《Skill Creation in the Fantasy world》


 End of the Ordinary Boy.

    It was the day when Felix, who after the end of his college finally succeeded in getting the useless certificate of degree in his studies of Communications, and had to start his job at a call center nearby.


    Well, it can''t be helped as he was one of the many orphans staying at the Prospects Orphanage, where even food was hardly given to the always-growing children.


    So there was hardly anyone getting into a prestigious college for better education unless they got a scholarship.


    Taking care of oneself was the basic skill that the kids needed at any orphanage for them to survive in this harsh world unless they were lucky enough to be adopted.


    A thing that Felix learned because he became used to taking care of himself.


    Walking down the pavement of the road with one hand carrying his suitcase, and the other hand busy searching the way to his future workplace in the maps on his smartphone, Felix gasped at how hot the climate was.


    "Man, why is the sun especially hot today? Is it telling me to stay at home and not go to work by burning me up?"


    As he blew some air at the gap near the neck of his shirt, Felix couldn''t help but think about how his whole life had gone and had come to this.


    As far as he remembers, he was always at the orphanage and had no recollection of what could be a family.


    Well even though he didn''t have any family, the kids and nuns at the orphanage gave him much love for him to never wish for something more.


    Among the kids at the orphanage, he was the most average one.


    Some were good at studies and some at sports, while all he did was surf the net for anime, web novels, and games.


    So a bit ashamed of what he was doing, Felix gave his best in studying and somewhat got passable marks in school before getting himself into college to study BA in Communications which was as per his concern the perfect degree for him, as he was not good with studies and also too poor to afford those expensive but good education.


    That made him more ordinary and average than he previously was.


    Now that he had finally completed his studies, and after getting some luck with his job interview, Felix decided to give his new job the best he could and at last, try contributing to the orphanage with some small donations.


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    "Ahh! Why are the cars so slow, hurry up I got a job to do."


    Jogging in the same place, Felix cursed seeing as how he was getting late to his work.


    He looked at his third-hand watch that at least showed the correct time and started panicking at how late he could be.


    "Am I going get scolded on the first day of my work?....or at worst fired because I''m not fit to be an employee at their company? Ughh! I better stay positive and not wish for my own downfall."


    Somewhat stressed and unhappy, Felix turned away from the unstoppable trafiic and looked at the sky as he thought,


    ''Well, after living an average life and also being an ordinary person, I don''t think I''ll ever have a happy life that I can enjoy.''


    The traffic lights turned green and our protagonist took his steps crossing the road when suddenly his suitcase felt somewhat empty.


    ''Huh?''


    Stopping in the middle of the road, he looked down to see that his documents and files were all on the ground; and the button of the case that should have kept it all safe was slowly rolling down across the road.


    His face scrunched up in annoyance looking at the mess.


    "Oh Damn!! Is this for real?? How can I be so unlucky for doing this on the first day at my job when I''m also being late? It must have been a scam when that suspicious guy was selling a nice suitcase for such a cheap price."


    Felix thought of the guy with silver teeth, who had his hands clasped together selling the bunch of bags with a cheap smile on his face while bragging about how they were made by first-class tailors.


    He couldn''t help but gnash his teeth and curse that scammer.


    "Just you wait, the next time I see you I''ll make sure to break those teeth of yours and make a selling from them."


    Bending down to pick up his belongings from the ground, he started collecting them under the horns of the vehicles and the non-stop traffic.


    After finally picking them up, he stood in the middle of the road when suddenly a loud horn made him turn towards the source.


    ''HONK!! HONK!!''


    And there he saw it, a large truck that seemed too old to be driven and might break apart at any moment.


    But the thing that made him widen his eyes was that the forsaken truck was rushing straight toward him almost making him pee in his pants.


    ''Ahh, this must be the Legendary Truck-kun that sends isekai aspirants to their desired worlds.''


    Knowing that the truck was at a speed that he couldn''t escape from, Felix smiled sadly as he gave up on running away and decided to do something that made the public around him scream in horror.


    ''Well, my life was not that satisfying anyways, at most average. The only regret I may have is that I cannot give back to the people who made my life somewhat good. And if there was a next life, I hope I can be content and enjoy it without holding back.''


    The truck drifted on the road, turning sideways, but it didn''t change it''s direction as it headed right onwards to the frozen Felix.


    ''Also, somebody please delete my computer''s history...sigh.''


    Closing his eyes as he didn''t want to look at the horrified driver from the truck''s window who was pressing the broken brakes of the old truck, Felix made the famous Titanic pose that ''Rose'' did, by raising his arms and making himself a T-figure.


    Many people at the scene took out their smartphones to capture the shocking yet artistic moment. A guy wearing an anime t-shirt on the side was rendered speechless as he gawked with envy.


    The world turned silent, except for the screeching of the truck and the clicking of photos.


    And at long last, the Legendary cliche of a truck crashing into an average pathetic young man took place on this fateful day.


    "CRASHHH!!"....."thud".


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 Is this an Isekai?!

    Dark.


    That was all he could see, wait maybe the word ''see'' doesn''t fit right here.


    He could feel it, the darkness that didn''t leave any space for light.


    ''Where am I?''


    Feeling as if he was floating in some direction, the soul tried to move his body or what could be his apparition possibly.


    After trying some more, the soul finally stopped as he felt he was not moving in his desired direction, but moving towards something that was pulling him in its direction.


    He didn''t have any collection of what was going on as he spent his time in the dark space, where he couldn''t produce any thoughts, or more like something was not allowing him to have a stable mind to think.


    Being in the dark and unknown could make even the toughest and strongest of beings feel the terror of what was yet to come.


    But the soul, as if not having the slightest inkling of what was happening just floated about the space.


    It felt like an eternity while it also felt like a few minutes had passed when suddenly he felt the pull he was feeling all the time become stronger and stronger.


    His surroundings started dazzling as they changed from a mix of different colors like that of a rainbow and he felt himself dragged into the infinite end.


    A few seconds later, the pull reached its peak and suddenly everything became bright white.


    The soul couldn''t resist anything as he felt like dropping into a white canvas with great force.


    And then everything disappeared becoming dark again, as if all of what happened was a dream.


    **********


    Felix felt like he spent a lot of time traveling somewhere and at long last had reached his destination.


    ''Ouch! It hurts.''


    Struggling to move his body which seems to have been tied strongly, he felt pain around several parts of his body.


    Slowly opening his eyes which happened to be the only thing he could do at the moment, he gazed at the world after a long time that felt like an eternity.


    It was still dark but not so dark that he couldn''t even perceive his surroundings and look at where he was.


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    It seemed that he was inside of something with a relatively small space but it was still tightly occupied with things here and there.


    The thing that he was on seemed to be moving as he felt it slightly shaking, and giving a bump as if on a poorly maintained road.


    ''Where is this?''


    He tried saying, only to find that his mouth was stuffed with a cloth, because of which he ended up making some gibberish sounds.


    Felix felt his arms hurt before he looked at his body which appeared to be smaller and malnourished, and skin that looked a bit pale with lots of bruises on every part of his body.


    It was the first time for him to feel such pain as he never got that badly hurt or in an accident considering his crappy luck.


    ''Why is my body covered in bruises that don''t look like it was done by merely falling or an accident? More like getting thrashed around by buffed guys in a UFC match.'', his mind buzzed with thoughts.


    ''Wait, what am I even wearing?''


    He turned down to look at his clothes.


    No, it wasn''t worthy enough to be called a cloth, because it was just a piece of sleeveless white dirty rag that covered his body from the neck to his ankles. Something that could be torn apart by just pulling at it.


    ''What the hell is going on!!''


    Felix tried removing the ropes that were tying him but gave up after some minutes of struggling as he couldn''t seem to free himself of the constraints.


    He tried poking his tongue out as the cloth that covered his mouth slowly came out.


    "Huff! Huff! Ohh shit that felt suffocating.", he gasped.


    ''Wait my voice seems different.''


    "Cough cough...Hmm...Mic testing 1,2...3."


    ''My voice seems childish, did I become younger?''


    Still clueless about what was going on, a thought suddenly entered his mind.


    ''No way!! Did I...Did I get isekai''d?''


    Staring at the ceiling and shaking with excitement as his hands trembled with joy, Felix shouted.


    "Holy shit!! Wasn''t I killed by that truck? How the hell did I get sent to another world?"


    And then he remembered the cliche troupe.


    ''Wait If I got transmigrated to another world, then that means-''


    Acting like a rabies patient with red eyes, he started shouting again.


    "SYSTEM!! Come out!!"


    Seeing that nothing happened, he tried again now on the verge of insanity.


    "STATUS!! YES!! Show me my Status!!


    Still, nothing out of the ordinary happened as he barked like a dog.


    "Hmm? Where is my golden finger??"


    A bit flustered, Felix asked himself wondering whether his potential ''system'' was still locked or if he didn''t get one.


    "Huff! Let''s try to calm down and analyze what''s happening around first."


    Calming himself down as he took deep breaths, he started thinking about his situation with closed eyes.


    "First of all, Why am I tied?"


    Thinking for a bit, Felix started thinking that after getting thrashed around for some reason, the same guys must have tied him up.


    "But for what reason"


    Wanting to think of a good reason to tie a small and malnourished boy like him, he sank into deep thought.


    Sadly he didn''t have the time to do that as the thing that was carrying him suddenly stopped, making his body jolt forward and hit his head on the wooden wall.


    "What the-"


    With a ''neigh'' sound of that of a horse, the curtains that did not let much light inside of the small space opened up revealing the blazing sun out there.


    And with the sunlight came a shadow of a huge guy who used two of his bulky arms and picked Felix up by holding his neck.


    "Now now kid...What were you muttering inside the carriage? Don''t you know that slaves are not allowed to speak and shout!"


    Lifting Felix above him, the buff and bald guy who was about 2 meters tall shouted near his ears almost making him deaf.


    Resisting the strong arms on his neck and gasping for air, Felix looked at the scary guy with fear and thought about what he said.


    ''Slave? Did I just become a slave?''


    Widening his eyes, Felix screamed inside his head.


    ''Why is my isekai so different from the cliche one?''

 A slave.

    "You. Handle the merchandise with caution or you''ll regret it."


    A stern voice made the huge guy stiffen up as he hurriedly placed Felix on the ground and patted his small head.


    "Yes Yes Master, I''ll make sure to handle the job perfectly."


    The huge guy looked at his Master, trembling as he remembered what happened to his partner who didn''t do his job as his master said.


    The man being called ''Master'' was a bit shorter than the huge guy standing at about 1.7m tall and was wearing a brown robe over his thin body and holding a cane.


    His sharp nose and pale lips showed a lack of sleep and his long gray hair looked not combed for several months. He looked around his forties if you ignore his non-beard chin.


    His brown eyes were narrowed as he looked at a small booklet in his hand calculating his profit and loss that may result from the trade today.


    Felix on the other hand, who finds it hard to accept that he got turned from a new employee to a slave after getting isekai''d, just muttered something in a low voice.


    "Slave? How? But why? Wasn''t I supposed to be a hero? Rule the world with my Golden finger and get a harem of world-class beauties?"


    "WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED??!!", he roared at the sky.


    Abruptly hearing that shout, the huge guy jumped up with a confused face thinking what was wrong with this slave.


    "Hmm? What''s wrong with this little fella.", he said with a curious expression.


    The gray-haired man looked over at Felix who was staring at the ground with dull eyes that belonged to a person who got betrayed when he was at his happiest moment.


    "Well it can''t be helped after living in the slums all his life and getting thrashed around, he was lucky enough to be alive. So it doesn''t matter if the kid is a bit broken. His buyers don''t need a slave for handling work, but just his body to practice some dark ritual anyways."


    He said without the slightest of emotions in his eyes.


    The huge man gulped, scared of hearing about such rituals, and looked at the kid who was zoning out with a bit of sympathy before an evil idea came into his mind.


    "M-Master, if the b-boy is going to be sacrificed then why not give him to me to play with for a few hours", he said somewhat holding back his desires.


    His Master turned to him as he looked at the huge guy''s perverted eyes, thinking how he ended up with such fools and making sure to not hire such worthless workers next time, but then he sighed.


    "Whatever, just don''t kill the kid because if you do, then you''ll have to take his place."


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    Patting his robust chest, the huge guy replied,


    "Don''t worry Master! I like to do it slow and gently."


    The man just waved off his hands telling him to go away and do his thing, not to involve himself in such foul acts.


    Felix after hearing their conversation seems to have finally woken up as he felt cold sweat running down his back. Looking at the buff man he thought.


    ''THIS GORILLA WANTS TO DO WHAT??''


    "NO!...WHAT-!"


    But before he could continue his shout, the huge guy suddenly caught him in his arms and ran towards a broken house near them.


    He pushed open the door with great force before throwing Felix over the other end of the room and rubbed his hands together, as he licked his lips in a perverted manner.


    "Hehehe kid, you should be proud to be the first boy to get together with me. And don''t worry, I''ll take good care of you"


    Felix widened his eyes at the thought of being the first boy for the huge man.


    ''What the hell do you mean be proud of that!!''


    Sitting himself up and mustering his courage he looked at the huge man and said.


    "M-Mister I''m not that good for you to e-enjoy, in fact, I''m so small and dirty. It''s not going to be w-worth it"


    He tried convincing the huge man as they were almost one meter away from each other.


    Meanwhile, the huge man just made a huge grin as he kind of trembled, but out of bliss this time.


    "Just perfect I say.....small and dirty...that just turns me on more"


    ''This sick mothafu-''


    Felix thought as the huge man came near him while bending down and grabbing a knife from inside his bulky jacket.


    ''What''s he doing with the knife'', Felix thought as he turned paler.


    Taking the knife and slowly cutting the ropes that tied the boy, the huge man took heavy breaths as he looked at the pale face of Felix and gently said.


    "I''ll make sure to remove the ropes to not make them interfere with our holy practices."


    Felix felt like vomiting when he heard the sweet voice that the huge man used to quell his worries about removing the ropes for their heavenly practice.


    ''This guy is for real. I better look for a way out or else...no don''t even think about it.''


    After removing the ropes and also taking a deep sniff of the kid, the huge man stood up again throwing the knife away into a corner as he looked down at the kid as if he were beauty and his trophy.


    Felix hurriedly moved backward putting his back against the wall and looked at the huge man with a glare while protecting his body with his small and thin hands like a damsel in distress.


    ''How can I get away from this'', thought Felix as he looked around the room looking for something that could save him from this pervert man.


    "Hehe, you doing that makes me want to embrace you more."


    The huge man laughed scratching between his pants as he looked at the small figure of the boy.


    Thinking of jumping at the little boy he suddenly remembered the fetish of his old partner of using some unspeakable objects when doing the art of pleasure.


    "Oh wait, to make it more memorable as this is the only chance I''ll get to use them on you, I''ll bring something that will make you feel really good my dear boy."


    Saying that, the huge man who was going to remove his belts ran out of the house holding his pants tight to not make them fall.


    "Haa finally some time for myself."


    Standing up while holding the wall with one hand, Felix looked around the room and tried walking around searching for anything.


    "I better look for something to defend myself with against that pervert-"


    Remembering how that guy was gonna come back with potential relief objects, he trembled out of fear and anger.


    ''I must escape from here, but running out of this house is not an option as there is another one of them near the carriage so I must think of another plan.''


    Thinking about a plan to escape from this forsaken place, he saw the knife that the huge man used to cut the ropes lying in a corner. Picking it up and weighing it in his hands, a thought came to him.


    ''How about I kill him?''


    Felix looked at the knife while sinking in deep thoughts but what he did not realize was that he was smiling eerily with a crazy look in his eyes.

 First Time Experience

    Hearing the rushing footsteps outside the room, Felix quickly went back to sit on the floor with his back against the wall and made a fearful expression on his face.


    He didn''t forget to hide the knife behind his cloth rag to fool the pervert.


    The huge man entered to room and saw Felix looking at him with fear.


    He couldn''t help but chuckle as he made his way towards the boy.


    "Hehe kid did you miss me? Look at what I brought for you"


    Raising his hands, he showed the fearful boy things that a young child should not know the use of.


    But looking at those things that he was slightly familiar with as a young boy going through puberty with some fetishes, Felix felt a chill run down his spine.


    ''Did those toys that some professionals used also got transmigrated with me?''


    Realizing how similar the objects looked like those toys in his previous world, he froze at the mere thought of getting played with those things especially when it was done by a huge buff guy.


    ''There''s only one option left, or else I''ll get my chrysanthemum forcibly plucked by this pervert gorilla''


    Forcing himself to stop thinking of the scene of being forced ra*ped by the huge man, Felix looked at what was going to happen next and readied himself by holding the knife behind his back with one hand.


    The huge man threw the things beside him within his arm''s reach and knelt in front of the cute little boy.


    He couldn''t help but reach out his hands and caress the face of the scared boy while looking at his fearful eyes.


    "I''ll enjoy you to my heart''s content"


    With a perverted expression etching on his face, the huge man bent his head down between Felix''s legs.


    ''This is it!! I must do it!!''


    Not holding back any longer Felix raised the hand that he held the knife with and bringing it above the huge man''s head, he gripped it with both of his hands before stabbing it down as fast as he could.


    *fwoosh*


    The knife deeply entered through behind the huge man''s neck and blood suddenly splashed on Felix''s face.


    "AAAH!! W-What the fuc-"


    The huge man shouted as he tried removing the knife that was deeply stabbed behind his neck.


    Tightly grasping the hilt of the knife with both of his hands raised back, he pulled the knife out as more blood fell from the wound.


    Felix looking at so much blood for the first time blanked for a few seconds as the thought entered his mind.


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    ''Did I...Did I just do that...''


    After finally removing the knife that was implanted in him by the little boy, the huge man fell behind on the cold floor as he could feel the pain traveling from every nerve of his body starting from the neck.


    "You bitch!! Fuck this shit, I''m gonna kill you now."


    Shouted the huge man as he felt hatred towards the little boy for hurting him with a knife, he tried sitting up from the ground but failed as his spinal cord was not allowing him to perform such movement.


    Felix broke out of his thoughts as he hurriedly crawled near the knife that was thrown aside.


    Holding the knife with trembling hands, he looked at the fallen huge guy and made his heart cold.


    ''It''s do or die now, I can''t hesitate or it''ll be me getting killed.''


    Pushing away all his thoughts and running towards the huge guy, Felix tried stabbing him again but only this time he aimed the knife at the guy''s heart that was right in the open as he lay on the ground huffing for breath.


    The hurried footsteps made the huge guy turn towards his right only to see a cute little boy with an eerie smile on his face running towards him with tightly holding a knife in front of him.


    "W-What are you d-doing, Stay away fro-"


    Too bad he couldn''t end his sentence as Felix stabbed the knife right into the middle of his chest.


    "Sshhluck!"


    The knife entered deeply into his chest and he felt pain spreading across his chest.


    But it was not the end as he felt the boy removing the knife and again stabbing him on the left part of his chest.


    Felix didn''t stop as he raised the knife again and brought it down on the right part of the huge man''s chest as his eyes turned red from all the craziness.


    The huge man stared at the ceiling of the broken house as he took his final breath after saying the last words.


    "I-it was supposed ...cough... to be f-fun..."


    Felix looked at the corpse of the huge man before he squatted near the wall and vomited very little as he had nothing in his stomach to vomit.


    [Ding!!]


    [Congratulation to the host for successfully awakening the Skill Creation System!]


    [You have killed a being higher than your own rank.]


    [You have gained 10 skill points.]


    A cold mechanical voice suddenly rang inside his mind as Felix looked around cautiously before shouting.


    "System!! System Is that you??"


    Felix shouted as he asked vehemently towards the blank space.


    [The host seems to be in an abnormal state, it is advised for the host to stay calm and not act stupid.]


    "Huh, what did you say, Stupid? Shut the fuck up! You useless system came so late that I was one step away from getting my cherry popped."


    Remembering how the pervert huge man caressed his face, Felix couldn''t help but kick the guy''s corpse on the ground a few times in anger.


    Finally a bit satisfied he turned to look around as he asked curiously,


    "Anyways System, tell me about you."


    [After successfully killing a being higher than your own rank, you proved that you were worthy enough to use the system.]


    "You mean after escaping from something what was worse than death?"


    Felix asked sarcastically as he didn''t believe that the system would let him suffer so much.


    "Do you miss a screw or something? Weren''t you supposed to come out the moment I woke up?"


    [The system was initially programmed as such but looking at how the host was behaving after he woke up. It was decided that the host was not deemed worthy of using a system.]


    Looking back at how crazy he acted after he woke up in the carriage, Felix couldn''t help but blush in embarrassment as he snorted at the system.


    "Well, after getting isekai''d, of course I''ll look for a system in this new place."


    [It is advised for the host to handle his current situation before acting stupid again.]


    Hearing the system say that, Felix came back to reality and felt cold sweat running down his back as he remembered that there was another man who could be much stronger than the huge man.


    "System quick tell me what you can do"


    [System can show the host his status and skill creation board.]


    "Alright then. Show me my status"


    [Ding! Calculating the stats and abilities of the host]


    [Finished!]


    [Status]


    [Name: Felix]


    [Race: Human]


    [Age: 14]


    [Sex: Male]


    [Mage Cultivation: Rank 0]


    [Warrior Cultivation: Rank 0]


    [Talent: ¡ï¡ï ]


    [State: Bruised with a weak and pathetic body.]


    [Skills: None]


    [Skill Points: 10]

 I can create any skill

    As Felix looked at his status, he couldn''t help but ask the system,


    "System, how is my age 14 when I look like a 10-year-old kid?"


    [The host''s body seems to have been malnourished and weak resulting in no growth in the structure of its bones and muscles.]


