ocean-life Chapter 24: Offer
Chapter 24: Offer
*Ding*
[A compulsory quest has arrived.]
[Accept her offer.]
[Reward: Instant level up, 5 attribute points.]
[Failure: Death.]
A series of notifications materialized right in front of Silas immediately after Kara finished speaking, and he glanced at the notification to see what it was all about.
Scanning through it, Silas's eyes widened slightly in shock.
'The quest is to accept her offer and failure is death? This system is trying to force me into accepting it without giving me a choice!' Silas exclaimed internally, his gaze fixated on the screen floating in front of him.
Silas doubted the words of Kara. The whole backstory she told him sounded like a lie to him, and he assumed Kara was only trying to deceive him so she could exploit him in the future.
He contemplated turning down her offer and also pleading with her to keep it a secret, but right now it seemed he didn't have much of a choice anymore.
His only option was to accept. If he failed to do that, his heart would stop, and he would die.
'The system said I was the host. It will do everything to protect the host. If it wants me to accept Kara's offer, it means she's telling the truth and not deceiving me,' Silas pondered, his fingers rubbing his chin and a look of contemplation evident on his face.
Seeing the other wasn't saying anything and all he was doing was stare at her chest, Kara frowned and voiced out.
"Are you going to give me a reply, you pervert?!" she voiced out angrily.
Kara's voice snapped Silas out of his train of thoughts, and he shifted his gaze towards her face.
"Pervert?" he blurted in bewilderment.
"You were busy staring at my breast, moron!" Kara replied with her face bright red in anger.
[You have gained 5 attribute points.]
Silas wasn't too focused on the reward notifications because his gaze was fixed on a separate screen.
[Reminder: Your soul points are critically low.]
[Consume a soul to restore points before the countdown begins.]
Silas had planned on luring Caleb out of the cafeteria and consuming his soul earlier, but after Kara's intervention, his plan was ruined.
'I have to find a way to restore these points before tomorrow,' Silas mused before arriving in front of a door.
From where he stood, he could hear people grunting and shouting inside.
*Hyah! Hyah! Hyah! Hyah!*
Silas pushed the door open and stepped inside the place. Upon entering, Silas glanced around.
The space resembled a vast dojo with punching bags and dumbbells scattered about. A group of students in red gi stood in the center of the dojo, punching the air as the sensei commanded. With each punch, a *"Hyah!"* echoed through the room.
Silas took his shoes off and made his way into the changing room. He swiftly dressed in the red gi like the rest and exited the room before going to join the line.
As he joined the line, the students couldn't help but turn their heads and glare at him in disdain.
Caleb had already spread the news that Silas probably consumed an energy pill, which was why he was able to defeat him and his friends.
Energy pills are items obtained from a certain type of mutant known as the Rascal Tier.
The Rascal Tier is part of the mutant classification but is given a separate name due to how aggressive and dangerous they are. All they think about is hunting and killing, with no intelligence whatsoever.
If a person with no ability consumes an energy pill, their strength and speed will be heightened, but it will also make the person dangerous like the Rascals.
"Class, we have a celebrity in our midst," the sensei training the students spoke after catching sight of Silas. "I heard what you did to my son, Griswold," he added, his face bright red in anger.