Saksham opened his eyes, and said, "I am want to become invincible."
As soon as Saksham said these words, a window popped-up.
[Are You sure you want to use 95 EP?]
Saksham was shocked that his ridiculous wish actually just took 95 EP. Although he was still a bit doubtful, he pressed [Yes] without any hesitation. As soon as he pressed [Yes], he found that nothing happened. There was no prompt or any sort of changes in his body. Just as was about to scratch his head in confusion, he suddenly frowned. He looked towards the ceiling of the abandoned warehouse. In the next second, the ceiling of the warehouse suddenly exploded in pieces when a thick pillar of light fell straight down from the sky.
Saksham didn't even get a chance to react before that light fell straight on him. As the pillar of light fell on him, Saksham's body started levitating in the air slowly. As it came about 5 meters above the ground, his body stopped. Surprisingly, the terrifying pillar of light did no harm to him. Instead, he felt as if it was changing his body slowly on a molecular level. The change was very slow yet Saksham could feel tarrying changes happening in his body. Feeling the changes, he smiled and closed his eyes, and let the light do its work. After an unknown amount of time, he opened his eyes and found the pillar of light has disappeared.
And at the same time, a new window popped up in Saksham's vision.
[Congratulation! You have an Immortal Body (Level 1)!]
[Immortal Body(level 1): -25% reduced damage taken from all the sources.]
[Congratulation! You have unlocked a new body talent!]
[Immortal's Retaliation: A very small chance to absorb all the incoming damage for the next 30 seconds and then release it in the form of kinetic energy.]
When Saksham read the final word on the pop-up window, his mouth opened wide in shock. He had never heard of 'talent' like that. And why did he suddenly get a talent? Looking from the name, it seemed to have come along with the [Immortal Body]. But no matter where it came from, the effects of this talent were terrifying. And not just the 'talent', just the fact that his [Immortal Body]'s effect was to take 25% reduced damage from all sources, was terrifying enough. Although 25% doesn't look like a big amount right now, I assure you that it is a very big deal, especially while fighting enemies at the same level or even a bit higher.
Let me explain this in video game terms. So, suppose Saksham has 200 HP and his enemy is on the same level or a little higher than Saksham. If the enemy uses his/her ultimate move to deal 200HP damage, Saksham would die right there and then. But, with his [Immortal Body], he would now only take 150 Damage. This is excluding the defensive items or his own defensive stats. If we include them, he might not even take 100 damage from the enemy.
And even if he takes 100 damage, he would recover pretty soon with his [Tree of Life]. Now, suppose at that time, [Immortal's Retaliation] suddenly activated, then everything that he took in could be released back to the enemy. Saksham could release the same amount of power to deal 200 HP damage back but in the form of kinetic energy.
Although all his EP was almost consumed, Saksham was not feeling unhappy at all. Instead, he was really happy as he knew that today's harvest was really big. What made him even more excited was that [Immortal Body] was only level 1 right now. That means, he could upgrade his [Immortal Body] in the future, and then maybe he would one day be immune to all the damage from all sources. Thinking about that just made him really excited. In his excitement, he took out his phone and dialed his mother's number. Soon, Savitri picked up the phone.
"Hello, ma? Yeah, I will be back soon. Just got a little delayed at some things. Yeah. I know it is late. Sorry na~ Hehe. Okay, okay I am coming back now."
Putting down the phone, Saksham sighed with relief. He had been gone from his house since noon, so he knew that his mother would be worried by now. And that's why he gave her a call just to let her not worry. Putting the phone back in his pocket, just as he was about to leave the abandoned warehouse, he heard a series of beeps from his other pocket. He took out the phone given by Sakshi and saw there was a call incoming. He pressed the answer key and said, "Hello?"
"Hello, Asura." Sakshi greeted.
"Oh, Sakshi. What happened?" Saksham asked in doubt.
"Well, there is a problem that needs to be taken care of before it harms the ordinary citizens," Sakshi said in a grave tone.
"What problem?" Saksham asked.
"Because of various reasons, many Awakened people from many different countries had been hiding around the Indirapuram area for a while, and just half an hour ago, all of them suddenly became agitated for some reason and decided to go out altogether. And now, some of these forces have suddenly got into conflict with each other. Fortunately, they are all gathered in a giant plot of land, away from most ordinary people's homes. But if the conflict gets bigger, we don't know what it might result in. So, if you could, then please try and stop the conflict."
Saksham remained silent for a second before he spoke, "And how am I supposed to stop them? And I can't be the only one to go there right? If I go there alone, I might not even stay alive to answer your next call."
"I understand your worries, but you don't have to worry much about them. Avinash informed me that for this task, you will be a temporary assistant head of the disciplinary committee of IOEA. With just this identity, most others won't even try to talk back to you. And as for the personals, some other Awakened have already reached location before I called you. Although they are not the strongest, it will be enough to deter people from taking action especially when there is an assistant head of disciplinary committee there too."
