" Thank you for your services sir". The real estate agent quickly thanked Kailen who responded with an amiable nod .Seeing this the real estate agent turned around, entered his private car and left ...
Kailen stood on the balcony of the house with a satisfied feeling.
This beautiful house was located in a beautiful mountainous region in New Alexandria City ...
The locality was called Dawnhill estates .. It was a place where high class members of society lived...
However that wasn't the reason why Kailen had decided on this location...
Kailen loved serenity .. This mountainous region boasted a very good natural environment of trees, serene air and a great view of nature from one's roof...
Kailen turned around, walked to the hall and turned on the television... He sat on a comfy dainty furniture and relaxed...
Kailen felt nostalgic...
" A few hours ago I was on the verge of death with nothing, and now... I'm an awakened with S rank talent potential .. Heck, I have even moved into my own house..." Just as Kailen was reminiscing ...
[Breaking news ..A young man named Kailen Darkhaven in New Alexandria City has awakened at the age of 17...not only that he has ..]
The news anchor went on to describe how Kailen jumped directly to E rank after his awakening and the fact that he had an S ranked talent potential...
[Now the question the guilds and all the higher ups o the city are asking is... Where is Kailen Darkhaven ...?...]
" Planned to be low-key but I guess that's not possible anymore..." Kailen sighed... " It's been ages since I had a shower... I could use the feeling of cold water on my skin for a while .. it's been a dramatic 24 hours..."
***
Kailen stood before the mirror...
" Not bad ...Awakening is really a miraculous thing"..His looks had completely changed...he had grown considerably tall, his physique was lean, and athletic, his muscles brimmed with sturdiness and energy, and looked as though they had been perfectly sculptured by some supreme being....
[New mission: You are too narcissistic...stop wasting time appreciating your looks and head to the awakening centre ... There's a mission there I'd like you to take now.. When you get there, there's one C rank mission ..pick that one..
Complete it as soon as possible or you will not have access to the time dilation artiact for at 3 months.. Oh, and there are no rewards for completing this mission... You already have a new house ...Don't be selfish ..Tsk]
"This ..." Kailen was shocked about how the system could be so shameless ...
"If I fail I'll be punished but if I succeed there will be no reward... Tsk ..." Kailen complained...However the time dilation artifact didn't respond...
" At least I can get to test my affinity and skills in actual combat.. .." Kailen mused ,donned some casual wear and headed out...
*****
The woman at the reception's eyes lit up when Kailen entered the awakening centre...
She remembered him just how he looked.. Dark hair ,pitch black eyes.. casual hoodie and jeans and sneakers...
"It's definitely him... I need to let the higher ups of the awakening association know he's decided to appear ..Wait, is he going to take that C rank mission?... Isn't he currently E ranked..?"
This was the thought on most of the awakened gathered in the awakening centre...
" That's him...the guy with an S class talent... What's he doing?... Is he taking the C rank mission?... Only C ranks and above can take that mission... Is he courting death"
"Just because his awakening was special and he has an S grade talent doesn't mean he should be proud... He's gonna get himself killed"
Kailen ignored th whispers in the room, then focused on the details of the C rank mission on the mission board..
[Reinforcements in a beast tide needed at Smallville county .Actively join the awakened in the county to subjugate the beast tide..
Mission rank -C
Reward -500,000 thousand dollars]
Kailen ignored the crowd then headed to the familiar receptionist to sign up for the mission...
"How will it be known that I've completed the mission... ?"Kailen asked...
"The awakening centre branch in Smallville county will send a report, including a video footage of the beast tide to us... That way ,we will be aware of your contribution in the beast tide sir... Be calm sir, due to this ,no one will doubt the credibility of your completion of the mission... After that, the cash reward will be sent to your awakened card ..There are a few awakened who have decided to also take on the mission ...Would you like to get in touch with them?" The receptionist explained politely...
Kailen responded "Not really, I'll head there on my own..." He then thanked her ,and turned around to leave...He preferred working alone ..He couldn't trust anyone...
