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Consumables:
Wish Card – Wish for any item, to make it available in the Store. The price will depend on what the item is. 500 Points

Slave Contract – Once used on a Target, the Target would unconditionally follow the commands of the Owner. The Loyalty of the Target to the Owner will be pushed to 100. The Owner has full control of the life and death of the Target. 2000 Points

(Conditions:
The Target must be a Rank 1 Awakened.
The Target must have a lower level than the Owner.)

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“That’s so weak!”

Max was not expecting that there were conditions for them to be able to use the Slave Contract. He thought that they were going to get a great deal. They can enslave every Awakened they could find and have a slave army under their commands.

They will be unstoppable, not needing to do the work on their own. But it seems that it wasn’t bound to happen with the Slave Contract having limited use.

[Uhm, at least it’s cheap?]

 

[That is the only Slave Contract available in the Store! You would have to make up an item from scratch if you want a better one, but it will be expensive! Enslaving powerful Awakeneds won’t be easy, you know!]

 

[You won’t be able to afford it! So the System decided to give you this! This is enough for your that Awakened you caught!]

 

“2000 Points for a Slave Contract? I guess that is acceptable.”

Max had a thoughtful expression. It indeed made sense that he only got this 2000 Points Slave Contract. If it were a bit more expensive, Max might regret wasting precious Points for it.

“What if this guy reaches Rank 2?”

[The Contract will be nullified!]

 

“Let’s put it on him. I want to check something.”

Yu’er told them from the side. She had this random thought and wanted to see if her guess might be right.

“How do I use this?”

[Stick it to his chest!]

 

Little Dou made an action to show Max how to do it, using one of her hands and pushed it in the middle of her flat chest repeatedly.

Max got closer to the Awakened and slowly placed the Slave Contract on his chest. The aged paper the size of a palm shined a dim light then blend into his chest as it disappeared.

The Slave Contract has two ways in which it can be used. The first one was for the Target to willingly put energy on the paper, then stick it to his chest. The second one was the Owner forcibly using it to a Target weaker than him as long as it is within the conditions.

This item can only be found from the Store. No Awakened would be able to have the same contract. Exemptions would be possible when Awakeneds can create one themselves from their skills.

However, the complexity of the Slave Contract will be beyond their understanding. They will not grasp how it’s made and how it specifically works. Only something like the System can do it effortlessly.

Little Dou’s words about the items that Awakeneds would call treasures would be trash in Max’s eyes was slowly coming true, and it will continue to be more evident in the coming future.

After it disappeared, Max shook the body of the Awakened lying on the ground. All they have to do was to wake him up and see how effective it is.

Little Dou and Yu’er were curiously watching from behind to see how it would go while also being cautious of the Awakened doing something unexpected.

Their eyes focused on the face of the Awakened as his eyes slightly twitch; he was starting to wake up. Max moved back to be safe, not knowing what would happen next.

The Awakened gave out a groan, knitting his brows. He was feeling the pain all over his face. For a second, his face turned blank then resumed to his usual expression.

“…”

The Awakened open his eyes as he checked his surroundings. No signs of hostility can be seen as he got up after removing the ropes around his body.

Yu’er and Little Dou watched as the Awakened stopped a distance away from Max as he spoke out his first words,

“Master.”

The Awakened exactly knew what he had to do as if he was born to do it. He would follow his master’s every order for the rest of his life.

Just like that, the Slave Contract did what it should, turning an enemy into an ally without any difficulty.

A smile made its way to Max’s face. It worked! The Awakened in front of him was now his slave, a slave that will follow his every command.

Max thought of testing him out to see how well he follow orders. An Awakened with a Shapeshifting Skill that he controls, it will be fantastic!

Before he was able to make his move, Yu’er requested Max to instruct the Awakened to listen to her command.

“Master.”

The Awakened greeted Yu’er as he faced her. The look on his eyes was not dead; it was bright. From his movements, no one would assume he was a slave.

