26 chapter 26 : encountering the real deal

After he was blinded by the violet light, which he still tried to observe much to the horror of his eyes, Luke appeared in front of a house. It was a simple cube but he thought it was a house, his house as it resembled what he used to live in. In the surroundings, there were four other very exotic houses with his teammates in front of each, forming a circle with what looked like a monolith in the center.

Entering his house, he confirmed that it was a simplified version of his house. There was nothing much in there other than a bed, a desk, a fridge, a computer, and a PlayStation.

It seems like the managers or overseers really put importance to the well-being of their elites. They most likely recreated what everyone was used to for their living quarters.

Going out of his house, he saw the other four houses, from which his partners got out. They all silently assembled around the monolith.

* Please enter the name of your team. *

As if by prior agreement, Lou typed a few times on it and the name was set.

* Team Dazzle officially created.

The leader of the team has been set: Lou.

From now on, every team battles and squad missions will be recognized under the name Dazzle with Lou as the leader. For your rest days, you may use the monolith to search and select for one mission. *

Afterward, a bout of silence prevailed.

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Not standing it anymore, Milfa exploded " What the f*ck man!? What's with this lame name? Dazzle? Seriously? Do we look like kids to you? "

Abacus who had a serious look on his face also butted in " Yeah, the name is neither mighty looking nor awe-inspiring. With this name, we will be bullied. "

Lou who looked taken aback by their reactions pitifully tried to appease them

" Hum... This name was actually thought out. I mean, dazzle stands for dazzling and dazzling stands for lightning and lightning stands for extreme speed. It does qualify our team well no? "

His attempt at bullsh*tting his way out though was an outright failure as Milfa and Abacus both readied their weapons to swiftly end him.

As he was about to once again try to appease them, they all sensed a serious aura coming off Ozz. They all looked at him in wonder but immediately stopped quarreling after hearing him. "Name: Eat tomatoes "

They couldn't see his expression but theirs were quite wonderful at this moment. They expected something more... something smarter?

Looking from the side, Luke shook his head at the thought of staying all his tier 2 time with these... things. For him, they devolved from sentient beings to... things." I'm going to rest. " He left just like that, cursing his bad luck.

That night, he purchased seven vitality and strength enhance and four intelligence enhance so that all his stats became tier 2. Then he bought ten agility and five resilience enhance. The reason he invests into them more than the others is just that he is a paranoid coward. Of course, these mean terms do not do justice to his ' cautious and down to earth disposition ' in his own words.

The next day, which was considered a rest day, Luke went to the monolith for his mission. But, before he could even look at the ones available, his access was denied.

* As soldier Luke is a special case, your first mission will be mandatory. You will be paired with the other ECG's special cases to destroy an enemy base. More information will be provided at the mission's place. It will begin in six hours. *

After hearing that, Luke frowned a little. These 'rest' days should be free, yet, he was forced to do something, even more so with other people. Though, he was quite curious about who these other special cases were. He half expected the lion guy to be one but from the fact that the system said cases, he guessed there was at least one more.

Waiting the six hours out not being an option, he returned to his house where he just spent his time playing.

After the said six hours, he was blinded by the violet light again before regaining his sight in front of two people. There was a seemingly handsome lionman with thick, lustrous mane and light armor who should be the Lion guy so much talked about and there was a normal looking woman, totally human looking with the same light armor as Lion guy.

They were all currently observing each other and lion guy spoke first " Hello, my name is Lion. I believe that you should be the special cases just like me and consequently my teammates. " He had a surprisingly nice way of speaking. Unlike what people would think, he didn't ooze out pride and arrogance but just calm and collectedness.

The woman replied first " Hello, my name is Andrea. As a fellow special case, deprived of my freedom, I hope we all get along well. " Andrea had roughly the same disposition of Lion which was a good thing as, if she was like those blocks of ice in cultivation novels he would have ripped her to pieces. These kind of characters are just too annoying.

As the last to talk, Luke put on the same calm front as them " Hi, you can call me Luke. I do also hope we get along. "

The light presentations finished, they made some small talks while waiting for the system prompt. Apparently, they are both famous because they were well publicized as geniuses by their backings which Luke thinks are probably tier 7 or stronger existences.