Chapter 335: Mental Frenzy: Common, But Terrifying (1/2)

”I am Jyorta Bone, Area Controller from the October Batch,” Jyorta handed his ID card to the staff behind the counter, ”I wish to check the availability of Tier 3 Relics to exchange for my Batch.”

The staff took his ID card and swiped it in a machine, pulling up his information on the monitor. She went through them, noticing the Credits he had accumulated, spent, and still retained. On seeing that he had more than enough Credits to exchange for a Tier 3 Relic, she nodded at him, returning his ID card.

”There are still four Tier 3 Relics remaining to be exchanged for the October Batch. Based on our procedures, we don't set aside any Relics per each Batch. All the Relics we receive are stored in our storage. You can exchange for any Relic from them, as long as your Batch hasn't hit the limit.”

'So, there are still 4 left.' Jyorta heaved a sigh of relief, deciding after a couple of seconds, ”Ma'am, I wish to exchange for one. Can I see the list of the Relics?”

”Wait in a corner. I'll call you when the related staff arrives. You'll have to visit the storage to make your decision.” The staff replied, motioning him towards an empty space in the room. Jyorta stood in the designated place, watching three other students present in the room.

On noticing his stare, they gave a customary nod with a formal smile. Jyorta returned the greeting and looked around the room, observing the floor design. He came to this place at least 9 times every month to receive his Tier 4 Frenzy Fruits, so he was already familiar with the area.

Now, he was bored, failing to find anything interesting to garner his attention. Even the students that were present stood quite far from each other, preventing any conversations from taking form.

It seemed the staff didn't want any noise early in the morning, hence the arrangement. Jyorta waited for more than 30 minutes, perfectly bored. There was nothing else for him to do except stand in his spot. The other students that had been waiting at the start had long since obtained what they sought and had left, leaving him as the sole student in the room.

'Maybe I'll sit?' Jyorta lightly moved, intending to crouch when the staff smiled his way. 'Ugh, guess I'll continue to stand.'

Jyorta looked at the nail on his index finger, tracing the pattern on it with his eye, his boredom making him lazy. He didn't have much to think about, for the time being, the moment of peace making him wish to sleep.

It was still early in the morning after all.

7:15 AM, the staff from before beckoned him, saying, ”Proceed through lift number 6. The staff had just arrived.”

”Thank you,” Jyorta made a light bow before turning around, glancing around for the designated lift. He entered it, watching the doors close as the lift moved up, soon stopping after a dozen seconds. The lift doors opened to reveal a tiny room, 4 metres in breadth and 2 metres in length.

To his right was a doorway, hidden by a curtain. Jyorta walked forward and lightly pushed the curtain, peaking through.

”Come in,” A voice resounded in his ears, gruff and tired. Jyorta pushed the curtain aside and stepped foot in a long corridor, with both sides covered by a row of shelves. Each shelf was a metre long and 50 centimetres high, covered by glass panels.

Contained within were Relics of all shapes and sizes. A label was attached on the glass panel of each shelf, underneath it was a list of bullet points pertaining to the Relic inside.

A bulky middle-aged man walked out from the other end of the corridor that spanned almost a hundred metres in length, ”At any given time, we have at least 80 Tier 3 Relics here. The ones at the farther end are Tier 4 Relics, numbering around 10. I was informed that the October Batch can still claim four Tier 3 Relics. If you wish, you can select anywhere between one and four Tier 3 Relics, given you have enough Credits.”

”Can I stroll here and look through the details of every Relic?” Jyorta inquired, looking at the label of the first shelf.

”Yes, you can.” The middle-aged man nodded, ”But you must never touch anything. When you have decided, point at it with your finger, I'll take it out for you.”

Saying his piece, the middle-aged man disappeared. Jyorta looked at the label on the first shelf, reading its title, ”Relic C071204.”

Listed below were the three Skills that had fused to result in the Skill within the Tier 3 Relic, ”Tier 1: Zoom, Tier 2: Fist Burst, Tier 3: Flight.”