" Lior, son, your sister is getting worst" Mom cried hugging me tight as she looked at my skinny and pale sister lying on the hospital bed, who has been comatose for 11 months.
I looked at my sister painfully. She's still a high school student yet she is here bedridden after being captured by a D-Rank goblin, who suddenly went out from the portal that suddenly came out in their school.
Base on the government's investigation, when the portal suddenly came out, E-rank and D-Rank goblins went out from the portal and started capturing students to absorb their life force. Almost hundreds of students died from the incident while the other victims who were captured were all comatose because of the little life force left in their body. One of the victim was my sister. Good thing there were a Party of C-Rank Scouts who passed by the school that's why many students were saved and the portal has been closed after defeating the leader of the goblins.
"Don't worry, Mom. My sister will surely wake up as long as we won't give up on her. I'll look for a third job so I can still help pay the hospital bills. " I hugged mom tightly to console her.
Most of my sister's life force has been absorbed , so a blue magic stone's dust should be added to her IV so it will help increase her life force. But due to how expensive the magic stones, we can only afford the shared one. My sister needs the dust of a 1 whole blue magic stone to return her life force back to normal. But we can't even barely afford 100g of dust of the blue magic stone as it is the most expensive magic stone and is the hardest stone to acquire.
The government donated blue magic stone, but due to how dangerous it is to acquire the blue magic stones, they can only donate 1 stone that should be shared to the victims for the meantime. Just to keep them breathing.
There are 5 different level of magic stones. And the magic stones can only be acquired by killing monsters that can only be found in the portal.
Green Magic stone- an E-rank stone. The weakest magic stone which can be acquired mostly in E-rank portals. Its dust can only be used to heal minor wounds or minor illnesses. Usually sold around 10 000.
Gray Magic stone- A D-rank stone that can be found mostly in D Rank portals. It can also be acquired sometimes in E-Rank Portals if the rank of the Monster's leader is closer to D-Rank. Its dust is usually used to give minor enhancement to weapons and skills. Usually sold around 70 000.
Yellow Magic stone- a C-rank stone that can be found sometimes in D-Rank Portals but mostly in C-Rank and other higher rank portals. It is used as magic and skill booster for a few hours. This is also used to increase the hunters and Scouts stamina and mana. It is sold in the market around 300,000.
White Magic Stone - mostly acquired in B-Rank to S-Rank Portals. This is used by the hunters and scouts to heal major wounds and major illnesses. It gives a permanent increase of mana and a permanent enhancement of skills, stamina and magic. It is also used by higher rank hunters and scouts to embed to their weapons to release the weapon's true and highest potential. Sold in the market around 1.5 million
Blue Magic stone- can only be acquired after killing the leader of an S-Rank Portal. This Magic stone is what everyone called as the Divine Stone. It can heal anything and can even increase one's life force to it full extent. Embedding it to weapons can make the weapons unbreakable. It can also make one's magic 5x stronger. It is sold in the market around 1.5 billion.
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Bry : Bro, are you sure you will not try the ranking test?
I looked at my phone as I received my best friend's message. He has been convincing me to try the ranking test for few months already. He did try it and got the C-Rank. It's not shocking since he has a healthy lifestyle. He work-out every weekend and even started training to box. He has been waiting for me to try the ranking test so we can invade portals to help pay my sister's hospital bills.
I was about to reply him that I'm not yet ready when he suddenly called me.
(Lior, I'm at the ranking site. I'm falling in line on your behalf because they offered 8,000 just to run a test. )
" Bry, I'm not yet ready. One I get tested I am already obliged to join the portal invading anytime when necessary. " I am outside my sister's ward while talking to Bry. I glanced at my mother who is holding my sister's hand with worries in her eyes, through the small glass panel of the ward's door.
" I'm just scared not to be able to go back alive. I can't leave mom all alone, now that dad is still no where to find." I hold my phone tighter thinking about my dad who never went out the portal his scout members were invading. He is a D-Rank invading an E-rank Portal, yet only him wasn't able to get out the portal before it closed. His scout members were interviewed about what happened but it's like they were in a spell as they can't even remember a single scenario that happened inside the portal.
(Just come, Lior. Since your sister is one of the victim of the portal monsters, the Bureau will give considerations to the families of the victims. Base on our Scout's meeting, you can ask to waive at least 3 months before obliging you to invade portals.) Bry breathe heavily.
(At least you have 3 months to prepare and condition your self. Your sister's bills are getting higher while your mom's savings were getting shorter. The government's blue dust rations is every 6 months. As the remaining man in your family, you need to act out already. ) Bry advised in a brotherly manner.
" I.." I can't say any words as what Bry all said was right. As the remaining man in the family, I really need to do something and not wait for any miracles. But, a weak person like me is really gonna...
(I'm a C-rank and has a fighting background during our school days. As your best friend, I will protect you like a brother protecting his little bro. So just hurry up and come here already) Bry said before ending up the call.
I looked at my Mom and sister once again.
" Will this be a good decision?" I asked myself while looking at my mom and sister with worries.