    ''Damn did this boy not eat anything for him to be so thin and short? Well considering he was an orphan just like me while also being in the slums it must have been hard to even survive already''


    Felix thought deeply as he saw the bruises that were covering almost every part of his scrawny body. Suddenly his stomach growled as he felt hungry after surviving all the trouble.


    ''It''s not the time to think about food, I can find something to eat later. But before that-''


    "System it says that I''m Rank 0 here. Tell me more about it"


    Making some quick calculations in his mind he thought that he had at least a few hours before the man standing outside came to check over.


    But not taking any chances he decided to make a plan in a few minutes and escape from there.


    [Yes, as the host has not started any cultivation you are at Rank 0. While the being that you killed before was at Rank 1 in Warrior Cultivation.]


    Felix looked at the corpse of the huge man and asked again,


    "How many ranks are there in both the cultivation?"


    [According to the information that the system can reveal at the moment. There are a total of 9 ranks in both Mage and Warrior Cultivation. With Rank 1 being the lowest and Rank 9 being the highest.]


    ''Hmm.....If this pervert was a rank 1 then the guy outside must be higher possibly Rank 2 or 3.''


    "And you said my race was human. Does that mean there other races out there?"


    [Yes, there are many races in the world that the host has come to. But it is advised that the host find the answers to the questions that are related to the world by himself.]


    "Well thank you for not answering that then"


    Felix replied as he was still not happy when the System ''advised'' him to seek answers by himself. Glancing at the status screen again, he asked again.


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    "What does talent mean, and Is having two stars good or bad?"


    [Talent is a factor that determines the aptitude and capability of a person to achieve something effortlessly. Having one star means being useless in their work for their whole lifetime while having two or three stars means being average and capable enough if they spent more effort and hard work.]


    [A being with four stars is considered a genius and can excel at many things while having five stars means one in a thousand years genius with lots of potential who ends up becoming someone great unless they get a quick death.]


    "Damn it so with two stars I''m just an average boy even in this world."


    Felix cursed as he felt the world hating him for some reason.


    Finally arriving at the ''state'' in the status which perfectly told the story, he moved his eyes at the last section which made him grin as a wide smile formed at his lips.


    "Now tell me how I got 10 skill points by killing that huge guy"


    [Skill points are given for killing every being with a rank higher than the host''s, which you can use to access the Skill Board.]


    [Killing a Rank 1 will give you 10 skill points, while a Rank 2 will give you 100 skill points and it gets multiplied by 10 with every increase in Rank. But you''ll only earn skill points if you kill a being higher than your own rank. Killing a being of your same rank will not get you any skill points.]


    ''HOLY SHIT! This System really wants me to go on a killing spree.''


    Imagining himself being ''wanted'' across the countries for murder made Felix gulp at the sheer pressure.


    "O-Okay...How about you show me the Skill Board"


    [Ding!]


    [Activating the Skill Board!]


    [Skill Board]


    [Host can now use the skill points to create any skill that he desires.]


    [Current skill points: 10]


    "Any? Wow does that mean I can create any skill from anime and manga like Kameham*ha* and Raseng*n and such!!", his excitement reaching its peak.


    [Affirmative, the host can use his memory or imagination to create any skill by using the available skill points.]


    ''Hmm let''s try it.''


    Closing his eyes and imagining how G*ku used his two hands to pull back and then shout ''KAMEHAM*HA'' before releasing the white and blue beam of light. Felix considered the skill''s strength and power, then asked.


    "System, create the skill ''Kameham*ha''"


    [Processing the skill''s power scale.....grading the skill...estimating the possible points required...skill successfully moduled.]


    [Ding!]


    [Skill Name: Kameham*ha


    Description:


    By drawing mana in the user''s cupped hands instead of ki, it is then concentrated to the point that it is released just before the blast as a powerful beam of energy explodes out from the user''s palms. The power of the skill depends on the amount of mana used.


    Cost: 100000 skill points]


    Felix stood rooted on the spot as he stared with wide eyes that the system actually created the said legendary technique. He read the name and description of the skill with heavy breaths before finally arriving at the cost of the skill.


    "ARE YOU SERIOUS!! A hundred thousand?? Why are you destroying my dreams! You hateful System!!"


    [It is advised for the host to calm down and not act crazy because of his patheticness.]


    "YESS YESS!! I''ll calm down!"


    "Huff", panting at the mere sight of the expensive skill he thought he could create.


    Felix started to calm down and after dismissing the message of the skill board, he went into deep thinking about what skill he truly needed at the moment to survive this predicament.


    ''I need something to help me escape possibly making me leave this place as soon as possible.''


    Thinking for a few moments, somewhat hurriedly to run away from here, he spoke to the system again.


    "System try creating the skill....."

 My First Skill.

    "System, try creating the skill Invisibility."


    Felix said as he raised his hopes in trying to create a skill that many people of ''culture'' would wish to use for gathering some important information regarding forbidden in-depth gender interaction.


    [Processing the skill''s power scale....grading the skill....estimating the possible points required.....skill successfully moduled.]


    [Ding!]


    [Skill Name: Invisibility


    Description:


    Allows the user from being impossible to be seen or perceived by any sight sense.


    Cost: 8000 skill points]


    "Uughh!''


    Felix groaned at how even this skill was not something he could afford at the moment.


    ''Ehh...What do to now? Maybe something like a basic stealth move would be good.''


    He tried imagining himself walking around covertly and people not looking in his direction as he walked by.


    Even though it was a bit hard to do that, he forcibly calmed his mind and made use of whatever ideas came into his mind. He finally said,


    "System, give me a skill that allows me to move around stealthily and makes my presence seem to go unnoticed"


    [Processing the skill''s power scale....grading the skill....estimating the possible points required.....skill successfully moduled.]


    [Ding!]


    [Skill Name: ??


    Description:


    Makes your aura and sound undetectable and lowers the overall presence. Your footsteps become untraceable. The skill does not work on someone if the user is in their sight. No effect on beings two ranks higher than the user.


    Cost: 10 skill points.]


    "Hmm this...it''s not that strong but it works in my situation."


    Not wanting to waste more time in this place, Felix asked the system to confirm this skill as the one he wanted to create.


    "System, create this skill."


    [Please name the skill before you create it.]


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    ''name? well...''


    "Name the skill as ''Silent steps'', yes that seems nice."


    [Do you wish to use 10 skill points and create the skill ''Silent Steps''?]


    "Yes"


    [Ding!]


    [Successfully created a new skill!]


    Hearing the chime from the system Felix looked around but didn''t see anything change or feel any different.


    Somewhat suspicious of having become the victim of a scam before, he asked cautiously.


    "So....how do I use the skill or am I getting scammed?"


    [The host is advised to think of doing the skill and you''ll be able to use it.]


    ''Okay let''s go.''


    Felix thought about using the skill ''Silent Steps'' as he started walking around the room and slowly but surely his steps became inaudible, as he felt like moving like a ghost even slightly increasing his speed.


    ''If I''m right and if the system is telling the truth, maybe I can use this skill to slowly walk out of this place and run away the moment I''m far enough.''


    He took a deep breath calming his pounding heart and moved towards the door of the broken house. Slowly poking his head out of the door, his bruised eyes became blinded by sunlight as he hurriedly focused on the outside situation.


    There he saw the other man who was called ''Master'' by the pervert guy standing near the carriage still looking at his small booklet with a frown.


    Seeing that the man was busy with his work, Felix looked around the place to get a better look at where he was.


    It looked like he was at a farm-like place that had a few broken buildings in the compound with a slightly one-meter-tall fence that seemed too easy for robbers to climb in from surrounding the farm.


    The farm had a wooden gate that seemed to have been opened up by them.


    There was also a dilapidated well in the middle, but considering the harsh sunlight it must have already dried up.


    Outside the farm, it looked to be a forest with tall unfamiliar trees on all sides.


    Felix quickly decided to make a plan as he sorted out his thoughts.


    ''There''s no way I can walk right out of the gates as that guy is right beside them. So, jumping over the fence seems to be the only way I can escape from here.''


    Felix quickly made a plan before thinking something as he entered back into the room and knelt beside the corpse of the huge guy.


    "You shitbag! Be proud that the great me is going to loot you now hehe."


    Giving back what the pervert had said to him, he moved his hands around the huge body searching his pockets and jacket.


    He found a wallet which he kept aside and some ID cards with the guy''s face which he threw away.


    Realizing that he couldn''t put the wallet anywhere, while the huge guy''s clothes were too big for him to fit. He took out the guy''s belt and tied it around his waist.


    ''Well before it was ropes tying me and now it''s a belt. I swear I don''t have any weird fetish of getting myself tied.''


    Tightening the belt, he looked at the knife stabbed into the chest of the guy and slowly took it out.


    ''For my safety, I better take this.''


    He took the knife and cleaned it using the guy''s jacket as he didn''t want to carry blood with him.


    After doing that he looked at the knife''s reflection but couldn''t see his face on it clearly as it was earlier splashed by blood.


    ''Wow, I look like a psycho with all the blood on.''


    Again using the guy''s jacket, he cleaned his face a bit but then decided not to waste any more time.


    He inserted the knife in the belt like how a pirate would do and took the wallet which he made the middle part of it enter the belt.


    ''Huff! All that I need to do now is to make a successful escape and run away from here before that man realizes what''s happening and comes to catch me.''


    Felix thought as his eyes became determined while calming his heart that seemed to come out of his throat.


    Taking steady steps and his hands trembling a bit as he walked towards the door, he wished himself luck.


    Now ready, he stood at the door to finally start his escape from this place where he could have been ra*ed and possibly sacrificed in some evil ritual.

 The Escape

    Taking a glance at the man outside to check what he was doing, Felix again started thinking.


    ''Great! He''s looking inside the carriage with his head poked inside.''


    This was like a chance given by the heavens that he needed at the moment and he rejoiced getting a bit surprised at his finally working isekai luck.


    Not waiting anymore he hurriedly thought of using the skill ''Silent Steps'' as he made a quick run in the room to make sure it was working.


    Making sure that it was working perfectly fine, he quickly moved out of the broken house while sneakily looking at the man.


    ''Sayonara as*hole! I''ll be sure to repay what you did to me.''


    Cursing inside his head, Felix ran towards the right side from the door of the broken house that was also on the opposite side of the man as he suddenly dashed behind the building making his way over to the fence.


    Taking a bit of effort he hurriedly jumped over the fence while holding his hands that were hurting a bit from suddenly pressing his hands against the fence with too much pressure.


    It seemed he was not yet used to his new small body as moving in it felt unfamiliar and slightly abnormal. Deciding to eat a lot after escaping and training his body to become fit to survive in this harsh world, he ran taking long steps towards the forest.


    He used his injured body to its peak as he entered the forest, eyeing the tall trees around him with a curious look he ran between them making himself as far as he could from the place.


    **********


    Twenty minutes later he couldn''t help but stop himself after all the running as he sat down on the ground while grasping for breath.


    "Huff! Huff! I don''t think I-I can continue to run anymore"


    Felix gasped as he tried to catch his breath. Calming down a few minutes later he thought of getting help from the system.


    "System! Do you think I''m far enough from that man? Or at least tell me where I should go next"


    [It is advised that the host seek answers by hims-]


    "Oh come on!! You stupid system! Why are you even here if you can''t help me with something", replied Felix as he angrily flipped the bird at the system.


    [Does the host wish to deactivate the System?]


    "NO! Wait- I was wrong! Don''t deactivate.", he immediately shouted afraid of losing his only way of surviving in this cruel world.


    ''Damn I ended my story before it even began'', sweated Felix as he imagined his life without his beloved system.


    [The system cannot give host any answers regarding this world or the situation you''re trapped in. The host has to find clues and find the answers yourself, so as to improve your way of handling problems.]


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    "....hmm, you''re right."


    Felix pondered about it and realised that if he always depended on the system, then that wasn''t much different from the system controlling him.


    And he didn''t want that to happen, so he was quite grateful that the system wasn''t treating him like a baby by providing everything he asked for.


    Even though he was thinking positively, Felix didn''t have a clue where to go and what to do, especially considering that the slave traders may come search and find him.


    ''Sigh... why is my fate so miserable.''


    Taking deep breaths, he calmed down and surveyed his surroundings.


    Knowing that he was far away from that man, he decided to look at himself and make plans for where he had to go from here, but then he heard his stomach growl making him feel weak all of a sudden.


    ''First of all, I need to look for something to eat, I''ll be dead if I stayed in this state any longer.''


    Slowly getting up he started moving around the tree nearest to him.


    Looking up he couldn''t seem to find the sun that was ever blazing earlier to be seen, now that the tall trees with their huge leaves were getting in the way.


    ''Thankfully it''s not as hot as it was before at the farm.''


    Searching around he couldn''t find any fruits hanging on the trees, even if there were some, it would be too high for him to reach.


    He saw that behind the tree some mushrooms were growing out.


    Nearing them he thought of plucking them and satisfying his hunger when suddenly he realized that there were some purple spots on them that looked horrifying enough to make babies cry.


    He hurriedly moved back at the mere sight of it.


    ''No shit that''s a straight ticket to hell!!


    Going back to where he was, he slowly started walking away from the direction of the farm as he looked around for anything to eat. His hunger not reaching the point of making him insane.


    Many things in his surrounding were foreign to him, giving him a disadvantage of not knowing what were edible and harmful, so he thought for a second and said.


    "System, can you create a skill that lets me analyze and identify all things."


    [Processing the skill''s power scale....grading the skill....estimating the possible points required.....skill successfully moduled.]


    [Ding!]


    [Skill Name: Inspect


    Description:


    It allows the user to identify any object and find out its stats and uses.


    Cost: 500 Skill Points]


    "Hmm... five hundred huh...."


    ''It''s a skill that''s really useful, especially for someone like me for not knowing anything of this world. Too bad I can only create the skill with five hundred points when I have nothing at all.''


    He continued walking ahead, searching for any food he could find as he looked in every direction.


    The dense forest seems to be at peace as the slight chirping of the birds could be heard flying between the branches.


    It looked so unreal that Felix had to stop himself as he looked at the slight sunshine entering the forest through the leaves of the trees.


    A bit overwhelmed by the beauty of nature, something which he couldn''t enjoy in his previous life by always staying inside the busy city, he walked peacefully as if nothing was better than this.


    Finally coming across a group of squirrels who were eating a bunch of berries from a bush, he quickly moved towards them.


    The small animals ran away when they saw a human come nearby.


    ''That must be edible''


    Not minding them, he took all the berries from the bush and the ground eating them the moment he picks one.


    ''Nice...It''s sour yet sweet. Reminding me of strawberries but only these are not ripe yet.''.


    Still not stopping himself even as his mouth felt a bit distasteful, he ate all the berries he could find only to find his stomach quarterly full.


    Walking ahead again from there he couldn''t help but wonder,


    ''Does this world have fruits and the foods that were back on Earth? Hmm not possible maybe they have their own culture and traditions.''


    Thinking of such random thoughts, he walked ahead when suddenly a weird noise made him stop.


    "Kwiek! Kwiek!"


    He suddenly became alert and stayed cautious as he hid behind a tree slowly looking at the thing that made those weird sounds.


    And there he saw it.


    The first monster that he encountered after his transmigration.


    ''Is that a-....Is that a-...Is that a-...''


    These were his only thoughts as he stared unbelievably at the famous fantasy creature with wide eyes almost coming out of his sockets.

 Past and the Monster.

    ''Is that a Goblin!!''


    Felix hid behind a tree as he stared at the creature that didn''t exist on Earth but existed in many fantasy stories including animes and web novels that he read.


    The creature before was a short and skinny, slightly hunched-back humanoid figure.


    It had green skin, a long nose, pointed ears, a wide mouth, and small sharp fangs coming out of its jaws. Its limbs were thin to the point of showing the outline of its bones.


    Felix cautiously looked at the golbin without making a noise and found out that it was using a short blade-like weapon to slash a small animal that looked like a big rabbit.


    ''Is that monster hunting rabbits?''


    He tried asking the system about the monster in a low voice.


    "System can you tell me about that thing in front of me?"


    [Affirmative. The monster in question is called a Goblin and it is a Rank 1 being.]


    "Is that all you can tell to me?"


    [Host is advised to find everything out yourself.]


    "Well whatever I''ll have do it myself"


    Felix gave up trying to find out anything from the system.


    It seems he could only count on himself in this forsaken world.


    ''It said it was a Rank 1 monster so that means it could give me 10 skill points.''


    Having thought that, he made up his mind to take down the monster because only having more skill points could make him stronger and increase his chance of surviving in this foreign world.


    Thinking about fighting the monster, Felix couldn''t help but remember how he used to fight against the other kids in his neighborhood.


    It all started when he was 11 years old, the kids at the orphanage used to go out to the local playground where many children from the area came to play together.


    One day, while they were playing games at the playground, a bunch of kids around 11-13 of age started bullying a boy from his orphanage.


    Wanting to stop them from doing that, Felix and a few of his friends ran toward them to protect the boy.


    He tried making peace between them and stopping them from ever bullying that boy, but the bullies told him to mind his own business or else they''ll beat him together with the kid.


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    A bit annoyed at what the kids were saying he told them that he would complain to their parents for doing this.


    But it appeared that they did not like that idea as a kid who looked like their leader furiously punched him in the face.


    Holding the face that hurt a bit, something seemed to have made him forget all his reasons as his body trembled out of anger before he started dashing forward beating that guy without stopping, even going as far as pushing him down and raining punches on the kid''s face.


    His friends and the other kids tried to stop him but it was too late as that boy who Felix was holding under him was already bleeding in his head.


    After finally stopping the fight with the intervention of some adults at the scene, the boy was taken to the hospital while Felix was given punishment at the orphanage as even Police officers came to inquire and scold him.


    This made him have a bad history because of which he did not get adopted by anyone.


    Even the kids at the orphanage started to look at him scared faces, as they were afraid he would come and hit them until they bled.


    They were little children, and as kids, they didn''t know how to justify a situation or find the real reason for it.


    Instead, they just believed what they saw and heard, before acting upon it.


    As the rumors of the incident went on, most of the kids started to stay away from Felix, making him a loner, at which point, anime and webnovels were his only escape from the harsh reality.


    After that incident, for a few years, Felix got into many fights with kids around his age, as even though he didn''t like it, words of his actions spread with many coming to him looking for trouble.


    Seeing the never ending line of trouble children, students and delinquents that came for him, he didn''t shy away and faced them with everything he got, but every time he was stopped by the adults before it went too far.


    As it became a daily occurrence, the nuns and the caretakers of the orphanage decided to give him a lengthy consultation for many days telling him that if he got into trouble again then he''ll get expelled from the orphanage.


    With no other choice, Felix had to stop his violent tendencies of getting into fights and focus on studying to make plans for his future.


    Still, feeling bound by the rules and regulations of society that made him hold back his desires, he felt it was suffocating to even live that life.


    He felt as if staying in such a peaceful world while getting knocked down by the higher-class people and living a pathetic average life was not something that made him feel satisfied.


    That was why when he got the chance to end his life, he did not try resisting, not knowing that his fate had stored something else for him.


    Coming back to reality, Felix shook his head off his thoughts and planned on sneaking behind the goblin as the monster had his back towards him.


    He removed the knife hanging on his waist and clutched it tightly with both of his hands.


    After calming his mind, he considered.


    ''I must do it as fast as possible before the goblin notices me''


    The surroundings turned silent as the only noise that he could hear was the small growls of the goblin.


    He quickly made a plan of stabbing the knife right into its neck to kill the goblin as he concentrated on using the skill ''Silent Steps''.


    Upon feeling the change as his presence dropped to increase his stealth, Felix jumped out from behind the tree and rushed at the goblin who was poking the small animal with his short blade.


    As he felt the wind pressure blow against his face while he ran, Felix neared the unguarded goblin.


    When he reached around one meter away from the creature, he suddenly widened his eyes as the goblin slowly turned around coincidentally.


    The monster was dumbfounded and looked surprised at the human that magically stood behind him without his notice.


    It seemed as if time stopped for the both of them as they stood there looking into each other eyes.


    A pair of beautiful crystal red eyes stared right at another pair of dirty yellow eyes,....before chaos erupted.

 Fight!

    ''Sorry. I ain''t a killer but I need skill points.''


    Breaking away from the staring contest with the stupefied goblin, Felix sprang forward using his left leg and slashed the knife right at the poor monster''s eyes by swinging his hands.


    Finding that a human was already this close without his knowledge, the goblin wanted to retaliate by raising his blade, but the knife was too fast as it slit its eyes from the left side of his huge forehead and came out from the right side.


    "Krieeiewek!!"


    The monster let out a furious shriek as he felt tremendous pain that almost made him pass out and quickly raised his blade to stab the hateful human. But Felix was faster, soon after slashing the knife he kicked with his leg exactly on the crotch of the furious goblin.


    "Kwek!"


    The goblin let out a disgusting growl as he held his aching jewels. But before it could feel any more pain, something sharp entered its chest and made it fall to the ground.


    Laying on the floor, the goblin gradually lost consciousness.


    [Ding!]


    [You have killed a being higher than your own rank]


    [You have gained 10 skill points]


    "Huff! Huff!"


    Felix squatted down on the ground breathing for air. It seemed that it was the most his body could do at the moment.


    Gazing at the goblin''s corpse right beside him, he hesitated a bit before slowly poking its arms with his finger to check whether it was still alive.


    ''It''s still warm.''


    The monster had rough skin and it did not feel good touching, so he stopped doing that.


    He couldn''t bring himself much closer to the corpse to confirm whether it died or not.


    ''Well the system already gave me the reward but I''m still a bit suspicious of it.''


    Deciding to place his trust in the system''s ability, he smiled as he gained 10 skill points.


    "System, show me my status"


    [Affirmative.]