Yu’er had one question to ask this Awakened. She wanted to know about it since she recalled that his skill was Shapeshifting.

“Is that your original body?”

Xue tilted his head, not getting what Yu’er was asking as he was a shapeshifter, and he had always been using his body. But he recalled his original appearance, realizing what Yu’er was asking.

“No.”

“Can you change into your real body?”

“I should be able to, but I haven’t used that body for years now. Even I’m not sure how my real body looks now.”

Xue found it to be more convenient to use random bodies that she made up on the spot. It would increase the chances of his survival if he regularly changed his appearance.

Now, he was used to having different bodies, changing his body to what he thinks would fit the situation.

“It’s fine. Show us how you look.”

The Awakened nodded as he never thought about hiding anything from his masters. But what he changed back to made Yu’er, Max, and Little Dou froze.

Yu’er figured out that his body might not be his real one, but what she saw was too surprising. She was dumbfounded as she stared. She couldn’t believe it.

Little Dou was in the same position. Even when she doesn’t care much about it, she still had to look for a few moments to confirm what she was seeing was real.

Max had a different reaction. His initial surprised reaction changed into happiness with a hint of lust in his eyes as he went over the body of the Awakened.

Long black hair that freely flowed down her back and facial features that were exquisite with dark blue eyes that stared back at them, she had fair skin and a voluptuous body.

Her breasts threatened to burst out of the small shirt, and her curves were showcased from the tight pants.

Her body changed, but she was still wearing the clothes she had before transforming, giving them, especially Max, a glimpse of her alluring body.

She was absolutely breathtaking! A top beauty that will make men drool when they saw her.

 

 

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“How should we go about this?”

Max told Yu’er everything that he and Little Dou did on the hotel, including the items they got and a large amount of money.

Yu’er’s eyes shined when Max took out some of them. Money was still money, and it would never lose it’s allure as they would have many uses for it.

“We need to get some information out of him.”

Max’s mind was full of questions that he badly needed answers for. He was ready to beat this guy to get the answers he wanted to know.

“It’s going to be quite hard to be successful with it. Inflicting pain won’t work on someone like him.”

Yu’er was quick to dismiss his initial plan. She knew it would not be an effective way of forcing answers out of his mouth.

“If he doesn’t want to say it, even if you burn him alive, he won’t talk.”

Yu’er shrugged her shoulders as she turned to Max. When Max heard it, he was disgruntled, not having any good idea of what to do.

Max had slightly expected it to be that way as even if someone were to torment his physical body, he would be able to bear it with his now strengthened body. Though he hasn’t tested it yet, Max thinks that even his will power was stronger now.

It will be hard for other people to influence his mind or force something out of him once he decided against it. His pain tolerance was also enhanced.

Regular punches won’t faze Max, and as what happened in the past, he was able to deal with a sword pierced through his body. It did seriously hurt but not enough to pressure him to submit.

“What do we do then?”

“I have thought of making him loyal in some way. He has a Shapeshifting Skill, and it will be incredibly useful for us if we have it for ourselves.”

Freely copying people’s face and body shape, impersonating them, was only one of the many things they can do.

Even with only that, they could make use of an influential identity and start a conflict with another party until they can smoothly clean them up.

“We should prioritize making him loyal then ask him all the questions that we have!”

It was easy to say, but Max doesn’t know any way of making him loyal. He knew that this time, they would have to think out of the norm and make use of the Wish Card. That is the only way this can be possible.

“But what do we need?”

Yu’er and Max were buried in their thoughts as Little Dou happily watched them. She had a lot of answers to their questions and genuinely wanted to help them, but in this situation, she can’t as she was prohibited from saying it. It was the rules of the System that she had to abide by.

“Hmm I have an idea, but it will sound silly.”

Yu’er focused her gaze on Max. She wanted to hear what this idea was, no matter if it was crazy or useless. Little Dou was also interested, staring at Max with her big green eyes.

