"Mom, has Brother Kael gone crazy in that short time?" Liora asked with a worried expression, tugging Laura's clothes repeatedly.
Laura naturally was also worried, as she thought that his son had gone crazy for real this time.
"Son, are you okay? Is there something wrong?" Laura asked worriedly.
"We don't need to live in fancy places like this. Besides, our home is still fine. Let's just go back," she added with a bitter smile, assuming her son had failed to secure rooms for them.
When Kael, a few meters away, stopped acting childishly, he stared back at them. "What are you thinking? Come inside, this is our new home."
Kael turned back and raised his hand, then walked forward, heading to the apartment.
When he noticed that no one followed him, he looked back and shouted in annoyance. "Come on, let's go. What are you waiting for!"
"Son, it's all right. We can return to our own house; it's far more comfortable than a place like this," Julian said gently, eyeing Kael's disheveled state.
"What are you talking about?!" Kael frowned, looking at his father seriously this time.
"I mean, it's okay to fail. People don't always succeed," Julian replied, trying to encourage him.
Kael's frown deepened for a second, then he asked with a mocking smile. "Don't tell me that you guys think I've gone crazy because I failed in getting some room for us?"
"HAHAHAHAHA!" Kael laughed loudly as he put his palm on his forehead.
"You all underestimate me!" he said, then added, "Not only did I succeed, I'm now landlord of the Celestine Apartment."
Kael laughed happily for a few seconds before looking at the others with a serious expression. "Alright, let's stop the prank and move right away."
As Kael walked forward for a while, he still hadn't sensed someone was following him.
"Damn, actually?!" Kael was speechless and looked at them in anger.
"Fenric, go ask Selene Aurelius if this Celestine Apartment is mine or not!" he ordered, grinding his teeth. "I'll give you a room afterward."
"This…" Fenric hesitated for a second before suddenly going toward the apartment when he noticed the killing intent emitted from Kael as he placed his hand on the sword.
A minute later…
When Fenric appeared on the street, everyone suddenly felt déjà vu when they saw Fenric jumping around and hummed happily like a kid. Fenric was happy as he thought about the apartment room Kael had promised him just now.
Naturally, the sight of Fenric acting exactly like Kael couldn't escape the others' eyes.
"..."
Everyone was speechless as they couldn't help but wonder what had happened to them that made them become like that.
"I'll check myself," Uncle Owen offered.
"If you dare to act silly like them, I'll beat you silly later." Laura looked at her older brother seriously.
Uncle Owen almost stumbled himself when he heard his younger sister's words.
More than a minute later…
Uncle Owen came back with his face facing down as he walked toward them. Everyone noticed that he seemed to mumble about something.
"What is it? Spill it!" Laura asked hurriedly.
"We're rich!" Uncle Owen laughed out loud, thinking that Kael hadn't lied.
Kael was just so happy that he couldn't help expressing his happiness like that, as he couldn't care about anything anymore since he was now extremely rich.
"Get lost! I'm the one who's rich!" Kael snorted and walked away toward the apartment.
Subsequently, they went towards the apartment together, surprising everyone, including Selene, but Kael ignored them.
Because the penthouse was originally Selene's place to stay, there were a lot of things that needed to be cleaned up.
That's why Kael decided that he would log in to Worldbreaker Online, as he guessed that it should take at least an hour or two for Selene to clean up the place.
Kael then had a talk with Fenric before heading to a Worldbreaker Online-specific internet cafe in the mall on the first level of the Celestine Apartment.
…
After sorting everything out, Kael lay down in the capsule and took a deep breath before saying the command word. "Login."
[Welcome to the Worldbreaker Online!]
[Ding! You have skipped the character…]
Skip!
Skip!
Skip!
Kael thought to himself while skipping all of the notifications, as he couldn't be bothered with useless things like them.
However, when Kael was about to skip the last part, he abruptly stopped his hand.
[Ding! You have met the criteria for the selection of the mission.]
[Ding! Do you wish to receive your mission now?]
"Yes!"
[Ding! Please choose the mission's difficulty.]
"The hardest." Kael replied with a confident smile.
[Ding! The hardest mission that has never been completed is chosen.]
Kael frowned when he heard it, thinking that no one had ever been able to complete it.
"I hope it's still doable. Otherwise, I'd be fucked."
[5…4…3…2…1]
The moment the time ticked at the last second, Kael found himself in the middle of a busy town.
The situation was chaotic as people were running left and right, doing their own duties.
Kael raised an eyebrow as he noticed there was a translucent panel data in front of him. He then checked the content and found out that it was his mission, but when he read further, his expression became blank.
— — —
[Mission: Kill the 2nd Echelon Beast and defend the town from the Beast Tide.]
[Time limit: The destruction of the town.]
[Failure: Unable to advance to the 1st Echelon Rank]
[Reward(s): ???]
— — —
"FUCK!" Kael cursed out loudly with all of his strength, attracting everyone's attention in the surrounding area.
…
At the same time when Kael stepped inside the game for the first time, a fat white tiger inside a luxurious and huge palace opened its eyes.
It then tilted its head to the left lazily as its eyes seemed to penetrate space and time.
A few moments later, it raised an eyebrow when it looked at the young man with white hair and golden eyes.
After looking at the young man for a few seconds, it suddenly woke up fully as it stood upright.
It then mumbled unclearly before showing a serious expression.
However, a second later it suddenly showed a helpless expression as it scratched its head. "It's been ages since I've used my strength, how do I tear space accurately?"
Sigh!
"Let's leave it up to fate, then." The fat white tiger burst out with extremely terrifying strength, making the huge palace tremble as it slashed its paw and opened a spatial rift.
When the fat white tiger entered the spatial rift, an old man with a halo above his head, sitting in a lotus position in a pavilion in the center of a tranquil lake, opened his eyes.
As he tilted his head slightly to the left, he mumbled softly and created a halo above his left palm. "Oh, there's such a beast like him this time around?"
He continued with a bitter smile, "Seems like I've slept for too long that there might be many interesting things that I've missed. I should go out and visit those old geezers to see if they're still alive or not first."
After he said that, he stood and waved his hand casually, creating a spatial rift before looking at his surroundings for a few seconds and stepping inside it.