    [Status]


    [Name: Felix]


    [Race: Human]


    [Age: 14]


    [Sex: Male]


    [Mage Cultivation: Rank 0]


    [Warrior Cultivation: Rank 0]


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    [State: Bruised with a weak and pathetic body]


    [Skills: Silent Steps]


    [Skill Points: 10]


    As Felix looked at the skill points that went from 0 to 10, he considered what skill he should create this time.


    "Hehehe this time I''m not forced to make a skill that means I can create whatever I can."


    Imagining lots of different skills from the animes and web novels, he had a stupid grin on his face.


    He didn''t want to create his second skill while being forced by the situation like the last time.


    With the new 10 skill points, he wondered what kind of skill he should try to create, but then something happened.


    "ROOAAR!!''


    A loud roar suddenly went throughout the forest as Felix jumped back to his feet putting on a scared expression while gazing around fearfully.


    Many birds flew out of the trees and small animals ran away as they appeared to have met their enemy hearing the monster''s roar.


    "Damnit why did I have to jynx myself."


    Wanting to cry but also not wanting to waste his time acting stupid, he removed the knife and placed it back into the belt as he started thinking.


    ''That roar was just too powerful. I don''t think that monster will be as weak as the goblin, that means running away is the only option.''


    Felix did not wait any longer as he activated his skill ''Silent Steps'' and ran along with the small animals away from the monster that had yet to show itself. The forest did not have any clear path for him to run, so he had to jump over bushes and tiny plants to not lose his momentum.


    Some time later he turned behind to check whether the monster was in his sight.


    The monster did not seem to follow him so he relaxed but continued moving forward not wanting to be around any danger.


    He only stopped when he found some berries or any fruits on plants to fill his stomach.


    Felix walked aimlessly without a specific direction as a few hours went by.


    Gradually, the sun started to go down.


    Not knowing what time it was, he wondered whether it was going to be dark soon.


    "Do I just keep walking? I don''t even know where I''m going right now..... sigh."


    A bit dejected he kicked a small stone on the ground. Staring at the rolling stone, he followed behind it to kick it again but suddenly stopped surprised.


    The stone that he kicked reached a wide path that seemed like a path for traveling.


    "Is this a road? But where does it travel to?"


    Sadly, there was no one to answer him. He had to either go left or right from there.


    ''There''s no other choice, I''ll have to go in any one direction.''


    Standing in the middle of the path as he deliberated on which direction to go, Felix found a small stick nearby.


    Picking it up, he balanced it between his finger and the ground before letting it go.


    The stick stood still for a second and then fell in a random direction.


    "And there I shall go..."


    Leaving the stick, he took quick steps in that direction as it was starting to get a bit cold and dark.


    *****


    Felix was still on the road as it became night.


    Under the three moonlights, his shadow deepened. Yes, this world had three moons.


    Looking at the dark sky adorned with twinkling bright stars and three beautiful moons, he couldn''t focus on the road and walked slowly.


    ''Wow, this is just so amazing. I bet those sky lovers back on earth would get a nose-blood staring at this scene.''''


    "growl-"


    He broke out of his thoughts hearing the pitiful sound his stomach was making.


    "Sigh...This again."


    Well, it was not the first time this happened but Felix didn''t have anything to sate his hunger.


    His body was getting tired from all the intense fighting and running and he felt like resting but his hunger did not allow him such luxury.


    So he could only limp forward to arrive at whatever was on the other side of the road.


    Suddenly he sniffed a faint sweet and aromatic smell that made his tummy tremble with joy.


    "W..What is this smell!"


    So hungry that he felt it was a dream, Felix hurriedly went toward where the smell was coming from taking quick steps.


    He saw that a bit forward on the road, there was a medium sized tent on the right side where a few people were camping out.


    They surrounded a bonfire where they were heating some meat jerkies with sauce and vegetables.


    "Oh dear, finally something to eat!"


    He gulped at the mere sight of it but stopped himself from running over and grabbing them.


    ''I''ll eat that no matter what I have to do.''


    Felix suddenly felt motivated as he planned to steal their food, without realizing that something else was lurking in the shadows as it eyed the humans.

 Ambush on the Travellers

    The people sitting around the bonfire were talking with each other waiting for the food to get cooked.


    A carriage was parked beside them with two horses resting on the ground.


    The fire brightened their surrounding as Felix could faintly make out their appearances.


    There were a total of 6 of them, three guys wearing light armor and carrying a sword on their waists, a middle-aged man in brown uniform-like clothes was dozing off leaning on a tree, and a couple wearing fancy attire who looked recently married.


    Felix was standing a bit far so he could not hear what they were talking about.


    He activated his only skill as he stealthily moved toward another tree that was near them.


    Now he could hear clearly what they were saying.


    "The journey had been long but we''re finally arriving at the next city.", said one of the three guys who looked like a guard.


    He was talking with the other two guards as they cooked their dinner.


    "Yes, we''ll reach the city by tomorrow evening.", another replied.


    The other warrior who looked like their leader reminded the two of them as he glanced at the couple.


    "We can receive the reward from the guild after we successfully escort them back, so don''t slack off or we''ll fail the task."


    "Come on Captain we can relax now, there won''t be any problems here now that we''re near to the city.", the first guy said not wanting to be always tensed.


    "Well you''re right about that but it just doesn''t feel right for me to relax on a mission."


    The two looked at each and chuckled as they remembered how a crow shat on their captain''s head when he was sleeping a few days ago.


    The Captain''s face turned red from embarrassment as he glared at them.


    Felix just looked at them from the side as he mused.


    ''So there''s a city a bit away from here. That''s good, I''ll be able to hide there from that slave trader in case he''s searching for me throughout the forest. Also, he said something about a guild, I wonder if it''s the same guild from the fantasy novels.''


    He rejoiced for finally encountering some people and coming to know that there was a city he could stay at.


    He curiously thought about what a guild could be.


    ''I still don''t have any plans for the future but I''ll think about them after getting to know more about this world. But before that, I need to find clothes, food, and a place to live. I can''t always be wearing this rag.''


    Turning back to the group of people, he saw that the food was finally cooked as they passed the plates around for them to eat.


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    The middle-aged man also woke up as he started joyfully blowing the hot food to cool it down.


    The couple looked at the food and sighed as they missed the food at their manor that was cooked by professional chefs.


    The man looked at his wife as she started to eat her food on a plate.


    "Don''t worry about the food Jenny, after reaching home you''ll be able to enjoy whatever you want. I''ll make sure you eat well.", he said lovingly as he patted her head.


    Jenny looked back at her husband and said as she happily ate the food.


    "It''s okay Dillian, I''m fine with whatever you give me. I married you because I love you not because you''re rich."


    Dillian smiled at how sweet his wife was. He shook his head and replied.


    "I know that Jenny and also, I love you too."


    They both stared at each other and held hands, showing off their love to the other people at the camp.


    The middle-aged man didn''t mind them as he was busy eating his food but the three guards watched with blank eyes as they never experienced love, or more like no girl ever willingly talked with them.


    Felix too looked at the scene giving a sad smile as girls always used to avoid him in his previous life. Rumors about how he gets into fights made them think of him as a scary guy.


    "Rustle..rustle"


    Suddenly there came a noise from the bushes near them making them all tense up.


    The guards stopped eating and stood up cautiously from their places, looking at the bush while holding their swords in a defensive stance.


    The middle-aged man hopped up as he anxiously grabbed a small knife from his coat, while the young couple stayed behind huddled together.


    The Captain took the lead as they slowly moved towards the bush when suddenly a huge wolf jumped out attacking them.


    It was a 1.8 m tall black wolf with sharp fangs and had long nails on its paws, that it used to launch an attack on them.


    Felix became alert as he placed his hands on the knife looking at the monster that came out.


    ''Thank god I did not move from here and quickly activated my skill or else I would have been discovered by that monster.''


    Sighing in relief he turned back to watch as the guards got into a fight with the large wolf.


    "System, check that wolf for me."


    [That is a creature called Dark Wolf and it is a Rank 1 monster.]


    ''I expected you''ll say just that.''


    The wolf was quite cunning as it tried sneaking toward the weak couple during the fight, but the three guards did not allow it to do that.


    Surrounding the lone wolf, they attacked it one by one by performing some special movements.


    As it couldn''t win against the three humans, the wolf wanted to retreat but a slash from the captain''s sword injured its leg making it go limp.


    The guards quickly took advantage of this using their different warrior techniques and slayed the wolf.


    ''That was fast, maybe they have experience doing this. Also, what did they do with the swords while fighting? It looked as if it was glowing a bit.''


    After the fight, Dillian sighed in relief as he walked to the guards who were inspecting the wolf''s corpse.


    He smiled and spoke to them.


    "Thank you for protecting us again. It would have been a lot more dangerous without you guys."


    The Captain had a serious face looking at the dark wolf before he relaxed and turned behind to reply to the young man.


    "It''s alright, you do not have to thank us. We are just doing our jobs."


    While they started talking and handling the corpse, Felix''s eyes lit up as he stared at their food which they were ignoring at the moment.


    He activated his skill as he sneaked toward the nearest plate of food.


    Making sure that no one seemed to notice him, he quickly picked it up and ran back again behind the tree.


    "I should probably thank the dead wolf for today''s dinner."


    He did not start eating right away but moved away from there and looked for a safe place to sleep tonight.


    After finding a large tree that had a burrow where he could fit, Felix sat down and started wolfing down the food.


    Finishing it all, he leaned back on the tree and started to doze off.


    But suddenly, he remembered that the 6 of them were going to the city tomorrow morning.


    "Umm System, can you wake me up in the morning at around 7 am?"


    He guessed that system would not reply but it finally did.


    [...yes.]


    Felix smiled and thought that the system was actually pretty nice but just a bit shy.


    Shaking his head at the tsundere''s antics, he closed his eyes and went into a deep slumber.


    Ignoring the cold of the night, he slept peacefully under the moonlight totally tired from the whole journey.

 Entering the City

    [ALERT!!... ALERT!!...ALERT!!]


    Felix jolted awake, his heart racing in response to the sudden and loud voice that broke him out of his sleep. He blinked, his eyes adjusting to the dappled sunlight filtering through the dense canopy above.


    "W-Why are you shouting!!", he asked unhappily widening his eyes.


    [Dear host, it is morning.]


    Still a bit sleepy, he snorted at the rude system that seemed to make fun of him.


    "Hmmph, you''re not nice at all."


    Getting up he stretched his body as a few popping sounds came from his body.


    "Let''s check up on what they are doing."


    Felix moved through the forest activating his skill that made him realize that he was acting like a thief. Well, because of what he did last night he was already a thief.


    The early morning felt a bit chilly as the mist seemed to cover the forest. Hidden in the shadow of a tree, he watched the group with a mixture of curiosity and envy.


    Felix''s gaze lingered on the spread of food laid out before them¡ªa hearty breakfast that looked both delicious and inviting. The sight of golden pancakes, crispy bacon, and steaming mugs of coffee filled him with a pang of hunger.


    This time he could not just go and steal their food as it would be quite suspicious so he just held back his hunger. All of a sudden, he perked up his ear hearing them speak about something.


    "HaHa captain, don''t lose your breakfast like how you lost yesterday''s dinner."


    One of the guards said holding his stomach as he laughed at how their captain just seemed to always get into trouble.


    "Shut up, try eating grass for dinner once and then make fun of me."


    The captain retorted back as he cursed at his bad luck while greedily eating the breakfast. Yesterday''s events made his stomach not feel well in the morning as it growled the whole night.


    Felix sweated as their talk made him feel guilty for what he did.


    ''Sorry brother captain, but it was a choice I made for my survival. I''ll surely repay you one day for your contribution.''


    He promised himself that he would pay back the captain for stealing his food. The middle-aged man took care of the horses and prepared the carriage as they ate.


    ''So he was a driver, and those two a married couple who hired the three guards.'', he pondered as he guessed their identities.


    After eating breakfast, the group placed their packs on the carriage and set off to the city as they traveled under the shades of the forest.


    ''At last, it''s time to get away from this forsaken place....''


    Felix gave the forest one last deep look and followed behind them as he jumped from one shadow of the tree to the other.


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    A few hours later, the group finally reached a city.


    Standing behind a tree, Felix looked ahead and stared blankly at the walls that rose from the ground reaching 20m in height.


    The walls of the city looked mighty and strong with it''s dark appearance, showing that it was capable of defending against a hoard of monsters.


    ''Who can even infiltrate the city if the walls are so high and thick...''


    Looking ahead, he saw that the group was approaching the gates of the city, where two soldiers stood checking on the travelers that wished to enter the city.


    ''I don''t think entering the city will be that easy for me.''


    Felix didn''t think that he could enter the city by just using ''Silent Steps''. He pondered for a while and made a plan.


    Taking a risk, he activated his skill and ran behind the moving carriage getting near to it. When he reached behind the carriage, he quickly got under the carriage and held the lower bonnet of it as he stuck his body upwards.


    Holding it hurt his thin and weak arms but he tolerated it as the carriage stopped for a brief moment near the gates before finally entering the city.


    While holding onto the bonnet, he looked around from under the carriage and felt amazed by everything of the city in his sight.


    There were stalls selling beautiful gemstones and strange spices on the stone streets, with people haggling and discussing among themselves.


    Bright banners of different organisations ad shops danced in the air, making patterns of light and dark.


    Entertainers amazed the people with their tricks, and the smell of fresh pastries filled the air. It was a world of wonders he had never seen before.


    Back on Earth, things were completely different. The streets were lined with buildings made of concrete and glass, with billboards and traffic lights at every corner. People hurried past each other, lost in their own world.


    Felix started enjoying his view when his arms started to feel weak. Staring around, he found an empty alley as the carriage moved.


    ''There''s my chance!''


    Waiting for the carriage to get near to the empty alley, he quickly activated his skill and slowly let go of the wooden bonnet of the carriage.


    Swiftly getting up, he ran into the alley as a few pedestrians were surprised at his sudden appearance. But they just minded their own business and walked away ignoring the boy.


    Running deep into the alley, Felix stopped when he felt that nobody seemed to follow him into the alley.


    "Sigh...that was stressful. Thankfully I did not alert anyone when entering the city."


    He sighed as he thought that if anybody saw him as he was now, they would think of him as a runaway slave and lock him up in their basement.


    It was already tough and dangerous for him to have escaped from the slave traders, and he was sure he wouldn''t be as lucky as he was now if he got caught again.


    Felix found a quiet spot to sit and relax, away from the hustle and bustle of the city. He leaned against the wall in the alleyway, taking a moment to soak in the tranquil surroundings.


    The gentle sound of the wind and the distant hum of the city''s activity created a soothing backdrop, and he closed his eyes, allowing his mind to wander.


    As he drifted into his thoughts, a sudden voice in the atmosphere jolted him back to the present. His eyes snapped open, and he felt a chill run down his spine. A childish voice tinged with curiosity and mischief, cut through the tranquility.


    "Hey, look over there! What''s that guy doing?"


    Felix''s gaze shifted toward the source of the voice, his eyes widening as he saw a group of five kids around the age of 12. They stood a short distance away, their fingers pointed in his direction. Their expressions were a mix of intrigue and suspicion.


    He felt a wave of self-consciousness wash over him, his previous relaxation shattered by their scrutiny. He wondered if his presence had caught their attention, or if they wondered about his identity because of his clothes.


    Trying to appear nonchalant, Felix offered a friendly smile to the kids.


    "Hey what are you guys doing, nice weather today right..."


    He didn''t know what could be a nice thing to say at the moment, as it was the first time he was actually having a proper conversation with a person from this world.


    As for the talk between him and the huge pervert? He preferred that he completely forget about it.


    The kids exchanged glances, their suspicion not entirely dissipated. One of them, a young blue-haired boy wearing a light brown vest and black pants, ventured closer.


    "Are you from around here? You look kind of different."


    Felix wondered why they were saying that as he looked at them and asked back.


    "Different? How so?"


    The boy replied matter of factly.


    "Because it''s rare around here for someone to have silver hair and red eyes."


    Felix tilted his head as the boy''s words rang inside his mind.

 The Five kids a a place to Stay

    "Silver hair and red eyes? Are you talking about me?"


    Felix asked as he touched his long hair that fell just above his eyes covering his forehead and widened his eyes hearing that.


    The boy with blue hair looked back at one of his friends and shrugged his shoulders.


    "Shaya, why don''t you give him your mirror for a bit."


    The girl named Shaya had brown hair reaching her shoulders and a small cute face. Wearing a green color gown with white lacings, she looked at Felix for some while before she handed him a mini mirror she was keeping in her pocket.


    "Here, don''t break it. It was a gift given to me by Mother."


    Felix curiously held the mirror and looked at his reflection. His silver hair had an ethereal sheen that catches and reflects even the faintest traces of light. With each movement, his hair seems to shift and dance, almost as if it possesses a life of its own.


    His pale white skin and cheeks looked a bit thin but the crimson eyes that filled his sockets were like precious rubies set within a bed of snow, his eyes shimmering with an inner fire, capturing the essence of danger and mystery.


    As he stared at his new appearance for the first time, Felix couldn''t help but want to scream out.


    ''That''s so Fucking Cool!!''


    His hand trembled as he glanced at his handsome face reflected in the small mirror.


    ''If I had this face on Earth, I could have easily become a celebrity or a model. My previous average face was like a thousand times worse than this.''


    Still impressed by his beauty, he realized why that huge pervert wanted to assault him.


    ''No wonder that pedophile couldn''t hold himself back after looking at me.''


    He had a question but he shook his head and returned the mirror to the girl who was looking blankly at him.


    "Thank you. I forgot that I looked like this hehe...."


    Felix scratched his head as he laughed it off. But the kids just thought that this guy must have never seen a mirror before.


    "By the way, my name is Felix. It''s nice to meet you."


    Felix gave the blue-haired boy his hand and asked for a handshake.


    The boy stared at the hand in front of him before he held it and slowly shook it. He smiled and replied back.


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    "You can call me Noah, and it''s nice to meet you too."


    Noah then pointed to his other friends and introduced them,


    "The girl that you gave you the mirror is Shaya. And they are Thomas, Kevin, and Betty."


    Thomas was a dainty boy with black hair wearing a tight white shirt and brown shorts, and Kevin was the tallest among the kids having short dark brown hair and wearing loose pants with a black top.


    "Hello there.", said Thomas in a quiet voice, wearing a pair of glasses from his pocket to take a better look at the silver-haired boy.


    Kevin on the other hand just remained silent as he gave a suspicious look to the boy who seemed too out of place.


    Betty on the other hand was a shy girl standing behind them all as she seemed scared of Felix. She had long red hair that reached her waist and wore a pink frolic gown and white leggings.


    "So Felix, where are you planning on going?"


    Noah asked as he stared at the white rag that Felix wore. Meeting his glance, Felix tucked at his only cloth as he replied back.


    "Well, I don''t have any place to go. In fact, I just arrived at this city and don''t know anything about it."


    He acted as if he was a traveler who came back from a journey and didn''t mention anything else.


    Noah nodded as he thought for a moment before his eyes lit up.


    "If you don''t have a place to live then why don''t you stay at our Guild??", he naively asked Felix as he thought staying with him would be fun.


    Felix looked surprised when he heard that they came from a Guild, he curiously asked him back.


    "Guild? What is a guild, can you tell me more about it? I don''t remember many things."


    Shaya elbowed Noah as she took the initiative to speak. She folded her arms in front of her flat chest and looked seriously at Felix in the eye as she told him.


    "Guilds are like private organizations created by some qualified people where people of different professions come together becoming its members and do tasks and missions from which they are rewarded with money and other commodities."


    Noah nodded and added.


    "There are a lot of guilds in Edenmont City, but unlike them, our guild is a bit open-minded, and even though we are kids, they accept us as unofficial members for completing simple tasks around the city."


    Felix heard Noah say that, as he finally came to know the name of the city to which he had traveled.


    ''Edenmont City huh....and there is not one but many guilds here.''


    He wondered as it seemed a bit different from what he had guessed. Glancing at Noah who looked happy at how their guild treated them, Felix questioned him with a curious tone.


    "You said that I can join the guild,...is the requirement not very much?"


    Noah coughed embarrassingly when Felix came to know that as the other kids wryly smiled.


    "Cough..cough..that you see...Our guild is a bit you know...special as it has some circumstances that led it to become like this."


    Felix raised his brows noticing the kids that were looking away while whistling at the sky.


    ''It doesn''t matter, if they can accept me and give me a place to stay then joining their guild does not seem that bad.''


    He ignored Noah who was showing him a guilty face and asked Shaya.


    "Is it compulsory to do the missions or do we do them whenever we want."


    Shaya, a bit taken aback by the question, thought for a moment and nodded.


    "The guild does not force us to do anything, it is our own decision when we accept the missions. Sometimes when necessary, they give exclusive missions but they are only for the official members so we don''t have to worry about it."


    Felix heaved a sigh as he did not want to get forced by them to do impossible missions.


    "Well, that''s all good then. What is the name of your guild? It must have one, right?"


    At the question, Noah hurried forward excitedly raising his hands as he spoke out.


    "Me! I will tell you."


    Looking at the blue-haired boy jumping about almost screaming. Felix chuckled before agreeing.


    "Okay then. Tell me."


    Noah took a deep breath with stars in his eyes and blurted out.


    "The name of our Guild is...."

 The Guild

    "The name of Our Guild is ''Twilight Chaos''!"


    Felix gulped as he felt an invisible pressure descend upon him when he heard the name of their guild.


    "Twilight Chaos...Twilight Chaos...Wow, that sounds so badass.", he spoke to himself as the name felt so cool.


    "B-Bad ass? Eeww, w-why would you say that.", the shy Betty exclaimed as she held her hands together while looking at Felix with disgust.


    Even Kevin and Thomas were looking at him with sickening looks.


