[Story Quest Defend the Village: Complete]

[Calculating Rewards...]

[Contribution Rankings are viewable]

[You have gained two levels]

[You have 20 free attribute points]

[You have gained a lucky box]

[You have gained Glory Medal]

Emile hadn't used his free attribute points from leveling up to level 7. He was now level 9.

Emile regained first place on the Level leaderboard. This lead to a world announcement.

He also received his fourth special point.

Someone else had completed a story quest which put them at level 7. The top players were all around level 7. His entire party became level 7 while he became level 9.

He had a huge lead over second place and an even bigger lead over everyone else.

His party gained one level since they didn't get first place on the individual ranking.

Emile had gotten first place on the individual ranking both times which out him two levels above his party.

This experience allowed Flower Queen and Time Walker to level up to level 8. They were 2nd and 3rd place on the global leaderboards.

Flower Queen had logged on at some point. Emile didn't have an idea about when she logged on.

She logged on at a good time since a quest appeared. It startled her; she complied with the quest's orders and headed towards the battlefield.

Emile planned on saving his free attribute points. He would use them when in dire situations or when he needs more special points.

While exploring the Nirvanic Market he hadn't seen a place to exchange his special points, so he assumed that they would use them for the expensive items.

Emile wanted to get at least two more Red Silver items from the auction.

"Hey, I'm going to the south for a quest," Emile said.

Emile thought it was time to move on to a different location.

As he was walking away, Flower Queen messaged him.

"Wait, there are still a few places I want to show you in the Nirvanic Market." She wrote.

Emile complied and teleported to the market. He chose to teleport at a location hidden from view since it was uncommon for a person to teleport. Tilted Rainbow was an exception.

Emile arrived back at the Nirvanic Market.

Emile saw Lily in the distance, brushing past other Nirvanic's as she headed towards him.

He walked in her direction after spotting her in the crowd.

"There's one more location I should show you," she said.

Emile had heard her voice. Many people were in the market. They had almost drowned her voice out by the chattering that surrounded them.

"Speak in the chat," Emile messaged her.

"Okay, follow me," she wrote as she turned around.

Emile matched her pace and followed her. The number of players near the location diminished from the market area.

She arrived in front of a giant arena. There was mosaic tile floor at the center of the arena. It was a 30x30 floor raised up by 2 meters.

She spoke again.

"Sign up for the Nirvanic Tournament. It's a competition between Nirvanic's as the title suggests." She said.

"What do you do? Do you fight?" Emile asked.

"You fight. But there are special restrictions in each match. Everyone will have the same number of stats. They won't allow players to use any item skills. The only skills allowed are from the skill system. So people can compare their control, accuracy and more." She said.

"It's good practice to improve your skills. If you win you get 500 skill points for your skill system. I don't have a clue at what they would do about you. They might give 500 skill points for both your skill trees or you can decide where it goes." She continued while putting her hand on her chin.

"Where do you sign up," Emile asked.

"That guy. Don't annoy him or get on his bad side. He's... eccentric. If he doesn't like you, he won't let you sign up. It barred many people from entering." She whispered.

She pointed at an old man who was lying in the shade. He was staring at the ceiling.

"Okay," Emile responded and walked towards the old man.

"Excuse me, sir, I would like to ask you something," Emile mustered up the politest tone he could.

"You already asked." The old man responded.

"Ah... I would like to ask you 3 questions," Emile caught onto his trick and evaded it.

"Go ahead." The old man said without thinking too much about his response.

"Can I sign up for the Nirvanic tournament," Emile asked.

After Emile said this the old man looked straight into his eyes. He continued staring and Emile didn't break eye contact.

It confused Lily. She didn't understand what they were doing. It looked like they were having a staring contest.

"Interesting... you're the first dual-wielder I've ever seen," The old man said after a long look into his eyes.

"You recognize what a dual-wielder is..." Emile thought it was weird for an NPC to know what that term meant. NPC stood for a non-playable character. This meant that they shouldn't know words that a player would use.

"Yeah, someone who uses two swords to fight." The old man said.

"Not that kind of dual-wield-oh never mind. Can I sign up for the Nirvanic Tournament now?" Emile asked after giving up the act of learning information from the old man.

"I would have kicked you out for your behavior. But I'm in a good mood. Here's the paper. Sign your IGN here." The old man said. IGN was the name that a player would choose for their game character.

Emile didn't notice certain words that the old man said. How would an NPC know what IGN stands for?

Emile walked up to the paper and wrote Mystical Flame with heavy strokes.

"You can leave now," The old man kicked him out as soon as their conversation ended.

"What were you doing?" Lily questioned.

"What do you mean?" Emile asked back.

Lily walked and Emile followed. They continued their conversation as they walked.

"You and the old man was staring at each other. It was weird. Did you get into a staring contest with him? Who won?" She asked.

"I don't understand why he stared at me. We didn't have a staring contest. I blinked a few times when he was staring at me. He didn't blink a single time. He would be fantastic at staring contests." Emile said.

"Oh, a weird thing about him was that he said I'm a dual-wielder. I wish I could figure out how he figured this out. When I asked he said it was people who used two swords. I moved on from that topic since it seemed like he wouldn't reveal anything." Emile recalled.

"How would he know? Maybe the old man has a special ability which allows him to see what type of skill system a player has. Yeah, he noticed I had the earth skill system when I went to sign up." It confused Lily at first but she thought of a hypothesis.

"Let's move on from this topic," Emile said.

"This is the auction house. This is where the auction will take place." They were in front of the auction place by the time their conversation reached an end.

"Alright... that's all the facilities of the Nirvanic Market that I know of." Lily said.

"My tour is over." She continued.