The Owner glared at me with a sinister look, his crooked smile sent a cold shiver down my spine.
'W..what happened?' I stuttered shocked.
'I negated your Innate Ability with MY Innate Ability!' 'It's called Universal Disable! This skill is the most powerful Innate Ability, IT DEACTIVATES ALL INNATE ABILITIES, SKILLS, OR ATTACKS FOR 5 MINUTES!!!'
'Now you will never find out the truth!'
Defeated, I frantically brought out my teleportation stone and I spammed the 'teleport function'.
'Not so fast!'
[Beginning teleportation process,]
[Teleportation process failed.]
[Attempt 2, beginning teleportation process,]
[Teleportation failed.]
[Beginning troubleshooting process,]
[Detecting foreign anomalies,]
[Anomaly detected.]
[Identifying anomaly,]
[Anomaly identifi-XXXKILLBOT.HACK.INNATESKILLXXX]
[Warning! Firewall breache- ';iaerueu8fco809848e ms;;msuouhae;jnjfehuhucfhwuehfeu hmhuhcauerhaulewyfuiayetya8tycaruycatn;yeriotmcauoe;serat;ckro;ti;sorpispieritcposmrpoturopti'sosetioeritopesriticotuisuta878494y88ayomuauweaiefh;''##;ajsfhauthryty5t8y4utai/o'IH\;OIse@>K] muauweaiefh;''##;ajsfhauthryty5t8y4utai/o'IH\;OIU'I\FU''\/u/oeuficu48ut8ye4tauisjfuizlmijl]
[SYSTEM ERROR.]
[REBOOTING...]
[Beginning emergency restart,]
[Duration, 5 weeks.]
[Shutting down....]
The teleportation stone had malfunctioned.
'So what are you going to do now, kill me?' 'Or maybe torture?' 'Or maybe some other twisted method?'
'No, no, no.' he said. 'Why would I do that?' 'I mean you said it yourself, the gods would be angry.'
'Instead, I'll imprison you.'
'What?!' 'You can't do that!'
'Yes, I can. I'm a level 200 Barrier Mage. I can create celestial barriers that are impossible to penetrate. I will use an attack called, 'Barrier Cube' to contain you. Unless, you sign this contract.'
'Then, I will let you go.'
He then pointed to a glowing sheet of paper on the table that I had never really noticed.
Skeptical, I asked, 'What's the catch?'
'Well,' he said. 'You need to defeat 500 Mana Beasts and harvest their mana threads and mana cores. Then, bring the items to me to receive a great reward, 1000 Levels and a Legendary Attack, Incinerating Burst. And you must also not tell a SINGLE SOUL or else I'll imprison you.
I thought for a moment. The Owner was the owner of the Tower of Chaos, and he's our enemy and the person going to lead the invasion when two years pass. And keeping a secret from my friends isn't very good, especially when we are supposed to be a team.
But the idea of gaining instant levels, a Legendary attack, and bonus levels from grinding all those Mana Beasts would benefit enough for me to defeat him anyway. So I made the smart decision and I said yes.
The Owner made the same crooked smile again. So, It's a deal. This will be your first quest as a User of Interface System. If you check your phone, you'll see a notification.
At that second, a familiar notification bell rang.
'Ding!'
[You have received your first quest: Mana Beast Genocide.]
Defeat 500 Mana Beasts and collect their drops.
'Now, I'll teleport you back to your world but don't come back until you finish the quest to receive your reward.'
My phone suddenly said,
[Beginning teleportation process,]
[Teleportation process successful.]
The scenery soon changed to show my bedroom.
It was night time, so I decided to go to bed, but one thing was true.
Either accepting this contract will the best decision that I'll ever make, or the worst.