Kim and Momo already went outside after finishing their conversations. In the end, Larc only said he would give them as much support as he could. Kim nodded and left after they finish their snacks. Leila left earlier to prepare their ic. Before Kim left with Momo he requested the guild to not leak any details about them including the event which happened within the evaluation room.
Before Larc was able to ask anything, Kim released an overwhelming mana pressure which caused his entire body to freeze instantly. He only managed to barely stand on his feet due to his experience as an A-ranker for decades. However, every second felt like a ticking bomb. He felt so sick in his stomach that he felt like his innard could burst out in any second.
Looking at Kim's frightening eyes, Kim's request suddenly felt like an order that was forced onto him. At this point, he realized that the event with the mana detector wasn't some kind of a fluke.
Not getting any respond Kim repeated his request while looking directly into Larc's trembling eyes.
"Yes or No?"
"Yes!"
Larc sighed deeply remembering his most life-threatening situations which just happened a few seconds ago. He let his body rest heavily at the chair near his desk. After much thought, there's no possible reason at all as to why Kim would actually go against Varhem kingdom. Didn't the kingdom become the saviour of the earthens? Sure the kingdom wasn't able to save every life but would a person hold grudge against someone who tried to help them.
Larc walked toward the opened window behind him. He let the gentle breeze to softly touched his slightly wrinkled face. He let himself lost in his thoughts as he watched the slowly setting sun with its orange light scattering in the sky. When he looked toward the streets in front of the guild entrance, more wrinkles started forming around his face. The last thing he wanted to happen right at that time was to cause induce any trouble involving Kim and Momo. But that person with his group of people just had to come now.
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Prince Ray was sitting in his office at the top of KL Tower. He took a sip of a black coffee while his fingers riffling through some documents. Noticing it was getting dark, he snapped his finger to turn on the office lights. He then turned around toward the glass wall behind him to indulge himself with his favourite moment of the day. The sunset.
The bird-eye view from the top of the KL tower is spectacular as the city is basked with the orange-tinged glare from the setting sun. As the sun goes deeper and deeper Prince Ray lights turning on from the windows of other building. The night sky was dark, but the city was shining in brimming light. It feels like the people here never sleep.
*knock* *knock*
"Come in"
The one who was coming is the Head of Prince Varhem knights as well as the current general of Malaysia, S-ranker Varius. The suit he was wearing could not cover the lines of his bulky muscle. It felt like his cloth would get ripped the moment he would flex his muscle. With a sturdy and straight back, he walked toward Prince Ray with powerful steps. He stopped halfway and slowly put on his knee on the floor, showing respect toward the man who stood in front of him.
"My prince"
"Stand up. State your reason for coming here"
"I have finished preparing for the upcoming plan next month my prince. I'm waiting for your next command"
"My next command..."
Looking toward the man who is revered by many people due to his magnificent feat and prowess was still kneeling down on the floor waiting for his command made him lost in thought.
'If it was Hassan...he would already come to me with some sort of plan. The way the Earthen work and how our people work is really different'
He let out a deep sigh thinking it was a useless thing to think about. Culture is not something that could be enforced or adapt to easily. Especially when it has been implemented for several hundred years. Varius who listened to the sigh of his prince could only break a cold sweat. He wrecked his brain trying to remember every single thing he has done from the time he knocked he door until now. 'Did I...angered the prince? I should cut my belly right here right now!'
Looking at the trembling Varius with a serious face made Prince Ray thought 'There he goes again' while massaging his right temple. In just a flick of the moment, both Ray and Varius mana sense detected an object nearby. They turned toward the glass wall and only managed to get a glimpse of a blackbird.
"It's only a crow my prince"
'Crow?'
Ray was a little bit more suspicious than Varius. But he couldn't detect the blackbird anymore and decided to let it go. It may really be just a crow. He cleared his throat and took some papers on his desk. Prince Ray then walked toward Varius and gave him the papers which Varius accepted with both hands while one of his knees was on the floor.
"Send an email to all the guild master to have them prepare for next month"
"Yes, my prince"
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"Here is your ic. Even though we couldn't determine your rank because of some technical difficulties, master Larc decided to make both of you A-rank. However, we still could collect some of your mana memory and calculated how many monsters you killed and job request you have done. Those will be converted into individual points which work like a currency. You can now use your ic to buy what you want"
"Miss Leila, how do you determine individual points?"
"It's easy. IC can automatically absorb a part of the monster mana that you killed. Don't worry it's very little it won't affect your growth. It then converts that mana according to the rank of monster you killed. For job request, people will reward you with a specific point using their own individual points. Of course, since you just registered you didn't do any job request yet but ic could collect your mana memory and sense how many monsters you killed and what level they are so you could still have some points to help you start. This is useful for mana users who just joined the guild to earn some points for them to start"
"So how many points for a monster?"
"A low rank would be around 100 points, a high rank is 300 points and Superior rank is 500 points"
"How about above that?"
"You mean legendary?"
