BXBX NOVEL Chapter 43: [Safe Zone!]
A single message before the entire world turned Dark. And then as the time stopped, I saw the white Game Master\'s screen appearing in front of me again.
"Jeez! Why do you have to be so much hurried," I complained a little regarding how Voltaire just threw me in here. Though since there was little point in complaining, I decided to look at the messages for now.
[Your Contractee (Adrian John Rodriguez) has completed the following Quests!
-Point Collection!
-Help!
-Help Twice!
-Kill!
-Kill Hard!
-Kill them All!
-Save the Chief (Hidden)!
-Kill the doppelganger (Hidden)!
-The one who sets his own Path!]
[You have received +200,000 GM Points!]
[Minor Betting: Bet on the player with maximum [Safe Time]: 300 Points on (Adrian John Rodriguez)!]
[Bet Won: +6000 GM Points]
[Growth Betting: Bet on the player with most Growth: 300 GM Points on (Adrian John Rodriguez)!]
[Bet won: +15000 GM Points]
[Your Contractee (Adrian John Rodriguez) has completed the third Level of Tutorial: +10,000 GM Points!]
[Game Master\'s ID: Adrian John Rodriguez/???
Username: Unnamed
Authority Level: 2 (Upgrade Cost: 10000 GM)
Current GM Points: 245,720]
[The following Privilege has been unlocked!]
[Privilege 1: The Game Master can see All the Quests Present on the current Level!]
[Privilege 2: The Game Master can bet on the players present in the current Level!]
[Privilege 3: Allows the GameMaster to Adjust the rules of the Games Equivalent to GM Points spent!]
[Privilege 4: Allows the GameMaster to [Contract] a player and give [Blessing!] [Skill!] [Title!] [Coins!] [Curses!] [Punishment!] ]
[Privilege 5: Allows the GM to view the normal quests of the next Event!]
[Privilege 6: Allows the GM to Add a Sub-Quest in the scenario(Not applicable in the Tutorial)!]
Because all the quests were compiled in one, I got all the rewards at once. To be fair, I kind of even forgot about the betting ones, but I was still glad that I had the most time with the [Safe Zone!], especially because of how many food items I put there on the first two days.
In any case, it was time to up my Authority Level as well. Something that I had been delaying for quiet long.
[Authority Level: 2 -> 4!]
Though unlike last time, I didn\'t get two privileges per level but rather an item and a skill.
[You have received the Skill: Debug!]
[You have received the Game Master\'s Key!]
[Skill: Debug!
Grade: Primordial!
Effects: Allows the user to remove any or all types of irregularities or bugs present within the system! The Game Master can create a firewall, anti-virus, trojan or other type of defense formation to deal with any threats! The user can also fix any form of breach that has occured to the system!]
[Item: Game Master\'s Key!
Grade: Primordial!
Status: Bound to Adrian John Rodriguez!
Effects: Once every 24 Hours, the Game master can unlock any locked item/door!]
"That seems rather useful," I thought as I understood that the key could be a really useful item given the right time and the right situation. As for the skill, it was still difficult to determine how much I am going to use it. Perhaps I should test it later?
I wanted to increase the Authority Level once more but the cost once again increased by 10, reaching in 10 digit number.
[Game Master\'s ID: Adrian John Rodriguez/???
Username: Unnamed
Authority Level: 4 (Upgrade Cost: 1,000,000 GM)
Current GM Points: 135,720]
To my surprise, there were no more messages. Neither regarding the next quest, nor any bettings. I pondered about it for a moment before looking through the entire Game Master System once again. But since I didn\'t find anything more, I decided to press [Continue!].
And as soon as I did that, a dozen messages appeared on the blue system screen.
[You have completed the quest: Points Collection!]
[+2 Free Attribute Points Received!]
[+Random Box Received!]
[+Safe Box Received!]
[You have completed the Hidden Quest: The one who sets his own path!]
[+10 Free Attribute Points!]
[+50,000 Points!]
[+Skill Upgrade Coupon!]
[+Artifact: Amulet of Pathseeker!]
[Welcome to the Safe Zone!]
[Time left till the next tutorial: 47 Hours: 59 minutes: 50 seconds!]
When my vision came to be, I found myself at the center of a market area. Standing just beside the fountain, I looked up at the scorching sun and the bright blue sky, and then at the people around me.
\'I guess, this is the safe zone?\' I thought as I saw the carefree look on everyone\'s face as they continued their daily chore.
I stood there with my [Stealth] on, invisible from the eyes of all the people here, wondering what I should do next. Collecting information always takes priority, but this time, I should sort out the system first. Given all the rewards and stuff, it wouldn\'t be a good idea to not take a look at all the things that I received this time. Especially that amulet and those gift boxes.
With that thought, I was about to look through the system window, but before I could even do so, a familiar voice came from a distance, catching my attention at once.
"Hey! What do you mean these costs 200 Points? They are barely 100! What are you? A thief?!" A blonde haired girl shouted as she haggled the price of some apples on the stall.
She was Emily, my co-worker from the part time job that I used to do before the apocalypse descended.