Wardogs

Chapter 60

Chapter 60

She had expected that Gustav would tell her to come in so they could talk but instead, he proceeded to sit in front of his apartment and she had to join him.

What she didn’t know was Gustav was thinking about the current time. It was the middle of the night so Gustav felt it would be inappropriate to invite her in, at this time.

"So what was it you wanted to talk about?" Gustav broke the silence after noticing that Angy didn’t speak for a while.

"Gustav... Will you..." Angy turned to face him and grabbed his right hand.

"Will you... If I change will you remain my companion even within the MBO camp?" She asked with a pleading look.

"Change? What type of change?" Gustav asked with a curious gaze.

"Well.. let’s say I... Become a little more ruthless... Will you still discard me?" Angy asked while turning her face away.

"Hmm... It depends on the subject of your ruthlessness... If it’s to your enemies then you can be guaranteed that I won’t break ties with you," Gustav replied with a profound gaze.

Angy slowly let go of Gustav’s hand as her face shown unwillingness, "I want to try but I don’t know if I can ever come to terms with hurting someone," She said softly while staring at the floor.

"Look, Angy... I’m not asking you to hurt or be ruthless to just anyone but when it comes to people who have the intention of harming you, it’s either you or them... If you decide to pull your punches that means you’ve chosen to be their punching bag, which is pretty stupid,"

- Buying An Item In Shop

- Buying An Item In Shop

- Buying An Item In Shop

"Even though you’re a kind-hearted person by nature, there should be a limit and you have to understand that not everyone deserves your kind-heartedness," Gustav lectured.

’He sees me as a kind-hearted person?’ Angy felt her heart flutter when she heard Gustav say that.

She turned to stare into his eyes which showed sincerity.

Gustav stood up and dusted his trousers after saying that.

"You’re coming with me in the evening for the observation right?" Gustav asked while staring at Angy.

"Uhm, yes," She replied while standing to her feet also.

"Good, be prepared," Gustav said and turned around to open his door.

"Prepared for what?" Angy asked with a look of curiosity.

"You’ll see when the time comes, go to bed," Gustav said as he walked into his apartment.

"Hmm, alright," Angy answered, "Good night Gustav," she added while turning around.

"Goodnight Angy," Gustav replied to her as his apartment door closed up.

Gustav got in and immediately went to shower.

Tonight had been a very long one for him. Dealing with the solar worms, managing to absorb energy from two energy crystals, killing more than a hundred of the solar worms and destroying their cave, lastly defeating the bunny mixed-breed.

His energy was nearly depleted in the fight against the level and solar worms but he regained it after leveling up several times.

If his energy was still low after leaving the border it would’ve taken him longer to deal with the bunny or he would have gotten defeated by it.

Gustav stood underneath the shower as today’s events replayed in his mind.

He realized that there were lots of things he didn’t put into account when dealing with the solar worms.

Also, after the second battle, he retraced the steps of the mixed-breed bunny to the east side of the border.

Both times he infiltrated the border was through the west but now he had decided to infiltrate the border through the east next time.

What still bothered him was the fact that the border on the east was also properly closed up. He didn’t find openings of any kind yet there were signs that the bunny came from there.

It was almost as if it phased through the wall of green and red lines which Gustav believed was impossible.

Some mixed-bloods had the power of intangibility but security protocols were put in place for that. It was impossible to use that power to go in or out of the border.

Gustav felt like there was a mysterious force at work here. He decided he was going to tell miss Aimee about it but he had to think of a way to tell her without revealing some things.

’Open system interface,’ Gustav said internally.

[Host Attributes] [Skills and Abilities] [Bloodlines] [Quests] [Shop] [Goals] [Bloodline Information]

’host attributes,’

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[Host Attributes]

-Name: Gustav

-Level:

-Class: ?

-Exp: , / ,

-Hp: /

-Energy: /

{Attributes}

»Strength:

»Perception:

»Mental Fortitude:

»Agility:

»Speed:

»Bravery:

»Intelligence:

»Charm:

»Defence:

»Vitality:

»Endurance:

{Attributes points: }

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Gustav stared at his stats with a look of gratification.

Although he only moved up by three levels this night, this was the fastest he had ever leveled up in almost five months.

When his strength stats got to fifty he felt a substantial increase in strength as if ten points were suddenly added but only one point was added in reality.

