Adjustable World: Tefter

Chapter 3

Part one:

It was the 20th day at the Aperture Temple, and the night had already fallen.

Nonetheless, it wasn't late yet.

If it was summer, the sun would be visible for at least 3 more hours. It was time for dinner, and both Zafer and Skil were headed toward a nearby town to satisfy their hunger.

The town wasn't big and developed like Razihelnor, but it was still the 3rd largest city that was part of the National neutral territory.

They found an interesting-looking pub and decided to eat there. It was decorated with a fishing net and anchors, revealing the type of food one could taste here.

"Can I order for you this time?", Skil asked.

Zafer wasn't the one paying for this trip anyway, so he agreed.

Skil started listing through the menu as if he was looking for something.

"Have you ever tried octopus?"

Zafer frowned, "No, what's that?"

"It's an undersea animal. You will see", he put the menu down, "the National Security paladins are using it as a badge".

"Just like we are using a four-pointed star?"

Skil nodded, "Yes, except they also use it as a strength measurement. The more tentacles someone's badge has, the more powerful the individual is".

Now, spotting a regular paladin was rare for a regular citizen, but a member of the National security? That was even rarer!

Despite Zafer venturing into the world of paladins, he was nowhere near the depth of being constantly surrounded by such individuals, so it was expected for him not to know this fact.

National security members didn't have a single badge for the whole organization, but rather 5 isomers, versions, of a single idea that revolved around the octopus.

This sort of "ranking" based on their strength was different from rankings in other factions where you had recruits and officers.

It was known as one's Threat Level and was very important to them. Zafer will recognize this importance shortly.

"What's the highest number of tentacles one can have?"

"Six, and there is only one person designated with that badge".

"Only one?"

"Yes, and not only that but there is also only one person designated with a 5 tentacle one as well".

Zafer was shocked.

"How is that possible?"

"Well, I don't know how they are measuring that stuff, but obviously not every paladin can reach such strength and power", or so he assumed.

"Their weapons must be equipped with every strongest rune..."

Skil laughed, "Oh no. Their Threat Level doesn't have anything to do with one's weapons. It purely resembles one's combat and destruction capability".

This meant that no possessions like weapons or scripts were taken into consideration when deciding one's Threat Level.

Important note was that this didn't apply to one's anomalies, since those were considered to be a part of every human's physiology.

The Simple Physiology of Anomalies: Paragraph 11

The anomaly under serial number 8, the Parchment, was the feature of the skin of its owner to be transformed into parchments on which scripts are written. Using the ancient language, codes could be written on said parchments to bring imagination into existence, and that what is present into nothingness...