After following the female boss for about half an hour, we finally reached the place. It was a wide open space that was surrounded by a shining gold wall made of light. Right outside, a small encampment was stationed with a few guards rushing here and there.
“Over here, follow me closely.”
The female boss quickly said as she entered the largest tent. Even before entering, I could feel all the hair on my arms standing on end. The pressure was something else, it was comparable to Fatima’s intimidation.
With a nervous gulp, I quickly swiped the drape over the tent and quickly froze on the spot. Four pairs of intense gazes quickly landed on me. I felt like a frog being stared at by predators. ．
“Ah, you’re Will, right? I remember you.”
God Zeshion, who was in the middle of the tent sitting in a lotus position, quickly acknowledged me. With just his words, the tension in the air quickly lowered several levels.
“So, I read your letter. Is it true? About how you know how to activate the taming system?”
A glint appeared in God Zeshion’s eyes. Although he was as friendly as always, it seems that concerning the taming system, he becomes more serious. However, before I answered his inquiry, I scanned the faces inside the tent.
“Ah, don’t worry. Everyone here is worthy of trust. What you fear wouldn’t happen.”
As if seeing through my inner turmoil, God Zeshion quickly waved his hand with a smile. The five people inside the tent were all the top brass that were similarly present during the awarding of prizes. They were all persons with a high position within the city.
“If that’s what you say, then I’ll place my trust in them too.”
I sighed in resignation. Even if I doubt them, as long as God Zeshion says that he trusted in them, I couldn’t just force them out of the tent.
“Yes, I can activate the taming system.”
I plainly replied to his question.
“And I actually came here today to pass on that right to you, whom I deem worthy of trust.”
After my taming system was activated, Fatima explained that the administrators could give similar rights to at most one person. Luckily, Fatima didn’t have the luxury to pass her administrator privilege yet before being sealed there, so I was the one to whom she passed it. Furthermore, those who have administrator privileges could activate an infinite number of normal taming systems.
After glaring straight into my eyes, God Zeshion then sighed before giving a wry smile.
“I actually thought that nobody would be able to have an activated system anymore after that tragedy. Looks like you are loved by fate.”
After nodding his head in the realization of something, he then smiled brightly before saying, “Okay! I can’t move from this position, so just do your thing!”
“Then excuse me…”
I said as I knelt before God Zeshion who was still in a lotus position. Then, I neared my face to his. Gasps could be heard from all six who were watching the scene, probably thinking something inappropriate.
When our noses were about to touch, I placed my forehead on top of his. Although it was awkward doing this to a guy, I can’t help it since this is the only method I knew.
[System Message: You are about to use your Administrator Assignment rights. Detected the acceptance of the other party. Initiating unlocking… Done. Activating features… 19 out of 20 succeeded. Error. Insufficient authority.]
After the system finished its job, I quickly drew back and took a few steps away. I coughed lightly to erase the awkward atmosphere that remained around the tent. For some reason, the two female bosses were glaring right at my face. Ember and Fang were even looking at me with weird expressions.
“With this, you now have Administrator privileges too. Thank you for your cooperation, God Zeshion.”
God Zeshion slowly opened his eyes, and a yellow spark flew from it. He then stared at his right palm and opened and closed it. When he closed it for the third time, a bright golden light enveloped his whole body. It was a familiar scene, which was the activation of the Heavenly System’s Halo.
However, unlike when I was using it, the golden light exuded a powerful blast of energy sending all the small things around the tent flying.
“This is great. All the injuries within my body disappeared in an instant!”
Compared to earlier, the air around God Zeshion definitely got more intimidating. His power probably increased by a significant amount just from activating the taming system.
“Will, you have my thanks. I’ll be offering you a proper reward for this later!”
After saying that, he clapped his hands. Along with the echoes, the sound of glass shattering could be heard loudly from outside the tent. There, the golden light barrier was pushing back, trying to tighten the encirclement. Something invisible that was fighting against the light wall was shattering powerlessly as it continued to shrink.
“Hahaha! With this, those prisoners would have nowhere to run! That person’s barrier couldn’t hold on against God Zeshion’s power now!”
The old man, who was the one who gave us the rewards after the newbie tournament, laughed loudly as he stared towards the slowly shrinking wall of light. However, it seems that his celebration came too early.
*BOOOM!!!*
An explosion resounded. However, it wasn’t from inside the barrier. The sound came from the city area. I quickly checked outside and was shocked. There were four places with black smoke rising from them.
“The city is under attack?!”
The stern lady boss shouted in anger. After she ran out of the tent, she quickly called upon her tamed beast. In an instant, through a crack in space, a fiery hand took her up before vanishing. That was surely the 9th-stage King of Hell’s Bastion, a special monster that was said to have the ability to take others’ lives by just looking at it.
“I’ll come with you too.”
The hunk-looking one beside God Zeshion quickly followed, summoning his tamed monster, a humanoid 9th-stage Queen of Heavenly Ice Palace. As soon as she appeared, the temperature around the place dropped a few degrees instantly.
God Zeshion, who was still stuck sitting in a lotus position, gritted his teeth in chagrin. “If only I could call my companions for help…!”