep tone while watching the warriors of them standing perfectly fine. It wasn't only that, their numbers increased a little as well.

The thirty warriors of the dragon turned fifty, with five elites appearing in the middle of them. As for the Selvator, his initial seven elites turned fifteen.

These two… They outplayed me in this one. I had to admit, this move was really brilliant.

Allying together wasn't the big deal, but managing to read the entire situation and come up with this fake play was the real deal. That Selvator… he wasn't only strong, but also cunning.

He was dangerous, really dangerous.

Despite him saying they should kill Rachel first, his eyes never moved away from me.. It wasn't Rachel his target, it was me.

Chapter 45 - A Deadly Encounter

I didn't see this move coming. But if they thought this was enough to take me down, then I beg to differ.

I could already see through what happened and what they planned to do. The fifth hidden contender seemed to get on their nerves. So the moment they appeared here, the Selvator must have proposed this temporary alliance.

The Selvator was so sure of his supremacy over the dragon. And the dragon was arrogant enough to think he could best the Selvator.

Their little show here aimed to lure out that hidden enemy. Even when they got the memo of one of us getting eliminated, they never thought of it to be that hidden enemy.

So now they had done all this for just the two of us. In the dragon kid's eyes, we were nothing. But the Selvator seemed to be wary of me for some reason.

If I was him, I would definitely shift my gaze towards the dragon. It was the perfect moment to get rid of that strong foe with the least losses.

"Just wait for me, I won't kill you fast, ka ka ka," the dragon youth laughed in a strange way. His eyes were burning with desire when he looked at the sexy body of Rachel.

If it was him alone, I could have used many ways to get rid of him. But that Selvator was like a thorn in my back. I could already see what was going to happen as if I had the foresight ability.

The Selvator would send out the dragon first with all warriors. Standing from the back he would use his scary ability if I fought back.

Considering the fact that he didn't use his ability yet, he still had two to three times left.

My armor could defend me for one time. Even if I summoned my Bullets, they wouldn't help either. I could get the dragon for sure, but that would be like making a big favor for the Selvator.

No, I shouldn't do that. I started to have a plan and instantly turned to Rachel.

"How many coins do you have now?"

This time I didn't need to explain things to her. She realized how dangerous our situation was.

"Only a couple of millions," she said in ashened face, "will they help?"

"I need an item then," of course they wouldn't do anything here, "worth ten million at least. Do you have one?"

She didn't answer in words but actions. A grand shield appeared that was so big enough to suit one of my Bulltors. It emanated dangerous green energy like fog, as if it was boiling from the inside.

"It's the highest grade item I have," she gave it to me without hesitation. "Take it."

"Then you shall take this as well," I gave her something in return before bowing my head and adding in a loud tone:

"Thanks my lady for your generosity and care."

I could see her baffled expression but luckily she didn't say anything. She held the item I gave her and examined it. The moment she saw it, her face changed for the second time.

"This…"

"Listen," I hurriedly whispered while retreating slowly as the dragon led all the warriors towards us, "we'll do this…"

I whispered the short version of my plan to her, hoping that her mind would be smart enough to link all the dots. My eyes weren't on the dragon kid or at any warrior, I was only gazing up at the Selvator like he was staring back at me.

If I needed to get rid of these two here, I had to remove that suspicion of him away from myself first.

She took the lead while I started to retreat to the back. The shield was so heavy but I didn't hurry to store it fast.

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[Warning: The minimal conditions for wielding the sacred shield of love is two thousand strength points. Store it in ten seconds or else it will break your hands!]

'Two thousand strength points… What the f*ck is wrong with that shield?!!' I sucked in the cold air of breath while eyeing this shield with greed. I tried to view its details but a message popped up and blocked my attempts.

[Your level and stats are far below the minimum requirements to view the shield details]

Damn! I couldn't even view its stats! I felt great hesitation to sell it in the market like this. C'mon, I doubt I would be able to get my hands on such a shield in my entire life again!

*Tuck!*

Just before I was about to ask Rachel to send me another item to sell and keep that shield for myself, an invisible pressure suddenly descended with a woosh and made me stumble on the ground.

'Is it starting?' I turned around in a fright but I was able to move. The Selvator released a wave of energy around that made even his hair flutter in the air.

'Not that scary attack… then this must be…' I stood up and then stored the shield away. Its presence already caused the desired effects as the dragon looked in wary towards Rachel.

Yes, he didn't put me in the eye from the start. Besides the shield came from Rachel. So anyone could imagine what tricks she was hiding behind her flawless beauty.

As for that Selvator, the skill he used was a spying skill. Even if I tried to use the secret channel of my contract with Rachel, he would be able to detect that.

It was best to not arouse his suspicions more. So I threw the shield inside the market to be faced with another annoying message.

[The base price is twenty million coins. Do you want to auction it?]

Oh dear lord! I didn't even want to sell it, and now I wanted to auction it but I couldn't. I had to get my hands on another item from Rachel, something on par with this shield to feel satisfied.

"I won't let you come closer," Rachel's voice was loud but no matter how hard she tried, she looked cute. The dragon couldn't help but drool over her even when she was threatening him.

*Flash!* *Flash!* *Flash!*

She summoned her warriors. As expected, she was also hiding a few blessing points for later use.

In front of her twenty-five warriors holding shields appeared in three rows. They raised their shields high while Rachel shouted:

"The grand fist slams the earth!"

Even I had to stop what I was doing and look at her in amazement. This wasn't something that could be done by a single warrior, twenty at least were needed.

And these twenty must have that skill to use. It was supposed to be a defensive skill initially, however from the mighty power of it many considered it as deadly as any offensive skill.

The shields rose higher and they gathered a dangerous aura around. The aura of each shield merged with another, forming a thick broad shield phantom that covered the three rows.

'Good girl,' I couldn't help but commend her on this. I asked her to do anything and force that Selvator boy to use his ultimate weapon.

And now with this skill, the dragon wouldn't be able to contend alone against her. The Selvator had to act.

"Help me now! Hurry!" the dragon youth's face ashened the moment he heard Rachel's words. This skill was famous in any world, and the dragon knew he wouldn't be able to escape from it unscathed.

He wouldn't actually die, but he would be left with deep wounds behind. That meant the final trophy would lie in the hands of the Selvator. And it was something even the arrogant dragon couldn't dare to ignore.

"Leave it to me," the Selvator finally had his attention over Rachel. The look on his face was a mix of surprise and doubt. Sure enough, even I was surprised by her performance dude.

*Rumble*

Just like before, the energy surged out from the Selvator body which started to shine brightly like a star. I feigned a look of fear and screamed at her:

"Master, help me!"

"Don't get near my boy," Rachel's angry tone roared while she ran fast towards me. At this moment the world around us bathed under the immense and domineering aura of that Selvator.

His skill was really powerful. In less than a few seconds his energy reached my place and suppressed me.

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I lost all the control over my body. I couldn't move. My body stiffened while Rachel's wasn't.

The moment she got near me she raised her leg and pushed me backwards with a kick. I didn't know why but she raised her leg higher than usual, and let me see a great deal of her lower half.

*Bang!*

I slammed at the wall nearby while feeling all the pain.

"Sorry, I'll come to you later," she said in an apologizing manner as if she was feeling some guilt. "Now I'll kill you bastards!" she turned then towards the dragon, the warriors, and the Selvator at the rear.

