Chapter 42：Bargaining

Adrian woke up early in the morning and massaged his legs and tried to move his legs. He did this every morning and has found little but stacking success. At first he could only twitch his legs but now he could move his legs a little bit though not much that he could walk by himself. Today was his follow up check up and his parents would drive him to the doctor's today but today was also the day he would tell his parents of his plans. Since he was going to have breakfast with them anyway, he would tell them his grand plan(not really...the plan was just telling them to lift the 8 hour ban so that he could access the game for 12 hours everyday). Due to the health issues and time aberration of the game, the world health experts gave a strict warning to only allow access to a game a maximum of 12 hours a day. Although Atlas Inc. argued that 15 hours would still be fine for the average user, the health experts have stood their stance because that was the average for the past virtual reality games that was made and Pandemonium is no exception. Atlas Inc. conceded to the rule so that they could launch Pandemonium and even with the log in time restriction, Pandemonium still thrived.

Adrian hopped in his hovering wheelchair and floated towards the dining area. He really thanked the one who invented this special wheelchair and decided to price it in an affordable price. When Adrian arrive in the table, the table was already full of breakfast food and rice. Rice is life which is Adrian's motto. The family started eating and was well on enjoying the food when Adrian started the conversation.

" Dad, you are looking very dashing today." Adrian said with a serious poker face while looking at his dad and because of what he said his dad abruptly stared at Adrian. Adrian looked at his mother with the same poker face and spoke.

"Mom, you are very beautiful today."

When Adrian said those words both his parents stared at him and they were not able to take another bite while Adrian showed a bright smile. Both his parents put down their eating utensils and spoke at the same time.

" No"

" But I haven't even told you what it is yet" Adrian protested.

" If its about money definitely no and if its about something else it is still no." His mom said.

"Wow, she is like a psychic. Scary." Adrian thought.

Adrian then told them his plan.

" I was just thinking maybe you could lift my gaming hour limitation." Adrian said with puppy dog eyes.

"We are listening" Both his parents exclaimed.

" I was wondering if you could let me play the game for the maximum hours that can be played and in exchange I would pay for the game pod expenses. Please." Adrian said with a large smile.

His parents looked at each other and they may have reached an agreement through eye language. Hid dad was the one who spoke first.

"We will hear what the doctor's opinion is first before we will make a decision" His dad assured. After breakfast they departed for the clinic.

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In what could be called a city in Pandemonium, various guild leaders of different factions have all met. Inside a secret room in a pub where no other people could have access unless they spoke a special password, there stood three guild leaders of different factions and their respective vice guild leaders gathered to talk about certain issues. These three top guilds have been present in other games and even now they dominate boundless because their core group members are what you could call professional gamers.

The first guild master is a woman who chose an elf as a starting race. She has green hair and emerald eyes. She was very beautiful and is also know as a cold beauty because she does not show much emotion to other people even in broadcasts about the expeditions about their guild. She is the guild master for the guild Evergreen, Anastacia. She is wearing priest robes that are white with gold embroidery and a design of Yggdrasil of the tree of life. She is currently an Oracle in the Church of Life. An oracle is one of the second job advancement paths for a priest that is difficult to obtain because oracles must hear the voice of the god they serve to become one. Beside her is one of her vice guild masters, Mariposa the Insectomancer. She also chose the elf race but her hair is brown in color and her eye color is blue. She is wearing a kimono that has the aesthetic of a butterfly wings and has a hairpin that has a gorgeous butterfly adorning it.

The second guild master is a man that could be said to be in his 30's and has bulging muscles. He has red hair and brown eyes and has this aura that tells you to back off. He is the guild master for Infernum, Siegfried. His class is said to be Great Swordsman which is a variation of the 2nd class Swordsman for the warrior character because they deal with heavy weapons and heavy armor. He is wearing red colored heavy armor that probably undergo a visual change by paying a few amount of gold coins. His personality is more of a muscle head with great charisma. Beside him is the brain of the Infernum guild, the vice guild master Faust. He has grayish silver hair and is wearing a monocle. He has black eyes that feels as if his gaze pierces through your soul. He is wearing red robes indicating that he is a Pyromancer. A mage second job class advancement that mainly focuses on fire magic.

The third guild master is a man in his early twenties and has looks that could rival a model. He has azure hair and bright golden eyes and a chiseled jaw with a body that could be said as sculpted by God himself. His name is Ain. He wore a blue martial artists outfit like that of an anime character that was sleeveless so his well toned arms can be seen. He also has bandages wrapping his hands which is the indicator for a martial artist class a second job advancement for the warrior and has the motto of ' The body itself is a weapon'. Beside him is his vice guild leader who is a woman with big body proportions appropriate for a woman. She has black hair and a mole near her lower lip on the left side. She has a jolly elder sister personality and her eyes are in crescents but she occasionally opens them to reveal her brown eyes. Her name is Aisha. She is wearing light armor and is famed for being a Hunter which is a second job advancement for the Ranger class and is famed for the use of traps with the use of archery and a shortsword. The two are the higher ups of the guild Valor.

They were here to discuss the thing about the player who acquired a unique class. According to the spies they have planted, the three guilds have not recruited the player mentioned in the news and world message.

Siegfried then abruptly spoke in a powerful tone " Let's not pretend we do not know why we are here, I would just say that whoever finds the player of the world message will have the rights to recruit him first."

Anastacia then anwered " I agree with what the Infernum guild master said. It must be first come first serve and that the guild who finds him first must not bother the recruit for two days after speaking to one guild."

" Confident as always Evergreen guild master. As if you would find the player in question first." rebutted Ain. Anastacia just scoffed at what Ain said and spoke no more. Faust then spoke his suggestion.

"What about whoever finds the player first would have speaking rights first without any plots to discredit the first guild who finds the player and the rest would have a chance to speak to the player after a day" Faust suggested.

The guildmasters all nodded the suggestion of Faust. Aisha then interjected.

"What would happen if the player turned down our offers?"

Siegfried then spoke that he would accept the player's decision and not bother the player. The guild master for Evergreen and Valor also shared the same sentiment as the Infernum's guild master. It was not good to pressure a person who did not want to be in an organization. They also agreed that if they find the player they would only share it in their social circle and not anywhere else. Who knows if a top guild candidate might suddenly snatch the player but they are not still worried because they are pro's after all. Meanwhile the player in question is not even logged in into the game but instead is headed to his doctor's appointment.