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nAn instant feeling of frigid cold enveloped my body, and as I breathed out, a smoke cloud appeared before me.

nThe white gillie suit that wrapped around me slightly fluttered as a gust of wind brushed past me, causing me to shiver a bit from the cold.

n“Fooooo… I’ll just take the same spot,” I muttered as I didn’t feel like dragging this out.

nI heard the teacher announce the start of the match from across the room, but I was completely in the zone as I continued to compact snow up the corner of the room.

nThere was no sign of snow crunching, and after I scouted the area one last time with my scope, I jumped up the small stack of snow I had made, revealing the entire battlefield.

nOkay… Nowhere to be seen… meaning… she is… right there.

n“Sssssss,”

np I breathed in a sharp breath, stabilizing the suppressed barrel as I carefully placed it at head level, aiming right around the corner of a hill… and,

nPew

nI shot and hit her directly in the head, knocking her out.

nUs snipers didn’t use rubber bullets since we students weren’t wearing any helmets, so we used this particular bullet similar to a rubber bullet but less elastic and a bit softer.

nThough, a headshot will definitely knock somebody out.

n“Winner: Orion! Loser: Tory!” The teacher announced, and as it was my responsibility, I grabbed the girl by the collar and dragged her all the way to the nurse’s office.

nShe wielded an AR that was slick and black, but as I couldn’t bring it out of the Gun Theory room, I just left it on the ground next to my sniper, hoping somebody would pick them both up.

nAfter about fifteen minutes, I had finished everything I needed to do and returned to class.

nThe girl had woken up, and she was completely fine, though she was a bit angry at me as hitting her head was unnecessary… but then it wouldn’t be practice, right?

n“Oops, Cy is sort of rubbing off on me,” I chuckled a bit before sitting next to Aisa, who was just playing a game on her phone.

n“I don’t understand people who talk to themselves,” She muttered.

nI ignored her words and began to watch my classmates, who were very proficient with their weapons.

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n“The next match will be between Aisa and Nick!” The teacher finally announced, and Aisa’s bored expression immediately turned upside down.

n“Finally,” She smirked.

nUgh… Seriously…

nWhenever she smiles like this, it is evident that she is up to something, and only a few moments later, I realized what she was doing.

nI silently laughed to myself as she hid behind a hill, pointing her barrel straight at a corner where she expected the shotgun boy to appear.

nBAM

nAnd, her prediction was correct as her bullet collided with the boy’s torso from point-blank range, causing him to drop to the ground, writhing in pain.

nI could hear an audible laugh come from her as she basically taunted the boy who had just lost to a sniper from close range.

nAs the boy gave her the middle finger, she stuck one back right at him before returning next to me.

n“You waited for so long, only to do that? You should’ve made it more fun or something,”

n“No thanks… that was more fun than any other thing I have done today,” She continued to laugh her ass off, sometimes slapping me on the back as she couldn’t control herself.

nThis is the number four ranked in our city? This? THIS?!

n“*sigh*… Okay, calm down,” I said as she was getting too full of herself.

n“What do you mean?”

n“You’re not going to pull that off a second time,”

n“Yeah? I know that. That is why I’m celebrating so hard,” She said before bursting into tears of laughter once again.

nGet me out.

n…

nDING DONG

n“Finally,” I muttered before quickly grabbing my bag and making my way towards the cafeteria, where I soon met up with Findir.

nWe grabbed a few snacks before starting our study session, but something appeared before me halfway through.

nAres System has fully fused with The World System

nBugs have been fixed

nAn Anonymous Goddess smiles down upon you

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nAn Anonymous Goddess has used her ??? to complete this action

nA few gods all gawk in awe

nA few gods have an unsuccessful attempt at shutting their jaws closed

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nYou have received the God Quest: Control and Victory

nDescription: You have received a God Quest by the Goddess of-

nAnonymity has been activated

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nYou have received the God Quest: Control and Victory

nDescription: You have received a God Quest by ???. Take control of a few families in Amlas and have them win the War for Power. But, don’t think you’re done yet as then you must rid all the families that you have controlled. Failure will not be tolerated.

nReward: Skill Library (Three Selections)

nPenalty Upon Failure: Destruction of Soul

nTime Left: Infinite

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n“What’s wrong?” Findir asks as I stare up at the hundreds of panels of gods all reacting to what had just appeared before me.

n“N-Nothing,” I responded.

n“Hold up. You never stutter. Tell me, come on,”

n“It’s really nothing,” I responded, giving him my usual calm and collected face, but underneath, I was screaming and panicking at what had just commenced.

nGod Quest? Anonymous Goddess? What the hell is happening…

nAfter tutoring Findir for about an hour more, I rushed to my room to collect my thoughts.

nI even began to write them down in my notebook in order to make it easier to process… but to be honest, I was still struggling.

nAfter about another hour, I had calmed down, and this time, I was able to come to a conclusion.

nThe World System is most likely the system that everybody else has in this world, while the Ares System could be kind of like an exclusive DLC.

nIt is an addon just for me.

nThen the anonymous goddess… well, I might have an idea as to who it is… Athena? Right?

nThe word control and the word war stuck out to me the most… So, it is most likely Athena as she is the goddess of the strategic part of war, but knowing that doesn’t do anything for me.

n“Geez… what rabbit hole have I fallen in this time?”

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