His luck was always poor.
Achilles knew this far too well as the few friends he used to have had one by one Awakened, and contact was broken off over time as they entered entirely different places.
His family was taken from him by a Catacomb Leyline Fracture, and now, the only person who had taken him in was also hanging on by a thread after another Leyline Fracture nearly destroyed her.
Luck was not by his side.
Death followed him all around as he just…wanted to turn his fate around if he could!
"Huff…"
He breathed out his fears while he ran, realizing that he was covering distance rapidly as he didn't feel a sense of tiredness.
In fact, the burning sensation of power within his body felt even brighter as he felt like he could run a whole marathon!
The reason for all of this was the panel he had been staring at as he ran away.
[Achilles Maxwell]
[Assimilation]:: Organic Crystal(Evolutius Crystals)(3%)- Obtained qualities of Regeneration, Energy Conversion, Flexibility, Light Manipulation
[Existence Corruption Value]:: 0%
[Complexity]:: Negligible
He still couldn't believe it.
But he would understand it later as finally, he followed the same path he came through as the blue portal of the Catacomb Entrance #55 showed itself ahead of him.
He didn't let his guard down even now as he sprinted towards it, and at this time…
SAA!
The portal flashed as four Advanced Humans appeared from it, their expressions calm and smiling amongst each other.
Two men and two women.
They had just entered when the body of Achilles rushed past them, with him not even turning around to exchange pleasantries!
WOOSH!
Their calm gazes changed rapidly as he passed them, all four getting into battle stances as they only captured his face as he ran past them.
And the blue portal flashed once more.
"What the hell was that? He seemed bloodied all over."
An Advanced Human adorned in a golden set of armor spoke out.
"He is fast. A Physical Reinforcement Advanced Human? He should not be bloodied in a place like this with Low Tier Body Modification Evolutius Beasts…"
Another voice perked up as they all looked at each other.
Of the four, one of the young women who had waves of frost emanating from her body blinked in surprise as she took out her phone and scrolled down to pictures from a few years back in her album.
There, she found a few pictures as she clicked on one that had a group of 5 friends within it posing near a college dorm.
She blinked further as she honed in on a young man with dark hair who was none other than Achilles.
Beside her, the other Advanced Human nudged her as she saw her actions.
"What is it, Lana?"
"Hmm? Oh, I just thought I saw someone I knew. But…it shouldn't be."
She put her phone away as even though her hands were emanating frost, the phone was entirely protected by a cover reinforced with Evolutius Crystals.
"Let's go, I need to make at least $10 Million by next week to be able to afford an Upper Tier Modification Body Suit. We may have to delve much deeper into the Catacombs today…"
Lana voiced out with a determined gaze as forgetting the Advanced Human that had just rushed past them, they proceeded deeper into the Catacombs.
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Outside of Catacomb Entrance #55.
A blue light flashed as Achilles appeared, his eyes bright as he didn't know he would feel so glad to see the bright lights of the Colony City of Neon.
He moved away from the entrance and towards the gate as the two Guards there initially only spared him a glance, but after seeing his bloodied figure, they were stupefied as the one who had allowed him through less than an hour ago nearly reached out to stop him!
But Achilles didn't stop for anything as the Guards only looked at each other before shaking their heads.
Many Advanced Humans were too absorbed in themselves with eccentric personalities as they wouldn't bother.
They only saw the bloodied figure of Achilles mixing in with others as he was heading towards a certain direction with purpose.
He ignored the gazes of any throngs of people who bothered enough to turn towards his direction, passing many tall and brightly lit buildings as he pulled out his phone that currently had a cracked screen and followed its instructions to arrive at…
The Advanced Human Evaluation Center.
It looked to be five stories tall as it was bigger than a football stadium, with a crescent moon of the Lunaris Overseers enacted brightly above it.
This was an important place for the Colony City of Neon as here, Advanced Humans entered routinely to be evaluated and assigned their rankings.
Rankings that changed constantly as they elevated themselves in power by utilizing Evolutius Crystals and the Resources found within the Evolutius Catacombs!
Achilles was here to just get the distinction of an Advanced Human and be able to gain access to the easiest way to sell Evolutius Crystals- to the government of the City of Neon itself.
After that, he could use that money to ensure that Rose continued to receive care, and then understand exactly what he needed to obtain to fully cure her.
He-
"Sir?"
He was stopped by the glass doors of the Evaluation Center as a woman in a suit stopped him in place, her hands holding white clothing as she pointed to Achilles.
"I see your clothing was ruined during your recent bout in the Catacombs. The Evaluation Center likes to keep things clean and official, if Sir could follow me to a changing room before you proceed ahead."
"…"
Achilles looked at himself as he saw his shirt and pants were ripped and filled with blood.
It seemed routine for Advanced Humans to appear here with blood and guts around them as the workers here were prepared!
Achilles nodded at the woman holding a new set of white clothes as for the first time, he experienced how different the treatment was for Advanced Humans.