Cosmic Ruler

Chapter 65 School Gates

After hunting the Serpent King, everyone logged out as it was getting late.

"Thanks, Luna," Jake said as he enjoyed Luna's delicious cooking.

Luna nodded and then also brought out dessert after dinner.

Jake happily ate, and then after a late-night walk, he went to sleep.

The next morning, after freshening up, Jake asked Luna as he ate his breakfast.

"What's the number of gates Celestaria Academy possesses?"

"It's more than 1000," Luna replied.

Jake didn't find it surprising, as this Academy has tons of connections.

"Which gates can I access?"

"Given your E+ rank, it's either an E gate or a D gate."

Jake nodded and asked for the list of all E and D rank gates.

Jake then checked them as he ate and finally found a good gate.

"Dread Wolves Cave, book this one," Jake said, and Luna nodded.

"You won't be attending classes today?" Luna asked.

Jake nodded, and then Luna said, "Then I will book it for today."

Jake nodded and ate his meal.

At 10:00 am, it was the time Jake was allowed to enter the gate, and since it's only an E-rank gate, he can enter alone but still has to take Luna with him.

"Let's go," Jake then used the Gate key and opened the Dread Wolf cave in his yard.

A swirling black portal appeared as he stepped inside.

The reason for choosing this gate is because of the Dread Wolf Talent, Fearless; this species doesn't know the meaning of fear.

He is going to plunder this ability and give it to Liam, who has Swordsmanship talent but is unable to utilize it due to his fear or cowardice.

As Jake and Luna stepped inside, they appeared in a vast plain.

'Hmm, this is a plain so the Cave of Dread Wolves is in that direction,' Jake thought and then started going towards the direction of the Dread Wolves' habitat.

The Dread Wolf gate is made up of five regions, the center one is inhabited by Dread Wolves, while all other four regions are plains, swamp, desert, and lake.

But there are no other living beings aside from Dread Wolves, as they have killed all other species already.

"A nasty species," Jake mumbled as he saw the Nature Deer corpses littered around; they have killed them just for fun.

"They are predators who kill for fun," Luna said.

Jake nodded and then looked ahead as two Dread Wolves were coming towards them.

Jake looked at them and used his Akashic Insight and saw the Fearless talent.

Jake then simply used flame bullets and killed them. Discover stories at My Virtual Library Empire

And then plundered the Fearless Talent; he tried to plunder the other Dread Wolf too, but it failed. 'So, I can have only one type of talent at one time.'

"What are you doing?" Luna tilted her head and asked.

"Nothing," Jake shook his head and then continued on his way to the Dread Wolves' habitat.

And soon they reached it.

Jake looked at the wolf habitat and then, pointing his index finger, he said, "Nova Ignition Burst." An attack that took half of his white core energy.

A pure white pillar of light crackling with white lightning assaulted the wolves, and now there is nothing but a deep crack in the ground.

Jake nodded and then waited.

And soon, a wolf standing on his hind legs emerged from the crack.

Awoooooooo!

"It worked," Ash mumbled. Earlier, when he used Akashic Insight on the Dread Wolves, he noticed a particular talent called Dread Collection. What it does is basically collect all the grudges from other wolves and pass it to the Alpha wolf or leader.

"It's D+ rank," Luna frowned as she stood in front of Jake.

"Don't worry, it's still weaker than me," Jake pulled her back and said.

Luna looked at Jake and nodded. "But I will intervene if I find you in a difficult situation."

"Suit yourself," Jake shrugged and then looked at his stats with Akashic eyes.

[Name: Alpha Drea

Race: Werewolf (Temporary)

Core: Abyssal

Rank: D+

Talent: Fearless Aura

Skills: Dread Claws, Dash, Dark Breath

A wolf empowered by the spirits of his brethren; time remaining is 5 minutes]

The werewolf looked at Jake and then dashed.

He extended his claws as he tried to rip Jake, but Jake easily sidestepped and then kicked him.

The werewolf crashed some distance away.

"It's weak," Luna said.

"Told you," Jake shrugged and then used flame blast and killed the werewolf.

Coming near it, Jake extracted the Fearless Aura and then exited the gate.

"Call Liam," he said to Luna, who shook her head and replied, "He might be in class."

