After having fun for a while and discussing some serious busihe group left the shoppier.

  This m, an official notice moved the entire federation. It was annouhat every pyer of Fate of aboul had tister, in an effort to increase security.

  Sihe game was offline for three days, this was naturally the best time to plete the registration.

  Thus, when Liam and his friends arrived at a specifically set-up office, they almost despaired seeing the long queue.

  Luckily, the process was extremely effit. Liam only had to wait for one hour before finding himself in a small room, where a woman in a bck suit was weling him.

  “Pce your ID over there and sit on this chair. Please take of your shirt. If you are unfortable, you also take off your sole.”

  Liam followed the monotonous voice, which probably repeated the same sentehousand times already. Taking out his ID card, which Merida helped him to get, he put it in a small mae to be sed.

  , he took of his shirt and sat down. The woman stuck a few patches to his sole, while expining some more:

  “We only o ect with your sole shortly tister it in our database. If you want your in-game identity to stay anonymous, please tell me now.

  We reend disclosing your identity. It will allow us to invite you to gatherings and tours iure. Acc to your success you might even be hired to represent humanity in battles against alien races.

  The federation won’t mistreat its outstanding pyers.”

  Liam pondered for a few seds. The ce to get reized by the federation appealed to him greatly. Since a while ago he felt a ck of security for obvious reasons. But if the army held him in high regards, others had to think twice about toug him.

  Sometimes it was safest in the spotlight.

  Thus, he came to a quick decision:

  “I don’t wish to stay anonymous.”

  “An honorable choice, citizen.”

  The woman’s voice obviously tained a hint of friendliness hearing Liam’s words. She fitag the patches and pressed a few buttons on a sole.

  A brief buzzing could be heard before the woman nodded in satisfa.

  “Alright, citize your informatio me disect you and we are done.”

  Meanwhile, in a room in the upper floor, a few people were gathered, boriously firming all kinds of data. Suddenly one of them saw something light up on his s.

  “Boss, we have detected something!”

  An exhausted-looking man in bck pants and a white shirt appeared behind his subordinate. He looked at the s, his brows furrowing.

  “Number 152D93F8? Reported to be among a batch of stolen soles? How bold!”

  “What should we do, boss?”

  “Send that man for questioning. We will see if he knows something.”

  “Yes, boss…”

  Just as the subordinate finished speaking, new information appeared, filling the s.

  “We just received feedback from C. The subject’s in-game name is… Bleary Mirage.”

  “What… did you just say?”, asked the boss in disbelief.

  “Bleary Mirage.”

  Immediately the atmosphere ged. The boss’s tired eyes were filled with new life. He stared at the s as if he had just uhed the biggest treasure.

  The subordinate asked awkwardly:

  “Boss, should we still send him for questioning?”

  “Are you crazy?! Invite him to the upper floor, he will be given VIP treatment. Our ce has e! If I recruit this man, all of us will sleep well tonight!”

  “Boss!”

  The sudden shout of another worker immediately attracted everyone’s attention.

  “What?”

  “Here, here. It’s Balm!”

  “I got Silver Bde!”

  “Fortune!”

  “Bleary Mirage’s sister and Silver Bde’s brother!”

  The boss felt overwhelmed. He had tears in his eyes, thanking the goddess of luck for her blessing.

  “Quick, ihem all!”

  Soon, Liam and his friends were gathered in a spacious room on the upper floor, except for thia and Sam, aka Watchful Eye.

  Tasty snacks were prepared for the huests. With one look everyone figured out that this pce repared to recruit promising pyers.

  A momehe door opened and a brightly smiling, tall man in a suit entered. His short bck hair was styled ly, and he looked a lot more refreshed than a minute ago.

  “Thank you for following my invitation and apologies for the wait!”

  The man quickly approached the party, shaking everyone’s hands. He sed the group with a professional eye, pting how to deal with this.

  Knowing that the two Colville siblings definitely guessed his purpose, he decided not to beat around the bush.

  “My name is Mr. Gardner. I don’t want to waste too much of your time, so let me be straightforward. I am her on behalf of our federation govero build a good retionship with promising pyers like you.

  With the beginning of the game, the gover has unched a few different programs. Here, this is some information. Please take a look at your leisure.”

  Mr. Gardner grabbed a few small booklets and hahem out to his guests.

  The first to politely refuse were Silver Bde and Fortune, who weren’t ied in w for others.

  was Serena, who only flipped through the booklet before pg it down and wait for Liam to figure it out.

  Mr. Gardener didn’t dare to show his disappoi, fog his enthusiastic gaze on Liam, Felix, and Balm.

  Liam kept an indifferent face, despite feeling inwardly satisfied that his earlier thoughts held true. As soon as he revealed his information, he received the gover’s i and was even granted multiple options to choose from.

  Browsing through the booklet he once more realized the importance everyone pced on aboul.

  Despite the short time of its existehe gover already came up with multiple programs, which could be separated into two categories.

  One was the civilian category like special courses in college which taught about the game. In this category it mostly came down to an exge of information, with the federation proving surprisingly generous.

  The other category was all about the military, serving the army. It went from being a soldier to representing the federation against the alien races in tours.

  Liam read through everything quietly, pting deeply.

  Notig that at least three people showed serious i, Mr. Gardner was inwardly relieved.

  “I don’t need an answer from yht now. Take your time a me know if you decide on something.

  No matter what, all of you will be seen as people of high importance by our federation gover. If you need anything, just let me know and I will do my best to assist you.

  Here, this is my phone number and my in-game name. Please let me know if you came to a decision.”

  Liam grabbed the small card handed over with a nod. Looking at it thoughtfully he suddenly came up with an idea.

  “Mr. Gardhere is indeed something I would like to ask, but I don’t know if it’s possible?”

  “Of course, ask away!”

  Gardner smiled brightly. He would be more disappointed if he didn’t receive any questions.

  Liam tried his lud expined what happeo his championship ring, causing Gardo sho expression.

  “So, y should be kept as evidenow. Hmm, if you describe it iail and I vouch for you, we might stand a ce…”

  Liam leasantly surprised. He worked together with Gardner, who soon excused himself to make a few calls. When the maurned with a pleased smile on his face, everyone could already tell that he was successful.

  Gardner expihat the ring could be brought over in about an hour or Liam could fetch it himself. After a short ption Liam chose the first option.

  He thanked his friends for the day, telling them that they didn’t o wait with him. The others uood, returning home, and leaving Liam and Serena in a café nearby.

  An hour ter Liam received a message and soon he held a golden ring inid with a blue gemstone in his hand. Immediately a voice sounded out in his head.

  [Challenge ‘Retrieve your championship ring!’ aplished.]

  [Evaluation: Rank C!]

  [Possible rewards:

  A strengthened bodyChoose oem with a level requirement below 25.Please choose, Pyer Liam.]

  Rank C? Hey, C aren’t you being too strict here?

  [My evaluation is always fair, pyer Liam.]

  But what should I have doer?

  […]

  See, you don’t know as well!

  [Possible solutions:

  Use the shadow cloak to infiltrate the army.Show your talent earlier to attract preferable treatment.Bribery… ]Ok, ok, I get it. Whatever. I take the strengthened body…

  [gratutions on finishing this challenge. You reward will arrive shortly.]

  Suddenly Liam’s body trembled as an incredibly pure energy ran through his body. A pleasurable sensation drove into his brain. He almost let out a moan, only holding himself back wheiced Serena’s strange gaze.

  Luckily the energy quickly drove into his flesh, transf it slowly and evolving it to an incredibly perfect state.