After contemplating for a while about his new unique skill, Alex started walking out of the Trial Tower.
On his way out, he passed by the stone monunt's ranking and saw that it had changed.
At the very top, the na that was written beca 'Zero'.
That ans, Alex has just beco the one that cleared the 2nd Tier trial with the highest points!
"It seems like choosing the Abyss difficulty was the right choice. I don't know how the Trial Tower scores its trialists though."
Alex fell silent for a mont before saying, "I wonder if anyone else can really complete the Abyss trial…"
Alex thought about that for a few seconds before shaking his head.
"Well, since I'm the first one who was able to do it, then I guess not."
Next, Alex opened his inventory and saw that his other reward, the [Random Treasure Chest] has also arrived.
"Since there's nothing else for to do here, it's about ti I leave this place."
Taking a step forward, Alex soon saw the outside of the Trial Tower.
Closing his eyes, Alex took a deep breath.
"Hais~ I'm back~."
When he opened his eyes again, Alex turned his head in a certain direction and saw Ferri and the Fla Lion already looking back at him.
Smiling, Alex walked towards them and said, "It took a while to clear the trial. I hope you two didn't cause any problems, huh."
Hearing Alex's words, a serious expression appeared on Ferri's face and he barked,
"Woof!"
It seems like he's telling Alex that they didn't do anything while he's gone.
Alex smiled more and rubbed Ferri's furry neck.
After playing with Ferri for a while, Alex looked at the Fla Lion next and said, "I guess you also didn't cause any trouble."
Unlike Ferri's enthusiastic mood around Alex, the Fla Lion seems to still want to maintain the last bit of dignity that it has by acting calm all the ti.
It gently bowed its head to Alex in response to his words.
Alex nodded and didn't say anything more to it.
After that, Alex decided to go back to Kupido Town.
"Well then, let's try to journey back to Kupido Town on foot this ti."
"Ferri, I will be riding on your back again this ti."
Hearing that, Ferri began to get excited.
"Woof! Woof!"
Alex patted its head that was lowered in front of him.
"Let's go. We have to go sowhere first before we really leave Nagels."
Saying that, Alex started moving in a certain direction.
Behind him, Ferri and the Fla Lion both stood up at the sa ti and followed Alex.
When Alex left, a lot of eyes that had been looking at him the mont he left the Trial Tower also headed back to their respective places.
Shadow, the one that the King has ordered to gather information on Alex, has also co back to the castle.
At the Castle's throne room.
The King looked at the kneeling man wearing all black from top to bottom and said, "So, he has already co out, huh."
"Hmm, it only took him less than 24 hours to clear the 2nd Tier's trial. I'm curious as to what difficulty he chose…"
Putting on a thoughtful expression, the King tapped his finger on the throne a couple of tis before turning his head back to Shadow.
Then, he said, "Shadow, continue watching Zero until you co to the conclusion whether he's soone we should recruit or dispose of."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Shadow bowed at the King before he suddenly disappeared.
Slowly looking out the window, the King muttered, "You're making interested in you more and more, Zero…"
…
Just like the King, other factions have also received the news of Alex's completion of the 2nd Tier trial.
Exclamations ca out from various directions as leaders of different organizations and family learned about Alex's trial completion.
Usually, even when a player chooses the easiest difficulty in the 2nd Tier trial, it still takes them 2 to 3 days to clear the trial.
That's why, the news of Alex coming out of the tower in less than 24 hours surprised many!
At the sa ti, a lot of them have also finally decided to make their moves.
"We have to hurry up and recruit this man!"
Similar words ca out of various leader's mouths.
Without delay, they ordered their people to start looking for Alex all over the city.
Their movents have caused a lot of commotion within the capital for a while.
However, Alex doesn't know anything about these.
Right now, Alex is surrounded by dilapidated houses that seem like they will fall into ruin once blown by the wind.
Looking around, Alex said, "This place looks old, gloomy, and… dirty."
Alex and his two monster pets are currently in the slums.
And the reason for Alex to co here is because…
"Ah! Brother Zero, you're here!"
In one of the most dilapidated looking houses in the area, the door opened and a small girl with an obviously malnourished physique ca out.
That girl is none other than Angelica!
After eting Alex last ti, Angelica ca back to their house in the slums and gave the food to her brothers.
That was their first decent food in such a long ti that Angelica, the oldest one, ended up crying as they ate.
Anyway, even though Angelica still looked malnourished, her aura sohow seems so much brighter than before.
Seeing her, Alex smiled and said, "I ca to take you with . Have you read everything?"
Hearing that, Angelica exclaid in surprise and apologized, "Ah! Sorry, Brother Zero, I haven't prepared our things yet."
"Can you please wait for a second as I prepare my and my brother's things?"
When she asked that, Angelica looked nervously at Alex, scared that he would get mad at her for asking too much.
Noticing that, Alex walked closer and patted her on the head.
"Sure, take your ti preparing your things."
"I will wait for you and your brothers to co out here, okay?"
The gentle warmth that cos from Alex's hand being transmitted to her head calms down Angelica's worried heart.
Nodding, she replied, "Oum!"
Seeing that she cald down, Alex said, "Go now, prepare your things so that we can leave this place."
When saying that, Alex's eyes can't help but fall into the black ground that's been covered with dirt and other garbage.
Honestly, Alex isn't unfamiliar to this kind of environnt.
After all, his house stands just near the dumpsite and even the items in his house are from that place.
It's just that Alex has noticed that this place actually has a weird sll that Alex is positive that it's toxic.
So, Alex doesn't want the kids to stay in this place any more seconds.
They are still young and their growth might get affected by this kind of thing.
Anyway, sitting with Ferri and the Fla Lion, Alex doesn't have anything to do as Angelica is preparing their things.
Turning his head at the Fla Lion, Alex said, "Before I went inside the Trial Tower, I told you that I'll be giving you a na, right?"
The Fla Lion that has a frown on its face since it entered the slums looked at Alex.
To Alex's words, it nodded calmly as a response.
"Okay, then I guess it's about ti I give you a na."
"Since I have nothing to do right now, let think about it."
Alex propped his hand on his chin and started thinking of the Fla Lion's na.
"Hmm, lion, fla… fiery, pride, king… I wonder what na would fit…"
"Ah! I know!"
Finally, after thinking long (about 3 minutes) and hard (not really), Alex has co up with what he thinks is a suitable na for the Fla Lion.
Looking at the Fla Lion, Alex smiled and said, "From now on, you'll be called Blaze!"
Nodding his head, Alex felt very satisfied with his own naming sense.
Of course, it's only him who's satisfied.
Hearing its new na, the Fla Lion looked at Alex with a blank face.
But from the look on its eyes, you can see that it seems like it wants to tell Alex not to na him with a simple na like that.
However, 'Blaze' still decided not to do so.
It's not because he's scared that Alex will beat him up if he disagrees, yeah, it's not that for sure.
While Blaze is experiencing so complex emotion and Alex is feeling happy, Angelica and three other small kids ca out of the house at this ti.
Alex looked at them before focusing his eyes at Angelica, saying, "Are you guys done? Are you all ready to leave now?"
Since only Angelica is a little familiar to Alex, she replied, "Yes, Brother Zero."
Clap!
Alex clapped his hands and said, "Good! Then let's leave Nagels and head out to Kupido Town imdiately!"
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