Chapter 111: 111: Contribution Points
"It's finally our turn. Do you want to go first?" Clifford asked Caleb.
Caleb shook his head with a smile.
"You go first."
"Okay..." Clifford cleared his throat.
The attention of the people landed on him as he did so. Seeing this, Clifford gathered and restructured his thoughts coherently in his mind.
"I'm Clifford De Voe. I'm from the Wall of Rose, just like Andre and Luna. Actually, we are companions. As for my dream? I want to eradicate the Apokalips until there's no one left! And to do that, I need power. I need to fucking get stronger. Scout is the only way for me."
"What the fuck? Eradicate the Apokalips? As expected from a survivor! Such a big ambition." The guy was about to badmouth Clifford suddenly recalled that the opposite party was a survivor.
"I think he hates the Apokalips to his guts to have such a dream. Just what did the Apokalips do to him?"
"Stupid! Don't we also hate Apokalips? We all wished to eradicate them, but we were innately scared because we didn't have power. His dream is actually normal, you know... Though fulfilling such a dream is another matter altogether."
"Not bad, kid. Not bad... I like your dream!" David gave Clifford a smile of approval. He felt that the kid was quite pleasing to the eye. He looked at the other teenagers. "See? You should make him your role model. As a scout, you should have the bravery, or will, to fight Apokalips, because that would be inevitable if you join us. Have that kind of consciousness and you will go far..." He trailed his voice, then his gaze returned to Clifford. "Clifford is it? Very well... I shall apply 100 contribution points to you for being such a role model!"
Clifford tilted his head and thought in confusion.
'Contribution points?'
"Contribution points? Who cares about that?"
"Can someone explain to me what contribution points do and how to earn them?"
David's reward to Clifford caused a commotion in the crowd of teenagers. David, on the other hand, smiled subtly and cleared his throat.
"It seems everyone doesn't know what contribution points are for!? Well, let me tell you something. In the three main factions. Scouts, Constables, and Guard all earn contribution points by doing things beneficial to the city. We are earning them by doing our job. For example, we are Scouts, so we have different ways of earning. For example, scouting on the Wall of Rose. Providing information about Apokalips. Killing Apokalips and bringing their head. Making a map of an unexplored area. Finding a resource point. Such things can be rewarded with contribution points...
As for what's their use? Well, you think of them as exclusive currency to get access to our government's treasury. All the items and treasures there are rare and powerful, you know? They're medicinal plants, weapons of all types of high quality, artifacts, and so on... But the most important thing. Contribution points are the only way to gain access to Destiny Recipes and the corresponding materials needed to become one!'
'Just as I expected. Such a cliche...'
A shit-eating grin emerged from Caleb's face. Finally! He finally knew how he would obtain the recipe! The decision to join the Scout was actually the best decision. After all, the Scout has more ways to obtain contribution points from the Guards and Constables. Guards earn through guarding the walls and patrolling. Constables, on the other, gain them through ways similar to police. Arresting or investigating and whatnot.
'I must pass the test. Gain a lot of fucking contribution points and obtain a recipe!' He couldn't help but clench his fist as he thought of this.
"It's about damn time! I must perform many meritorious deeds. This time, I will catch up with you Johan. Hahahaha!" Andre laughed. Although he knew that catching up with a genius like his friend would be difficult as hell. At least there's now hope. Once he becomes a Destiny, he would be at least qualified to stand beside him.
Luna and Clifford clenched their fist as if sharing the sentiment. Johan's shadow had covered them. They want to get out of that shadow and be on equal terms with him!
Hearing this, Caleb just smiled. He was glad that they viewed him as someone to exceed. A benchmark to surpass. Only that way would they be able to stand beside him in the future. After all, he was destined to soar in the sky. The question is... To be alone or not? If they could follow closely behind him, that would be great.
Just like that, Caleb also introduced himself, but perfunctorily.
"Excited? Well, being a Destiny is the ultimate goal of everyone after all. Still, what I revealed was just the tip of the Iceberg. I'll tell you something once again something exciting soon. For now, I'll assign you to your groups." David smiled seeing how the bomb he dropped stimulated the teenagers' fighting spirit. 'Welp, I need to slow down a bit. Slow and steady wins the race.'
"Okay, now... You guys can take papers in this container. They will have numbers written on them. The number that you get would be your group. Understood?"
"Yes, Captain!" x40+
It was Shu, the white-haired teenager who started drawing. He just randomly put his hand inside the corner and took one. Then he raised his hand, there was a yellow paper with white tape in front in between his fingers. "It says number 7." he looked at Captain David.
"Then you're in team seven," David replied. "Next."
Shu nodded and made way for the male behind him. No matter the team he was in. He was determined to come out on top!
"Team six!"
"Team one!
"Team two!"
"Team five!"
"Team eight!"
"Seems we won't be in the seam team then." It was Andre's turn in line. He felt depressed as he realized he wouldn't be on the same team as Johan and others.
Andre walked towards David who was holding a medium-sized box. With a sigh, he put his hand inside.
"I'm team one..."
Just like that, the people lined up and took turns drawing papers. Luna and Clifford drew team one, the same team as Andre. While Caleb and the green-haired kid drew the number seven. Explore stories on m,v l'e-m|p y r