"At least I am certain now that no one can fraud me and say I didn't complete the mission... I can have my money at the end of the day..Also ..those diabolic beasts, I can finally vent on them... " Kailen's gaze turned icy at the thought of venting on the Daibolic beasts...
****
A massive panda about 4 meters tall crushed through a building, causing a cacophony of human screeches to emerge and debris to spread in all directions....Many had died under the relentless assaults of this beast and many other diabolic beasts...
" It's the D rank violent Panda... We are screwed.... When are the reinforcements going to arrive"
" It's about 2 hours drive from New Alexandria City... Reinforcements should have arrived by now...what's taking them so long..."...
" We've killed most of the E ranked and F ranked beasts, leaving us to the savagery of the D ranked beasts"
Various awakened launched all manner of strange attacks with their affinities as they bellowed in fear and exhaustion....
" Team leader Micheal what should we do" One of the awakened asked their team leader..
" We retreat... We are not a bunch of superheroes with some hero complex...we can always pursue another mission later ..However if we die now, there won't be another chance... I have a wife and child waiting for me...I can't die here ." The team leader replied, an expression of fear and trepidation visible on his face...
" But if we retreat they will all ..." Without waiting for his party member to respond, lightning flickered beneath Micheal's fear, propelling him backward away from the current location where the swarm of beasts had gathered to a less chaotic place a few kilometers away....
His team members followed suit, leaving the citizens at the mercy of the beasts..
Corpses were littered in the streets , bodies were mutilated with blood flowing endlessly , due to the relentless attacks of the beasts...
" They fled .. the awakened have given up on us, we are doomed...." ..The individual who had just spoken was pummeled to death by the feet of a diaboloc beast....turning into a paste of blood..
People run for their lives, screaming and panicking ..
A 3 meter beast that had a lion head and the body of a tiger roared ,causing shockwaves to flood the surroundings ...It started condensing a massive fire ball in it's mouth that caused the surroundings to heat up...
" Curses ...we will be caught in the range of its attack no matter how far we run... We won't be quick enough to escape " An awakened bellowed, not far away from Micheal and team ....tears falling from his face...
Micheal remembered his beautiful wife and small girl... He needed money so that he could send his girl to the school of her dreams, causing him to take on this dangerous mission.... .
"Wife,daughter forgive this unfilial man for leaving you"...He sighed , ready to accept his fate...
Just when various awakened were having similar thoughts, a cold detached voice reverberated through the chaotic environs
"Shadow manipulation" ... Various shadows near the chimera looking creature that was conjuring a fire ball begun to move.... The shadows seemed as though they were alive,assuming a dark ethereal outline as they coalesced at a spot in the air,giving shape to a shadowy scythe about 4 meters tall ....
Before people could make sense of the situation ...
The shadow scythe swung,falling on the neck of the lion-dragon chimera creature conjuring a fireball...
The creature let out a wail of pain and anger...However it's wail was all for naught.. The fire ball it was conjuring dimmed and dissapeared,as it's head fell from its body..
Blood splurted like a fountain from where the cut had been made as the head rolled and fell,and the massive body of the creature crushed into a building and fell causing vibrations to spread across the ground...
Thump!
Awake and unawakened were shocked.... Just what had happened....
Micheal and team turned ...The voice that whispered the name of some bizarre skill before this whole miraculous scene had ensued seemed to have come from behind them...
Micheal turned...that's when he saw him..
Tall dark hair with pitch black eyes ,sporting a hoodie and sneakers with a detached expression on his face ... He seemed relaxed with his hands in his pockets as he walked towards Micheal and the other awakened who all looked at him with mixed feelings ... They had even forgotten that if they lose focus ,they might die on the battlefield...
" Time to try out the shadow necromancy skill.." Just when Kailen wanted to activate the shadow necromancy skill on the Daibolic beast ...A holographic screen appeared before him...
[As a necromancer, you have to be cool and catchy... Would you like to choose a statement for creating Shadow Creatures when you want to use the shadow necromancy skill]
Kailen sighed inwardly, this time dilation arrifact was just too dramatic ....He thought for a while ...then mentioned
"Agglomerate "
[Statement " Agglomerate " recorded for using the shadow necromancy skill]