Sun Wukong

There were many dissatisfied with Asteroids Online and many were in full support of the Game being banned while others were not.

What escalated everything was that the child of an influential politician had been in the same accident.

Seth, Adamina and Sam were watching one of those debates. Adamina turned to Seth and asked. "Do you think it will close?" 

"I don't know. Depends on what the Authority said!" Seth answered.

"Well, I think all this is just a drama. The people behind the scenes can't bury every accident but I also don't think this accident will make a powerful company close!" She said.

"What do you mean? You do know that Zi Country has banned the game altogether!" Sam said.

"Another elaborate drama to sway the minds of the masses!" She commented.

Adamina was smart with a line of thinking that was hard to follow. But most often than not, she was able to glean through the true situations.

The fact that she was antisocial made her talent hidden but those that were with her knew she was a smart ass.

"It will never be stopped. And they have already made the groundwork long ago! Still…. the game scared me as much as I enjoyed it." She added.

Both Seth and Sam stared at her as she wrote something on the paper and said, 

"Here is my prediction. At the end of the Game Hiatus, their true colour will be revealed."

Seth collected the paper and was amazed. Why didn't he think about it? It was so simple and right in front of them. 

He gave the paper to Sam to exclaim while Adamina's smug face was all over the place. Seth shook his head and asked, "What type of weapon did you make!"

Adamina was one of those that participated in the First Trial.

"A staff that can shape its tip into a Spear!" 

"So, I'm not the only one with a staff!" Seth asked.

"What about you? What does your Staff do?" Adamina inquired.

"Have you heard about a mythical figure known as, Monkey King, Sun Wukong, Equal To Heaven?" Seth asked with a proud expression.

"Of course, I'm a novelist, I know about…. Wait, you make him through the Staff?"

"Haha, maybe I could have" Seth wondered but then he explained. "The monkey has a staff that can change shape and weight at will. The same as me!"

"But can you wield it!" 

"The first aspect of the staff is Elevated Health. That helps in healing, walking, increasing sensitivity and many more. And the battle Aspect of it was the Pillar Elevation. Which has the Aspect of Sun Wukong Staff!" Seth explained.

Not everyone reveals the true specs of their weapons to keep secrecy in case one was targeted.

"That's creative…" she said in admiration and then she stood and said, "All right see you next week. Even though you might not dive with us!" 

Sarah was adamant that Seth will not play again. So, he has no choice but to focus on his Art Workshop and School. Besides, he will be enrolled in a university to study Crop Science.

****

"Here is the complete plan for the Art Gallery. I hope Lady Manuella will give us your usual consideration!" Anna said as she passed the Art Gallery Plan to the lady.

Manuella was one of the professional Artists in Ni country and she was the one that Anna believed could help her in her establishment!

Anna hoped to establish herself in a Class A City. However, for that to come to fruition, she has to involve a well-known Artist in the country.

With the Artist's help, Anna can launch the Art Gallery without a problem and also garner the attention of influential figures.

Manuella Sefu checked out the plan with a disinteresting expression. The only reason she agreed to meet with this girl was that Mr Raaz asked her to. 

She was a busy woman and had been looking for an appointment to meet with certain International Artists to no avail so she just decided to make something out of this. 

To Manuella, money wasn't everything, but a good connection to the higher-ups. 

As she was checking it, she was becoming impressed, but still made some changes.

"You need to know, you can't become rich with Art in this country. Yes famous but not rich. The reason was, Arts is not appreciated in our country as much as others.  Are you sure you wanted me to guide your brother for three months? It will not be cheap." Manuella asked.

"Yes, mam. Seth has good talent, he just needs some polishing, since I have the means!" 

Anna's goal, for now, was to make Manuella guide Seth and later allow Seth's talent to bloom without attracting attention. The reason for all these was that if Seth was able to improve his talent, it's possible others can. 

And if others can, people may find out and these special individuals might be sought out—and only God knows their true intentions, and what will happen to these special people!

