Back to bedroom
"The clean up was harder then anything" he says to himself laying on his bed looking up a the ceiling.
With anticipation, the next morning arrives.
He gets up and has breakfast with his mother. Like any other day and notices them outside of his house. He gets up in the middle of breakfast and says "I'm going to leave early Mom. I have a meeting with the guild".
He doesn't wait for a response and just goes, as he is leaving he hears her say "Just be careful Art". His anxiety, determination and resilience melt away and that stern look goes away with his soft face and smile taking over.
"See you later, Mom" and he looks at the picture and adds "Dad".
He closes the door behind him and he sees them approaching the door. "Let's go" he says to them. He squeezes past and goes to the car.
As they arrive, Arthur gets escorted to one place and it's the roof where Thomas spends his alone time. Thomas doesn't turn around and the guards leave immediately so they have a one to one talk. "Do you know why you're here."
"Yes" "Your men that were watching me all vanished". "Do you know why that is?" he asks without looking at him yet.
"I killed them" Arthur says confidently. "Why did you do that then?" he asks as he turns around and starts to use his ability from range. Arthur hears a loud ringing sound and starts to get a headache and yet he stands in his place.
"Because I hate being watched". The pain intensifies and he starts to bleed from his ears. He minimizes the damage by healing himself saying "I know why you were watching me and you're right".
"I also know that you want that Guild master seat and you need allies right now". Thomas stopped using his ability as his interest was peaked.
"To you I know I'm a rock on the pavement in the middle of the city. I'm basically irrelevant" "But the best tools are those you use when nobody sees." "I can be that tool".
"So you are an EVO... when did you awaken?" asks Thomas. "In the last rift" he responds with. "What ability?". "I have a class ability, it's Assassin."
When the tower of dreams appeared so did the concept of abilities, granting all those it deems worthy the power to eclipse everyone. What is known in this world through EVOLVED, is that there are 2 types of abilities.
First are the class abilities - Warrior, Healer, Ranged, Mage.
With these 4 Main classes, then there are sub classes like Swordsman, Tanker, Tamer, Summoner, White mages (Buffer and healer) and Assassin. Some sub classes can become powerful enough to rival unique classes but at the end of the day it comes down to each individual person. The tower sees the potential and gives people the tools to succeed, but each person must want it to get it.
The second type are Unique classes. They are vague names and powers not granted by the tower, but by the celestials that reside within the tower. The growth rate for unique ability users is astronomical and can become transcendent beings.
"I can take care of problems that you may have within the guild". Thomas walks up to Arthur and puts his hand on his shoulder giving him a cold stare equivalent to a death stare saying "But You're one of those problems". "So tell me" "Why shouldn't I kill you?". Arthur keeps his composure and bluntly expresses that "You're an ambitious and smart person who will do anything to get what he wants". "That's why" he ends it with looking at him with confidence in his eyes.
"You're right" says Thomas as he starts to chuckle. "I just want one thing, no dogs" says Arthur. He walks away leaving saying "I'll send you the names. Take care of them". Arthur lets out a big sigh of relief and calms himself down.
He walks towards the railing looking across the city. "Beautiful" he thinks to himself before leaving.
As he sits at his old computer, he does research into EVOLVED for several hours until it gets dark out. "She works there at this point doesn't she."
"So there are still good people left it this world". he ends it with as he is looking at a picture of a woman.