Cosmic Patron System: 100X Return on Every Reward
Chapter 32 - 0 | Subscriber No. 23
While Reyansh was working or rather undergoing painful processes to make himself stronger, a bit far away, Arpita Mukherjee was buried in school documents with no intention of sleeping anytime soon.
She was seated in front of a table on her comfy chair as she read and signed multiple documents related to the school in a brightly lit room.
Just as she signed and stamped a file and added it to the pile of completed files, a chime of her mobile phone attracted her attention. She slumped back into the chair, as she exhaled.
"When I took the position as a principal, I didn’t know I would have to read and sign this many documents," she stated as she reached for her phone.
"What did you think when you accepted an institutional post?" the white cat, Luna, asked promptly.
"Well, I thought I would teach some kids about hunting. Give them some pointers and recruit the talents along the way, the reason I became the principal." She replied as she looked at the phone.
Just as she read the message on the phone, she sat up a bit straight. Luna caught the change in her demeanour.
"What kind of message is it?" she asked.
"I got the list of channels that started within the week," Arpita replied.
"That would be too many, when will you go through them?" Luna looked at her questioningly as she jumped on Arpita’s shoulder to check out the list too.
"I don’t have that kind of time, I already got a lot on my plate." She answered started reading the names in list carefully.
Looking at her focused state, Luna didn’t ask immediately and started reading the list with her.
The names on the list read: Sword_god27449; Wandering_Priest365; Knight_of_heaven756;....StarWalker.*
"10 names, huh? How did you sort out these names?" Luna asked few seconds later, curiosity visible in her eyes.
"I had sent them physical details of Reyansh, so first, names were eliminated based on how they look." Arpita answered.
"Second, they checked the remaining channels for regional clues, like which dungeon they cleared and if that dungeon is in our vicinity."
"The host of these channels either wore masks or some type of camouflage but one thing is sure that they live in or near Mumbai." She explained.
"That name is marked special," Luna mentioned.
"Yeah," Arpita nodded and clicked on the name, further details appeared.
StarWalker –
There is something special about him. He cleared Emberfall Chasm, a White rank Grade II gate solo. He also used a highly destructive skill against the boss, killing it in one shot. Skill rank – unknown.
His chat stream also had someone big who donated 20,000 Cosmic coins. Along side this, all the donations he received were in Cosmic coins only, no credits.
Beside the name of channel itself, there are multiple inconsistencies. The channel is flagged for further observation.
– Team
After reading the attached message, neither of them spoke. Arpita quietly put the phone down while Luna also seemed a bit surprised by the message.
"First of all, I am jealous, I have been streaming since 4 years and I have rarely received such high donations. Who the hell donated a newbie such obscene amount," Arpita broke the silence.
"Only sponsors or big tycoons donate such amount, but channels at Ember rank can’t get sponsors. They can only livestream so which tycoon will spend such amount." She stated the reason behind her jealousy.
"How much had you earned in your first week?" Luna asked.
"Around 50 Cosmic coins, even for that, I had to complete multiple challenges," Arpita answered.
"Maybe he is just lucky," Luna argued.
"That much luck and you are talking about luck. Beside that, I might have thought so if not for this message. I still remember my first fight against boss monster vividly, I had broken two of my nails and few bones before finally killing it," Arpita shot back.
Curious about this anomaly, she opened the system panel and searched for StarWalker. A single name appeared in result, she mentally clicked on it.
[Channel Name: StarWalker] [SUBSCRIBE]
[Channel’s Owner: #$$@$]
[Dimension: L0514 (Earth, Low rank Dimension)]
[Mana Core Rank: E-rank]
[Subscribers: 22]
– No Active Livestream
– No Recorded Videos Found
However, just as she was looking, the Mana Core Rank line pixelated and the some change occurred.
[Mana Core Rank: C-rank]
"Huh?" Arpita eyed widened, confused by the sudden change.
"Did you see that, Luna?" She asked a second later.
"Yes, I thought my eyes were acting up for a moment, apparently not," Luna answered, equally surprised.
"I have no words. How does a core jump from E-rank to C-rank? He literally skipped D-rank." Luna added further.
"Okay, I am impressed and curious now. Should I ask someone from Middle rank dimension?" Arpita wondered aloud as mentally navigated the system.
"Who will answer you at this time?" Luna asked.
"The one who gifted you to me," Arpita answered.
[Black_Nails09: Hello Fiona, I have to ask you something. Are you available?]
"Are you forgetting the main question, the reason you asked for that list? Is StarWalker, Reyansh or someone else?" Luna questioned.
"I can’t say anything at the moment, I am still having difficulty believing that rank jump. I wouldn’t even believe it if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes. What are your senses telling you?" Arpita replied.
"Big fat nothing, but I don’t have much to go on. Maybe if you could get his name from Miss Fiona, then I could glimpse into his fate," Luna answered.
[Cat_Empress: Hello, Arpita, what is troubling you at this time?]
"Oh, she answered," Luna stated as panel popped up in front of Arpita and her.
[Black_Nails09: Thank you for answering, I have a small request. I apologize in advance as it may be a bit rude to ask you this?]
[Cat_Empress: What’s gotten into you girl? Why are you being so formal, meow? Ask away.]
A smile formed on ever stoic face of Arpita, seeing the reply.
[Black_Nails09: Could you check a channel and give me information about it. Since the channel is from low rank dimension too, I can’t access its complete information. The channel name is StarWalker.]
[Cat_Empress: Weird name for a low rank dimension channel. Just a second.]
[Cat_Empress: ...]
Both Arpita and Luna waited to get the answer about this apparent anomaly. A few seconds later, Fiona replied.
[Cat_Empress: Weirder, I can’t access the information on channel beside that it is from same place as you.] 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮
[Black_Nails09: You can’t?]
At the moment, all three were confused. Arpita was shocked the most, this was the first of a kind of anomaly she had ever heard about system, in 5 years.
[Black_Nails09: How come? You are from higher dimension than us, you should be able to access his information.]
[Cat_Empress: That is the case generally but I guess the owner of that channel is not simple. This is first for me too.]
This answer only raised Arpita’s anxiety.
[Cat_Empress: What else can you tell me about the owner?]
[Black_Nails09: Well, when I opened the panel, the mana core was E-rank but then seconds later the panel changed and as you can see, the core is now C-rank.]
[Cat_Empress: WHAT!! YOU AREN’T PULLING MY TAIL, ARE YOU?]
[Black_Nails09: No this time, I am serious.]
[Cat_Empress: Do you know the person behind this channel?]
[Black_Nails09: I am not sure, that’s the reason I asked you. Any other way to find out?]
[Cat_Empress: Well, people from High and Apex dimension has more access so they could find out the information we need.]
[Cat_Empress: However, as you know channels from Low rank aren’t visible to High and Apex dimension beings. So nothing at the moment.]
[Black_Nails09: Well, thanks anyway, maybe I will get more information after watching the livestream.]
[Cat_Empress: No big deal girl, I am subscribing that channel. This could be interesting, Sayonara.]
[Black_Nails09: Bye, Take care]
[Cat_Empress has ended the chat.]
She dismissed the panel as chat ended, while Luna jumped back to the table on her comfy pillow.
"Well, what are you going to do now?" Luna asked.
"I will observe him myself, it doesn’t matter if he is Reyansh or not. He could be a big asset," Arpita answered as her mind made up.
She went back to the info page of channel and clicked on big blue button.
[You have subscribed to channel StarWalker.]
"Let’s see, just who this StarWalker is?"