Chapter 1: Old Living Devils

"Alex, I heard that your family managed to establish a contract with the Ancient Spear King, isn't he a Class S Constellation? Now your family has three Constellations that are so powerful. It seems that Vera City will be led by your Wilson Family," said a bespectacled young man with straight bangs to a handsome blond youth with a tall body.

He was like a basketball athlete, always amazed the women when they saw him.

Hearing the words of the young man with glasses, Alex smiled slightly.

"This is my family investment. We can't become stronger without spending more money. The skills provided by Class S Constellations are worth any price," he said.

About five years ago, the Leveling System appeared to every person on Earth whether it was a baby or a dying old man.

And the System reminded them of the changes that would occur on earth in the next five years, which was called the civilization test where if earth passed it successfully, earth would be leveled up to a Level 2 Civilization, and moved to a region where Level 2 Civilizations gathered.

In 2029, the current year, various monsters will appear all over the earth, outside its cities, and attack humans.

Humans had to kill them to level up.

At first, this came as a shock to everyone, but five years had passed, and the appointed date was almost here. People had calmed down.

They were even prepared because every city on earth was now surrounded by high walls.

As long as they were inside the city, safety was guaranteed.

In addition, the System also gave them access to communicate with the constellations.

They are the most important part for people because only through them, they can get skills that determine whether they can be stronger or not because only by leveling up, one is only physically strong without having dangerous attacking abilities.

Unfortunately, just because humans could communicate with the constellations, tying a contract with them was not that easy. It required a fee, which was paid with money from the System, called System Dollars.

Since five years ago, there had been no money on earth, replaced by System Dollars where the System gave people on earth the opportunity to exchange their money for System Dollars.

All in all, wealth plays an important role in determining the relationship with the Constellations starting from Class D.

Class D Constellations were inexpensive, but Class A or S Constellations required a lot of money to tie contracts with them, especially the latter, requiring hundreds of millions of dollars to 1 billion.

The concept of money being everything did not change even in this new era.

Of course, people could still contract constellations without relying on money later, but that was only if they were lucky enough to obtain rare items that constellations were interested in.

Clearly, the starting point is very much determined by money.

"Hahaha, your family is really great, taking risks," the bespectacled youth said once more.

He continued to praise Alex, obviously because he had a point.

Alex also understood, so he said, "everyone will benefit from our family's wealth. Each of our Constellations has many subordinates. If you are willing to join us, we guarantee you at least Constellation Class C, and Class B if you show outstanding ability."

Alex preferred to recruit his schoolmates rather than anyone else to accompany him because he knew them better.

Since it was what they wanted, they were naturally very happy.

"Sure, we'll definitely join you," said the bespectacled youth, becoming more and more excited.

He already felt very satisfied if he could get a Class C Constellation because if not, he could only afford a Class D Constellation.

"By the way, I heard that there's a boss lady in our city who offended a Class S Constellation. Because of that, even the other Constellations refused to tie up a contract with her even though she offered a high price. That woman must have been very arrogant, now she's paying the price. Her money is useless if she can't get a single Constellation." The young man with glasses continued.

As he said that, he looked at the young man sitting in the corner of the classroom.

He had a handsome face with slightly curled white hair.

His skin was pure white, which made his good looks have a beautiful impression.

Although his figure was a bit thin, he did not give the impression of weakness as only his wrists looked strong with clearly visible veins.

If Alex could charm women with his dashing figure, that young man, Oliver, made women feel comfortable just by looking at him.

Alex also looked at the young man, then smiled sarcastically.

"Don't talk too loudly, her nephew is here," he said, reprimanding the young man with glasses, but he seemed to be happy to hear his words.

How could Oliver not hear their conversation. He looked at the young man with glasses, Mateo, and Alex rather coldly.

Compared to them, he understood more of the problem.

The woman they were referring to was named Miya. His mother's sister.

She was a successful woman who started everything from scratch in this city so her story was almost like a legend, admired by many young women.

Two years ago, because both his parents had an accident, so he was transferred to this city and lived under her care.

At first, Miya was going to tie a contract with a Constellation called the Deep Sea King, a Class S Constellation that was even at the top level among Class S Constellations.

Only, the constellation had a strange request besides money.

Angry, Miya unilaterally terminated the contract that offended the constellation. seaʀᴄh thё Novёlƒire.n(e)t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Finally, he used his influence among the constellations to refuse any offers from him.

This was of course a serious problem for their family because without the constellations, when the world underwent changes, it was feared that they would suffer. After all, as a successful businesswoman, Miya had too many enemies, one of which was the Wilson Family.

How would she survive when her enemies became stronger while she did not evolve.

Oliver himself felt dizzy with this situation.

Even in this school, he knew that Alex was antagonizing him secretly.

This was not because of business, but because the woman he liked seemed to be more open towards him than he himself was.

DING!

Suddenly his cell phone placed on the table beeped so that the screen lit up.

When he saw it, Oliver knitted his brows.

It was actually a notification that he joined a tele-group.

This confused him because he didn't think he'd clicked on any group link.

Curious, he opened it, finding that there were only 10 members including him.

The name of the group was "Old Living Devils."

'Strange group,' Oliver thought.

He saw that the members, who only used profile pictures of emojis, had strange names.

Heaven Emperor!

Underworld Lord!

Eternal Ice Empress!

Queen of Life!

Phoenix!

Primordial Azure Dragon!

Slaughter Sword Emperor!

South Sea Queen!

Star Moon Emperor!

Golden Emperor!

'Is this a group of desperate neets? However, they should be excited in this new era,' Oliver thought.

Underworld Lord: (It seems we have a new member, is there anyone else still alive?)

There was a sudden new chat moments after Oliver joined.

Heaven Emperor: (No, he's not. He's just a mortal human who accidentally joined due to a system error.)

Primordial Azure Dragon: (System error, looks like the universe is in trouble again.)

Eternal Ice Empress: (Just kick him, a dirty mortal shouldn't be here.)

Underworld Lord: (Come on Empress, you're still so cold. I don't think it matters if he's here. After all, he made it in by fate.)

Golden Emperor: (I think so too.)

Oliver, "..."