Knowing his family had left the city, Sora suggested, "Let's leave Seoul."
He stood up, cloaked everyone in a [Veil], then waved his hand, making the pocket dinsion vanish.
Alius took a few steps through the air to join his side and whispered, "Can you return my [Soul Pearls], please?"
Sora froze at the request and answered aloud, "You're saying you want to return the [Soul Pearls] you gifted ?"
Alius' face darkened as Sora raised his voice, and he sent a ntal ssage, "Stop joking. I only sent you a million [Soul Pearls] to scare our enemies."
Sora smiled and replied through telepathy, "I'll return them if you admit, in front of the others, that you just wanted to flex."
Looking defeated, Alius shook his head. "Forget it. Keep them. You're probably still struggling with Soul Power anyway."
With a triumphant smile, Sora materialized a million [Soul Pearls] and handed them back to his little brother. The overwhelming wave of Soul Power made the others tremble. All three of them couldn't help but stare enviously at the fortune changing hands.
Alius asked privately, "I heard from Mom and Dad what happened here a month ago. How have you been since then?"
Sora was caught off guard by the question. He took a mont before answering. "I'm alright. Kara and Salim aren't really dead. They're back ho. That's probably the only reason I haven't gone crazy. But I'll make Norj and Abbott pay for what they did."
Alius nodded. "You ended up creating more Alter Egos! But seriously, what's with the nas you gave them? They're awful."
Sora scratched his ear and laughed, attracting the curious gazes of the other players. "What would you have done? You'd have given each of them a unique na? I'd go insane trying to rember them all."
Alius smiled ans asked, "How are they doing? Any sad or depressed ones like I used to be?"
Sora blinked, suddenly rembering. 'Oh! I forgot to tell you! Alter Egos don't disappear when I fuse them back. They now have their own space in my [Soul Palace]. I've fused and split with them multiple tis, and there are only good side effects so far.'
Alius stared at him in surprise. 'That's incredible. That'll probably help keeping the troops motivated. What about skills? Do you keep their supre skills?'
Sora shook his head. 'None of them have unlocked a supre skill yet. We haven't been able to test that for now.'
Alius grinned. 'Well, my supre skill is way too valuable to risk. Once you're sure those don't vanish, I'll fuse back with you.'
Sora snorted. Just as he was about to enter the portal leading to New York City, he received a ssage.
[Seven: You were supposed to give us instructions... Most of us are still waiting all over the world.]The full series is hosted on My Virtual Library Empire, known as *.
Sora thought before sending his reply.
[Sora Hashino: Form groups and start gathering information. Once you're done, split and take advantage of any opportunities you find. If you're about to do sothing stupid or risky, inform or the others so we know what to expect. And co to if you want to use the [Soul Stamp] on anything you want to keep after resetting with [Prestige]. I'll reach out if I need help.][Seven: Sounds good. See you around.]
Having reached New York City, he traveled through another portal leading to [ARAM] headquarters. Sora's thoughts lingered on his Alter Egos and how he should spend the next thirty days.
'I didn't expect the month-long protection to activate right after we started the counterattack. Most of today's casualties were people killed by the enemy because I triggered their reaction. Damn it.'
Frustrated, he struggled to focus on his next steps.
Taking a deep breath, he regained his focus by rembering the list of things he had planned.
'I wanted to focus on studying bloodlines first. Raising my bloodline level by one tier made and all Alter Egos ten tis stronger. And One Hundred-One's power is leagues above everyone else because of his unique path. It seems he and One Hundred-Sixteen are already reaping the fruits of their labor.'
'To have a chance against Abbott and Norj, I have no choice but to speed things up. Maybe I can't afford to waste too much ti on Hannah and politics myself.'
He turned to Alius and asked aloud, "How strong is Hannah?"
Alius gave a casual answer. "She's level 240. Her power level should be around Oga 53 or 54."
Sora froze. "She's already reached that level? But the players she enslaved shouldn't have been enough to give her that much experience. Did she enslave all her guildmates?"
Alius shook his head. "We don't know how she did it. During Guild Wars, we can move freely between our territory and hers, so we weren't worried about interference from other races. But we were also locked out of grinding in the wild. Sohow, she gained a ton of levels without leaving her guild territory. We suspect she's receiving outside help."
