Adjustable World: Tefter

Chapter 14

Part one:

"I transferred your shift to the Lieutenant as you asked. I hope to see you soon in good health! 25:12"

The same scene repeatedly played in Zafer's mind over and over again.

He witnessed in first person what is said to be the biggest fear of today's society.

Going inverse.

There was little Zafer could do, and the mere thought of killing Neimell continued to hunt him even days after the incident.

How could he even think of something like that? Was he that scared?

He recalled the scenario countless times in his head and tried to convince himself to never think of something like that again. Even reflexively.

Nevertheless, he couldn't neglect the fact that he was lucky enough for everyone to react as fast as they did.

The S-mail Zafer wrote was directed to Knuckles, who then told Zafer to evacuate which was what he did.

Shortly after that Neimell's brother Jean opened a portal to the grinder and helped Neimell to suppress the mutation once again.

There was no notification sound or alert when someone received an S-mail so it was very lucky that both Knuckles and Jean checked their S-mail scripts around that time.

Zafer never saw her after the incident.

Every day after training in Arena and venting his emotions on other freelancers like Yana he would return to the grinder during his shift in hopes to see her.

Sadly, that didn't happen, and Knuckles provided no further information.

Eventually one day Simra wrote an S-mail to Zafer, saying he would come to pick him up at Razihelnor due to some faction duty.

That's right. Zafer was currently in Razihelnor.

Due to its altitude, the capital of Temper was still covered in snow despite spring slowly settling in.

Nonetheless, that didn't change the motion of the regular citizens.

Something else did, and it was an announced attack issued by the Nubis faction.

Normally, an announcement wouldn't be made but this time the Nubis faction had no choice.

Since Temper had no box, all the faction's belongings and wealth were located in Razihelnor, which was the 4th most populated city in Pashtrik.

According to the law issued by the National Security, any official and organized attacks are to be announced for the safety of the regular citizens.

The NS always stood to promote peace, but if Nubis weren't to play by their laws, there was a threat of them becoming the enemies of the country.

This meant not only that Temper and Numen could unite with NS and annihilate all Nubian paladins, but also that the NS could sanction Nubis which would also result in their demise.

One might wonder why didn't National Security make any effort to prevent the attack completely, but the reason would be clear after one reviewed how the government worked.

The National Security wasn't in complete control over the laws but also had to cooperate with a senate.

The senate consisted of a handful of people, some of who are retired paladins.

Those people also had control over some key resources like the Miyalin mine or other dangerous and prohibited scripts.

This meant that even if the NS wanted to act on their own, they would face major difficulties.