Monster Among Monster's

Three uneventful days passed by with Nolan and his group cooped up in their villa. Not once did they leave the villa to check out what kind of place it actually was. And it wasn't like City Lord James told them to not leave the villa, and the man and his butler came a few times to check up on them. Nolan just waited patiently to complete his QRC as it was most important for his future plans.

Finally, after three days it was finally time to complete the QRC process. City Lord James came into their villa carrying with him a tablet that looked extremely advanced. It was as thin as a booklet, had a clear and bright screen and could change colours with but a simple command.

“Greetings everyone, I hope you're all fine. After a few days of waiting, it's finally time to complete the QRC process. I'm gonna need everyone to answer a few questions and after that, it's done. Who's first, come forward.” said Lord James.

Gege was the first to complete the QRC process. Lord James asked him general questions like his name, surname, birthday, hobbies, interests, skills, race, gender and realm of power which he answered but a few questions were left unanswered and Lord James said it was fine.

After the first step was complete, Lord James continued to type something on the tablet and two minutes later, the tablet floated by itself. It then changed from a tablet into a small black square shaped card with a QR code on display.

This card then attached itself to Gege's wrist but it wasn't anything threatening. Gege felt a slight burn on his wrist but before he could react, the card had already changed back into its tablet form. The group was intrigued by the entire process.

“Next!” said Lord James.

…

In about ten minutes, all the goblins that had accompanied Nolan had QRC's on their wrists. Some had their QRC on their left wrist while others had them on their right wrist.

“Next.”

James didn't care about their reactions and called the next person over. It seemed like he wanted to complete the QRC process as soon as possible and it seemed to be a tiring process because his forehead was covered in sweat, it was the same for Alfred the butler.

“My name is Hedge, sixteen years old, born 18 September 2134, my hobbies and interests are training, I'm a human and I'm a Nine Star Warrior.”

“Your name is Hedge? No wonder you looked so familiar, so it's really the twins! I can't believe it! Wow, I didn't expect you to actually find a way to grow stronger. Your family will definitely be shocked by this news. I assume this is your brother Edge, just tell me how strong he is and I'll complete his QRC process too.”

“He's also a Nine Star Warrior like me.” answered Hedge. James was shocked but didn't continue to speak and just focused on his work. The two boys had their QRC’s and it was finally Nolan's turn.

“Name is Nolan, just Nolan. My hobby is eating delicious food. I'm most interested in rare ingredients with unique flavours. I also love having sex so yeah, that's me. Oh and I'm a Nine Star Warrior.”

‘How can all of you fucking not have last names! Are you fucking kidding me!’ said Lord James internally.

“Age?” he asked.

“Age? Oh, my age but counting from the day I was sealed till now, I'd say I'm a thousand and something years old, I don't know. Just say I'm a thousand and ten years old, that'll do.” answered Nolan.

Lord James quickly finished Nolan's QRC process and wiped away his sweat using the white cloth Alfred gave him. He was internally shocked that Nolan who looked so young and acted his age was actually so old.

‘A thousand years… doesn't that mean that he's in the…” Lord James quickly stopped himself from thinking too much.

After he was done, Zaza didn't try to negotiate the cost price with him and just gave him a ring. Lord James took the ring and closed his eyes, a few seconds later, he widened his eyes in surprise and confusion.

“This… this is too much…” he said while gulping hard.

“Take what I owe you and as for what's left, just give me some money for it and it's all yours. Transfer the money to my master's account.” said Zaza calmly as though he was dealing with a trivial matter.

“Are you sure because some of these things are worth more than mon…”

“Are you buying or not? Cut the crap and give me a number, we don't have all day!”

“It seems like you're not playing jokes on me. Buying everything here at market price, I'll give you a hundred million Mana Crystals, what do you think?”

“I'll take it. Quickly make the transfer and we're out of here.”

Mana Crystals or MC as they call it is the current currency used on Earth. MC can be used for many things like powering up machines, activating Magic Circles/ Arrays, weapons, etc. But what made MC really valuable was the fact that it could be used as a Meditation Resource as MC were crystallised forms of Mana and using one was better than absorbing Mana from the atmosphere.

And Mana was the Energy that allowed one to grow stronger and improve in their realm. It was this Energy that made it possible for planet Earth to become what it is today.

…

City Lord James and his butler Alfred watched as the group left Small Town and headed deeper into the continent. The two who had been sweating for a few days now had happy expressions.

“Alfred, do you think I made the correct decision this time? After all, I allowed that monster into the Earthen Continent, I can't help but worry.” asked James.

“Sire, I believe you made the correct decision. There's nothing more important than preserving one's life. If Sire chose violence then I'm absolutely certain that we'd already be in that monster's stomach! Just how can someone have a gaze like that?! It's not something humanly possible.” said Alfred in an old voice.

“Hahaha, there's a lot of things that exist in this world that one may find impossible but you're right. That gaze… that's not a gaze a human should possess. And to think we've had to endure it for three whole days, I couldn't even sleep well.” said James.

“How fortunate you are Sire, I couldn't even sleep. Every time I closed my eyes, I felt like something was looking at me and I had to open them again. Fortunately that guy is finally gone, phew!”

“Alfred, do not speak of this matter to anyone and if your tongue does slip up, kill yourself immediately. That would be better than falling into the hands of that guy. Nolan… just who are you?”

…

“Master, what's our first move now that all the preparations have been completed?”

“Wait a sec, let me check the map. Mhmm, we're currently here and this trip will take us here, I got it. Our first move is information collecting so our first destination is here, buckle up, we're going to B.I.N.C in Freed City!”