Capítulo 19: Chapter 19. Class
At the bottom of the sea of darkness, Zen saw several luminous figures.
Instinctively, Zen knew that he had to choose one of these luminous figures.
The luminous figures carry their own unique aura.
A luminous figure that exudes an oppressive aura like a king, a weak luminous figure who seems to lack a sense of individuality, a luminous figure that is lonely but looks full of mystery... Many luminous figures were scattered at the bottom of the sea of darkness.
Zen examined all kinds of luminous figures.
Shortly after, Zen discovered a single fiery red luminous figure that gave Zen a sense of superiority just by looking at it. The luminous figure symbolizes 'leader', the strong who is able to show the way for the weak.
It was Brust's memory fragments that led Zen to approach this luminous figure.
'So, you want to be a leader, huh.'
But Zen didn't choose that luminous figure.
Zen was a Loose Cultivator who had spent most of his time alone. In danger or moments of joy, he usually faces it alone.
It sound lonely, but that was any Loose Cultivator's life way. The road to eternity is very long, and sometimes, painful.
Unless you are part of a Sect, a Cultivator will very rarely be with others.
Zen, too, wouldn't have chosen to lift Zhongmei Qi as his disciple if it weren't that girl losing both of her parents before Zen's own eyes.
Afterwards, Zhongmei Qi gave Zen a surprise where it turned out, she had a special constitution that made her very close to ice spiritual energy.
Even so, in the end, the only reason Zen chose to appoint Zhongmei Qi as his disciple was still because he intended to take care of her until she was at least an adult and was able to live independently one day.
Besides Zhongmei Qi, Zen certainly had some friends. However, they are not often together.
Most of the time, they would go around the world, gathering resources. Some of the stronger ones even went out into space with their magical equipment, Flying sword, Rune Ship, and etc.
Therefore, Zen is not interested in becoming a leader.
His eyes shot deep into the group of luminous figures.
Dark luminous figure stood far away from the crowd of luminous figures.
It's dark figure made him difficult to recognize it within the sea of darkness, but by looking at it, Zen felt a power that made him shiver and excited.
The dark luminous figure is slender; It seems to be very agile.
The darkness around him was very strong; making it almost blend in with the surroundings.
However, that look on his face... Zen knew it.
It was the face of a murderer. An assassin who is determined to achieve his goals at all costs.
The dark figure wasn't the strongest there, but its aura exuded a desire to continue to become stronger, a desire to hunt down its prey, a desire to seek the truth even when they were thrown into the depths of darkness!
Zen smiled.
'I chose you.'
Instinctively, Zen knew what he had to do.
He touched the dark luminous figure's chest.
After Zen touched it, the sea of darkness instantly disappeared.
In the pure white world, Zen and the dark luminous figure were like small stains that had not been cleansed.
The dark luminous figure gradually disappeared and seeped into Zen's hands and body.
Zen felt that his body began to grow taller and stronger.
A powerful darkness also grew within him.
This is the power of the rebel who craves strength and righteousness!
***
Zen slowly opened his eyes.
"Ah, he woke up!"
Zen was surprised when he found himself on the main deck of a ship. Moreover, it was not an ordinary ship, it was a ship that he knew well. The ship belongs to the Red Trickerss pirates!
'Why am I able to get on this ship?'
Trying to calm his mind, Zen operated [Water Flowing Crystal Technique] while assessing the ship's crew's expressions.
They looked at him strangely. It was as if staring at an alien coming from space.
They even kept their distance from him.
'Huh? What happened?'
Zen had confirmed the condition of his body. His body has grown slightly from the appearance of 9-10 years old, to 16-18 years old. He didn't see a single strange thing from him, except his clothes, so why were they staring at him like that?
At that moment, Zen realized - his body had, for some reason, been soaked. Also, this ship had actually taken off from the port city of Limittia.
"You... You're really a sleeper, aren't you?"
Zen heard a voice that he was quite familiar with from behind him. Well... At least, he heard her voice often.
He turned his head, finding Rina, one of the Technicians of this ship.
"Sleeper?" Zen asked. He was completely confused.
Rina nodded with a sigh.
"For these 5 days, you've always been asleep. Our Boss has told us to routinely douse you with water to wake you up, but everything, as it seems, is useless... Because of you, we have even postponed our departure day by 3 days!"
Rina spoke in a scolding tone.
"Uh... Sorry."
Zen didn't understand why he was able to reach this ship, but he knew that this was also his fault. He shouldn't have eaten that flower bud directly and became unconscious for almost a whole week.
