78 Consequences (1/2)
Carla took the lead as they passed by the different shops. At one point, Dorian actually saw the bar where he had killed five people. He couldn't help but ask \”You said people killed in Eden won't drop anything, but what about those in the market?\”
Carla replied \”Everyone is at the same level in the Market, so of course they drop something.\” Dorian asked \”You see that bar, over there? I killed five people in it, and they didn't drop anything.\”
Carla asked \”Did you check the bodies after you killed them?\” Dorian shook his head, so Carla said \”If you had, you would have seen a glowing white gem on their forehead. Touching that gem will transfer all of their Dream Coins to your account and make their stuff master less, which means free to pick for everyone…\”
As she spoke, she looked at the bar he was talking about, and suddenly stopped. Dorian stopped next to her and asked \”What are you doing?\”
Dorian was able to see with a glance that she had paled. She asked \”Did you cause ruckus in there, 'Joe n Jane'?\” Dorian looked at the bar and said \”Yes, why?\”
Carla swallowed and said \”Well, I truly hope you didn't anger the owners, or we are screwed!\” She turned toward Dorian and asked \”What happened?\”
Instead of answering her though, Dorian asked \”Why are you scared of a bunch of Sheep anyway?\”
Carla replied \”Why? Are you serious?\” Dorian just frowned, so Carla sighed and said \”Really, they say ignorance is a bliss, bunch of assholes… Okay, the owners, Joe and Jane, they are a husband and his wife, they are the ones behind the bar all the time.\”
Dorian nodded, he was right then, the one he killed was really Joe. Now, what was the problem?
Carla continued \”The both of them, Joe is a strong Evolver, I heard that he is strong enough to be in the top 100 among Evolvers despite being a Sheep. Remember, Sheep aren't necessarily weaker than Predators, they just don't have as much potential.\”
Dorian asked \”Is it impressive? To be in the top 100?\” Carla widened her eyes and said \”Impressive? Do you know how many Evolvers there are? Let me tell you, I don't even know because there are so many! Just on Earth they number in the hundreds of thousands, and there are millions of worlds which have Dreamland taking people from them. Now, is top 100 impressive?\”
Dorian looked at her and asked \”What's the best mission rating you got? Or the best you ever heard of? Fro example, the number one Evolver, which rating did he get?\”
Carla replied \”Me? The best I ever got was a C, and I'm pretty good. The first Evolver? He had A grade! Can you even fathom how difficult that must be?\”
Dorian asked \”What about the best you heard of?\” Carla said \”The highest? Let me tell you, this is simply impossible. It comes from Earth's God, our number one expert. He had a Perfect rating. Do you know how difficult it is to get such a rating? It is the rating above SSS+!\”
Dorian raised an eyebrow, he didn't know that. He himself got Epic, passing from SSS+ to Epic. He didn't know if there was any grade in between though. It looked like there was one now. That meant his first mission was at least one grade higher than the best mission Earth's mightiest expert did.
Dorian said \”So what, he is in the top 100. If that's all, then it isn't much of a problem.\” Carla rolled her eyes and said \”You really underestimate the people here, he could cripple you with only one hit. But hey, let's say you get lucky, and he can't beat you. The thing is, he is not the worst of the couple, Jane is.\”
Dorian couldn't help but smile when he heard the part about him getting crippled in one hit: the exact opposite had happened. But what was she saying now, Jane is more powerful? Then why didn't she do anything?
As if she could read his mind, Carla said \”She isn't stronger than her husband, but she is much more dangerous. Her brother, he is an Ascendant.\” Dorian shrugged and said \”So what? He can't attack me until I become an Ascendant, and by then I should be strong enough to beat him too.\”