Chapter-12

After taking his Player ID, Max decided to go to a nearby Player Training Centre and Test out his strength.

As Max was walking through the road, He saw some people gathered in front of the Local Courthouse.

"Hmm...? What is happening there ?" Max wondered as he started walking towards them.

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"We Don't Need Them. We don't need Players."

"Yes, Yes. We don't need Players."

"Ban Players From this country."

"Jail Players. We need Equal Rights."

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"Ah, Protestors..." Max spoke as he heard them and decided to pass through them without giving them too much attention.

As Max was passing through them, He noticed that a High profiled Lawyer is coming towards the Protestors.

'Hmm...? Isn't that guy, Lorence ? I heard he is a B-Ranked player and his win rate is about 97.78 % in the court.' Max thought as he looked at the Lawyer.

"Okay, Okay... Calm down guys. What do you want ?" Lorence asked with a smile.

"We want players to go to Jail as well."

"We want law to treat them as us. They have been blessed with powers and they should use them to protect us, not to commit crimes."

"Okay, Okay... I understand, But who is the victim here ?" He asked with a calm expression.

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Max immediately went to a nearby shop, while he continued to look at the protestors.

"One pack of cigarettes..." Max spoke.

"Yes..." The shopkeeper immediately grabbed a pack of cigarettes from the back shelf and handed it to Max.

"What is happening there ?" Max asked as he took out a cigarette from the box and placed it in between his lips.

"You see that old lady sitting in front of all these people ?" The shopkeeper asked.

"Yeah... What about her ?" Max asked.

"Her girl was a transporter in 3rd floor's mini Boss raid. The party got totally wiped out, except one guy.

He was a Berserk E-Ranked. It is said that, he killed the mini Boss all alone and after killing the boss, he raped her girl... For three days inside a cave.

Didn't feed her anything and Beated her. On the fourth Day, she finally died or he thought she died.

He brought all of Their dead bodies out of the tower and submitted them to the Player Association.

When they were doing post-mortem on the bodies, they found out that the girl was still alive.

Immediately took her to the ICU and barely saved her life. Three days later she opened her mouth and told the truth to everyone." The shopkeeper explained.

"They didn't try to assassinate her ?" Max asked as he lit the cigarette.

"Six attempts in Three days, All failed. The Assassins killed themselves as soon as they got caught." He replied.

"Hmm... So, Why they are protesting now ? Isn't that an open and close case ?" Max asked as he took a puff.

"Well, That guy is a player from the Kingdom Guild. He has the potential of an A-Rank... Player. How will they let such a gem go to Jail ?

They will do anything in order to save him from the Law." The shopkeeper spoke.

"They hired him as their Lawyer ?" Max asked with a smile as he pointed towards Lorence.

"Yep, That's Lorence... He is-"

"I know him." Max spoke as he interrupted the shopkeeper.

"Players have power, They control this world and the one who gains power is bound to get Corrupted by the negative attitude that comes with it.

This world has become corrupted, Kid. Only a few good players are left in this world." The shopkeeper spoke as he sat down on his chair and went back to sleep.

Max stood up and threw the cigarette away as he started walking towards the Player Training Centre.

"My Daughter was raped, Have some courtesy you Animal. How can you offer me money for that ? She is not a thing you fucking bastard." The lady shouted loudly as she broke into tears.

Max turned his head around once again, to look at the lady's Face. After that he continued on his way.

In 15 minutes, Max reached in front of the Player Training Centre.

"Hello, Welcome to the Universal." A lady wearing Gym like clothes greeted Max.

"Hi." Max replied with a neutral expression.

"Can I look at your Player ID ?" She asked.

"Yeah here." Max spoke as he immediately took out his ID and gave it to her.

"Mr. Max, What services would you like to use today ?" She asked with a smile.

"I want to test my strength." Max spoke.

"Oh, Okay... So you want to go to the Dummy zone. Come with me." She spoke as he handed Max's ID back.

"Okay." Max followed her without any questions.

After walking for about 3 minutes, Both of reached in front of a room.

"Inside this room, You will find many equipments to test your strength, this includes a Testing Dummy as well. You can hit it as much as you want and it will just heal back." She spoke.

"Oh, Okay." Max spoke as he immediately start walking towards the room.

"Umm... Mr. Max, You have to pay for it first." The girl spoke.

"Hmm..? Oh yeah, How would this be ?" Max asked.

"It will be 1000 Dollars for 3 Hours Usage, Sir." She replied.

"Umm... Can I use it for 5 minutes ?" Max asked as he didn't have more than 500 dollars.

"I can't do that sir, The minimum I can do is 1 Hour for 350." She replied.

"300 ?" Max bargained.

"350, Sir." She spoke.

"Fine... Here." Max spoke as he pulled his credit card out and swiped over her bracelet.

[Dear User Your Account XXXXXXXXX8970 Has been debited By $ 500.]

"Thank you for the payment, Sir. The room is all yours." She spoke.

"Good." Max spoke as he immediately opened the gate and entered inside the Room.

As soon as Max entered inside the room, he noticed many Equipments inside the room.

"Let's do this..." Max spoke with a determined expression.