Only Wisdom Awakened - Chapter 63

Association
The next morning, they both prepared to go outside, and Hans waited for Kenta to come out of his room, before leading the way to breakfast, held in the same place as the previous day’s dinner.

Not many words were spoken at the table, since while one was eating, the other was busy choosing what to eat at the buffet.

They stuffed their bellies, and headed outside.

Target: association.

When the taxi stopped, in their sight was standing a majestic building, that stood out even amongst the other skyscrapers.

However, it wasn’t that big considering the size of the association, it seemed to be just about the size of the old Empire State Building.

‘ i found out about it searching on the internet yesterday, apparently, most of the construction is done underground.

Just like in an iceberg, what is shown is only about one tenth of what it truly is.

Reason being…

Four years ago, after the disastrous attack to New York City, not only had many influential people fallen into a deep slumber, but most of the buildings in manhattan had also collapsed.

More than half of the once thriving quarter of the city, was now reduced to nothing but shambles.

But Manhattan’s fame allowed it to quickly rise again, as many investors saw this as an opportunity.

The association took a different approach.

Before the incident, they were trying to create a city floating in the ocean for the New York branch, since the space in manhattan would’ve been limited, and it wouldn’t have the opportunity to expand with time, but with the fear of monster’s next attack, the idea was soon discarded.

Only two places remained available to construct an always growing building: the sky, and the underground.

One of the two being unattainable, they opted for the other.

The underground construction begun, and a total of 6 metropolitan lines were moved because of it, all paid by the association pockets of course.

People regarded it as the decision of fools, but in a matter of two years, the association grew incredibly, and so did their offices, and the space needed for them.

The government doesn’t have an official permit to enter, and those underground spaces aren’t taxed since no one truly knows how big they are.

Compared to those people who replaced the once existing skyscraper with even bigger and taller ones, the decision to build underground was incredibly sharp, since in case of a second attack, it wouldn’t crumble, but remain covered, even amongst the ruins of the others.

The building that served as a facade for the real place was anything but unsightly, it was entirely made out of glass panels and steel.

The sun that shone upon it was perfectly reflected, and more than glass, it seemed to be a mirror.

The plan was really peculiar, it had similarities to an eight pointed star, kinda like two squares on top of each other, one of them tilted 45 degrees.

There weren’t any doors at the entrance, only a mana barrier that could be perceived by Hans’s eyes.

It seemed to have the ability to repel the chosen subjects, and its defence power was incredibly strong, probably because of the fact that it was limited to just a bunch of people.

Passing the barrier without any resistance, they both headed for the reception, but before they could even reach it, a lady appeared in front of them.

Her hair were snow white, and her pale skin fit perfectly her black and gray elegant clothes.

Her face was incredibly beautiful, and her body was perfectly shaped.

She was also quite tall, standing at about 174cm (5’7).

Hans gaze was lost in Her blue eyes that gave off the feeling of a bottomless ocean.

She slightly bowed her head welcoming them:

“Good morning, my master would like to meet you, would you be kind enough to follow me”

It hadn’t even been twenty second from the moment they entered the association, and they had already crossed roads with something that smelled like trouble.

When the woman raised her eyes, looking at Hans, who came back to his senses and redirected his gaze, she squinted them, analyzing him.

“You?!”

Kenta’s hope became true, his eyes lit up and the corner of his lips almost reached his ears.

He had found something about Hans.

‘You lair, telling me that you came here just to read when someone like her was waiting for you, so I was indeed right,

you have a girlfriend!

Hehehe’

The excitement soon came to an end as the words that came out of the woman’s mouth surprised him.

“Have we met before?”

Hans took a moment to watch her face and body, but even if she did indeed look familiar, nothing came up, and he replied with a simple

“No”.

She looked dubious, but let this thought go for the sake of the matter at hand.

“I might’ve been mistaken, please follow me.”

They walked quite a bit into the building, passing various doors and rooms.

All the people they saw on the way, looked more like workers than adventurers, apparently, this branch of the association wasn’t flooded with hunters like Chicago’s one.

They finally reached an elevator, and the lady entered first, scanning the pass through the door, and clicking the last number on the incredibly long list that wallpapered a whole side of it.

[-16]

While the lift was steadily descending down in the building, both the men felt curious about the situation.

‘What could she possibly want? The area we entered seemed quite inside the building, and also looked really reserved, not a single person could be seen the for the last two minutes of our walk.’ Thought Hans.

‘First of all, she said her master wishes to see us, I guess he must be an influential person of the association, maybe it could be one of the branch team leader, or even the vice president.

Let’s hope for the best’

Out of curiosity, he cast his {mystic insight} on the lady, even if not expecting anything.

[name: Chloe Mitchell

Class: glacial siren (rare)

Age: 20

Level: 237

Title: none

Strength: 209 Dexterity: 398

Endurance: 211 wisdom: 126

Class skills:

{frozen dance

Description: an incredibly beautiful and swift swordsmanship that mixes a dance and the art of the sword.

Effect: the swordsmanship of the sirens, that allows you to swiftly slash and dance on the battlefield, mesmerising and killing the opponents.

When used, the temperature of the area all around you will decrease exponentially, and low level opponents may be frozen.

Requirements for use: the user must be incredibly beautiful.}

{absolute frost aura

Description: envelopes your aura with incredibly powerful aura that freezes and infiltrates the bodies of the hit targets, it also increases the swiftness and speed of your sword.

Effect: from the moment your aura enters the body of the target, it will inflict frost damage, and slow them down, acting like a frost poison}

{frozen beauty:

If the target falls in love with you, your frozen attacks will inflict an additional 400% damage to them}

Normal skills:

{swordsmanship}(rank-A)

{frozen steps}(rank-A)

{frost defence}(rank-B)

{frost immunity}(rank-B)

…

Description:

An incredibly talented young woman, has the potential to reach things beyond her class.

Her skills are honed through rigorous training, and her natural talent outshines her rare rank class.

Her beauty is incredibly sharp and dangerous.

Her skills are higher than her stats and she can face opponents physically stronger than her.

Evaluation: mid rank S

Emotional state: confused, curious, annoyed]

‘What… in the actual *** ‘

Hans heart rate skyrocketed, he was currently standing beside one of the presumed strongest people in the entire world.

He normally felt safe with his five circles and Kenta always beside him, but if she wanted, she could’ve wiped them out in a few seconds.

He started sweating all over, and Kenta, who noticed this, misunderstood the situation.

‘Oh, so you do indeed have a relationship with her, hehehehe, what are you two hiding? did you perhaps break her heart?’

While one of the two was worried for his life, the other was jiggling, and the beautiful woman in the middle was lost in thoughts with a emotionless facade.

The elevator finally stopped, and a room revealed itself in front of them.

It was entirely white, resembling the nauseating hospital rooms, but it wasn’t as bad.

They walked forward following her once again, arriving in front of a metallic door.

She stopped and turned around, watching Hans.

“Master has called for you, you should go inside”

Hans, worried about who could be crowned as the master of an S-rank, proceeded forward, followed by Kenta.

The woman raised her arm, stopping Kenta’s chest.

“Not you

Only him.”

Surprised by all the seriousness, he remained in place, watching Hans’s back while he entered the room.

While Chloe and Kenta were waiting outside, Hans ventured inside, he passed three doors before finally getting into the last room.

It was a bedroom, no, it resembled more an hospital room.

Bland and emotionless.

Only one man was lying on the bed, his white hairs blended with the room, only his pale skin managed to stand out slightly.

Even if it was faint, a sense of authority and handsomeness emanated from his tired face.

[class: fallen angel.

Level:???

Name: Elijah Mitchell]…