"Earth Alliance Grandmaster… You mean the hero Cloud Luke?!!" Dean was shocked. He never once personally knew anyone of that caliber.
Cloud Luke was the man who found the dimension and the absorption ability. He not only the one who found it but he also became the strongest man in EA. He was still alive after 2000 years has passed. He rarely appeared in public but people who met him said he looked like he was in his 30s.
"Yes, that is him. I don't know why he did this so, don't ask me." Owen gave signal to his secretary to lead Dean to his room. Dean cannot refuse anything from the military or else he will go to jail.
The military was the most important in Earth Alliance as the military was the one responsible protecting every human from the demons. So, anything military related will be given first priority and disobeyed it meant breaking the law.
Dean followed the secretary to his room and everything was prepared there including his clothes. After showing his room, the secretary brought Dean to the training ground. She handed Dean to the Captain who oversee the training and Dean started his military training immediately.
A few hours later, Dean was lying on the ground gasping his breath. The training was too hard for Dean but Dean still tried his best. A man walked towards Dean. He stood beside Dean and looked at him.
"Dean, you can take some rest. I know how hard it is for you since this is your first time and the training we did here is for the soldier who will go to the battlefield," said Captain Jaxon. He seemed to be a nice man. He was strict in his teaching but he was not an abuser.
After Captain Jaxon gave him permission to rest, Dean slowly walked to a nearby bench and sat there. He was really tired and his body sored everywhere. He looked at the other soldier who still had so much energy doing the training.
'Dean, this training is good for you. You should continue the training' said Sys.
"My body is hurt everywhere right now. How can I continue the training?" said Dean. He used his hand to massage his body.
'Use the slime soul and heal your body' said Sys.
"The soul can do that too?" asked Dean. Sys said yes. "The monster soul is really useful. If there are other functions, it is not surprising anymore," said Dean and he used the slime soul to heal his body. After a minute, Dean felt his body was better and his fatigue was gone.
Dean went back to Captain Jaxon and continue his training. Dean also knew that the training was good for him so he did not hesitate to continue after he healed his body. He actually felt happy that he can easily healed his body if he got tired. After the healing, he felt his body has gotten stronger and knew that the training worked.
The training in the military base was not only covered physical training but also covered weapon training, strategy training and many others. All training ended in the evening. After the training, Dean immediately went to the first dimension to hunt the butterfly.
Since he got busy with the military training, Dean decided to hunt only for the core and item dropped. He won't go for the soul since it will take too much time. The next two days, Dean was able to collect all type of plain color butterfly core and drop item.
After that, he hunted some slime for their soul. He needed to stock a lot of them because they have many uses. The next day, he created a new slime. It was a green slime and again the internet in uproar but some people had started losing interest in the new slime. They kind of predicted that more of them will appeared soon and not surprise by it anymore.
People with slime compatibility was overjoyed with the appearance of the new slime because they can power up too and caught up to other people. Dean like usual went hunting the green slime. However, it took him 4 days to collect and upgrade the green slime due to his busy schedule.
Spring 21 – Month 1 – Year 2001.
It was weekend and there was no training on weekend. Dean had gotten closed to most of his teammates in the military. He easily got closed to them because they were not the type who looked down on people. Dean found out that one of them was in the same camp 7 as him but he was much stronger than Dean.
That person name was Kai. He was a commoner and an orphan so he did not have any family. He was three years older than Dean. He was far stronger than Dean and he was currently hunting the supreme grade monsters to max his supreme data.
According to Kai, he needed about 5 more supreme monsters to max out his data and breakthrough to phase 2. When Dean knew about Kai, he asked around camp 7 about him and he was hailed as a genius. To Dean, genius was usually arrogant but Kai was different. Although they never met at camp 7 and Kai apparently not inside camp 7, Dean and Kai were closed to each other in the military.
Dean and Kai decided to hang out together that day. They did not really go to many places. They went to an arcade and spend most of the time there playing games. It was lunchtime and they went to a restaurant to get their lunch.
"Kai, I read on the internet that someone found a supreme grade monsters with wings near camp 11. You should check that out," said Dean. Kai compatibility was wings. Any monsters with wings can be absorbed by Kai.
"Oh really!" Kai was happy to hear that, and he continued, "but I am quite far from camp 11. I am currently at camp 4 and I will need a long time to travel to camp 11. By the time I arrive there, someone might already kill it first"
"Is the supreme monster that easy to kill?" asked Dean. He knew the supreme grade monsters were the strongest monsters in every dimension. Many people failed to kill the supreme monsters and ended up being the one who got killed.
"Obviously it is hard but right now, there are many people searching for supreme monsters. There are many people that will soon max out supreme data," said Kai.
After that, they talked about many other things but mostly about Kai's girlfriend. He was in a fight with his girlfriend and that was why he hung out with Dean that day. Whenever they talked, his girlfriend was always in the talk and Dean just smiled at that.
After that they went out of the restaurant and people around them was pointing at something in the sky. Dean and Kai also looked at the sky.
"Kai, what is that?" asked Dean. There was a weird green light floating in the sky.
"I don't know, maybe some kind of show? You know all the big companies love doing that kind of gimmick," said Kai but his face was serious.
"I have a bad feeling about that light. We should get out of here," Dean pulled Kai arm so that they can leave the area but Kai stood still. Dean suddenly can feel Kai's energy surged. Kai face become serious. Then, Dean also suddenly felt many people around him activated their power.
'Dean!!! Get out of this area now!!!' Sys suddenly warned Dean to get out but Dean was shocked when suddenly many people around him including Kai burst forth towards the green light. They all went to attack the green light but suddenly everything stopped. The green light shone brightly.
Dean closed his eyes and the light shone for 3 minutes before it stopped. Dean opened his eyes and what he saw around him made him gasped.
"Where are we?" Dean was alone and no one was around him. Dean looked around him and all he saw was trees. Huge trees. He can't see the sky because it was blocked by the thick tree leaves. "Sys, where are we?" Dean asked Sys again, however, there was no answer from Sys.
Dean checked his stats and there was no problem with his system. "Something must have happened to Sys. My system is fine and my monster creation does not seem to be in any problem either." Dean took a deep breath and decided to walk around and see if he can find other people.
'Kaching! Ching! Chang! Klang!' Dean heard someone fighting. Dean took out both of his dagger and prepared to activate the slime soul. Dean went to where the sound came and saw three humans fighting a black creature the shape of a human with black fumes coming out of its body.