"Temporary." Saksham interrupted.
Sakshi laughed and said, "Yeah, temporary. But your right to speak in IOEA is not small with that identity. With that identity, you represent a big part of our country's management of the discipline of Awakened people. So, do act that way as much as possible. Take any action you deem fit if a situation arises. We will be sending more powerful reinforcement very soon. Till then, you have to take care that the situation does not escalate."
"Hmmm. Alright. I will do what I can." Saksham replied seriously.
"Thank you. I will now send the coordinate to your phone now."
With that, Sakshi hung up the call suddenly. After the call was hung up, Saksham rubbed his forehead. He decided to take on another dangerous task once again. He was not really obliged to take on the tasks, but for some reason, he couldn't bring himself to refuse. So, he just accepted it. But now that he accepted it, he was looking forward to meeting more Awakened people. He had only come into 1 Awakened person so far. He has only read or heard about the various Awakened ones but has never seen their display of power himself.
As Saksham was thinking of that, his phone suddenly beeped and he saw a message from Sakshi. Opening up the message, it was the map location of the place she was talking about. Looking at that place on the map, Saksham was surprised. That place was close to where he was right now. Suddenly, something clicked in his head and he fell into thought.
"They are looking for me…"
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Gyan Khand-4
Unknown Plot of land
In this originally abandoned and empty piece of land, there were many people gathered. Some were standing far away, and some were standing in the middle, arguing with people. You can see that those people did not belong to the same faction. They were standing in 3-4 different factions. And all of them were on the verge of breaking into a fight.
"William! Don't go too far! I am already telling you! We found nothing when we got here. The signals disappeared on their own all of a sudden. And although they were pointing at this place, it didn't mean that those signals were coming from this exact place. It should be somewhere around here." A middle-aged man shouted towards a blond man in his 30's.
William sneered and said, "Michael, let's not get me talking. Do you think I would believe your bullshittery? Do you think you can fool me like you fooled your father before you killed him? Honestly take out whatever you found here and let us take it for examination. After we are done with it, we can give it to you."
At this time, another person standing in front of a group of people smiled and spoke, "It seems like you guys are forgetting us. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Yang Ma. How about you guys, let us take whatever you got and we can give it to you guys after the examination? Sounds like a nice plan, right? Or else…"
With these words out, the atmosphere reached a freezing point. Slowly, people stood together with their factions. The smaller countries just stood far away and didn't even dare to participate in the argument. Only the big countries like Russia, America, England, China, and Pakistan were in the middle of all this. China and Pakistan were allies so they were standing together but Pakistan had no speak in the matter of whatever they were discussing. They were just there to provide force for China.
The American faction was led by Michael Smith with 6 Awakened. England's faction was led by William Brown with 5 Awakened. China's faction was led by Yang Ma with 6 Awakened people as well as 4 from Pakistan. So right now, China and Pakistan's forces were bigger in number than other forces. If a fight was to break out, the result would be unknown. At this time, a group of people led by a beautiful young woman came walking quickly. The group consisted of 2 middle-aged men, 2 young women, and a young man.
"Stop! What are you guys doing so near to ordinary people's homes? Fights between Awakened people are not allowed anywhere near this place. You will face serious charges if you all continued," shouted the woman leading the other 4 people.
They were from IOEA and their arrival made the tense atmosphere relieve a bit. When the 5 people reached where all other factions were standing, the beautiful woman once again spoke, "It is a serious crime to even display your powers so near to ordinary people. We will have to take major actions if anything like this happens."
But it seemed as if no one even heard her. Everyone was just looking at each other, ready to take action any second. Seeing this, the woman once again said, "This is the final warning from IOEA. Please return from where you all came from or when the Assistant head of Disciplinary committee comes, face the consequences."
This time, the word "consequence" managed to attract the attention of everyone. Alex, William, and Yang Ma sneered when they heard it. Even the representative from other small countries sneered when they heard it. Do you think a single person could make all the people scared?
Someone from Pakistan's side suddenly sneered and said, "Woman, you have a lot of gall to say all this in front of our face, considering you and your measly group of people are just a bunch of weak chickens. We won't leave even if the head of your IOEA comes today. That priceless treasure doesn't belong to your country. As soon as we get it, we will leave. But until then? We are not moving an inch.
Hearing this, Garima's face became red in anger. Before she could speak, suddenly someone whistled from the group of people from China's faction and shouted, "Damn gorgeous! How about you let me see the consequences alone? We can go somewhere for quality time, you know?"
With that, suddenly someone rushed out at the speed of lightning and rushed towards Garima who was standing in the forefront of the group she was leading. When Garima reacted, she saw a palm was about to fall on her butt. But she was helpless as she wasn't strong enough to dodge at this time. As she gritted her teeth internally in shame and anger and waited for that palm to touch her butt, she didn't feel anything. But at this time, she suddenly heard a horrifying screech from beside her. As she opened her eyes to look at the situation, she saw something that made her dumbstruck.
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