She hoped that Max was able to think of even one of the many possible things they can specifically use for this.

“Maybe a Slave Collar?”

“That might be possible.”

They didn’t notice Little Dou’s eyes shining as she waited for their final decision. Max was not sure about this. His mind kept running, feeling like he was missing something, a better idea, and he was close to it.

“Slave Collar. Slave Collar?”

“Maybe some items related to that like to change his Loyalty to 100, but he’s a guy so it might not be possible.”

“Or like the card where Mango goes. We can summon this guy if we need him.”

“Or some contract, so we have full control over him, the same as a Slave Collar but without the collar.”

“But with that, we will have more freedom as a Slave Collar might bind him to us, the contract might not. We would only gain control of his life and body?”

Yu’er and Little Dou watched as Max continued talking to himself. It was as if he was in a trance, speaking out each idea that came to his mind.

Max still felt that he was missing something, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t think of something better, so he chose to settle with it for now.

“What do you think about a Slave Contract? No, a forced Slave Contract?”

Max questioningly looked at Little Dou. He doesn’t have any idea whether his idea would be possible.

[Yes! There is something like that!]

 

Max was able to guess one of the possible ways they can go about this, but from Little Dou’s memory, that wasn’t the best one he could think of, though his idea was up there and was closely related to it.

“That will have a little problem.”

It was Yu’er’s turn to speak. A Slave Contract from what she understood was good. However, it would only turn him into a robot following their orders.

The Awakened will surely hate them for that, and it isn’t what they wanted. Max and Yu’er had the same idea of how they wanted it to work.

They don’t want a robot that will do everything they ask without thinking. They wanted the Awakened to follow their commands, and he should be able to react to different circumstances without further instructions.

When Yu’er told her thoughts to Max, they decided to ask Little Dou about the possibility of adding 100 in Loyalty, and she said it was perfectly fine to add it to the Slave Contract.

Max didn’t consider it at first as he thought Loyalty Meter only existed in the Women Conquered Section.

He now learned from Little Dou that everyone has a Loyalty Meter, friends, family, and others, only that it can’t be forcefully increased except if they are in the Woman Conquered Section or special items like Slave Contracts.

“So a Slave Contract that will give him 100 in Loyalty to us?”

“Is this reversible?”

Yu’er had been wondering about this. Whether it is reversible or not would make a massive difference in how good the item will be.

[Yes! But only the owner would be able to reverse it!]

 

[The owner would be the person who would use the item!]

 

“There can only be one owner?”

[Yes! But you can give commands for them to follow your chosen people with different levels of priority!]

 

Max nodded as he thought it was good enough. He then carefully checked the Awakened, but he seemed to be still unconscious. He must have overdone it by a little bit.

“How are we going to do this?”

[If you buy it, you can stick it to his chest! That’s it!]

 

Little Dou received a blank stare from Max. She knows the process of using the item was simple, but the item itself was simple.

The Slave Contract was just one of the simplest and weakest ones that the Store has. It can be considered as Max and Yu’er’s first experience with special physical items that were available at the Store.

[Do you want to buy one Slave Contract?]

 

Max made it sure with Yu’er for a moment that it was precisely the one they needed as he replied,

“Yes!”

 

 

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 “H-Hey there,” the person responds to outburst. 

I don’t reply and just keep staring ahead, refusing to believe my eyes.   

“Isn’t that… Isn’t that the vampire princess!?” Rebecca asks in surprise from behind me.   

Yes, it is Zakira who is standing at the doorway wearing a casual outfit of denim jeans and a white top. Her bright red eyes are looking straight back at mine but there is an unusual uneasiness which I remember seeing yesterday… when she was about to drink my blood.   

Fuck! Is she here to attack me again!? And in front of Rebecca and Aria at that?   

“S-She says that she knows you…” Aria says while stuttering a little.   

It seems like she is really shaken from this situation as well.   