"How can you escape my attack?" the eyes of the Selvator were wide open at this moment. I finally felt some relief while watching him shifting his radar towards Rachel.

Well, I got armor to help me against his attack earlier. But I don't have one now. In return for taking the shield from her, I gave her the armor, plus another little gift in the secret.

So she didn't get any harm from that attack. As for myself, I could endure such an attack as long as there was no one to follow up.

*Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!*

Under the sudden change in events, Rachel showed her strength as she used a long curved sword to kill all the warriors around. In fact things were heading to our favor even without her interference.

Her warriors were midway in activating their skill. When the Selvator's skill would end, they would instantly smash the ground and kill the warriors for sure.

But it seemed she wanted to vent some steam, or attract more attention from the Selvator's side. Well, I couldn't object to that.

*Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!*

In the next five seconds she killed almost ten warriors before she retreated fast. I told her that the duration of each skill would last for around five seconds to seven. That was considering the current stats of the Selvator.

The latter's face was unsightly at this moment. For some reason Rachel didn't get petrified, letting her to kill warriors instead of her getting killed.

He was supposed to interfere and kill her. But now after she was free, he hesitated and didn't attack. It was clear that he knew she had more cards up her sleeve.

*Rumble!*

"F*ck you!"

Just as the skill vanished, her line of warriors finally got freed and released their attack combined together. The big shield phantom hit the ground violently and I could already feel the fierce trembling even by standing behind.

I slowly stood up and watched the dragon youth's reddened face while cursing Rachel. The strike created a long and deep crater that extended even till the Selvator.

Anyone who got entangled by this attack was sucked inside the crater and was pressed heavily by immense pressure. I could hear the popping sounds of the warriors' bodies and cracking sounds of the dragon's body getting smashed.

But the Selvator was smart to retreat before that crater reached him. At this moment his eyes were upon Rachel and didn't give me any glance.

'Use it now girl,' I thought to myself while finishing my preparations at the market, 'you got it in the palms of your hand. You can do it!'

"It's now your turn," Rachel turned towards the Selvator who had a very serious look on his face at the moment. "Stay right where you are, I'm coming to kill you."

"Humph, pretty and strong, but not enough to touch this one here," the Selvator said in arrogance, a pure arrogance coming from his self confidence.

*Boom!*

The next moment he unsheathed his sword, pointed it towards the sky and all of sudden the world exploded. An immense power surged forth and silver thunder fell at the tip of his sword.

"Die!"

He simply slashed the sword and the next instant, the lightning reached Rachel and the warriors.

"I won't fall like that! Come out my best warrior!"

*Woosh!*

The next moment a grand physique appeared like a small hill and stood in front of her. She already had two big shields in her hands that she took out of her inventory. The moment the Bulltor appeared, she threw the two shields to him, allowing him to welcome the incoming strike and deflect it with much ease.

Yeah, I also gave her one Bulltor to use.. And she used it in such a brilliant way… That was good, girl.

Chapter 46 - Clearing The Quest

The attack rumbled around the two big shields but the Bulltor kept himself steady to the ground. Despite being without any skills or good stats, he was able to withstand the attack using the two shields.

"A Bulltor?" the eyes of that Selvator shone while his face fell. "Then this won't stand against me this time."

I knew what he was going to do. Even the dragon kid was still climbing his way up from the crater in such a sorrowful state. The attack of Rachel's warriors was severe enough to leave behind deep wounds on his sturdy body.

His golden blood oozed and covered even half of his face. Yet the Selvator didn't move against him yet. After all, the dragon kid was in his weakened state and now… There was a Bulltor he had to clear.

"I'll kill you first," finally he said it and he seemed to mean it. The Selvator's body started to shine brightly like before as he was going to use that ability of his.

*Rumble!*

The world around me shook violently as the attack came swiftly and covered me. This time the Selvator kid didn't stand far and darted in one direction.

His aim was that Bulltor then Rachel behind.

"Die!"

The Selvator kid crossed the distance in one second to appear in front of the Bulltor. He held his two short halpreds that started to emanate dangerous silver light.

If that attack landed then the Bulltor would be killed no doubt. But it seemed he underestimated the Bulltor, underestimated Rachel, and… me.

*Clang!* *Clang!*

The two halpreds were stopped by the two giant shields of the Bulltor. This sudden defense startled the Selvator kid as the Bulltor played it brilliantly and faked to be petrified like Rachel and other warriors.

"You… how come…"

"Roar!" The Bulltor couldn't speak it seemed and roared while pushing the Selvator's body to the back. If he had a sword or a spear right now then it would be easy for him to hack the Selvator's body.

But the Selvator seemed to realize the trick here. "Your armor… Humph, only one time usage, useless," he snorted as he noticed the armor on the chest of the Bulltor. "This is my last time to use my ability today, but it's more than enough to kill all of you here. Now Die!"

The Selvator's body shone for the second time. I didn't imagine he could be much brighter than before. But this time his body vanished under the bright silver light as if he was turned into a star.

*Rumble!*

And just like that, the second attack was activated and it came crashing down on me.

"Die!" I couldn't see the Selvator clearly but the two halpreds shone brightly while arching in the air. The death of my Bulltor and then Rachel behind seemed to be fixed in stone in the Selvator's mind.

But he was mistaken, he forgot one thing… He forgot me.

Just before any halpred would fall over the Bulltor, I appeared using my higher speed stats like a flash. My new sword arched in the air before it landed on the Selvator's wide opened back.

I timed the attack to come when he thought he was winning. I knew he would notice my movement so I waited until the halpreds were half way down towards the neck of my Bulltor.

Even if I had to sacrifice this Bulltor here, I didn't care as long as I got that Selvator.

*Splash!* *Bang!*

The sword hit successfully while I saw the shocking eyes of the Selvator. He already was wary of me before, but pushing the spotlight over Rachel helped to miss me for the past minutes.

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During these minutes I bought a lot of stuff from the market and now it was time for me to show my supremacy.

"You… It was all you…" I sent his body flying before slamming into the nearby wall. A cloud of dust emerged and silver blood oozed from the tip of my sword.

"It's too late already, you are going to die here," I didn't wait for him to even stand and went directly for his neck.

"As if I'm that weak! Come forth my elite warrior!"

Just before I could reach him, an immense pressure emerged as a Bulltor came out of nowhere. "Thanks to her, I got the inspiration and decided to buy him just in case," his sinister sound came before he appeared next to his Bulltor.

"Now it's your turn to die first, then I'll kill that arrogant dragon and let her live if she decides to follow me."

Even at this point he thought the Bulltor was hers, all this was her doing.

"Sorry bud, I got her first," unlike what he expected, I grinned while waving my arms around, "come forth my valiant warriors. Let's kick some as*es!"

*Woosh!* *Woosh!* *Woosh!*

Three huge Bulltors appeared with one emitting a dangerous vibe. He was the one having two skills unlocked. I threw two spears at the other two in a casual way before pointing my sword to the Selvator and his Bulltor, "kill them."

"Roar!"

The three roared in unison, giving a fright to the single Bulltor standing on the side of the injured Selvator. The face of the Selvator become unsightly as he instantly turned to me and shouted:

"I'll submit myself to you, just don't kill me."

