'I feel like we've gotten into a lot more trouble than we should have...'
"The report we received from the two students match with the one we received from travelers on 'Planet C' of the Moku system" an inspector reported through the comms. "Yes. As advised, we will release them after further investigation".
'Damn... RELEASE? Making us sound like prisoners'
***
"What a waste of time..." Quinn sighed as he finally got RELEASED. 'What are the chances of something like this happening'.
His next stop was where Luna was resting. Sen was already there waiting for him. Before entering the base, Quinn made sure to EAT the corpses of the beasts through his 'Gluttony' skill.
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Strength: 59 Agility: 64
Intelligence: 45 Sense: 45
Stamina: 52
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"Quinn...! I'm sorry for not being able to protect Luna"
"Hah... it's fine" Quinn responded to Sen, "you were also the one who patched her wounds up".
"...I thought that you'd be kinda mad that your girlfriend got hurt so much"
'Girlfriend? That gorilla...?'
"She's not my girlfriend. It's just that... I owe her and her family a lot" Quinn said, "so I try my best to look out for her and keep her safe... even though I wasn't much of a help before".
'Well she was one of the strongest in the area we used to live in'
***
'It's only been two days and they already decided to get back to Earth' Quinn thought as he sat on a chair looking at the sky.
This was a good opportunity to level up but due to everything going wrong, he could only get a few levels. Excluding the levels he got from Zayne, which was quite the gain. When the 'Ghastly spatial spirit' of Zayne was absorbed, all his skills leveled up too.
'When can I talk to that guy again... I've got so many questions... what was the name?' he thought as a message was sent to the watch he was wearing.
-The students will be given 3 hours to get their things ready and leave this planet. The portal will only be activated when all students arrive on the site-
'Three hours, huh...'
"... can you... kid... kid...!" Quinn heard a voice in his head again. "Am I hearing things now...?".
"Yes! You can hear me, no?"
"Are you... th-the wolf?" Quinn stuttered, 'I forgot the name I gave you...'
"Hah... of course, you did" Void sighed before he reminded Quinn what his bestowed name was. 'So... why couldn't you talk with me before?'.
"You can say that I was still... DIGESTING the spirit I absorbed. It took longer because the kid had already killed the Dwarf candidate and absorbed his spirit, so the Zayne brat's spirit is equal to two spirits you could say"
"Forget that, Quinn... find the person you sold your magic core to" Void said. 'Why? Do you know him or something?'.
"How would I know someone as young as that dwarf... I've been a spirit for quite a long time"
'So you're saying that, the old man I sold the core to is YOUNG and a DWARF...?'
"Yes" he replied, "Well he is young to me...for you, he would be way older".
'Makes sense... how old were you anyway?'
"I don't remember"
'...so why did you tell me to find that dwarf?'
"He was a divine candidate once... he did not win the game but somehow survived by hiding for many years
"The game was not completed... the only ones left were him and a terrifyingly strong Damphir..."
'Damphir...they're half human and half vampire, right?'
"Correct"
'So what does him once being a divine candidate have to do with me searching for him?'
"I'm just saying that he might be a good comrade to have by your side. Dwarves are better than humans at making things, no human can match a normal Dwarf in creating weapons
"And the Dwarf that we are talking about is a higher rank. Meaning, he is stronger than normal Dwarves, better at making equipment than normal Dwarves too"
'You're saying that he's just a dwarf but... an upgraded version'
"You can think of it like that"
'Hey... the other candidates also have a second ability like me right?'
"Yes, that is correct"
'Then why didn't Zayne use his secondary ability?'
"He was using it, it was a body enhancement type ability"
'What... there were other abilities to choose from...?' Quinn asked, dumbfounded.
"Yes, there was an option at the corner of the screen where you chose the second ability from" Void replied, "you probably didn't even bother to look at the whole screen since you were so excited"
'Ahhh... well it's fine... I like the ability that I have'
'We should be there by now...Ah! I see him'
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[Inspect]
Andre Arlo
Ability-???
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"Ah? What do you want?" the old man turned and asked Quinn who was in front of him.
"I was hoping if you could forge a weapon for me" Quinn replied, "well... not a weapon but some armor".
"Too bad, I can't make anything right now... so get the hell outta here, I'm busy"
"Andre Arlo... a former divine candidate, who survived the previous death game by hiding for many years" Quinn followed what Void told him to say.
"...So you were sent here to kill me, huh?"
"Eh? No no no! I just wanted a set of armor... if you had rejected that, this was-" Quinn tried to explain but was interrupted by Andre.
"Just what your guardian spirit told you to say?"
'Eh... how'd he know'
"So those Vamps didn't send you here..."
"Yes, I'm not even a vampire... I'm just an outsider"
"Heh! Even if you had attacked me right here, I could easily defeat you... you're just another kid who recently got power, there's no way you could defeat me"
'So people who had systems can keep the power they got from it even after the ring is gone?' Quinn asked Void.
"Yes, they can keep the power... Andre over here wasn't joking around when he said that you can't beat him.
"He should be incredibly strong... killing beasts and leveling up for many years until the ring was taken away" Void explained.
"What do you want to be made? Hurry up and tell me, as I told you before... I'm busy"