    "No! No! What I was saying was-"


    Felix hurriedly shook his hands as he tried to correct the misunderstanding, but Noah patted him on his shoulder interrupting him.


    "Felix, it''s not good manners if you don''t clean your as-"


    Before he could add fire to the already messed up misunderstanding, Felix closed his mouth and glared at him with his crimson eyes.


    "Sorry, I didn''t mean to say that. What I meant was, your guild has a nice name and it sounds really awesome."


    He said correcting their misunderstanding and everyone nodded as they understood what he meant. Shaya looked at Felix as she said to everyone.


    "Well, I think we should head back. We have yet to submit today''s mission"


    Noah finally remembered that they had to submit the mission back to the guild, and before Shaya could continue he told Felix.


    "Let''s go we''ll take you the guild. And there you can apply to become an unofficial member."


    Shaya grumbled at always annoying Noah and shook her head as he would never change his habit of interrupting others when talking.


    Not wasting any time Noah took the lead and led everyone out of the alley and started walking toward the center of the city. Felix stood out in the crowd as he only wore a piece of rag, but people did not focus too much on him as it was not a rare sight for them in such a large city.


    Felix again looked shocked at seeing the medieval setting of this world as a symphony of sounds enveloped him ¨C the cheerful haggling of merchants, the rhythmic clatter of hooves as fantastical creatures pull carriages, and the variety of garments that only existed in fantasy games.


    But he knew that it was all real and there existed dangers beyond his powers that he needed to avoid at the moment. Gaining information was the most basic rule for a king to conquer. And that is what he did.


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    While they were walking he tried asking Noah more about this world in an indirect way.


    "Hey Noah, do you go to other cities while doing missions or do you just do it here?"


    Leading them, Noah didn''t mind the question as he replied back,


    "The unofficial members do not get missions that need to go outside the city. So we always stay inside here. But the official members do frequently travel to different cities to complete their missions."


    Felix deliberated for a second before he asked again.


    "What kind of cities do the official members go to?"


    He asked nonchalantly staring at the buildings that were made of brown and red stones. He did not want them to feel his curiosity and just wanted them to feel it as pass time talk.


    "Well, they go to many cities but I don''t know much as I never talked with an official member that much. They rarely talk about their missions as it can lead to the spread of our information to the enemy guilds."


    Noah said unhappily as he did not seem to like that some guild had a beef with them.


    "If you want to know more, then you can ask the receptionist, she''s a good person and will help you with your application and your stay."


    Felix nodded and felt like he should not ask more as it would look suspicious. The group walked for 15 minutes traveling inside the city as they crossed many streets and stores.


    "Here Felix! This is our Guild!"


    Noah said as they finally reached their destination.


    Felix looked at him pointing at a building in front of them. The building was seven floors tall with black stoned walls and gothic-styled windows. The gates had demonic symbols on them that felt scary to look.


    With pointed corners at the walls of every floor, it had a menacing aura that kept pedestrians from coming near it. Even the sky above it felt a bit dark as the building towered above many buildings around the surroundings which were only about two or three floors tall.


    "*Gulp*, Guys are you sure we''re at the right place?"


    Felix couldn''t help but ask them as he looked at the building which gave him a chill in his spine. His subconscious mind did not want him to enter that building making it dangerous and terrifying to even think about the appearance of the building.


    "Of course, we''re at the right place. Don''t mind the scary feeling, it''s not that bad when you enter it."


    Noah smiled at the boy who acted just like them when they first entered the guild. The others were also grinning as they remembered their first time here.


    "I don''t think I can go th-"


    He tried refusing but Noah and Shaya held his arms and pulled him while mischievously smirking at his nervous expression.


    The other three shrugged at their behavior. Thomas adjusted his glasses acting like a senior and spoke to Kevin and Betty.


    "I wonder how the face of this boy changes when he understands the truth of this dark world and comes to know the secrets held within."


    Kevin ignored his chunibyuu friend as he shook his head and followed the others with Betty, leaving him behind.


    "W-Wait guys...It was necessary for me to act like that.."


    Thomas cried as he hurriedly followed them as they all walked into the gates of the guild that automatically opened welcoming them in.


    The gate then closed by itself as the kids went inside the building which seemed to grow darker and darker with the setting sun.


    The eerie gothic structure stood tall in the dying light, an amalgamation of stone and shadow that seemed to breathe a life of its own.


    Bathed in the final vestiges of daylight, the building took on an even more sinister aspect, an embodiment of the macabre that sent shivers down the spines of those who dared to gaze upon it.


    And this is where Felix came into contact with one of the many forces that governed and ruled the world, the Guilds.

 The Receptionist

    Felix along with the others stood nervously in front of the door of the guild. The door was black in color with red demonic engravings reaching close to 3 meters above the ground. It looked suffocating standing there as if being looked at by evil devils.


    ''Did I make the wrong decision coming here?''


    He did not think it was a great idea to enter the building but the blue-haired Noah did not seem to notice his plight as he took a card out of his pocket and pressed it onto a drawing in the middle of the door that looked like an evil eye.


    "Okay, and here we go!"


    The drawing made Felix feel like a devil was peeking at him from inside, making him shiver at the mere sight of it. After Noah showed his card, the door glowed reddish around the engravings before it slowly opened.


    Felix widened his eyes as the door opened, revealing a hall with many empty sofas at the right and a reception area on the left with someone sitting behind.


    The hall appeared like it was well-maintained with lots of unique paintings hanging on the white wall and a magnificent golden chandelier on the ceiling. There was a big board pinned with many papers and notes on it beside the reception area.


    The floor was made from what looked like black marble and had an elegant feel to it. Straight ahead of the door around ten meters away, there were stairs that led to the second floor. Overall, it seemed that the person who designed the hall had a dark and gothic sense of style.


    "Beautiful...."


    Felix blurted out absently as he stared around the hall which was not something that an ordinary person would ever see in their life. He had never seen something like this even on Earth, maybe only those large castles of some royal families would look similar.


    "Come here Felix, I''ll introduce you to the receptionist."


    Noah went ahead to talk with the receptionist. They seemed pretty close to her as she smiled happily and stood up when they came inside.


    The receptionist was a mature-looking woman wearing a dark red robe over her curvaceous body with shining black earrings that enchanted her looks. Standing straight at 1.65m tall height, she had her blond hair tied in a ponytail and her flirty blue eyes seemed to want to make fun of little kids.


    "Miss Elsa, we brought a new member for the guild. Oh and also here to submit our mission."


    Noah smiled as he pointed at Felix who was standing there nervously. Hearing Noah call him, he looked at the receptionist and greeted her.


    "Ah! Hello there. My name is Felix and I wish to...join the guild?"


    Felix said unsurely as he was not yet ready to join something that he had no idea of, but he also had nowhere else to go that was why he decided to come here.


    Miss Elsa seemed to have noticed his obvious intentions as she smiled at the boy and spoke with her alluring voice.


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    "Nice to meet you, Felix. My name is Elsa and I''m the receptionist of the Twilight Chaos Guild. You must have some difficulties in joining the guild right? It''s not a problem, we can sit in the lounge and discuss it. But before that, let me submit their mission."


    Felix just nodded at her and went to sit on the sofa per her instruction. He relaxed leaning back on the sofa as it felt nice and comforting for his tired body. He looked back at the kids and Miss Elsa who were working on submitting their mission.


    ''What should I do now? Joining and staying here is not a bad idea but I don''t know anything about them. Well, considering that Noah and the kids can become their unofficial members, means their work or should I say missions must be not anything dangerous.''


    ''Is there no other way? If only I had some basic knowledge of this world....sigh.''


    Felix sighed as he closed his eyes and rested his head comfortably on the sofa. Suddenly he opened his eyes as he remembered what his quirky System could do.


    ''Wait! I could create a skill for knowing more about this world.''


    As he was in the city right now, the chances of getting into something dangerous seemed low. That made him think of creating a skill to help him with knowing more about this world.


    Like finding water in a desert, he felt happy knowing he had what many did not, a System!


    He turned to the side and looked at the others. Seeing that they were talking and not watching him, he softly asked the system.


    "Hey System, do you have any idea for a skill that could help me with getting some information about this world?"


    [Host is Host and System is System. Imagining a skill is your job and creating them for you is mine. So it is advised for the host to-]


    "OKAY! OKAY! I UNDERSTAND!"


    Felix shouted out loud without thinking as he was getting tired from the system by now.


    But then he remembered he wasn''t in the forest anymore, and there were others present here.


    "Hey Felix, are you alright?"


    He jumped up at Noah''s question and turned around, only to see that all of them were looking at him with pity and sympathy in their eyes.


    His face turned red as he realized that his shout must have made him look like a madman to them.


    "Ah don''t worry guys. I''m alright, you guys can carry on."


    He shook his hands at them as he smiled awkwardly, making it the second time for him to act weird in front of the kids. They just nodded and went back to discuss their work.


    Felix sighed in relief and quietly cursed the system in his head.


    ''This bastard of a system. Why does it always make trouble for me? Was it made to kill me or to help me?''


    [First of all, the system cannot be a bastard.]


    ''What the hell'', he jumped up again when a voice spoke in his mind but stopped himself from shouting. Then he realized that it was the voice of the system.


    ''You...You can speak in my mind? Wait more than that, you can hear my thoughts?''


    [Affirmative. I never made trouble for the host. It was the host himself who acted crazy at serious times. And yes, I''m here to help you and not...kill you]


    Felix shivered at the end of the sentence, but he shook his head and asked the system again.


    ''Wait. If you can speak in my mind then why didn''t you tell me about it before?''


    [The host never asked.]


    ''Sigh...there''s no way I can depend on you from now on'', shaking his head, Felix cleared his thoughts and again leaned back on the sofa as his muscles relaxed


    His internal mind wasn''t working right at the moment because of the intense situations that kept happening one after the other, especially when his previous life was mundane and boring to the point of calling it ''grey''.


    ''If I can''t ask the system, then I''ll have to create something myself.''


    Felix closed his eyes as he started imagining any skill by remembering many anime and manga that could help him at the moment.


    ''Hmmm...What should I create?''


    He sank into deep thought as nothing seemed to come inside his mind that could potentially let him know more about the world.


    ''Even if there is a skill that could do that, it''s not something my 10 skill points could afford. That means I''ll have to think of a simple skill and not something grand.''


    ''Think...think...think''


    Holding his head, Felix groaned as he tried really hard to think.


    ''wait, I think this may be possible. Let''s try...''


    Almost giving up, he asked the system.


    ''System, create the skill.."

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    ''System, create the skill Flashback.''


    Felix hopefully asked the system after he imagined the uses and the applications of the skill.


    [Processing the skill''s power scale....grading the skill....estimating the possible points required.....skill successfully moduled.]


    [Ding!]


    [Skill Name: Flashback


    Description:


    Lets the user see and hear into the past by touching a person or an object.


    Cost: 300 skill points]


    ''Damn as I guessed it''s not something I can create at the moment.''


    Felix grimaced at having only 10 skill points. He looked around trying to find a solution before curiously asking the system.


    ''System, for this skill, can I reduce the skill points by adding limitations and specific rules?''


    [Yes, the host is allowed to change the description as he wishes. Later, the system will grade it and give it a price.]


    ''If that''s so, then...''


    He thought again for a few seconds and changed the description.


    ''Add a limit so that the skill can only be used once on something and only one minute of the past is shown from a specific moment. How much will that reduce the skill points?''


    [Processing the skill''s power scale....grading the skill....estimating the possible points required.....skill successfully moduled.]


    [Cost: 40 skill points.]


    ''Nice, now one more limit. Hmm, yes. Remove the ability of ''sight'', only hearing it is enough. Show me the skill now.''


    [Ding!]


    [Skill Name: Flashback


    Description:


    Lets the user hear the past of any person or an object after touching them. The skill''s duration is 1 minute for the part of the past that the user desires to hear and it can only be used once on anything.


    Cost: 10 skill points]


    [Do you wish to use 10 skill points and create the skill ''Flashback''?]


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    ''Is there a need to ask? Of course yes!''


    [Ding!]


    [Successfully created a new skill.]


    After finally creating the skill, Felix closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and placed his hand on the sofa he was sitting on. He considered what kind of past he wanted to hear before calling out.


    "Flashback."


    After activating the skill, he felt his mind buzzing like that of a static television sound.


    "Bzzzzzzzz...bzzzzzzzz...bzzzzzzz"


    Slowly, the sound died down and he could hear faint voices inside his head.


    "We can complete this mission. It''s relatively easier than most of them as we only need to visit two cities in the Sephila Kingdom.", a deep voice said.


    Another voice that seemed energetic sounded replying to the first voice.


    "You''re right. The Sephila Kingdom is about 6 days of travel away on the east from our Drakovia Kingdom and considering we''re at Edenmont City, located in the eastern part, it''ll take us around 2 and half a day of travel using a carriage."


    The deep voice that seemed to be the leader of the squad sounded again.


    "Among the four of us, you three are Rank 1 warriors while I am a Rank 2 warrior which is sufficient for us to complete the mission."


    "All we gotta take care of is to hide our identities when doing the mission and not alert the other guilds from the great cities."


    The other three murmured in response as they seem to agree with what their leader said.


    The voices then stopped as Felix opened his eyes and grinned as the skill worked just like he wanted it to.


    ''So this the Drakovia Kingdom and there''s another called Sephila Kingdom on the east side. Hmmm, and Edenmont City seems to be located on the eastern side of the kingdom. But what does he mean by the great cities?''


    Still having many questions, Felix sneakily looked at the others before slowly sitting on the sofa behind him. He needed more information about what the great cities were. So, placing his hand on the sofa, he again activated the skill and heard a different conversation this time.


    Opening his eyes, he nodded at the information that he got for the second time.


    ''So, when the number of strong guilds in a place reaches a certain threshold, that place will be called A Great City. And in this kingdom, there are altogether 9 Great Cities including Edenmont City. Other places are called just towns and villages as they have less influence and strength compared to these cities.''


    Felix placed his finger on his chin as he wondered.


    ''But what makes them so special is that there seems to be a Chamber of Guilds in every Great City where the leaders of the top 10 guilds rule and make the laws and regulations relating to the guilds matters.''


    ''In Edenmont City, Twilight Chaos Guild stands at the top 5 among all the 24 guilds present here. With both allies and enemies among the guilds, it has a decent reputation in the City.''


    ''8 of the Great Cities have a Duke of this kingdom keeping a watch over it while the strongest of the cities, which is The Royal Capital has the King himself.''


    Felix organized all this information in his mind as he finally came to know more about this world. Even though he couldn''t get much information about the outside of the kingdom, it was enough for him at the moment.


    "My my, you seem to enjoying your time here..."


    Felix got surprised at the alluring voice that made him break out of his thoughts. Looking up, he saw that Miss Elsa was looking at him with her flirty eyes giving a mischievous smile, which couldn''t help but make him blush.


    "Oh, M-Miss Elsa, how are you doing?", he blurted out slightly nervous looking at the beautiful yet seductive receptionist that seemed to like making kids embarrassed.


    "I''m doing fine Felix, thank you for asking", she chuckled seeing his shy expression, and asked back.


    "Let''s get to the point and discuss the matter of you joining the guild, shall we?"


    Felix looked back at Noah and the others and saw them giving him a thumbs-up while grinning, he smiled at them and waved his hand. Turning back to the receptionist he took a deep breath and nodded at her question.


    "Yes, Miss Elsa. Please let me join this guild!"

 Joining a Guild

    The receptionist smiled at the enthusiastic silver-haired boy, she pointed to the reception desk and asked Felix to follow her.


    "How about we go there and fill out your application form."


    Saying that she went to her desk and sat on the chair. Felix naturally followed her and stood in front of the wooden desk before Noah came beside him.


    "Hey Felix, good luck there. Now that we have completed our mission and it''s already getting dark outside, we''ll be going home. We''ll see you tomorrow.


    "Thank you, Noah. Be careful on your way home and also, see you tomorrow."


    Felix smiled as he waved at Noah and the others who were leaving the guild. They too wished him luck and said their farewell and left the hall.


    Now it was only him with the receptionist in the guild''s hall. He looked at the blonde mature woman and felt that she looked like a celebrity starring in many movies.


    Her serious face when she was handling her work and the swift movement of her body as she did her job made Felix stare blankly at her.


    "Seen enough?"


    She suddenly raised her eyes and looked at the stupefied crimson eyes at her abrupt question.


    "O-Oh sorry, I just...uh was not. I mean..."


    Miss Elsa giggled at his antics and raised her hand pointing her finger at him in a cute manner as she reprimanded him.


    "Boy, it''s rude to not compliment a lady after you''ve taken a good look at her."


    Felix almost choked at her advice as he blushingly scratched his head and replied.


    "Really? Then, Miss Elsa, you''re the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in my life. Is that fine?"


    She raised her brows at the boy who said that matter-of-factly without any lie or hidden intentions. Thinking that this boy was honest and not like the others, she nodded inside her head as she smiled sweetly at him.


    "Thank you, Felix. It makes me happy that you wholeheartedly complimented me."


    Elsa thanked him as she held a pen and started writing something on a form paper.


    "Okay, so we''ll start with your name and age. Is your name only Felix or do you have a surname? Also, do you have any guardians that can vouch for you?"


    Felix did not have to think much as he honestly replied.


    "Yes. I am an orphan so my name is only Felix. As for my age, it''s...14."


    The receptionist stopped her hand as she raised her head to look at the boy with pity and sighed as she shook her head.


    ''Sigh, no wonder he is wearing a rag and appears scrawny with no muscles on him. Even though he is 14, he looks like a 10-year-old.''


    Felix noticed her reaction but kept quiet as he slightly pulled at the rag.


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    ''Will they not accept me for being a slave or am I getting her sympathy? If it''s the latter then I can use it to advantage.''


    He then looked at the receptionist with his ruby red eyes almost having tears in them as he pleaded with her in a cute voice.


    "Miss Elsa, I don''t have anyone to take care of me and a place to stay, I have also not eaten anything for the past few days. I''m willing to do any work, so please let me in the guild."


    The receptionist of the guild looked at the boy trying his best to join the guild that many were thinking of leaving, because of their member''s eccentric nature. She tilted her head as she remembered what their leader has asked of her.


    Smiling with a beautiful grin that could make flowers bloom, Elsa stood up and placed her hand on the boy''s silver hair and ruffled it, making him close his eyes joyfully, pretending to be cute.


    "Felix, it''s alright now. The guild doesn''t care where you''re from or what you have, as it is in need of many members for...several reasons."


    "That is why you can easily join and stay at this place. As you do not have anywhere to go, you''ll also be given a small room on the second floor that is also the living quarters."


    She explained as she went back to sit on her chair and continued writing on the form.


    "Next. Do you have any prior training or experience in combat?"


    "I have never done any of those."


    Felix didn''t lie as he really did not have any experience in this world.


    Well, the fights of his previous did not matter as it was just child''s play compared to the cruelty of this world. In any case, an orphan with combat skiils would just make them suspicious.


    ''Maybe my chances of getting into some missions may be decreased if I don''t have experience with combat but it doesn''t matter now. I''m only starting as an unofficial member anyway.''


    Elsa asked some more questions that Felix answered in an appropriate manner without making it look like he was lying.


    After the end of her questions, she handed him a contract paper and told him to read the Guild''s rules and regulations.


    "Make sure you read everything on the contract to have a better idea of what it means to become an unofficial member of the Guild, and then sign at the end of the page."


    Felix took the paper and started reading everything.


    ''It seems to tell that I can leave whenever I wish to. And I have to do two missions every week and pay for the cost of staying in the living quarters. Other rules are also not that bad.''


    Having no problem with the contract, he took a pen from the desk and signed it.


    "Whoosh!"


    Right after signing it, the contract started floating up and dispersed into tiny black particles before going inside a black orb on the desk and a small part of it touched his hand.


    Felix anxiously looked at his hand after witnessing the magical scene. His hand appeared to be fine but there was a symbol of an evil eye on the back of his palm glowing a bit red eerily.


    "W-What was that? Is that anything dangerous?"


    He couldn''t help but ask Miss Elsa who looked amused at his reaction as she intently looked at him, slightly biting her lips.


    ''This boy really is different, how can he act so cute even when he is just shouting.''


    She looked at the boy who was rubbing his hand trying to remove the symbol not knowing that he was just acting cute to impress her.


    "It''s alright, Felix. That is the mark of recognition that members of the guild get after joining the guild. It won''t affect you in any way and it will go away after some time not to appear again."


    "Also, take this card. It is used when going inside and outside the Guild Building. You can also use it as an identity card in the City if you do not have any other."


    Felix sighed in relief knowing it won''t have any weird effect on him.


    He received the card and held it in his hand. It was white in color with the same symbol of the evil eye on one side and his identity details on the other side.


    "Growl"


    Hearing the sound from his stomach, he put his hand on his tummy and requested the receptionist.


    "Miss Elsa, do you have anything to eat? I don''t think I can handle my hunger anymore."


    She smiled and got up from the desk, leading him toward the stairs.


    "Let''s go. I''ll lead you around the place and show you your room as well as the dining hall and other facilities."


    As Felix followed her to the stairs, she suddenly stopped on the first step and turned around grinning at him.


    "Oh, I forgot to tell you this..."


    He raised his head and stared at her as she looked breathtakingly beautiful at that angle as the golden rays of the chandelier shined on her white and glossy skin.


    The blood-red carpet on the black stairs in her background gave her curvy body a slightly evil disposition. She raised her red lips at the corners as she gave a grin that could make babies stop crying in fear, and said.


    "Welcome to the Twilight Chaos Guild!"

 New Room and a Clue

    Following behind the now calm receptionist to the second floor, Felix couldn''t help but remember her devil-like grin that made him feel a shiver run down his spine.


    At that moment, he could only give her a small nod and act scared forgetting his plan of pretending to be cute.