He clenched his fist with force, ’I never knew that a day would come where my strength would reach such a level,’ Gustav recalled how pathetic he was about five months ago.

’This system has really turned my fate around but where does it originate from?’ The origin of the system was a mystery that Gustav wanted to solve in the future when he became powerful enough.

He had tried initiating a conversation with the system several times but it still ignored him.

Remembering what happened on the mountain with the star slamming into the cliff area Gustav couldn’t help but think that the system had alien origins but there was no way to confirm that right now.

’Add ten points to vitality and endurance,’

[Ten points have been added to Vitality]

[Ten points have been added to Endurance]

After adding points to both of the new stats, Gustav closed the system interface and opened the shop.

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[Shop]

(CREDITS: )

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Gustav stared at the tabs that were displayed in the shop.

He had checked everything here during the day so he already understood what each tab on was for.

Bloodline items was where the system recommend items that would assist him in using his bloodline properly. It was like a guide.

Bloodline Recipes was where he could buy manuals that included different recipes and concoctions needed to improve his bloodline or the bloodline of others. Thousands of them had different purposes.

The Bloodline tab happened to be where he could buy different types of Bloodlines and have the system input it in him.

Skills and abilities just as their names implied were where he could buy different skills and abilities.

Training manuals was where he could buy different manuals that helped in training himself and this was currently the only tab that had items that he could afford currently.

The other tabs had crazy prices that Gustav couldn’t afford right now. He knew it would take him some time before he could gather enough credit to purchase things from other tabs.

’I got a hundred credits from amassing one million EXP this night... It’s pretty small but it’s enough to get something for training,’ Gustav said internally and proceeded to call for training manuals to open up.

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[Shop]

»Breathing Control ( C)

»Boxing Techniques ( C)

»Battle Movement Martial Techniques ( C)

»Force Control ( C)

»Underwater Battle Technique ( C)

»Energy Control ( C)

»Six paths ( C)

...

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Hundreds of them still extended further down.

Some of the items here were very expensive while some were very cheap but Gustav already set his sights on a particular one since when he first checked.

He couldn’t buy it then but now he had enough credits to make a purchase.

"Purchase Energy control," Gustav muttered with an excited tone.

[Energy Control has been purchased]

[- C]

A bright golden glow suddenly appeared in the middle of Gustav’s forehead.

He suddenly felt a massive amount of information flowing into his mind.

The contents of this information were about energy control. Images, texts, and different scenarios flowed into his mind in waves all divided into several categories.

After a minute had gone by, these pieces of information had been completed downloaded into his mind.

"Wow," Gustav exclaimed with an astonished expression.

He didn’t expect the information to be directly uploaded into his mind. When the process was happening he kept wondering, ’What if I forget it,’ The information was pretty bulky so he thought he might forget a bunch of them before he managed to finish learning all but now that the process was over he didn’t have those thoughts anymore.

The information was directly installed into his mind in such a way that he only needed one thought to picture everything.

He was sure that he wouldn’t be able to forget it even if he tried to.

- Birthday Invitation

- Birthday Invitation

- Birthday Invitation

"These pieces of information are pretty detailed... Hmm, I can tell there will be an improvement in my control of gravitational energy when I start learning this," Gustav muttered with a look of anticipation.

He closed the training manual tab and opened that of bloodline.

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[Shop]

»Aqua adaptation - Grade C ( , C)

(Adapt to aqua life and use aqua related abilities)

»Mutated Lizard Transmutation - Grade B ( , C)

(Release venomous gas while in the form of a mighty lizard)

»Wind Body - Grade B ( , C)

(To become and manipulate the wind)

»Rock Manipulation - Grade D ( , C)

(Manipulate any form of rock)

»Aephelis - Grade A ( , C)

(Take on the alien form Aephelis and use their abilities)

»Fiery Constitution - Grade C ( , C)

(Having the internal structure of fire, ability to manipulate and resist fire)

»Radioactive Distribution - Grade A ( , C)

(Manipulation of radiation)

...

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Gustav could see hundreds of bloodlines with different prices along with their information being displayed.

Some were very expensive while some weren’t as expensive as the others. Regardless, Gustav couldn’t even afford the bloodline with the lowest price.

