On trial!

Kim kept being agressive enough that John couldn't leave. Despite the lack of actual fighting it still counted as a combat situation as long as both of them were alive and undefeated.

Kim spoke very little, but listened a lot. She was standing near a brazier and the sound of the flames was making it hard to hear anything of their conversation. Soon she dropped the call and walked towards John, still kneeling on the floor, to hand him his phone back.

"Moira swore on her name, title and the Lady herself that what you told me is true. You might have clouded her mind a little, but never enough for such a perjury. Raise up, Gamer! I won't kill you today, but I will keep an eye on you. Warlocks and Necromancers often start their life as you are and with the best intentions, they get corrupted by power and the hunt for more of it. Now we have two last things to discuss. " she declared, lifting the metaphorical anvil that had been resting on his chest since all of this started.

Achievement unlocked: Gallows Dodger
You narrowly escaped a **** sentence. You will keep living for another day. If you don't mess things up, that is...
Rewards
People have +20% chances to believe you when you are telling the truth.
+5 Wisdom
+200xp
+200$
Gamer's Luck lvl3

Wisdom reached 25
20% chance of realizing you're about to do something stupid
+2 mp/min mana regen
+10% chance of skill discovery while using meditation for at least one hour.

"And what would these things be? I will change back now that we don't have to fight anymore." he told her as he got back on his feet.

"Not so fast, keep this gear on! First tell me why you had me do these things in my underwear before. What were you trying to achieve? " she asked him.

"Nothing, I swear! I wouldn't try anything with you, I have a girlfriend." he defended himself, hoping she wouldn't notice that while both of those statements were true they had no connection. "I really needed a model to improve my drawing skills and I was really here to help you with your grades. I didn't even touch you to place you in the correct position and it would have been easier doing so. What was the second thing?"

She somehow looked satisfied with his answer. He had all along acted like a gentleman and never touched or got really close to her while she was in her underwear.

"Explain to me exactly what was asked of you about the Friendship Egg. What do you know of it?" she asked.

"Sometimes in the morning I get a message..." he started.

"From Gaia? The world spirit talks to you in the morning? Why? How? This is... Preposterous!" she said quite pissed off.

"Moira explained to me that my powers came from Gaia, but I don't know if the messages I get come directly from her or if she created an entity to handle it for her. Anyway I got a new quest called Eastern Egg, it required of me to find something before 8:00am tomorrow it was written in Korean and translated to Friendship Egg when I looked it up. I also have a bonus objective of not losing more than half of my health before the same deadline. Completing the quest will grant me some experience and two levels of my fighting skill, enhancing the part about unarmed combat. The bonus objective will grand me more health and a faster recovery. I lied to you about it because even after searching online I had no idea what it was and I wanted to find out from you without giving away who I was. " he finished his explanation.

"This story is too insane to be a lie, no one would invent something so unbelievable when their life is on the line. A friendship egg is something used among some of the hidden clans in Korea and a few parts of Japan, Mongolia and China. Through a ritual two eggs are summoned each given to a member of one of two clans. If their friendship decreases the shell tarnishes, if their conspire against each other the egg rots and if they betray one another it breaks. You cannot get one because you are not a member of any clan and such a thing would only be done on order of a high ranking member of these clans. " she told him.

"That's not exactly true. Well it depends on your exact definition of a clan." he told her.

"What are you talking about?" she replied.

"Well one of the things I have is a special place, a permanent barrier and the messages from the same interface that Gaia gave me are saying that I am the king of this place. Why couldn't I be my own clan? I can't join one because of the deal I made with the Order, but I can form my own. " he said.

"You would form a clan just to get a Friendship Egg?" she asked in total disbelief.

"I actually don't have a name for it yet, but I thought that being a king, albeit of a small and new kingdom, would fulfill the requirements of your ritual. And as a bonus it would allow you to watch me and be warned if I prepare anything against you. We have both something to gain and nothing to lose. So do you agree? " he asked her.

She thought longly of it, once again it might be a tall tale, but Moira told her to trust him. His remarks about it being a way to watch over him was probably be the deciding factor.

"Alright, but there is something you have to do first. The second part of your quest was clearly meant to be a test of your fighting prowess and the people who enter the pact must be warriors. I will have to test you before I accept to do this. And if you get the second reward, you will have truly earned it. " she declared.

She walked to a pillar and pulled a hidden lever. One of the stone tiles began to raise up, revealing a metal cage underneath.

"This place is where we kill enemies that would ravage the outside world, where we lock up foes we can't kill, but also we're new slayers are tested. Some creatures are captured and kept there for training. If you manage to kill this creature I will give you the Friendship Egg, but know one thing. I will not assist you in this test!" she warned him.

One the pull of a second lever the door of the cage opened and John heard the noise of some chains falling on the ground. John was ready to fight, his blade in hand, waiting to see what he would have to kill.

A hand grabbed the side of the cage and pulled as the creature extracted itself from the cage.