    ''Holy shi*, what did I get myself into? Is she really a human and not a devil in a human''s skin?''


    Felix really regretted it, thinking about whether it was the right decision to have joined the guild. There was no way a receptionist would act like that.


    ''Was she just trying to scare me? Or did she get to know that I was pretending to be cute? No way she''ll eat me now, right?''


    He took nervous steps following her as they arrived at the second floor. Elsa ignored his fearful expression as she turned to him and stated.


    "On the first floor, there was the hall with lounge and reception with some storage rooms in the corner. The second floor is the living quarters with the dining hall. The third floor is for official members only and off-limits for unofficial members, if you''re seen there you''ll have to face punishment."


    She gave him a serious face as she continued.


    "Moving up, every floor is unavailable for you. So, there''s no need for any unnecessary details of them."


    "Come here, I''ll take you to your room. You can have food at the dining hall after this."


    That being said, she walked deeper into the second floor and took a left turn, entering a wide corridor with many doors on the sides. After walking for a few seconds they stopped in front of a door with the number ''132''.


    "Here, this is the key to your room. Don''t lose it or you''ll have to pay a fine for that. You don''t seem to have any other clothes so I''ll inform a worker to bring you some."


    Elsa took a key out of nowhere a gave it to Felix who looked at his cloth that was just a rag and couldn''t help but thank her.


    "Thank you, Miss Elsa."


    She shook her head as she replied.


    "Don''t worry, we''ll cut the reward of your first mission in exchange for this. Also, the dining hall has breakfast, lunch, and dinner free for everyone. You''ll have to pay for anything extra you''d like to eat."


    He widened his eyes at the treatment he was getting.


    ''Really? Not even free clothes? Whatever, atleast they give food.''


    "Well then, my job here is done. Enjoy your stay, Felix."


    She smiled sweetly as she went back to her work, swaying her hips as she hopped a little and left Felix alone in the corridor.


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    ''This woman... I can''t seem to understand her. Was she acting earlier or is that how she usually is.''


    Felix shook his head as it was not that important. He would know everything as time went by. He inserted and turned the key in the keyhole and opened the door to his new room ''132''.


    Entering inside, he carefully locked the door and gazed around the room. There was a small single bed at the left corner along with a window above the bed having brown curtains.


    On the right side, there was a desk along with a closet. There was a door on the right wall leading to a washroom with a bathtub.


    "Hmm, it''s not bad. A lot better actually than what I expected."


    *Knock* *Knock*


    "Room Service."


    A robotic voice sounded outside the door. Felix turned the key and opened the door, as a man wearing a white and black uniform gave him a packet and went back.


    Not wasting any time, he quickly locked the door and removed the rag he was wearing. Opening the door of the washroom, he turned on the hot water and lay down inside the tub.


    "Sigh...this is what I call life."


    Relaxing in the hot water, he washed his body and hair even though he still had many wounds on his naked body. Looking down at his lower waist, he grinned at the length of his little brother.


    "Woah, it has nice potential there.", he touched his tower as he felt it was bigger than the one in his previous life. Not wanting to awake the dragon he pulled back his hands and just stared at it.


    ''Just looking at it makes me have no regrets about being reincarnated in this body.''


    After five minutes of bath, he came outside and wore his new clothes. It consisted of a brown shirt and dark blue pants with a black belt. Just something simple but still better than a rag. There were two other sets in the packet which he kept in the closet.


    "Let''s go the dining hall, or else I''ll pass out anytime now."


    Felix did not have a watch so he couldn''t tell time but his hunger made him just move to where food would be.


    Coming out of the room, he locked the door and started walking toward the dining hall. Instead of taking a right which led to the stairs, he went ahead crossing many rooms and stood in front of a double door that had ''dining hall'' written on it.


    He pushed the doors open and peered at the dining hall. There were tables and chairs on the left side with some people having dinner there. On the right side, there was a buffet where you could take anything you wanted to eat.


    Felix quickly entered, took a plate and started filling it with many things. After making sure he had taken a piece of every food, that he didn''t even know the name of, he walked toward an empty table and sat there.


    "Gulp, time to dig in."


    Nothing could stop him from gobbling up the food as he started eating in a crazy manner.


    Some people looked at him in amusement at how he was acting but he didn''t mind them as his only thoughts were to eat as much as he could to improve the state of his body.


    After finishing everything on the table, he gave a burp and drank a glass of fresh juice.


    "Haa that felt good. Nothing beats a plate full of food."


    Sighing in contentment, Felix went out of the dining hall picking his teeths, and entered back in his room.


    Making sure that he locked the door, he lay on the bed as he called out to the system.


    "System, show me my status."


    [Status]


    [Name: Felix]


    [Race: Human]


    [Age: 14]


    [Mage Cultivation: Rank 0]


    [Warrior Cultivation: Rank 0]


    [Talent: ¡ï¡ï ]


    [State: Body is in the process of healing and recovering.]


    [Skills: Silent Steps, Flashback.]


    [Skill Points: o]


    "Starting tomorrow, I''ll have to do missions and get to know more about this world. Also, I have to make some money for staying here and pay for my expenses"


    ''Hmm...wait did I not have that guy''s wallet with me?''


    Recalling the wallet of the huge guy, he suddenly got up and looked at the rag in the corner. He put the knife on the desk and took out the wallet from his rag.


    ''There''s nothing here except some papers and waste. That poor bastard had nothing on him. Sigh.''


    Throwing the wallet into a corner, he walked back to the bed when suddenly an idea hit him.


    ''It''s worth a try.''


    Going back and bending down to take the wallet, he held it in his hand and sat back on the bed. He took a deep breath and stared at the wallet before whispering.


    "Flashback."

 The Imminent Chaos

    "Bzzzzzzzzz.....Bzzzzzzzz...Bzzzzzzzzz."


    Came the static noise of a broken television for a few seconds before it died, and faint voices could be heard.


    "...this one and that one. Yes, thank you."


    The voice of the huge guy could be heard as he seemed to be haggling with a street vendor.


    "Hurry up, you idiot. Did you think I hired you to waste my time?"


    A stern voice sounded that seemed to make a fuss about taking this guy to do his job.


    "Y-Yes Master, I''m coming, just that these toys were not that bad so..."


    His voice trailed silently as he gulped in fear at whatever his Master did there.


    "Don''t make me repeat myself, the people of the dark guilds don''t care about people''s lives. So, if you make any mistakes, be ready to face something you would never wish to."


    "I-I understand."


    The huge guy''s head must have been faced downwards as he spoke with a scared voice not disturbing his Master again.


    "Let''s go, we need to find someone before moving to the meet-up place for completing the deal."


    "I don''t want to fail this mission as it can greatly help me in...."


    The voices died down there as Felix opened his eyes and stared intently at the wallet in his hand. His red eyes were tinged with hatred from hearing their voices again, but he took a deep breath, relaxed, and calmed down.


    "Those bastards...Sigh I didn''t get much out of them, but this is still fine."


    He didn''t think that the information was less as he knew beforehand that using Flashback on a thing was random of his desired wish.


    If he wanted to hear the past of something and wishes for it, the sounds are what he wants to hear but it can also be something that is of not much use.


    ''The only thing of importance from their conversation I heard was about the ''dark guilds''. What are they? Some Gangs? Criminals? Most likely something similar to those. I need to find more about them and remain hidden.''


    ''The next thing was that gray-haired man''s mission. It seems that he had gotten a mission from somewhere to deliver a sacrifice to the people of dark guilds and I.....was chosen as the pig.''


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    Felix gnashed his teeth in anger as he felt like tossing them in magma and roasting their dicks* with charcoals. His wrath made his crimson eyes give a slight glow as the decreasing sunlight from outside the window seem to fall on his silver hair, shining it.


    Shaking his head, he tossed the wallet on the desk and laid his head on the soft cushion of the bed. Giving his body a stretch, he started dozing off as he had a last thought.


    ''I''ll find out about everything later and make sure that bastard pays for making me go through hell. But right now, I''ll go to sleep and recover my body.''


    Closing his eyes, Felix swore to himself as he fell asleep on a bed for the first time after transmigration. Deep snores could be heard as he already reached dreamland with a dead tired body on the bed.


    *****


    Edenmont City.


    The seventh floor of the Twilight Chaos Guild.


    In a dark room that had a few dark crystals emitting light, a tall man with long black hair that reached his waist was standing in front of a large gridded window. He wore a tight robe over his sturdy body that gave his already strong muscles a firm shape.


    His face had a long and thin scar that looked like it was carved with a sword across the right side of his face. His lips raised in an arrogant manner as his blue eyes peered through the windows from the tall building of the guild looking over the City.


    "Things have calmed down a bit, but the other guilds have not accepted my proposal yet. It seems I have to show them what it means to oppose my Twilight Chaos Guild."


    The man spoke with a cold voice as he grinned looking over the dark city that was going to sleep, and rubbed the ring on his finger which gave a bright light on his hand.


    A small white orb materialized from the light in his hand to which he gave an incantation, the orb then started turning from white to black as a voice came out of it.


    "Please give us your orders, Guild Master.", requested a burly voice that appeared to be desperately wanting to create more trouble and destruction.


    "Make your preparations and remain on standby. The moment I give you the signal, that is when you all will break hell loose in the City."


    The man spoke with a cold voice as he gave a demonic grin and turned off the communication orb.


    Turning back to his office, he went and sat on a cool and dark sofa that was behind his table as he stared at the only thing on his desk.


    A Letter.


    The white letter looked beautiful with golden inscriptions on it that glowed under the faint light of the room''s dark crystals. It looked quite otherwordly in contrast to the dark desk and room as it faintly emitted a strong presence.


    He took the letter and read through it again like he did many times before. Putting it back on the table, he leaned back on the sofa and heaved a sigh.


    "Sigh...Now what am I gonna do with this? Did he forget that I''m not interested in such things?"


    Shaking his head at the proposition given to him by the person he always wanted to surpass and keep up with. He spoke with a resigned expression.


    "He is just giving me more work than I already have, but I can''t just ignore him, that''s why I asked Elsa to take care of it."


    Giving away all his work to his subordinates, which he always did was the reason he rarely left the seventh floor. So, most of the people in Edenmont City had never seen the mysterious leader of the Twilight Chaos Guild.


    Opening his drawer, he took out a file and checked today''s report given by the receptionist.


    "Hmmm. It seems we got a new member today. So far so good, but I wonder how the fate of this city will change in a few months."


    He smirked at the thought of his guild creating and spreading chaos in the ever-peaceful City.


    "It''s time we make a change for good. As nothing lasts forever."


    The Guild Master of the Twilight Chaos grinned evilly like an old demon, as he clasped his hands together near his chin.

 Mission Scrolls and Currency

    "Yawwnn.."


    Felix sat on his bed stretching his body, as the early sunrays of the morning peeked into his room. He thought of what happened in the last few days and smiled.


    ''It was nervewracking at first when I got suddenly turned into a slave, but now it''s all good with a place a stay and a guild with my backing.''


    The only thing that terrified most of the people was being caught in something unprepared, having no clue as to what they had to do. With choices that seemed very hard to tread upon, most of them get destroyed.


    But there are those who, even in the most difficult of situations, try to remain calm and analyze their behavior, situation and predict the future. These people are called by many as ''cunning''.


    Felix got up from the bed and entered the washroom. Taking a small shower and brushing his teeth, he wore his clothes and opened the door to go outside.


    "Hey, hurry up. We can''t be late or else we''re gonna lose all the credit for the mission."


    An anxious voice sounded as Felix came out of his room and glanced at the two boys standing outside another room. They seem to wait for another person inside the room who just woke up and was getting ready.


    "Wait a moment guys. I''ll be done right now."


    The person inside the room spoke without any worry as he changed his clothes and prepared to go out.


    Felix didn''t mind them as he walked to the side and went passed them.


    "Hey, you!"


    He stopped as he felt a hand on his left shoulder and turned to look at the person. It was a boy who looked like a 18-year-old with curly brown hair and narrowed black eyes eyes.


    "Who are you?"


    Felix tilted his head and blinked at the question, he felt slightly annoyed when someone was stopping him from going to the dining hall to eat his breakfast. So he replied back,


    "I don''t have time for your questions."


    Stating that, he jerked off the hand on his shoulder and started walking towards the dining hall.


    The boy froze as his hands remained in the air before glancing at his partner who was holding back his laughter.


    "Pff¡­pfff. You got rejected¡­.hahaha"


    Laughed the other guy with dark green hair and a small face, as he held his stomach tightly and leaned on the wall.


    The boy with curly brown hair got angered as he kicked his friend''s leg.


    "Shut up! Hmmph that was pretty rude, if it wasn''t for the rules in the guild, I would have hit him right on his face."


    "Yeah Yeah, of course you would. As that is the only thing you do. "


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    The dark green-haired boy retorted as he shook his head at his friend''s impulsiveness.


    Felix ignored their chatter as he was too hungry for breakfast. It seemed that after getting reincarnated into this body, his hunger reached another level considering that the boy hardly ate anything in the slums.


    Arriving inside the dining hall, he took the breakfast to a table and ate it joyfully. No matter what, food always made him forget his worries.


    Coming out from the dining hall, he walked downstairs and arrived on the first floor. There seemed to be some people here and there, talking and planning, but they made sure to not disturb others and used a small voice.


    Felix came to the reception desk and saw that Miss Elsa was sitting on a chair doing her work.


    "Miss Elsa, I''m here to do my first mission."


    He called out to her, to which she raised her head and smiled at him.


    "Oh, my boy Felix, you woke up. I thought you were going to sleep some more as you were looking really tired yesterday."


    "Thank you for your concern, Miss Elsa. But I have to complete missions to earn something and pay...I mean contribute to the guild."


    Felix blurted with a slight sarcasm in his voice. Elsa shook her head at his frustration but did not speak about it.


    "Well, you can look at the missions pinned on that board. Everything there is for the unofficial members. Choose one and bring me the mission scroll that you want to accept."


    "Alright, I''ll do that."


    He replied back and went to the mission board. Glancing around, he saw many scrolls with ordinary missions like delivering goods, finding lost things, helping in shops, and many others. There was also the reward written down at the bottom of the page.


    ''Hmm...These missions are not that dangerous for a beginner like me, so it''s a perfect way to earn some money.''


    Felix neared his face to the board and looked at the reward, most of them had numbers written there which could only mean the currency of this world.


    ''All of them have around 1k to 10k as a reward, but how valuable is this currency?''


    He took a mission scroll which was about finding a lost pet and went back to the reception.


    "Miss Elsa, can you tell me more about this mission?"


    Seeing that Felix had already chosen his mission, Elsa took the scroll and studied it.


    "This is relatively easier than most as you only need to find a lost pet along with the client. Having a reward of 1.5k, it''s a good mission for a beginner."


    He nodded at her, thinking that the mission was not that bad for his first mission because delivering or working in unfamiliar shops would be quite hard as he was new to the City.


    "What about the reward, Miss Elsa? I have never possessed any money so I don''t know how much they are worth."


    Elsa widened her eyes in surprise when he didn''t even know such a basic thing. She thought that he must have been too poor to have never seen money as she smiled sadly in her mind and explained to him.


    "So basically, the currency of this world are coins called Tahl, and an average person''s monthly salary in Edenmont City is around 5k to 10k tahl. There are different values for a different color of tahl."


    "White coin means one tahl, green coin means 10 tahl, yellow is 20 tahl, with orange and blue as 50 and 100 tahl. Silver coin is 1k tahl and a golden coin is 10k tahl. While the last one is a platinum coin worth 100k tahl. Do you get it?"


    "Oh thank you, Miss Elsa. I get it now."


    "Well, even though this mission is safe and easy, don''t forget to be careful and take care of yourself."


    She reminded him as he took back the scroll and started walking towards the main door. Hearing her words, Felix smiled at how she was worried at about him when he suddenly remembered something.


    Awkwardly going back to the desk, he scratched his cheeks and asked the receptionist.


    "Umm, Miss Elsa. Do you have a map of the city?"


    Elsa looked at the awkward boy who was too embarrassed to look at her as she took out a piece of paper from under her desk.


    "The price of the map will be 200 tahl, and it''ll be deducted from your first mission''s reward. Is that fine?", she gave a smile of that of a businesswoman.


    "Yes fine. of course it''s fine", Felix gritted his teeth as he seemed to get into debt for the third time now.


    ''First the room, then the clothes, and now a map.''


    ''Sigh...I better start earning a lot from missions to cover my expenses.''


    He shook his head and took the map while nodding toward the happy receptionist. Not wasting any more time, Felix started walking to the main door and begin his first mission.

 First Mission

    Felix took out the id card from his pocket and showed it to the evil eye in the middle of the door just like how Noah did it yesterday.


    The door glowed a bit reddish and slowly opened, making the morning sunlight enter the hall.


    The weather outside looked peaceful as a few birds flew over the horizon, the clouds looked grey as they blocked the sun and made the surroundings cool and humid.


    He kept the id card back in his pocket and went outside the building. Taking short steps, he arrived at the gate which automatically opened to let him go out.


    When outside the guild, he turned back to look at his new home which was the guild''s building. It looked enchanting and impressive as the morning rays shined on the tall dark architecture.


    ''It still feels a bit spooky, but inside it felt really warm and pleasant. Appearances cannot be judged at all.''


    Felix pondered as he smiled at how the guild was not a bad place, ignorant to the fact that it was all a facade for the new members.


    ''Well, let''s start the mission.''


    Turning back, he took out the map bought with his debt money and took a look at it.


    The map of the City looked detailed and irregular in shape, but it was divided into five main parts, the north, south, east, west, and center.


    He studied the map and found that the guild building''s location was in the southern part of the City. And the place for his mission was near to it, a short distance of 1.2 kilometers from here.


    Carefully sorting his thoughts, he started walking in its direction while glancing at the streets in his surroundings.


    ''Hmmm...there seem to be fewer people in the morning except for some going about their jobs.''


    The slight gust of wind made him feel cool as the clouds kept the city in their shadows. Holding the map in his hand, Felix navigated through the streets and roads to his destination.


    Fifteen minutes later, he stood in front of a neighborhood having identical houses. Checking the house number on the gate, he walked to the house mentioned in the scroll.


    He opened the gate and walked inside the compound. Arriving at the door, he gave a few knocks.


    *Knock* *Knock*


    "Hello, did you submit a mission?"


    After a few seconds, the door of the house opened up and a fat lady walked out wiping the tears from her face. She looked sad as she observed Felix.


    "Oh, are you from the guild?"


    She asked strangely as the boy looked too young to be a member of a guild.


    "Yes Mam, I''m a new unofficial member of the guild and I''m here to complete the mission.", he replied to her.


    "Is that so...Well, for now, come inside. Let me tell you more about the mission."


    She turned to the side and welcomed him in.


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    "Okay."


    They both entered the house and sat in the living room.


    "Do you need anything to drink?", she asked as Felix sat on a chair.


    "No Mam, I''ve had my breakfast."


    At his reply, she nodded and sat on a different chair, a bit larger.


    "Then let me tell you about my request."


    "Please help me find my baby cat Suzzy."


    "Sniff...Sniff...She is just 5 months old, and while roaming around in the neighborhood, she never came back."


    The fat lady cried as she wiped her tears with a handkerchief. She appeared to have already searched the neighborhood where she could not find any clue.


    "I have also asked many people about her, but they seem to have not noticed her at all."


    Felix already knew the mission from reading the scroll, but he still frowned as they had no clue at all.


    ''If we have no idea where the cat went, then we''ll just have to look around in random locations.''


    ''But she said that there''s no clue even in this neighborhood, then where did the cat go?''


    As he pondered about where the cat could possibly go. The fat lady again started crying getting no reply from the boy.


    "Sniff...sniff...do you have no way to find my cat? What am I going to do now?"


    He got worried and consoled the lady.


    "Don''t worry Mam, we''ll definitely find her."


    ''To find a way?... Maybe I can use my skill...''


    He got up and called out to the wailing lady.


    "Mam, can you show me where you saw the cat for the last time?"


    The fat lady looked surprised before she nodded and walked out of the house with Felix.


    "It should be just outside the gates of the house."


    They came outside the gate and she pointed at the right side of the wall where there was a pillar for the street lights.


    "There. I saw it strolling around there."


    Felix nodded and went near it.


    He acted as if he was checking around the place looking for the cat''s footsteps. Slowly he placed his hand on the pillar while thinking of hearing the cat''s voice and closed his eyes.


    ''Flashback''


    The voices turned silent as he could faintly hear a cute animal''s sound.


    "Meow...meow"


    The voice came again before silencing down.


    "Meow.."


    He concentrated on the direction the voice was going before opening his eyes.


    "Mam, I think it went in that direction."


    Felix pointed to the right side of the street and smiled assuredly at the fat lady.


    She was a bit doubtful at his answer but having no choice she could only nod and reply to him.


    "Okay. We''ll go in that direction as you say."


    They went there with Felix pretending to look around as he found another pillar a bit away.


    He told her to wait there and again used the skill on the pillar.


    Coming back, he pointed to her in a different direction to where they traversed again. Doing the same thing several times, they finally arrived at a bridge with a small stream flowing under it.


    "Mam, let''s check under the bridge. Maybe it''s hidden there."


    The fat lady could only hopefully nod right now as she felt a little tired from all the walking.


    "You go and check there. I won''t be able to climb back if I go there."


    Felix smiled strangely as he went to the small bridge. Walking down the area, he arrived at the banks of the stream and looked beneath the bridge.


    "meoww...."


    He grinned at the small cat that was staring at him curiously from under the bridge. It appeared a bit dirty with some mud on its shiny white fur but he didn''t care about that as he caught the small cat with his hands.


    Resisting a bit, the cat tried to run away from his hands but he didn''t allow it and held it tightly near his chest.


