Chapter 39 - Have to become a Lord! (2/2)

Alice tilted her head in thought, ”That would be City B30, formerly known as

Miami. Why?”

”Nothing, anyway, do you have any more info to tell me?”

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As he walked from school, Will pondered on the information Alice had given him. The creators of the system had created an organization called the Information Bank. If one wanted to become a Lord or form a guild, alliance, etc one has to first register with an Information Bank institute or IB nearby. Will wanted to take over Miami, it made sense for him to register with the IB there. Even in a city infested with beasts, an IB was a safe zone, and users would not be attacked in a five-kilometer radius from the IB.

Will went to a shopping mall nearby and bought a smartphone. He then installed an app that told him where every IB in every city was located. Somehow, humanity had been able to link these phones with the map function on your menu, so after fiddling around with the phone with the help of the sales clerk, an arrow with numbers appeared in Will's vision.

The number represented the distance to the IB.

Once he left the mall, Will created a stairway of ice toward the sky and headed straight for his destination. By nightfall, he had arrived at his destination. Even though the IB itself was located far from the City, it was easy to see the damage the demonic beasts had caused. As Will descended to the IB, he sighed in regret.

Cars were left abandoned in the middle of roads; the grass was growing on rooftops, while odd creatures roamed around as if they were in their natural environment. From time to time Will would see users battling creatures, or living in settlements across the city. It was when Will saw the damage done to the city that the idea of the collapse of the world as he knew it dawned on Will.

Democracy had fallen, many lives had been lost, and the future did not look promising, especially if it existed in the hands of a handful of people. In order to keep the promise he had made to Sebastian, Will knew he had to become far more than he was right now.

Will had to travel far above the city to the other side to get to the IB. As Will arrived at his destination, he was shocked, because he expected to see a game like a tavern, but was instead met with a modern skyscraper reaching into the skies like a never-ending staircase. As he landed by the entrance, the flow of different users in an out of the building made Will marvel at the sight. They were literally in the middle of nowhere outside Miami, but the building existed as if it had materialized out of nothing.

”Look at that, must be a newbie.”

”Yep, I remember I was like that too.”

”Looks young, I bet he won't last a day

”Nah, they say one should not judge a book by its cover.”

”I don't know what kind of books you read, but my advice is to burn them.”

The surrounding people talked as they saw Will look around like a lost child. He truly looked like a newcomer. ”Excuse me, sir, can I help you?” As Will was looking around, a beautiful voice rang out in his ears.

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