I narrowed my eyes when I heard that. A Selvator was a mighty being in this game. If I had him under my control then I'd have gained a valuable asset.

"No thanks," but I wasn't foolish enough to be blinded by greed, "I know about your oath of brilliance skill. Don't play such dirty games with me," I snapped my fingers and the next instant the Bulltor standing on his side was hacked by my three.

The look over the face of the Selvator was priceless. Even when he fell into the hands of my Bulltors, he kept that shocked look like he was seeing a monster.

In fact I understood why he was this shocked. Such a skill was considered a sacred secret of the Selvators. This skill caused great harm to other races, humans included.

Imagine having someone as mighty as a Selvator as your follower, bound by a contract and you depended on him for your important tasks. Then at a crucial point you discovered he wasn't actually bound by anything. That skill was annoyingly able to smash any binding contract to any Selvator's soul.

Of course it was a secret even after the passage of ninety-nine years. However, thanks to the old man I got clues about many secrets, including this.

*Thud!*

His body fell on the ground while his silver blood oozed and formed a little lake. "A Selvator's blood is considered a treasure in itself," I muttered before taking out one liquor and making it suck dry his entire blood.

At the same time I placed my hand over his body and took half of what he got in there.

Of course I didn't have time to examine what I got, but I surely struck it big this time.

[You gained five thousand blessing points. You still do not have any blessing from any god. The points are going to be stored until you got a blessing]

Even after summoning all these warriors, he still had such wealth. How much blessing did he have initially?

"F*ck!"

Just as I finished killing him, I heard the curses of the dragon kid. The effect of the skill of the Selvator vanished the moment he died. The dragon kid climbed his way up with a panicked expression on his face.

"Stay back," he screamed in fright while running all the way towards the other end of this spacious part of the labyrinth.

"Want to run this easily? Humph," Rachel stood by my side and buffed out her chest as if she was still immersed in her role.

"Go get him," I snapped my fingers to my Bulltors before giving Rachel a deep look. That dragon kid was dead in my eyes. He would never be able to run away.

"S… Sorry," Rachel lowered her head while her face showed an enticing redness over her sweet cheeks.

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"Let me go!" The dragon screamed in panic but no matter how hard he resisted, he couldn't fight against my three Bulltors.

As for his warriors, the ones who ran alongside him, there was no trace of any of them.

My Bulltors must have killed them without doubt.

"The dragons won't let you live, they placed a curse on every single one of us. Anyone daring to kill us will be hunted. I dare you kill me!"

He blurted out these words, which weren't totally wrong. However he forgot, or missed, something trivial that made all the difference here.

"Do you know what this place is?" I asked in a calm tone that made his body shiver the moment he heard it.

He was arrogant, but not that stupid. "This is a class quest, one supported by the system. Do you possibly think your pathetic curse is still connected to those arrogant bastards of your clan outside?"

His face ashened while his body lost all the power to resist. "You don't know that! Our clan's curse won't be stopped by the weak limits of the system!"

"Hye… should we…" Rachel seemed to get shaken by his empty words, but I wasn't.

*Splash!*

"You…" his eyes went all wide while my sword penetrated through his heart. His golden blood oozed out and started to form a small pond around.

"I know how strong the system is, and how pathetic your clan curses are," I took out my sword in a violent way while twisting it to cause more pain.

In fact I held a deep grudge against those arrogant dragons. Once before I was this close to die except for the help of a hero of my people.

I despise them! They were arrogant without a strong foundation, not like the Selvators.

I took out another liquor and let it dry all the golden blood as well. Like the Selvator, the dragon's blood was a treasure.

"Are you sure?" Rachel's face turned slightly pale as she seemed worried.

"Don't let his empty words get to you," I patted her shoulder and was surprised to feel how soft her body was. "All dragons are empty from the inside and loved to blurt out bullsh*t. Apart from their body strength and the high treasures they got, they are nothing."

I placed my hand over the dragon's body and sucked half of his inventory inside. Unlike the Selvator, I held more expectations of this dragon's loot.

"Fitting to be the strongest race in the entire universe," I sucked in a cold air of breath just from the mere sight of the wild expansion of my inventory.

And I got extra ten thousand blessing points as well.

"What are you waiting for?" I looked up at her before motioning my head towards the two dead bodies, "take ten percent of their inventory."

"Is it… alright?" Despite acting courteous, her face failed her and showed how excited she was.

"Go now before you moan out of excitement," I laughed while she gave me a kiss in the air before she jumped to get her share of the loot.

"Holy moly! My sexy god must be favoring me today," she laughed after gathering up her loot. "Now take this Bulltor of yours back," she pointed at the Bulltor I previously gave to her and was about to call him back to give him to me.

"No, keep it for yourself," I said while she gave me a weird look. "You and I won't appear together. We'll return to our former places. So it's best for you to be safe with that Bulltor. With him around, you won't get easily killed or harassed."

"Oh sweetie, do you worry about me?" her tone held a unique melody that made even my heartstrings tighter. In fact this wasn't her ability, it was her nature, her fiery sexy nature as a succubus, the mortal enemy of any man.

"Ahem," I cleared my throat as I had to shift my gaze away from her. Each part of her emanated such irresistible aura, inviting me to explore each part of her body.

But it wasn't the time nor the place to fool around like this.

She chuckled as she seemed to feel little achievement by her ability to enchant me. "I'll keep your words to my heart, and…" all of sudden she drew closer and painted such a soft kiss over my face with a deep and warm hug.

"I promise no other man will touch me except you."

The next moment she turned into a flash of light and disappeared.

[Congratulations! You managed to clear the quest. The class is now yours. Assessment will start now and you'll get notified shortly about the results. Stay put]

Well… If I had to wait for the assessment then why shouldn't I go on a shopping spree? Such a chance of being able to use the stat points wouldn't come easily ever again.

Chapter 47 - Getting A Class At Last

I got a lot of things from the two I just killed. Stat points, beads, orbs, and even crystals were among them.

Warriors weren't a normal thing to encounter. Even if I got my class and enjoyed the full abilities of the market, I wouldn't find them sold anywhere.

Why? That was simply because they were precious to anyone! Imagine having an army under your control, an army of warriors who could level up without the need for dungeons.

Warriors were considered the main backbone to any kingdom or empire even back in my time. And even after ninety-nine years, one couldn't easily purchase them from anywhere except by luck.

And it was my luck to be here and I would never miss this chance.

"Hmm… Bulltors are mighty but they lack in few things. In terms of defense or offense they are incomparable to the ones I got here. But looking at other aspects like magic skills and long ranged attacks, they certainly fall short."

I scanned the long list again and this time I had a plan in my mind. Numbers didn't matter a lot as later on quality would be far more important than quantity.

The shield bearers Rachel summoned for example was a proof for that. Before anything else I bought a hundred of them. Their combined attack that could be done by twenty of them proved to be formidable.

Plus their price wasn't that high, only two hundred stat points.

I also bought a hundred archer based races, a magician based race, and a healer based race. I could buy a hundred of Bulltors but that would entirely deplete my stockpile of the stats.

I needed to add stats to these warriors to unlock their skills. Plus I wanted to buy a lot of gears for them as well.

So I settled on buying only fifty of them for now. That alone cost almost one hundred thousand stat points.

Then it was time for adding stats to them.