Obviously, Aria saw Zakira yesterday in school and like everyone else, she also knows how much of an important person Zakira is. I can tell that she is lost for what to do right now seeing a princess at her doorstep.  

Fuck it…  

“Yeah, I know her. We…ehh… sort of bumped into each other after school and… talked a bit,” I lie while trying to keep a straight face.   

“… what? Y-You just “bumped” into the vampire princess on your way back home and casually talked like with some random person?” Aria asks while raising her eyebrows sharply in disbelief.  

Fuck! I am really bad at this…  

[A bit too bad, if you ask me.]  

You are back? Where did you disappear to!?   

[I will tell you later. Focus on what is in front of you right now.]  

…yeah.  

Aria is still looking at me suspiciously, obviously waiting for further explanation on this “bumping” incident.   

Damn… Now, what do I tell her?   

“Actually…”  

Zakira suddenly speaks.  

“… it was not an accident. I saw Jacob earlier and thought he look cute… so, I decided to talk and befriend him.”  

Instantly, the whole room turns so quiet that I could even hear the light chirping of the birds outside. Zakira turns a little red for some reason as well.  

Fuck! Did she just really say that?   

[I want to believe she didn’t but…]  

What the fuck!? Has as she ever looked in the mirror!?   

She is a 11/10 and I am—  

[-11 /10?]  

No, idiot! I am at least a 7!   

[That’s pushing it a bit too far, to be honest…]  

That’s not the point! 

The point is, why would a beauty like her who is, by the way, also a princess think that I am cute? Well, that is, except if she is a vampire and wants to suck my tasty blood…  

What the heck is she thinking!?   

[Hmm? While I personally agree with that, I don’t think Rebecca and Aria do…]  

What?   

I look at Aria first and turn my head a little to look at Rebecca as well. Neither of them is showing any signs that they are doubting Zakira at all. In fact, there is a strange look on their faces, almost as if they are just waiting for Zakira to speak further.  

And well, she doesn’t let them wait for much longer…  

“A-Anyway, I am here for a reason. I wanted to speak to Jacob as soon as possible…” Zakira says, her voice turning urgent all of a sudden.   

“What? Are you really seriously so desperate to propose to him that you willing to do it in someone else’s house!?” Aria asks angrily.   

Woah, I don’t think Zakira is here for that at all but anyway, she is a princess and it’s odd for Aria, who was looking shocked and shaky earlier to suddenly turn angry like this…   

[…]  

What?   

[Nothing…]  

“No, I am not here for that. In fact, because we are friends now, I wanted to let him know about something before it’s too late,” Zakira says.   

Wait, she is sounding too serious. Does she really want to tell me something important?  

And why? Why does she even want me to tell anything at all?  

“Okay, fine. Tell him then and leave. He is right here,” Aria says while folding her arms.   

“Can I not come inside? I don’t want to say this where there is a chance of someone seeing or hearing me,” Zakira says while glancing back at the street.   

Aria does not answer her but looks at Rebecca with a conflicted face, wordlessly asking her to decide.   

I too look at Rebecca again. Her face is looking a little strange as if she is thinking hard about something.    

“We will continue this talk in my room,” she says after being silent a few moments.   

“Thanks. Let’s go quickly, shall we? I should be somewhere else right now…” Zakira says while stepping inside the house.   

Aria looks a bit conflicted but she doesn’t oppose and just simply closes the door behind.   

Suddenly, I feel a light tug on my sleeve. I turn back again and see Rebecca urging me to climb back upstairs along with her.   

We won’t wait for Zakira and Aria?   

Well, fine…   

Together, me and Rebecca reach the room first. The whole way she kept holding on to my shirt and didn’t say anything but the instant we get inside the room, she turns back and hugs me tightly.   

Woah…   

Though a bit surprised from the sudden show of affection, I start caressing her back as well.   

“You were lying before, weren’t you, Jacob?” she asks in a low voice.   

…   

“W-What? No…” I say nervously.   

