"Shocking!..."
"Shocking!..."
"Shocking!..."
The relentless pop-ups left Rosen feeling numb, stuck in some kind of sage mode.
Opening the news, Rosen's face turned dark.
"Shocking! A student at a certain school in our city has awakened a D-level Slime! His name is Rosen!"
"According to investigations, his parents' names and information are as follows..."
"How does this D-level hero have the same name as me? Even the parents' names..." Rosen suddenly couldn't hold back.
In this age of lords, with people facing invasions from the Demon Race outside the towns, living in constant fear, news has become the main form of entertainment.
Previously, leaking citizens' personal information was a crime, but now it's been removed from the legal code. Cyber bullying and the like are just child's play, and nobody controls it anymore.
Yet Rosen still saw his father's reply to the cyber bullies in the comments below.
Luo Hua: "You can verbally attack me, but please don't target my son. He is not at fault; the fault lies with the genes of our Luo Family!"
An hour ago, his father had been tagged by netizens, and some even demanded that he kneel and apologize, suggesting their family should move out of Zhongyuan...
Looking at his father casually reading the newspaper in the living room, Rosen knew he was under a lot of pressure.
Rosen noted down the IDs of those leading the taunts, finding some of them very familiar.
Primordial Venerable: "We must resolutely resist the Rosen family because they awakened a D-level template, tarnishing our school's reputation and dragging down Zhongyuan's standards. We must unite and do our best to drive them out of Zhongyuan!"
Teach and Educate: "Have you considered the impact of awakening a D-level talent on a school's reputation? Your actions smeared the school, creating trouble for the class teachers as well!"
Unexpectedly, the ones leading the online bullying and targeting their Luo Family turned out to be his school's principal and class teacher?!
Rosen's expression darkened, he put down the phone.
"Rosen, I just contacted the Town Defense Team to help get you a position. You know, I have a friend in the Defense Team."
His father, Luo Hua, suddenly said.
"Did they say anything?" Rosen doubted his D-level talent could catch the Defense Team's interest.
"They said talent is important, but effort is more crucial. They hope you can pull yourself together. If you've thought it through, you might try it out."
The Town Defense Team's response was reasonable, but Rosen wasn't planning on joining; even spending a lifetime there wouldn't lead to much success.
Instead, Rosen found a job at a funeral home online, preparing to earn enough RMB to buy the Awakening Crystal Core.
Working at the funeral home offers a monthly salary of thirty thousand yuan, enough to buy an Awakening Stone within a month.
Rosen promptly sent his resume and went there for an interview in the afternoon.
Unexpectedly, the interview proved effortless; Rosen merely gave a simple self-introduction and was successfully hired.
"Here, it's simple: just handle tasks from receiving corpses, transporting, doing makeup, to cremation. It's tiring, but the money's decent, so don't complain," an old employee told Rosen.
With that salary, who needs a bicycle?
To Rosen's surprise, this funeral home even did makeup?
"Right, we often receive bodies of heroes here; some have just awakened Lord territories. The death rate is high, mostly due to overseas assassinations."
An old employee reminded Rosen, "Handle these bodies carefully, as we're wary of the deceased's family reporting us."
New Lord territories have a one-week safety period wherein the Demon Race can't attack, mainly due to foreign assassination attempts.
Those who survive enemy attacks and make it to the end usually become top forces in Zhongyuan.
Unexpectedly.
In the first week at the funeral home, Rosen received his class president's body...
Rosen couldn't help but gasp.
"This genius who awakened the S-level hero template is dead?!"
Though foreign forces are rampant, it cooled down less than a week—too fast!
Rosen was even more certain it was right not to publicly reveal the strength of his hero template in front of the entire class.
Otherwise, the body lying there wouldn't be the class president, but himself.
Rosen carefully stored the class president's body, transported it to the morgue, and began the makeup work.
The class president treated people well usually; Rosen harbored no hostility, painting on a handsome look.
"Bon voyage. I won't see you off but hope you awaken a D-level template in your next life, and live happily as an ordinary person."
Rosen had just sent the class president's body into the cremation chamber.
"Rosen, quick, quick, quick! More customers just arrived; I'm overloaded, lend a hand!"
An old employee called for Rosen's assistance.
Rosen then found several new awakenings of A-level heroes assassinated, with knife wounds not caused by the Demon Race.
"Ah? It's them!"
Rosen's face flashed with surprise, followed by a revengeful satisfaction.
These corpses were classmates and among the main perpetrators of cyberbullying, claiming they would drive the Luo Family out of Zhongyuan.
Separate for three days, see with fresh eyes.
From lively clowns to cold corpses, finally landing in his hands.
Rosen felt some lament within.
Although he disliked dishonoring corpses, his makeup skills were impeccable.
Sending the bodies into the makeup room, Rosen noticed no one around.
He grabbed the nearby watercolor pen from the dressing table.
The woman before him was a gossip in life, frequently mocking Rosen's father's disabled limbs.
Rosen drew two turtles on her face...
Rosen checked the news on his phone.
The school's official media released an obituary; elite deaths numbered in the tens.
Alongside, another news stated the school had dispatched numerous experts to protect a female classmate named "Tang Xichen."
Tang Xichen, their grade's belle, famous and a millionaire's daughter, awakened the S-level hero "Twelve-winged Angel Goddess!"
Being a focus of protection is understandable, aside from her father's influence, the Twelve-winged Angel Goddess is a rare hero template with only two cases nationwide.
The first case already stands as the nation's top hero lord!
That high-ranking leader, Nangong Wan!
Seeing this news, Rosen sighed with relief; having numerous experts protecting is truly reassuring. He didn't want anything to happen to Tang Xichen.
Nor did he wish to see her body at the funeral home.
Actually, he had met Tang Xichen once.
The day his father Luo Hua had an accident on site, the Luo Family couldn't afford medical costs, so they appealed for public donations.
Tang Xichen knew Rosen was a fellow student, paid for Luo Hua's medical expenses in full, and personally visited the hospital.
It was then Rosen first met Tang Xichen and developed a fondness for her.
Only his previous self knew he wasn't worthy of her.
Rosen wouldn't harbor such thoughts; such a great girl shouldn't be left to someone else if there's a chance.