    Climbing back to the top of the bridge, he saw the fat lady running toward him as she spread her arms.


    "Suuuzzzyyy"


    She cried out loudly before snatching the cat from his hands and hugging it tightly in her large bosom, almost suffocating it.


    "Mam, I think you should not hold it so tightly. It''s already a bit weak and needs a bit of care."


    "Hmm thank you. If it wasn''t for you I would not have found it.", she thanked the silver-haired boy who seemed much more pleasing to the eyes now.


    Felix just smiled at her joyfully as he finally completed his first mission.


    ''It was easy money. Maybe I should open a ''finding lost pets'' office?''


    He thought that it could be a profitable business.


    "Here. Give me your scroll. I''ll sign it so that you can accept your reward from the guild."


    He took out his scroll and gave it to her. She signed it and gave it back to him. With the cat in her arms, she waved at him and walked back to her house.


    "Thank you for submitting a mission at our guild. I hope you ask for our help again."


    He thanked her sweetly and waved at her retreating figure.


    ''Nice. I got my first mission done. That too only within 1 hour."


    Felix rejoiced as he opened the map to find the way back to the guild.


    "Hmm...where am I?"


    The silver-haired boy looked aghast holding the map realizing that he got lost on his first mission.


    "Really? I got lost..."

 Getting Lost

    Felix stood rooted on the spot as he speechlessly stared hard at the map in his hands.


    "Fucking Hell..."


    That was all he could utter as he cursed himself for getting lost in the new City.


    He fully opened the map and searched for any clue he could find.


    "The location of the guild is marked on the map, that''s alright..."


    "But the question is....where the hell am I?"


    There was no point or indicator showing his location on the map like on a smartphone, so he could not find his position there. He tried hard to look for any way to get the location right, but it was of no use.


    "After getting the lost kitten back, is it my turn now??"


    He ridiculed himself shaking his head at the dead joke.


    "What do I do now?"


    Glancing around, he saw the bridge where he found the kitten. But he didn''t know the way back to the fat lady''s house as he was too occupied with using the skill on the way and thus did not remember the path they came from.


    Many people walked by him as he stood at the place with a large map of the city in his hand. Some were curious about what he was doing but nevertheless, they ignored him and went about their daily tasks.


    He considered asking a passerby for directions and went toward an amiable old man walking on the street with a stick.


    "Umm...Excuse me, do you know what place is this?"


    The old man with short white hair stopped and turned to him surprised at the question, as he intently looked at the boy who was asking for directions.


    "Boy, did you get lost on the way home?"


    He asked as he rubbed his beard while narrowing his eyes to take a good look at the silver-haired boy.


    "Ehh it''s not that I got lost. It''s just that I wanted to find a place to go and couldn''t find it."


    Felix lied without changing his expression as he pointed to the map in his hand.


    "Can you please help me point at where we are, then I''ll be able to find my way."


    The old man gawked at the map as not many had a detailed map in their belongings. It could be said that such a map was very rare and only high-ranking people had them.


    He speechlessly looked at the boy who did not know the value of such a map. Shaking his head, the old man studied the map and pointed to a street drawn on it.


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    "This is where we are, at Erling Street. You can check the map and find your way back."


    "Oh thank you very much, senior. I very much appreciate your help", Felix thanked him happily.


    "Haha, it''s not a problem, at least these old bones could help you with something."


    The old man chuckled and joyfully accepted the young boy''s gratitude.


    "I''ll be going now then."


    Felix waved at him and walked away holding his map and searching the way back to the guild.


    The old man looked at the retreating figure of the boy and sighed.


    "Sigh...it''s really good to be young."


    He shook his head as being old made him regret a lot of things that he didn''t do when he was still young.


    "Grandpa! Where were you..?"


    A man around 22 years old came running as he saw his grandfather walking in the street again forgetting the way.


    "Grandpa! You got lost again. This is Denise Street, not the Erling Street where we were planning to go."


    "Hmm? What did you say?"


    The old man shouted as he couldn''t believe his grandson saying that he got lost.


    "There''s no way I got lost. Maybe they changed the name of the street but there''s no way I''m old enough to lose my way."


    The man sweated as he rubbed his forehead at his grandpa who had dementia and always lost his way, but he never accepted the truth and just argued with them.


    "Yes Yes Grandpa, maybe they changed the name. So, how about we go back to where we were?"


    "Hmm, let''s go. I''m tired from all the walking."


    The old man and his grandson went about their way as Felix went in the wrong direction the eccentric grandpa gave.


    *****


    A few minutes later.


    Felix stood in front of a random building as he looked back and forth between the map in his hand and the spot.


    "What the fuck?? Did I get lost again??"


    Felix exclaimed as threw the map down and squatted on the ground, not believing that he became directionally challenged after reincarnating.


    "Is there something wrong with the map? But it was worth 200 tahl! There''s no way Miss Elsa sold me a counterfeit map right?"


    He sighed, grabbing the map back and keeping it away as it had no use to him now.


    "What now?"


    It appeared that he was in an alleyway where there was hardly any public. The dark shadows of the houses and the buildings hindered his eyes from seeing much.


    He started going deeper into the alley to look for a way out.


    Traversing through the narrow passageway, he crossed many diverging paths but still remained on the main alley.


    Now, it was pure silence. He could not hear anything except for his footsteps.


    There were no living beings to be seen as he slowly trod forward into the dark alleyway.


    "This is getting scary...."


    Felix cautiously gazed around him as he felt quite scared at the growing broken buildings that he met on the way.


    It seemed he was entering some kind of ghetto of the city, but he could still not find anything or anyone.


    Suddenly, he heard a distant sound of a melody.


    ?~~~?~~~?~~~


    It appeared to be a welcoming song, but it was more of a soft type that made people feel relaxed and sleepy.


    "What''s this music? It sounds really suspicious..."


    Nevertheless, he followed the faint music and searched for the source. Finding the place it was coming from, he hid behind a wall and peeked at it.


    The place appeared to be a dome-like tent made up of different colors. The tip of it was pointed toward the sky and a small opening of the tent made the music faintly escape out.


    "A circus? Seriously..."


    Felix was dumbfounded at what he found. He did not imagine there could be something like a circus in the fantasy world.


    ''Maybe I''m only thinking about all those anime and web novels that I forgot that this is an actual world. I should stop comparing this world to those stories.''


    He gulped at his naivety and ignorance that could one day make him regret ever believing in his stupid fantasies.


    ''There''s so much that I do not know about this world. If I remain clueless and unaware of the things here, then I''ll be just digging my own grave.''


    Felix took a deep breath and shook away his stupid tendencies to make fun of things. He stared seriously at the circus tent and contemplated to himself.


    ''So, should I go back or....."


    He gazed forward with a piercing glare and finally made his decision.

 Fortune and Misfortune

    "Curiosity killed the cat."


    A proverb, that is used to warn of the dangers of unnecessary investigation or experimentation.


    It also implies that being curious can sometimes lead to danger or misfortune.


    And here we have a silver-haired boy, looking curiously at the circus-like place that he deemed, was the perfect definition of suspicion.


    But the questions as to ''what it was'' and ''why was it in an empty alley'' made him forget the fact that this was a cruel world devoid of a speck of mercy.


    Felix prepared himself for whatever he was going to face at the place that looked like a circus.


    He inwardly activated his skill ''Silent steps'' and strode forward, sneaking up to the opening of the tent.


    Holding the soft curtain-like opening, he parted it slightly as he gazed inside.


    There, he saw it.


    Cages that were too big for a human.


    And certainly, it did not confine humans, but.....monsters.


    ''W-What the hell is this??''


    Felix cried out in his mind as his brain failed to process the horrible scene in front of him.


    Monsters like goblins, wolves, trolls, kobolds, and much more were held captive being bruised and wounded as they seemed to be on their deathbed, jailed within the cages.


    They could not detect his presence as he was using his skill, but even without activating it, they would not be able to sense him as they were laid unconscious in the cage with their twitching bodies.


    *Gulp*


    Felix took a deep breath, calming his racing heart that felt like it was about to jump out of his chest.


    Around the cages, there were chests and other wooden barrels laying on the ground. They seemed to be filled with water and food to feed the captured monsters.


    ''What should I do? What should I do?''


    His mind raced as he bit his fingers, trying to comprehend the surreal scene that lay in front of him.


    A nervous energy coursed through his veins, his palms growing damp as he clenched his fists.


    ''This seems too terrifying, maybe I should run from here.''


    He hesitated for a moment, debating whether to approach or retreat from the horrible spectacle.


    But before he could do that, he heard footsteps approaching from behind him. Someone was walking toward the opening he was at, from the alley he came from.


    ''Hurry! Hide!''


    Without wasting any more time, he quickly entered the tent and hid behind a large chest, shrinking his body and making no sound.


    "Kekeke Sir Oswell, you will not regret choosing to make a deal with us. We will certainly give you something worthy for a noble."


    A sinister voice sounded, as a man of short stature entered the tent rubbing his hands together while wearing a professional smile on his face, that had a few broken teeth.


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    "Umm, I expect that you have already prepared what I requested."


    This time, an arrogant voice could be heard as another man walked in. He was a bit on the taller side, with a large belly that could be mistaken as a pregnant woman''s stomach and a handlebar-style mustache on his face.


    "Yes yes, please follow me. I''ll show you some of our top-grade products"


    Felix stealthily peeked at them and saw that they were walking deeper into the other section of the tent.


    ''Are they doing business with the monsters'' bodies? Is that even legal? But that man seems to be a noble from what I heard.''


    He considered his options carefully. If caught, he''d face the same fate as the monsters. However, his main concern was...


    ''These are free skill points...!''


    The silver-haired boy''s ruby-red eyes gleamed greedily as he looked at the many wounded and half-dead monsters that wouldn''t give any resistance.


    ''If I kill them, and escape from here. Wouldn''t I make wholesale of skill points?''


    He became breathless at the thought of earning numerous skill points that his weak body and combat skills would struggle to obtain currently.


    ''It''s now or never. I cannot always be indecisive, there won''t be any more chances like this.''


    Making up his mind, Felix brought out the knife from his back.


    Before leaving his room, he had hidden it under his shirt, just in case something unexpected happened and he needed it.


    Felix took a deep breath and walked to the nearest cage holding the knife with both his hands.


    Inside the cage, there was a kobold, a monster that is a craven reptilian humanoid with red skin and short scales on some parts of their bodies.


    It was 1.45 m tall with thin horns on its head.


    The kobold was laying unconscious like every other monster in the tent with its body leaning against the bars of the cage.


    Felix stood behind the caged kobold and slashed his knife at its neck.


    "Sqwelp"


    Blood spurted out of the wound as the monster''s neck looked half severed.


    Finding that the stab did not kill it, he took another deep breath and swung the knife at its neck a few more times.


    "Sqwelp...sqwelp...sqwelp"


    [You have killed a being higher than your own rank]


    [You have gained 10 skill points]


    At last, Felix heard the message from the system and stopped his actions.


    Looking at his red hands and the flowing blood from the neck of the monster, he hardened his heart.


    ''It''s not over yet.''


    Swiftly moving toward the other monsters, he did the same movements and slashed their necks by inserting his hands into the cage.


    "Sqwelp...sqwelp..."


    A wolf, goblin, kobold, troll,


    [You have killed a being higher than your own rank]


    [You have gained 10 skill points]


    [You have killed a being higher than your own rank]


    [You have gained 10 skill points]


    [.....]


    After killing 8 of the many monsters in the tent, he sat on the ground with an exhausted pale face from all the carnage he did.


    "Haaa..., that was crazy."


    He couldn''t believe he had mercilessly killed the motionless monsters.


    ''If it was a fair fight in a forest, I would have already been dead and eaten by those monsters. So, there''s no reason for me to show sympathy toward them.''


    Felix clenched his hands to keep from passing out, not wanting to give himself a reason to feel guilty.


    ''No! I gotta do it, there''s no guarantee I would not fall into dangerous situations again. Only by being stronger can I keep myself alive.''


    Steeling his heart, he rose up to his feet.


    He held the knife tightly and again went on a killing spree as he continued to take the lives of the miserable half-dead monsters.


    [You have killed a being higher than your own rank]


    [You have gained 10 skill points]


    [You have killed a being higher than your own rank]


    [You have gained 10 skill points]


    [...]


    After killing all 22 monsters in the section of the tent that he was in. He laid down near a chest resting his body from the overexhaustion.


    "Haa...Haa..."


    ''It''s done, there''s no monsters remaining here.''


    Glancing around at the tent with all the dead monsters, Felix made up his mind to not stay here anymore.


    He quickly got up, his body limping from the fatigue.


    Walking out of the opening he came from, he hurriedly moved away from the tent. Going far away as he could.


    When suddenly he heard loud shouts from the tent behind.


    "WHO DID THIS!!"


    "FIND HIM NOW!!"


    The screams reverberated through the alleys making a chill running down the spine of everyone who heard it.


    Felix froze as the people in the tent seemed to have finally found out about the mess he had made.


    "Shit! I got to run."


    Not wasting a single second, he activated his skill and started running through the alleys without looking back.


    Unfortunately, he met a dead end without a single way out after sprinting toward a narrow path.


    Before he could run back and escape down another alley, he heard hurried footsteps approaching from behind.


    "FUCK! They''re going to catch me at this rate."


    He looked around where he was and couldn''t find a way to escape making him scared shitless and feel terrible about the situation.


    ''What do I do now??''

 Third Skill and Reward

    "Gulp"


    ''What the hell should I do now!!!''


    Head clouded with doubts and fear, he could not make a thought of what to do in this predicament.


    He could hear the rapidly approaching footsteps and the shouts of the people who came to catch the culprit of the mess in the tent.


    And he stood there, glancing around in panic not making head or tails as to what he had to do to save himself from getting caught.


    ''Calm down Felix, you have a system, calm down..''


    Reminding himself that he had a system to help him, he stopped his restlessness and started thinking of a plan to use the new skill points he got.


    ''I need to create a skill to escape...shit. Why am I always escaping?''


    Still cursing, he deliberated on what skill could help him from escaping from the dead end without a single way out.


    Eyes closed, his mind replayed many scenes ranging from abilities to powers of different characters from his fantasies.


    He widened his eyes when he remembered a scene from an anime he saw. It was his favorite anime from his previous life, one pie*e, and the ability was from a devilfrui* called sui sui no mi which made him feel that it had a lot of potentials.


    Felix closed his eyes and quickly imagined the skill and its uses.


    "System hurry and create that skill."


    [Processing the skill''s power scale....grading the skill....estimating the possible points required.....skill successfully moduled.]


    "Fucking hurry!!"


    [Ding!]


    [Skill Name: Earth Swimming


    Description:


    The skill allows the user to swim in a solid matter such as ground and walls as if they were water. Even allowing the user to swim upwards, seemingly defying gravity.


    Cost: 90 skill points]


    [Do you wish to use 90 skill points and create the skill ''Earth Swimming''?]


    "90? Fair enough I guess. Yes, create it now!"


    [Ding!]


    [Successfully created a new skill.]


    Confirming that the skill was created, he didn''t waste any more time and quickly thought of using the skill.


    Slowly, his feets started to sink into the ground. As if the ground was water, Felix''s body started to drown in it.


    When his whole body sank into the ground and disappeared without the slightest hint of his existence, the people finally arrived at the dead-end.


    "There seems to be no way ahead. Let''s go back and search through the other paths."


    After finding that there was no here and no way to go ahead, they discussed it among themselves and turned around to leave the place.


    The sound of their footsteps went back from where they came from, as nobody was left at the scene.


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    *****


    ''This is fucking awesome!!''


    Felix thought as he swam through the ground. He could not see much as he was inside the solid, yet liquid for his touch surface.


    As he quickly moved within the ground, he could not help but think that this skill was a cheat through and through. It could be used to infiltrate, escape, steal, and much more without any fear of being caught.


    ''Damn, now there''s no need to be afraid of people ever catching me.''


    He grinned evilly as he slowly surfaced his head to see if they were still running after him.


    It seemed that he was already far from them as he could not see or hear their footsteps any longer. Thinking that there was no need to be afraid of them catching him, he slowly swam on the ground finding a way to the public streets.


    After a few minutes of struggling and navigating through the alleyways, he started hearing the common hustle and bustle sound of the public streets.


    ''Sigh...I''m finally safe.''


    From behind a wall, Felix hid and slowly came out of the ground to the surface, then deactivated his new skill ''Earth Swimming''. Making sure that nobody was looking at him, he swiftly joined the crown and started walking.


    ''Wait, I don''t even know where I''m going.''


    Realizing that he still did not know the way to the guild, he took out his map and started asking some people the directions.


    "Hello, do you know the directions to the Twilight Chaos Guild?"


    Felix made sure to ask multiple people this time in case they gave him the wrong directions.


    Now, with the direction that many people gave, he found the way and rapidly navigated toward the guild.


    *****


    The seven-floor tall dark gothic building stood in front of him.


    "Sniff...I''m finally back."


    Felix felt like crying after seeing the not-so-scary guild building that he kind of missed after getting lost in the unknown city.


    "Growl~~"


    "Oh! Right on time, huh?"


    Rubbing his roaring tummy, Felix smiled at how today''s events went.


    ''I completed my first mission easily and even got many skill points from a fortunate encounter. Even though I spent some of them creating a new skill, it was worth it.''


    He started walking toward the gate and entered the compound. Taking out his id card, he pressed it against the evil eye on the door.


    "Creak~"


    The big door slowly opened up, revealing the hall. Felix made his way toward the reception as the door automatically closed itself.


    "Miss Elsa, I have completed the mission."


    He called out to the receptionist who was busy arranging some parchments on her desk.


    "Oh, Felix. You completed it so quickly."


    Elsa responded a bit amazed that he completed it so fast, considering it was his first mission and with his inexperience in such things.


    "Here, this is the mission scroll."


    He took out the scroll which was signed by the client and gave it to her.


    Checking the scroll, she took out a stamp and made the mission''s status complete. After that, she opened a drawer from the desk and took out some coins.


    "Congratulations on completing your first mission, this is your earned reward."


    Elsa applauded the happily smiling boy as she placed some coins on the desk. They were one silver coin and five blue coins.


    "This is the reward you get for completing the mission. Do you wish to pay the debt you owe us right now? Or will you pay it later?"


    Felix stopped his hands that were moving toward the desk to snatch the coins he saw for the first time. His face turned from joy to dumbfounded as he remembered the money he owed them.


    With a resigned expression, he turned to reply to the receptionist who wore a devil-like smile on her face as if finding joy in torturing a little kid.


    "T-This...sigh...alright I''ll pay them right now."


    "Wonderful, taking into account the price of the map was 200 tahl and the set of clothes was worth 60 tahl."


    She took three blue coins back and put two yellow coins on the desk. Pushing it toward Felix, she smiled at him.


    "Here, this will be your reward. A total of 1240 tahls. Thank you for completing the mission."


    Felix looked at the now reduced coins and took them in a flash because he did not want to lose any more of that meager sum.


    "Oh, thank you for the reward. But shouldn''t I also pay for the room?"


    "You don''t have to worry about that. The rent of the room is paid after every month, so you do not have to pay it every day you live there."


    "That''s nice-"


    "Growl~~"


    Felix and Elsa looked at where the voice came from and stared at his tummy which was still roaring like a distant thunderstorm.


    "Haha, it seems you have to also reward your stomach with something."


    The receptionist chuckled at the boy who turned red from embarrassment as the growling voice was too loud in the quiet hall and it could be heard echoing across.


    "I-I''ll get going then.."


    He could only blurt that out before dashing toward the stairs, not minding everyone''s strange looks.


    Elsa shook her head and smiled at Felix who seemed like he would empty the kitchen with that ferocious look on his face.


    "Boy, you have to eat a lot and grow strong. Or else you won''t be able to keep up with the events that have yet to come."


    Her face turned grim as she remembered what their leader had ordered them to do and what fate their guild would have in the near future.

 Rest and Plans

    After running inside the dining hall and having a full meal, Felix decided to return to his room.


    "Sigh...I''m dead tired with a full stomach."


    Opening the door with the key, he entered his room and jumped onto the bed.


    "All I need is a quick nap right now...."


    He closed his eyes and rested his overused body that was exhausted from running and slashing his knife around. His deep snores were the only thing left in the room.


    *****


    "Hey Miss Elsa, do you know where Felix is?"


    Called out a cheerful voice at the reception desk.


    Elsa raised her head above and saw Noah and his friends standing in front of her.


    "Oh Noah, hello there. About Felix, he just completed his mission and must be resting in his room."


    "What! Has he already completed his mission? But that''s too fast, we were just about to ask him if he could join our group and complete a mission together."


    Noah exclaimed, as he couldn''t believe that thin and weak boy could do a mission on his own, that too this quick.


    Shaya and the others were also surprised at hearing that.


    What they didn''t know was that he had already completed the mission only in one hour and had to spend the other two hours finding the way back to the guild, almost getting himself caught.


    "Well, that''s too bad then. If you guys want, you can go to his room and look for him directly."


    "Oka-"


    "No, Miss Elsa. I don''t think we should disturb him now that he has just completed his mission."


    Shaya interrupted Noah who was going to agree with the receptionist''s plan.


    The others also nodded as completing a mission would be quite tiring, and they too would need rest and sleep as they were still young and could not afford to remain working.


    Noah finally understood what they were talking about as he sighed and reminded Miss Elsa.


    "Well, it seems we''ll have to complete our mission with just the five of us. Oh, by the way, Miss Elsa. Be sure to tell Felix that we are planning to host a welcome party for him at the Joyous Tavern right down the street."


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    "How wonderful! I''m sure Felix will be happy knowing you guys are filling his stomach with good food."


    Elsa clapped her hands as she imagined how happy Felix would be remembering his roaring stomach from a while ago.