Jake nodded and then booked another gate.

And it was Gale Eagle one; from there, he got Eagle Eyes Talent.

"It's a pity; I can only book two Gates per day," Jake mumbled as he watched TV.

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In the evening, classes ended, and Jake called Liam and Aren and gave them the talent.

"Now, I have a Master Swordsman and a Master Archer," Jake thought as he looked at them and then told them to practice hard.

"You didn't attend classes today?" Mark asked as he appeared with the rest of the gang.

"Yes, I was exploring Gates," Jake nodded and said.

"Man, I also want to explore gates," Jimmy mumbled in envy.

"Which Gates?" Dio asked.

"Gale Eagle and Dread Wolves," Jake replied.

"Hmm, aren't they too weak for you?" Dio asked.

"They were, but I can only access higher gates after successfully clearing 10 gates of lower rank," Jake nodded and explained.

"What a waste of time," Mark shook his head and said.

"Indeed it is," Jake nodded.

"Wanna join us in our Gate exploration?" Emily asked.

"I will," Jake nodded, and then together they raided an E-rank gate.

After 5 minutes.

"No challenge," Emily and others sighed.

It was too easy, after all.

"Now, you guys know my pain," Jake said.

And others nodded and decided to raid a boss inside World's End.

And soon they logged in and appeared in Jimmy's Territory.

"What are the monsters?" Mark asked.

"Drill Moles," Jimmy answered, as a mole with sharp metal claws appeared in front of them.

Killing it, they appeared at their nest, and "This time, it's only a D+ rank monster."

Jake, hearing this, felt disappointed and let his friends take care of them.

"Now, now, don't be sad, because there is a monster for you too," Jimmy said as he pointed at a big hole near the Drill mole nest.

"That is?"

"The natural enemy of Drill Moles, a snake."

"What's its rank?" Jake nodded and asked.

"It's C-rank," Jimmy said, and then Jake reached the hole with a dead Drill mole.

After some time of waiting, slithering sounds came as a snake with black scales and purple venom, dripping from its fangs, appeared.

Hiss...

It hissed at Jake and lunged at him with its mouth wide open.

Jake looked at it and used Darkness Blast, killing it instantly.

[You are now D- rank, what did you expect?] Nexus said as Jake calmly looked at the dead snake.

"Maybe a little challenge," Jake said.

[You are weird, everyone wants to one-shot their opponent, but you want a good opponent that can battle you] Nexus.

"Maybe," Jake nodded and then returned to his territory and faced the last two hordes of beasts, and now his village is out of the Newbie phase.

"Now, for the problem of villagers," Jake mumbled and decided to talk to the elders of refugees who are now his villagers.

After talking with them, Jake got to know about the Empire that is some hundred kilometers further from his territory.

The refugees are from a kingdom that was destroyed by another kingdom and is now an Empire.

"Fortunately, a higher rank village can't attack a lower rank village," Jake mumbled and then decided to visit the destroyed kingdom location.

According to the elder, there might be some refugees.

Jake, using his Vampire wings, flew towards the location and occasionally killed the Monsters' nests he encountered.

After a day of flying, Jake finally reached the location.

And saw devastation, a big city that might be the kingdom capital was left with nothing but destruction.

"It's weird, aren't Players' villages or Kingdoms supposed to vanish after their defeat?"

The rules of World's End are truly strict, and if one gets defeated in territory war, their whole Territory will vanish.

"So, this is probably a ruin," Jake smiled and floated down in front of the destroyed castle gate.

Jake then decided to check out this ruin as ruins contain many secrets, related to both the Virtual and Real world.

As Jake was looking at the walls of the Ruined kingdom, a magic circle appeared in front of him, and from it, Liliac in her chibi form popped out.

"You found an Undead Kingdom Ruin, great work," Liliac said, nodding.

"Eh?" Jake tilted his head at the unexpected words.

Liliac looked at Jake and mumbled, 'It was luck, it seems.'

"This is the Undead Kingdom Ruin; I can sense it," Liliac pointed at the Ruined kingdom and said.

"Wait! Does this mean your treasure is here?" Jake exclaimed and asked.

"Yes, virtual world treasure and real-world treasure key," Liliac nodded.