“115”
“Alias confirmed, waiting for other users to select their respective options.”
Looking over at Ela Damien asked her what she went with, “It’s a surprise you will see when the results are displayed.” she said with a mischievous smile on her lips.
Rolling his eyes in response, it did not take long for the system to speak once again.
“With the conclusion of the event the system will now display everyone's placements, as for the rewards the users will be given those once they teleport back to their respective worlds. Users will have 10 minutes to look at the rankings and chat with others if they so wish.”
“1st place - 115 and spirits heart”
Seeing Ela’s name he glanced in her direction seeing her rather smug smile, making Damien imagine she was saying ‘I know good name right?’ or something along those lines… shaking his head at her antics he looked further down the list at second place.
“2nd place - Pavia and light” ‘Who are these people?’ Damien thought, looking around the room and using inspect to see if anyone's names matched the ones displayed but unsurprisingly they had used an alias.
“3rd place - Noah, zain, and Asda.” seeing the names displayed here, Damien turned to look at them but as he did he sensed someone staring at the center of his back. Turning towards the gaze he saw Jake once again staring at him.
Flashing him a quick smile, Damien continued to look at the list and besides the demon brothers, everyone else had used aliases even that contemptus guy who asked Ela to team up with him before the event appeared to have done so.
While they were waiting for the ten minutes given to them to be up, Damien was seemingly lost in thought. He was not quite sure what he wanted to do after getting out of this event, and if he was being honest, the earth was seeming quite boring at the moment… if he had objectives he wanted to complete as of right now, one would be exploring the center of the irritated zone and another would be finding his father.
More than anything, though, he wanted to explore the universe just the thought of it had Damien excited at the prospect. Countless worlds and new things or beings to discover, and along with doing this, getting stronger through fighting stronger opponents. For some reason, he had a feeling deep inside of himself that even before he lost his memoirs, this is what he had always longed for.
The ability to progress and not live some boring life like Ela had explained to him before the system working some boring job where he was barely able to get by, no this is what he truly wanted, just true freedom.
Before he could get too absorbed in his own thoughts, Damien felt Ela tap his shoulder before nodding in a direction. Looking at where she nodded he saw some people walking over to them, it was the demon brothers along with the blue-haired girl who asked questions before the event started.
Adopting a serious expression, Damien waited to see what they wanted. The first to speak was the woman with blue hair who was staring intently, and Ela with a contemplative look, “Why do you have the spirit king's aura on you?”
Looking at the woman in front of him, Damien could not really make out her figure or anything as she was wearing thick clothes that made it hard for him to discern any of her features. The only notable thing he could make out was her blue hair and the “clean?” aura exuding from her.
Hearing her question, Ela instinctively tensed up, wondering how the woman had sensed it. Deciding it was best to act like she did not know what she was talking about Ela feigned ignorance.
“What are you talking about?”
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“You know what I am talking about lady no need to be so guarded I don’t wish you any harm, the reason for me asking is because of my origin and my relation to spirits. If you don’t want to answer though that is fine. If you ever have any questions one day though take this.”
The woman handed over a pendant inscribed with the name "Eldenwood." As Ela looked down at the object, she ran her fingers over its smooth surface. The pendant appeared to be made of some type of marble, and the name itself glowed with a light green hue.
“What is this?” Ela asked curiously, “It's my family’s last name and this pendant can be used to get an audience with me if you ever come to our world… just say that someone named “Nova” gave it to you alright?”
Before Ela could ask further questions, Nova winked at Damien before swiftly turning around and walking away towards some other group in the distance, and not even a second after she left the demon brothers made their move towards her and Damien.
Hoping that Ela did not see the wink the blue-haired woman gave him Damien cleared his throat before speaking to the brothers, “What do you want?”
With a sneer, the brother on the left, Noah, spoke, “Listen, human, you will do well to remember this while I don’t like you because of your race and the fact you sneak attacked us, be careful of that woman from just now.”
Damien just scoffed in response, prompting the other brother to speak, “You can think the warning is stupid or a lie all you want, but I promise you she is not what she seems and you would do well not to blindly trust someone you just met don’t you think?”
“So based on what you just said would that not also apply to you? Besides, why are you even telling me this? If anything it seems like you are just trying to cause trouble because you're upset with us.”
An almost cruel-looking smile spread across the brother's faces before Noah responded, “We are telling you this so you don’t die to someone that is not us and trusting that her kind will surely lead you to an early grave.”
“Take our warning into serious consideration if you ever end up on her planet,” after finishing their words, the brothers turned and walked away while laughing out loud for whatever reason Damien was unaware of.
Looking over at Ela Damien could see she had a thoughtful look, “What do you think about what they said? That woman seemed nice but they are right that we should not trust someone we just met,” Damien said while looking at Ela.
“I agree that we should not trust someone we just met, as you said but I also think its wrong to judge an entire race of people like they were… If we ever end up on that planet, we should try and gather information and if everything seems fine then we can contact that woman.”
Nodding in agreement, Damien was about to speak but saw Jake walking over towards them.
“What’s up?” Damien asked while looking at the man who seemed to be thinking deeply about something, “Can you do me a favor? Once we are back in the outside world, can you look for information about how to wake my wife without her dying?”
Hearing Jake's question Damien was a bit surprised as he thought the man was going to continue to try and capture him but now from the sounds of it he was instead asking for help. “What brought this on all of a sudden? Also, I don’t mind but I have no idea what to look for since I don’t know what is wrong with your wife or what caused her to end up like she did in the first place.”
“My wife used a ability that drained her lifespan, and right now, the organization is using a ability of one of their members to keep her alive. So what I need is something that could extend her lifespan that’s why they told me to capture you because they say your blood or bloodline is the “immortal blood” whatever that means.
Cringing at the name he had not thought about since his escape, Damien nodded his head in understanding. “Alright, I’ll keep a lookout, and if anything pops up, I’ll try my best to get it, but with an item like that, I'm sure even 300’s and over would lose their shit. I mean anything that extends someone's lifespan has to be rare. Damien stated.
“Yeah, that's the issue and the reason why the organization said your bloodline was the best option, unfortunately for the organization, though, I am not stupid enough to trust them to just give my wife your bloodline, nor am I strong enough to capture you anyways.”
Pausing for a moment, Jake sighed before continuing, “Anyways, if you find anything, let me know alright?”
“Sure” Damien responded with a smile.
“Thanks,” Jake said before promptly turning around to walk away.
Watching the man walk away, Damien secretly hoped the man could save his wife otherwise, he was not sure what the man would do. Right as Damien was about to speak to Ela, he heard the system's voice.
“The event has officially concluded. The system will now teleport everyone back to their respective worlds.”