23 Blessed land.
A pair of teenage boys stood in the middle of the silent wind. One with a weird expression wore black sunglasses, while the other had black hair and brown eyes with puzzlement struggling to decipher the reason for the weird expression and finally like grasping the reason he said..
"Excuse me buddy if your stomach is upset toilet is that way.."
Sunglasses boy was Alex.He tried to regain his bearings, coping with an awkward situation where a stranger had assumed him in inappropriate situations.
"Nah, I'm good, excuse me," Alex ignored him and strolled toward the entrance of Blink building.
What more he can do, explain himself that he was trying to learn a technique in the middle of the way, who in right mind would believe that.
"Are you here for registration?" This sudden question from the right side surprised Alex. He turned his head, seeing the person walking beside him, the same boy..
"Yes, what about you?"
The person answered, "Same as you, for registration. I just got enlightened like an hour ago and ran here immediately."
"Woah, that's the same as me."
"Really? That's good. We can go together. I didn't introduce myself—I am Steve Smith ."
"It's Alex." He was about to continue his answer but hesitated for a moment, stopped for a second, and pondered his next step.
Should he change his name or not?
Then some flashes ran in his mind. How will he prove his nationality if he chose Alex instead of Raser? Furthermore there is no Alex Ellison in this world.
"That's a good name, Alex, but quite repetitive. I know a person who shares the same name as you, but He is dead."
_I should have kept Raser's name._Alas, there is no use crying over spilled milk.
Step, step, step.
An unbreakable atmosphere, resembling a stone wall, permeated the surroundings.
Both of them walked forward without any sound. The quiet atmosphere reminded Steve it was a bad joke, or maybe it was true nevertheless it has created an awkward atmosphere.
The silence was not because Alex was unfriendly or anything; it's just he was not in the mood to entertain Steve and match his social energy.
On earth he was an Author meaning most of his time was alone either walking blankly staring and imagining wild scenarios for his novel.
Click, a glass door opened up.
Both of them entered the building, a large hall spreading around with some chairs arranged in systematic order.
The atmosphere shifted from the outdoor quiet to the hum of activity with sounds of footsteps and distant conversations of people..
"Follow me, I know where to go," Steve said. Both of them navigated through the bustling crowd, reaching a registration desk where a friendly-looking receptionist awaited.
"Hello Mia, I am back. Didn't I tell you one day I'll join the raid? See, here I am with my friend Alex."
Mia was separated by a glass window.
She stopped what she was doing when she heard Steve; a hint of recognition flashed in her eyes. She said, "Wow, you finally became an invocar. Good, good. Now, what's your plan? Which blessed land do you want to go to?"
That's normal for any person who first get his ability to be excited and try it out in real field
And of course Steve will be excited to confront the monster although he was still a newbie in his work he said..
"I don't know. How about you suggest it to us?"
She handed them forms to fill out and said..
"There are three Blessed lands in this district: 'ALL FLOWER stage 4,' then 'woods stage 6,' and lastly, 'All water stage 3.'
"The third one just recently appeared but it's quite dangerous. The fish in All water are infectious, furthermore there is no cure for it."
"3 stage" Steve's expression turned sombre; he repeated Mia's response.
The danger level of each blessed land can be determined with difficulty involved in the raid.
This Difficulty is based on the environment, the number of evolved creatures present in, and, finally, the most important one—the boss.
There are a total of 7 stages of evolution for devoured pathway. It starts with 7 and then ends with 1.
If a blessed land has only one evolved creature in stage 6, it will be known as a 6-stage blessed land.
If the most powerful creaturr is stage 5, it would be known as that.
There are other factors like environment and risk. As Mia explained, in All water blessed land, most of the fishes are infectious, carrying an incurable disease with it.
This aspect enhances the danger level by several degrees.
As a result, All water blessed land that only has one 5-stage evolved fish has its difficulty raised to 3 stages just because of the mere presence of infectious fish.
Both of them stood side by side, hearing Mia's explanation, and a hesitant camaraderie started to form between them.
Alex's focus was mostly on her talk; he inattentively filled up the form.
Some general information like name, age, ability, and address.
His attention was on Mia, not because she was a good-looking girl with orange eyes and pink hair.
He was listening carefully because the last blessed land she talked about was the one he is familiar with it
Yes, this is the same place where Raser and the boys went to play volleyball, where Raser saved Melissa. The place where evil spirits clung to him.
This land, this cursed land, is also the reason for his transmigration.
If just those fish didn't evolve, he would have been present on earth and finished his story of the mute protagonist. But now The novel is dead because of this stupid evolution of fish.
Anyway, he decided to fill up the form and handed it over to Mia, who started to repeat the information in detail.
________
Name:Steve Smith.
Address:Ninth block of Yellow Ocean district,Green land zone.
Age:17
Ability: Enhance Physical Capability.
7NTH Enlightenment:Berserker.
_________
STEVE nodded and confirmed his information.
And then it was Alex's turn.
________
Name: Alex Ellison
Address:Third block of Yellow Ocean district,Green land zone.
Age; 18.
Ability:Enhance learning capability.
7NTH Enlightenment:
___________
He is not an idiot to reveal the true nature of his Enlightenment.
No way in hell.
True nature is important. It's as important as hair on the head, vision in eyes, sound in ears. If anyone ever revealed the true nature he should fear.
Although nobody knows how to use true nature other than the owner, it does reveal what Ability a person might possess.
Mia extended her palm toward them.
Steve pulled a card from his pocket and handed it to Mia.
Alex didn't understand what that was.
Was there something he had to bring?
Mia turned to him and said, "Where is your identification, Alex?"
Well, shit. He jinxed it just moments ago.
He had talked about an identification problem, and here he is. If he had just used Raser's name… but he didn't.
Firstly, he forgot to bring identification because Dev surprisingly brought him here without any prior notice.
And second, he habitually replies to Steve with his own name.
While he does know about Raser's entire life worth of memories, there is no experience in it.
Raser's life was like a long movie for him where he could be engrossed but not to the point of forgetting who he truly is. It's as simple as that.
"Give me your identification," Mia said again.
"Ah, sorry. I am here on a recommendation. The person gave me this to give you—not you, but the individuals who issue missions." He handed the file to Mia, who narrowed her eyes. But grabbed it and started to carefully reading it,
With each page she flipped, seriousness in her demeanour increased.
When she reached the last page, she turned toward Alex and stood up while saying,
"Stage 3 All water, that's your mission,"
"There is a team ready to raid this blessed land, I'll inform them about you!"
"Both of you grab your identification from the Counter " She stopped.
Alex was surprised to see her react like that, then quickly composed himself, already aware this file had come from a Dev… it would definitely contain something extraordinary.
_I should have read it._There is no use whining about it now.
"What happened, Mia?"
"It's nothing, Steve, something came up."
"Another thing, I'll inform the leader He will help you with your ability. Lastly,"
"Good luck."
Then, without saying anything more, she disappeared from view.
