Clive was now alone with the young girl sitting on a bench listening to her blabbering.
The girl was called Alice ,she was the same age as him and decided to call him for unknown reasons.
"What do you want from me" said Clive only wanting to leave , he may not look like it but he isn't someone with great social abilities but he knew that if he wanted strength, he would have to put everything that he believed in behind him . He even thought about killing her , no one could see them at that position but he reflected and saw use in the girl as long as he cooperated.
"I need help from you, my family is chasing me and if don't do anything they're gonna kill me". She said as she was almost shivering.
"Wow, the usual cliche of the girl that ran away and was saved by the hero". Clive thought to himself glaring at her with contempt .
"That's none of my business, seeing you dead would be my pleasure."
"I know"
"How would you know."
"That doesn't matter and mind you I can see other people's systems and strangely yours is too complex for me to understand so I guessed that means that you're much stronger than me." He was indeed, much stronger than her , he didn't forget how easily he smashed her head .in his first life .
"I am indeed strong, that's true but what do I gain from helping you , someone as weak as you wouldn't provide me with anything useful right."
"If you stay with me during the 5 trial gates, I'll promise you anything you wish for."
"Anything you say , even you?"
"Even me."
Clive was surprised by that answer considering how she reacted during their first encounter but that only meant one thing , she was not lying and she'll do anything for the protection.
"I don't know what I can get from you for now , when the time comes I'll ask you for what I want and you'll give it to me."
"Okay, Clive."
He didn't mind her calling him Clive knowing he'll be spending most of his time with her but he still felt weird hearing his name from another mouth .
It was now time for the final class , practical training this time , a female teacher .
Clive had always felt handsome and he was but he had never seen such dazzling beauty , with her blonde hair and her piercing eyes , no one could focus on what she was saying even Clive .
Lara, she was called, made groups of 2 to fight each other . Clive was put against the typical cliche of that one prince looking down on everyone and that no one would dare to harm , but Clive was not anyone .
As soon as the signal was given , Clive faked a right punch and got behind him at an outstanding speed and tore him from the inside cutting an arm at the same time .
The class was silent , who would have thought someone would have the courage or even the power to do that . Indeed, the prince was not weak , he was one of the best in his generation but that training with the nameless king made Clive unbeatable . Clive made sure to put enough strength just to make him faint , as for the arm, he knew that the healers were competent enough to grow it back .
Clive got out of the class and went back home as fast as possible, he didn't have the patience to deal with this now . Before going to sleep , he remembered what he had gotten from his first kill , the bronze chest .
A weird looking clock with no reflection was in his hands with the only description in the system .
{a clock that guides the uses in a moment of doubt.}
"Huh, something he would probably have use for later one."
With only one month left before the start of the first trial gate , Clive continued to train and talk with the system, learning more and more about the world . Nothing really important happened in this last month except maybe that people were now fearing him now and others angry , he was not welcomed , the only person that gave him a pleasant look was alice .
"Of course she would give me that look , she needs me hahaha ."
The day had finally arrived , it felt like minutes , it was like yesterday that Clive was living under the guise of no parents , working at a poor and filthy location and now he is looking at the gigantic gate finally opening up .
Everyone around him was nervous , no one cared about the others now , you had to be selfish to survive and they all understood that . In this past month , Clive learned of the dangers of the gates , the percentage of people leaving the gates was very low .
Clive didn't put any meaning in these statistics , he had to win and get stronger and he could still die twice and still get back so take more risks .
When Clive entered , he felt dizzy and almost fainted and when he finally got transported there , he felt like he was seing something he shouldn't have seen , a large shining castle that he had only heard about in stories .