Chapter 587

I stroll again into the ready room and flash Rodrigo a small smile.

His expression would not change, however I can inform he is each confused and relieved concurrently he speaks up, and the door behind me closes.

“Now that your whole private conferences are full, please, do take time to relaxation whereas the regional administrators make their option to the Apex Area.”

A door on the alternative facet of the room opens up, revealing a well-lit hallway.

It has numbered doorways on the perimeters of the corridor labeled 1-12, and on the finish of the hallway, there may be an open door resulting in what appears like a large lounge space with a bar, lengthy couches, and tables.

“Take your time to chill out in non-public or on the lounge. Congratulations, B-Class Hunters, welcome to your subsequent chapter of life right here on the Affiliation. I’ll notify you all as soon as the ceremony is quickly to start.”

At his phrases, my thoughts remains to be elsewhere, fascinated by the extreme assembly I simply had with the Apex Area’s Director.

My solely ideas are on protecting my head low and getting out of right here with my id intact earlier than the Director has an opportunity to strive that once more.

I ship a wave of telepathy to the Lich King and command him to observe me to the room with the big quantity [1] on its door.

I do not hassle speaking with any of the opposite contestants. Some head straight for the bar in the back of the far room, whereas others, together with Dane, Marcie, and Nat, all go to their non-public rooms to relaxation.

As soon as we each get inside, it looks as if an analogous reproduction of the resting room suites from earlier within the examination.

There’s meals, potions, a sofa, a mattress, a toilet, and all of the necessities for taking a load off after a protracted examination.

I ignore all of it and stare the manifestation of Emrie within the eyes and ship him one other wave of telepathy.

“How are we going to cease your limiter from decaying… I am so near the end line. I simply have to have you ever hid for a little bit longer…”

There is a lengthy pause earlier than he responds.

“There isn’t a approach. I would want months to recoup the vitality misplaced from my core. Utilizing immortal divine vitality is not so simple as it appears.”

We stand in silence, and plenty of extra concepts flash via my head.

The potential for de-summoning him and substituting him for a physique double crosses my thoughts, however that would not remedy something. Their mana management is even greater, because it’s only a one-for-one clone of myself.

Feeding the Lich King my remaining Qi tablets to make a barrier would not work both. We’ll absolutely be within the presence of the Director once more.

His Soul Vitality is his personal, that means he cultivated Qi and merged it along with his mana to develop into the supply of its energy, in contrast to all the different guards underneath his spell. He can see pure Qi, so it will be a ineffective disguise.

I start to tempo across the room, considering of increasingly prospects, however nothing in any respect involves thoughts.

It makes me conceptualize even additional how precious the purple ring on my finger actually is.

One of many most important weaknesses an enemy can have in battle is displaying their opponent how sturdy they honestly are.

It’s at all times extra useful to have your opponent underestimate you than to be absolutely ready for every part you will have.

This is among the main drawbacks of possessing excessive ranges of mana management, Soul Vitality, or perhaps a divine core. On this world, there may be at all times somebody stronger lurking round each nook. Your enemies can at all times see the facility you maintain, and can absolutely nip your progress on the bud by any means vital when you develop too quick.

Whereas I do really feel grateful for this skill to deceive my enemies, the time nonetheless ticks down as an ally goes to be the thread that unravels all of my onerous work.

On one among my laps across the room whereas I am deep in thought, my shoulder brushes Emrie’s as he stands immobile, ready for an additional command together with the room.

As a substitute of simply brushing by, I catch the feeling of hundreds of invisible purple tendrils of vitality reaching out from my barrier and making an attempt to connect themselves to the Lich King.

The moment that I take one other step away, the reaching threads retract, however it sparks an thought.

I flip round and place each my palms on Emrie’s shoulders, and the identical sensation of purple threads that make up my barrier begin to cowl Emrie as properly.

In a matter of seconds, his physique is totally lined, and it appears no totally different.

The one purpose I can really feel it’s as a result of I am linked to the ring. If I wasn’t, it would not seem to be something has modified.

I launch my grip and all the purple threads retract instantly, flooding again round my physique.

I message him via the telepathy hyperlink.

“This might work… So long as we’re making contact, the barrier appears to view you as an extension of myself.”

