Chapter 7 - The Black Market (1/2)

”How about we skip class Trevor? We should not waste our time here. We are both not doing good anyway. And if by stroke of luck we indeed graduate, then which company will be willing to accept us both?” Cale argued enticingly.

Trevor stopped in his tracks and absorbed Cale's words slowly. He glanced at him again and asked dubiously ”Are you perhaps not kidding when you said that you found a gold mine?”

Although it was indeed a tempting offer, but to sacrifice his studies for something he was uncertain of was truly something hard to decide.

”Of course, I will not joke around about this.” Cale said seriously.

Trevor studied his face briefly, but he found no clue if he was truly being truthful this time. But it was still too much to completely give up his studies and it might upset his parents. It was not the same case for Cale though since he became an orphan at a very young age and no one was there to scold him.

”I really wanted to go with you Cale, but I also don't want to disappoint my parents. I hope you understand.” Trevor said as he sighed.

Cale merely smiled and patted Trevor's shoulders before saying ”Okay brother, good luck! Don't worry, I will help you out if you ever need me.”

Trevor was touched at the gesture and replied ”Good luck to you too brother!”

The two friends bumped their fists and bade goodbye to each other.

Cale glanced at the university one last time before he walked away.

One day later, in a mountainous area in Cebu Philippines, a handsome young man was busy shoveling the ground. He has been digging for more than three hours already, but still he saw no signs of gold.

”Ding!”

Suddenly, his shovel hit something hard which made him smile widely.

”Finally! After more than three hours of digging! Haha!” he laughed like a madman which scared a few birds in the vicinity.

After digging for another thirthy minutes, he finally got a clearer view of what caused the mettalic sound earlier.

It was a mettalic door with ancient carvings. The door was rusted in its entirety, but the fact that it remained intact despite its age means that the materials used to make this door was most likely the best in the fifteenth century.

He pushed the door open and what greeted him was the sight of glittering gold coins and shiny jewelries. Even after he became the Gun Sovereign, he has not seen this huge amount of gold and jewels. He tried picking up one gold coin and froze suddenly.

- Do you wish to exchange this gold coin in The Black Market?

”What the hell is this?” He was shocked at the sudden emergence of a prompt in front of him. It was like the holographic image commonly seen in his time in the Alliance.

”How come this kind of technology is here? Wait, where in the world did this even come from? This kind of advance technology should not be present in this timeline.”

Cale studied the holographic image in front of him.

During his time in the Alliance, this kind of holographic was common, but the thing in front of him was different than the ones made by humans. This one looks more advanced in appearance. He can even wield it with just his thoughts.

'This might have been something I gained when I traveled back in time and this gold coin was what opened it.' he was even unsure of his own conjecture, but it was only the most plausible thing he could think of.

He pressed the yes button and...

- Gained 100 Black Coins

- Opening The Black Market

- Ding!

Three images appeared in front of him.

- Slaves

- Weapons

- Skills

”What the hell?” he exclaimed.