Capítulo 107: Scarlet Paint (I)
<Kiyro>
The brightly lit hallway was empty as Kiyro followed the trail of his Alive gear. But then, he noticed that he was going in a full circle. The others were walking the same pattern as him, following each other like a train. He couldn't help but wonder what the purpose was of walking around the college building they were in.
"Are you guys actually watching the map on your Alive gear?" Kiyro called out to his teammates to see if they noticed something strange.
"Yea. It's like we all go in the same counterclockwise direction in a circular pattern. It seemed we were arriving at the same location the other was in." Alex was the first to answer Kiyro. "I wouldn't be surprised if we complete the whole circle at this rate."
"We're creating a boundary," said Isabel. Kiyro stopped in his tracks, lost for words. A boundary?
"Creating a boundary?" asked Alex. Even Kiyro did not understand what she meant when she stated they were creating a boundary.
"In all magick casting, there must be a boundary for the caster to create a space to cast her magic. We are using energy from the crystal by first connecting with it and walking around the whole building. Each of us creates a boundary from when we walk with the crystal."
"Can you explain a bit more?" Kiyro wasn't completely getting what Isabel was saying. A boundary to create a space for magick? Already his head was spinning with confusion.
"You guys keep moving. We should move and get this completed. If I'm right, we should be almost done." Isabel called out in a chirpy attitude, excited about what would happen next.
"Gotcha," called out Jack. "Let's get this over with, people." Kiyro could hear the loud clapping sound from the Alive gear.
"Yea. Yea. Yea. We heard you." Alex's tone of voice didn't sound too happy.
Kiyro sighed. They were right. He had continued to walk forward. The reward for the mission was only a good portion of the way to the finish line. Not even that, this would allow him to return to take on missions from Demon Fox. He remembers that his rankings in his Academy were only a couple of levels away from getting the well-paid ones.
The thought struck him. He had no reason to play the game; instead, he could make loads of money by taking on missions. Then, just as he had an epiphany, another thought struck him hard in the guts. He remembered that the missions were not always present. It was not a stable income. His ego deflated, and he trudged forward, trying to figure out a way to bring in a stable income.
Then like a bolt of lightning, it struck him. The best way to bring in money in both realms was information. He was good in this aspect at finding answers that nobody else would have found. The game opened up billions of customers worldwide, and advertising his services again would bring him the necessary income. The idea was worth trying, and it spurred him forward to try something different.
His mind raced with dozens of new ideas and possibilities. He wondered, was this the reason why this mission was given to him by Demon Fox? To bring him information that he needed. Kiyro scratched his head, his mind racing like a racehorse. Demon Fox did not give out missions without reason, especially when it came down to higher-class missions. He would always ask odd questions to Kiyro. He sometimes wondered why he would ask questions that rarely corresponded to the mission.
Not only did his game character have a natural habit of collecting information through videos and writing, but he had also already acquired quite a stack of filled notebooks in his bag.
Throughout exploring the world of Noriene, he had taken meticulous notes of each dungeon's weaknesses and monsters and gathered possible future quest notes from the NPCs. Not only that, he had a natural talent for remembering information for long periods without forgetting; you could say he was like a walking encyclopedia.
What astounded him the most was his special job in the game. Being a Record Keeper of Historia was much more useful than he had imagined, especially in storing, collecting, and even revisiting the notes and videos he had written.
Kiyro wondered if bringing out the Book of Historia in the real world was possible. But then, he remembered that Sylph was brought to the real world to become a navigator. Even Dion was in the Real World quest. So it wouldn't be impossible for something like the Book of Historia to be unable to appear before him, but he wasn't sure where to begin or if it was possible and randomly threw out the name of the book.
"Historia?" He tilted his head, waiting for something to happen. But instead, nothing showed up in his Alive gear or around him.
"Book of Historia?" Kiyro folded his arms. "Special Jobs? Bookkeeper? Damn it, what else would bring it up. Here I thought the privilege of a Record Keeper would show me something."
At that moment, the Book of Historia appeared before him. An oak tree cover design slowly opened to its first page.
What just happened? Kiyro thought in disbelief. He almost bumped into the wall from not paying attention. He wasn't fully sure how the Book of Historia was here.
Bringing up his hands, he reached for the Book of Historia. A message appeared before him directing him on how to use the book.
To call out the Book of Historia, just say Book of Historia.
To read through the pages of the Record Keeper, swipe your hand from the left or right. If you have a specific page that you want to look into, call out the name of the Recorded information. Not all information is available, only the information you have written, recorded, or saved.
To close the book, call out End Privilege.
Skimming through the pages with his hands moving from side to side, Kiyro noticed all the information he had taken in the Growth game. He could even replay the World Game Quest in real-time before him. However, what interested him the most was the new section tab for the Real World Quest that he was taken in part and the quest that he had done before. Everything was perfectly recorded from beginning to end, like a movie reel.
While sifting through the pages, he paused in front of the Real World Quest that he was in. Scrolling down, he noticed a caption titling the video. The aftermath of war in the world of Noriene. A quest is given to find the source that pollutes the air of Noriene. One young man named Kiyro takes on one of the thousands of quests to fight off the darkness that encroaches upon the land of Earth. His quest leads him to set up a magical barrier to close one of the many-dimensional tears of the world.
Kiyro stopped and reread the caption. What caught his attention the most was that the Book of Historia seemed to know more about the quest. Isabel's words were in the same line of thought as the book implied. Nobody but him had access to the Book of Historia; if there were other sources of information that he did not know about, it was very unlikely but a possibility.
Turning the page, Kiyro stopped upon the second quest. The title inscribed beautifully in bold black letters was Energy Well and a small clip underneath it. It was a video of the past hours recorded. Underneath the video, he noticed a caption being in the process of being written.
A group of Adventurers has taken on a challenge that uses old magick to call forth the elements to life.
While reading the line, he felt the back of his neck hair stand on edge. He whipped around to see who had their gaze cast upon him. Scanning around from side to side, there was nobody present but himself. Once again, he felt a gaze cast upon him, but he could not find the source.
Where was it coming from? He did not know, and it unnerved him that he could not find the source. He didn't expect the Book of Historia to disappear in front of him in a blink of an eye without him calling out. He thought he had to call out "End Privilege" for it to disappear, but for some reason, it did not. So he would need to learn a bit more about the book.
"Young man." Kiyro jumped in startelement and whipped his body towards the voice. Then, his nerves on edge, in a flash, he whipped out a black dagger hidden in his sleeves. He was ready to strike at any given chance.
An old man in his sixties wearing a blue suit with a small white name tag stuck to his chest name Sam called out towards him. He could smell the strong scent of bleach and cleaning supplies that smelled like a lemon from the old man's clothes.
Kiyro couldn't help but take short breaths to stop the overpowering scent of the cleaning supplies. It was already giving him a slight headache. He stashed the hidden dagger quickly away into his sleeves. He was slightly startled to see an old man appear out of nowhere. He was good at sensing people sneaking up on him, but on rare occasions, only a few had succeeded or were lucky.
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