I see the white-haired healer a couple of folks away from me in line step ahead and get awarded her license in the identical method.

One after the other, every hunter is given their ID playing cards and congratulated by essentially the most highly effective folks in all the 8 Nice Nations.

Emrie receives his card as properly. I am straining to maintain the limiter secure whereas he stands over a meter away from me for nearly a full half minute, however I handle it; grabbing his shoulder and congratulating him visually to everybody the second he steps again.

The whole lot has gone to plan, any minute now, I will have the ability to depart this area and return to the Crimson Metropolis.

Whereas this thought is on my thoughts, Mr. Freeman pulls small blue mana-filled crystals from the underside of his desk.

They give the impression of being just like recording crystals, however when mana is channeled into them, they’re every handed to the Administrators within the room one after the other.

Many of the Administrators pull out papers and scribble down notes once they see the crystals for themselves, and my curiosity solely grows the longer they maintain passing the gems round.

After about 3 minutes move, the gems are lastly all handed again to the middle of the desk and the Apex Area’s Director speaks up whereas utilizing 12 gentle tendrils of soul vitality to elevate them into the air.

“As new B-Class hunters of the Affiliation, you might be all a much more precious useful resource than you had been only one month in the past. Listed here are the contract provides you’ve got been given by every of the Regional Administrators.”

The gems all fly towards the hunter they’re meant for, and the Director speaks once more.

“4 of you will have been provided a path to develop into A-Class hunters, straight coaching underneath me.”

Then, he appears at Nat.

“One among you received the 4th stage match and will create a contract supply again to any Area you want.”

His golden eyes then sweep throughout all of us.

“The remainder of you could counter the provides given by the Areas that see curiosity in you, but when a Area has not despatched you a proposal, you are not approved to ship them a proper supply till one yr of service to the Affiliation is full.”

His phrases reduce off on the identical time that his Soul Vitality does, and the blue crystals keep floating in entrance of everybody’s faces, displaying numerous manifested screens with timed contracts, situations, and cost particulars.

[Apex Region Offer][A-Class Fighter Recruitment][Expand More Details]

[Apex Region Offer][B-Class Elite Guard][Expand More Details]

[Vice Region Offer][3-Year Dungeon Exploration Contract][Expand More Details]

[Vice Region Offer][2-Year Dungeon Farming Contract][Expand More Details]

[Veridian Region Offer][2-Year Dungeon Farming Contract][Expand More Details]

[Veridian Region Offer][1-Year Director’s Guard Duty Contract][Expand More Details]

[Bedrock Region Offer][4-Year Director’s Guard Duty Contract][Expand More Details]

[Bedrock Region Offer][2-Year Dungeon Control Contract][Expand More Details]

[Bedrock Region Offer][1-Year Mining Contract][Expand More Details]

[Phantom Region Offer][2-Month Dungeon Exploration Contract][Expand More Details]

Ten provides flash in entrance of my face, and as I press develop on a number of the choices, I see the detailed situations that must be met for all the provides earlier than me.

Above the prolonged particulars, there are 3 extra choices: [Accept][Decline][Counter].

The payouts vary from 100 gold cash whole for a 2-month exploration via the Phantom Area to find and mark their unknown dungeons in harmful unexplored areas of land, to hefty 15 platinum per yr salaries from the Vice Area to do principally the identical factor.

Lots of the guard responsibility provides embrace premium housing, free Area-wide transportation, and 5-10 platinum per yr salaries.

Nonetheless, above all of them on the checklist, the Apex Area’s Supply of [A-Class Recruitment] appears to be essentially the most fascinating of all of them.

Whereas the wage of 10 platinum per yr, free housing, and transportation amongst all 8 of the Nice Areas is nearly on par with all the different contracts, the point out of entry to dungeons and labyrinths to extend the signer’s stage to above 1000 throughout the first month of signing catches my eye essentially the most.

Which means there are means to coach up hunters throughout the Apex Area to those heights, and the Director desires to coach up 4 new A-Class fighters as quick as attainable.

The considered a possible coaching floor that’s just like my very own again within the canyon of dungeons pursuits me. The truth that the Director would not appear fearful in any respect about his strongest hunter’s crushing defeat makes me assume he is nonetheless hiding extremely highly effective secrets and techniques behind the Apex Area’s closed doorways.