Since Cyrus left in the early afternoon, the light in the sky is fading and his time is now in the single digits. It's been only a few minutes or so since he had left the doctor's place. He's now walking down the dirt road that was full of micell earlier. Most of them have already went back to their homes due to it getting late.
'I feel kinda drained, how much mp do I have left?'
{50/160}
'Wow, Really? I thought I used way more mp than that' He sits down on a bench near the road to think about what to do next. Coincidentally, the experience screen appeared in front of his face.
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Exp Gained: 2,000
Ratman: 500
Ratman: 500
Ratman: 500
Ratman: 500
Core Level 2
2450/5000 (+2,000)
Items acquired:
25 Kolons
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'Oou, I got some money! Finally i'm getting somewhere.' He puffs up his chest
{50 kolons won't get you much}
'You just don't want me to be happy!' He sighs and continues to examine the screen.
'Wait...'
He scratches his head, 'Isn't it a bit too easy to level up? Is that normal?"
{Yes, the first 3 levels are the easiest to level up. It's to help beginners understand the system and how it works before experiencing the full system first hand.}
The news came as a complete shock to Cyrus. 'This isn't the full system!? I was just starting to get used to the one I have now'
{Don't worry it doesn't change that much. Only a little bit of stuff will be added}
'Oh ok' He sighs of relief and lays his head back. Although the bench was rough, it was comfortable enough for him to almost fall asleep. However, he easily catches himself and tries to think about his day instead to stay awake.
It was working, but the more he thought, the more things started to not click in his head from today's event.
'That's weird'
{What is it?}
He sits up on the bench 'Open quests!' The quest page immediately appears.
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Quest:
Oh No! Someone is in trouble!
•Save the unknown person from the evil hands of the doctor!•
Failure: Nothing
Reward if you succeed: Unknown
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'Why haven't I gotten the reward yet! I helped her didn't I?'
{You didn't exactly wait for her to leave. She may have gotten caught again}
'She had one job and that was leave the building!' He slides his hands down his face.
'The reward from this quest better be good. How much time do I have left?'
{4 minutes and 30 seconds}
'Ah, d*mn that's not enough time at all'
{The quest will stay active until someone saves them, so you have time. Do you want me to send your soul back to the dungeon?}
Before he answers, Cyrus's ears twitch. 'Not yet'
{What happened?}
'I'm being watched' He grins and secretly forms a gun.
{You don't have that much time left}
'It's ok, i'll try to use my time wisely' Cyrus hides the gun in his cloak and gets up to walk behind one of stalls that was across from him.
Once he was out of view, a person who was behind a tree comes out of hiding to follow him. The stalker looks left to right and calmly walks over to the same stall Cyrus went to.
When they looked behind it, he was no where to be seen.
The stalker became confused and started thinking that he must have went somewhere else because there was only an empty lot behind the stall. No trees, no trashcans or even a sewer for Cyrus to conceal himself with.
As soon as the stalker turned around to leave, they felt something cool on their head and immediately raised their hands in the air.
"You see, I don't f*cking remember ordering a duckling to follow me everywhere."
Cyrus is aiming a gun directly on the person's head who's covered in black gear. The stalker appears to be a micell due to its ears and tail. Immediately clairvoyance was activated on them.
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•Micell•
Hp: 225/300
Gray haired
Uses a sword
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'As expected, it doesn't help! ' He groans. "You have 1 minute. Who are you?"
"W-Where were you hiding?"
"Don't answer my question with another question" He pushes his gun more onto the micell's head.
"Yes! Sorry, I was just curious" The micell makes a big gulp. "I.. I work for... the newspaper and I thought it would be interesting to add you in it. You don't normally see someone wearing a huge cloak and m-mask"
"Oh really? You should have said so!"
"Really!?"
"No"
"Wha-..!"
"I might have believed you if you weren't completely covered in black clothes. Since you want to lie, there's no point in keeping you alive."
"W-wait! Don't kill me! I'll tell you!"
"Oh, do tell"
"I don't know who ordered it, but one of the leaders from my guild told me about a secret quest."
"Wow, where's your loyalty?" He laughs "What's the guild's name?"
"If I tell you will you let me go?"
"I'll think about it!"
"O-ok! It's called.. the hidden guild. I promise I won't tell anyone about our encounter! I'll just say you disappeared!"
"Let me think"
While he was thinking, The micell slowly moves his hands to his right hip as if he's about to grab something.
"Ok, I thought about it" Cyrus puts his fingers on the trigger without hesitation and pulls it. However, at the same time, Cyrus was teleported back to his dungeon so the bullet ended up not hitting the micell. Luckily, letting him live another day.
Not realizing what happened, the micell jumped back with a gun in their hand. "What? Where did he go?"
He looks everywhere to find Cyrus, but he was long gone. "Phew", All of a sudden the micell's appearance started to change back to its original form.
Subject 029 stretches her arms and legs because of the soreness in her body. "Thankfully he left! I didn't think I would get caught." She frowns.
She puts the gun back hidden on her hip. "The doctor's minion was a nice sacrifice. It's good thing I killed him before I came here or I wouldn't have been able to use his identity."
She stomps her feet. "How embarrassing! I lied several times and couldn't get any information on him!"
Subject 029 bursts open her wings and started to fly back to the doctor's place. "Oh well, time to head back"