Almos's blade was almost about to slice through Luke's bare neck when he looked up and smiled innocently.
That smile had the power to wake Almos up from his rage. Shocked by this sudden act, he tried his best to stop the attack at the last moment, and after a great effort, he could stop.
" You...!" Almos was almost out of breath and was panting heavily. Having control over cosmic energy like that was not something anyone could do. It took extreme practice and patience to reach that stage of power controlling.
" Yes, Senior! Our faction will pay for the damages! But before that don't you think there is something you have to do here? There are only ten survivors in this battle, isn't it?"
Almos looked at Luke for a few seconds before regaining his posture.
" So, you give your consent to pay for the damages?"
" Yes!"
" Okay then!"
After that, he flew into the sky once again.
" Ahem! Since there are ONLY TEN survivors remaining in Hall number 14, the surviving battle stage of 14th Hall is over! The ranks of each person will be assessed on a global basis. That means rankings will be done according to all Halls.
Congratulations! Further details of the competition will be updated soon."
After saying this, Almos reached Luke.
" You.. you should pay in a week's time, do you understand?"
Still, showing that innocent smile, Luke slowly replied, " Ok, senior."
' Damn he is cute!~'
" Ahem, then until next time!" Saying that Almos disappeared in a bright green cosmic energy light beam.
" Ding...
Congratulations.
You have successfully cleared the quest.
Rewards:- No reward is better than life!"
" Ding...
Warning!!!
Contamination has been detected.
Problem number 2:-
The User has been living in a lie!
Proceed with the troubleshooter?"
After the announcement of the ending of Round 1 of Annual Hunter's Competition, Luke returned with Sasha to his hotel room. On the way there, Luke got to know what had happened in the VIP observation room.
But the most important thing was that Sasha never asked about what had happened to him! It was as if she knew everything happened to him! Earlier, he didn't want to ask the reason for this, but when he was about to enter his room, at the door; he couldn't ignore his curiosity anymore!
" Sasha?"
" Yes, boss?"
" Why didn't you ask?"
Before answering him, Sasha looked at his eyes for a few seconds silently.
" Boss, I don't want to know anything unless you tell me yourself. I'm not curious? Of course I'm curious! But it doesn't mean I can question you about that, isn't it? Besides, I feel like you have become stronger after whatever happened there, and you didn't get hurt! That's all I need to know!"
That was her answer! Luke was confused by her reply that he blinked several times before dashing into his room after slamming the door shut!
And after resting some time, he got that strange message.
" Problem 2:-
The knowledge that the User received after becoming an awakened god is not the real truth of the universe.
Assessing...
Assessment completed!
Corrupted percentage:- 98.21%
Continue with the system troubleshooting programme?"
" So you are saying almost all the knowledge I gained is wrong and corrupted?"
" Apparently, yes. Although the system's success rate to reorganise this information is about 0.91%, I suggest you give it a try!"
" Sucess percentage is 0.91%? Why is it so low?"
" These are sensitive information, until the system admin permits you, you can't know!"
" Again, System Admin! Who the hell is he?"
" Well, you will know very soon!"
Luke sighed.
" So, tell me what will happen if you fail to do this?"
" To tell you the truth, I don't know. But I think it's not bad as dying!"
" So, you are saying anything other than death is possible, right?"
" Technically, yes!"
" Oh, look at this bastard! See how easy he says something like that, as if it doesn't matter to him!"
" But isn't it true? It doesn't matter to me if you die or live! Do you think I love to get stuck inside a person like you?"
" What? you motherfucker...!" Once again another war between Luke and the system broke.
" Ding...
System Administrator wants to meet with you. Accept?"
" Oh finally, here she is! Say 'yes' you dumbass!"
" Is it she or he?"
" It's 'she' of course! Now, just say yes!"
" Alright! I accept!"
And in the next moment, he was once again in the Origin Plain! He saw stars, planets, and galaxies clashing each other to make balls of cosmic energy powers. Although he saw it a few times before, every time he saw it, he felt sa if he wanted to watch it more and more. It was like he could keep watching that fascinating scenario for even thousands of years without taking away his eyes!
