Chapter 14

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation

Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

The first thing David did when he got home was to check the information on the tracked vehicle.

When he opened the information sent by Officer Bob, David couldn’t help but thank him for his effort. He felt that Officer Bob was very reliable. 

The information displayed on David’s identity bracelet included the owner, the manufacturing year, the purchase history, and even the repairs done on the vehicle, as well as the traffic violations committed within the last two years. 

It was also followed by information about the driver of the car and the stalker today, including his photo, name, address, employment information, and so on.

However, most of the information was of little help to David, since it was actually illegal. David was not part of the police system and in terms of social authority, he was underage, which was equivalent to nothing. Also, information regarding the privacy of citizens was absolutely prohibited from being known to non-officials.

Still, David definitely owed Officer Bob a favor, now that he had given up confidential information to David.

As a civil servant who had worked for twenty years in the police system, Officer Bob knew how to maximize his benefits. The same went for favors. 

The owner of the vehicle that had been tailgating him was the same man as the stalker. His name was Amos, the head of security at the Strat Hotel.

“The Strat Hotel!” David mumbled under his breath.

That hotel was rather famous in Pelan City, one of the best ones there too. 

Those who were able to open a hotel in Pelan City were not simple people. To keep the hotel running, one would need a massive amount of ingredients, among which were the strengthened meat of bugs and some parts of the beasts that were edible. They were necessary raw materials for a large-scale hotel.

Obtaining them would require strong connections with forces that were permitted to go out to hunt, and one of the members of those forces had to be an official armorer. In fact, hunters were present in many hotels. They formed the potential foundation of the hotels. Hence, very few people dared to underestimate the owners of hotels. 

Why had Amos, the head of security at the Strat Hotel, decided to tail him? Could it be that someone from the Strat Hotel was among those who wanted to harm him?

The more David thought about it, the more worried he became. A few days ago, he was just an ordinary man. Yet, not only was he in this dangerous world now, but he was also facing unknown dangers and the threat of being murdered. 

However, he quickly suppressed his qualms and worries. 

“I want to survive in this world!” he exclaimed, declaring the first goal he made since arriving here.

After arriving in this world, the privileged conditions that David’s predecessor enjoyed made him feel elated. He lived in an independent villa-style residence, owned a nice car, had a stable income, and had family members who cared about him, all of which gave him the desire to continue living.

Even after learning about the abilities of the Shadow Servant, he still only had one thought in mind: saving himself. 

At that time, he had thought that Trainer Jeremy was the only one who wanted to harm him and that he could just stay away from him. 

Now that an unknown enemy had emerged, there was a greater sense of urgency, forcing him to develop his own goal, which was to become strong enough to protect himself.

David opened the other file that Officer Bob had sent him, this one regarding the mercenary Abbott. He discovered that the file containing Abbott’s information was a crime compendium.

Abbott belonged to the Sky Wolf Mercenary Corps, who not only carried out mercenary missions but also made guest appearances as robbers from time to time. Among the Sky Wolf Mercenary Corps, Abbott was the member who had killed the most people. 

Not long ago, the Sky Wolf Mercenary Corps hijacked and robbed a Star Cruise ship. During the process, Abbott killed a number of guests who resisted handing over their assets. 

Among those victims were two bodyguards and the collateral relative of the protected Decker Consortium sidekick. That was the reason for the huge reward.

David also read the content regarding Abbott’s strength, which concerned him the most. He learned that Abbott was an excellent Sniper Armorer, and his competency in sniping could not be undermined by his ruthless and murderous traits. 

That would explain the origin of the Sniper (20% Intermediate) Knowledge Orb, which came after Abbott’s death.

Based on the accounts of the family members of the victims at the police station, coupled with the information on Abbott, David was certain that the Knowledge Orb was inhaled by the Shadow Servant after the death of the victims of the explosion. 

However, there were numerous casualties at the time, but only fifteen Knowledge Orbs. Even if only one Knowledge Orb resulted from each casualty, there should definitely be more than fifteen of them. 

It suddenly occurred to him that the Knowledge Orbs were all reddish in color. In other words, at least entry-level knowledge was needed to form Knowledge Light Spheres that were to be inhaled by the Shadow Servant.

All of those were his conclusions, which he needed to test at the closest opportunity. However, such an opportunity was rare and would only come by chance. The only thing he could do was wait.

What he had to do now was fuse the Knowledge Orbs in the Shadow Servant’s body and increase his own abilities in order to pass the college entrance exam, which was an important milestone in his life. It was the ladder that would allow him to climb high and reach a better future. 

“Emma, activate all security systems!” As soon as David had read all information given to him by Officer Bob, he issued an order to Emma.

Under normal circumstances, those security systems wouldn’t be fully activated, as that would be inconvenient to David himself. Besides, the security alarms were so sensitive that even the slightest movement could set them off. It would constantly bother David. 

However, he would rather go through that extra hassle than risk his own life. 

With that command, all the sensors inside and outside the entire residence were switched on. The robot butler used 50% of her computing power to calculate and analyze all the information from the sensors.

Deep within his heart, David was rather grateful towards his deceased mother, Cathy, whose insecurity had resulted in the installation of the security systems, which were far beyond those of standard residences.

The security system gave him an extra sense of protection. He headed to his study, took a seat on a chair in front of his desk, and turned on the optical computer, a virtual screen appearing on his desk.

Although he had reached the 69% Beginner level in Literature, that only existed in his memory. He had to verify his current level of knowledge in order to draw comparisons and gauge what that 69% Beginner level was like. 

He opened a Literature mock test paper in the optical computer and set a timer before beginning to attempt the test.

That paper was the Literature paper for the college entrance examination a few years back, but David didn’t find it to be too difficult. He could easily answer most of the questions with the knowledge he had.

It only took him an hour and a half to answer all of the questions, which was 30 minutes less than the usual time he used to take.

He switched on the automatic marking function and used it to grade the mock test, allowing the optical computer to determine the results in an instant.

Soon, he saw his score was 125 points out of a total of 150, which meant that he had made quite a few mistakes. 

However, when compared to David’s schoolmates, his score of 125 points would definitely allow him to be in one of the top five places. 

Before this, his grades for literature were lower than the average of his classmates. He would be considered lucky to score even 90 points. 

Judging that score, and given his current 69% Beginner progress level, he reckoned that if he reached the 100% level, he should be able to achieve grades that would be good enough to place him in the top places in the class or even the entire school.

In other words, the beginner level was the pinnacle that most ordinary high school students could reach. Those who reached the intermediate level could be considered geniuses.

According to the Knowledge Orb that the Shadow Servant had, it would not be a problem for him to reach the intermediate level in literature and mathematics. For general knowledge, he could only reach the beginner level at most. He wondered if those results would allow him to be admitted into Nan University. 

Compared to that knowledge, David decided to place more emphasis on Bodywork, Heavy-axe Master, and Sniping.

Although he could not reach the intermediate level for Bodywork even if he were to absorb all the Knowledge Orbs, he now had a different understanding of the subject itself. At least, he had the potential of becoming a genius in that aspect. 

With the addition of those two Bodywork Knowledge Orbs, he was confident that he could reach the intermediate level through his own efforts.

The Heavy-axe Mastery (33% Beginner) Knowledge Orb was the best choice for replacing his Longsword Mastery (5% Beginner). He could not understand why his predecessor chose the Longsword instead of the Heavy-axe. David himself thought that longswords were a bit too fancy and lacked substance. The school often encouraged students to master heavy weapons as much as they could, as that would help them become armorers.

At the end of the day, the opponents of armorers were mostly bugs, which could only be dealt with using heavy weapons.