Zen suspects that perhaps, his body responded to his subconscious mind and walked in a sleeping state, towards the Red Trickerss' ship.
With his mind strength - that had already been honed by [Water Flowing Crystal Technique] - it was very likely to happen.
"But..."
Rina began to speak hesitantly.
"Since we have our own business, we can't take too long to take care of you. You have to stay with us for a while. After that, we can take you back to Limittia."
The rest of the crew nodded in response.
To them, Zen suddenly came before them, in a terrible state of clothing, and didn't seem to look fine.
They had questioned the gatekeepers about Zen, but they said they didn't know him. Even the record of Zen ever entering the city did not exist.
Zen was like a ghost that suddenly appeared in front of them.
They were completely confused, but after discussing together with their captain, Martha, they finally decided to take Zen while they were heading towards the Floating City Magnel.
They didn't have much time to take care of Zen because the life of their precious crew member, Tiony, was still unsecured until now.
"Well, for now, change into new clothes."
A young man, who was about the same age as Zen, escorted Zen into the deck, and gave him more decent clothes.
Zen had already suspected it since he had sneaked into this ship before, but the Red Trickerss were obviously quite generous as a group of pirates. They were more like a group of adventurers exploring the world than cold and ruthless pirates.
The young man assigned to watch over Zen, Rictner, explains to Zen what he should do during his stay on their ship.
"As long as you stay on our ship, you're a Red Trickerss crew like me."
Rictner gave Zen a red bandana. It was a bandana similar to the one worn by Rina and most of the rest of the crew.
Rictner pointed at Zen's chest roughly.
"Just so you know, we haven't really accepted you yet. Everything about you is very full of mystery. You could be bringing danger, so if you don't want us to kick you out in the end, you'd better work hard."
Red Trickerss has 19 close-range fighters, including Martha and Clark. They also had 5 Magicians, 7 Archers, and 4 Technicians, including Tiony, who was still in B's hands.
Zen will be included in a group of newcomer members, such as Rictner. Their duties are mostly cleaning the floor of the ship, washing dishes, etc. They will serve as assistants and taking care the ship and the crew for a while, while learning the fields they think are suitable for them.
After adding Zen to newcomers like Rictner, the Red Trickerss crew totals just 40 people.
"You must also be starving after falling asleep for a long time, so let's diggin' something."
Rictner invited Zen to the cafeteria on the second deck.
Even as they ate, Rictner continued to run to Zen all the things he needed to pay attention to during his stay on the ship.
Zen didn't need food because he was a Zombie, but that didn't mean he couldn't afford to consume anything. Food is now like an energy supplement to him.
His Zombie body would work and convert all parts of the food he ate into magic energy and blood energy. Quite practical.
After following Rictner for a full day, Zen already understood what he had to do.
In the room reserved for the crew, Zen shared a room containing two bunk beds with Rictner and 2 other newcomers. They were all male, so they were quickly able to adapt to each other.
Everything went out of his original plan, but Zen wasn't worried at all.
It wasn't uncommon for the original plan to fall apart at any time when you were a Loose Cultivator like Zen, so Zen immediately changed his plan and decided to follow the Red Trickerss blatantly.
In Floating City Magnel, he would part with them.
-Midnight.
When the other newcomers were already asleep, Zen covered his entire body with a blanket.
His entire body turned into dark tendrils and kept the blanket to stand out to give the impression that he was still sleeping peacefully.
Zen also activates <Magic Sense> to keep guarding everything within 1000 meters of him.
Some of Zen's dark tendrils pierced the mattress and moved to the bottom deck where the storage room was.
Zen enters there and forms a pair of eyes, mouth, skull, neck bones, skeleton, internal organs, flesh, then skin, and hair.
Now even though {Darkness Grip} still retains the tendrils that keep the clothes and blankets in Zen's form in the crew cabin, Zen now appears with his body intact here.
"Heh... It's amazing."
Zen is satisfied with this improvement.
As can be seen, this is thanks to the Evolution Class.
In addition to the growth in terms of appearance, {Darkness Grip} in particular gained a huge increase along with the growth of his physical strength and magic capacity.
But it is still not the most important change.
Zen felt that something inside him had completely changed.
Something that changed wasn't from the emergence of a new Innate Skill or anything like that.
Zen felt that his body, soul, and even magic energy had undergone a great qualitative improvement.
In the dark storage room, Zen's body was gradually covered by dark shadows. His figure seemed to merge and become transparent.
This change occurred because his magic energy could now be automatically triggered when Zen was in a dark place.
In this state, Zen presence would be greatly reduced while his entire ability - especially the dark element - would be greatly enhanced.
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