Future
Cyril froze at the sight of the simple yet charming young girl not too far from him. He looked coldly at the young lady.
Karen has short, dark-brown hair and wears a black hairband over her head. She appeared together with two more girls at her age.
At this time, Cyril realized that she's probably on her way to school.
'Ugh... That's right. She's just an innocent sixteen-year-old girl right now... I need to calm down. But isn't she late for school already? Ah... That's not my problem… What am I thinking?'
He wanted to have nothing to do with the girl from this life so he turned his eyes on his phone.
Whatever sin she committed in the previous timeline, her current self doesn't have anything to do with it. He can't blame her for the mistakes of her future self.
Nevertheless, Cyril couldn't help but glance at her a few more times. As a matter of fact, a few more guys are checking her out for a different reason, since her charm is quite irresistible even with her current age.
She's just about to turn seventeen and even though she's just wearing a simple long-sleeved white shirt and black mini skirt, her beauty truly stands out among the three.
It's no wonder why he was attracted to her... before.
Cyril sighed as he continued reading the article. It's better to ignore her from now on and be out of her life.
He doesn't have the energy to get his revenge on a sixteen-year-old kid.
'Well, I'm not a petty person.'
Since he already had another chance in this life, he decided not to waste it worrying about how to bring down someone.
'That's right… It's better to find the fruit of the Tree of Life.'
He only has 9 years more in his life so he needed to worry about it first.
He then started reading the article about the Northern Badger. However, as he focused on his phone, he didn't notice that Karen took a glance at him…
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'The Northern Badger Guild is looking for 40 new Awakened to explore the low-class Arcane World with their elites… Interesting… Should I consider joining here? I heard that there are tons of benefits if an Awakened at C-Rank or higher joined them…'
Right now, he can only hope that he gets Awakened at C or B Rank.
Apparently, he heard that the guild would even agree even if you work for them for only 6 months as long as you're above F, E, or D Rank.
He then continued reading the other articles.
The Guild Merge of Azure Dragon and White Tiger didn't ring any bells to him. However, as soon as he read their proposed new guild name, he finally recalled them.
The Reckless Twin Blades. This guild would become the third strongest guild within their country as they would have two Rank-S Awakened in the future that would carry their whole guild. As of now, he wasn't sure how exactly strong they are.
'Wait… Perhaps they already have the two Rank-S Awakened with them!' Cyril suddenly recalled the two S-Rank Awakened that would appear about a decade from now.
They were both using high-rank blade Artifacts!
'Now that I think about it… They're probably hiding them as their trump card.' Cyril gave it a serious thought.
After all, young and talented Awakened can threaten the other guilds' growth. They might think of eliminating those talented people that they are unable to have for themselves.
So hiding them is probably the best choice until they grow stronger.
He suddenly recalled the incident that will happen on December 26… The news said that the A-Rank murderer was just a crazy admirer of the girl. But that may not be the truth and the girl probably refused to join the man's Guild.
After all, that man escaped the prison on the next day and was never seen again. He had probably changed his identity using an Artifact or perhaps, it wasn't even his true appearance in the first place.
That person definitely has wide connections to powerful organizations…
He then read the article discussing why their country doesn't have an S-Rank Awakened yet. It was noted that it was probably due to low-class Entrances that are being found.
Perhaps, once the high-class Entrances became common, high-rank Awakened would also come out in their midst.
Though it was only a theory, Cyril nodded at this. After all, he knows that in the next ten years or so, there would be a total of 20 known S-Rank just within their country.
On the other hand, the danger level of the Arcane World would continue to increase and many lower-ranked Awakened would die in the process.
He then read the announcement of the Blood Knights about their acquisitions of their first high-rank Awakened! There are even two of them!
They have probably spent a lot of money to hire these A-Ranks since their strongest Awakened before this was only at the B-Rank.
With the addition of the two, they can finally be considered as one of their country's first-rate guilds.
Then, he sets his eyes on the news regarding the existence of an Invisibility Artifact… It was denied by the top guild of this country, the Silent Crawlers.
However, Cyril only smiled wryly as he read this. He knows that they are just keeping it for themselves.
'If I managed to get this Artifact from them, my plans would become a lot easier…' He then glanced at the Demon and decided to check the price of stealing an Artifact.
He can probably consider it if the price wouldn't take more than a year from him.