At 6:30 am, Flux was waked up by the calm sounds of birds chirping. As he roused on his bed, he glanced outside the window next to his bed. Despite the fact that the outside place is blanketed by thick layer of mist, he was immediately welcomed by the morning sun embracing his skin warmly.
'This truly is a fantasy world' thought Flux.
Time did not stop him from watching the sun through the mist. Varied thoughts invaded his head but he immediately erased them upon noticing the woman standing beside him.
"Were you waiting there for an hour?"
Flux just woke up so he did not notice her presence a while ago. But that doesn't matter, what's important is her motive.
"More or less."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Well, I heard everything from the captain that's why I'm here because I've tons of questions that need an answer."
"..." Flux couldn't reply to her for a second before continuing.
"Do you know it's forbidden to enter someone's room especially when the person inside is the opposite sex?"
"I'm the chief of this village I got the authority to enter anyone's room as part of security. And, don't expect me to do something to you because you're just a kid."
"Well, you're half right and half wrong."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Nothing. I'm just murmuring to myself."
"..."
The whole room was filled with stillness. And during that silence, Flux began recalling the aftermath of the battle.
'That's right. This woman came and saved us from the Lich.'
There was nothing much after that but, right after killing the Lich, Flux received the items for killing an elite-type monster boss. Flux was well aware of what people thought of him during that time but he rather ignore it and stayed vigilant of his surroundings.
The woman was curious about how that happened. Initially, only those who fought the monster boss could receive the rewards, and Flux who was present at that time was the only person who received it other than herself. Therefore, it is quite an unexpected revelation for people who came later during that time.
The system was not meant for oneself so it's not surprising for other people to see the message once the system popped up. As a result, people forthwith noticed Flux receiving the rewards for participating in killing the boss monster.
And therefore, they quickly realized the truth. However, that alone was not enough to convince her. She then started investigating everything starting from the people present at that time for confirmation.
Later on, she found out everything and came here to ask something.
'Right. This woman's name is Laire. I thought she is the kind type of person based on her looks. However, hearing the captain's words about her yesterday while on the way to the village was clear enough for me to be beware of this person because it's the opposite of what an average person thinks of her.'
"So, my first question is-"
"I will get out of here then."
"What???"
"You said it yourself this is part of your village security right? If that's the case, I have no reasons to stay here any longer. I'm explicitly telling this to you because I have my own privacy to keep. And telling my private privacy means death to me. Clearly, you're not gonna object right? If I were to leave this place, it means that I'm of no harm to any of you."
"..."
Flux cut her off as he told her all the logical reasons as to why she shouldn't interfere with others' privacy.
Hearing what Flux said, she sighed. Flux was clearly in the right place here so there's no need for confirmation of whether what she's doing is right or not. There were so many emotions filled in her face, yet, she regained her composed self and did not go deeper into this any further.
"Well, you're right. I'd guess I was being too optimistic that I forgot the basis. I don't want any people to have a bad impression of this village so I leave you for now. But, don't forget you will get scanned later on since it's still part of the village security purpose. I'd already scanned you and I can tell you're not harmful to this village but just to make sure I told somebody to keep an eye on you. Don't worry, they're not going to kill you or anything, just don't make any suspicious moves prompting others to think you're a harmful person to this village."
Leaving these words behind, she left the room hastily without saying anything other than that.
Seeing her leave, Flux Sighed.
"Maybe I went too far." He muttered. Then, he added as he shifted his attention to the crow coming towards him from the window. "Now, I wonder what words are written in there."
Flux did not add his mother to his system party list. Therefore, the connection between them could only go this far. This method helps a lot yet quite unfortunate at the same time that he couldn't directly message her through the system. Still, Flux was the one who suggested this. There was much disapproval during the time this was made but it was accepted anyway.
Flux opened the window and the crow quickly landed on his bed. He took the small paper placed next to its leg and the crow hastily left the place. There was no hesitation. It made Flux think of it as someone else pet.
Since the crow left, the contents don't need a reply. Meaning to say, he has to obey what was written there.
"Now why the urgent?" Fluc muttered as he unfolds the paper.
Gradually, the contents became visible to him.
come to the same restaurant 2 days later at 7:00 am. Make sure not to be late.
"I don't know the meaning behind this so I expect her to explain everything when I came there." Flux said as he burned the paper in his hand.
"Since there's nothing much to do, for now, it's better to rest and replenish my stamina, strength, and mana. After all these three factors were completely depleted after fighting that Lich while I was pretty worn out already. These were the reasons why my current body can't move at all other than doing normal activities."
To be honest, Flux is just being too exaggerated with his words because, in truth, he cannot even lift his whole body.
He proceeds to lay his back again on the bed and waited patiently for his strength to come back. However, as time passes by, he comes to understand how boring this world is without doing anything. Unlike the world before where he could just pick up his phone to erase his boredom, this world needs your whole body to move just to erase the unwanted thoughts.
"Since I'm going to stay here for quite some time, looking at the auction may as well put my boredom aside."
Having said that, Flux quickly opened the system and started looking at the auction.
Once he pressed the auction in the system, various items were brightly displayed. They were being scrambled by a lot of people. Some were from a famous and powerful family while some are unknown people who were hiding their real names and personal identity to avoid exposure.
"Since this was an auction, people are allowed to hide their identities. However, a few people are using their real names as an indication of power within the auction. By abusing their family power, they could gain an inconsiderable amount of items in the auction effortlessly. Unless they have money, their greed will not stop until an even more powerful person made its appearance."
This was his first time opening the auction but it seems Flux had already figured out how the mechanism within the auction works.
"There are too many decent items here. They're too tempting that it makes me want to bid too. Unfortunately, my money is not enough to keep up with powerful families."
Since there's nothing to gain here, Flux closed the auction window but instead of closing the system, he went to the system storage.
All his items were displayed. Above else, were the items he received from killing the Lich.
『Dark staff』
『Level:30』
『Type: epic/tier 4』
『Damage: 750』
『Upgrade:0/8』
『Perk 1: resist burn 90%』
Chance to not get the burning status.
『Perk 2: life drain 6%』
Every time you land a hit. you will be healed by 6% of your damage.
『 100,003rd elite devil army ring』
『Level:???』
『Type:unique』
『Monster type tier 5 Perk 1: elite boss』
Bonus damage to humans by 10%.
『Perk 2:Bonus ultimate skill charge 15%』
Ultimate skill charges faster.
『Perk 3: Resist frost 90%』
Chance to not get frozen status.
『Only elite devil army monster boss can use this』
"So he's not even part of the 100,000 elite boss devil army huh..."
Anyone could tell and know the meaning behind this just by looking at the given name of the ring alone.
This just means that similar monsters out there may be lurking in the continent with monstrous strength far greater than the Lich.
If Flux were, to be honest, Lich with given enough time to absorb people's strength would become a continental threat and might become the strongest enemy of humanity. However, he met a person who could stop him from overcoming that difficulty at an early stage. As a result, more casualties were prevented from happening. Albeit reinforcement came, surely those people with him would've died without him limiting his actions before they arrived on the scene.
So, what if these 100,000+ monsters were given enough time to prepare themselves?
The conclusive answer will only come out from the outcome. For now, any speculations won't do anything unless it was proven.
"I should just sell this to the temple or somewhere, it's not like I can use it." Flux muttered.