37 Beluga (1/2)

Before he could finish his musing about the extravagance of this cafe a waitress entered the room. It was a different one then the one who had lead him here, but she too had this aura of suppression. It seemed like all of the staff here was much stronger then him.

”You coffee Sir.”, this time the waitress didn't bow but just put the plate with a cup of hot coffee and a little plate with some cookies down in front of him on the black crystal table.

”Thank you Julia.”, once again his mentor thanked the waitress while calling them by their name and Ivan wondered whether he new the names of all the staff.

After she had left he then pushed a black card towards Ivan.

”Here take this card.”

The card was approximately 5 x 10 cm of size and made from black crystal. There was only a string ofnumbers on the bottom while on the top right sight there was a image of a beluga whale. The image was made with white silver and it shimmered white in the soft candle light. The string of numbers on the other hand was in gold. This made the card look simple but elegant.

”This is?”

”A membership card. Of course it is only of the lowest rank. It will enable you to use some of the services offered by the Beluga Corporation. But to be honest there is only one service that is of use for you at the moment and that is the mission service, where members can give missions or accept them in order to earn Beluga points and gain experience.”

”So it is like the system of the Alliance?”

”Yes, but of a much higher level. Most of the missions require one to be at least level 500 or a master craftsman.”

”If the requirement is so high then how am I supposed to use this service?”, Ivan asked with suspicion in his voice.

His mentor laughed when he heard the question but to Ivan the laugh seemed to contain a bit of evil.

”Of course you can't do the usual missions, but there are a few which are perfect for you. After all you have a skill like Reincarnation.”

”So these missions require me to go die?”, he couldn't believe that there were missions like that because he didn't think that there would be anyone who would take them.

”Not quite. What do you know about instant dungeons?”

”Not much but I have read that they are dungeons which suddenly appear and disappear as soon as someone finishes them.”