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Chapter 254: Night Talk
Chapter 254: Night Talk
Chapter 254: Night Talk
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The days flew by.
In the crypt's strange attic, Adam was sitting by a campfire that he had created right in the middle of the attic.
It looked dangerous to have something like that in the attic, but the fire didn't spread, and the smoke curled up through the hole in the ceiling.
By the campfire, some roasted animal was being cooked on a stick.
After days of grinding, he'd reached level 18, and was already on good route to reach level 19 in a couple of days.
His daily routine was basically waking up, grinding experience points till nightfall, eating something, sleeping, and repeating.
A short while later, Adam took the stick and started eating the roasted animal. It didn't taste anything special, but it was sustenance to keep him going.
While eating, he looked towards the windows on the attic and frowned at the world of the mist outside. It was the exact same as on the tutorial floor.
This world of mist was very interesting to him.
'Alastor said that his Tyrannical Warlords are sealed in the world of mist. Could it be the place outside of the dungeon?'
He munched on the food while thinking about things.
If there was a chance, he'd loved to visit the world of mist, but he was far too weak to travel there. It was definitely not a place for weaklings.
'I wonder how things are going in the New World...'
...
In a random village in the New World, a small army had gathered in the village, and more and more carriages were entering through the village's gates with each passing second.
In the gate, Zestruction's symbol flapped against the wind.
As one of the carriages stopped in front of the largest building in the village, a figure dressed in crimson stepped out and looked around the bustling village with a look of wonder.
There weren't any Originals left here, and instead everyone were mercenaries of the Zestruction faction. They were preparing for the war here.
"Sir Digby!" A well-armored soldier came over to him. "Sir Zephyr had invited every guild master to have a talk with him. It's happening on the third floor."
Digby looked over to the tall building and headed straight there.
After a while, he entered the third floor and saw all of the guild masters gathered around a sizable table.
It was loud and chaotic, with everyone speaking at once.
They were throwing up ideas and suggestions for the war while Zephyr listened with his mouth staying shut.
However, at that moment, his gaze landed on Digby, and a look of recognition flashed through his eyes.
"Sir Digby, nice to have you here with us."
The room turned silent slightly, and most of the eyes turned to Digby.
While Digby was strong enough to be respected in mercenary circles, it would never be enough to silence the room like this. It happened now because the guild masters believed that S-ranker, Adam Palestar, must've come with him.
Because of his status as guild master of S-ranker, Digby was more respected than just ordinary Prime Mercenary, and it helped that he had connections in the Royal Palace.
"Let's continue this meeting later, gentlemen, shall we?" Zephyr said.
After bowing their heads, the guild masters headed off, but Digby stayed behind as he sensed Zephyr's intention to have a word with him.
After the guild masters had left, Zephyr asked. "Has my nephew come with you?"
"I thought he was already with you." Digby said with a frown. "He went to the Imperium City, but I haven't heard a word from him."
"Is that so?" Zephyr frowned. "I'll send him a message in the real world. Depending on how busy he is, it might take a couple of days before the answer."
Digby nodded.
He then looked at the meeting table and saw that some planning had already taken place. There were quite a few markers in the mountain region of the north.
"Why the mountains, sir?" Digby asked.
"Closing the net." Zephyr said. "Our first fight will most likely be against Battle Maidens. If we win the battle, their army would retreat to these mountains. I'd like us to have a stronghold there, so when they go there, we'll eliminate the rest of them.
"If we happen to lose, we can still retreat to those mountains, and they have great defensive advantages. I gotta prepare for everything."
"I see." Digby nodded, bowed, bid his farewell, and left the meeting hall.
After he left, Zephyr frowned slightly. 'Where has he disappeared off to?'
He pressed the log off button, planning to go shoot a message to Adam, asking about his whereabouts.
...
As the night fell over the Navy Town, Adam climbed out of the VR pod after another exhausting day of grinding.
The attic was the only safe place he'd discovered on the fifty-first floor, so he was able to log off there.
He was about to take the elevator to his room, but then his pocket vibrated as he received a message, and after pulling out his phone, he saw that the message was from his uncle.
He quickly answered, pocketed his phone, and headed straight to him.
After taking the short elevator trip, he plopped down on his bed and felt like sleeping right away, but he couldn't because he remembered one thing.
He turned his head to the wall next to him-Alice was right on the other side of the wall.
Adam bit his lip as he felt like he'd betrayed her. He wanted to use the broken heart symptom as an excuse, but the truth was, he would've still liked to make love with Lady Yu.
After all, he'd been in love with her so long that he wasn't able to remember the time when he
wasn't.
He left his bed, left his room, and stopped in front of Alice's room door.
Before opening the door, he checked the time on the phone, and it wasn't midnight just yet, but Alice might be sleeping because she had school tomorrow.
He gently opened the door and saw that the room was dark. There was a person lying on the bed, not moving an inch.
After entering the room, he closed the door, walked over to the bed, and whispered, "Alice, are you awake?"
She mumbled something under her breath, and her eyes softly opened. She looked slightly groggy, her eyes barely staying open, but she managed to smile weakly in response.
"Adam..."
She didn't expect to see him anytime soon, as he seemed very busy.
"There's something I must talk to you about."
"What is it?" Alice heard the seriousness in his tone, and she shrugged off her sleepiness to
focus on his words.
However, before Adam could speak a word, footsteps came from the hallway.
They turned to the door and saw a shadow by the door.
"Alice, are you awake?"
It was Serah's voice.
"Hide!" Alice hurried Adam, who quickly hid under her bed.
The door slowly creaked open, and Serah, in her sleeping pajama, flicked the light switch and
looked at her sweet daughter.
"I heard some talk. Who were you talking to?"
"No one." Alice smiled and shook her head. "Maybe father left the television open in the
downstairs?"
"No, I closed the television; I am sure of it..." Serah scratched the back of her head and then
slowly closed the door. "Get some sleep; you have school."
"I will, mom."