2025-02-18 00:57:26Oliver's eyelids began to lift open as he slowly regained consciousness. He picked himself off the floor and rubbed his head slightly.
"What the hell happened?" Oliver mused, a slight look of puzzle evident on his face as he glanced around his room. The last thing he could remember was him swallowing his medical pills,and then he suddenly passed out.
."Was I imagining things, or was there this strange screen right in front if me even though I did passed out?" Oliver pondered. After blacking out last night, Oliver remembered this strange holographic screen popped up in his line of sight.
While thinking about the screen, the strange holographic screen materialized right in front of him.
.[OLIVER BECKETT HAS SWALLOWED THE LAST ENERGY PILL]
[OLIVER BECKETT IS NOW MEDICALLY FIT TO INHERIT THE DIVINE TALENT]
[CONGRATULATIONS, YOU HAVE AWAKENED THE ULTIMATE DIVINE TALENT]
Oliver glanced at the numerous screen popping up right in front of him, and none of it made sense to him.
"Just what is all these? Am I hallucinating or what?" Oliver wondered as he rubbed his eyes, hoping to get rid of the screen, but that didn't seen to work.
"It's still here? Meaning it's real?" Oliver intoned, his fingers rubbing his chin with looks of contemplation evident in his face.
Since Oliver failed to get rid of it, he began to read the words written boldly on the screen.
"I am now medically fit to inherit the Divine Talent?" Oliver read out loud with his fingers on his chin. "Does it mean those pills I've been taken these past few years was to make me fit to awaken some...divine talent?" Oliver blurted out, his gaze still glued to the window screen in front of him.
[TO PROCEED, OLIVER NEEDS TO ACCEPT THE POWERS AND COMPLETE THE ACCEPTANCE QUEST]
The screen in front of Oliver morphed to a whole new one, and the puzzled expression is on Oliver's face intensified.
[YOU ONLY HAVE 10 SECONDS TO ACCEPT, OR YOU WILL LOSE HIS GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FOREVER]
[TEN]
[NINE]
[EIGHT]
[SEVEN]
"Great, there's a countdown!" Oliver blurted out with his eyes widened. "I don't get a chance to think about it? Really? I am supposed to make my decision within ten freaking seconds?" Oliver lamented as the clock kept counting down.
Even though Oliver didn't really know what was going on, he wasn't dumb to know that it meant he would awaken a Talent, and probably become stronger once he accepts. What Oliver wasn't sure about was what the acceptance quest would be all about.
But there was no time to think, he had to make his decision right now or lose it forever.
[THREE]
[TWO]
[ONE]
[YES✓]
Oliver selected the yes option in the last second, and the screen in front of him vanished, replacing it with a whole new one.
[YOU WILL NOW BE TRANSPORTED INTO THE QUEST AREA]
Receiving that last notification, Oliver vanished into thin air, and appeared in a whole new location.
"What the?" Oliver swept his gaze through the foreign location he now found himself in.
The place looked like a vast open arena that was filled with hundreds of seats for spectators, but no one was present there.
"Where am I?" Oliver mused in bewilderment as he glanced around the place.
[YOU ARE NOW IN THE ACCEPTANCE QUEST ARENA]
[GOAL: DEFEAT THE WARRIOR]
[REWARD: ????]
[FAILURE: DEATH]
Oliver's eyes widened in shock and his jaw dropped to the floor after reading quest's instructions.
"Defeat? Wait, I am going to fight someone? Or.. something? How am I supposed to defeat anyone if I do not have a Talent?" Oliver panicked with his heart racing and his shirt now drenched in sweat as he kept glancing around the place.
[ELEPHANT DAGGERS HAS BEEN GRANTED TO YOU FOR THE QUEST]
A notification popped up right in front of Oliver, and in a blink of an eye, two short daggers appeared in both of his hands.
"Daggers...that's good.. at least I won't be completely defenseless." Oliver glanced at the daggers in his hands and clenched them firmly. "Just what am I fighting?" Oliver wondered.
He kept glancing around the place, until a metallic gate by the side of the arena lifted open, and thunderous footsteps could be heard, causing the whole place to shake drastically.
"It's coming." Oliver gulped as the footsteps grew louder, and the whole arena kept shaking as warrior stepped out. The footsteps got louder until the said warrior finally arrived meters away from him.
The warrior looked like a 7 foot tall samurai with black mask on his face and two giant blades held in both hands. The appearance of the warrior was intimidating, and just by looking at it, gave Oliver shivers.
"I am... supposed to fight that thing?" Oliver gulped down with a nervous expression. "Hey, I don't want to be apart of all these again! I don't want your stupid powers, just let me out of here, please!" Oliver pleaded, seeking for a way out.
But there was none.
Once he clicked on the yes option, there's no going back. The only way out is if he completes the quests or dies.
"Shit, why did I agree to this in the first place? I should have just keep living as the clueless trash everyone knows." Oliver lamented, his gaze still fixed intently on the warrior meters away, and the warrior also stop there glaring at Oliver.
"There's nothing I can do now..I already made my decision, now it's up to me wether I live or die. Even though I am weak, I can't just give up without doing anything! I rather die knowing I at least tried to defeat it!" Oliver hyped himself up as he clenched the daggers in his hands and got in a fighting stance.
He dismissed the nervous expression on his face and replaced it with a determined look.
The samurai stood there for a few more minutes before charging forward and headed towards Oliver.
