Cosmic Peak

" Wow...Your kidney and everything in your body are perfect right now," Doctor Erica gasped.

"So I got my kidney back?" Aren spoke as he got up from the scanner machine's bed.

"Yep. You got your kidney back. Truly a miracle," Erica still couldn't believe that something like this was possible.

Aren smiled and nodded, "I guess you didn't enter the Wild Expanse inside that Myriad Mountain yet?"

"I didn't. But my husband is in there, and he told me to wait until he finds more about it," Erina said as she turned off the scanner machine.

"Mhmm. Understandable, But You should go in there as soon as possible to not miss a single day of possible growth. After all, our time is limited. Anyway, Thank you for everything, Doctor. I wish you good luck in your...future endeavor. Hahaha," Aren laughed as he imitated what he heard from the mysterious voice when he was on the myriad mountain.

Afterward, Aren went back to his mother's room, and both of them left the hospital.

Since they didn't have any vehicles, they started walking towards their home while looking for any taxi passing by.

There were not many people on the road, and they saw a group of people taking out their weapons and showing it to each other.

Suddenly, Aren had a thought, 'Can we use our skills here?'

Aren tried to sense the spirit energy inside his body after closing his eyes and...after a few seconds; he opened his eyes with a surprise, 'I can sense spirit energy. If I can sense it, then I just need to move it like how I moved when using the skill < Haste> manually.'

He tried and succeeded as his movement speed suddenly increased, Startling Lorain.

"Aren? What was that? Did you just use your skill?" Lorain asked with a pleasantly surprised expression.

Aren grinned and nodded, "Yep. You should try it too, Mom. Just do the same thing we do when using our skills manually."

Lorain nodded as she closed her eyes to sense the spirit energy and manually used her skill <Dash>.

*swoosh..*

Her speed increased by double that of Aren's, but she could only use it for 8 seconds, unlike Aren, who could use his <Haste> skill for 2 minutes and 30 seconds.

But they didn't use their skills because a taxi had just passed by and they took a ride home. After all, They were already mentally exhausted from training in the Wild Expanse.

After returning to their dilapidated home, Lorain cooked something real quick and had an early dinner before both of them went to sleep.

...

They woke up in the morning at 7 Am which means they slept for around twelve hours. But after waking up, they had a very refreshing feeling and felt very comfortable, especially their body.

It was as if their body perfectly adapted to the new strength.

Aren guessed that many things must have happened in these past twelve hours, and he wanted to know, but unfortunately, there was no TV in their home.

But since he had money, He ordered a TV online. He didn't know if it would arrive on time or not, but it was not like the world's end or some kind of immediate apocalypse, so it would probably arrive. After all, every day, one can only enter inside the Wild Expanse for 16 hours.

"Aren, call Quinn and ask about her situation," Lorain spoke as she put away their breakfast dishes since they just finished having breakfast.

Aren nodded as he called Quinn using his mother's phone.

"Hello, Quinn."

After a few rings, Quinn picked up the call and spoke, "Aren! I was just going to call you. Did you watch the news?"

"Of course, I did...not watch the news," Aren said with a jokingly exasperated tone.

"Opsie...My bad. Anyway, It seems that all countries had joined their hands together and formed a single government body called GUG: Global Union Government. They also announced a shocking thing that every single person above the age of 15 must enter the Wild Expanse for 16 hours a day."

Hearing that, Aren was confused, "Must? They sound forceful in that tone and will garner hate."

"Eh...You are right. But after saying that, they announced another thing, saying that, It is not compulsory and they can stay home if they want to. But they explained this phenomenon in a more dire tone and how the world's economy will stop gradually. Saying that, we will have to face despair catastrophes like monsters, devils, and giant demons after three years, and if we are not strong, we will be wiped out. So for their own safety, they should enter Myriad Mountain and get stronger."

Quinn told Aren about some more things. In the end, Aren asked, "What about your grandfather? Did his mind change?"

"Yep. My grandpa has sent his ten bodyguards, and he himself went there yesterday and told everyone that they would all be entering the Wild Expanse every day for 16 hours."

Aren raised his eyebrows at that and asked, " So...are you coming here or go with your family?"

"Hehe...We are all coming there, A total of fifteen people. Just wait."

*beep...*

"What? Wait...what do you mean by that?" Aren asked, but Quinn had already hung up her phone.

"What happened, Aren? What did she say?" Aren's mother asked with doubt.

Aren put away the phone and wryly smiled as he shook his head and told her about everything.

After hearing the last part, Lorain was also startled, "So she is coming here with her family and ten bodyguards? It looks like she convinced her grandfather by showing her progress."

She then chuckled and continued, "Sweet girl, She also convinced them to come here since we don't have a vehicle to go there. It looks like her grandpa is a down-to-earth and not arrogant type of person."

Aren just plainly smiled as he was not one to judge people quickly and easily. He and his mother were already fooled by their father, who ran away after making them miserable and taking away the small inheritance property that mother got from her parents when they were at their death's bed.

After that incident, He and his mother had learned the hard way to rely on themselves to survive, just like many people in this slum.

He never pitied himself and blamed the world about his condition like why me, why me, why they are rich, why we are poor, etc. Because he knew that...There are people here who lived worse life than them and are still living.

...

After half an hour, Aren got a call from Quinn.

"Aren, We are waiting just outside of the slum area. The cars can't go inside so could you and auntie please come outside? We are at the west road that leads to the urban area."

Aren was silent for a second before he answered, "Alright. We are coming there."

He then turned to his mother and said, "Let's go, Mom. They are waiting at the West road just outside the slum."

Aren decided to go with them and see how things go for today.