Chapter 64 - Shocking the World! (1/2)

In the United States, buildings such as the Pentagon had grown all but useless with the waves of powerful users. Thanks to the system, even the threat that an atomic bomb posed for a powerful user could be debated.

What's more, many bombing raids on some cities which had been taken over by Beast Hordes had failed miserably with the planes being shot out of the sky as soon as they entered the monsters' line of sight.

Because of that, as of the moment, after five years, the Pentagon had been remodeled into an intelligence gathering station... using the System! Hundreds of users gathered together in large offices, keeping track of any noteworthy event.

Just as the bell indicating the lunch break was about to ring and people were stretching and chatting enthusiastically, a young man refreshed the glowing screen in front of him one last time.

”Lord Rankings” he sighed.

The screen grew fuzzy for a second and then grew clear once again. It looked exactly the same as before... if it weren't for a small detail. In fact, it was the disappearance of a short string of characters under the section: unoccupied cities.

A high-pitched scream suddenly rang out, silencing all murmuring. Then, the figure of the young man shit out of the small office and entered a room at the end of the vast hall.

The room was full of smoke and the young man had to repress the urge to cough. Gulping down, he immediately stepped forward.

”Boss! Quick, take a look! The Lord rankings, just now...” He shouted, shutting the door behind him.

”What is it?” A voice replied. A fat, old man sighed as he unhurriedly stood up from his comfortable chair. He went around the large, wooden desk and then pushed his hand on top of the young man's shoulder.

”Calm down and tell me what happened.” He spoke, his presence making the youth shiver. He gulped to regroup his thoughts and then explained.

”A-A new Lord has just taken over a city!” He finally was able to speak out.

”So what? That happens more often than not these days, what's there to make a fuss about? You scared me there... I thought a Sovereign had appeared or something...” the old man chuckled and took out his pipe from the front pocket of his jacket.

”No... sir... that's... he took over city B30.”

”Mmm? B30? Someone actually beat that annoying beast horde? I heard there was even a C- dragon boss... that's impressive indeed, but is it enough for you to be this excited?”

”Sir... the user...” the young man wanted to cry, shout, but he was just in a state of shock and was unable to speak. It was at that moment that the door slammed open once again!

”Sir! The Solitary Sword Sovereign, one of the Peerless Dao master candidates, has become a Lord!” A woman barged into the room, her eyes glowing with a fanatical passion.

The old man was surprised for a moment but then regained his cool. He coughed twice and then nodded, ”So it seems. Well, that is to be expected. After all, a Sovereign candidate still not being a Lord would have sounded like a joke, especially considering the announcement earlier... so, what city did he obtain? Is it in the thousands? Ten thousands?”