The book, from the looks, seemed to be a skill book where the Aks council recorded their top skills. 'Why would they keep something so sacred in the treasury room. 'Tim thought, as he removed it from the shelf, looking at the content the book, it was empty.
'It seems that it's one of those books that reveal the contents based on some conditions' he thought, as he removed the remaining items from the shelf.
'This is definitely a great gain for me' he thought happily. After all the loneliness, struggle and pain he faced growing up, taking some high grade treasure should be able compensate him a little. 'How do I hide all these treasures?' he thought.
He looked at the ring and wondered how to activate it. Storage rings were a common thing, and it did not always require the user to be awakened for them to activate it. Some of the rings even came with inbuilt mana stones, to assist the unawakened.
He looked at the ring, then voiced out a command "store my item!". Nothing happened "Open storage, activate storage, show storage" he voiced out, but nothing happened. He was not taught any basic education, not even mana techniques or any history of any kind.
The only thing that was taught to him regularly was the battle technique and instinct which he has honed to a very high level. Now he had no idea on how to use the empowered equipment's. Looking at the ring, he decided to try it on his finger.
He wore the ring on his finger. It was bigger than his finger, but the ring suddenly began to shrink until it fitted well on his finger. 'Hmm, so the ring works on its own. Why is it not storing my items? I want all my items in the ring so….' His thought was interrupted, because the items he wanted to store suddenly disappeared.
Immediately the items disappeared, he suddenly had a mental view of a large space, the space was empty and clean without any spec of dust. In this large space were the items that Tim was previously holding, they were floating, and they were organized.
'So that is how it works. I should have worn the ring first, instead of aimlessly speaking to the ring. It also works on thoughts of the wearer I see' he reasoned.
The book suddenly appeared on his hand. He thought of the book appearing in his hand, and the book appeared in his hand as imagined. The book appearing in his hand proved his theory right, that the ring responds to his thoughts.
He decided that it was time for him to leave the treasury room. He could have taken all the treasure that was in the room, but he decided against it, he figured that the items he took was all he needed, besides even if he grew up to be someone that had little to no guilt conscience, he was not one that will do the unnecessary.
As he left the room, the room closed and sealed itself. He was not surprised by the door's automation, the organization had lots of ways to achieve something like a door automatically sealing itself. Deep down he knew that the events that just happened could come back to bite him, but he just pushed it further down into his mind, who will pass down such a good opportunity.
Arriving at his room, that he had retained from all the strenuous task, he threw himself at his bed and fell asleep. He had not had any sleep for the past 11 days.
He had to complete numerous low to mid level task to earn enough points, coupled with the strange requests from the Aks council members. He had a trait that could recover his health and stamina, but the trait could not recover all the mental stress that had accumulated over the past week. He was exhausted.
The following day, when he woke up, it was already noon. He quickly got up from his bed, and went to clean himself up. He dashed out of his door towards the task board.
Getting to the task board, he hurriedly checked for the remaining high paying mid level task.
[ Mid Level Task(requirements – group of Elite Warriors or 2 or more Masters)
Task 1: A client has commissioned us to get into his friend's house and murder his entire family. Achievement points 300.
Task 2: Our scouts has witnessed a transportation of an high grade weapon, intercept the transportation, steal the weapon, and leave no witness. Achievement points 600.
Task 3: A client has requested that we assassinate a Master for revenge. Achievement points 1500.
Task 4: A client has requested that we assassinate a group of Elite Warriors and a San Master. Achievement points 5000.
...….
]
'I have to complete a achievement task before I go for the mission asked by the leader. I should be able to fair well against a Master ranked person, but would I be able to cope against a San Master with a group of Elite Warriors.' Tim thought.
He had to maintain a quota of 4000 points per day. It was not the quota designated by the organization, it was the quota that had been given by the leader to him in an effort expose him young to the cruelty of life, which totally worked, as Tim became obsessed with power and growth, to not be controlled by anyone, which could only be possible with absolute strength.
He picked the scroll containing the details for the 4th task. It was definitely the most difficult task, he has faced. A San Master was 5 ranks above his rank, he was just ranked as a soldier, although he was unawakened, he had the battle skill that was comparable to that of a master, coupled with his cheat like passive trait.
If he was awakened the chances of him completing this particular task would be 55%, but because he was unawakened, the chances of completing the task were 25%, and 25% was okay by him.
Honestly the passive trait that Tim possessed, had literally altered his risk assessment. He was scared of death, but he was not that scared, if there was a slim chance of survival for him, he would definitely take the chance.
After reading the full details of the mission, he wore his mask, and he departed the organization immediately for the mission.
As he left the entrance of the organization, two men suddenly appeared from the shadows. If Tim was to see these men, he would recognize them as Aks 3 and Aks 6. The two most brutal members of the council.
"Hmm, he wants to challenge a San Master. He might probably die, or he might escape from death, and heal with that bloodline trait of his" Aks 3 said with a serious expression.
"Well, it does not matter if he dies in this mission or not, he will surely die against that monstrous beast the leader told him to go up against." Aks 6 said with an evil grin.