On the Way Back (III)...

"Are they still watching us, Bella?" Daichi asked and after a few moments, Bella frantically nodded her head like a child. Daichi almost groaned, but before getting frustrated, he needed to deal with a bunch of stalkers. This was getting troublesome, but he didn't regret his decision. It was a necessary risk for the growth of their group and if he needed to survive, then his group needed to grow.

"Hmm… Bella, can you hide the car with your Magic?" Daichi asked in a hopeful tone. Bella's Spells were extremely versatile and there were a lot of things she could do with Magic. There was a Spell for almost everything.

"You mean this whole contraption, milord?" Bella asked while waving her hands at the car and after getting a nod from Daichi, Bella also nodded her head excitedly. Bella raised her hand with a huge grin on her face and then all of a sudden, she froze and turned toward the building where she had sensed the people who were watching them. "They left, milord" Bella revealed as she slowly turned toward Daichi.

Daichi's eyebrow twitched. What the fuck was even happening? Nearly half an hour ago he did become a social media celebrity, so maybe it had something to do with that. "Then it is fine, Bella. Inform me if you notice something again" Daichi said and after getting a sullen nod from Bella, he decided to resume the video. He had been watching the video, but when Bella told him that someone was watching them, Daichi had to pause the video so he could deal with the stalker problem.

Now that the stalker problem was dealt with, he was free to do whatever he wanted. In this case, watch his first viral video. He already had 3.7 million views on his first video and the number was still going up. He started to wonder how many views he was going to get in his second video. Any Streamers or YouTubers would have been jealous of him if the world was still normal. It took Daichi another 15 minutes to watch the rest of the video.

To be honest, Daichi was quite impressed with Gisele's Skill. Obviously, he had seen better Streamers and YouTubers, but all of them were quite experienced, meanwhile, Gisele was a simple Instagram influencer and there was no way that Daichi could have done the recording better than Gisele. Daichi turned toward Gisele, who was staring at him expectantly. Daichi grinned and returned his phone to Gisele. Gisele beamed at Daichi with a bright smile on her face and without wasting any time, she jumped into his arms and then she wrapped her arms around him to give him a tight hug.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you…" Gisele continued to mumble as she kept hugging Daichi. Daichi did not have any idea that it was such an important thing for her. Daichi realized that different people have different types of dreams and he shouldn't look down on anyone's dream.

After a whole minute, Gisele finally released Daichi. "Don't worry, you were perfect for the job, but you know the risks, right?" Daichi asked and after getting a nod from Gisele, Daichi started to smile wryly. "Don't worry, if you get hurt then it means that we are a failure as a hunting team" Daichi said as he gestured toward everyone in the car beside Gisele. Gisele looked at Daichi in confusion, she did not understand what Daichi was trying was saying.

"You see, you are going to be at the back, and if you get hurt it means that our enemy was able to get past all of us, That is not something to ashamed of from our perspective" Daichi explained and Gisele finally understood what Daichi was trying to say. Now that, Daichi was done with Gisele, he turned toward Kanae and Ran. They looked really nervous before they started the hunt.

"So, how are the two of you feeling?" Daichi asked with a grin and Kanae barely held back from saying something stupid. First of all, she wasn't happy that she had to fight against so many Zombies, but at the same time, she was completely awed at Daichi and the rest of his team. They were simply badass, especially Saeko-san. After all, Saeko was Kanae's idol. She was also awed by the fact that she was able to kill so many Zombies. She has killed a lot of Zombies, but she had never tried to fight against such a large group.

There was something Kanae realized during the fight if she could even call it a fight. It was a one-sided slaughter. Daichi and his group could have easily dealt with the horde even without her and Ran's help. They were simply involving the two of them in the team thing. Until now, Daichi haven't asked anything cruel or impossible from them, but there was nothing stopping him from doing that, not that she could do anything if Daichi asked for something impossible or immoral. After all, he was way stronger than her.

"I still can't believe that I killed so many of them…" Before Kanae could say anything, Ran spoke up in a disbelieving tone. He looked at his own hands with a silly smile on his face.

"How many Points did you earn?" Daichi asked curiously.

"I earned 31 Points" Ran said while laughing sheepishly as he started to rub the back of his head. 31 Points were quite a lot now that Daichi was receiving any Status Points even after killing a Level 1 enemy. Alas, there was not much Daichi could do in his current condition. First of all, Daichi knew that the Mana Archive was responsible for giving them powers and all of that, but he did not know if the Mana Archive was responsible for the awakening of Mana or not so he was going to hold his judgment, for the time being.

According to the message from Mana Archive at the beginning of the Apocalypse, Mana awakened on Earth on its own. From his mom, Daichi also knew that Mana was always present on this planet, but it wasn't active until now. There were several incidents here and there, which were called Anomalies, but they were isolated incidents. According to the message from the Mana Archive, it was helping the habitants of this planet to get used to the Mana and become strong in the process.

"Good" Daichi muttered with a satisfied nod and then he turned toward Kanae. The said girl immediately understood what he wanted from her.

"I earned 38 Points" Kanae answered with a small smile on her face.

"Good… Do you guys know how to reach Level 2?" Daichi asked and both of them immediately shook their heads in denial.

"As soon as all of your physical parameters reach the sum of 200, you will be able to reach Level 2, but at the same time, it is not that easy. You will need a Job if you want to reach Level 2. As soon as the sum of your physical parameters reaches 200, the Mana Archive will analyze you and your fighting style to give you a couple of Job options. The better your Job is, the harder tour Job Requirements are going to be. After you finally finish your Job Requirements, you will get the Job you have selected and you will be able to reach Level 2" Daichi explained and Kanae and Ran could only stare at Daichi with wide eyes.

The two of them had several questions in their minds, but before they could ask him anything, Roberta spoke up from the front. "Daichi-sama, we are already here" Roberta called out in a monotone and Daichi released a tired and relieved sigh. He knew that Kanae, Ran, and Kohta must have a lot of questions in their minds after hearing his explanation and he also needed to explain everything to Anthony and Gisele too. Roberta already knew what she had to do if she wanted to Level up so he didn't call her out.

"Let go inside, after that, we will be able to freely talk and there are the others too who need to know the things I am talking about" Daichi said looking back at Kanae, Ran, and Kohta. They nodded their heads in understanding.

After parking the car, Daichi checked if all the fire trucks were there were not or if there would have been hell to pay. After he was done, he nodded his head in satisfaction, and then he made his way inside Rika Minami's house along with the others. He noticed that two from Anthony's group were keeping an eye on the streets. As soon as Daichi entered the house, he found himself in the arms of his mom. He smiled and hugged her back.

"Son, you looked so dashing on the video!! I am sure that so many women are going to be head over heels for you" Kemono said and started to cackle in mad glee. 'Don't worry, son. I will not let any hussies or gold diggers be anywhere near you' Kemono vowed inside her mind. She had killed women for the same thing even when the world was completely normal and now that there were no laws binding her, she was free to do anything she wanted…

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