Re: Evolution Online-Novel

Shortly after receiving the notification, Liam left the dungeon and summoned his undead condor. He took a ride on the soul beast and arrived at the magic shop in the next few minutes.

When he landed, surprisingly, two people were already waiting there for him. One was the three-tailed snow white fox who snarled at the undead condor and jumped onto Liam to take her rightful spot.

And the other was Lan Ganjie.

"Hmmm." Liam smiled. "How are you adjusting so far to the transition?"

"Aha ha ha." Lan Ganjie lightly laughed in response. "What can I say, guild leader? We are truly blessed to have met with someone like you."

It would have been quite awkward for the middle-aged man to treat someone so young as Liam with respect, but at the moment, he was honestly grateful.

"I wanted to personally thank you again for sharing beast meat with us. I heard about how it helps to prevent people from becoming violent and turning mindless." 

"We had several casualties because of this, and we also lost a few loved ones. Everyone is very grateful that this problem has finally been resolved. We will never forget this kindness."

Liam nodded. "Don't think too much about these things. In this new world, we are never really safe. All of us can only try to survive and do our best."

"Mmm."

"Did you also receive the notification about the guild upgrade?"

"Yes, Mr Liam. Everyone registered in the guild received the message, but I asked them not to flock over here and waste their time." 

"I only brought a few people with me to check things out. Miss Alex, Mr Rey and my son Deming are inside. I was also just about to head inside." Lan Ganjie explained.

Liam nodded again and then walked into the magic shop along with Lan Ganjie. The senior turned to take several glances at Liam as he was not sure if he should address the other thing.

Liam, at the moment, had several injuries littered over his body. Some were small scratches, but a few were rather deep cuts, but the young man did not seem to be bothered by any of it.

In the past, Lan Deming and Lan Fen had also run through the dungeon several times, but they always came out unscathed. They were never injured in this manner.

However, just judging from this, it would be foolish to assume that they were stronger or knew how to fight better than Liam. 

In reality, this man was probably taking more risks than his son and daughter, fighting with stronger opponents by placing his life on the line. 

Lan Ganjie silently sighed in admiration as he couldn't help but feel more and more positive about the young man walking beside him. He also made a mental note to talk to his son and daughter to push them a little more.

However, as he walked in, he realized that this wouldn't be needed at all. Standing inside the magic shop, Alex, Deming and Rey also had similar appearances to Liam, with numerous injuries on their bodies.

Only the foreigner, Mr Rey, was looking a little better, but the other two seemed as if they had gone through a big ordeal.

Lan Ganjie nodded contently. It was now clear to him that his talk or advice was no longer required for his children. They had a much better role model to emulate.

He could see the strong competitive spirit raging in Deming's eyes and couldn't help but feel proud. If he was also young…

Before he could finish that thought, coincidentally, an old woman entered his vision, and he once again smiled bitterly as he was forced to swallow his words.

Naturally, he had heard about the 'super' granny. The revered dojo master was a lot older than him but was still a force to reckon with, putting to shame even many of the younger fighters.

There was no point placing the blame on age. Lan Ganjie decided to stop thinking about unnecessary things. 

Just like others, he also had his strong points, and he wanted to contribute the best that he could by focusing on these strong points.

"I will be talking to that fairy over there. Please excuse me, Mr Liam." He politely announced and took his leave.

Liam as well made his way to the trio who were standing inside the magic shop and discussing something very seriously. "What did you all do now?" He jokingly asked.

Unexpectedly, Alex turned to give him a very serious answer to that question. "A group of us reached Level 20, and we received the guild upgrade notification."

"You guys reached Level 20 already?" Liam was visibly shocked. 

Sure, the first twenty to thirty levels were rather easy to gain, and it only became exponentially difficult later on, but still, this was a remarkable feat.

In his last life, he only barely managed to reach level 5 or something around that when the second wave of the apocalypse hit.

And now, they were already ahead of the curve. This was good news.

"Ok. Let's check out what this guild upgrade is about." Liam excitedly stepped forward, only to be headbutted by the arrogant redhead.

"Aren't you forgetting something?" Alex huffed, placing her hands on her shapely hips.

"Hmm?" Liam did not understand.

"Hand me over my shield and my axe! I reached Level 20, didn't I?" The redhead fumed.

Liam chuckled as he finally understood the reason why the group had trained so intensely. Naturally, he was also well aware of the said reason. After all, in his last life, he struggled like a dog without a proper weapon.

"I will give it to you right now." He smiled and did not tease the redhead any longer. 

He reached into the spatial artifact, and right in front of everyone, he took out a broad sword and a shield that had a faint silver lustre.

However, the moment the weapons were brought out in the open, a powerful aura seeped out of them. It grabbed the attention of every single person standing inside the shop, including the glittering fairies.