Cosmic Ruler

Chapter 55 Swarm

As Jake used his Dark Slash, a horizontal dark slash reached the upcoming sea and halted them.

The swarm stopped, but Jake didn't; he continued his onslaught, and the golden knight followed after him, finishing off the beasts he left behind.

Razor, using wind and flame magic, incinerated the swarm. His role as a turret also played a role in disrupting the swarm; his attacks made them scatter, which Jake and Lily could then deal with.

Soon, the swarm was fully destroyed by Jake and his two heroes.

"You are strong. Normally it takes three hours to take care of such a horde, but your help caused it to end in just one hour," Razor said, with Lily nodding in agreement.

Jake shrugged and said, "At this level, it's easy."

Razor and Lily nodded, and then Jake logged out. Tomorrow is the welcome ceremony; he can't be late for it.

Jake removed his headgear, freshened up, and then reached the lobby.

"Luna, tell me about this welcome ceremony," Jake said to Luna, who was watching TV. 'She can even watch TV,' Jake thought, looking at her.

"You don't have to do anything. If anything, they will just honor you, and even if you don't go, it won't matter, though some teachers might get upset with you," Luna replied.

Jake nodded and then thought, 'Well, might as well go. It's not like I have anything else to do.'

Next day

In the morning, Jake's friends came, and together they went to the auditorium where the welcoming ceremony was taking place. Upon reaching, they saw a fully decorated hall with seating arrangements and a lot of food at one side.

As Jake and his friends entered, a male student approached them. "Hello, Sir Jake, please come with me. I will guide you to your seat. As for your friends, they will be guided by someone else," he said, bowing politely.

"Can't they sit with me?" Jake asked.

"That might upset other royals," the male student replied apologetically.

"Then you don't have to worry about it. They are losers anyway," Jake waved his hand dismissively.

The male student, seeing Jake like this, sighed and then guided him and his friends to VIP seats.

Jake sat at the front, while his friends sat behind him.

"It would be better if you sit beside me," Jake said.

"It's okay. We are already sitting in front of others; sitting behind is not that bad," Dio said.

"So it's bad," Jake smiled and said.

"Of course, everyone wants to be first," Dio shrugged.

"But I guess it won't be possible as long as I am in the same class as you," Dio sighed.

"Well, he is a monster in human skin," Jimmy nodded.

"Jake is talented from birth," Mark said.

"He also trains better than us always," Emily added, and others nodded, recalling Jake's rigorous training routines.

"He must have undergone hellish training," Dio remarked.

"You don't have any idea," Mark, Jimmy, and Emily collectively said.

As they were talking, silence fell as the teachers appeared. All the students quietly took their seats.

After the students were seated, one of the teachers took the stage and introduced himself. "Hello, everyone. My name is Mathias Rokne. I will be your Monster teacher..."

And then, one by one, each teacher introduced themselves. Jake had a single thought throughout, 'I shouldn't have come.'

But the water was already spilled, so Jake endured. Finally, after what felt like ages, the welcome ceremony ended.

"I never thought sitting could make you tired," Jake mumbled.

"It wasn't sitting; it was those boring speeches," Mark grumbled.

"I slept midway," Dio said.

Jake and the others then bid goodbye and went back to their dormitories. Upon reaching his mansion, Jake said, "Luna, can you massage my shoulders?"

"I can," Luna replied.

And then she started massaging Jake's shoulders, and he fell asleep.

At dinner time, Jake woke up and thought, looking at the dark sky, 'I am getting lazier and lazier.'

Jake shook his head and then ate dinner before logging into World's End as Night.

Appearing on his sky island, Jake almost felt like he came to the wrong place.

Jake's eyes widened as he saw he was in the middle of a beautiful garden consisting of white rose-like flowers. As Jake was going to touch one, Lilac appeared in her cute chibi skeleton form and stopped him.

"Is something wrong?" Jake asked as Lilac halted him.

"Check that flower first," Lilac shook her head and pointed at the white rose-like flower.

Jake nodded and inspected the flower.

[Name: White Death

Rank: Unique

Description: A unique flower that can only be cultivated by the Reaper Queen. It blooms after ingesting the soul of 100 creatures. Just by touch, it can cause unimaginable pain, and by consuming it, one can die in the most horrible way possible.]

Jake's skeleton jaw dropped to the ground upon seeing the flower's description. "Why is it here then?"

Jake picked up his fallen jaw as Lilac answered, "They also have another hidden function. They can aid in the evolution of undeads."

"It wasn't mentioned in its information, though," Jake remarked.

"I discovered it accidentally when a foolish zombie under me ate it. At first, I thought of it as an evolution ingredient, but when I learned about it later, I came to understand it is one of the most deadly poisons present in our world," Lilac replied.

"Hmm, so it's for me?" Jake asked.

"No, it's of no use to you. This body of yours is nothing but a shell made by this realm. Why bother going through pain for such a useless thing?" Lilac shook her head.

"So it's for Boney?" Jake nodded and said.

"Yes, it's for him. It will allow him to become a Soul Poison Skeleton Warrior or Mage, according to his aptitude," Lilac replied.

"Good. So when will he take it?" Jake asked.

"Not anytime soon," Lilac replied.

"By the way, what's with all of this?" Jake asked, noticing the changes in the environment.

"Your villagers built it on the order of your heroes," Lilac replied.

Jake shook his head at such a short answer and then decided to inspect the castle to check it out.

After half an hour...

"It's huge," Jake thought after touring half of the castle. "Is this even possible? Building it in such a short amount of time," Jake pondered.

Jake then entered the next room, which was the throne room.

Opening the room, he saw a black and gold-themed room, with black pillars marked with intricate golden patterns. At one side opposite to the door was a tall throne made of obsidian and gold, with a statue of a knight behind it.

Jake reached the throne and thought, 'It's grand.'

Sitting on the throne, he tried to pose and clicked a pic. "Cool," he admired his photo, stood up, and left the throne room.

As he opened the next door, he hastily closed it as the Death Saintess was literally changing clothes.

'The heck? How is this possible?' Jake thought and then turned back, wondering, 'Why is her room next door to my throne room?'

Jake thought of something and then opened the door on the left side of the throne room.

"As expected, their rooms are adjacent to the throne room," Jake mumbled, seeing it was the Death Saint's room.

"Probably for my safety," Jake shrugged and closed the door.

As he was passing by, he couldn't help but think, "Her figure was quite good... No, no, what am I thinking?"

[Nothing but your inner thoughts], Nexus said.

"What?" Jake asked.

[Answer to your question], Nexus replied with a laugh.

Jake fell silent and continued on his way.

[Oye oye, are you ignoring me now?], Nexus prodded.

[Tch... Being silent only makes you a coward], Nexus added.

"Or smart," Jake smiled and replied.

After some time, Jake finally toured the whole castle.

He then visited the Death Knight training hall and saw some of his villagers training there. It was a funny sight to see, as every time they swung, some lost their hands, and some lost their heads.

Jake shook his head and then looked to the side and saw the Archlich training Boney.

"So, they were imitating Boney," Jake thought.

Jake then, seeing everything, decided to use the last benefit of his Diamond Village: the class selection ticket.

"Hmm, there are a lot of them," Jake thought as he scrolled through the available jobs.

Jake then found an interesting job and selected it.

{Soul King selected}

{Job successfully changed to Soul King}

{Please refer to the status to see your new abilities and skills}

Jake closed the notification and then opened his status.

"Oh, it's better than I thought," Jake thought, seeing his status.

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A/N : Sorry in advance as I have written this chapter using my phone