บท 35: Silver Avatar Cards

Liam woke up tired and groggy but when he saw the computer still on, he angrily threw his pillow at Nolan.

"Oy what was that for?", he asked as he turned to look at Liam who had gotten out of his bed.

Glaring at Nolan, he scolded him, "You idiot, it's already morning and because of you I wasn't able to sleep properly. Now my head hurts and my mood is salty. We're supposed to go to the party today and you're here just playing games like an idiot!"

"Whoa, chill. I'm completely prepared for the party, my guy. You're the one who still needs to find a partner to take with you.", he said in a teasing tone, which annoyed Liam even more.

".... should I just ask that girl to come with me instead?", Liam asked, talking about the girl who agreed to go to the party with Nolan.

Nolan's eyebrows twitched as he stared at his roommate for a second before shaking his head, "Oh my mighty king, please don't snatch away my wife like an evil overlord!", he said as he got to his knees.

Fed up with the guy in front of him, Liam went straight to the bathroom and got to work while Nolan went back to his chair and checked the chat.

(Nutty Squirrel has joined the stream!)

"Oh hello! welcome to no man gaming. I mean Nolan gaming!", he said excitedly but the next message that appeared, made his mood sour.

(Nutty Squirrel has left the stream.)

"Bleh, I played for hours on end and sacrificed my sleep only to see something like this. Meh, I'm done for today.", he said and ended his stream before he lied down on the bed.

He instantly fell asleep and when Liam walked out of the bathroom, he kept to himself and didn't disturb the sleep deprived wannabe streamer. Instead, he silently wore his clothes and headed out so that he could attend the introductory classes which he found pretty interesting.

There wasn't much to do as Bryce, since the only thing he had to do daily was train with Laron until he got some missions. Instead, he decided to spend his time as a student and experience the life of a university student which he wasn't able to experience in his past life.

He took a public bus to the auditorium and got off a the gate before he covered the rest of the distance by foot. Like always, he picked the last row and sat down comfortably on one of the chairs.

A few minutes later, he heard a familiar voice call out to him, "Liamm! You're early again huh?"

"Clara... morning.", he said as she came and sat beside him. He thought about it for a second before he decided to ask for her help, "Hey Clara, can you introduce me to one of your friends? I need a date to get into that party and even though I don't really want to go, Noah is a friend so I don't want to disappoint him."

"I still don't get why you don't want to attend party hosted by such a famous person. As for introducing my friends, no can do. You tossed me away to your roommate and now you want me to help you out? Hah, don't make me laugh!"

".... oh well, alright. I guess I'll just skip it if I can't find anyone.", he said as he rested his head on the seat in front of him.

He had met Clara on the first day of the introductory class as both of them had come early. Just after the first conversation, Liam knew that he could get along with the girl and that was how they became friends.

He thought back to the day and smiled as he could tell how much the girl beside her had changed in just two days.

"Back then you acted so damn shy and introverted but look at you now. I guess you should thank me for making you such a social person.", he said as he nodded to himself but only got a smack to the back of his head in return.

"Keep telling yourself that. Anyways, where is that sleepy head?"

"That bastard is sleeping happily after ruining my sleep. I don't think he'll attend today's lecture. He's too focused on becoming a streamer but I doubt he has even one loyal viewer.", he said as he stretched his arms, waking himself up.

Clara simply shook her head, "Being passionate is good but I feel like he's just being stupid right now. he should be focusing on studies and streaming during his free time but oh well, maybe I should introduce him to one of my friends since she's a streamer too."

"Hey, that's unfair! Why don't you introduce me to your friends too?!"

"It's because I don't feel like you'll need it. Just go ask any random girl in this auditorium after class and around nine in ten would agree. That poor Nolan, if only he took good care of himself, I wouldn't have had to help him out so much."

Liam simply nodded and kept his eyes on the professor who entered the auditorium and walked towards the stage.

"Welp, let's listen for now."

Just as the class was about to start, he felt his consciousness slip. Instead of his vision going dark, he found himself in a familiar room with a large screen and a few other things attached to the wall.

It didn't take him long to see the difference compared to the last time he came to the room and one of the differences lied on the contents on the screen.

[Congratulations on accumulating 20 bronze avatar creation cards. New features will now be introduced as rewards.]

[Combining 2 bronze cards will give you the White Bordered Bronze card which will let you customize one fixed aspect of your avatar.]

[Combining 10 bronze cards will give you the Silver card which will let you customize two fixed aspects of your avatar.]

[Combining 2 Silver cards will give you the White Bordered Silver card which will let you customize three fixed aspects of your avatar.]