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Chapter 8 - Mysterious Nemisis

"Well, I will take my leave." John begins to get up from his seat.

"Once again, I am very sorry. I hope this won't cost me anything, I don't have any money.."

"Oh?" John stops at slightly turns around to look at Max, for what he just heard, had caught his attention.

"No money? That's outrageous. You've cleared a Sub-B Rank Fracture!" John said, turning around to look at Max

"Wait what? That was a Sub-B Rank Fracture?"

"Yep, and you cleared It by yourself, that means that you get all of the rewards, plus the money that the Association gives you."

"How much would that be?"

"3,000,000 Berut plus whatever you claimed from the fracture."

A/N: Berut is the currency for this world, pronounced - ba rut

"3 MIL-"

"I think I'm going to pass out."

"No no! Don't do that!" John said worriedly.

"Well I wasn't able to collect my rewards from the fracture."

"The screen should still be there, just our of your line of sight."

"Try saying, 'claim' "

"Claim."

Suddenly the rewars screen pops up again, and it shows him all of the rewards he got.

[Rewards: Title - Will of The weak, Challenger, Unkillable. 7000 RG.]

"Well, what does it say" John asked.

"It says I got a few titles, and 7000..RG?"

"7000 red gems, it's a currency for the other world."

"Other world..?"

"You'll find out soon enough, anyway kid. The money will be transferred into your account by the time you leave."

"Oh! Sir, one more thing?"

"Hm?"

"How long was I asleep for?"

"2 hours." John said, as he walked out.

A few hours go by and Max is released from the hospital, and he begins to examine his titles.

"Will of The weak, Challenger, and unkillable, these all seem interesting. Let's look at Will of The weak."

[Will of The Weak - Although you are not strong your will to live outshines anyone who comes across you. Your speed will increase by 20% when fighting an enemy stronger than you.]

"Hm this seems pretty good, the others must be just as good!"

[Challenger - You have overcome a great challenge and you have made your mark in this life. Strength permentantly increased by 15%]

[Unkillable - Even when you were faced with an impossible challenge and an Overwhelming enemy, despite being close to death, you still managed to overcome, you have become Unkillable. Once a day, you can negate any life ending attack. This cannot be upgraded nor can you gain more proficiency.]

"Hm?"

"Unkillable? Isn't that.. Stupidly strong?"

Max goes to the nearest bank to check his account.

"Hi welcome to Franklin Bank, How may I help you?"

"Hello, I'm here to check my account."

"Name please?"

"Maximus Williams."

"Hm. A lowly commoner, hm? Not even from a famous family." She thought.

"HUH?" She said shocked.

Max had more than 3 million dollars in his bank account, with 17 million in a hidden savings account, with a digital note that said,

"If you see this, do not let him know of this secret account. -Sierra Williams."

"Should I tell him, or..?"

"What happened?"

"Ah, yes, your account balence is 3 million."

"So he wasn't wrong.. I have to go home and tell my mom!"

Max runs into the forest and begins to run home, as he approaches his house, he begins to sense that something off. He begins to recall the images he seen in his dream and he began to run home faster. Approaching the house, he noticed that it was covered in a dark, heavy aura. He approached the house slowly. He opened the door, and called out to his mom, running around the house until he went into the living room. He seen a black demon with large black angel-like wings looking back at him, with red demonic eyes, it pierced Max like the sharpest sword,

"Urg.. LET HER GO!" Max screamed while rushing at the demon, forming a dark dagger in his hand.

The pressure increases and max falls to the floor, gunting and gritting his teeth. The demon smiles devilishly,

"The Haze god send his regards. Come to The Realm of The 5 Lords if you want her back."

He uttered, the power of his voice making max hurt and bleed from his mouth. The demon goes through the red and purple portal before him. Max looks up at his mom who is wiggling around, trying to break free, she looks at Maxs and begins to cry.

"You.. BASTARD!!" Max grunts in absolute anger, and rage. The look in his eye intensifies.

The gate disappears and the dark, heavy aura disappears along with it. Max begins to break down, and cry.

"I wasn't strong enough..! I wasnt.." He utters in complete defeat.

He punches the ground, shattering it. He looked up where the portal was an notices writing in the wall,

"Weakling."

Max looks at the writing on the wall with pure anger and hatred, with tears in his eyes he utters,

"I'm not strong enough. I have to get stronger."

Max thought calming himself, steeling his resolve.

The next day Max went back to the Heroes Lounge and applied for an official Heroes card.

"What happened to that Supreme Rank that recently Awakened, is there any information on him?"

"Oh, sorry, I can't tell you that."

"Its alright."

"Here you are sir Max. Enjoy your new Heroes ID card!"

"Can you tell me how this works, one more time?"

"Of course. The card works as follows:

When you need to enter a place that is for Heroes only, present that card and they will allow you in right away.

Also the card has functions other than being an all time pass. It also displays your current Rank and if your Rank changes, so will the Rank on the card.

It also can be used for a tracking device, if you've lost your card just day your name out loud and the card will come flying back to you!

Also, it has a built in Fracture radar, it'll alert you when there is a Fracture in your area.

"Anything else?"

"No ma'am. Thank you."

"Of course"

Max walks out of the Heroes Lounge and places his Heroes ID in his left pocket. He walked around searching for fractures to conquer, and suddenly his head began to hurt and his ears began to ring loudly.

Nngh.. Max tries to endure the pain. And suddenly it stopped. He wondered,

"What in the world was that?"

Suddenly a disgruntled, loud voice rang in his head causing the pain and the ringing to come back,

"Go to that tall building."

NNGH.. "Well you don't have to speak so violently.."

Max followed the instructions of the voice and went into the alleyway..Instantly he stopped, he stood there in utter bewilderment at what he had just found.