2385 Ban lifted
Neither Sam nor Trike are actually in mood to deal with that old man.
It is not really in Sam's interest to deal with this old man. He might be a good enough to trigger to cause a mess if played well. However, he is nowhere near big enough to keep Sam's consistent interest. As for Trike, he knew that this man couldn't get out of the Duat region.
Not without Trike's explicit instructions. So, he will let the rat worry about its life for a while before dealing with it.
The next day, Sam just finished the last negotiation. This time, he didn't want to fight. After all, there is no purpose to it. But he has to fight to keep up the appearances. He finish the fight quickly and finished the contract.
He didn't even wait for long. He just left the Duat region as soon as the contract is signed.
When he came back to the Olympian region, that first thing he did is to go and meet Ling Tian to confirm when the ban would be lifted.
"I was about to contact you. We are not aware of the exact date, but there is a good chance it will be lifted soon." Ling Tian replied with a sigh.
"Why are you so distressed?"
"The information on the ban is being restricted to me. The other gods are making a fuss. Because of your over handed methods, too many external gods are involved in the game. They are keeping a close eye and most of them are hostile to you.
They are slightly aiding the gods in the game that are against you and the current result of that situation is that my information is being restricted. Because the know that I am helping you."
Sam just shrugged.
"Will you even know about it the day before?"
"I hope I will. But from the looks of it, I might not.
Why are you asking? Are you finally nervous?" n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
"A little bit." Sam just replied casually. Looking at his lax behavior, Ling Tian had a bad feeling.
"You are planning something, aren't you?"
"Can't say it now, can I?" Sam left after that.
He just kept working on his future plans, when he received some news that he was waiting on. The news of one of the players breaking through to the second grade. Surprisingly, it was Kumar who reached it first.
Sam guessed it would be Dayus.
After a couple of days, he got the message that Arkiv has broken through. Then Noah and then Dayus. Donner and Akhil are actually last, on the same day.
Just like that, within a week they all broke through. This also attracted a bit of attention in the respective regions. Even though these candidates didn't do much in the first grade, and stayed silent mostly for the freshman competition, they did stir some chaos in their own ways.
They didn't participate in official challenges, but they did beat the crap out of the other first graders in their respective academies in the duels and became the unofficial overloads of the first graders.
They did consider the possibility of transference token and they even made arrangements for that.
They are all using a special artefact to identify the possible destination of the transference. However, their device acted like a dud. They couldn't find a way.
"Fucking amateurs"
Sam muttered as he started checking the limited surveillance he had. The bird puppets are truly goners. There is no way to use them anymore. But he did set up some secret surveillance spots and he definitely has everything around the hub covered.
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Sam muttered as he started checking the limited surveillance he had. The bird puppets are truly goners. There is no way to use them anymore. But he did set up some secret surveillance spots and he definitely has everything around the hub covered.
He also started checking up on the hubs in the other regions. No one had made an immediate move. They are not trying to destroy it. At least not yet.
Even there, only students moved. None of the elders and senior instructors came out. Sam didn't expect this.
He thought the elders would be swarming out. It is one thing that the elders of the Olympian academy didn't come out. After all, Ling Tian is still here. All Olympian academy people always shiver in front of Theron, and Ling Tian rag-dolled that guy.
There is no way, they would dare to make a move. They might have called for allies and must be waiting for them to come and make a move.
He even prepared some fire works for the grand occasion. But no one made a move. All the elders are holed up.
He took out his communication device and contacted Ling Tian. But it didn't go through. That guy turned off the communication device.
Sam waited and waited. The students from other areas started coming over.
People related to the people Sam killed in the tournament all are coming, but no one at the elder level came.
This made him feel frustrated.
The only relieving situation is that the Gambler academy's students didn't leave these guys alone. Fights started everywhere. The fourth graders in particular, Dove led them and beat the other fourth graders black and blue.
Rashma as well, just randomly walked around and picked a fight with any second grader that she could lay her hands on.
Just from the looks, Sam clearly understood what is happening.
It is a display of solidarity. The Gambler academy is tell him that they are standing with him. It is not that they are not hostile anymore. Its just that they managed to find some reconciliation.
After feeling a bit exhausted, Sam decided that since they are not coming, he will welcome them himself.
He tapped a few buttons here and there and changed the formations of the hub a bit.
All the hubs across the realms also started changing. Light beams shot into the sky, attracting everyone's attention. Even the fights in the Olympian region stopped.
The light beams changed and conjured together into a humanoid figure almost everyone is familiar with.