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Behind Oliver, Billy wiped sweat from his face. He tapped his cracked tablet. "Yes, boss. The mathematical paradox loop. It is ready. But I need a hardwired connection to upload it. I need to plug it directly into the Overlord’s nervous system.""I am the connection," Oliver said cleanly. Oliver turned his burning red Wraithborn eye toward the clone. "You think you control the board because you control the bomb," Oliver told the clone. "But you forgot that I am already part of your system."Oliver stepped forward. He did not run. He walked slowly toward the platform. The clone frowned. "Stop walking, Oliver. If you touch this platform, I will crush your soldiers.""You will not crush them," Oliver said. "Because you are going to be too busy doing math."Oliver reached the edge of the fleshy platform. He raised his black metal right hand. The glowing purple veins in his arm pulsed brightly. He slammed his dark metal hand directly into the thick, glowing purple cable that connected
Chapter 726
The massive green lines on Oliver’s sonar visor pulsed brightly. The walls around them were breathing. The floor beneath the thick purple ice was breathing. They were standing inside the throat of the Overlord. Sergeant Miller stepped forward on the ice. He looked around in the pitch blackness. "Commander. What do you see? Why did we stop?""Do not speak loudly," Oliver commanded. His metallic voice was a tiny, cold whisper. "The cavern walls are biological. We are inside the enemy."The human soldiers froze. Private Davis dropped his rifle slightly. His hands shook. "Inside him? We walked into his mouth? Boss, we have to go back!""We cannot go back," Oliver stated flatly. "The entrance is miles behind us. The ice will not hold forever. We must go forward.""Forward into its stomach?!" General Vega hissed. "The Overlord’s core intelligence must be housed centrally," Oliver explained cleanly. "If we are inside his physical form, we have a direct path to his brain. We will cut it ou
Chapter 725
Commander Oliver stood at the very front of the leading metal boat. It was a heavy, armored skiff. The boat drifted slowly across the deep, freezing water. They were entering a place called the Sunken Maw. It was a massive, flooded cave system miles beneath the surface of the planet. The darkness here was absolute. It was so thick it felt like a heavy black blanket wrapped around their heads. "Flashlights are useless," Sergeant Miller whispered. He stood behind Oliver, holding his heavy plasma machine gun tightly. Miller clicked the bright white light on the side of his gun. The beam hit the pitch-black water and simply stopped. The dark magic in the thick fog ate the light immediately. "Turn it off, Sergeant," Oliver commanded. His voice was smooth and perfectly cold. It echoed faintly across the black water. "Light makes us a target. We move in the dark."Miller quickly turned off his flashlight. There were three armored skiffs in the small fleet. They were tied together with t
Chapter 724
The perfect clone floated above the broken bone bridge. Red fire poured from its eyes. The Overlord controlled this stolen human face. It raised the black glass spear, ready to strike Commander Oliver. "I will erase you," the clone whispered. The dark voice shook the massive cavern. Oliver did not speak. He did not draw his gun. He did not run complex equations out loud. He simply watched the clone’s shoulders. He looked at the red mist swirling under the clone's boots. The mist was lifting the clone into the air. The mist was the power source. Oliver drew his sharp titanium combat knife. The clone lunged forward. The black glass spear stabbed straight at Oliver's heart. It moved incredibly fast. Oliver did not block the heavy spear. He stepped exactly three inches to the left. The deadly glass weapon passed right by his ear, slicing a tiny cut on his cheek. Oliver did not blink. He stepped smoothly inside the clone's guard, right into the red mist. With his black metal right ha
Chapter 723
The wind screamed like a dying animal. It pulled everything down toward the massive, open iron door at the bottom of the dry river. Commander Oliver fell through the dark air. He was diving straight into the giant vacuum. He did not wave his arms. He pointed his body like a perfect, black arrow. Below him, his mother, Elise, tumbled wildly. She cried out in pure terror. The black hole was only fifty feet away. Oliver did not blink. His mind saw the distance. His mind knew her exact speed. He reached out with his right arm. His arm was made of smooth, black Wraithborn metal. The purple veins under the alien steel glowed brightly in the dark. He caught her. His metal fingers clamped around her wrist like a vice. The sudden stop jerked his shoulder hard, but the alien metal did not break. With his human left hand, Oliver pulled a silver Anchor disc from his belt. He slammed it hard against the stone wall of the canyon as they fell past it. A massive wave of anti-gravity pushed upw
Chapter 722
Boom. Boom. Boom.The giant rusted metal door at the bottom of the empty riverbed shook. The sound echoed heavily across the dark underground cavern. Commander Oliver stood on the high stone bridge. Half of his face and his entire right arm were made of smooth, pitch-black Wraithborn metal. In the very center of his chest, the alien black coin pulsed. Suddenly, the coin flared. A sharp, burning heat spread through Oliver's ribs. Oliver closed his eyes. The purple map inside his head grew a hundred times clearer. It was not just glowing lines anymore. He saw deep through the dark rock. He saw hidden rooms. He saw glowing red traps waiting in the shadows. He saw massive staging zones packed with thousands of sleeping monsters. "The coin is speaking faster," Oliver said smoothly. His metallic voice was perfectly calm. "It is giving me the complete blueprint of the enemy's world."Lira, the pale-eyed ghost woman, floated beside him. "Do not listen to it! It is showing you too much! It
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