Planning

Almost an 10 minutes past, and Luke's gaze finally focused and he returned to reality from his daze.

Luke wasn't completely sure about what and why it happened, but as soon as he activated his 'Overseer's Eye', the area around his temple ripples slightly, before an eye appeared, half imbedded into his forehead.

However, this wasn't just any ordinary eye. The white of his eye was pitch black as though it was the empty void where Luke had been to twice already, and his the eye itself was a faint opaque white. The same opaque white he had felt before as well. It was the white of the mysterious fog he had felt in that space of nothingness.

This discovery greatly shocked Luke, causing his to remain in the dazed state for so long.

However, he recovered after some time passed and collected himself as he stood up. Now Luke sat down to plan what he would do.

"I need to get my dragon back from the old man, or at least some of its blood in 5 years' time. Hmm, or at least make sure the old man sticks to his promise and helps me kill that Rachel b*tch. I also need to increase my strength. The players are still growing in levels. Although they do not know where all the missions are, they are working non-stop. I need to grow faster than them and reach the level cap of 40."

"I also need to collect powerful magic tools, to keep my competitive edge even after the players reach level 40. I cannot be killed by some mentally unstable players at the same level as me. I am currently a player with hardcore mode on, having only 1 life, unlike the normal 5 respawns per in-game day."

"I also need to increase the strength of my organisation, and to do that, I need to rope in more influential NPCs and Players. The players I will bring in after Version 1 begins and all the dark horses and famous figures who could not get into the Beta Version come out into the world of Ultimatum."

"But first of all… I need to update my clothes and mask to cover up the changes in my body."

With that in mind, and the fact that his face might be seen by people from the Resistance, Luke decided to wear simple shades, and cover his hair with a hat and the tall collars of the wind-breaker and made his way to the clothing store.

Naturally, he found nothing to his taste, since everything was steam-punk style. Instead, he bought fabric and other supplies and went back home, to find OriginalMagus still waiting for him.

At this point, Luke was slightly touched at the gesture, even if it was only to gain benefits off of him.

Unknown to Luke, OriginalMagus received a system notification at this point.

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Your favorably with the mysterious Sage has increase by 5

Current favorability 10 with the Sage

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Luke also notices Lucy cleaning the dishes in the corner of the kitchen. As it turned out, she had been brainwashed to meet up with the spy as soon as they get the chance to escape.

Luke had already used his newly learned skill 'Beginner Soul Spells' to fix this problem from its root. However, when he did that, all of Lucy's suppressed emotions came out all at once, causing her to fall into despair for a while, which also had to be fixed my Luke.

Since her level was pathetically low, Luke had to spend minimal effort and energy to accomplish this.

Lucy, however, was in a slightly confused state. She could feel sadness welling up inside her, but instead of bursting out of her, it slowly case out like a tiny stream.

Naturally, at his level, Luke could not eliminate emotions, and nor did he want to. Luke simply created a 'soul dam' to slow down the release of emotions and allow Lucy to cope with them.

He just left her to do whatever she wanted, yet she chose to do house chores to lift her mind from depression onto something productive as she called it.

Naturally, after going through her memories and feeling earlier to fix her, Luke knew she was just bored. He depression had become so small that it was even lower than the amount of depression he had over him life back on Earth.

Luke left the kuudere confused chick and told OriginalMagus to explore the capital for a day and complete any missions along the way for 200 exp.

Once he left, Luke entered the empty room of his apartment and began his sewing rampage.