The system worked in this regard by a unified rule. So I had to add points in each stat to level them up. Reaching level five was enough for now as this unlocked two skills for each race.

However I selected ten of each group and raised their stats to level fifteen. This way they had the third skills opened and could act as the tip of the spear for me.

As I finished all this, I still had less than ten thousand stat points in the form of one stat crystal, few orbs, and many beads and points. However it would be best to keep this for now. I didn't know if I would need my stat points in any stage later on or what.

[The assessment is over]

[You killed three contenders by your own strength and turned one into your follower. You gained an exceptional assessment and you will unlock a heaven grade hidden class for you]

[The class is selected]

[Congratulations! You got the soul master class]

[The class is bound to your soul and genes now]

[You'll be transported outside the quest dungeon in five… Four… Three… Two…]

I didn't care about the countdown and instantly opened my profile. In front of my eyes I didn't have any class anymore.

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I… had a class!

The light shone all around and I couldn't help but feel overwhelmed by this. I lived my entire life being suppressed, not able to live properly thanks to my lack of degree; the class.

And now, I have class! I finally got a class!

"I have a class! At last I have a class! Yahoo!"

I screamed in boundless joy while a burning feeling stung my eyes. I was crying, but I didn't care anymore. My lifelong dream finally came true and

I got a class. I had a class now! How cool was that?!

"Shut up and come here!"

Just before I could even finish my shouts of victory and joy, an overwhelming strength held me by the throat and all I could feel was a pain from my back as I slammed against the bronze statue.

A face appeared at this moment in front of me, a face of someone I didn't know or knew before in my life.

He looked like a youth, a couple of years older than me at best. He wore a block cloak that extended to a black scarf to cover almost half of his face.

All I could see was the upper part of his nose and both of his eyes. They shone in a strange faint purple light. That wasn't the issue, the issue was that he held me by the throat using force that didn't make sense.

We should have ended the first quest by now. However the limit over our stats would only be lifted now.

So how come he was this strong? Even when I had my full stat in strength?

The only thing I thought about was his gears. However his black cloak was so thick like it was made of steel and not cloth. It hid everything about his body. A shadow, he was just like a shadow coming out from the depth of darkness.

"W… Who are you?" my voice was slightly hoarse as I could feel slightly suffocated under his pressure.

"Resisting my hand grip? Interesting," his eyes shone brighter while his voice looked hoarser than mine. "But your stats won't do anything against me. Either you explain everything that happened here or else I'd kill you on the spot!"

Damn! Why out of all people this crazy man came looking for me? And why at this moment? I didn't even celebrate my achievement.

That wasn't fair! I didn't do anything wrong! I just acquired what was rightfully mine. A class, I finally got a class. And even if I had to put a fight to death with that maniac, then I wouldn't hesitate to do so.

But let me first understand what was wrong with him. Why was he targeting me with such hostility?

"Sorry but I don't know you," I said in a hoarse voice while feeling my throat being crushed slowly under his firm grip. "Just who are you?"

"That's the question I wanted to ask," his eyes shone brighter while he got closer to my face. "Look me in the eye and tell me, how could you get something that didn't belong to you in the first place?"

At this moment, everything hit me like a mighty wave of a tsunami. I couldn't help but tremble while looking deeply at his eyes.

In there I noticed something, something flashing faintly in the depth of his iris. It wasn't clear at first thanks to all that purple glowing coming from his eyes. But now, and from such close up distance, I could perfectly distinguish this unique mark.

"You… are a jumper!!!"

It wasn't a question but a shocked realization. Inside his both eyes there were two calmly rotating beads with black gold color.

It was the mark, the unique mark of any jumper. No matter what color it was, a bead was always resting there like a small wheat seed. It had such a unique shape that I would never miss it even from miles away.

"You know about me?" he tightened his grip and got me closer to his face, so close that I could smell his breaths stenching with alcohol.

"You were drinking," I couldn't help but say in a weakened voice, "jumpers shouldn't drink unless they are about to give up."

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"You know a lot about me then," he waved his arms and helplessly my body flew and slammed on the ground nearby. I coughed and sneezed while gasping for air.

A jumper… What a damn luck I had here!

I didn't know just his class, but I also knew about his true identity. He was the one, the human who was supposed to get in there and have this class for his own.

And now he came to find me coming out, shouting and boasting in triumph about getting what initially belonged to him. What a fool I was to do that!

"Speak," a long spear that had a purple fire dancing on its tip appeared in an instant and was less than an inch away from my throat. I couldn't help but raise both hands in the air.

Jumpers were known to be crazy folks! They were lucky to encounter that class in their first run in the apocalypse.

Then they would have the choice to travel among worlds that were parallel to ours. Each trip would add more color to his bead. And this one was dark golden in color, meaning he traveled for many times already.

Each time he jumped, he would restart at the beginning of the apocalypse. However he wouldn't lose his memories like the reincarnation, and would keep his class, his cultivation, and also his inventory.

That meant I wasn't just facing a normal human waiting for quest two to start. I was standing in front of a human who cleared endless quests and gained many items.

Facing a jumper meant either he killed you or he would choose to jump if you bested him. Information about them came from the old man, and I didn't know how he knew all this about such a hard to meet class.

"What do you want to know?" I tried to act calm while getting my thoughts wrapped up quickly. I needed to find a way out of this. Facing this madman when he caught me stealing his class in such a way meant death.

Even my prideful Bulltors and other warriors wouldn't be able to make a difference. This jumper lived through many quests and apocalypses already.

He wasn't just one with a class, he had a cultivation and ton of advanced gears. He had enough skills to barbecue me alive with a thought of his.

I shouldn't play with fire, that's what I kept repeating to myself in my head at the moment.

"How come someone like you can find this place and get the class from the Selvator and the dragon? Not to mention that pain in the as* illusionist!"

He knew! He even knew about the illusionist as well! That meant this wasn't just his first time to get the class, he must have tried so many times before.

"You failed each time you tried to get it, so why do you bother?" I tried to probe. Was the old man right about his words from before or that man managed to overcome the incoming challenges in other attempts?

Please, let the old man be true this time, please…

"What are you talking about?" he shouted in his hoarse voice that made him like he was dying or something. Despite trying to be angry, I felt his shock.

If I needed to get out of here alive I had to play it carefully with this madman.

"I say you know that you'll die each time you get this class," I said as if I knew everything about him, "instead of trying to kill me, you should thank me."

"Thank you? For what? Stealing my class away?" he roared and I didn't know if he was struggling to speak or what.

"You tried," I had to stick to my plan to the end. After all I had no other plan but this. "You tried so many times already and failed. Then me taking this class will be beneficial for you."

"Stop saying nonsense and tell me who you are."

"I'm not fooling around," I simply shrugged, "let me guess… an army of monsters will hit this place in… around twenty to thirty minutes from now, right? Then that deadly weapon will be launched at you and you'll be burned to dust or… jump away like you always do."

This time I said all that the old man told me about him. I hoped the old man didn't fake or miss anything in the middle, or else I would be doomed.

"Humph, so you know what's coming at you. Who are you? A jumper like me? No, you don't have our stigma in your eyes. Then a reincarnator? Even if you are one, you wouldn't be able to retain all your memories."

Luckily he calmed down a bit. For sure this wasn't the end of his words as he added in vicious tone:

"I dunno who you are. But I'm interested, is it better to kill you or watch you die at the hands of those clowns calling themselves angels?"

