After some time, Gil and his team, along with the silver skeletons and ancient devil bugs returned to the mall where Adam and the supplies are.
Adam with nothing to do is eating some snacks with Arthus. Even though Arthus doesn't eat like people, he still sat down the aisle beside his master as he from time to time wipes a certain black and yellow toy car with a towel.
Seeing that Gil and others returned earlier than expected, Adam quickly fixed his mess and returned to his cold and indifferent personality.
' The demeanor of a powerhouse must be maintained. * sigh * Can life get harder than this? '
When the team reached Adam, the depressed mood of the team can be felt radiating from their bodies even making someone like Adam knew that something must have gone wrong.
"Failed?" Adam asked.
" Something went wrong when we tried to retrieve some trucks Mr. Adam. " Gil said while sighing.
oh?
" Coypd it be variant zombie dogs? " Adam asked remembering that some notification pops out about killing a zombie dog from the system.
Gil and others who have no idea about Adam's cheat could only have wide eyes from hearing what Adam said.
' Experts are experts, they can even know the existence of the variant zombie dogs in the city. ' everyone thought.
" It's Amazing how Mr. Adam knows about those zombie dogs. We really met them on the warehouse housing the trucks. Sad to say that place is crowded by zombies now and we need to abandon the idea of retrieving a truck that we can use. " Gil said explaining the situation they met.
' My skeletons are all tier 3, for them to be forced to escape, those zombie dogs must really be powerful. ' Adam thought not fully comprehending the event.
" That's too bad for you then. Now, how will you transport all these supplies? " Adam asked indifferently.
" W-well, we will try to look for another place and maybe we will be lucky to get some big trucks. "
Hearing these words from Gil, Adam could only sigh on how these poor people struggle in the current world.
If he want, he can just put all these supplies to his space. But he's not an idiot who will casually let others know all his scerets.
I guess I can only go there myself.
" Take me there. I want to see those trucks. "
Gil and the others become happy hearing what Adam said.
This wave of good things?
Isn't their cold and indifferent boss actually cared for them so much?
Don't say, don't say.
" That would be nice Mr. Adam. Actually the place is already flooded with zombies but with Mr. Adam, those zombies will surely be taken care of. " Gil said seeing that Adam would go take care of it himself.
F-flooded? What do you mean flooded?! Isnt it just some tier 3 zombie dogs and a few normies right there?!
This is a pit! These people actually tricked me.
Adam wailed but he can't just take back his words now that he cooly said that he would go.
I was happily eating here and you came back brining such danger to my life. Aren't you the legendary 'pig-like teammates'?
*sigh* system, I wanna go home, society is cruel.
" Y-yes. Just a few zombies and dogs. " Adam said to Gil trying to retained his cold and indifferent expert demeanor.
" Boss! You're amazing. " Gil said happily.
Boss?
Did I found the first ever sidekick in my life.
I don't need a sidekick who brings me to danger!
but..
Since you've been working hard, I'll give you a chance. Hays, who made me so nice? I want to become evil!
' But since the place is dangerous, I need some extra ticket to survival. ' Adam said to himself then he immediately checked his [ reward ] tab and see his accumulated tokens.
6 tokens. Should I use it all?
No, as a qualified apocalypse survivor, I must save some for special circumstances.
' System, actuvate 4 tokens. '
Ding!
" Processing request. Activating 4 tokens..
Congratulation host for acquiring [ Job specific skill scroll 2x], system function [ loyalty branch ], special item [ Mass teleportation scroll ].
[ Job specific skill scroll ] : allow the host to draw random skill in the [ job : Ancient Abyss Summoner ].
[ loyalty branch] : Allow the host to see the loyalty of people around him. In special cases, people who recieved great favor and deeply swore worship to the host will activate the hidden effect [ Knighthood ].
[ Mass teleportation Scroll ] : Can teleport the host and allies within 500 kilometers. Maximum number of people: 20 "
So good? And there is also the loyalty branch opened. Hahaha, in the upcoming days, this [ lord ] will not be pitted!
