Chapter 212: Well-Deserved Rewards (2/2)
”Impossible...” Grace dropped the controller onto the floor.
The moment it struck the ground, it dissipated into innumerable light crystals as Grace was unable to maintain the form of the cube anymore due to the emotional turmoil that she was currently experiencing.
”How? How did you do it?” Grace stared at Calvin, ”Did you cheat?”
”Cheat?” Calvin almost keeled over onto the floor, ”That's my line! You made my brakes malfunction there, right?”
”What?!” Grace awakened from her trance and denied his allegation in a fluster, ”Why would I cheat? Why would I—the Goddess of Compassion and Light, go so low as to cheat in a video game?”
”You were just unfortunate. That's it.”
”Oh? Are you saying that you didn't cheat?” Calvin lifted an eyebrow.
”Yes!” Grace stood her ground.
”Well, in that case, do you want to race again? Give me the Ferrari Tributo and you can choose whatever car you want.” Calvin snickered.
”No, no, no... I won't race anymore! You're a dirty player, so I won't play with you anymore!” Grace pointed a finger at him.
”Madame, you're the one that's dirty...”
”The reason why you probably wanted to choose your car first earlier was that you've rigged this game from the start, am I right?”
”If my theory is correct, then every car in Grand Turismo apart from that Ferrari Tributo of yours probably have malfunctioning brakes!” Calvin glared at Grace.
Grace was so stunned and shocked by Calvin's deductions that she had to take a step backward. The sight of her face going pale made her look incredibly pitiful as Calvin walked over to her and said, ”Don't worry, just admit it. I won't criticize you for it. Every gamer out there had once cheated in a game. Of course, that includes me...”
”I won't pretend to be a thief to rebuke the prostitute since that would be the same as the pot calling the kettle black.”
Calvin reassured her.
Grace puffed her cheeks and sighed, ”Okay, I cheated, okay? Are you happy now?”
She crossed her arms in front of her chest and continued, ”Yes, I'm a cheater! I play games, but I always cheat because I can't win in a normal game! I can't even win against bots, I'm that pathetic, all right? Are you happy now?”
Calvin shook his head, ”I am not going to deny your words, nor I would console you. It's true that you're a shitty and pathetic gamer, but that's only because you haven't had a real competitor and a mentor to learn from.”
”You've probably peeked at Earth once and saw their way of living, but as a Goddess... I know that you cannot possibly go there and mingle with the Earthlings since your presence alone would collapse the planet from inside out with your power...”
”So, how about this?”
Calvin stared at Grace with a smile.
”You give me my rewards from that quest and also the rewards for the duel. Then, I might find it in my heart to teach you how to play games the genuine way, without any cheats whatsoever, so you can experience the rush of winning in a legitimate manner.”
Grace was moved by his words.
”Really?”
”Yup... But of course, you should also let me train here for a thousand years since you know... You said that time flows slower here when compared to the outside world, right?” Calvin replied.
”No, I can't do that...” Grace shook her head, ”It's true that time flows slower here than in the outside world. I could make it so that a thousand years here is only a day in the outside world, but that doesn't mean that your body won't grow older as time passes by here in my Heavenly Abode...”
”In short, only a day might've passed in the outside world, but you would experience a thousand years in my Heavenly Abode...”
”As a mortal with an ordinary lifespan, you might not even last a hundred years.”
Grace stared at Calvin in certainty.
”Fuck! And here I thought I could take advantage of that slowed time! I knew it was too good to be true!”
Calvin couldn't help but curse.
”All right, let's forget about that.”
”Can you just give me my rewards?” Calvin requested.
Grace nodded her head, ”Yes, I'll give it to you. It is what you deserve for your efforts, and you've done a great job putting the disciple of that bitch in his place.”
”B-B-Bitch?”
”What?” Grace raised her brows. She seemed to be in a bad mood.
”Nothing... I just didn't think that you'd be capable of swearing.”
”Are you mocking me?”
”Of course, not...” Calvin bitterly smiled.
Grace proceeded to alter the world within the cube and an entire house was built right under Calvin's eyes.
In just five seconds, he was now inside the living room of a lavish house.
”Follow me upstairs.” Grace signaled.
Calvin followed suit and the two reached a bedroom that was so huge it had everything that a gamer cared about.
Consoles, massage chairs, ergonomic gaming chairs, and gaming computers...
Everything was in this room.
Grace then turned around to look at him, ”You need to come here at least once a week.”
”What?”
”Didn't you say that you're going to teach me how to play games?”
”Ah, yes... Sorry, I didn't expect that you'd agree to it so easily.”
”Well, why would I refuse such a good offer?” Grace crossed her arms in front of her chest, ”But you better do a good job of teaching me.”
”Of course, of course, just leave it to me...” Calvin nodded his head, ”And my rewards?”
”Oh...”
Grace let out an absentminded response as she nonchalantly waved her hand in front of Calvin.
A beam of concentrated divine light buried itself into Calvin's glabella as numerous system notifications appeared in front of him.
[You have received 2 Skill Slots]
[You have received Heavenly Abode Visitation Pass - With the corresponding technique, you are able to enter the designated Heavenly Abode at will with your physical body. There is no cooldown to the entry, but it is recommended that the user does not enter the Heavenly Abode more than three times a week to prevent any adverse effects in the body.]
[You have received 415 Experience Points]
[Congratulations, you have ascended to Scribe!]
[Class: Golden Class-Scribe]
[Skills Available in Slot: 3/???]
[Skills Slotted: 0/???]
[Experience Points: 1203/10,000]
[8797 Experience Points necessary for Ascension to Historian.]
[Ultimate Skill: Reversal of Fate is now available!]
[Ultimate Skill: Reversal of Fate - Copies the skill that the enemy is using. The strength of the copied skill is half of the original's, but its duration is as long as the original. There are no restrictions to using [Reversal of Fate] but the stronger the skill being copied, the less its strength and duration would be...]
[A skill can only be copied if it is being used by the original owner and the user saw it being used. When [Reversal of Fate] has been activated successfully, the original owner of the skill would temporarily be unable to use the skill until the duration of the copied skill ends.
Cooldown: Once a day, resets every 5 am.]