BXBX NOVEL Chapter 86: Skirmish With Gaia 1
"Leave the poor boy alone. He already said his piece; it\'s not up to him whether you choose to believe him or not..."
The voice came from none other than the oldest-looking lady, who walked over to them.
She grabbed Oliver by the ear and pulled him off the seat, dragging him away to his room.
"Leave me alone!" Oliver screamed as he tried to escape her grasp, but Nolan watched with interest as orange-colored chains suddenly moved out of her hands and wrapped tightly around Oliver, constricting him until he couldn\'t move an inch.
She then dragged him away from the place.
CLINK!
The sound of the pilot room door unlocking echoed through the room, just as a golden-haired guy walked into the room, his eyebrows furrowed.
"At our current speed, we\'ll reach the realm of Atlantis in exactly 12 hours. We need to discuss our plans before then."
"How about a meeting three hours from now?" Ferris said to everyone.
Nolan watched as they shrugged their shoulders, indicating their willingness and acceptance.
They really weren\'t doing anything, nor did they have anything else to do, so why not?
Ferris walked back to his room after saying that, and the others also left for their rooms, leaving Nolan alone in the large living room.
He rested his back on the chair when a thought suddenly occurred to him.
\'That reminds me. I completed some quests earlier...\' He thought to himself and quickly activated the system interface.
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[System Interface]
[Quests]
[Congratulations, you have completed the quest: Spar with a godly ten.]
[Rewards: +1000 EXP gained.]
[Congratulations, you have completed the quest: Survive the encroachment of the shadow ones.]
[Rewards:
1. +2 Level Up Cards
2. +3000 EXP!]
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STEP. STEP. STEP.
The sound of footsteps rang out nearby, but Nolan didn\'t pay much attention, focused on the system\'s interface before him instead.
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[System Interface]
[Name: Nolan Gottscahld]
[Age: 16]
[Title: God\'s Apostle]
[Level: 18]
[EXP: 5500/9000]
[Level Up Cards: 4]
[Does Host wish to Level Up?]The system asked Nolan, who responded,
\'No.\'
The strength he currently possessed was enough to give him a sense of security. So he found no need to increase his strength just yet.
With a thought, the panel disappeared from Nolan\'s vision, but his mind soon directed him back to the footsteps he heard, couple minutes back.
Turning his face to the side, he jerked his head back when he found a face mere inches from his...
"What the!?" Nolan shouted in shock as he looked at the figure before him. He rolled his eyes and shifted away from her.
"What are you looking for this time..." Nolan asked, and the answer he received was a burst of loud giggles ringing out directly in his ear.
"Someone seems offended..." Gaia teased, her green hair falling over her face as she grinned at him.
Nolan furrowed his eyebrows before relaxing them.
"I\'m not. So, what do you want?"
The girl beside him was none other than the green-haired girl he\'d met in the cafeteria.
The one who had sent him slamming into the wall and whispered to him that certain people had their eyes on him.
To Nolan, she was a bit too jumpy and mysterious, so he wanted to keep his distance, even though he had a system quest involving her. It was something he would complete, but not here, not now.
"Arrrgggh," a sudden groan of pain left Nolan\'s lips as he felt a figure roughly slam into his chest.
"Get off me!" he screamed as he tried to push away the figure sitting on him, but he found his fingers interlocked with a slightly cold pair of hands.
His hands were pinned down to the sofa, and immediately, veins bulged on Nolan\'s arms as he tried to push her hands back.
But no matter how much his hands expanded, it only worsened the pressure on his arms until they slammed back down onto the sofa.
GIGGLE!
The giggling rang out from Gaia as she looked at Nolan\'s disbelieving expression.
"You\'ve grown slightly stronger than last time..." she whispered to him, her hot breath all over his face. But soon, Nolan\'s shock faded, replaced by an evil grin.
"You forgot about my legs..." Nolan mused. Before Gaia could make another move, Nolan\'s legs instantly rose up and wrapped around her waist.
In the next instant, he rolled off the chair.
The sudden momentum was enough to make Gaia wobble, and she fell off the seat with Nolan.
She had been on top of him before, but when they turned, he ended up being the one on top. Then...
THUMP!
A loud thud echoed as Gaia slammed her back onto the tiled floor, with Nolan right above her. Her hold on him slipped for a moment, causing him to slip away.
Nolan quickly jumped back, landing on his butt, but in the next instant, he was sent flying backward as Gaia suddenly knocked into him, sending him rolling on the ground.
He found himself back in the position he thought he had escaped from.
"You\'ve become more feisty than I remembered..." Gaia whispered into his ear.
"Than you remembered?" Nolan asked, raising an eyebrow. "Do I know you?"
Gaia\'s eyes remained dazed for a moment as she looked into Nolan\'s eyes, finding not the slightest trace of a lie within them.
With her moment of hesitation, Nolan used the opportunity to quickly turn himself over, and gently kicked with all of his strength, sending her flying off him.
He jumped to his feet, but the world flashed with speed, and he felt his back slam hard against the wall, with her already before him once more.
"Arrggh"
"Tell me again that you don\'t know who I am..." The voice sounded in Nolan\'s ear as he turned his gaze up to look at Gaia, but was bit surprised seeing something.
Something he had never seen on her before.