MMORPG: Rebirth of the Mortal Online - Chapter 73

Chapter 73: Shadow League
“This’ll be your room.” Digby flicked a switch, and a small flicker of light appeared from the ceiling that fell over the room.

There wasn’t any electricity in the world, and instead there was something called Magick Energy. It came from small shards found in the dungeons that basically worked as electricity.

It allowed the people to still have proper light in their houses and make food on stoves.

The room was rather simple, with a wooden bed in the corner, an empty bookshelf, a desk with a flickering candle on top, and a chair pulled up to it.

“There will be a daily training session in the central courtyard’s dojo, it will be indoors this time as it is raining.” Digby said. “You’ll join other recruits. Some have already been with us for nearly a year, but they’re still called recruits.”

“Alright.” Adam entered the room with the backpack slung over his shoulder and dropped it on the chair.

“Also, you’ll have a choice to make.” Digby said with his arms crossed. “You’ll receive three choices. Kraft, Magick, or Kiryoku. Whichever you’ll choose, you get the scroll and instructions on how to learn that particular skill.

“You aren’t allowed to choose more than one. Even though you’re a S-ranker, one of the Three Powers already takes years to master. Even learning its base form is difficult.”

“I see, thank you.” Adam nodded, but he had already made his decision of which he would learn first.

“Also, give me your card.” Digby said while pulling out his own mercenary card.

Adam handed it over to him, and Digby touched the card with his own card. Something changed in Adam’s card as it let out a soft glow. Then he gave the card back.

“Now, it shows that your affiliation is with Crimson Hound Mercenaries.” Digby said. “You’re now officially part of us. Since you already gave your bank details, you’ll receive your investment money in your account within 12 hours.”

“Thank you.” Adam breathed a sigh of relief and bowed respectfully.

“You’ll hear a voice, a shouting voice, from one of my mercenaries. Whenever you do, go straight to the dojo and don’t be late. You’re a S-ranker, but we also don’t allow you to laze around.”

“Alright.” Adam nodded.

With that, Digby left the room and closed the sliding door behind him.

“Ah…” Adam rubbed the back of his head and laid down on his bed.

His muscles were extremely tense, and he could feel the exhaustion settling in. It was not easy to be in the same room as someone as powerful as Digby.

His aura was overwhelming for someone like Adam, who was only Mercenaryman.

‘The first part of my plan has gone smoothly.’ Adam said with a fatigued look. ‘Now, it is time to become stronger.’

…

Digby walked down a hallway with a powerful posture and long strides. All the servants and mercenaries bowed at the sight of him, showcasing their undying loyalty and respect.

“Digby.” Valora rushed from the end of the hallway and asked, “Is it true?”

“You already heard.” Digby said casually. “Those guards?”

“After I returned, the guards told me.” Valora said anxiously. “S-ranker joined us?”

“Yes.” Digby nodded. “I already made him part of our guild.”

Valora quieted down, barely able to comprehend it. It was truly shocking news.

Out of nearly a thousand guilds, S-ranker happened to join them. They were now the fourth guild in the world to have S-rankers in their midst.

King Moriarty, the guild leader of the Imperial Order. It was currently the strongest guild in the world. They were such a special guild that they weren’t ranked as tiers anymore.

They weren’t even really considered a guild anymore, as their strength had reached such crazy levels. However, if there was a tier for them, it would be beyond tier 0.

Mauricio Slaughter was the Guild Master of Death Mercenaries.

Sapphira and Arkham Everheart joined one of the Seven Ancient Guilds, the Dying Star Guild, only recently. It was now considered one of the strongest guilds in the world.

Calamity Black joined Death Mercenaries, the guild that was at the top of the Tier 1 rankings. It was only a matter of time before that guild, led by Mauricio, becomes part of the Tier 0 guilds and become Eight Ancient Guild.

Adam Palestar had now joined Crimson Hound Mercenaries, the Tier 2 guild. It was such an odd choice for someone of S rank.

“Don’t fret over it.” Digby said and patted her shoulder.

“Mm.” Valora nodded, but she was still worried.

“Is the training rea—” Digby’s words got cut off suddenly as he sensed something strange. His brows furrowed.

“What?” Valora turned to him and saw Digby’s deep frown. “Is something wrong?”

“Some pests are lurking around.” Digby’s eyes turned cold, and he then quickly jumped to the roof of the villa. He activated his Kiryoku and sensed every living being in the vicinity of the villa.

At that moment, he sensed a few abnormalities. Those abnormal auras were currently running away.

CRACK—The roof cracked as Digby crouched and then leaped across the air. The rain continued to pour down heavily, but each raindrop disappeared as soon as it landed on his powerful body.

Digby, while moving throughout the air, used his Kiryoku and then managed to sense one of the abnormalities. He saw a moving aura, hectically running down a narrow alleyway in the distance.

BOOM!

At that moment, Digby crashed down the alleyway, breaking the pavement and shattering nearby windows.

“Ah!” A black-clothed figure came to an instant stop, an ugly frown on his face. “He managed to sense me?!”

“Shadow League’s rat.” Digby spat out, glaring at the figure with coldness.

“Now that you know who I am part of, I can’t leave you alive!” The shadow figure screamed and summoned black bullets all around him.

“Black Bullets!”

Then, those black bullets launched towards Digby, as if they were being fired from a machine gun.

Digby’s eyes glowed with a faint glow, and then, with minimalistic movements, he weaved through the bullets that moved at the speed of light. The bullets all missed.

‘His level of Kiryoku is monstrous!’ The shadow figure’s expression looked ugly, and then he jumped in the air and summoned a massive storm of darkness.

“Shadow Sto—”

Before he could shout out his skill’s name, Digby vanished and appeared next to the shadow figure, his fist moving towards his face. The vambrace and the glove suddenly turned deep purple color.

He coated his vambrace and the glove with Kraft!

The shadow figure activated his Kiryoku and slowly dodged his head out of the way, but Digby’s level of Kiryoku was higher, and his fist made contact with the shadow figure’s face, knocking him to the ground.

As his body crashed to the ground, the pavement shattered like glass, and the nearby buildings trembled as if there were an earthquake.

At that moment, the shadow figure’s body began to disintegrate into a cloud of black smoke, dissipating into the air. Soon, he was completely gone.

Digby frowned, and he activated his Kiryoku to cover the entirety of Dawnwatch. However, the person was already gone.

‘Shadow clones.’ Digby thought with a scoff. ‘No wonder I couldn’t sense them at first. Their auras were so faint and indistinguishable from the other auras in the vicinity.’

“Digby, are you alright?!” Valora, with a dozen mercenaries in tow, appeared in the alleyway with their weapons drawn. They saw the aftermath of the fight, but the enemy seemed to be gone.

“I am fine.” Digby said casually. ‘Too bad, I wanted to hide the fact that Adam joined us for a little longer. I guess he was being unfortunately followed since the Border Town.’