Chapter 9: Virtual Zone

Chapter 9: Virtual Zone

Adam sat at the table while Silvana brought four glasses filled with different liquids - water, juice, coffee, and tea. The glasses were equally spaced apart like a self-respecting perfectionist.

"Mr. Adam, I didn't know what you preferred, so I prepared everything I had at once." Silvana said seriously, bowing slightly.

She stood in front of the table though he sat and just waited for him to make his choice.

'Damn... Douglas was right when he said that Silvana is tough on the chain of command. Well, I don't mind, let her do what she wants, but... something needs to be fixed.'

Adam nodded, "Thanks, but I'm not thirsty, I prefer soda."

"Understood. Mr. Adam, next time I won't make the same mistake." Silvana instantly replied.

"Agh... Silvana, sticking to the subordination is your choice, but since this is about me after all, I want you to just call me by my first name. The rest is fine with me." Adam waved his hand, taking a glass of water.

Silvana bowed, "I can comply with that request."

"Fine, I want to go home, but before I do... Do you have any options on how I could get stronger? Maybe training or some kind of mission. As an Operator, can you help me with that?" Adam asked, leaving the half-empty glass on the table.

Silvana nodded.

"I thought of it as soon as Mr. Douglas informed me of you. I was hoping you'd ask, and it turned out to be for good reason." Silvana uttered before pulling out the tablet and clicking a few times.

"I've already selected five suitable missions for the first time. All of them are available for completion within this week. All have Level One difficulty." Silvana placed the tablet on the table, and five holographic images appeared with all the information about the missions - time, task, number of monsters, approximate location, reward, and more.

"Hmm?" Adam tilted his head, "Silvana, what does this mean?"

[Get Fangs of Fire Wolves - White Threat Level, V1.]

"It's a classification of the difficulty level of the quest. It's pretty simple, let me explain it to you. V1 means that you will only encounter monsters of the specified threat level on the mission. That is, if there are 10 Fire Wolves, they will all be of White Threat Level." Silvana calmly said while raising a finger.

"I see... In that case, you need green threat level genes, don't you?" Silvana asked protractedly.

Adam didn't answer, as he needed to check it out. His eyes flashed brightly and his mind drifted to the Evolution Tree.

The artifact was floating, surrounded by thunderclouds just like before.

[False Orb (First Rarity Level.)

First Trait - Lightning Reflexes.

Second Trait - ??? (Requires 10 of any green threat level genes.)]

"10 genes of green threat level." Adam replied.

Silvana nodded, "In that case, I think we should start with a few V1 missions, then move on to V2 to build up the required number of genes over time. I can reserve a mission for tomorrow. Morning or evening?"

"Hold on." Adam raised his hand, "First I want to rest and meet my family, but I don't mind at all spending tomorrow training. Any suggestions?"

"Oh, forgive my haste. I didn't think of you at all." Silvana quickly apologized, bowing slightly.

Then, she picked up the tablet and said, "There are two options. You can always fight in the arena with a suitable opponent, but in my opinion, that's quite inefficient. We're fighting against monsters, not humans, so a virtual zone would be the best option!"

"A virtual zone...?" Adam muttered. It was the first time he had heard of something like that.

Silvana nodded.

"I can create any zone for you, as well as any monsters that are in the database. It's especially useful before a mission where you'll have to fight the same monsters."

"Hah, consider me ready! Let's do it tomorrow morning!" Adam exclaimed excitedly.

"Sure, as you wish." Silvana calmly replied, but even she couldn't hold back her slight smile that appeared for a moment.