Terra Nova Online: Rise of The Strongest Player - Chapter 495: Warning

Chapter 495: Warning

( Leo’s POV, real world, the Arc Ship )

“3 hours 15 minutes….” Leo muttered, looking at the session timer on his mind meditation scroll, as he let out a deep sigh.

He could now continuously meditate for more than half of the total 6 hours daily requirement and only needed to take a few minutes of break before completing the other 2 hours and 45 minutes, however, he was not satisfied.

“I was at 3 hours 5 minutes yesterday, I only progressed so much today…..” Leo said in a disappointed voice, as he seemed to expect more from himself.

Just then, as he was about to resume his meditation session, he heard a knocking sound on his apartment door.

*Knock*

*Knock*

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*Knock* *Knock* *Knock*

It was an almost rhythmic knock, one that Leo recognised instantly as Amanda’s, as only she made such a knocking pattern, only when she was extremely happy.

“Coming!” Leo said, wiping the sweat beads off his forehead, as he tidied his robes and went out of the meditation room towards the apartment’s entrance to greet Amanda.

“You won’t believe what happened today—” Amanda said in an excited voice, as she skipped past Leo and into the apartment, as she headed straight into the bedroom.

Leo, now grinning looking at her excited energy, followed her into the bedroom hoping to get lucky today, however, what Amanda said next absolutely stunned him.

“I’m going to talk in gestures now, so use your brain to understand what I’m trying to say” Amanda said, as she pointed towards her ankle bracelet and Leo immediately understood what she was trying to say.

The operators were always listening to what one was saying and hence if one wanted to talk about some illegal stuff, sign language was the only option.

Nodding, Leo gestured for her to go on, as Amanda pulled out a long metal key from her robe sleeves and pushed it into the ankle bracelet, stopping mere millimetres before the release mechanism was triggered.

The implication was clear as she pulled it back out, before making a clicking sound which suggested that she could unlock the bounds.

“I still need the help of an expert mage like Lysa to complete the process, but I’m just coming back from her apartment in sector B and we did test it once…. And WE SUCCEEDED” Amanda said joyfully, as Leo felt his mind blown off at this revelation.

The ankle monitor was their chain of doom. The one object that was dishing out all the death punishments and the object that was maintaining the hierarchy structure within the ship.

If there was a way to get rid of the device without amputating one’s leg, then the implications of it would be serious.

People from Sector E would no longer be forced to perform the demeaning jobs that they currently performed and the limit on how much power a passenger could wield and how much mana they could harness would be lifted completely.

Currently, mages could not harness the power of a fireball spell on the arc ship like they could in the game world and this was because of the ankle monitor limiting the amount of mana they could harness.

However, with such restrictions lifted, it would be a jungle rule, with the survival of the fittest being the only law.

The strongest passengers would occupy the best homes in Sector S and the weak would become the bottom feeders.

For Leo himself, on a personal level, this gave him an option to bypass the restrictions of the actor class, as without the death punishments hovering over his head, he would no longer need to lie to friends and family.

If he could remove the ankle monitor, he could finally confess to Amanda and Luke that he was none other than ‘TheBoss’ and not have to face any consequences for saying those words.

However, this did not seem like a wise move.

There were lines within society that were meant to be crossed and then there were some that were not meant to be crossed and opening the ankle bracelet was one such line, as doing so would unleash true hell.

“What happened? Why are you sweating so much?” Amanda asked, as while she took this as nothing more than a fun challenge, Leo with his enhanced brain function truly understood the consequences of her discovery.

“Amanda…. Don’t tell anyone that you can unlock the…” Leo said, pointing towards the ankle bracelet, as he seriously stared into her eyes.

“Not Cervantez, not Luke, don’t tell it to anyone and warn Lysa against telling anyone too.

There will be pandemonium if people realise that it can be done and the operators will come hunting for you and Lysa since you two are the only ones who know how to do it” Leo warned, as Amanda simply puffed her cheeks in frustration.

She had come here for Leo to be amazed by her skills and for him to admire her, not for him to lecture her and hence she instantly lost her high spirits, as she turned away from Leo.

“I’m not talking to you–” Amanda said like a spoiled little princess and although she looked incredibly cute when she turned to face the wall like a toddler being punished for mischief, Leo knew that he could not dismiss this matter with a light warning.

Hence, hugging her from behind Leo tried to comfort her, while also continuing to tell her that she needed to promise that she won’t talk about this to anyone.

“Fine, fine, you win! I won’t tell this to anyone” Amanda said, as Leo happily pecked on her cheeks and apologised for being so direct.

Since the message had been passed, he now tried to coax her wholeheartedly, however, unfortunately for him, the vixen was already into attention seeking mode and was no longer in the mood to give even a slight bit back.

In the end, Leo had to spend the entire hour apologising, before she finally accepted his apology and returned to her own apartment without giving Leo any action.