"Well, let me die in the angels' hands.. At least they'd show me some mercy, not like you."

Chapter 48 - Soul Master Class Phase One

"The angel is showing mercy? Pft, this might be considered the most hilarious joke I always hear from folks like you," he laughed as if I was joking around, "angels are our enemies, not allies, not guides."

"I know that," I had a feeling that he wasn't going to fight against me, "but at least I have a chance against them, not against you."

"Smart kid," he dared to call me a kid? "But I won't let you off before you tell me who you are and how you know about this place."

"I just stumbled upon it by accident," I shrugged, "I was in the park when the apocalypse started. If you don't believe me, then let's go to the museum up there and ask people about that."

*Foosh!*

Just while I was speaking I felt a strange gush of wind coming from him.

"I don't want to hear anyone's opinion," he said while one of his eyes shone in a strange purple red color, "I have a skill to detect lies, and you kid just spouted out one."

Sh*t! He had a lie detecting skill up his sleeve.

"You got one more chance to speak the truth or else…" the cold tip of his spear moved and touched my skin. I barely felt pain as I was sure he caused a wound there.

"Alright, I came from the future," as I had no more games to play with him, and the time was kicking fast towards the retaliation of the angels, I had to wrap things here with him fast.

"What do you take me for? An idiot or something?"

"Just use your damn skill and let's get done with this," I said with confidence as I was really telling the truth.

What was the big deal about him knowing about me coming from the future? At least I wasn't a monster like him or those reincarnator guys.

*Foosh!*

The previous ribbles of air appeared and his eyes shone again. I couldn't see his face but the spear he held trembled faintly while making me feel pain again.

"Ouch! Watch that man!"

"So you are from the future? What's it like out there?" he pushed the spear finally away and that let me touch my neck. Yeah, there were two wounds there.

"It's ugly," I said the truth casually but the ribbles of air that came again made me frown. "C'mon, it was just a mere question."

"I don't trust people easily," he blurted out.

"And I don't trust people at all. So let's go different paths."

In fact that wasn't what I wanted. Having this asset by my side was a mere gift from the heavens. How could I let him slip so easily from my hands?

"You are good, kid, I give you that. I never expected to see such a heaven defying innate ability. Why not follow me? I need someone like you on my side."

"No thanks," despite wanting him to be on my side, I would never let myself follow such a maniac.

"Reason?" he asked and at this moment his eye shone brightly as he used that lie detecting thing again.

"You are a maniac," I shrugged as if it was out of my hands to say such rude words.

"Do you want to die?"

"That's the point. You always threaten people by death. You are a mad man. Plus if things went south, you won't stick around to fix it. It's easier for you to run than stand and fight."

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"What did you say?" He raised his spear again and this time I even gave him my back. I knew his nature, all talk.

"You are a coward," I said it loud clear, "the ones who create a mess then run away from it are cowards."

*Smash!*

Without warning he grabbed me by the neck and hit me fiercely against that poor statue again. I could hear the cracking noises coming from my back and that statue alike.

"What? Fearing to admit the truth? Then let me ask you, how many times did you run away and change worlds?"

"Saving my life isn't a crime or a thing I would be ashamed of!"

"Then let me ask you this in another way, have you ever thought about the worlds you left behind?" I could feel his firm grip over my neck. But unlike the first time he hit me, he didn't apply much pressure there.

I wasn't even feeling any discomfort at all except from the tingling pain of my back.

"Why not take this world for example," I even waved my hands in the air as if I was discussing in a civilized manner with a sane man, "if you got the class here and then you were faced with a mighty challenge like usual. You'll choose to run the moment you fail defending against what's coming."

"I won't fail! I'm well prepared!" His shout told me well about his current mood. Good, I was getting inside his head as we spoke.

"Yeah, a gear or two. Or perhaps even strengthening your body by raising your cultivation base," I said in mockery before adding in a serious tone, "no matter how hard you try, you won't succeed. You'll always fail!"

*Smash!*

He was enraged to the limit to grab me away and smash me again to the statue. This time he was acting serious and that suffocation returned back to me.

"A man running from challenges will never be able to overcome them. That's the simple logic behind life. You have the nature of running, sleeping deeply inside your bones and soul that at any simple challenge, you'll flee."

"Stop it! Stop spouting nonsense already!!"

Despite his enraged shouts, I never stopped. I finally could get to his subconscious, and I needed to do something important there.

Humans acted all the way by logic and sense, but they never knew that the subconscious controlled everything. No matter what, a man, a woman, a child, an elder, a wise man, or even a mad man… All had their beliefs tied tightly to their subconscious.

If I needed to turn him onto my side, I needed to solve his biggest subconscious problem; choosing to run instead of standing firmly and face the challenges.

But changing a subconscious was never an easy or fast feat to accomplish.

"So when you fail and decide to run away," I continued like he didn't interrupt me with his shouts moments ago, "then this world will be doomed. That class is very domineering. If it fell into the hands of anyone but humans then we are all doomed."

"It won't! I have a plan this time! I won't fail!"

"Empty talk," I smirked hardly with my throat getting suffocated more by his firm grip, "how many times have you already tried and failed? Let me bet, you even blurted such words to yourself endless times before, and eventually each time you failed."

This time I could feel his body trembling and his hand holding me got loose. I fell on the ground while touching my neck. It wasn't as bad as the past. Hopefully this will be the last.

"Let me show you the difference between being a coward and being a man is," I stood up and started to walk again. "You are welcome to tag along."

"I won't help you," he said in his usual aggressiveness but eventually he followed by my side. "Even the mighty sword and the sacred shield I got by risking my life before won't show up to save you."

"Who said I want these pathetic toys of yours?" A sword? A shield? What did he take that star weapon for? A childish play?

"You…"

"Just keep silent for a moment. Thanks to you I couldn't check even the class I got yet."

And he was noisy.

[Soul master class: Rank: Hidden. Grade: Heaven. Level: 1]

[Fist stage is opened for you to use: The grade of soul absorption]

[Each time you kill a living being, you'll be able to absorb his soul. The absorbed soul won't reincarnate or be revived by any means]

[Storing one hundred souls will allow you to raise all your stats by one point. Storing one thousand souls will let you upgrade the level by one. Upgrading the class level by ten levels will open the next stage of the class for you]

'This is it? Only this?' I looked up at the description here with daze. No matter how I saw it, this was totally bullsh*t!

A class that would ask me to kill tens of thousands of enemies to just level up? What the hell was this shitty class?!

I couldn't believe my eyes until I closed and reopened the class many times. According to what I knew, classes would grant people a way to increase their stats and power immensely. But now… this class looked like trash. Absolute trash!

I needed to kill one hundred enemies just to get five stat points? Was this a joke? I'd rather prefer to use coins to upgrade my stats without this useless class.

I took a rapid gaze up at the jumper walking furiously next to me. Was this the class he was seeking after? No way! There must be a mistake here.

"Ahem, may I ask what was the class you had before from the statue?" I needed to get answers.

"Won't tell!"

Screw you! C'mon be serious here! Why act all childish with me like that?

"C'mon, I'm curious to know."

"Why? Did you trip off and you got some useless class from inside?" he saw straight through me before suddenly breaking out in laughter.

"That's ridiculous! I can't believe you took all this trouble for a shitty class!"

