The Gene Gamer

[Tier 1 Mage class advancement quest (common rank)

Description: The class advancement quest for Tier 1 Mage. Please complete the following and hand it to the staff in order to get the Tier 1 Mage class advancement token. 

-Kill 7 Black Horned Goblins and retrieve their horns: Completed

-Pick up ten windlight grass: Completed

-Kill 3 Wind Tailed Serpents and retrieve their tails: Completed

Time limit: 1 week

Penalty: None]

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After killing the mutated Wind Tailed Serpent, he went and killed another serpent, and while at it, he even destroyed an entire group of Black horned goblins. It was an easy task for him since he had already collected all the necessary information beforehand.

Naturally, when he had obtained the materials, it appeared 'Completed' in the quest tab.

It indicated that he had obtained or had these items on him. Now that he had fulfilled every requirement of the quest, the only thing left for him to do was submitting the materials to the Mage Tower; so he could get the mage class token.

"Here is your Tier 1 Normal Mage Class Token" 

The NPC's voice came, indicating that he had completed the quest and was receiving the reward. 

[You have acquired Normal Mage Class Token (Tier 1): 1x]

The quest reward came immediately when the NPC notified him. 

Since it was in his inventory, he opened it, and just as he thought, there was a gray-colored round stone that kind of looked like a coin.

Even though it was made out of stone, its surface was smooth and felt firm to the touch. Not only that, but it also had a set of inscribing that Cylius could feel a sense of order and energy.

[Would you like to activate the Mage Token (Tier 1)? Y/N]

When he touched the stone, the system notification came up, asking him whether he would like to activate the token and advance to Tier 1.

"Yes" since it wouldn't have any special effect after being activated, he chose yes. 

And immediately afterward, he felt a mysterious kind of force entering his body from the token. 

No, it would be better to say that the token was acting as a medium for him and another force, and that force was channeling energy into him. 

And right now, he was seeing this force himself. He was seeing a giant sphere-shaped thing that he couldn't see the limits of, radiating an endless, rather, infinite amount of energy. And from the energy being within it, only a tiny portion of it was being transmitted into him. 

Other people might have sensed a sense of majesty and holiness with even the vilest figures of the world feeling reverence towards it. But, he was feeling something different. Rather than reverence, he felt greed. 

Greed that came from the notion of one day swallowing this strange sphere to ascend to the heavens. 

Along with that greed came along a train of thoughts. 

'I can't do that right now' this was the first thought. A realistic thought that prevented him from acting on any impulses. 

It was prioritizing the long-term benefits instead of short term. 

'This ball has no owners and neither any sentience' then came the second thought. Rather than a thought, it was a deduction. 

A deduction that came from observing its behavior through his perception. It was a deduction that allowed the existence of further plans and the probability to succeed.

'However, it has a protection system that is preventing me from accessing more energy' this was a fact—a fact Cylius learned when he tried to access more power. 

'But this protection will grow less and less the more I advance to the next realm. So in conclusion, I could wait until I grow stronger, about Tier 5, before I take any action towards this energy.'

...

Within the crowd of players that were busy attending to their matters, Cylius stood there without moving. 

Occasionally, there were some bumps, but neither Cylius nor the person paid any attention to it. The person would continue attending to their affairs while Cylius would still stay the same, standing. 

Until one occurrence, where a particular man had bumped into him, it was at this moment that Cylius raised his head and looked towards the guy. 

This man had a gigantic body. Cylius' chest was only near the other person's chest. Cylius had to look up in order to look at his face. 

Others would've ignored him and continued on their way, but this time, this man seemed to want to say something to him. 

"Watch your way, else you get knocked over" His fearsome scarred face looked towards the hood of Cylius, seemingly as if to beat him up if he didn't reply. 

Cylius didn't do anything in reply. 

He just smiled creepily, which his smile almost reached from his ear to ear, showing his white set of teeth that had a rather jagged, sharp shape to it. 

Then, he left quietly, not paying any attention to the man. 

The man, although he had that kind of face that seemed like he would beat anyone if they bumped into him, he didn't truly have that kind of intention. His face was just scary, and the words he said were kind of like a suggestion to Cylius so he could avoid hurting later. 

He was named Silver Fairy, a popular member of the second-rate guild 'Golden Sparrow' that was almost entirely made out of melee fighters. 

The guild was a powerful guild that even first-rate guilds feared. 

This man, he was sure he almost scared the other person, yet he could do nothing about it. He was awkward at interacting with others due to his scary face and bearing. 

So he was almost sure that he had somehow scared this passerby when he suddenly felt strange. It felt as if the man was... smiling at him? 

It was impossible to know that because robes completely covered one's face. However, he just felt that. 

It didn't feel anything other than strange, yet it did leave an impression upon him.