Chapter 8

I quickly stand up, intending to flee using the escape ladder. But before I can reach the windows she caught me first with an arm lock locking my right hand to my back followed by a choke hold. "Aah, I yield, I yield!" I shout in pain while tapping the floor, signaling my surrender. "You frigging Idiot, how many times do I need to tell you that, huh. And do you think running away from me for a week make me forgive you, it looks like we need some bonding time, huh, brother!" Horrified, I shout, "Noooooo!!!"

After some bonding time {torture} I'm lying on the floor depressed while Liz sit with a satisfied grin eating my favorite snack from the fridge. She forced me to sign an unequal treaty to make her to let me go, making me doubly depressed. I look at her smug face that irritate me, "you know Liz I will do what you write in this paper if you do one thing first." She look at me curious to hear what I would say "what?" This is it my chance, "please pay for the door repair you broke." Her eye grow erratic hearing it with an awkward laugh she leave "t-thank you for the snack brother good bye!"

"Heh, as always when the time she needed to pay something she ran away, but now how should I pay the damage? My money run out after that week long special training." My face crunch up in frustration thinking about my financial difficulty. "But first I need to burn this paper," I lit the gas stove and burn it. "Now she can't blackmail me with this," after that I sit at the desk thinking about money until Upsilon speak directly to my mind. [If you need money that badly, why don't you check out AOA task forum on the internet?]

"Wait, is the task forum is the place you can acquire a task for remuneration and vice versa kind of place?" I thought you can only accept that kind of task directly from AOA office or if you're asked by people like that agent before. [Of course lad, and you know that you can just speak to me directly with your mind, right?] Man, is this my way out from the state of poverty, wait did Upsilon just say I can do telepathy too. "Eh, quick, tell me how to do that!" My eye sparkle in excitement, thinking I can do telepathy now.

[Hold it there lad why are you so excited, anyway first imagine talking to me,] I do as he says. [Second think what you want to say to me and send it] let see, I test it first with a short thought. [Like this] [you've got it lad, but you can only do this with me, tough unless you buy a card of course.] My uplifted mood instantly sucked down the drain, "so I can only do it with you?" [Yes] my PSI dream ended just like that.

"Sigh~" with a sigh of resignation I ask Upsilon to take out my laptop in the inventory. (I'd better check out that forum then.) I ask Upsilon for the address and open it with my laptop. (You need to create an account to log in, eh.) I fill out the form and registered until it ask AOA registration number. [Let me fill that number for you lad] Upsilon give me the number trough my mind, so I have finally done filling out the registration and open the content. On the website, I can trade occult item, receive and releasing task at the same time I can see an information broker too.

Hmm, it looks like the task, in this website, is graded from A to D and the commission may vary too. Listening to Upsilon, D task is pretty much an acquisition task for a potion or ingredient, with the lowest remuneration. For a C grade task, is investigation and exorcising early daemon possession with the payment of $10000-$20000. B grade task, is to exorcise the last stage daemon possession with the payment of $10000-$20000. With the A grade is the most lucrative with pay of one million or more.

"So, how much do I get for killing that spider Upsilon?" [Let me check, you've earned 1500 Exp $50000 and 2500 BP.] So, defeating spider is grade B task, huh, and it looks like I've earned some Exp, maybe I'm leveling up too? I take out Upsilon from my pocket and ask him to open the status menu.

Name : Danny Smith

Level : 3

Status : Healthy

Health : 520/500

Stamina : 600/600

Mana : 520/500

Strength : 11 (+6)

Agility : 9 (+4)

Intellect : 7 (+2)

Vitality : 7 (+2)

Endurance: 10 (+5)

Luck : 10

Attribute Point : 14

Skill :

-Basic combat mastery (bare handed) : Adept (0/5) 00%

Your starting to know how to punch.

-Basic sword mastery : Adept (0/5) 15%

Your swing can cut water bottle with ease.

-Engineering : Expert (0/10) 30%

With the right tool, you know how to fix any machinery.

Proficiency Point: 6

It looks like my training pay off, and I'd better use my attribute point too.

Name : Danny Smith

Level : 3

Status : Healthy

Health : 600/600

Stamina : 600/600

Mana : 600/600

Strength : 13 (+2)

Agility : 12 (+3)

Intellect : 10 (+3)

Vitality : 10 (+3)

Endurance: 13 (+3)

Luck : 10

Attribute Point : 0

Skill :

-Basic combat mastery (bare handed) : Adept (0/5) 00%

Your starting to know how to punch.

-Basic sword mastery : Expert (0/10) 00%

Your swing can cut water bottle with ease.

-Engineering : Expert (0/10) 30%

With the right tool, you know how to fix any machinery.

Proficiency Point: 1

My body feel a little numb as I add attribute point. You know, even thought before I add the point into strength, my strength after training is 11, but Liz still handily kick my ass. I better ask her where she trained so that I can join her sometimes. Depressed, I decide to distract myself by searching for a task in my laptop. After an hour of searching, I finally find a task that caught my eye.