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Kim Dong, walking beside them, added, "You may know of my power, but I'll tell you anyway. I can help people gain levels and grind skill proficiency by sending them into dungeons I've cleared. Our theory is that soone close to [GODS] is doing sothing similar for her, feeding them massive amounts of experience. Maybe she's combining that with her innate ability."
Emily frowned. "Probably Edward McCall, the last POTUS. Or his wife, Caitlyn Rock. They keep harassing us to end the 'civil war' and manipulate public opinion to turn against us."
'I wanted to get rid of Hannah quickly, but she might be just one part of sothing much bigger. Do I really have ti for all this bullshit?' Sora thought.
Sighing, he asked so of the questions he had, "And why are you still fighting? You saved Hope after all, so why is there no truce? While we're at it, can you explain to how Guild Wars work after the update?"
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While Sora dove headfirst into a headache-inducing ss of politics, guild wars, and hidden forces, Seven Hundred-Seventy-Seven floated in front of a dungeon.
As he analyzed the symbols etched into the dungeon entrance, a voice called out from behind him.
"Triple Seven, why did you insist I co with you? I'm better at gathering information... What if Sora scolds ?"
Seven Hundred-Seventy-Seven, now known as Triple Seven, didn't turn around. "Shade, you're the most suitable for my next experint. You died recently and are still level 1. With your path relying on shadows and darkness, you're the perfect test subject. The lower your level, the better the results should be."
One Hundred-Sixteen didn't mind the nickna. It suited the new path he had chosen.
"The class you chose last ti was good," Triple Seven continued, "but I think Brother Sword One's was even better. Don't you want to beco the ultimate assassin? I think I can help you. Forget about Sora's mission and help instead. We all have the sa goal, anyway."
Shade didn't reply at first, but after a mont, he gave a nod. "You're the strangest one of us," he muttered, then added, "What are we doing here? This dungeon is only level 50… Why bother coming here?"
Triple-Seven turned to look at him with a strange expression. "Did all your company mbers beco stupid when Sora assigned you to sword practice? Don't you rember what was here?"
Shade's face darkened as he heard the insult but he refrained from answering. Instead, he recalled the information Sora had gathered about the [Earth] during the update.
Then, suddenly rembering, his eyes lit up. "That?!"
Triple-Seven nodded. "Yes. Stop wasting ti and accept."
A few notifications appeared in front of Shade's eyes.
[Seven Hundred-Seventy-Seven invited you to the guild, "XP Bank."][Seven Hundred-Seventy-Seven invited you to his party.]
He accepted both requests, and another notification followed:
[Guild Rules][Guild mbers must give 100% of their gold earnings to the guild.][Guild mbers must give 100% of their experience earnings to the guild.]
Shade didn't blink as he read the conditions, as he knew he was supposed to remain level 1. A second panel appeared:
[Warning: Your guild cannot force you to deposit more than 20% of your gold or experience.][Do you accept a tax rate of 100% for gold?][Do you accept a tax rate of 100% for experience?]
He replied [Yes] to both prompts, closed the system panel, and followed after Triple-Seven, who had already entered the dungeon.
[Would you like to use the Fantomas' Hideout Dungeon Special Key?]
Selecting the option, he was instantly transported to the bottom of a small mountain. Looking up, he spotted a path through a forest, leading to the summit. Before he could take in the surroundings, he noticed hundreds of corpses scattered along the path, each one turned into gold. Triple-Seven was already climbing the mountain without waiting. Shaking his head, Shade vanished from his position and rushed to catch up.
A few minutes later, the reward they ca for appeared.
[You have acquired a Shadow Fruit (F-Tier)] x3
Reading the item description, Shade smiled.
[Shadow Fruit (F-Tier)][Description: Gain F-tier affinity with the [Shadow] elent.]
Turning toward Triple-Seven, he tossed him the three fruits. "Do your thing, please."
Triple-Seven didn't answer. He took one fruit in his right hand and stored the others in his inventory.
Shade watched silently as his brother began absorbing Soul Power from the surroundings, condensing it into his palm.
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