"Yeah, including heavenly monsters"
If it was some other ordinary mana users who asked her the question she would end up ridiculing the person for even thinking about killing a legendary monster. Even an S-rank would not survive unscathed. Furthermore, if there is a heavenly monster went rampaged in the Earth that would be the end for everyone. However...the person in front of her right now, 'He may not be strong enough to face a heavenly monster, but he may be able to go against a legendary'
Leila then looked toward Momo.
'She's also another undefined one'
After getting an order from master Larc to avoid any trouble related to Kim and Momo, for the first time in her life, she earnestly gave the answer for that kind of question.
"Legendary is one million, mythical is one billion, and heavenly... is one hundred billion"
Kim and Momo couldn't believe their ears when they heard that. To actually go up that high! They can't keep their jaw agape.
"W-Why it's so high?!"
"Even though legendary is only one step away from a superior monster, they are significantly stronger. It's like comparing an ant with an elephant. And mythical is like that as well when compared to legendary. So heavenly...I don't want to think about it... but you could live for hundreds of years without getting worried that your points might run out and still live in luxury"
That moment, a sudden flash of inspiration surge into his mind. 'If we killed the old geezer, we'll be rich!'
Somewhere in the void...
"Ha-ha-ha choo! Ugh. I can actually catch a cold? Is that kid talking behind my back again? Ugh..."
After understanding the details, Kim and Momo hurriedly grab their ic and bid farewell to Leila. Leila felt at ease as she saw the two of them walk away. She thought that if there is any trouble that was going to include both of them, it should not be in this guild. Everything was going fine. Both of them was about to leave with Wong until... she heard the voice of the last person she wanted to get even near the guild at this time.
"I smell stinky earthens around here"
The sudden silence that came after that remarks made the man who just entered the guild to be the centre of attention. Hearing the familiar voice, Wong, Teng and Ling immediately knew trouble was brewing since Kim and Momo was still in the building. They were hoping he would not be here of all times since that person will definitely poke his nose at Kim and Momo the moment he saw them.
"Why, why, if it isn't the famous Wong. It's been a while since I saw you. I thought you already dead"
His hair was white and his stature was slightly smaller when compared with the bulky Wong but with one glance one it was obvious his muscle is well built and really sturdy. Looking at the giant axe hanging at his back, one swing with his bulging arm would split a person to half. A group of people was following behind him. Even though each one of them possessed a strong presence, it was obvious that the man in front of them was their leader.
Wong didn't give any reply. Instead, with his hand behind his back, he was signalling Teng and Ling to leave with Kim and Momo. But the man caught the notion and started to interfere.
"Oh my, leaving already? We haven't met for so long and you trying to leave already? Can't we just have some fun for a little?"
Kim felt the sudden change of atmosphere in the guild was weird. He could also felt a sense of anxiety coming from the three of them the moment they heard the man entered the building. He instantly understood why when he saw the face of the man standing in front of Wong. His face was full of disdain when he was looking toward Wong. Not even once he saw the man change his expression as if he was looking at the most disgusting trash in the universe.
As Kim was observing the man, he caught a glimpse of Kim.
"You have a new person joining? Why don't you introduced him to me?"
Before the man managed to get closer to Kim, Wong shoved his arm to stop the man from approaching.
"I don't think you should get near him Kiria"
Kiria looked at Wong and smiled sinisterly.
"A B-rank actually dares to stop me? Get away, you stinky earthen!"
Even though it happened in a split second Kim was able to see the man called Kiria gave a back fist straight toward Wong's face, sending him flying toward the wall of the building. Wong was laying down at the broken wall with blood dripping from his mouth. He was still conscious but he could barely stand up.
"Stop right now A-ranker Kiria! You are breaking the property of the guild!"
Kiria didn't give her any reply. Instead, he just looked at her with vicious killing intent which caused her throat to chock and froze her in her place. That moment, both Leila and Wong had the same thought.
'Don't blame us for not giving you a warning!'
When Kiria turned his gaze back toward Kim, he noticed there was another person there. His heart thumped wildly when he saw how pretty the little girl with purple hair and violet eyes was. He could feel his urge crawling in every part of his body as his lust started to boil.
"Hello there little girl, I didn't notice you were there. What's your name?"
At first, he didn't really care who this man so-called Kiria was because there was nothing that actually could caught even a glimpse of his attention. However, not only this man blatantly ignored his existence in the mere of a few seconds, but he also dared to approach Momo with his lewd eyes. Kim quickly grabbed Momo arm and stood in front of her.
Kiria already felt irritated from Wong and Leila trying to stop him. Now, another one tried to stand in his way again. He didn't want to waste his breath on an Earthen so instead, he kept on pursuing onto Momo.
"Little girl, you don't want to dirty yourself with these stinky Earthens don't you? Come with me, and I will make sure you will have the time of your life"
The group of men who were following Kiria were chuckling some of the spectators felt disgusted with Kiria remarks, but they couldn't say a word against an A-rank. They could only feel sorry for them for just joining and already had to face Kiria.
However, there were some people who had a different thought. Teng and Ling already went as far away as they could. Leila and Wong didn't say a word to each other but they both had the same thought on Kiria.
'Kiria, you are already dead'