Re: Evolution Online-Novel

A couple of minutes later, Liam and Luna arrived promptly at the magic shop. Liam still did not know when or where, or how this war was going to be initialized, and he wanted to gather more details.

Naturally, this shop was the only place he could look for these details, as everything related to the guild began and ended with this shop.

When Liam walked inside the innocent-looking building, he immediately found the store manager waiting for him. The fairy had been ignoring him for the past few visits, but today she seemed rather eager to see him.

Liam had already expected this, so he wasn't really that surprised. "Greetings, Miss Tilia. Did you wait for me long?"

The fairy's lips twitched as she did not miss the obvious sarcasm. "Of course. I was waiting for you, Mr Liam. After all, we will be conducting today's events." She replied with a polite smile.

"May I know when your guild members might be arriving? You don't really have a lot of time." She turned around and started walking into the shop.

However, the next second she paused as she realized that she had overlooked the obvious. "Mr Liam, by any chance, are you planning to go to this war alone?" 

A faint glint flashed past her fluttering eyes, which Liam did not miss. Ha Ha Ha. He laughed and then casually shrugged. "I hope that wouldn't be an issue. There is no lower limit for the number of participants from a guild, right?"

"Yes, you are correct." Tilia immediately answered him. However, it was not known to anyone what she was thinking in her mind as her lips lightly curved upwards.

"Then, can you tell me more about this war?" Liam smiled and asked casually.

"I can only tell you what is already written in the system interface, Mr Liam." The fairy curtly rejected his fishing expedition. However, Liam was not done yet.

"It says here that there is no monetary penalty or reward for those who win or lose in the war. So what exactly would you be gaining by managing this whole thing?"

Tilia simply smiled. "It is our duty to help you-" She started beating around the bush, but Liam abruptly interrupted her, getting right to the point.

"Let me see. Would you be gaining all the souls of the people who die in this war? I am assuming death is permanent in this challenge?" Liam grinned.

Suddenly the fairy's expression changed slightly. She couldn't understand what would make this lower realm being talk about souls, among all things, but she quickly regained her calmness again.

"Of course, death is something that is permanent, Mr Liam. Even we do not have the power to change something like that."

"Hmm… You still didn't answer my question, though?" Liam did not let her off. 

The fairy's face twitched. Every word Liam spoke was grating on her nerves, and she simply wanted to slap the arrogant smile from his face.

She took a deep breath and calmly replied. "As I said, I am not allowed to divulge such matters. What we gain and how we manage the store is something that is not available for common knowledge. I apologize for the inconvenience."

Liam chuckled. "Okay, I understand. Don't beat yourself up about it." 

She might not have openly said yes, but Liam had a feeling that perhaps like mana cores, soul strength or soul power was also probably a currency and a very valuable one at that.

Were there maybe soul cores? He tried to remember if he ever came across something like this in the milky way auction house. 

In fact, now that he thought about it, the milky way auction house was definitely not a part of the tutorial world managed by the divine temple beings.

Liam pondered over various things for a minute, but he then snapped out of it and focussed on the more pressing matter, at least for the moment.

He looked over the system interface again and went through the various things written about the guild war. He tried to read in-depth about the various aspects of the war, including the rewards and penalties section, the territory distribution and so on.

Tilia, who observed this, silently smirked. "You should be more worried about other things, not these." She said. 

Liam's nonchalant way of dealing with the war only made her sneer inwardly. He might be a level 80 being, but when hundreds of thousands of people bombard a single target, even a level 80 being might not be able to hold out. 

That too he was a level 80 being from a lower realm. So she couldn't understand where did all this confidence stem from. "You might be walking toward your death, you know." She waggled her eyebrows at him in amusement.

Liam chuckled at her reminder. "Yes. I know that, and this wouldn't be the first time. Besides, isn't there an option to quit?" He did not even look up at her and continued to glance at the fine print.

Tilia scoffed at his answer. Sure there was an option to surrender, but… 

"Hmmm? Would a prideful man like you use this option?" She asked again.

Liam smiled a little and then walked away without saying anything to her as he had finished looking up all the details. "Call me when it's time. I will be right here."

He walked over to sit in the waiting area and silently closed his eyes to rest a little, even letting out a small yawn.

Prideful? Him? He was a survivor above all. 

Only he knew how much he had run and hidden in his life to survive and exist up until now. Something like pride was useless to someone like him. 

But that was not a sign of cowardice. In fact, it was a strength to know when you were out of your depth. 

This world was not small. There were several beings who were above him with unimaginable strength. So sometimes, it was wiser to flee.

However, this war was different. Right now, he was quite determined to wipe out whoever gave him this challenge. He had no plans of running or hiding in this war.

Tilia remained in her place as she silently watched the human. She couldn't help but read the man's reaction despite his indifferent expression. 

Her smile faltered a little, and so did the way she looked at the human being in front of her. 

For some reason, she really looked forward to seeing how this battle would pan out. A small part of her even wanted him to win.

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Mass Release Chapter 1~

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