"The class from the inside isn't fixed then?" I tried another approach to get my answers.

"Of course. There is an assessment. The higher you get, the better class you'll obtain," he pointed at himself while puffing out his chest like boasting about some heroic deeds or something.

"I even got an Immortal ranked class once. This dude here is so strong and lucky. Yeah, I'm blessed with luck. Not like a country boy like you, hahaha."

Lucky? Lucky my as*!!!

I looked again at the grade of my class. It said it was heaven grade. That was supposed to be a better thing, right? Better than his Immortal rank at least.

But the facts don't align with the description in front of my eyes. Just before I could ask anymore, a long row of messages appeared in front of my eyes.

[The fist quest finished and you managed to clear it]

[You have one slot opened for getting a blessing]

[Many gods are eyeing you with curious eyes. You have acquired a good attention from many gods]

[The next hour will be the time for gods to apply to bless you. The list of gods will be updated each five minutes]

[You need to make a decision in six hours from now]

[If you want the privileges given to have a blessing from a god, you can check out the blessing icon inside your profile]

[The next quest will start after six hours]

[The beginner's pack effect ended. You can't use their features anymore]

Yeah, screw me more if you could, please.

I looked with no interest towards the list that appeared next. I knew the rules of this game. Gods? Hahaha, this was a mere joke.

As for someone who came ninety-nine years later, I could say this was one of the cruelest traps ever played for humans.

Who would be offered the blessing of a mighty god and would refuse? A blessing meant many things, like tipping coins, supporting one with unique skills, and even giving some guidance.

Who would say no to such support? Such a disadvantage veiled under the cloak of being a blessing, what a joke!

I knew what was in the manual but I checked it up anyway. The points discussed there covered most of the facts about having a blessing.

Except for two!

And these two points, compared to the long list of twenty points explained thoroughly here, would make the difference between earth and heaven.

Chapter 49 - A Plan

The first would be that having one blessing without an extra slot means you have a harder time gaining more blessings. Yes, one could have more than one blessing, and that was the top secret the angels hid from us.

The manual was written by them, so they would never reveal such important things to us.

Many people wouldn't perform well in the quests. It was, after all, depending on many variables, attributes included.

But on the other hand, we had a good number of humans who would have a chance to gain more than one god blessing. So if they listened to these lies, and most would, they would lose a valuable chance here.

The second lie was a simple knowledge about gods; they weren't just one category. Gods, in fact, was a general term describing anyone who had achieved a big success in his past life and became a legendary figure.

And it wasn't limited only to the human race. Any god from any other race could extend his/her blessing to humans. Of course there were some conditions for that, still it was something feasible.

The lowest rank of gods would be the legendary figures, then commanders, and great commanders. After that the ranks of true gods would appear.

They were the gods mentioned before in the great pantheons of humankind. Like the Greek pantheon, the Egyptian pantheon, and the Chinese pantheon.

Those were the real deal. But to get their attention, it would be impossible in just the first quest. I needed to succeed in at least five quests to gain their attention.

Plus the next chance of having another slot would be at the fifth quest.

Alright. As I didn't plan to get any blessings today, I closed the list and looked up at the sky.

It was supposed to be the start of a new day now. In other words, dawn just kicked in. but the world was still as dark as before.

'Open market,' I shifted my gaze towards the market for now. I still had little more than ten million coins.

It looked like a big sum, but compared to my next preparations they were barely enough.

"Where are we going? This isn't the direction of the museum!" that jumper complained as we walked, interrupting my line of thoughts.

"What's your name by the way?" I asked while moving my eyes around the marker interface. Yeah, I found it! Finally I had this legendary icon at last!

'Open the class market,' I thought and with a flash the new market interface appeared in front of my eyes.

Market had many layers inside. The basic one was the interface opened for everyone. But there were interfaces for classes, people with inheritances, people with blessings, and many other top secret layers.

I never got the chance to see such an interface ever in my life. I read a lot about it. Hell, I read tons of records describing this. But compared to seeing it with my own eyes, everything pales in comparison.

The items sold there were much better than the normal market. Plus the auction here was faster.

"I won't say my name to a dead boy."

"Boy, kid… How old do you think you are? You look just a couple of years older than me!" I complained while opening the search bar and started to look for two things.

I knew these things wouldn't be available at the normal market.

"I lived through fifty worlds so far," he boasted like it was a good thing to run from fifty different challenges. What was there to be proud of? "Coward," I blurted out what I felt at this moment with disgust.

"What did you say? Are you tired from living already?"

"Humph," I didn't pay him any attention anymore. The search results came and the prices I saw made my face twitch.

C'mon! A single item was sold by the price of four million at the base? And it was an auction? This wasn't fair!

"I'll bid with five then," despite feeling bitter, I placed my bid before opening another search bar and looked for another item.

"Three million… C'mon!" I shroud in anger. This time my coins were barely enough!

"Do you lack coins? Of course you do. If you follow me, I'll keep your account filled with tens of millions of coins."

As I placed four million as my bid, that jumper showed off about his own wealth.

"I've ten million here and I only lived for one life. Calling yourself a rich man with only this much? Tsk, I'm disappointed."

"You…" he shouted and pointed his spear in rage towards me. But who told you to show off using such a low wealth bud? You dug this hole yourself.

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I started to check my inventory. Damn lord! That was a really big harvest I made back there.

The items there were in hundreds! Even many of them had many ten digits besides them, mostly gears.

'Time to sell them then,' I didn't hesitate to place a hundred pieces of gear in the market. I knew their value might be useful later on when I created my little army. But I knew I was about to gain more so soon.

Plus I just bid on the cheapest two items here. The third one was considered the pricest out of them. If I didn't get it with twenty million coins at least, then people attending these auctions must have something wrong in their minds.

[You placed shield tier five into auction. Base price: five hundred thousand coins]

[You placed spear tier four into the auction. Base price: Three hundred and fifty thousand coins]

Messages started to pop in front of me the more I placed items. When I reached fifty, I hesitated to put more.

"I believe this is enough," so instead of my earlier plan of selling a hundred gear, I only placed fifty.

Out of them, five were in tier seven, eight in tier six, and most of the rest fell between tier three and five.

That was a good harvest indeed. I thought these gears were at tier two and three at most. But who knew I would get such high tiers as well.

The higher the tiers, the higher the base stats they required to be used. So despite having such a big amount of advanced gears, it was early to celebrate this.

They wouldn't be useful until quest four at least.

"You don't need to sell your things dude, just accept me as your master."

"Stop your bullsh*t already. Even if you asked me to sponsor you, I would refuse."

"Spon… What the hell do you think I am? A beggar?"

"Tsk, it's good to know your true worth. It helps to know one's status in life."

"I'll kill you!"

"Yeah, yeah, I'm a dead man already, right?"

I wasn't afraid anymore from him. I knew he could easily crush me if he wanted. It wasn't his stats, but his cultivation. But he wouldn't do that.

I already got into his mind. He would hesitate to kill the one who would show him a miracle, a miracle of a weakling like me defeating what a giant like him couldn't.

'Now it's time for the big item… yeah, it's sold at twenty-five million coins already,' I found it but it went far above what I initially thought.

The auctions I placed would need ten more minutes to conclude. As for the two I bid for, I just checked. They were almost over.

