The Earth After Rebirth

Kiro wasn't the type of person to let his debts go unpaid. So he walked up to Ursa, everybody was watching, surprised.

They were face to face, since she was sitting down, he lowered his head and whispered in her ear.

"If you ever pull a stunt like that again, you'll regret it for the rest of your life." With a voice so calm, so cold and dangerous.

Ursa was stunned in place, the voice sent chills down her spine. She couldn't understand how someone so low in society could exude such a strong immense pressure.

"I'm a forgiving god, so I'll let it go this time, but if you cross me again..."

Just like that he walked away, he left the rest to her imagination. She was visibly shaken, she quickly stood up and left the hall. She couldn't do much, since even Isaac abandoned her.

Everybody was curious about what he said to her. But they could only guess because wouldn't say.

"Hey, Isla—"

Isla wasn't used to her name, coming out of those lips, in that voice. She didn't hate it, but she didn't quite like it either. She liked it when he used a nickname.

"What happened to Bel?" She interrupted him.

"Thanks." He smiled, and thought about returning the kiss from that particular morning, but decided against it.

"What are friends for!"

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It had been days since the incident. He checked in on his parents every day. The game currency conversion was finally here according to his past information.

The patch would be at 2pm sharp, so they logged in for the few hours left before dinner. Breakfast and Dinner were mandatory, lunch wasn't. Kiro put his head gear on, and dived into the game.

But 2pm passed and no announcement of a patch was made. Kiro felt a ping. He felt that the walls were closing in on him.

"Playing with my damn life. F*ck!" He shouted.

It felt like it's been forever since he had a break from bad news. Every waking moment it was something else. He started to seriously consider the alternate world theory.

"What do you mean?" Hiro asked him.

"Well, nothing, I'm going out."

He decided to just go and slay monsters, maybe that'll take his mind off things. He hoped against all hopes that, this was just a slight delay.

"I can come with."

Kiro searched his face for sincerity, even though he seemed torn, it was clear to him that he wanted to stay there and hone his craft.

"It's alright man, work on your thing, I'll take Hubris with me."

Hiro wasn't exactly happy with that response, he wanted to be there for him but at the same time he wanted to craft and be useful for their group. He figured he needed the time alone anyway, so he let him go.

He reached the gates of their base, and called for Hubris, he didn't need shout and Hubris appeared before him at lightning speed.

Saanvi had done a great job healing him. He was now taller and less wimpy. He looked majestic, with little purple flames for fur.

Kiro suddenly slap both of his cheeks to wake himself up from the depressive mood. If he couldn't make money like this, he could always try the Mercenary route.

Sure guilds weren't announced yet, but he was almost certain they would be. That's where the money was, guilds were often from big organisations, helping them win guild wars would give him bank.

There were also small groups of rich people, like the kid who begged him with money back then. He could always use them too. He could even put his beasts up for rentals.

"Just live in the moment, you'll be alright." He told himself.

He entered the capital, it was as busy as always. But everything was just background noise to him, he went into the tailor shop, he wanted to go to Sun's Mountain, so he required a change of gear.

It would be a perfect place to level up, but the weather there was extreme. It was absolutely the opposite of it's name.

"What can I do for you, hero?"

"I'd like a winter cloth armour, price doesn't matter." He answered sincerely.

The price didn't matter now that it couldn't be converted, not that he'd plunder his riches. He just reckoned, honing his fighting skills was a better route right now.

"That'll be 300k coins for an Epic ranked armour."

When the tailor saw Kiro's eyes widened, he quickly explained further, "it's suitable for any condition, you can wear it wherever and it'll detect the weather and produce the right temperature for you."

"Oh, explains the price then. I'll take that."

The tailor nodded and started taking his measurements. They didn't stock up on anything, they made everything to order. Which was really good for business, as there wouldn't be wastes.

Hubris whimpered, looking at Kiro expectantly.

Turning to him he said, "you're such a pain Hubris," he then turned to the tailor, "sir, where can I buy food for beasts?"

The tailor directed him, it was on the other side of the capital. He watched the tailor work in record time, weaving fabric like it was play dough. It hadn't even been 10 minutes and he was done.

Kiro looked at his work impressed, "wow mister, this was too fast, you're sure it can handle the extremities of Sun's Mountain?"

"I'm offended you need to even ask. My work is the best in Asgard, not to blow my own horn or anything."

"Way to be modest."

He immediately equipped the armour, it also came with boots. It was obsidian, with scales, it was also kind of tight. He didn't like that, but he shrugged it off.

Ding!

[You've equipped a dragonic scale armour of the epic rank.]

Hiro had made him straps so he didn't have to carry his staff, so his staff was placed well on his back.

"This armour is too tight..."

"It's the only way it can keep you safe from extreme weather."

"Don't you at least have a robe with a hood you can throw in, for the same price?"

"That'll cost you an extra 20k."

"Not even a discount? Bad for business. I'll take one, preferably green in colour and tailor, I want it to have a hoody."

He didn't need his measurements this time, he simply started working on it. It took him around 5 minutes to finish the robe.

"What's so special about it, that it costs 20k?"

"Made from great lizardman pelt. It's also indestructible, not to say attacks won't hurt you, they just won't destroy it. You can be burnt into cinder, while it would come out unscathed."

"Holy sh*t that's useless to me. But I'll take it."

It was a pity Hubris wasn't big enough to be mounted. So he had to walk to get him food. He bought 10ks worth, for himself too.