Legacy of the Betelgeuse

Ivonna and I are sitting on the counter while drinking the whiskey that I poured for both of us. Becker is standing behind the counter while enjoying a glass of rum, the atmosphere here is a bit gloomy because of what happened earlier.

Suddenly the hatch is opening and Avriel comes out from there, she looks at the three of us and walks toward me. She sits down and leans her head on her fist while staring at me while smiling, I furrow my forehead and tilt my head.

"You miss me?"

Avriel smirks and slightly nods.

"Of course, but did something happen? Two months ago I felt like my body lose all the strength and I felt in my heart that it has something to do with you."

I tell everything to Avriel and she doesn't seem shocked about my condition and accept it as it is.

Avriel slowly touches my chest and rubs them then stops to feel my heartbeat, she smirks and looks at it.

"I can feel it, the power that you possessed. I can feel my whole body is trembling when I touch your heart..."

Becker is furrowing his forehead while staring at both of us.

"What's this? Did you make your own harem with the NPCs? You have the most beautiful deadliest assassin in Orion, and you have the holiest and most beautiful woman in Orion as well. Not to mention that you're dating the Goddess Ivonna now, and you used to date a famous celebrity in the real world as well? How lucky, but I'm not surprised since you're the most handsome player in the game."

Avriel tilts her head while pointing her gaze at Ivonna.

"So you are his lover?"

Ivonna is staring at her for quite a while and raises her eyebrows.

"Yes, do we have a problem?"

I'm glaring at Becker and seeing him chuckling quietly while holding his laughter.

I sigh and look at Avriel while drinking my whiskey.

"I believe you already know about it since you have been stalking me a long time ago, so why are you making a fuss about it now?"

Avriel chuckles while standing up, she then wraps her arms around my neck while staring at Ivonna.

"But you took my first kiss, so you should take responsibility, right?"

Avriel is about to kiss me but then Ivonna grabs her lance and swings it right in front of me. Avriel unwraps her arms around my neck while backing away so slowly. I really want to stop them but I can't do anything because I'm so weak and there's no way words can stop them.

Avriel raises her hands while smirking at Ivonna.

"Are you sure you want to do this, Ivonna?"

Ivonna isn't answering her but the outcome is already decided since Avriel now has a dark element on her and Ivonna can just activate her skill then beat her up without a fight.

When Ivonna is about to activate her skill, the door is barged open, Kingstar and everyone are staring at them with confusion. Francesca chuckles and then looks at me with a mischievous smile on her face.

"Oh... it seems we came in the wrong time, we will be back later then..."

I look at her and sigh.

"Just come in here, there's no time for this."

Thankfully I came up with an idea to bring them here to discuss about the invasion, and they came at the right time.

Ivonna puts her lance into her inventory while Avriel is smiling and chuckling at her.

Kingstar sits next to me while the others sit down at the tables.

"So, what do you want to talk about?"

Before I can answer his question, Grisell runs toward us and waves her hand at Becker.

"Maxwell! You haven't visited my shop in the empire! Where have you been?"

Ivonna and I are looking at Grisell because we have no idea that she knows Becker and by the looks of it, she seems to be close with him.

Becker is grinning while leaving the counter, they both go to the table and have their own conversation.

I look at Kingstar and nod.

"Have you heard about the news from the astrologists from the Aarus Empire?"

Kingstar is furrowing his forehead while shaking his head.

"No, I haven't heard about anything, what's it?"

I explain the information that we both read from the letter that Saintess Aria showed us.

"So, another meteor will strike the Orion? And based on the information on that book that you're holding right now, it will happen in the desert where the Mauron Empire is at?"

I shake my head.

"Not above it, but somewhere near the Mauron Empire."

Kingstar is resting his arm on the counter while rubbing his chin.

"And when is it exactly?"

I close the Book of Sahuurn while shaking my head.

"I don't know for sure, but it should be a week from now or even less than that."