“You were. I know… I can tell. And, Jacob, you don’t need to tell me why the vampire princess is here or how did you both meet…”   

Rebecca moves her face to level it with mine… just before kissing me on the lips.   

“… but promise me that you will be careful around her and keep yourself safe,” she finishes.   

Rebecca…  

I open my mouth but before I can say anything, Aria and Zakira enter the room, making Rebecca separate from me hastily.   

Aria is still eyeing Zakira suspiciously and it seems that neither of them exchanged any words while coming up here.  

But man… It feels a little weird being in a female’s room along with three women.  

Though I am not saying I mind it…   

[Yeah, there is nothing to mind here at all. By the way, will you try to turn the topic of the conversation into FFFM foursomes?]  

Obviously, I would— I mean, no. This is serious.   

Rebecca takes out a mat from a cupboard and spread it on the floor before wordlessly gesturing us to sit down.   

“Wait, I wanted to talk to Jacob alon— never mind,” Zakira says before giving a small sigh and sitting down along with us.   

It seems like Zakira though that me and her will get to talk privately or something…  

“So, what do you want to tell me so urgently?” I ask.   

Zakira focuses her eyes on me before taking a deep breath and starting to speak…  

“I want to let you all know that what I am about to tell you is highly classified and only a few selected people around the world know about this. So, I want all three of you to promise me first that this talk won’t leave this room…” she says importantly.   

Wait a second, if this is so important, why are you even trying to tell us?  

You met me just yesterday! And heck! You met Rebecca and Aria just minutes ago! 

Are you really even thinking about telling us something so important that only a few people in the world know about it?  

Well, fuck it. As suspicious as it sounds to me, I am not going to purposely tell her to stop. I want to hear this highly classified information as well.  

It looks like Rebecca and Aria are thinking the same as me as all three of us nod in agreement… though with strange faces.  

But well, Zakira looks extremely relieved by this anyway…   

“Good. Now, as you all know I am here because of the student exchange program. Especially to participate in the mixed race magical tournament,” she says before taking another deep breath.   

“And I want to tell you… that there is a hidden motive behind conducting this tournament.” 

 

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Yu’er laid on the bed, waiting for Max to come back. Her hair was still slightly damp, having just come out of the shower.

An alluring collar bone was exposed as a drop of water slide down her smooth deep valley. The white bathrobe was too short for her body. It wasn’t able to hide parts of her perfectly white thighs.

Yu’er was calm and composed, busily scrolling through her phone. It was the Awakened phone that was made for Awakeneds like them.

Currently, Yu’er was using her phone to keep up with the news all over the world. Yu’er had been doing this when she had nothing to do.

From what she saw, there was slight chaos on the west. A small group of Awakeneds tried to kidnap a group of women in public while it was bright in the morning. Special Forces were deployed and had to collaborate with rogue Awakeneds to swiftly cover the whole mess up.

They successfully stopped them from kidnapping those knocked out women and removed any traces of fighting. They also remove parts of their memories with Memory Wipe Talismans.

These things weren’t new. Awakeneds from that side have more audacity to do anything they want in the open, extremely confident with their skills, not caring about other people being implicated or hurt.

That was why it was a cruel place for weaker Awakeneds. Awakeneds die every day around the world from stronger groups preying on smaller ones.

Yu’er also saw news from other parts of the world where Awakeneds raise their own gangs, using them for their own purpose.

But these were mostly weak Awakeneds who don’t have the potential to reach higher ranks, contented with their lives, ruling small areas.

Yu’er then went to some local reports, and as usual, it was silent. However, Yu’er knows it herself that it wasn’t that there were no fights nor problems; they were only making their moves in the dark where no one could see it.

Here, Awakeneds have secret organizations hidden in their secret bases. In public, some of them would look like ordinary business people. Most of them would choose to seclude themselves from ordinary people, having the pride of being an Awakened, not wanting to hold themselves back.

There was this vague agreement around the world of not letting the public know about Awakeneds, keeping them all in the dark.

