“Uhmm, it’s okay if you don’t want to respond. Sorry if I asked something wrong. I was just curious…”“My dad is missing and my mum abandoned me when I was born so I don’t know her, not even what her name is.”“Oh…” Marcus trailed off and at that moment, felt incomparably bad that he had opened his mouth and asked Jeremy questions on something so sensitive.‘My big stupid mouth!’ he cursed inwardly.“Don’t overthink it. About my mom, I’ve never really tried to look for her because my dad made sure I never felt her absence. Unfortunately, my dad is missing too so now I have to go look for him.”“is that why you became an Explorer?” Marcus inquired.Jeremy shrugged. “more or less. But when I first started, I had thought he was dead. I entered and realized that he was only missing so now I have to go out and find him wherever he is.”“out?... Like, outside the tower?...in the fog?” with each additional word added to his statement, Marcus felt incomparably scared.He, just like every othe

“Mom, how was it?” Leah asked after having lunch with her sick mother.It had always been like this ever since the illness her father gave her mother took effect.In fact, it was much worse to say the least.She was bedridden at that time, unable to move while going through excruciating agony.It was a terrifying sight Leah had to watch happen before she gave into her father’s sick and twisted desires.Was there a need to go so far?She would never know.However what she did know was that her father, the Storm Family head had caused her and her mother so much pain, killing him would be mercy.Naturally, Leah wished revenge but she knew it couldn’t happen yet.She definitely had the qualifications to be a god killer.Her father had made sure of that but unfortunately, she couldn’t utilize that capability just yet.With training, she would surely reach that peak but right now, even facing off against her older siblings was asking for too much.Glancing at her silent mother, Leah sighed.

“You heard about the fire?” Jeremy inquired with a raised brow.Reginald nodded. “It was a dangerous affair after all. It’s one of the few times when an entire floor was threatened. If anything had gone wrong, we would have seen casualties in the thousands.”“I agree. And that was just a side effect.”“A side effect, you say?” Reginald raised a brow.Jeremy replied. “Yeah. Apparently, Marcus only had to kill some mafia leader that had his hands on the black market on that floor, engaging in unsavory activities including drugs, prostitution and slavery.”“that… wait, you said the orb is a Vestige?” Reginald asked.Jeremy nodded. “it is.”“so how did he use it?... Aren’t Vestiges objects that only react to variance?... So how did he activate it?”“I have no idea.” Replied Jeremy in all honesty.He was also quite curious to figure out how it happened.It was a known fact that even ordinary Explorers could not use Vestiges because of their lack of variance.But Marcus managed to do so des

Veronica sighed as she rose from her bed and walked over to the door to open it only to find her father standing outside.“Dad, you?” Veronica said.Her father nodded. “Were you sleeping?”“No… not yet.” Veronica shook her head in response.“I thought as much. Alright, let me come in first.” With that said, he casually entered without giving Veronica much of a choice to refuse or anything of that sort.She watched on as he sat on her bed and made himself comfortable before tapping on the bed.“Come sit.”Veronica pursed her lips before letting out a sigh. “still as intrusive as ever.”Sitting beside her father, she waited for him to talk.He pondered for a bit before he spoke. “how are you feeling?”“Fine.” Veronica replied.Her father glanced at her and after a bit of scrutiny, shook his head. “that’s a lie.”“If you already know, then why ask?”“To know if you are willing to tell yourself the truth.”“…The truth is too painful to accept.”Her father stared at her solemn face and aft

The Otherworldly were graded according to a system created by mankind after constant bouts with them.From E, it ascended thusly; E, D, C, B, A, S, SS and lastly Godspawn.Two things were used in the grading process.One was the destructive capabilities of said monster while the second was the utility of their ability.Which meant a flame monster could be lesser than a monster that can’t be seen simply because the monster that can’t be seen won’t be easily beat.For the flame monster, there would surely be ways to counter since it’s seen but the other… the first step would be to see it no?Other criteria was put into consideration as well, like how hard was it to kill one or like how fast were their regenerative capabilities.Of course this applied to most Otherworldly.Yes, most.The SS and Godspawn were different.They were a class that defied natural laws and created conundrums that defied everything humanity had come to understand.The difference between an SS and a Godspawn was t