Chapter 157 – Become or not become the member? What to choose?
"…."
"You are asking if I'm willing to stay in the organization, yes?" – asked Doctor.
"Yeb. So how about it?" – asked Shadow Mask.
"…."
"Well… So far you had only showed me that the organization is "Rich", but nothing else." – said Doctor.
"What about the "Power"?". I told you before, if the organization is nothing more than a scam then I will instantly quit." – said Doctor.
"Yes, you did said that and I said that there is no need to worry about this." – said Shadow Mask.
"Our organization is more than enough powerful and we are keep getting new allies while also improving our own forces."
"…."
(He is still saying that its fine.)
(But the question is: "Is it really?")
(I mean, what the hell I did was quiet massive and they did paid me well.)
(I didn't received any legendary rarity class or something like that, but the 3 epic classes and that extremely huge amount of money will do.)
(But they must be aware of the fact that I could leave their organization later on, since it was an test and we both have the final votes.)
(Shadow Mask is offering again the place among their ranks, meaning that they are satisfied with the performance.)
(And now here comes me.)
(They have been warned that if the organization itself is nothing more than bark but no bite, then I will leave the organization instantly.)
(If so, they must be aware that any informations I would have gained from this would result in them getting in some of danger, in case of their betrayal.)
(Honestly, there could also be chance that the whole "DEFEAT THE HEAVEN AND HELL" thing is just fake and these guys just want to weaken some kingdoms and they themselves are just some "Evil Kingdom" that is trying to take over the world.)
(But well…. Shit.)
(These guys maybe have observed me in secret but fuck me! Those 3 class books are straight up perfecto for me!)
(I mean, I can straight up guess the golem make and the cursed poison user, but the third one? The necromancer? Well, it maybe be good? I mean, the chimeras I'm using are undeads.)
(But there is a question… Do they have a lot of different kind of goods? If they have variety, then it would show how much richer they are than I had through.)
(….)
"Hm…..."
"Hm…..."
"Fuck…. Give me moment." – said Doctor.
(They are rich and they straight up gave me the best possible reward that fits me 100%, with is kind of weird.)
(The only explanation I can come up with is that they had multiple different rewards and the rewards I would receive would based on how I fought.)
(Not only that, but they even decided to give me all 3 rewards options like nothing.)
(Are they just that generous? Or are they just THAT much rich to the point it didn't bothered them at all?)
(But then again, they somehow fuking managed to discover my identity as the Doctor out of a fuking blue without me even realizing that and I still don't know how they did that.)
(They are aware that I killed one of their, the necromancer who had made the [Unliving Heart], but the problem is that I straight up killed him as soon as the heart was made. He straight up had no chance of telling them about the heart having been made.)
(And there is also the fact that the Shadow Mask pointed out to my mechanical body, even though I was just Phantasia at the time.)
(It would maybe make some sense if they saw me transform from the Doctor to Phantasia, but the [Unliving Heart]? No fuking way they find out about this way.)
(The only way I can think of is X-ray, but what if it's something else?)
(I can maybe expose those bastards, but they can expose me, however me exposing them would put them in bigger danger.)
(And if that is the case, then Shadow Mask saying camply and with conviction is straight up suggesting that he doesn't have to worry about the whole betrayal.)
"…."
"Fine."
"I agree to join the organization for real this time." – said Doctor.
"But like I said before, betray me or my trust and I instantly quit."
"Heh. Don't worry." – said Shadow Mask.
"We won't." – said Shadow Mask before taking out something and handing it over to the Doctor.
"Welcome to the Purge Invaders And Free The World. Or Piafw for short."
[System Notice.]
[You have joined a secret organization P.I.A.F.W.]
[The goal of the organization is to purge any forces of the other worldly beings as well as their influence on the core world.]
[As you destroy these beings influence as well as purge their fallowers, you will receive special reward points that you can use to purchase rewards.]
[You are able to take on special quest that may provide you with special rewards.]
