Fernando Rivera

Drake was baffled and didn't know what to make of the situation he was currently in. After Loco figured out who he was, instead of attempting to harass Drake he had offered him a full sponsorship and when Drake asked why he didn't just blackmail it out of him he had only responded,"Do I seem like that petty of a person to you?" Afterwards the two had talked extensively on the events leading up to him arriving in the southern union, and Hector aka Loco had told him that he respected him as an individual, and he wanted someone like Drake in his corner to help his Rivera group grow. Drake, not wanting to let a golden opportunity like Loco pass by, immediately accepted and so now they are sitting in a black limousine going to the chairman's house!

The car pulled up to a seemingly moderate home, not an extremely wealthy area, and Drake wondered if the Rivera chairman was once a poor man due to his luxuries seeming to be extremely moderate for a billionaire. The house looked so 'normal' that if Drake wasn't sure he would assume he was being thrown into a trap right now. However Drake had heard Loco give the orders to his chauffeur to 'go to father's house'.

Drake got out of the car when they had fully stopped in front of the home and the two young men entered the home. The pair walked up the stairs and Loco knocked on the door three times with slight rasps. Drake heard an older man respond in a despondent manner,"Come in".

The pair walked in the office of the older man and he looked up at the pair, his eyes throwing his son a questioning glance when he saw Drake follow in behind him. Loco didn't waste any time and quickly explained to his father,"Father, this is the man I have been telling you about from the game that has been helping me grow insanely strong!"

His father looked on with curiosity asking Loco,"Oh? So this is the famous Drake Silver that I have heard so much about? The only person my son has ever felt was stronger than himself is you then eh?" Drake was a little taken aback by the praises coming from the mouth of Loco's dad. Drake thought to himself,'Loco thinks I'm that amazing?'

Drake responded to Loco's father and said,"Yes sir, that is me, I was also the one who told him about the benefit of working out properly. However, I have not gotten your name and I would rather not call you 'Loco's dad'!" Drake chuckled a bit at his own joke.

Loco's father responded," Not a problem young man, my name is Fernando Isabella Rivera, chairman of the Rivera group as well as its founder!"

Drake nodded his head in confirmation, it seemed like his conjecture about Fernando once being a poor man might hold some weight. Drake then said,"Pleasure to meet you sir, I look forward to working with you"

Fernando tilted his head slightly in confusion and said,"Work? Hector what does he mean?"

Loco smiled a wide smile and said,"You remember that mystery man? The one who gave us the Holoman stock information?"

Fernando nodded his head in confirmation, but still was not getting it. Loco simply sighed and pointed his hand in the direction of Drake. It finally clicked in Fernando's head what was happening and he said,"The mystery stock was given to us by your friend in the game?! Wait! Why did you not tell me you knew him before?!"

Drake interjected here, going on a spiel saying,"I can answer that sir. You see, the game we play has an anonymity feature in its program that slightly changes the way your face looks to every person. So if all three of us were in the game and you were both looking at me, my face would look very different to you than it would to Lo-, I mean Hector. The purpose is so that if you have a disagreement with someone who holds significant power in the game, they can't track you down in real life. So actually, until recently both Hector and I didn't even realize who we were talking to."

Fernando held his head in his hands as he tried to process this information, only saying,"My god son, you weren't kidding, he really does have too much information!"

All three men chuckled and Drake along with the two Rivera started to happily plan how to best make use of this fortunate encounter of fates. It seemed like good times were just around the corner.

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Drake swung his sword down in a beautiful arc, narrowly missing his target, Loco. Loco had dodge and righted himself once more, calling forth blood control to form a blood whip. However his blood casting was dispelled when Drake released his lightning into all of the blood that the two had shed, electrocuting them. Drake fired off his lightning in the direction of Loco and instead of dodging Loco swung his scimitars right at the Lightning. His scimitars were Iron so they conducted the lightning and Loco swung his body around in a tight 360 degrees, dissipating the lightning.

The two men stood about 8 feet apart from another standing still, but both were panting hard trying to catch their breaths. Drake had suggested they spar for a bit, however this turned into a terrible idea because both men were getting better with their weapons and skills as they fought. This meant that when Drake spilled first blood on accident on Loco and both didn't stop, the two were now fighting for real. The two wouldn't kill each other but they would definitely win, their pride demanded it. With this situation unfolding and neither wanting to yield, the two continued to 'spar' and before they realized the two of them had been fighting for over 7 and half hours!

Drake looked at the setting sun in the distance, and slightly chuckled towards Loco,"Truce?"

Loco smiled and relaxed himself and his muscles, stating,"Yeah, I was honestly running on fumes for that last hour or so! Let's go eat!"

Loco and Drake both went and got something to eat from one of the local villagers who Drake would pay to cook meals for him every now and again. The young lady never asked him for payment and even tried to tell she would do it as a personal favor for him but Drake was a firm believer in paying a fair wage for a service and convinced her to allow him to help her with financial support.

While they were sitting there talking amongst the three of them, Fern and Ariana both stepped forwards towards the trio. Drake looked at the two new arrivals and said,"I take it you have completed your projects?" Both Fern and Ariana shook their heads and said,"We both must ask you to come with us, as we will need your blood."

Loco's eyes widened a bit and he stammered out,"W-What?! What do- does that mean??" He looked over to Drake for reassurance as he did not know what was happening.

Drake chuckled and said,"Calm yourself, this is part of the process with high level weaponry and armour!" He looked towards the two while getting up from the log he had been sitting on moments prior stating,"Well, now I have high hopes, let's see what you have created!"

Loco and Drake followed a suspicious looking Fern and Ariana as they didn't talk and led the two men over to a field that had a table in it and equipment on the aforementioned table. Drake and Loco walked over to the table, which was bisected in half to separate the two armours from each other. Ariana says," The equipment on the right is Loco's and the Equipment on the left is Sir Drake's. Pick up your weapons and feel them, grip them, feel their weight and their presence. Finally, after you establish dominance over your weapon, name it and draw blood using the spear and scimitars respectively. Do the same for your armour!"

Drake and Loco walked up to the two sets of equipment and both men picked up their weapons of choice. As soon as Drake picked up his spear, he immediately felt two distinct forces living inside his weapon, one was a torrent of anger and non-acceptance, and the second was one of belonging and familiarity. Drake tightened his grip on the Spear and focused his energy to contain the flow of dissent coming from the weapon. After about a minute of the weapon and Drake struggling to compete for dominance, Drake overpowered the will of the spear and forced it to submit. After feeling that there was no longer any resistance, he said out loud,"On my name, Drake Silver, I hereby bestow upon this great weapon a name that shall leave a legacy, you shall be called 'Prosperity'!"

[System notification: You have performed a blood ritual with an Epic class Spear!]

[System notification: You have gained Epic Class Spear 'Void Berserker'! Congratulations Player!]

[World Notification: Player Drake Silver is the first player to gain equipment with at least an epic class quality! +1 Skillbook, Congratulations Player!]