So, instead of just blind development, they were hiding it behind elaborated plans.

****

Seth stood in his workshop, admiring the place. Anna had delivered her promise. Buying the plot of land and the building only took two weeks. What remained was equipment.

Tomorrow will be the day the game will resume but since Seth was banned by his mother, he focused on something else.

Yes, just as Adamina predicted there was a twist in the drama and that changed the people's view of the game.

The Asteroid Quest Reward was Gold Coins.  Last week, people started coming forward saying they managed to convert their coins to real-world money. And what shocked everyone was the exchange rate. 

1 Gold Coin = 1000U

Due to its outrageousness, the Game Company has to come and say it was a mistake and they are going to change it. But since many withdrew, there was an uproar saying that was not fair for those that have not exchanged yet.

Marathon Bolt Company later announced that they will allow people to convert only ≤10 Gold Coins. Anything more than 10 Gold was not allowed.

But that was more than enough to make people rich overnight! Seth was tempted and has better things to do. He made Anna transfer 8 Gold Coins to Adamina and asked her to buy all the Blueprints she can get her hands on. It was a dumb decision to others but it was a risk he was willing to take.

The Kingdom Adamina found herself in was called Gearna Kingdom. It has many Dungeons with different properties of drops. The kingdom built towns around these Dungeons and dump their slaves and convicts there. 

Their job was to explore and hunt in the dungeon and collect the drops for the Kingdom. With enough struggle, one can have freedom.

The dungeon Adamina was in, produced all kinds of Blueprints, from spoons to sophisticated machines like Aircraft.

****

"Are you sure about this?" Adamina asked Seth as she was about to dive into the game.

"Yep!" He answered.

She lay down and closed her eyes. As the Cabin door was closing, she began to feel sleepy and by the time it was closed, she was fast asleep.

Adamina opened her eyes and observed the surroundings. She looked at her right hand which was glowing silver-blue with a smile.

She turned it off and said, "Come!" 

A translucent blob of thick hazel-coloured Slime rolled to her with a blob blob sound. It was cute.

"Okay, now disguise."

The blob twisted and extended, then it transformed into a staff and Adamina grabbed it. That was her Asteroids Artefact…

Blob of Wonder!

It can shapeshift to almost anything as long as Adamina can imagine it and also know the mechanics behind it. 

When everybody was busy making solid weapons that can cause destruction, Adamina as a Novel Creator was able to see the big picture.

And it just so happened that she has played a game with a Boss Slime that can transform into any animal it touches. And she got her inspiration from that.

Due to the location, she was sent, Adamina has feelings that maybe the game has sent her here due to her Artifact's unique nature.

After admiring her staff, she adjusted her looked to be more masculine and then went out of the slave cottage and met with many players and townsfolk preparing to work. 

Adamina was 19 years old, 171cm tall with bright marshmallow skin, black eyes and black hair with a long nose. She was a beauty but not that excessive.

Her game attire was made of silver-blue long pants and long sleeve shirt and a flowing jacket with a hood.  

Today she decided to graduate from mining Blueprint because of the mission Seth gave her!

"Mr Ganga. I want your guidance in establishing a workshop!" She said with a big smile she can muster at the broker and also their leader!

The rough-looking tanned skin man glared at her. He has a big head and a bulging stomach that makes people wonder how he can move around.

The reason for his sour mood was, lately, these Immortals had been coming to him for the same request and in the end, they couldn't hold onto the frustration that came with it.

Establishing a workshop is not easy. One needs to buy a Blueprint, Material and Instrument.

But even if someone has enough money but all that, making equipment was riddled with a high failure rate. One has to be patient to practice a lot and raise Proficiency Levels.

"I don't do that anymore. If you want a workshop. Choose from those!" 

The man said as he pointed at the ready-made workshops that were expensive.

"One gold coin, if you don't have it, scram!"

Adamina flick a gold coin from her hand and she slammed it on his table. Both the players and townsfolk were shocked. 

With a gold coin, they could gain their freedom and leave the town. Why waste it here!