"Hmm, still don’t understand the weird prices," Gustav had a confused look as his sight kept scrolling down.

He was wondering why some C grade bloodlines were more expensive than some B-grade. He had a vague idea in his mind about what the reason might be but the only way to confirm it was by purchasing the bloodline which he couldn’t right now.

"According to the system I could still get credits by trading EXP but that means my level will be reduced... It took me so long to level up to this point so that isn’t an option right now," He muttered with a look of contemplation.

When Gustav first checked out the shop, a notification was displayed about how the shop works.

From there he found out about how credits are attained. That was also how he discovered that one million EXP would get him a hundred credits.

He also discovered that he could trade EXP for credits. If he wanted to get a hundred credits at the moment, one million EXP would be deducted but if that happened, his current level would reduce.

Gustav was reluctant to do that since leveling up hadn’t been easy so he decided he would get credits the normal way which is by killing more mixed-breeds and farming EXP.

Gustav had his eyes on some of the bloodlines here which looked pretty interesting to him but before he would be able to amass enough credits, he would need to farm lots of EXPs.

Gustav closed the shop interface and opened goals next.

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[Goals]

»Kill five hundred mixed-breeds ( / )

»Read a hundred books ✓

»Become independent ✓

»Pick a new household name (Oslov) ×

»Save a hundred lives ( / )

»Join a powerful organization

»Learn a dancing skill

»Defeat a higher-ranked mixed-blood

»Travel into outer space

...

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"Picking a new name is something I haven’t thought of yet... Looks like even the system doesn’t want me bearing that name," Gustav chuckled lightly.

There were more than a thousand goals and out of everything, he had only completed about three of them.

Seeing the goal, ’Save a hundred lives,’ made Gustav wonder if the system was hinting at something.

Yes, he planned on saving lives after joining the MBO and attaining strength but he didn’t want to be forced to do it.

He wanted to save lives at his convenience and save whoever he wished to save.

It didn’t really seem like the system was forcing him to do that the moment which made him feel glad, but he had a feeling that something like that could happen in the future, where the system would mete out punishment for not doing what it wanted.

He once again decided not to overthink it. When the time came he would make decisions then since he couldn’t think of a way to go against the system for now.

Gustav finished showering and went to bed. He had scheduled his activities for tomorrow and believed it would be a productive day as well.

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The next morning Gustav woke up and prepared himself for school once again.

Forty minutes later he arrived in school and went to the kitchen to work.

Boss Danzo was pleased to see him again and they exchanged pleasantries.

The staffs were always jealous of boss Danzo and Gustav’s bond. Boss Danzo never showed such a wide and peaceful smile until Gustav arrived in the kitchen.

Both of them stood in front of a large cooking equipment as they discussed.

"Let’s make a special dish today," Boss Danzo said with a smile.

"Hmm... What do you have in mind?" Gustav asked.

"The tradashi dish," Boss Danzo replied.

"Oh, what’s the occasion?" Gustav asked with a surprised look.

"Well nothing much, just that my granddaughter whose picture you’ve been m**********g to, happens to be a year older today," Boss Danzo said while chuckling.

"Hahaha, Boss Danzo sure knows how to mess around," Gustav couldn’t hold back his laughter after hearing that even though he was surprised.

’Boss Danzo has a granddaughter for real?’

He had only been joking about using boss Danzo’s granddaughter picture to masturbate. He never knew that boss Danzo truly had a granddaughter.

Boss Danzo only looked like a middle-aged man so Gustav still couldn’t wrap his head around why a man who looked no older than forty-five would have a grandkid.

"Boss Danzo is she maybe a year old?" Gustav asked with a curious gaze.

Pah!

Boss Danzo slapped Gustav lightly at the back of his head upon hearing that.

"Ouch," Gustav rubbed the back of his head while shutting his left eye.

"If she was a year old wouldn’t that make you a pedophile?" Boss Danzo asked while squeezing his face.

"Haha, I guess that’s true," Gustav laughed wryly while speaking, "How old is she then?" He added.

"She’s seventeen years today," Boss Danzo replied with a proud smile.

"Huh?" Gustav exclaimed with a look of disbelief, "Seventeen?"

"Hnm," Boss Danzo nodded slightly in affirmation.

"I have told her a lot about you and she wishes to meet you in person," Boss Danzo added.