106 Tempted!
"Duuuuuuum"
Zeras landed on the ground, head first, as he coughed up blood in anger and disbelief, his face rapidly changing color from white to red, then to green before a devilish howl rang throughout the Humban Forest.
"Curse You Damn System!!!" Right in front of Zera's eyes was a notification:
[Main Quest Activated: Save The Amazonian Princess and take her back to the EIA base on the Planet.]
"To save the princess, what the fuck? Do you think I'm some kind of hero with no damn job to do?" Zeras said as he clenched his teeth furiously but he stood there dumbly at the set of other notifications that appeared:
[Rewards:
i. An increase from 30 to 50% Fusion with the Chaos Devourer Genome to the Host's Human Genome.
ii. +2 Level Up Card.
iii +3 Ability Upgrade Card.
iv Awaken a Class Authority.]
Zeras stood there numbed looking at the notification as he couldn't help but swallow a little and all the anger in his mind suddenly cleared away.
"I..Um..I..." Another Notification panel.
[Punishment: Your Cultivation will regress to the Early Star rank stage.]
"What the!!!!???, Regress my cultivation!! You shitty piece of trash, do you know how hard I suffered before arriving at this cultivation stage? And you want me to start all over again?" Zeras asked in rage looking at the panel.
This was the first time the system would be giving him so much reward, yet also the first time, he was told the punishment.
"Well, to...Um...avoid getting my cultivation regressed, then I'll try fulfilling the quest. Heck, if not because of the punishment, I definitely would not complete the quest. Yes, yes, that's the only reason why I would be completing the quest..." Zeras said out loud, as for who he was trying to convince, only the devil knows.
In the middle of the Humban Forest, an Humban could be seen dressed in an EIA uniform, exactly 2 meters in height, with blue scales lining his body while four muscular arms could be seen as it repeatedly swiped them around in the air.
Zeras couldn't help but take glances at the figure he just morphed into as he gave a nod to himself.
Now that he had successfully disguised himself and he was using the image of a random Humban who had died in the war. It would become hard for him to be easily noticed.
Zeras took off his EIA uniform as he was well aware through the footage that the Humbans are not a fan of shirts, besides his four arms just made them look ridiculous.
Looking at the four arms, it was incredibly hard to control all four at the same time as he wasn't used to four arms but that was something he'll be learning later.
Now that he was disguised as a Humban, he could proceed to the next step of his plan which was moving into the Humban settlement and experiencing life as an Humban.
"Ah, this would be another crazy adventure..." Zeras said to himself, his heart beating in his chest as he headed out of the forest, and not far away he could already see the lights hundreds of kilometers away.
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Two humanoid shadows could be seen on one of the roofs of a Humban home.
The figures blended into the surrounding darkness as a dark robe completely covered their body making their true form and features indistinguishable...
"I honestly think this is a waste of time..." A very husky voice sounded out from one of the two figures as they both looked into the distance where the Humban Forest could be seen.
"You're not the only one, but Arroyo's guts have never been wrong, that is something we all knew well. If he had a hunch Zeras would truly leave the rest then there was a good chance he could be right, anyway it's just for the night, we can, waste that much time..." The other voice replied as they both quieted down and kept watch, until suddenly, a figure emerged from the forest as their eyes narrowed.
"Hmmm, a Humban in the forest... I thought it was an Off-limits area..." The husky voice rang out as they looked at the Humban who was coming out of the forest and quickly moving towards the settlement.
"The Humbans have been known to be very primitive. Probably another one going to ease himself out. Don't let that distract us, we have to make sure if Zeras truly exited, it doesn't escape our vision..." The second voice said as they kept watch over the forest while the Humban who came out of the forest quickly disappeared among the settlements.
Ready for another wild adventure? Me too.
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