[The stach of the blue unicorn spears you bid for is inside your inventory]

[The sac of the giant octopus is placed in your inventory]

Good! Now with these two things I could start laying out my defense.

"This is the direction of the Great Lawn?" the jumper asked and I couldn't help but ask back:

"Do you know the park by heart or what?"

"I came here so many times already," he shrugged as if he was an old wise man.

"Yeah, you failed a lot already here," I kept teasing him. If I let the seed I planted in his subconscious dry, it might just die out.

"..."

He just twitched his jaw and could see the faint trembles from underneath his scarf. This man was still acting cautious against me, not even showing me his damn face or telling me his name.

"We are going to Turtle Pond," I said slowly, "to one particular sculpture."

"Sculpture? What for?" he said in disdain.

"Do you know what's the most powerful aspect of the weapon of the star?" I suddenly asked while pointing towards the sky.

I knew the attack coming, I knew it very well. According to the old man's words, it came in two forms. One was the herd of monsters, and that was no way to be challenging such a strong jumper.

But the second was the deadly hit from that city destroyer star. It was so deadly to not even be defended against even once. Even in the old man's heroic tales, no one ever faced such brutality and lived.

"It's crushing strength perhaps?" he said it like he was terrified from that weapon. And he should be. He faced death many times already thanks to that weapon alone.

"It's faith," I said as I recalled the words of the old man about that weapon. "It holds a great amount of faith inside that little star of it."

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"Faith? How can faith be this deadly?" he didn't seem to believe me, "no, its strength is the main threat it has. Only facing it with an equal strength would anyone be able to survive its attack."

"You are wrong," I firmly shook my head, "and I'll show you in an hour how."

"Humph! A dead man talking and boasting! Of course you can say anything you want. Saying and doing aren't the same thing, kid."

"I know, just like your empty words about courage and bravery don't matter compared to your cowardly actions from before."

"You… Do you want to die?"

"Hahaha, no thanks. I prefer to live my life to the fullest," I said while shifting my gaze towards the big statue in the distance, "I paid a hefty price already to live the life I have right now."

The stute was like a giant standing in the middle of an open field. The sky lit up slightly at this moment but it was way dimmer than any day.

Sun wouldn't shine up anymore on Earth. Earth itself wouldn't stand alone like that. Soon other worlds would join and Nala would be formed slowly along the quests.

And a new star would shine brightly over the new land.

"This… Isn't this the Polish king or something?" The jumper stood in front of the big statue of a man standing on top of his horse, raising two swords above his head.

"The statue of King Jagiello, the biggest statue in the central park," I said before I moved around and started to take the spears out.

The spears I bought were special. They belonged to a creature not in our world yet, the blue unicorn. It was a monster that lived in the sky of a world that was once lost.

But that world was special as the energy in there was way thicker than what was on Earth. The horn was precious as it was the only part of that creature to deal with that energy.

In other words these spears that each reached my height and were as thick as my fist were able to conduct energy better than anything else on Earth.

Even compared to other creatures, this one was special indeed.

"Why are we here again?" The jumper didn't know my plan. Of course a dummy person like him who only thought with his muscles and not brain wouldn't understand.

"I'll explain later," but trying to explain without a demonstration was like forcing a kid to read a text book without illustrations.

I started to plant my spears in a specific shape, a pentagonal star. It was a needed step before the last part of my plan.

As I finished, I started to move towards the nearby pond.

The statue lies at the east end of that pond. While I moved, I placed the spears on the ground. 'One shouldn't be enough, right?' I placed two next to each other, with their tapering end pointing towards the pond.

"Is it a unicorn horn?" The jumper was smarter than he looked. He seemed to recognize the spears I had.

"Leave them be," he tried to grab one from the ground but I stopped him. But he didn't listen and grabbed one.

*Buzz!*

"Damn! That little horn here is so fierce already!" his body shone in a faint purple aura before it was all sucked dry by the spear he held in hand.

"In just a moment he almost sucked me dry," he let the spear fall. That stupid jumper tried to grab the horn and infuse his energy inside it.

Did he have a loose screw in his head or what? Acting this greedy and trying to snatch away my stuff. Humph, he got what he deserved anyway.

"Gosh! Where is the pond?!"

As we reached where the pond was, the pond was gone. Of course I knew who did it. After all, I was the one who instigated all this mess.

"Stand here for a second," I said in a strict tone like I was the boss, "and don't touch anything," as if I was warning a kid already.

I took out my last five spears and placed them halfway over the edge of the pond. Each stach of these spears came with a batch of twenty.

"What is this ugly sac? It stincts!" The jumper covered his nose while looking in disgust towards the black green large sac I just took out.

Of course it smelled awful. But this awful buddie here was crucial to my plan. I let it slide over the side of the pond and placed the tips of the spears inside its jelly-like flesh.

"I'm done," I moved fast away from it as the smell was really unbearable.

"What the hell is that thing?" he pointed at the sac, "are you sure of your plan?"

He knew I had a plan already as it was obvious. But his question hammered on a tough spot here.

"I never tested it to know the results, but I'm confident," I said while trying to act cool.

"Loser," but he teased me back, and he had a point. After all this plan of mine was devised only by me. No one ever managed to face that terrifying attack and lived.

So I was literally gambling with my life here. But I was so much trusting in myself and my mind.

With all the knowledge I had, what was the benefit if I didn't use them in such a way? No way I was wrong, my plan made sense and I'd just like you, idiot, how smart I was.

Chapter 50 - [Bonus Chapter] Heaven Defying Skills

I had to account for my lack of trust with optimal preparations.

The first thing I aimed for was to purchase another pack. This time I selected the highest pack, the elite pack.

[You paid one million coins for the elite growth pack]

"Well, it's quite hot but it's worth every penny," I mumbled to myself while opening the description of this pack.

Simply put, I could now pay five thousand coins for one stat point. Of course that might seem outrageous, but one had to consider the depreciating counter factor here of the system.

The more quests we finished, the higher the cost it would to gain one single stat point. The system coupled with those in charge of the market put in its consideration the value of strength gained during the quest, plus the bigger amount of coins obtained by each one here.

So instead of paying two thousand coins per stat points in the beginner's pack at first quest, now it would cost me at least twenty thousand coins per stat if I purchased the same pack.

Also the price of the packs soared as well. In return for the five thousand coins from before, the beginner's pack now cost one hundred thousand coins.

Crazy! Those ones controlling the market were really shameless and insane! But I could see where this path would lead to.

This way they would easily filter the survivors and let only the elites shine. If they let the chance open for anyone to achieve stats easily, things would go out of control later on.

However, considering that I had stat points, beads, and other stuff stored inside my inventory, I didn't really need to pay anything.

So I didn't purchase this pack for the sake of stat points, but for two important features; two extra lives and three skills.

The two extra lives' importance was clear. Plus they could be stacked forever. So I didn't need to be worried about them vanishing after the end of the quest and the vanishing of the pack itself.

As for the skills, two out of the three were normal skills. But that wouldn't even make me moved to purchase this pack at such an extravagant price.

The third skill alone was worth it. After all, it was a class specific skill.

To obtain a class specific skill one had to have a heaven defying luck, or I should take another class quest. But class quests weren't that easy to have, and the ones giving class specific skills were even rarer.

