I shifted my focus to the noble woman who had just arrived. She was dressed in a white monochrome outfit, a similar-colored wide-brim hat with a white ribbon resembling a butterfly on it. Her outfit was completed by the expensive jewels on it. She had pale skin, and her face was young and beautiful, with her lips being blood red.
Behind her were many men, all of them wearing white monochrome outfits but without jewels. One of them was holding a white umbrella above her head, protecting her from sunlight.
Taylor Markson dropped down on one knee and said, "I-i am sorry for my behavior."
The noble lady looked down at him and said in a sharp tone, "You should be apologizing to her, not me."
Taylor looked up with fear in his eyes and instinctively turned back at Sia and apologized to her, but she didn't seem to mind his presence because her gaze was locked on the expensive outfit of the lady.
I was focused on Taylor's sudden behavior change and asked myself,
(Why is he so scared? She isn't the queen of United States.)
But then I caught a glimpse of firearms hidden beneath the clothes of all the men around the noble lady. Even the noble lady had one.
(So she is.. quite American)
I slowly walked toward Sia and whispered in her ear, "Who is she?"
Sia snapped back to reality as I spoke. She then whispered back, "Don't you watch the news? A year ago she was crowned as the new Queen of United Kingdom. Her name is Elisabeth Eleanor Whitmore."
"How did you remember such a long name?"
She pointed at the chest of the queen's outfit, where there was a nameplate with her full name written on it.
(For sure.)
Taylor Markson walked away from there, but he still had anger on his face and his fist clenched.
Queen Elisabeth walked toward us with a light smile and extended her hand. I thought it was toward Sia, but this time it was toward me.
Sia was biting her nail while looking at us.
(It should have been me.)
She must be thinking.
"It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance. I am Elisabeth Eleanor Whitmore."
I held her extended hand and replied, "I'm honoured to meet someone as noble as you. I am Rayen Omiozen."
"..."
"Your Influence is very lonely," she said.
"What do you mean?" I asked as I pulled my hand back slowly.
She suddenly realized something and replied, "Oh, my bad, I said that out of nowhere. But I have the ability to see people's true form. And I can see yours."
She extended her hand toward my head and held something that wasn't there. "This horn and this half form. I can see your influence."
The moment she said she could see my influence, her eyes changed their pattern. They were now blue with a white horizontal half-moon symbol inside them.
[Influence Skill, 'True Mother' is activated]
She then turned her gaze to Sia Zeliang and extended a hand toward her, which Sia took with a smile.
"It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Elisa—" Before she could complete her introduction, Sia interrupted her and said, "Nice to meet you, I'm Sia Zeliang."
Queen Elisabeth was taken aback by Sia's manners, but it didn't look like she was annoyed. Instead, she continued smiling and said, "You are quite confident."
***
After I introduced myself to Rayen and Sia, we had a very basic conversation. After a few minutes passed, I said to them, "Miss Sia and Mr. Rayen, I think I should take my leave. I don't think I'm going to form a team with anyone here."
They both nodded, and I started walking away. After walking a few meters, I had a thought.
(Rayen Omiozen. I didn't know I would meet someone like you here. When I opened my skill 'True Mother' to test it, I suddenly felt a mountain of loneliness from somewhere. I thought it was a group, but it was you. A single man. Even in that magnificent form, you look very lonely.)
I glanced at him from my shoulder and said, "I feel sad for you."
(I don't know who you are or how you have lived until now. But there is one thing I know, and that is... you never lived like a normal human.)
***
I saw Queen Elisabeth glancing at me, which made me remember what she said.
("Your Influence is very lonely.")
(I remember I felt very cold and empty when I was in that form.)
"Rayen." I heard a familiar voice calling me.
I turned my gaze to Sia Zeliang and said, "What?"
"I spared your life, you know. Now you have to do me a favour."
"And what is the favour?"
"Join my team!"
"Say what?"
"I was planning to make this team from the start. I will recruit every Earth's nominee and many from different countries from our world," she said while sitting on a chair she summoned from nowhere, eating the cookies she hadn't eaten last time.
"So… you are planning to recruit every race in this world?" I simplified it and asked if that was what she meant.
"Yes, yes, that's my plan."
I looked down and thought for a moment, then said, "And how are you planning to break the language barrier?"
"There is no language barrier here. Everything we are saying is translated," Sia said, which surprised me.
She then opened a window and clicked a button. She started talking, but I couldn't understand a word she was saying.
Then she clicked the button again and said, "See? Now you can understand me. You must be thinking I'm speaking your language, but I'm talking in my own language. My words and your words are both being translated, and it's the same with everyone here."
Then something suddenly hit me.
(Wait… I understand now. I thought I was speaking to Queen Elisabeth in English, but it was all along my own language.)
I sighed and asked her, "And what are you planning to name this team?"
She smirked, put the whole cookie in her mouth, and said while munching, "Unity Squad."
[Ding! Ding!]
[Random hundreds of Dreamers are being assigned to hunt the Error in the Colosseum!]
Suddenly, a huge window appeared in the sky.
In front of a hundred random Dreamers, a quest window appeared.
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[Special Quest]
[Rank]: Absolute Tier
[Description]:
Erase the Error that has occurred in The Order. The location is being provided.
[Objectives]:
• Kill the Error (0/1)
[Time Limit]: 1 hour
[Rewards]:
• 100,000 Exp
• Rank 9 Honorific: Error Slayer
• Your name will be recognized as the Greatest Warrior.
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Accept Quest?
[ YES ] [ NO ]
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An arrow appeared above my head. I already knew what was going to happen to me.
(I'm being targeted again? But why am I being targeted? There must be something I don't know.)
***
I looked at the window that had opened in front of me. I smirked like a monster and rubbed my long beard.
I took out a sword from my bag and started marching toward the arrow. "Hah! I will kill that Error and make a name for myself."
When that Error came into my vision, my hands started shaking with joy. I felt a current of excitement in my body.
(R-Rayen Omiozen. Back then you dared to disrespect me. I will kill you with my own hands.)
And with a wide smirk, I charged at him.
***
I saw Taylor Markson charging at me with a sword in his hand.
(So he is also one of those Dreamers.)
He was about to reach me, but suddenly a Void's Presence threw him and multiple Dreamers around me off.
[Your Influence — 'Imperfect Void Body' — has been forcefully awakened again!]
***
I was about to leave the colosseum with my bodyguards, but suddenly I saw that Error Announcement, and surprisingly, I was one of the random Dreamers.
(A special quest with a rank of Absolute Tier? Are we really going to fight a human? But the reward is huge. With that, maybe I will jump multiple ranks.)
I turned back toward the arrow and signaled my bodyguards. They all took out their firearms and followed me.
I was about to reach the Error, but suddenly a surge of presence hit me. It was strong enough to throw me back, but somehow I managed to stay unmoved.
As the crowd ahead of me got thrown here and there, my eyes caught Rayen.
He was in his Influence form.
I smiled. "Now I can see it without even using my skill."
But sadly enough, he was the Error.