    "Haha, we''ll be going now to complete our mission. Goodbye, Miss Elsa."


    "Bye. Don''t get lost and be careful on the way."


    Noah and his group waved at her and walked out of the guild building after taking a scroll from the board.


    *****


    "Sir Oswell, this...I''ll make sure to find the person who did all this."


    Back in the tent that looked like a cemetery more than a circus now.


    The short-statured man was sweating a lot as he gazed upon the mess that was caused around the tent.


    "Hmmph, there''s no point finding excuses with me. If you don''t get me what I asked for, then you''ll have to pack your bags and leave this city."


    The noble spoke in a furious voice as his plans seems to have been foiled by someone.


    But as arrogant as he was, he did not want to waste his time finding the culprit who will not even give him what he wanted.


    "I won''t tolerate any more mistakes. The next time I come here, I want you to give me the products without any blunder. Do you get it?"


    He gulped at knowing that his small business would be thrown out of the city if he couldn''t satisfy this angry customer.


    "Yes Yes Sir Oswell, I''ll be sure to be careful this time and make no mistakes."


    The man appeased the noble as the consequences of failing in doing it would not be something he could handle at the moment.


    ''Damn it! No matter who it was that did this. If you get in my hands, then I''ll make your life worse than these monsters.''


    His face contorted as he suppressed his anger toward the culprit and made a helpless face in front of the noble. He promised to take revenge on the hateful person who created so much trouble for him.


    *****


    The culprit behind all this twitched.


    Felix woke up finding the evening sunrays falling on his face from the slightly opened curtains.


    "Haa...that was a nice sleep."


    Getting up from the bed, he refreshed his body in the washroom. Wearing his clothes and also putting the knife hidden behind him, he walked out of the room.


    ''I got lost two times today. So, I must start learning the way around the city.''


    This time, he wanted to make sure that he learns what streets he''ll be walking on and where to go from there.


    Coming down the stairs, he walked to the reception but stopped himself as a few guys were discussing something with Miss Elsa.


    Waiting for them to go, he sat on one of the sofas and thought about the incident that happened earlier.


    ''I forgot as I was hungry at that time, but should I inform Miss Elsa about what happened today?''


    He frowned as that idea did not seem to be good. If he had only seen the people from the tent and not caused such a mess, then it would have been fine telling the guild.


    But he not only made a lot of trouble but also successfully escaped from them which would make him a bit suspicious in their eyes for the small and weak kid he was.


    ''And then, what will I say if they found the mess that I created? So, I think it''s out of the question to talk about it.''


    It would look very suspicious if they found out that he escaped from them and his skills would be brought out to the light.


    "Hey, look at who is here!"


    A playful voice suddenly sounded breaking him out of thoughts as someone came behind him and shouted out.


    Felix turned behind to look at the green haired boy, who was pointing at him and grinning while elbowing his angry friend.


    "You..."


    Felix knew there was some trouble knocking at his door at the moment.

 Troublemakers

    Felix looked surprised as he saw the two guys he met in the corridor this morning.


    The guy who was pointing at him had dark green hair and he seemed to make fun of his friend next to him who was the guy that stopped Felix from going to the dining hall.


    His friend gritted his teeth when he saw the boy who ignored him this morning, because of which his friend made fun of him for the whole day.


    "You punk. It was all because of you."


    His eyes red from anger, the boy strode toward Felix and stopped just a step away.


    With his face right before him, he spoke from between his teeth.


    "You don''t know what I have suffered."


    Felix looked really surprised at the turn of events. One moment he was sitting casually on the sofa and the other moment a guy was suddenly in front of him threatening.


    "What the hell does that got to do with me?"


    Hearing the nonchalant voice of the boy, he felt his head spinning from anger as he raised his hand to cast a spell.


    "Fireba-"


    But before he could continue, he felt a chill run down his spine as a huge pressure seem to descend on him.


    "Eric."


    "You should stop what you''re doing."


    A cold and alluring voice sounded as Miss Elsa stood behind the boy named Eric and held his shoulder.


    Feeling the strength from her hands and the terrifying force within her body, he fell down on his knees and started gasping for breath.


    "I-I''m s-sorry, it w-was by m-mistake."


    He stuttered out as he could not resist the cold mana that she was releasing onto him that made his bones freeze.


    Felix could not help but gulp at the strange scene as he felt that he had finally come across the different powers of a mage.


    ''Is this the power of a mage from the ''mage cultivation'' section?''


    The pressure of force ceased as Elsa removed her hand and stopped using her mana.


    "If you do that again, then you''ll be met with punishment. Do you agree?"


    "Y-Yes Miss Elsa, I won''t ever do that again."


    She shook her head with a tired expression and sighed.


    "That''s the 16th time you''re saying that."


    Turning her head back to the dark green-haired boy, she warned him.


    "And you Steve, if you rile him up again, I''ll cut that tongue of yours."


    Her eyes gleamed dangerously as she did not want to take a ''no'' as an answer.


    Steve just put both of his hands on his mouth and shook his head rapidly as he just wanted to run away from there.


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    "I won''t do that! I won''t!"


    The receptionist nodded and looked at Felix who was just staring blankly at the scene not having any idea of what just happened and why.


    "Ohh it sure is lively here. Did I miss something good?"


    A boy with long blonde hair walked in from the main door, breaking the silence with his laid-back voice.


    His hands were in his pockets as he walked inside with a smirk on his face.


    Steve hurriedly ran toward the boy and shook the other guy''s hand and started revealing to him about what happened.


    "Roven, Eric''s done it again. And guess what, a little boy made fun of him."


    He lied fluently, blaming Felix for getting Eric in trouble, when in fact he was the one responsible.


    "Oh Steve, do you really think I''ll believe you?"


    Roven gave a mocking smile as he ignored his liar of a friend.


    "Anyways, Big Sis Elsa, who''s this new guy?"


    Felix looked surprised at the way the boy named Roven called out to the receptionist.


    ''They both have blonde hair and look slightly similar...are they siblings?''


    Elsa looked at her little brother and reprimanded him.


    "Did I not tell you to teach your team members some common sense, why are they making trouble again?"


    Roven shrugged his shoulders and looked away.


    "You can''t blame me. I did tell them to stop doing that, but in the end, I''m not their mother, they just won''t listen to me."


    Steve and Eric scratched their head as they were embarrassed that people were talking shit about them right in front of them.


    Roven stopped the conversation and walked near the boy who was acting as if he was a spectator.


    "So, who are you?"


    ''Damn, again that same question...''


    Felix was annoyed by their drama but still answered politely to avoid showing Miss Elsa his bad behavior.


    "Well, I don''t know what answer you want from me. But my name is Felix."


    Roven rubbed his chin as he pondered about something.


    "Hmmm, did they make trouble for you?"


    He pointed at his two teammates and asked him again.


    "I don''t even know what they were talking about.", replied the confused Felix.


    "I guessed so, they always do that. Don''t worry, if they trouble you again just tell me,...no actually tell Big Sis Elsa. She''ll handle them."


    The mischievous blonde boy was pleased with himself for making things difficult for his two teammates.


    The two of them started sweating when they heard that.


    Elsa twitched her lips when two troublemakers were dumped on her to deal with.


    "Ahem, Felix come here. I have something to say to you. And you three, don''t make a disturbance in the hall, go do your work."


    At her commanding orders, the two troublemakers were pulled away by Roven who waved at Felix with a tired smile.


    "Bye Felix, try not to get in trouble with them."


    The silver-haired boy awkwardly waved at them and turned toward Miss Elsa who was walking to her desk.


    He stood in front of her and asked what she wanted to talk about.


    "What is it that you wanted to tell me, Miss Elsa."


    The receptionist paused for a second and told him as she slightly grinned.


    "Noah and his friends wanted to give a welcome party at the Joyous Tavern and they asked me to inform you about it."


    Felix eyes widened at what she said, he couldn''t help but feel delightful in his heart when he remembered Noah and others.


    "Are you serious? A welcoming party, that too just for me?"


    She chuckled at him and thought how cute he looked at the surprise that the others gave him. Nodding, she replied.


    "Yes, just for you. Tonight for dinner, you have to get ready and go there."


    Felix bobbed his head in excitement as he wanted to taste what other foods the city had.


    "If that''s so, I''ll get ready and come back in a jiffy."


    Without waiting for a reply from her, he ran up the stairs and went to his room.


    *****


    Half an hour later.


    Felix walked out of his room fully cleaned and fresh after taking a nice hot bath in the washroom.


    "Haa...that felt good. To think I forgot to take a bath after that tiresome mission."


    Now wearing a new set of clothes, a maroon T-shirt with a v-shaped neck and cream color pants. He looked handsome with his clean and shining silver hair.


    He came down the stairs and entered the hall. Standing at the reception desk, he called out.


    "Miss Elsa, I''m ready."


    She raised her head and nodded at the now good-looking boy.


    "It seems you''re going to woo some ladies out there."


    Felix just blushed at her compliment and handed his map to her.


    "This, please mark the place called Joyous Tavern."


    Elsa raised her brow at his awkward face but chuckled when she remembered he was still new to the city. Taking the map, she marked some places for a minute and gave it back to him.


    "Take this, I have also marked some other places that can be of use to you. And have a nice party."


    "Thank you, Miss Elsa, I''m going."


    He bid her bye and walked out of the guild building.


    Staring at the map in his hand with many new directions and marks while exiting the gate, he smiled.


    "Now, I won''t get lost."

 Welcome Party

    With the map in his hands, Felix traversed the city as it started getting dark. The street lights were turning on as he finally found the way to the Joyous Tavern and stood at its door.


    ''So this is where they called me...''


    It was a brown-colored three story building with a big board on it that said its name. Pushing the wooden door, he walked inside.


    A strong smell of meat and vegetables hit his nose and he started salivating the moment he entered.


    There were a lot of tables on the right side with many people already waiting for their food, the left side had a half-open kitchen where chefs were preparing the dishes.


    "Oh, Felix! You''re here."


    A shout from the right corner made him turn to see Noah and others calling him by raising their hands.


    "Come here! We have booked a table."


    Felix waved back at them and hurried to their table.


    "Thank you, guys, for this...umm...welcome party."


    He thanked them with a slight blush as he was still new and had not interacted much with them.


    "It''s fine Felix, you don''t have to thank us. We are friends so of course we''ll do this."


    Noah replied as he stood up from his seat and pulled a chair for Felix to sit on while already calling him his friend.


    ''Wow, that was fast. I''m already his friend now?''


    He chuckled at the way Noah behaved as the others also grinned at their friend who made a new member his friend this soon.


    Thomas pressed his glasses and spoke.


    "Felix, you don''t understand. Noah will make everyone his friend the moment he talks with them."


    Shaya nodded as she added.


    "Yes, Thomas is right. Even the four of us were strangers but Noah just made us friends and created a team with the five of us."


    Felix shook his head while being impressed at how Noah could do that because he knew he wouldn''t be able to do that.


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    "Noah must be a great person to be able to do that."


    "Hehe Felix, you don''t have to compliment me. It''s making me embarrassed."


    Noah smiled shyly as he scratched his head and stopped them from talking about him.


    "Well, enough about me. We''re here to celebrate Felix joining our guild, so we must party now!"


    "Yay!"


    He shouted out and started ordering various foods and drinks from the waiter. The long list of orders made the worker sweat a bit as he glanced at the kids wondering whether they could eat them or not.


    After the dishes were served, they all started to dig in while having a nice conversation.


    Felix had fun with them as they ate and talked a lot. They told him to not hold back and eat as much as he can.


    As usual, Kevin did not talk much with Betty being somewhat shy throughout the meal, but they did seem to have fun as they were smiling.


    Noah and Thomas were the ones who made a lot of mess as they argued about lots of things and competed on who was the coolest.


    "So, Felix. Do you want to complete a mission together with us? We''ll teach you everything we know and you''ll also get a nice experience."


    Noah asked him out of the blue as they were conversing.


    Surprised at the proposal, Felix thought for a moment and agreed as it was not that bad to do some mission together with them.


    "Sure, I''ll be happy to do that."


    "Great! Then be ready tomorrow morning. We''ll show you how we do our missions."


    They smiled and shared with him about how they do their missions and some stories about the locality.


    After dinner, they all walked out of the tavern and bid each other farewell.


    "Thank you everyone for treating me to dinner. Next time, it''ll be me treating you guys."


    "Oh Felix, what are you saying? There''s no need for you to do that. We are friends, right?"


    Felix smiled and nodded his head at the always enthusiastic Noah.


    "I''ll be going now guys, take care."


    "You too, take care." x5


    Bidding them bye, he took out his map and started coming back to the guild''s building.


    Walking on the pavement with the lights of the street poles and the slight noise of a few carriages going by, he felt relaxed.


    There were not many people on the streets but it was still safe without any dangers even though it was getting dark.


    The moonlight from the three moons made his silver hair glow bright in the dark night, attracting a lot of attention from the public.


    Felix didn''t mind that and just continued to walk.


    He reached the guild and entered the gate. Showing his card, the door opened as he walked inside.


    It seemed that Miss Elsa was busy with something else as she wasn''t present there. He climbed the stairs and went to the second floor.


    Feeling his full stomach, he didn''t go to the dining hall and just went back to his room.


    Laying on the bed, he thought of what happened today.


    ''I got a new skill which will be a lot useful to me later on. And I have some remaining skill points, but I''ll just keep them for later use if a need arises.''


    Planning for the later events and tomorrow''s mission, he started dozing off.


    Sleep welcomed him as he went to dreamland.


    *****


    "So, have you done it?"


    A hoarse voice came from an orb as a person kneeled in a dark room.


    That person trembled as he heard the voice but replied nevertheless.


    "Yes, leader. I have done as you ordered.....and issued a mission in the Twilight Chaos guild."


    "Good."


    The voice seemed happy as the person being called ''leader'' chuckled from within the orb.


    "Now, we can give them a surprise."


    He stopped and added while cackling.


    "A surprise that they''ll surely like kekekeke."


    The person in the room deeply bowed hiding his terrified expression as he knew things were going to get out of hand now.

 Group Mission

    The sunlight greeted his face as he opened his eyes to a new day.


    ''Today, we''ll do a mission together.''


    He smiled at the thought of spending the day completing a mission with his new friends.


    Getting out of bed, Felix stretched his body and entered the washroom, refreshing himself.


    Wearing his clothes, he exited his room and ate breakfast in the dining hall. After filling his tummy for the morning, he walked out and descended the stairs to the main hall.


    The moment he came downstairs he saw Noah and the group already there, standing in front of the mission board discussing.


    Thinking of pranking them, he smirked and activated his skill ''Silent Steps'' before sneaking behind them.


    Felix''s eyes gleamed evilly as he stood behind Noah and shouted like a ghost.


    "Booh!"


    His shout was met with a girly shriek.


    "Eeeiikk!!"


    Noah jumped in the air before hiding behind Kevin as his eyes revealed panic and fear.


    He turned to find Felix laughing as he held his stomach and pointed toward him. The others were also holding back their laughter with their hand on their mouth.


    "Hahaha! Noah, you got scared like a girl!"


    "Y-You! Felix! How could you!!"


    Noah felt betrayed as his new friend was making fun of him and his eyes turned teary looking very sad.


    "I thought we were good friends...."


    Felix stopped and regretted it as it seemed that Noah took things seriously with ''friends''.


    "Umm Noah, that...I''m sorry. I was just playing with you."


    He shook his hands and came near Noah to pat his shoulders.


    "There there, you are a grown boy now. Don''t need to cry."


    Noah rubbed his eyes as he retorted and chuckled.


    "Who''s crying! I''m not crying, there was some dust in the air..."


    Shaya and Thomas looked at the clean hall which had practically no dust and shook their heads at his lie.


    Kevin patted Noah''s back in pity as he could not even lie properly.


    The shy Betty twitched her lips and pointed at Felix without any of her previous fear.


    "You can''t do that again! Friends don''t scare each other."


    Felix sweated as he raised both of his hands in the air and surrendered.


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    "Okay Okay, I promise I won''t do that again."


    Seeing him agreeing to her, she couldn''t help but smile victoriously and fold her hands on her flat chest.


    "What are you guys doing here in the early morning shouting around?"


    Miss Elsa suddenly broke their drama as she joined the group who were making a scene in the hall.


    Noah hurried to the front and stopped her from hearing his embarrassing moment.


    "Nothing Miss Elsa, we were just wondering what mission we could do together."


    The blonde receptionist nodded and asked again,


    "So, have you decided what mission you guys are doing?"


    At her question, Noah ran to the mission board and took a scroll which he handed to her.


    "This one..."


    Felix was a bit curious about the mission scroll but he waited for them to discuss it first.


    "Hmm, this mission is not bad. You guys together can complete it. Come here I''ll give you the specifics for this."


    She moved to her desk and sat down, bringing some files and items out of the drawer.


    The group stood at the desk and waited for her to brief them on the mission.


    Elsa studied the scroll and various other documents before she handed the scroll back and stated.


    "The mission is simple. Go to the abandoned factory in the eastern part of the city and find if there is anything useful left behind by the previous owner."


    "The things that you find are to be brought back to the guild which would be later delivered to the client. This mission has a reward of 12k tahl. Is that clear?"


    "Yas mam." x6


    Everyone nodded as they understood the details of the mission and Felix also thought that it was a nice and easy mission.


    "Well then. Good luck with the mission and take care of yourselves."


    Miss Elsa bid them bye and turned back to her work.


    The six of them strode toward the door and exited the guild building while planning for their mission.


    "I know the way to the abandoned building so I''ll be leading the way."


    Noah raised his hand enthusiastically and began guiding them out of the gates.


    Without a map in his hand, unlike Felix, he started walking ahead moving through the streets and the alleys as the group traversed together.


    The soft hues of dawn painted an enchanting scene in the city, bringing joy to the people starting their morning. Hawkers and vendors bustled about, setting up their colorful stalls as the streets gradually awakened to the day''s activities.


    The aroma of freshly baked pastries mingled with the sweet scent of flowers, creating an inviting atmosphere that beckoned passersby to explore the bustling market.


    The group of six kids traveled through the city enjoying the moment and made their way toward their destination.


    As they walked, they entered a sparsely populated region in the eastern part of the city as the number of buildings and public grew less.


    They seem to have reached the suburbs of the city where tall grass and trees started to appear with the buzzing of insects.


    The sky started to become slightly dark even though it was in the morning as clouds covered the atmosphere making the temperature cold.


    "Here we are..."


    Noah finally stopped in front of a site from where they could see an abandoned factory inside the closed gates. Crows could be seen flying above the building which made them uncomfortable.


    "This place looks like it was uninhabited for a few years."


    Felix voiced out as the building seemed much older than they thought. It was covered with weeds and garbage here and there. The building itself had a lot of moss around its surface.


    The six kids looked at each other unsure of whether to go in or not.


    "Let''s go guys. We can''t just turn back now that we''re all finally here."


    Noah stopped them before they could have second thoughts and entered the gates by himself.


    "Noah be careful, there may be small animals around."


    Shaya called out to him and followed after him not letting him make a mess of things.


    The others followed them into the site as they set foot inside the gates.


    It was a four-story tall factory of grey-colored stones with dark brown patches all over it resulting from decaying and bad maintenance.


    Felix looked at the abandoned building and couldn''t help but think about those horror stories and urban legends of his previous world.


    ''There''s no way this factory is haunted, right?''


    He was not sure himself but he felt like something was observing them from the windows of the building. But whenever he turned to look, nothing was there.


    ''Something feels fishy here, I better stay alert...''


    There was no downside of being alert in an unknown area and that is what he did.


    "Come here everyone, I found the entrance!"


    Noah cheerfully shouted as he waved at others standing near to the walls of the building.


    They approached him as he pushed open the double doors of the factory with both of his hands.


    "Creeeeaak....."

 Abandoned Factory.

    The rusty door creaked eerily as Noah opened it with his full strength.


    A wave of dust flew over the entrance where they were standing from inside the building.


    "Uff, this place is really dusty."


    Thomas called out as he hurriedly took out a napkin and placed it on his mouth and nose.


    Noah didn''t mind the dust as he just waved his hand over his face and entered the factory through the entrance.


    "Wow, this place needs a lot of cleaning to do."


    He exclaimed as the others too followed him and came inside the building. The floor had lots of rubbish so they had to mind where they were stepping and not fall down.


    Shaya and Betty had disgusting expressions on their face as they looked at all the waste inside the factory. It was not something kids of their age were used to be around.


    "Let''s hurry and complete the mission. I don''t want to spend more time in this dirty place."


    Shaya suggested, to which they all nodded.


    The first floor had a long hall with intersections with other connected rooms. There were some old machines and equipment that were left behind, a perfect hiding place for rats and roaches.


    "Searching the whole factory will be hard if we all moved together so we will move in different ways and search by ourselves. FIne?"


    Noah planned as everyone nodded and did as he told.


    The six of them separated and moved individually going about the factory searching for useful items.


    Felix chose to go into a room on the right side which seemed to have been a storage room for goods. The room was filled with heavy-looking containers and barrels.


    Observing around the room even going as far as opening those large containers, he couldn''t find anything that seemed useful which made him suspicious of this mission.


    ''What can we even find in this abandoned factory except for dust and dirt?''


    He gave up probing around the room after a few minutes and came out to the long hall.


    There he saw the others too coming back while showing their empty hands.


    "I didn''t find anything. What about you guys?"


    Noah asked, to which Shaya replied.


    "Me too. There seems to be nothing on the first floor."


    The others nodded while Thomas shrugged.


    "Maybe we should move on to the second floor now."


    "Yes, that seems to be the only option."


    Noah agreed to his idea as there was nothing of use on the first floor.


    Hearing that they were going to the upper floor, Felix couldn''t help but frown as he felt a bit unsettled about going upstairs.


