Temporal Pearls

Chapter 37: Communication

[Seth Enock The Cripple is gazing at the First Painting]

Due to the uniquess of the painting, any time someone gazes at it, the original creator will be notified.

"Hello, Seth!" Nanncy said.

Silce!

"How did you get your hand on the painting? Did you bribe or kill that spoiled brat?" Nanncy Abadd Aer asked.

"Ahm, well... long story! But, how come, I can hear your voice from the painting?"

Not in Seth's wildest dream did he ever expect to hear Nanncy's voice coming out of the paintings

And for every word that comes out from the painting, the picture in it vibrates slightly. From that, Seth understood the painting held tremdous secrets he can't begin to fathom.

"It's a special skill I have. A painting of that calibre will sd me information whever someone gazes at it." She said with a smile.

"I couldn't believe I would be happy to hear your voice. At first, I was not going to connect, but I felt the connection was differt from that spoiled brat. That got me curious to check... so it was you!" Nanncy added.

But th she was speechless. Why was she happy to speak to a stranger like that?

"I'm glad too. You know ever since you disappeared it was just me alone in the town. And you know people thought I'm your servant and without you, they began to look down on me!" Seth said with a smile.

He was really happy talking to someone he knew in the game, it felt good and his apprehsion was abetted due to being alone in the forest.

"I'm sorry, I have an issue and have to adjust my mtality. I took your advice but it was hard. So, I tried something new which got me a great surprise... After that, I made a deal with Vulcan who st me somewhere."

"Oh, you mean he st you back to the original town in advance?"

"Yes... hey, don't tell me you people have completed the Town transportation? That is good, I'm about to find a Class Quest, I will be back in just two days." She said.

Seth can feel the happiness and giddiness in her voice. Asteroid Online was an unusual Game, it forced players to feel close to strangers.

The psychology behind was that it was almost impossible for players to meet anyone they knew from real life. With the weirdness and hardship of the game, people felt lonely subconsciously and also began to cherish those new bonds they developed within the game!

"How long can we discuss using this method?" Seth asked.

"For as long as my Mtal Fortitude allowed it! Why do you ask?" Nanncy asked.

"Well, Vulcan Village was transported... without me. I was left behind because I was giv the title of First Noble of the Town."

"That bastard, he did it on purpose. He tried pulling something similar to me after I found that his town was fake. He said giving me nobility will raise my level faster but after he found out my Talt he changed and said city nobility will be better for me..." Nanncy narrated the things that she found out.

The player's avatar body was an exact replica of a real-life body. So, Nanncy's amazing eyesight and knack for actual graphics due to her Insane Art Talt was replicated by the game

So, after her anxiety was abetted and her mind calmed, she was able to see the world in its true form; a weird pixel formation.

Adding to that was her Artifact ability. Due to gaining access to her Artefact, She kept getting a Quest to help the Game System develop better. Though she was only asked to paint a specific part of the town that needed adjustmt, it was still mind-boggling for Seth!

Seth as an artist still did not comprehd how that could be possible but he got the gist of it.

One of the Quests, demanded her to appraise a Dragon Bone. With no idea how to do that she began to search the Manor until she found Vulcan secrets.

"You are leaving me in suspse, tell me what happed!" Nanncy screamed in exasperation.

"I was robbed. During world Asteroid desct we fought with something called Crodos. And I performed well and I got a chance to have class advancemt but... the spoiled brat made a move and robbed the material required for the advancemt. As of now, I'm a pseudo-class player."

"Now, list, Abuhe Magma Vulcan's true purpose of being in Gawee Contint was to obtain something called Temporal Pearl. And it was the requiremts for the Apex class category that I almost obtained...."

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[System Error]

[Connection Disabled]

[Unable to Connect Again]

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Nanncy stared at the notification with puzzle expressions.

"What is happing! My connection should be absolute."

They have be discussing for hours now with just the mtion of Temporal Pearls, everything came to a stop.

"Abuhe Magma Vulcan! He knew the chief's full name." Nanncy was at a loss.

"Apex class!"

"Things just got more complicated!"

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Seth was tired of sitting so he stood and was busy telling her the curious information. After he finished, he waited for an answer but did not hear her voice.

He checked and realized he might have be speaking with no one for 0 minutes.

"Didn't she say her Mtal Fortitude could support it? Maybe she got tired, it gets cut!" He said.

At the same time, he was getting another feeling, it was cut by the system. Anyway, he got what he wanted and hoped she heard the crucial information.

With Nanncys' explanation, he was able to grasp a bit of the 500cm wide and 50cm long painting. But one thing that scared him was the Quest he received just now.

Ding

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[Quest]

Copy First Painting 0,000 times.

[Reward]

~Glean the secret of the painting!

~First Painting Canvas Replica (F-)!

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