《Into The Portal: Monster Invasion》90- Wanna hire the Marooner?
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Miles knew it was Tian Ling and his men who had tried to barge into his room. But Tian Ling didn’t know Miles moved to another room because rooms on the top floor were registered separately. Also, it hadn’t been that long yet. The reason why Miles said this was to let Tian Ling know that Miles was already sure it was Tian Ling who destroyed his door. But he was also not afraid to tell him about the new room.
It may be possible to destroy the door on other floors and barge into others’ rooms, but on the top floor, it was impossible. As the military staffs’ rooms were there, there were higher security measures all the time, and even Tian Ling couldn’t do anything about it.
Miles also wanted to warn Tian Ling and provoke him. From the start, Tian Ling targeted him over and over again, and he wouldn’t let it go just like that. Miles wasn’t so benign.
Miles then followed Quinn and Lucy, leaving Tian Ling angry and provoked.
He walked to Quinn's side and followed them to her room. When they entered, Lucy closed the door. She sat across Miles while Quinn sat on the seat behind her desk.
“Do you think it was Tian Ling?” Quinn asked when they were all seated. She wasn’t stupid. On the contrary, she was smart. She understood what Miles meant when he turned back and spoke to Tian Ling.
“I am pretty sure it was him.” Miles said. Before he could explain, Lucy questioned him.
“What would Tian Ling want from someone like you?” Her face was red, and her eyes were deadly.
Miles ignored her and turned to Quinn and recounted what had happened at the river and the cave.
“I can’t believe Tian Ling can do such a thing.” Quinn looked at him and asked, “By any chance, do you have any proof?”
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The proof Quinn was asking wasn’t a camera or voice recording. With technology this advance, and AIs that were capable of many things, they could generate any scene they had seen once. Thus, it was so easy for Coin to create the scene he had seen even if he wasn’t recording at the time. It would be an Ultra HD video of what they had experienced by the riverside.
But even if they weren’t real, AIs could still generate high resolution videos from nothing, albeit harder. If they weren’t real, and Miles explained it to Coin, they could still produce a scene where Tian Ling forced others to die.
Even on Earth, only authenticated videos were considered as proof. The recordings are shot by a camera device that can record events with high-tech cameras that can send the data to Mother AI and generate a key that can verify the context of the data. Since there is no way to transmit signals in the Portal World, all the recordings were unverified, thus didn’t have evidential value.
The reporter, who recorded his fight against Starve Cleric, was carrying such a camera. Thus, he was able to record Marooner’s fight against Starve Cleric. But unfortunately, such machines were useless in Portal World. So, Miles could only present his own experience and maybe other people survived the ordeal, but only Miles had survived, and his words alone weren't enough to prosecute Tian Ling.
But his words were still carrying some weight, at least to Quinn. Quinn believed in him, thus would not trust Tian Ling. She could even prevent others from following him, but that was all they could do. The proof she was asking was something solid but sadly, Miles was trying to survive, so he didn’t have any proof. So he could only shake his head.
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“It is logical to think Tian Ling would target your room after what you have done to him and his men. But since you moved to the top floor, he wouldn’t dare to try something like that from now on.” Quinn said.
“Yeah, it will be safer now, thanks to you.” Miles said.
There was a knock at the door. A soldier entered with a flash drive and presented it to Quinn.
“The videos you had requested, ma’am.” The guard handed it to Quinn and left immediately.
“Finally.” Lucy said and took the flash drive from Quinn’s hand and placed it over her wristwatch. A hologram screen promptly appeared in the air and a 3D scene of the Marooner fighting against Starve Cleric was being shown on it.
After that video, the Marooner’s battle at the Umbra Forest, where he snatched the blood orb was shown. Lucy was watching with excitement, while Quinn was nodding from time to time.
“What is this all about?” Miles asked after the videos were done playing.
The second video was obtained through memories of one of the people at the site. But it was accurate. From the angle and positioning of it, Miles suspected it was either Olivier or Porseila. It was an AI drawing, that is to say, it was not a real recording.
“Lucy found the video of the Marooner against the vampire, and brought it to my attention. She wants to recruit the Marooner to the hunting squad I had formed as a main tank.” Quinn said with an apologetic face.
Miles was the main tank of the squad because of his strong body. But Lucy was always unhappy with him. Now, she wanted to replace him with the Marooner.
“Oh, and have you contacted him?” Miles asked with a smile. He wouldn’t mind if they were to hire the Marooner instead of him if they could. At least he would get to wear his armor all the time.
“Hmmph, unlike you the Marooner is always out and slaying monsters. He is a real man, not a bully.” Lucy snorted at Miles and praised the Marooner, “His armor is stronger than any I have seen. He would be the perfect main tank.”
“What Lucy means is, we haven’t seen him yet but since he is in this Stronghold, we will find him sooner or later."
“Oh, okay. When is our first hunt?” Miles asked . He asked because he had not gone on any assignments yet ever since he had joined Quinn's squad. He missed the last one, which was the humanoid vampire.
Since they couldn’t contact the Marooner or hire him anyway, Miles would be the main tank, so he asked the date.
“We have been hired by Tian Ling to hunt a rare monster with an artifact. Tian Ling will provide us with pinnacle-tier orb, but he will have the orb and the artifact looted from the monster.” Quinn said and continued, “We will set off on the first day of the new month. I have been meaning to tell you for a while now.”
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