[You are the first ever player to discover and become the member of the P.I.A.F.W. and have been even scouted personally while also completing the test with the perfect marks.]
[You have received the title: Agent Of P.I.A.F.W.] – [Special: (Hidden)] – [Rarity: Unique]
[Increase the damage dealt to the beings that did not originated from the core world by 5%]
[Increase the natural defense against attacks made by the beings that did not originated from the core world by 5%]
[Increase EXP gain from slaying and defeating beings that did not originated from core world. Bonus: 5%]
"Here is your special badge. With this you will be able to recognize the other members of our organization." – said Shadow Mask while Doctor was holding badge with an eye symbol that was crossed with an X.
"But just hands up warning. You can only be the one using it and you cannot use it the moment you betray us. So, considering this as a warning."
[Badge Of The Purge Invaders And Free The World]
[Can be used the detection ability while in inventory but cannot use active ability.]
[Cannot drop upon death.]
[Notices you if there is another member(s) of the Purge Invaders And Free The World organization within 50 meters.]
[When item taken out, you can reveal who is the member of the organization. Affects you.]
"Huh…. Nice." – said Doctor.
"Anyway. With this you have joined our side, mister Doctor." – said Shadow Mask.
"And now I have a question for you."
"Are you willing to do another job for us?"
"…."
"Unfortunately, I have to say no for now." – said Doctor.
"The whole chaos that had happened so far ended up causing me to use a lot of my time and also made my other self be out of the picture for too long."
"If I want to keep up my cover, I need to put away the Doctor identity for some time."
"So yea… I need to spend sometime as Phantasia."
"I see…. Well, if you will want to take on the job, I will tell you how to contact us or we may end up contacting you just in case." – said Shadow Mask.
"I understand and…. Wait." - said Doctor who tried to stand up, only to stop. Stay connected via empire
"Question… Is the Rose tower, an assassination of the mages an alchemist that is part of the Emberion kingdom."
"?"
"Why are you…. Why are you asking it?" – asked confused Shadow Mask.
"Well, depending on your answer, I may possible attack that place or not. So please answer carefully." – said Shadow Mask.
"…."
"No. We did not took control of the Rose Tower." – said Shadow Mask.
"From what we know, the Emberion kingdom is a passive kingdom and it does not have any close ties to any form of the religion or anything like that."
"We have straight up zero reason to attack that place and we just left it as it is."
"...Hm… Well then, did you know that there was a massive change out of a blue few years ago? Specifically with the current tower master of the Rose Tower?" – said Doctor.
"?"
"What are you talking about?" – asked confused Shadow Mask who was also curios about what was the Doctor talking about.
"The power I wield, it was made by somebody from the Rose Tower. His name was August Davone Von Darum."
"The information I'm about to tell you came from his diary."
"According to the history, August was originally an mad alchemist that experimented on humans, but that is just made up story."
"In reality, he was an member of the Rose Tower and not only that, he was all well respected and talented on."
"He was also an candidate for the tower master position, but then out of the blue, an unknown person with no history or what so ever had made its appearance."
"His name is Darrius Deliony. The current master of the Rose Tower."
"When he first appeared in the tower, he was completely nobody who had 0 achievements or any talent. He straight up had nothing."
"However, for some unknown reason, the entire tower was praising his name without explanation and people were now saying that he will be the next tower master."
"…"
"Continue." – said Shadow Mask with now serios tone.
"Well, August began investigating that Darrius, but what he found was nothing. Like straight up nothing."
"No history. No achievements. And his skills were average at the best and straight up did not stood out in the Rose Tower."
"So this so called "True successor of the Rose Tower" who was completely unknown nobody was to become the new master of the tower according to the many."
"But this isn't all."
"One by one, each and every candidates for the tower master position were getting killed. They were murdered by everything was covered up as an accident."
"August couldn't take it anymore and reported it to the elders he knew he could trust, but when he reported the situation, he was suddenly arrested completely illegally and put in the dungeon also completely illegally."