Kingstar is nodding while keep rubbing his chin, he then stands up and looks at everyone.

"Guys, we need to gather around!"

Everyone is walking to the counter while Becker is standing at the corner behind the counter to look at us from the distance. Avriel is making the drinks that everyone is ordering since she has nothing to do and at the same time wants to listen to our conversation.

I show the book and show them the symbols on the page, I tell them about the apocalypse and that disastrous event will happen soon. Everyone is looking at the symbols and they're asking about what the symbols are meant. I explain it once more so they can understand the gist of it, and when everyone has no more questions, I tell them that this event might trigger another invasion in a manner of speculation.

Kingstar is glaring at me with disbelief.

"What?! Another invasion?!"

I look at the book and nod.

"There's a high chance that this event will trigger the invasion."

Cho Ahn looks at me while swirling the jug.

"So the meteorite will bring another alien to the Orion?"

I shake my head.

"No, I don't think so because when the first invasion happened, there's no record on this book. I think that the first invasion is just an introduction to players that something similar will happen again later, and I think this might be the indicator of the invasion. This is just my speculation so I want your opinion about this."

Liu is staring at his drink while tilting his head.

"I think it's better for us to prepare for the invasion from now on. It doesn't matter if what Trevor said might be false or true, but it's better to prepare it from now than regret it later."

Ken, Aeris, Alessandro, and Edmondo nod in agreement.

Kingstar is crossing his arms at the counter while staring at the book.

"I believe what he said about the first invasion is true. When Trevor said the first invasion is just an introduction, I thought the same thing as well since it was impossible for us to kill him no matter how many players and how high our level was since Shazjae was able to regenerate his health back to full again."

Leo is humming with understanding and then he looks at me.

"So, does that mean when the second invasion happens, we have to kill it or we will fail and the system will punish us for it?"

Everyone suddenly goes quiet and thinks about what Leo just said. I can tell from their expression that they're worried that they can't win against the next invasion. I know what they're thinking, but I don't want to tell them the good news about the next invasion since they have to see it for themselves.

Lothair is chugging his drink and slams the jug on the counter while wiping his mouth.

"Man... this makes me anxious just think that we have to kill it now rather than preventing it from leaving the area like how we beat the first invasion."

Everyone nods with understanding while I'm looking at Becker with a huge smile on his face as if he's so proud of us.

Ivonna looks at Kingstar, Boschwell, and Liu while crossing her arms.

"Should we start recruiting players?"

The three of them are staring at Kingstar since he's the one who handles the Third District. Kingstar nods in agreement while taking a sip of his drink.

"Yeah we should, but I think it's better to keep it a secret from them again. All we need to do is to tell them that we are doing the recruitment just in case an invasion will happen since it's been a while since the last invasion happened."

The three of them nod in agreement.

I sigh while closing the book and putting it in my inventory.

"I guess I wish you all good luck since I won't be able to help you guys at the front line this time."

Everyone looks at me and realizes that I won't be able to help them since my character is sealed.

Ivonna looks at them flips her hand.

"We can do it if our objective is to kill the boss of the second invasion, that means it's killable and not as hard as Shazjae. As long as we prepared everything, we can kill it, we just need to do our best as before. We can't keep relaying on Trevor's strength alone, if we keep doing that, then the third, fourth, fifth invasion will be impossible to clear. So we need to test our skills and prove that we are enough to deal with the invasion."

Everyone nods in agreement then Kingstar claps his hands while staring at us.

"Well then, let's start moving and don't waste any time! The time has come to prove ourselves as the Ophiuchus."

Everyone nods and then leaves the pub, Becker walks toward me and smiles.

"I'm so proud of you, Trev! You have met a lot of good and capable friends. I will leave this to you guys and I hope you all the best!"

I smirk and scoff.

"Thanks, thanks for giving us a new world to live in."

Becker nods while smiling.