Chapter 143: Chapter 143

"AHH. I’m tired." Zen could be heard yawning loudly in his room as his eyes slowly fluttered open and then he began blinking rapidly in confusion. "Huh? Am I awake or I’m still sleeping? Because tell me why I can see Erin in my room!"

"That’s because I’m in your room. Now get the hell out of your bed before I freeze you back to your senses." Erin scoffed as she glared at him intently.

"Alright, alright. What’s the rush for? Ice queen." Zen muttered as he got out of bed with his upper body totally bare.

"You don’t put on something before you go to sleep?" Erin asked with a huge frown on her face as she stared at his exposed body.

Especially his slick abs and toned body.

"Is there a problem? It is my room, I can sleep anyhow I want. Why do you have a problem with it?" Zen asked with furrowed brows as he walked into the bathroom leaving the female fuming angrily.

The sound of water running in the bathroom was heard as Zen was reminiscing about the dungeon he cleared the day before and his near death experience then the massive rewards.

After a few minutes, he was done as he stepped out with a towel wrapped around his waist and another one in his hand which he used to clean his hair. Even with this, Erin didn’t look away as she stared at him intently.

"You know, you are quite shameless. If it were other girls, their cheeks would be all flushed red and they would turn away in embarrassment." Zen commented as he clicked his tongue.

"Well, luckily, this ain’t some dumb movie in which the directors do not know what the fuck is wrong with them. And I don’t find you hot, just annoying." Erin clapped back with a deep frown on her face as she watched Zen dress up.

"Fair enough." The Reaver replied with a sigh as he could be seen buttoning up his shirt. "I also would like to know how you got into my room and why you are here."

"Got a spare key, and I came because they forced me to come call you downstairs. When you are done, hurry down." Erin scoffed as she turned away and exited the room.

"What a weird girl." Zen muttered as he stared at the door shutting.

{And you were in love with her?}

"Not anymore." Zen clicked his tongue as he got down to putting on his boots.

{Even chameleons don’t change colours as fast as you changed your feelings.}

"That’s both yours and the chameleon’s cup of tea, I don’t give a fuck." He said as he was fully dressed and he instantly exited the room.

A few minutes later, Zen could be seen descending down the stairs and as usual, the whole hall was rowdy and noisy as he made his way down.

"Oh hey newbie, how are you?!" A familiar voice called out causing Zen to spin around to see Thorne walking forward. Tʜe source of this ᴄontent ɪs NoveI★Fire.net

"Huh? Thorne? It’s been a long time, where have you been?" Zen asked with a raised brow.

"Been working as a porter for the higher ups a lot and attending to some personal issues too." Thorne replied with a sigh as he rubbed his hair.

"I understand." Zen replied with a slight nod.

"By the way, heard you are now a B ranked Reaver. Congratulations. It still amazes me how you came here just a month and a half ago, looking all frail and weak with the F rank. And now, you look more handsome, though you are lean, your body still carries a presence of a strong warrior with the B rank too. That’s surprising." Thorne said as he eyed him up and down.

"I mean, what can I say? Got the help of some friends." Zen shrugged with a smile.

{What about me? Didn’t I help?}

{Tsk! Ungrateful punk.}

"Alright then, I got somewhere to be now. Have fun." Thorne said and then he was off leaving Zen to scan the hall and then find his friends seated at a table.

Walking towards them, he sat down with a smile on his face.

"Good morning guys." He greeted.

"Good morning." Everybody except for Erin replied.

"You were nowhere to be seen yesterday, what happened? Where were you?" Aria asked with a raised brow.

"Had a mission to complete." Zen replied with a small smile on his face.

"Ohh. Why didn’t you invite me? I was so bored." Vynn pouted in exasperated anger.

"My bad. I needed to do it alone." Zen chuckled nervously as he rubbed his hair. "So what’s up? Why send the ice queen to come get me?"

"You know? I’m supposed to be angry at that nickname, but I don’t know why I kind of like it so I will give you a pass for today alone and spare you from any taunts." Erin clicked her tongue and then turned her head away.

"I called a meeting between us here for three reasons and it’s very important." Jace said as he leaned forward. Their voices drowned by the chatter in the hall but luckily, they were able to hear eachother.

"Okay? And what is it?" Vynn asked with furrowed brows.

"Firstly, Vynn is terribly close to being a B rank, me, Erin and Zen are already B ranks. But I don’t intend to stay at this rank for long, I want us to climb higher as soon as possible." Jace said.

"Why? What’s the sudden rush for?" Erin asked with raised brows.

"I have managed to figure out something." Jace replied as he began looking left and right for any eavesdroppers. "This world seems to run on a set systematic rules."

"Huh?" Zen thought as he leaned back into his chair in confusion.

"Yes. I have cracked the code to power. See, the more we rank up, the more skills and techniques we would get. I don’t know how to explain to you all, but trust me, I’m right. So I intend for us to climb very high and reach a powerful position so we can get more skills." Jace added.

"And why is that?" Zen asked with his brows knitted.

"I intend to challenge the one who created this world soon. The game lord." Jace replied, his tone hushed.

"Huh?!" The table exploded in confusion.