Epoch: A Berserker's Rise

Chapter 108: Head Chief

As the hours passed, Adam meditated for the whole time, circulating his Aura through his meridians following what he had learned. When the sun began disappearing, and the cold night slowly approached, Adam had the time to test many of the knowledge he got.

It would take more than a man's life to find everything he had found, but simply testing it took much less time. In this half day, Adam had managed to test more than a couple thousand of the combinations between meridians, as well as their individual use.

And for now, everything he had tested was true, so it looked like what had been inserted in his mind was true. Adam decided he would trust the god, he didn't want to waste too much time testing those. Even though testing was less time consuming than researching, it would still take months or years to test everything out.

Until now he had randomly picked everything he tested, and so for him not to fall on even a single wrong one, the chances were that this god's intentions were indeed good.

So now he had to create his cultivation technique, which he would make the best possible, with what he knew, but not for now. Since the night was coming, they would need to stop somewhere, and for him to log out.

The Mirage Desert was very dangerous at night, not only because of the monsters who became more active and stronger, but also because of how cold the night was.

Of course, the cold wasn't a problem for Adam, he was a Northman, and as the Aqua Sovereign, so he wasn't afraid of the cold. But he didn't want to face the monsters at night, so he needed to log off.

But as he opened the system, he suddenly received a notification.

[Salutations, players. The system will now receive it's first patch. The update will take 60 minutes in the real world, during which the game will become unavailable. For those in the middle of important quests, the time within Epoch will be stopped for those 60 minutes. We advise you to connect back in the game as soon as the update is over, or you might miss something important. The update will begin in ten minutes.]

Adam was glad it came right now, although he was curious as to why they would advise to connect straight back when the update was over. Well, he would first eat, and if by the time the update is over he has finished eating, he would go see what the game had for him.

Adam patted Neith and asked her to check if there were any enemies hiding in the sand, and confirming they were alone, he put her in his Pet Space and logged out.

Once out of the cabin, he stretched a little before joining his parents in the living room. As his mother cooked, Adam sat in front of the TV with his dad, and they listened to the end of Elizabeth's story about her job.

"You know, today the boss chose the new Head Chef." Just from her expression, Adam already knew what she was going to say, but he wouldn't take away the pleasure. So, he asked "Really? Did you get it?"

Her smile widened so much it looked like her cheeks were about to tear open, and she said "The new Head Chef of the Orchid is cooking for you tonight!"

Adam smiled at her and said "Congratulations mom, you deserve it, you worked hard for the job."

She nodded, but after a moment her smile slowly receded as she said "Although I would like to say it was only because of my talent as a cook, I would be lying to myself. Although they didn't say anything, my coworkers know about you, I heard them already."

Adam sighed and asked "You think he took you for the job because of me?"

She nodded once again and said "I don't think so, I'm sure. Since that incident, the boss' sister has been mad at him, and there has been talks of closing the restaurant just to lessen that French business man's anger. But both his sister's and the French guy's companies are involved in the game, Epoch, and I think that they business was initially about the game. Maybe he hopes that having the mother of the famous Valiant Heart would save the restaurant."

Adam said after a few seconds "I can have money now, a lot of it, if I want. If I didn't know you weren't interested I would propose you to quit your job, but that's not it, right?"

She smiled and said "Indeed. I like my job, and I would feel useless sitting at home all day, doing nothing. All I want is to cook, and earn what I deserve."

Jean, who had stayed quiet until now, said "It is going to be impossible now, Adam has already become a worldwide celebrity. His normal life is over, and so is ours."

Adam looked down and said "Sorry for that"

However, his mother threw the wooden spoon she was using at him, which was still hot, and she said "Don't be sorry, it's great you idiot!"

Adam smiled, he knew his parents would prefer a tranquil, normal life, with no one to bother them, but he also knew that they were proud of him, and that for them, his feelings were far more important than their own, they would never dare to drag their son down just for their own sake.

And so would any parent, Adam knew it. Even if he didn't have a child yet, he knew that the day he would be a father, that child would take all his love, and become the most important thing in the world.

This belief came from his parents, who had taught him this. Actually, he remembered about something he had asked them when he was younger, when he learned his mother was pregnant and he would get a sibling.

As he had already been told by his parents that all their love went for him, he had wondered, would they like him less than after his sibling was born.

And the answer they gave him marked him, and he remembered it to this day. Love wasn't quantifiable, your first child would take all your love, for sure, but you would like your second born as much as the first, and the same was true for all the others that could follow.

Your love for your first child wouldn't be split in half, you would just create more love, to love your next child as much as those before. That's why, love wasn't quantifiable.

But enough philosophy for now, Adam had to eat, and he was quite famished. He couldn't help but notice though that as they ate, the atmosphere was much heavier than usual, his parents' muscles were crisp. Didn't he know the reason, he would think his father was trying to flex.

However, as they were in the middle of their meal, his mother's phone rang, and she dropped her cutlery in her plate as she immediately picked up her phone.

She accepted the call, and put the phone next to her ear. Adam focused his senses, easily picking up the caller's words. Normally, he should have been able to memorize the entire conversation by listening only once.

However, by the end of the conversation, when his mother put down her phone, Adam could only remember a few words.

Ma'am, your son has made a successful recovery.