'System, how do I use this [ loyalty branch ]?'
Ding!
" The host can go to [ status ], open the [ loyalty branch ] and scan the person who the host want to see the loyalty level. The maximum value of loyalty is 100 and the safe threshold of 80. Entering 90, the person is already at the state where he would die for the host."
D-D-Die for me? Isn't that way too exaggerated?!!
Well, let's see first how this loyalty level work on Gil.
' Ignorant humans, you will never know the means of this [ lord ]. Let me see how twisted your hearts are to even make a giant pit for me. ' Adam said evilly as he eyed Gil and others.
Being stared at by Adam, Gil can only shiver on the spot.
' Big brother, you are tall and mighty. Do you really need to look at me so badly? '
Adam without caring for Gil's inner fear, he launched the [ loyalty branch ] and see the level of this treacherous human.
I have seen your true colors. Let me confirm it one last time before I gave you guys a trip to hell.
Target: Gil ( loyalty level: 88 )
eh? 88?
eh?!!
Looking at this familiar arabic numeral it is indeed 88.
Why is it 88?
This Gil actually reached 88 in loyalty?! How the hell did he had the conscience to pit me so bad then?!
This is unscientific!
Adam then scanned the remaining members of the team and he realized something.
The [ loyalty branch ] is actually broken. All he see are numbers above 85 and for Adam, reaching this number in meeting for less than a day is pretty impossible.
' System, I want a refund! You're goods are actually damaged! I want to make a complaint letter and send it to your management. '
Ding!
" Scanning for anomalies... Scanning completed.
No anomalies found in the [ loyalty branch ]. The data presented are true and the loyalty level of the people around the host are really high.
Congratulation [ lord ] for taking one of the step in being a qualified sovereign by having loyal people exceeding level 80. "
Is it? Adam could only give the system a blank stare hearing how such an inexplicably impossible result become logical in the system's words.
Adam look at Gil and the others and thought, ' These guys have high loyalty level but they still dare to feed me to the lion's mouth. If they reach 90 and above won't I die earlier than them! It's okay if they are willing to die for me but seeing how this people brings back trouble just by going out once, I'll be lucky if they don't provoke those super bosses and make me face it for them! Absolutely no!'
These people will not go out without me to restrain them.
Gil and others who didn't have any idea how Adam had brutally murdered their characters can only look at the boss who is contemplating about something in front of them.
* Sigh * Strong people really are different. Look, he is even not afraid of facing a huge zombie swarm. Such mentality! So strong! How envious!
Gil and others can only sigh and admire how the young man in front of them can already stand alone in the apocalypse.
Adam looked at Gil and others again.
Hays.. Other traverser found powerful people as their sidekicks but I only have these pit kings with me. Isn't life so unfair? Transmigration God, I'm giving poor reviews on you!
" So Mr. Adam when will we go to retrieve the truck? " Gil asked after a long time of silence with Adam only giving them some wierd looks from time to time.
Those eyes are looking so mysterious that our souls are like being seen through. The boss really is the boss. Even a casual look could give anyone a shiver to their spines.
" It's just a few zombies. What's the hurry? " Adam said to Gil without even blinking his eyes.
Ashamed? Why should I be ashamed? These people are loyal to me and will one day reached the point that they will kill me. Why should be I ashamed of them? Tell me.
Gil and others hearing how easy Adam let go of those words could only gulp their salivas.
The boss is mighty! He didn't even put a swarm of zombies in his eyes.
Adam: ....
System: ...
Arthus at the side: Oh, there is some dust on the wheels. Let's wipe it first. There, there, so clean.
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A/N: I have a hard time updating yesterday and today and this will probably continue. Class is starting tomorrow so I can only give one chapter a day. There will also be times that I can't probably update but let's just pray that my schedule will not be that hectic considering that exams are coming.
PS: There are only 2 weeks left for our class. I hope I won't fail.