    He did not voice that out as he didn''t have a valid reason for his suspicion, maybe it could even be his misunderstanding.


    The group agreed to the plan and went upstairs using the stairs at the end of the long hall. The wooden stairs creaked when they stepped on it.


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    But thankfully, it did not break down as they reached the second floor.


    It was dark here as the floor did not have many windows, unlike the first floor.


    "Whishhh~"


    Kind of cold too as a chill wind blew over them.


    The kids trembled holding their shoulders as the second floor seemed to be unusually chilly.


    "Is it just me? Or do you guys feel cold too"


    Felix asked them out as he felt that the chill must have been because of his scrawny body that was still developing. But he was surprised as the others too held their shoulders and nodded to him.


    "You''re right, it did get much cooler here."


    "It is because there are no windows here?"


    Shaya agreed while Thomas reasoned for a potential answer as to why it suddenly got chill.


    "Let''s not mind the weather guys, we should complete the mission first."


    Noah again stopped them from wasting time as he wanted to complete this mission quickly and go out from there. It appeared that he got scared for some reason.


    They shrugged and carried on with what they did on the first floor and separated searching around for things.


    Felix this time chose to walk into a narrow corridor. There was hardly any light there so he could only touch the walls and move forward.


    ''Hmm, I don''t think there''s going to be anything useful even on the second floor.''


    He reached a small chamber with no other way ahead. There was nothing much there, except for some broken chairs and utensils.


    "Booom!"


    Suddenly a loud sound came from downstairs almost shaking the whole building.


    "W-What was that!!"


    Felix panicked at the sound that seemed like an explosion as he hurriedly came out to the main hall of the second floor.


    "Hahaha kids, are you trying to play hiding with us? Sure I''ll love to do that."


    "Kekeke that sounds like fun. Count me in too."


    The kids ran and gathered near the stairs before a crazy shout came from below them.


    The six of them paled when they heard the dark voice of some people. It looked like someone broke into the factory with them being their targets.


    "Oh no! They must be from the enemy guild!"


    Shaya shouted out as she was quick to realize that someone was after them.


    "W-What should we do??"


    Thomas panicked as Betty already seemed to have started crying with her face pale white.


    "This..."


    Noah was not capable of any thoughts as he could only mutter something incomprehensible.


    Felix frowned and called out to them.


    "Calm down guys, first of all, we have to hide somewhere."


    He motioned them to quiet down with his finger on his lips and pointed to the stairs leading toward the third floor.


    "Follow me to the third floor."


    He pulled Betty''s and Noah''s hands and moved toward the stairs without making much sound from their steps.


    Kevin nodded and signaled for Shaya and Thomas to run ahead while he stayed at the last. It seemed that he was the second most calm person in the group after Felix.


    The six of them hurriedly moved to the third floor and continued to the stair that led to the fourth floor. They were in a hurry and thus did not realize that it was getting colder the more they went upstairs.


    Stepping onto the fourth floor, Felix calmed himself and looked around for a better hiding place.


    ''I am the only one who can deal with the enemies, so I must hide them in a covert place.''


    He knew that they were not going to aid him if he got into a fight with the people that were after them. And for their safety, he chose to hide them on the fourth floor.


    There was a large window on the front side of the floor with the rest of it being in the dark. He ran to the dark side of the floor where there were several rooms and made his way to the last one.


    When everyone got inside the room, he quietly closed the door and fell on the floor with some slight fear.


    "Do you guys have any idea as to who they are and why they are after us?"


    He relaxed now that they were far from the intruders and asked the kids.


    "That..."


    "I don''t..."


    All of them shook their heads and calmed themselves down, after seeing Felix being serious unlike them.


    Not getting any answer from them, he narrowed his eyes.


    ''The enemy is unknown to them so it must be some problems with the guild.''


    He wanted as much information as he could as not knowing anything about your opponent was the same as sacrificing your queen for a pawn in chess.


    But unfortunately, he didn''t know anything about them and could only come to a conclusion by himself.


    ''There must be more than two people who came here, so if I take into account that they must have separated to find us just like we did.''


    ''Then I can take them out one by one.''


    He already started forming a plan in his mind, something that he was used to from getting into fights with many people back on earth.


    Back then, he was fighting over more than ten people while being alone. And he did that not using pure strength but with his sharp mind and strategic thinking.


    He started contemplating how to effectively use his weak body and defeat the intruders.


    ''I don''t have any skills that could help with fighting, so I better create a new one.''


    ''System, how many skill points do I have left?''


    [Skill Points: 130]


    ''Nice. Now for a good fighting skill...''


    Felix closed his eyes and imagined what kind of skill he should create to handle the situation.


    ''Think...think...''

 Prey or Predator? I

    Felix was deep in thought as he sat with his back against the door of the room they were hiding in.


    ''I cannot fight them head-on, my only choice is to sneak behind them with ''Earth Swimming'' and ''Silent Steps'' and defeat them in a single strike.''


    He considered his advantages and weakness, then narrowed it down to the fighting skills that could be of use to him at the moment.


    ''Something like one punch kill, but I have a knife with me so that eliminates any hand-to-hand combat skills also taking into account my bony and weak right hand...''


    There were not many skills he could think of using a knife that deals on one strike. But he still imagined and replayed all his knowledge and finally decided on a skill that could be used pretty usefully.


    ''System, create this skill...''


    [Processing the skill''s power scale....grading the skill....estimating the possible points required.....skill successfully moduled.]


    [Ding!]


    [Skill Name: Ratio Technique


    Description:


    The user can divide his target with ten lines and forcibly create a weak spot at the ratio point of seven to three. Striking at the weak spot generated, it can cause massive damage. This skill can be used on living as well as non-living objects.


    Cost: 60 skill points]


    [Does the host wish to use 60 skill points and create the skill ''Ratio Technique''?]


    Felix frowned when he saw that it was asking for 60 skill points to create the skill. Then he remembered how useful this skill was as it could be helpful for him even in the long run and thus agreed with creating it.


    ''That guy Nan*mi could defeat enemies much stronger than him using this skill and it also doesn''t require much strength. So it''s perfect for me right now.''


    Taking a deep breath, he thought of many other scenarios the skill could help him and commanded in his mind.


    ''Create this skill.''


    [Ding!]


    [Successfully created a new skill.]


    Felix opened his eyes and looked at Noah who was blankly looking at the ceiling, and then activated his new skill.


    In his vision, there were suddenly grid lines of ten divisions on several parts of Noah''s body. It was on his arms, legs, biceps, torso, and many other parts that he focused on.


    One of the lines from among the ten divisions glowed red which showed the weakest point of that part.


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    ''So, that''s how this skill works...It looks the same as in the anime and is pretty helpful for making a single strike attack.''


    He nodded and slowly stood up alerting the kids.


    "Everyone, stay hidden and don''t move from here. I''ll go out and check if they have gone or still looking for us."


    The kids widened their eyes in surprise and tried forbidding him to do that, but before they could voice out their concerns, he opened the door and closed it tightly.


    "Sorry guys, but I''ll have to do this."


    He locked the door as he heard a few bangs from inside the room but ignored it. Taking out the knife from behind his back, he walked to the stairs.


    ''Let''s do it.''


    Clenching his fists, Felix activated his skill ''Silent Steps'' and sneakily moved downstairs. There seems to be no one on the third floor yet so he quickly ran toward the stairs that led to the second floor.


    "Hehe, you kids are pretty fast, already hiding on the second floor huh?"


    Hearing the raspy voice coming from the second floor, he hid near the stairs and slowly peeked out from the third floor.


    He could see a lanky man wearing black robes moving about the rooms searching for them.


    ''There seems to be only one of them on the second floor, I better hurry up and defeat him before the others come.''


    ''System, what rank is he?''


    [The human ahead is of Rank 1.]


    Hearing that the man was of Rank 1, Felix took a deep breath and rid himself of all confusing thoughts.


    He was again taking a life of a human. Last time, it was the pervert guy who wanted to take his cherry and now it was someone who was after him and his friends.


    He was not allowed to make any mistakes as that would cost him the lives of the six of them. Considering the intruders were from the enemy guild, their fate would be anywhere near good.


    ''Focus..., it will be a single strike at the weak point without alerting the others.''


    Peeking out from the stair, he saw that the man was entering a different room. Making sure his skill was activated, Felix hurriedly moved out and sneaked near the room standing at its door.


    The lanky man seemed to be checking around the room opening the cabinets and barrels with his back toward the door.


    It was the perfect chance for him to attack so he did not waste any time more and gripped his knife hard.


    Activating his new skill ''Ratio Techniques'', grid lines appeared on the intruder as a red line stood out at its neck.


    Felix took quick steps and ran inside the room without alerting his target.


    The moment he got behind him, he focused on the red point and stabbed the place with everything he got.


    "Squelch~"


    The knife plunged into the man''s neck with a sickening squelch, accompanied by a sharp, tearing sound of bones.


    After stabbing him, Felix took a few steps back as the lanky guy slowly turned around with a knife stuck in his neck. He tried to voice out something from his mouth but failed to do so.


    "Aaa...uue...yuu"


    Suddenly his eyes turned upwards and the man fell on his knees before laying on the floor unconscious.


    Felix pressed his hands on his mouth and held back something that was threatening to come out of his throat.


    It was the second time he took a life, and considering that the first time was something he did to keep his innocence and this time his life, he calmed down.


    ''It''s okay...I''m being forced to do this. I don''t have any other choice.''


    He relaxed and tried giving himself a reason for killing the man but his crazy red eyes told a different story.


    Slowly approaching the corpse of the lanky man, Felix gripped the knife and took it out as a fleshy sound came from his actions.


    He cleaned the blood of the knife on the man''s clothes and came near the door to check outside.


    Fortunately, no one came upstairs so he had time to plan for taking out the remaining intruders.


    Felix left the body and closed the door of the room before again sneaking toward the stairs that led to the third floor and hiding there.


    ''Time for the others to come upstairs.''


    He smiled like a devil thinking it was him that was playing hide and seek with them going as far as taking their lives without a second thought.


    The silver-haired boy waited on the stairs for his next prey to come without realizing that a pair of otherworldly eyes were staring at him with growing interest.

 Prey or Predator? II

    Felix hid on the stairs that led to the third floor and waited for the other intruders to come upstairs on the second floor.


    A few minutes went by when he suddenly heard footsteps from downstairs.


    ''Hmm? There seems to be more than one person coming up...''


    He frowned as dealing with two at once was not something he could do right now. If he killed one of them using ''Silent Steps'', then before he could attack the other, he would have noticed him making his stealth skill useless.


    ''I better think of a different plan.''


    At this time, the footsteps finally reached the second floor as two men wearing the same black robe as that lanky man stepped on the floor.


    "Hmm? Where did Wally go?"


    One of the men who was muscular asked curiously as he couldn''t find his teammate who just went upstairs.


    "Who knows? That guy was in a hurry to have some fun with the kids, maybe he is already torturing them about right now."


    The other man who looked a bit fat with a large belly coming out of his robe had a twisted grin.


    "Hahaha, you''re right. But we can''t let him have all the fun..."


    Hearing them talk about ''having fun'' and ''torturing'' the kids, Felix felt something snap in his head as he clenched his hand tightly.


    ''These mother*uckers...I won''t let any one of you alive...''


    His previous concerns about whether to kill them or not vanished as only wrath was left inside his mind.


    He had no other choice now because if he failed to defeat them, then these guys would surely make their lives a living hell.


    Now that both of them were on the second floor, they searched around lazily not even showing any caution or worry.


    For them, this mission was as easy as drinking water. They just had to deal with a bunch of kids who were out on their mission of exploring an abandoned building on the outskirts of the city with less to no public.


    ''This won''t do...I gotta separate them and deal with them before they found the corpse of the other guy.''


    Felix bit his lips and rapidly thought of a plan to do that. After a few seconds, he was ready as his eyes gleamed and decided on his next course of action.


    Relaxing down, he activated his skill ''Earth Simming'' as his body started liquefying. The stairs started to wobble like a wave as his whole body sank into it without leaving a trace of his existence.


    Swimming in the solid of the floor, he came downstairs with his head poked out and sneakily peeked at the two men.


    Seeing that they were busy going around together while chatting, he looked at the deepest part of the second floor before swimming there.


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    Reaching the corner at a quiet place, he slowly came out and kicked several of the barrels making a lot of noise before again going back into the ground.


    The two men perked up their ears when they heard the noise and smiled at each other. The fat man was quick to raise his hands as he licked his lips and stopped the other man from going.


    "Well, how about you leave that rat to me and look for the others? You know I like having fun all alone."


    The muscular man twitched his lips as he shook his head at his ramblings.


    "Do whatever you want. Just make sure you do the job properly."


    "Of course, I''ll do that. You don''t have to worry about it."


    He couldn''t wait any longer as he grinned at the thought of playing with the kid and hurriedly ran to where the noise came from.


    Felix remained hidden from their vision and peeked at the two of them from inside the ground. When the fat man ran deeper into the second floor, he gave a smile and swam in the solid to follow him.


    Eventually, the fat man reached the corner where he stopped inside a room and searched for the kid.


    "Oh come on now. I already know you are hiding here."


    He teased while rubbing his hands, stretching his short neck to look behind the barrels. The place looked disorderly with many boxes and barrels thrown down, so he had to bend down and put them to the side for a better view at the hiding ''kid''.


    With the fat man now showing clear carelessness with his heavy body bent, Felix did not hesitate and poked his full head out activating his skill.


    Grid lines started appearing on the fat man''s body with a prominent red line on the left part of his torso.


    ''Here goes another kill..''


    Making sure to again activate ''Silent Steps'', he came out of the solid floor with his knife stabbing forward while the fat man remained bent down to put away the barrels that were thrown down.


    Felix quickly reached his target and stabbed the knife right into the red line of the seemingly careless and unguarded fat body. With the pain spreading from the inside of his torso, the fat man finally realized that a foreign object had entered him.


    The pain of his guts being stabbed made him fall to his knee as he turned to stare at his attacker while letting out a shout.


    "Khaaaah!! Aaaaagh!!"


    His previous playfulness disappeared when he saw that the kid he was supposed to have ''fun'' with had stabbed him with a knife, that too deep in his weak spot.


    Seeing the fat man dropping down and shouting a lot, Felix frowned.


    ''Shit! The other man must have been alerted by that shout.''


    Not wasting any more time in handling the situation, he raised his small leg and kicked the fat man right on his face with the soles of his shoe penetrating his eyes as indicated by the red lines.


    The man could not react to the kick as he was busy removing the knife which he thought must have been a lucky attempt of the kid. And that resulted in his eyes getting a direct hit from a fast kick.


    "Aaackk!"


    Squealing like a pig, he held his eyes that seemed to have sunken inside the sockets with blood escaping from between his fingers.


    Felix did not give him a single second to recover as he raised his leg again and kicked at the red line that appeared on the fat man''s neck.


    "Crack~!"


    That was the last sound coming from the fat man as he fell face-first on the floor with his body slowly turning cold.


    Seeing the fat man falling down very likely dead, Felix took some breaths to relax his tired body before he started hearing hurried footsteps from outside the room.


    Again activating his skill, he quickly submerged inside the floor and vanished from the scene. Not forgetting to move under the fat man''s corpse and take back his knife that was pierced into his torso.


    And the moment he did that, the other man entered the room.


    "What-?"


    Looking at the corpse of his teammate lying on the floor with a pool of blood, his eyes widened in shock. He took a step back and cautiously surveyed the room.


    There was no one except the body of his dead friend, with barrels thrown around the room making it messy.


    "W-Who did this? There''s nobody here though..."


    While swimming inside the floor, Felix moved near the man who was still confused with the turn of events.


    He peeked out from the corner of the room and glanced at the man who was walking toward the corpse. The man kneeled down and turned around the body to check whether his friend was still alive or not.


    ''NOW!''


    Felix rushed out from the ground activating the skill ''Ratio technique'' and slashed his knife at the man who was oblivious to the fact that there was somebody else in the room.

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    Targeting the red line on the third intruder''s body, Felix''s knife stabbed deeply on its back.


    "Tsssch~"


    The sound of piercing flesh resounded as the man flinched in pain at the sudden attack. He hurriedly turned around with a horrible expression and noticed a silver-haired boy trying to get away.


    "Y-You..."


    He stood up angrily not giving a chance and kicked at the boy who was thinking of escaping after dealing him an attack.


    Felix tried to dodge the kick but the man was faster as his legs strongly hit his stomach. The force of the kick blew him away as his back hit against the wall.


    "Kuff-"


    He coughed out blood and looked terrifyingly at the man who was standing tall with a malevolent face.


    "You fucking rat were you the one who killed him?"


    The man''s hideous face turned painful as he clutched the knife from his back and tossed it away letting his blood fall on the floor.


    "Nice luck but it all ends here....."


    He turned back to stare at Felix and slowly walked toward him taking out a blade from inside his robes while keeping his back straight.


    Staring at the man who was about to kill him, Felix looked around the room in panic and racked his brains for a plan.


    ''There''s no way I can fight him head-on...that means I''ve to run away and find another opportunity to strike.''


    Quickly coming up with a plan, Felix held his stomach and stood up before dashing out of the room with all his leftover energy.


    The man just shook his head and gave chase to the injured boy who thought he could outrun him. But the moment he came out of the room, he stood there petrified as the boy was nowhere to be seen.


    "W-What? But how?...."


    He had no idea how the boy whom he kicked hard on the stomach could run so fast that he just vanished when they came out of the room.


    While the man paced around, the ground beneath him had slight waves that he could not feel as he was busy looking for any trace of the boy.


    When Felix swam through the floor and finally reached right behind the man, he slowly peeked out and activated the ''Ratio Technique'' skill.


    Staring at the red line, he took a deep breath, activated ''Silent Steps'', and slowly came out from the ground.


    This time the point of weakness was on his neck, so he had to hold the knife with both of his hands and strike in an upwards direction.


    With the slight increase in speed from the stealth skill, he quickly reached the intruder only for the man to turn around at the last moment.


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    Felix did not stop, no, it was more like he could not stop. The man widened his eyes at the gradually nearing edge of the sharp knife and tried to stop it from reaching him by punching quickly at the boy.


    "Pllukkkcchhhh!~"


    But it seemed nobody wished him luck on this mission as the knife stabbed deeply from under his jaws and crushed the inwards of his head.


    Even though he was already dead from the strike, his hand remained in motion and heavily punched the fearless boy on the chin.


    Felix again blew away from the hit and crashed on the ground while the man stood still for a second and fell back with a thud. Barely having any energy left to stand, he peeked at the corpse of the intruder and let out a sigh.


    "F-Finally, it''s over....."


    His mind suddenly started getting hazy from the pain in his head and he slowly lost consciousness lying on the cold floor.


    A deep silence issued on the floor as it gradually started getting freezing cold.


    When the fight ended with no movements, black mist seeped about in the scene as the only spectator of the fight revealed itself.


    "Kekekeke....To think I would get to witness such an amusing fight after such a long time. Also, what was that ability from the little boy."


    An eery androgynous voice sounded which seemed it could sway the mind of the weak-willed.


    The dark mist gathered around and formed a creepy shadow that looked irregular in shape. It just had two otherworldly black eyes that sucked every light in the surroundings.


    It floated above the floor and changed its shape into many forms as it flew toward the boy on the ground.


    "But still....those silver hair of the boy reminds me of someone. Hmmm.....who was it?"


    The shadow stared intensely at the boy in deep thoughts but then it just shrugged with its gassy ''shoulders'' in the end.


    "Ugh whatever, I don''t remember much of the past though. Kekeke I must be getting old, but wait do I even grow old?"


    Tilting its head, the shadow narrowed its eyes before giving up finding an answer to his stupid question.


    "Sigh, there''s no point in living for so many years when I don''t remember anything and can''t even find any answers to my questions."


    The shadow turned back to look at the unconscious boy and its black eyes shone bright like it found what he was looking for.


    "Well, for now, I think I can find my answers by being around this kid. He has those weird abilities so he must be capable of achieving a lot in his life."


    With no other choice, the shadow circled around the kid before it became small and attached itself to the left ear of Felix in the form of a black earring.


    The floor again turned into absolute silence as the fate of the young boy remains untold in the grand scheme of the world.


    *****


    Noah and the kids were scared when Felix ran out alone. They thought he was going to get himself caught and let them safe.


    But they did not want that to happen, so unwilling of just sitting in the room doing nothing to save their friend, the five of them pushed against the the old rusty door.


    Even the thin Thomas and shy Betty pushed their small bodies and hit the door


    After 10 minutes, they successfully broke open the rusty door when Kevin put his body to it''s limits and hit the door.


    Coming out of the room, the five kids ran out and searched for Felix and the intruders.


    They could not find any trace of him on the fourth floor, so they went doinstairs to the third floor then the second floor where they saw him lying on the ground unconscious.


    "FELIX!!"


    Noah couldn''t stop himself from crying when he saw that his new friend was injured with blood on his body.


    The rest too had expressions of grief but when they looked at the grotesque way the man was killed, they were shocked and started vomiting at the scene.


    Noah turned back to see the corpse finally and his face paled but he tried to hold it in.


    He had already checked that Felix was alive with his heart beating but he was severely injured on his head and stomach. Now they had to quickly bring back Felix to the guild before it was too late and more enemies appeared.


    "Kevin, come here quick and carry Felix. We can''t stay at this place anymore."


    He called out to Kevin with a red face still overwhelmed with all that was happening but he knew staying at the factory any longer was not a good idea.


    Kevin carried Felix on his back and the kids did not waste any more time, hurriedly moving out of the abandoned factory and going back to the guild building.


    They ran away under the strange gazes of the public, who only thought that a bunch of kids were running in panic without having the slightest inkling of what kind of hell they had just been through.


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