So having one skill with the price of one million coins was a steal! In addition to that, this price would soar even higher by each subsequent quest.

Even those terrifying wealthy figures from other worlds like dragons and Selvators wouldn't even be able to purchase these packs later on.

"Select the skills," I blurted out while the jumper next to me gave me such a deep gaze. I knew he must have figured what I was doing, and I didn't mind that.

After all, he was too terrifying to be concerned about. Even if he didn't know anything about me, he could kill me with a whim.

Perhaps showing off some of my abilities here would make him lean slightly towards me in the future. Who wouldn't look for a capable partner like myself? The stronger I became, the higher chances would be for me to recruit him.

The system went into silence for brief seconds. Even with the amount of coins paid, I didn't have the luxury to choose the skills myself.

[Three skills have been selected: The sense skill, the hawk eye skill, and the separation skill]

What were these skills? It was my first time hearing about them so I opened three windows and examined their description.

[Sense skill: Passive skill. An invisible insulation of energy will seep away from your body as a center. Anything alive that comes into contact with it while you aren't aware of its presence will cause an alarm inside your awareness]

Just as I was reading this simple description, another window popped up on top of it.

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[Warning: You don't have a sense stat]

[A sense stat is being created in your profile]

[If your sense stat is higher than your enemies, the sense skill will work. If it's lower, the sense skill will fail to detect the target. If both are equal, there is fifty percent chance of identifying him]

[Sense stat can't be increased by normal measures]

[Detecting your class]

[You have a heaven grade class]

[Adjusting the requirements for you]

[Binding the sense stat to your class]

[The sense skill is bound to your class]

[The sense skill is upgraded]

[Soul sense skill: Passive skill. Upgraded form. Class specific skill. An invisible insulation of energy will seep away from your body as a center. Anything alive that comes into contact with it while you aren't aware of its presence will cause an alarm inside your awareness.

The limit of the skill is determined by the sense stat.

For sacrificing five hundred souls, you can add one point to your sense stat.

If your sense stat is higher than the target, it will suppress him. The degree of suppression depends entirely on how many folds your sense stat is above the target]

"Damn! That's heaven defying luck!!"

I sucked in a cold air of breath while not believing my eyes. My class looked domineering and so cool at the moment. With such a change, I got an additional class specific skill.

Compared to the previous skill, this upgraded one was so cool!

"What happened?" the jumper asked next to me with obvious curiosity. In fact I deliberately expressed my thoughts out loud to attract his attention.

"Nothing much," I shrugged before tucking my tongue out, "just bought a normal skill and it turned into a class specific skill, hahaha."

"You…" the jumper's body trembled as he was reminded by me of his lost class. But he had nothing to do now. Killing me? Pft, he was too curious about me to think of having me as his lackie than killing me.

But who would be the boss and who would be the lackie? Let's wait and see then.

[The hawk eye skill: Active skill. Once activated, you can see up to one mile away. Can be coupled with the night vision skill and soul sense skill]

Well, it wasn't that big of a skill to be honest. But it wasn't bad. Seeing what was coming was something vital in any fight after all.

And now it only came to the third skill. That skill was the original class specific skill. After the changes I witnessed in the sense skill, I held high hopes into this one.

[The separation skill: Active skill. Class specific skill. When activated, you can separate a single bone from a dead body of an enemy you killed. The activation will consume soul points according to the level of the enemy cultivation.

The separated bone can be stored in the inventory or sold in the market. The separated bone can be integrated into your body, adding the cultivation power stored within it from the original owner. The integration process will cost soul points based on the level of the cultivation]

"Damn!" this time I blurted out unconsciously when I read that. Without controlling myself, I eyed the nearby jumper as if I was a hungry beast looking at a delicious meal.

"Why are you giving me this look?" The jumper was startled by my gazes. However I couldn't tell. I reluctantly moved my gaze away and hoped to meet someone with good cultivation later on.

At this moment I regretted not storing the bodies of the dragon and the Selvator kids. Both had high cultivation and I would definitely have struck it rich if I used this skill on them.

But I didn't feel bitter for long. I knew chances would only start to appear from now on.

As I had my three skills ready, I rapidly checked the auction to find that someone already bidded higher than what I expected for that item.

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Forty million coins! C'mon, don't be ridiculous!

Without waiting any further, I placed more gears in the auction to be sold. This time I selected the direct selling option for fifty gears, and got around twenty-five million coins at one go.

This way I was sure of getting that item no matter what. This item was the only thing missing to make my counter attack here reliable.

"Thinking about it…" I turned to look at the jumper before adding as if I was asking myself not him, "it would be a grand scene of a fight, right?"

"What do you mean?" The jumper was still acting uneasy after my last gaze towards him. C'mon, I didn't go and bite you or something.

"The fight against that star… Me, a human, standing against such brutal force and conquering it. It's going to be an epic scene to miss, right?"

"In your dreams," the jumper shrugged coldly, "keep dreaming of defeating that without my help."

"You won't fart well against it, don't give yourself such unreliable credits," I acted as rude as him.

"Do you want to die?"

I rolled my eyes. C'mon, doesn't that jumper have any other phrase than this to threaten me with? What about hitting you to death? Or lashing you with a whip? Gosh, he lacked creativity here.

I shifted my attention towards the thing I decided to postpone for later due. According to the old man's words he left behind in the beads of memory, the three kingdoms weren't established out of coincidence.

There was a deep secret behind this. A secret that I never heard about despite reading almost every record about the apocalypse.

As I imagined the scenes of me fighting bravely against the unstoppable legendary star weapon and crushing its attack, I couldn't control my excitement anymore.

It was really a breathtaking and heaven shattering fight scene. No one would be foolish enough to set his/her gaze away from me at that moment.

It was the best thing to start my big ambitious project with. The more I thought about it, the more convinced that this was a golden chance, a rare chance that I shouldn't let slip by my hands.

However I needed something important to do it. Without it, then nothing else would work.

I instantly opened the normal market and searched for that item. But as expected, nothing was there.

"It must be inside the class market then," I instantly shifted into the class market interface and searched again.

But with no avail!

I couldn't help but frown. Should I let this chance be wasted? Just like that?

I wasn't resigned to such a result to be honest.

"What are you desperately looking for?" Just as I was feeling lost and bitter, the hoarse voice of the jumper came to startle me.

I looked up at him like I was looking at my savior. Yeah, that was a jumper! Someone who lived through many worlds and faced tens of apocalypses already. He maintained his inventory intact all this time.

The possibility of him having this item was very high indeed.

"Don't think about lending you my precious weapons," he said in a bashful expression that I didn't mind at the moment. Even his arrogance seemed like nothing to me.

"Tell me, have you ever crossed quest six by any chance before?" I hurriedly asked and my hopes were all hanged by a threat depending on his answer.

"Quest six? Humph! What do you take me for? A loser like yourself?"

"What was your highest quest then?" I pushed again. His answer wasn't the one I was looking for.

"Quest eleven," he puffed his chest as if he did something heroic back there.

"Only eleven? Tsk," I poured a cold bucket of water on his head. As expected, his answer came the same way that forced me to smile.

"Do you seek death?"

"Ok, I want something from you…" I paused before wiping out the smile over my face as I seriously added, "it's more important than my life itself. Do you perhaps happen to have a celebrity endorsement agreement reel in your inventory?"

And I impatiently waited for his answer.