" This -"
" Is fascinating as ever, right?" Suddenly, a woman's elegant voice could be heard just behind him.
" Yes, Origo. This scene never tires me out! It's strange to find me looking at this even though I'm not an aesthetic person!"
Origo, as usual, was in her white dress. Her wavy white hair was cascading down as a beautiful waterfall up to her soft looking ample breasts. She had excellent body curves with a wide hip and long legs, which made her body sinful as a demoness. It was like lilith wearing a white dress instead of her iconic black dress. One of the reasons that Luke wanted to be there for thousands of years was her.
When comparing Nyx and her, Luke always felt lost! According to him, they had their own unique beauty.
' Come to think of it! Even Sasha hits differently than others!'
' Huh? What am I even thinking? Three women? No thanks, please! But still..'
Recently, Luke's fear for women had been slowly diminishing. Even though he didn't know the reason for this, he felt like he had begun to like them!
The reason for Luke to become afraid of women was mainly because he was a virgin! He had never asked out a girl in his entire youth. Instead, he had spent that time just to practice again and again continuously. So, he didn't know how to interact with a girl until he met Nyx and Sasha.
By spending time with both of them, he slowly began to find it interesting to interact with women. He talked with them more and more that he spoke so many words just in a week with them, which was more than the words he had spoken before in his life from his birth!
He had been slowly recovering from being shy in front of girls.
" Admiring something beautiful doesn't require the admirer to love every beautiful thing he sees in his life."
Luke just smiled at her.
" So you are the so called, system administrator, huh?"
" Well, it's what I'm called, even though I don't like it very much."
" So what do you like to be called?"
" Just my name, Origo! That's enough for me!"
Luke turned to her.
" We have a lot to talk, isn't it?"
" Yeah, but before that, it will be easy if you accept the system's process request."
" But, the results of failure -"
" Luke, tell me, have you ever backed up from such like situations in your life?"
Luke's eyes widened from surprise. Did he back up from these kinds of situations?
No, for heaven's sake! He practised like a maniac in order to become stronger. He risked his life more than anyone else in the world! And he knew if he got away from such situations, he would never be able to be as strong as he was now!
' Yes! What the hell even I have been thinking?'
" System, proceed! I allow you!"
" That's more like it!"
Seeing his courage and determination, Origo smiled. Her smile depicted only one thing. That was extreme satisfaction! She was very much satisfied with his performance.
Naturally, Luke disn't see this.
" Ding...
Starting process... 1/1
Current system level:- Level 1
Attempting to connect to the universal database...
Error:- prohibition detected. Error message:- This fucking son of bitch system can't fucking enter to the database!
Attempt 1 failed. Total remaining attempts:- 2/3"
" Wow! That was something! I want to meet the one who made that message!"
" Shut up."
" Getting universal address...
Bypassing universal firewalls...
Level 1 :- completed.
Level 2:- completed.
Level 3:- completed.
.
.
.
.
Level 10:- FAILED.
Attempt 2 failed."
Luke looked at Origo. Sweat began to tickle down from his forehead when he saw the grim look on her face.
' Damn it'
" Starting attempt 3:-
Getting universal address...
Bypassing firewalls...
Level 1:- completed.
.
.
.
Level 10:- COMPLETED.
Connecting to database...
WARNING!!!
ALL EYE SYSTEM HAS DETECTED AN ILLEAGAL BREACHING OF SECURITY SYSTEM!!!
ALL EYE SYSTEM HAS FOUND THE SYSTEM ORIGIN OF DIVINITY
ALL EYE SYSTEM IS ANGRY
IT IS SAYING, ' IT'S YOU AGAIN! GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE! YOU BITCH'
SYSTEM HAS BEEN FORCIBLY KICKED OUT!
ATTEMPT NO 3 FAILED!!!"
" DING...
ALL ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN FAILED...
MEMEORY OF THE USER HAS CORRUPTED...
CLEANING...
DONE."
A terrified Luke looked at grim-faced Origo!