"They beaten him up and tried to forcefully make him to admit to being the murdered behind the everything, while also saying that they found the non-existing evidence that was pointing at him."
"They didn't even wanted to make him really confess, but instead murderer him."
"They even poisoned him with some memory corroding poison that straight up made him lose his memories non stop and make them unstable."
"With little to no choice left, he escape, but he later found it was an trick."
"They let him escape and exactly the moment he escaped, he was declared as criminal and was stripped out of his title as noble while also hanging the bounty over his head everywhere and not only that, but that unknown nobody had become an tower master out of a blue as well."
"It was an set up. They wanted him to escape in order to make him look like the real criminal who tried to run away from punishment."
"With his powers he managed to escape, but the memory devouring poison was slowly killing him and he was forced to make an cure for himself, but he was unable to get materials because of his paranoia of everybody wanting to get him and possible being member of the Rose Tower."
"I don't know if it was the memory devouring poison that did that, but he ended up losing his humanity and personally, breaking down and then dying hopelessly."
"The power he had created, the class, it was supposed to be the thing that saved him. He made it, but his mind had reached his limit."
(Well, I did not mentioned that the class that straight up turned me into the Doctor is the class that was made by him.) – though Phantasia.
(I mean, why would I reveal my [Chaos Researcher] to him or his organization? Its better to just tell the story instead of handing them over the diary while also making sure that I don't mention stuff about [Chaos Researcher] ability.)
"…."
"I looked up the story and the public story is completely different."
"The entire real story of what happened as well as the origin story of the current Rose Tower master is straight up fake and made up."
"So I'm asking now fuking again."
"Is the Rose Tower as well as the Emberion kingdom under your organization control?"
"…."
"…."
"Please… Could you leave the room for the moment? I need to make a call." – said Shadow Mask.
"Sure." – said Doctor before getting up and leaving the room and then closing the sound sealing door.
"…."
*Sigh*
"What the fuck?" – said Shadow Mask as he reached out to the remote control like device and turned on TV like device.
The time went by and the Doctor waited outside the room for quiet long amount of time before then getting called back into the room by the Shadow Mask.
"I talked with the others and they also said no." – said Shadow Mask.
"We don't have any real connections to that kingdom…. And that is worrying."
"If your story is true, then we maybe be looking into something very big that is happening right beneath our noses."
"However, we cannot act openly yet and so we will look into the Roser Tower as well as the Emberion kingdom."
"But…. If the story is really "REALLY" the truth, then there is an good chance that we are dealing with those other worldly beings again, since they do like manipulating things behind the scenes and slowly taking over."
"This patter is way too similar to their and the entire story was also manipulated with is also their trade mark of faking up the entire stories to make themselves look good."
"…."
"Well then, I will head to the Emberion kingdom by the look of things?" – said Doctor suddenly while Shadow Mask was thinking.
"Eh? But didn't you said you wanted to put away the Doctor persona temporarily?" – asked bit confused Shadow Mask.
"Well, that kingdom is about crafting and magic, so it should be a good location for me to train my crafting skills while also doing some nice business."
"And I maybe be able to gain some informations if I become famous enough in that kingdom."
"And if something does happened, you can call me in case of emergency."
"…."
"You bastard. You want to curly up a favor or something?" – asked Shadow Mask while laughing.
"Something like that." – said Doctor.
"And hey."
"If those bastards are really the traitors of this world, then it would be a right if I join in the fun by helping you out in exterminating those bastards."
"Since I'm quite grateful for the August "Gift" and that could be also consider repaying him that favor."
"…."
"Heh."
"I'm starting to like you more and more." – said Shadow Mask.
[Shadow Mask favorability have increased.]
"Fine. Suit yourself."
"Oh. Don't worry. I will." – said Doctor while taking off his mask and revealing a devilish like smile.
(Next target: Emberion kingdom.)
{{End of volume 3.}}