No one seemed to have any problems with it as most Awakeneds that are alive to this day or at least living in this place were raised in this environment where they subconsciously learn that they should keep their Awakened status a secret.

It gives them the feeling that they were special, better, and stronger than ordinary people, clueless of the world.

There were times where Awakeneds with evil motives would use their skills to ordinary people. But no one would waste their time to argue that they were wrong as there were a lot more important things in their lives to worry about.

As long as it isn’t done widescale and open to everyone’s eyes, most Awakeneds would turn a blind eye to them.

Luckily, the places Yu’er determined to be dangerous was not close to the city they were currently staying in.

Yu’er softly exhaled. She thought about Max, thinking about what he was doing right now.

Beside her was another phone. It was an Awakened phone that she got for Max. Max would be able to learn more about the world if he has one with him.

Yu’er watched the shining stars from the window with her calm yet bright eyes. Occasionally, worry would show on her face. She knows better than anyone that Max was strong, but she was still worried that something would go wrong.

Max notified her with his phone that he would go to one of the hotels that Xiao Ming’s father owned. Yu’er knows that place. It was their newest hotel, and it was getting more popular by the day, standing in the perfect spot close to schools, stations, markets, and local malls.

Max didn’t forget to tell her about the Awakened that they saw, the information on his level and skill, to convince her that it wasn’t dangerous.

The end of his message was an image of him posing and what should be an invisible Little Dou on his palm outside the hotel.

*Bam!*

Just as she wondered where Max should be right now, a loud noise interrupted her thoughts.

“Sis! We’re back!”

Max confidently barged in the room. He had a broad smile on his face as he quickly walked towards Yu’er.

“Did anything happen?”

Yu’er can see that someone good happened from Max’s facial expression alone. The traces of worry on her face disappeared as she looked at Max, not having any signs of discomfort.

Max was panting from intensely running home, carrying someone on his shoulders. Max pulled Yu’er up while he spoke,

“Come with me to the basement! I have someone there!”

“Huh? Wait, let me fix my robe!”

Max watched as Yu’er tightly tied her robe to cover herself. When she partly opened it, Max saw her luscious body.

He ran his eyes on her curves that Yu’er didn’t bother to hide. Max wanted it but shook his head, struggling to remove the lustful thoughts on his mind.

If there weren’t a person knocked out in his basement, Max wouldn’t have to hold himself back from pouncing on her.

…

“What’s this?”

Yu’er became curious, seeing Max hurrying him down but never did she expect to see a person in his basement.

The skinny guy had an overly red face. From the position he was lying down, Yu’er figured that he was unconscious, with his face on the floor, not moving an inch.

What was strange was he had a thick roped circled on his whole body, firmly holding him from making any movements if he wakes up, only that it was sloppily made.

“It’s my and Little Dou’s catch for the night!”

Max smiled with pride, feeling a sense of achievement of knocking out his first Awakened and ‘inviting’ him to his house.

Max felt great. If the Awakened were a woman, he would’ve been happier. If she were a beauty, he would not hold himself back from enjoying her.

There’s no need to show mercy to his enemy, especially if they are beauties. What Max would do was he would train them until their Loyalty reaches 100 to secure them to his side.

“Huh?”

[This was the Awakened that we saw! But he attacked us before we reached home, so Max decided to bring him home with us!]

 

Little Dou butted in from the side. She was the one who kept watch as Max went up to notify Yu’er about the issue and now they’re here.

“I wanted to ask him some questions about how he found us.”

This guy suddenly found them in the middle of the night. It was suspicious since they never left any trace for him to follow them.

His skill was Shapeshifting. It has nothing to do with any tracking skills. No matter how they see it, it was dubious, and Max wasn’t going to let him go. He wanted answers.

Feeling that there was a barrier of understanding between Yu’er and them, Max stopped saying anything to give Yu’er the idea,

“I’ll tell you everything from the beginning.”

 

 

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