Awakening

Mother and son sat leaning back in their chairs with their swollen bellies.

Moreover, Black, who was lying on the floor next to the dining table, was lying on his back, showing his swollen belly. Smart, in his cage, had eaten the cabbage and tomatoes that Luck had hung on the wires of the cage with such an appetite that he was unable to fly. 

Stroking his full belly, Luck's mother said, "Luck, these vegetables are very tasty, if we use them in our shop, they will make our hamburgers taste even better."

"Yes, that's what I thought too mum, that's why I bought about 5 tonnes of vegetables."

"Well done, 5 tonnes will keep us going for a while, but can that village where you found the vegetables supply us with them permanently? How big a plot of land do they have to plant these vegetables?"

Luck was stunned by his mother's sudden question, he didn't know how to answer!

A village? There is no such village!

Vegetable supply would not be a problem, but how can I say that?

I wonder how many people in Gliese cultivate these vegetables?

Seeing Luck's silence, his mother pointed to the tomato seeds she had set aside while cooking and said, "If you want, we can plant them ourselves so that we can be self-sufficient without having to rely on anyone else, after all, we don't have to worry about money anymore."

Luck was speechless at his mother's sudden suggestion.

"Can I grow the vegetables I brought from Gliese here?

Why not?

"Good idea, Mum, I'll think about it."

...

Gliese

Bam Bam Bam Bam!

The sound of rapid gunfire echoed through the forest.

Bam bam bam bam!

A monster full of bullet holes couldn't take it anymore and finally collapsed with its last breath.

A man with an ak47 came up to the monster he had killed and shouted.

"Captain, we killed another one!"

A man walking with his hands behind his back approached the corpse of the monster with heavy steps.

"Yes, you have succeeded in making another monster worthless...all the valuable parts of the monster are now worthless!"

"I'm sorry Captain Daniel...we can't aim properly as the beast is constantly moving."

Daniel 'the man with his hands behind his back' looked at the man in front of him with eyes full of displeasure "As if you would be able to aim easily if the monster just stayed where it was..."

Bam bam bam bam bam bam!

Meanwhile, gunfire continued to come from many parts of the forest.

Daniel rolled his eyes.

Why would the boss give these weapons to ordinary people? Star-powered warriors like us could do justice to these weapons!

We could raise our star power by hunting monsters with these weapons!

Even though Daniel had such thoughts, he didn't dare to disobey Nikolai's orders, after all, he was a star warrior with only 3 star power.

It wasn't long before he was once again next to a star beast lying dead on the ground, riddled with bullet holes.

"Captain, I killed this monster!" a man excitedly exclaimed as he looked at the weapon in his hand with shining eyes. 

Daniel ignored the man's excitement.

"huh...another monster that was rubbish..."

He poked the beast with the tip of his foot.

The star shouted as it gathered its power in its throat.

"Gather round!"

His voice was like thunder. 

Soon ten men with firearms lined up in front of Daniel.

"Report!"

"I killed 3 ground rats, sir! I used 4 magazines!"

"I killed 2 ground rats, sir! I used 5 magazines!"

"I killed 4 ground rats, sir! I used 10 magazines!"

...

Daniel's face darkened as he listened to the report of the ordinary people in front of him.

The best of the 10 had managed to kill 2 groundhogs with 1 magazine, 30 bullets, while the worst had used 3 magazines for 1 groundhog!

Waste! What a waste for such a weapon!

They used dozens of bullets to kill 1 star-powered ground rats!

A young man holding a gun in his hand was so excited that he couldn't stand still and said, "I want to report, sir!"

"I'm listening."

"I think I've awakened, sir! I think I've awakened my star power!"

Daniel shouted in shock "WHAT!"

Walking up to the young man who claimed to have awakened his star power, Daniel's eyes widened in shock as he examined the young man.

"Didn't your awakening ceremony fail?"

"Yes, I failed the awakening ceremony, sir!"

The awakening ceremony is a ritual to awaken the star power of every child who turns 12 years old, by killing a dying low-power star beast with a knife made from a star beast core, the children are expected to awaken their star power.

Realising that the young man in front of him was indeed awakening, Daniel was thoughtful.

"How come?"

At this moment, the other 9 people who had learnt that someone who had failed the awakening ceremony just like them had awakened in front of their eyes began to fidget with excitement.

"Did he really awaken?"

"How can someone like us, whose awakening ceremony failed, have an awakening?"

"Can we awaken too?"

...

As they spoke, a flame burned in their eyes.

They clung to the weapons in their hands as if their lives depended on it.

They had only one thing on their minds.

This weapon could be the key to my awakening!

Even if they didn't have star power, they weren't stupid! 

Looking at the men who were fidgeting and talking excitedly, Daniel shouted.

"Silence!"

The talking stopped as if cut with a knife.

"We're going back to the compound!"

Daniel's eyes turned to the awakened youth.

"You're coming with me to see the guild master!"

As much as Daniel secretly disagreed with Nikolai's order about the weapons, he could not not report such an important matter to Nikolai.

...

Blood Adventurers Compound.

Nikolai and his two daughters were standing around a table discussing something.

Senna pointed to a spot on the map on the table and said, "Father, this point of the settlement is very weak, if any star beast attacks this spot, it will be a big problem!"

Elsa shook her head and protested "No, sister, although it looks like a weak point, it is easy to defend, a warrior with strong star power can easily defend it.

Nikolai looked at his two arguing daughters with a sly smile.

They are so cute when they argue, when they are angry! I wish they would never grow up!

"Dad, what do you think about this?"

...

...

The two sisters, realising that Nikolai was staring at the two of them, shouted.

"DAD!"

Nikolay, who suddenly came to his senses, realised in a daze that his two daughters were looking at him with angry eyes.

"Huh? What were you saying?"

The two girls rolled their eyes.

Look at the scary guild master of blood adventurers! 

What a joke!

"Dad, we were discussing how we should defend the city during the red moon..."

Nikolai nodded, "Yes, I know that."

"Elsa claims that this point is easy to defend, but I think it's our real pain in the arse - we need to fortify it!"

Nikolai looked solemnly at the point Senna was pointing to on the map.

His two daughters were both right and wrong.

There were narrow alleys at the bottom of the compound walls, which could cause great casualties if a star beast attacked there, but at the same time, the narrow alleys would make it easy for the starfighters to hunt the star beast.

Nikolai was going to explain without letting his two daughters argue any further.

"Girls, look..."

But before he could speak, someone unauthorisedly opened the door to the room and entered.

Realising that the intruder was a captain in his guild, Nikolay shouted angrily.

"Daniel, how dare you!"

As soon as Nikolay shouted, a heavy pressure fell on the environment so that Daniel had difficulty breathing.

"Sir, I have an urgent matter to report to you."