Endless Horde: Through the Eyes of a Godking

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Cedric dove into the virtual universe to start his journey.

As soon as he arrived at his residence, he didn't waste time and immediately went to the virtual hub to travel to the training facility of the SHSD to start learning more about his future job.

Since it's been years since Cedric became a member of the alliance, he already knew this communal world like the back of his hand. Moreover, he has also upgraded his citizenship to the 3rd level, which is the High Citizen stage.

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(AN: Citizenship levels: Common Citizen, Valued Citizen, High Citizen, Treasured Citizen, and finally, Cosmic Citizen.)

The changes in his status were certainly fast. One has to know that it might take decades or even centuries for others to upgrade from a Common Citizen to a Valued Citizen. Going from a Valued Citizen to a High Citizen will take even longer; some might not even achieve it in their entire life, yet Cedric almost effortlessly achieved it.

The way he did it wasn't something that most people could easily follow. Not everybody was forged under the duress of perpetual danger, and not everybody's strong enough to survive that kind of crisis. The fact that he was able to maintain his sanity intact despite constantly throwing himself into the Asura Plane to harvest blood crystals and exchange them for merit points was nothing short of a miracle to most. Many have tried this kind of exploit before, but everyone who did it suffered immensely, with most turning mad.

Cedric might be one of the few people who did it, and even then, he's probably the only one that's completely unaffected by the side effects of constant exposure to that place.

Anyway, now that he's a high citizen, Cedric receives more privileges as a member of the alliance. He gets more discounts, more benefits, laws are more loose around him, he also receives a certain amount of dividends per year, he's got more access to places, he gets invitations to more social events, which he could use to expand his connections, etc.

Simply put, with or without this job, Cedric will be fine on his own. With his current status, it wouldn't be too hard for him to find lucrative work anywhere.

But as far as upgrading his citizenship further, Cedric has met a wall for now. Because the requirements to become a treasured citizen go beyond just accumulating enough merit points to do so. Yes, a good amount of merit points are still needed, but that's alongside the need to have not only him but his entire race to be denizens of the Inner Circle.

This meant that the human race as a whole, and preferrably under his leadership, must contribute to the overall benefit of the alliance as a whole. Their contribution must be acknowledged by at least 100 clans and races with the approval of at least 4 out of 6 of 'The Six'; only then would they be allowed within the Inner Circle.

Additionally, Cedric himself must perform at least a total of 10 years or more of military service before he could qualify for the status upgrade. He's on his way of doing this now because his job was at the Scarlet Homeland Security Department, which was the main force of the alliance against threats, so this was the least of his problems.

The real bottleneck would be the collective racial merit because humans are too far behind compared to other races. They shouldn't even be thinking about the Inner Circle since they're still not advanced enough to even qualify for the Outer Circle.

Speaking of which, the transfer of the Solaris Prime to the Outer Circle will be done once Cedric spends a year working at the security department. Yes, he was told that the transfer was immediate, and this was immediate to them because a year might as well be only a week or a month in their perception. Besides, they can't give him all these benefits only for Cedric to renege on his responsibilities right away. Hunyo and Silas were no fools, and Cedric doesn't have the gall or the strength to plot something bad against them.

Being a high citizen, Cedric could use the virtual hub as he pleased. Meaning that he didn't need any help or guidance opening portals for him to go through. His route or destinations also had some level of privacy from now on, and only those with higher status than him could view his travel logs; even then, he would be immediately informed when somebody does.

Cedric typed in the coordinates of his destination and unhesitatingly went through the portal once it stabilized.

On the other side, he found himself standing on another virtual hub. This one, however, was sparsely populated. He could only see a handful of people around him, and this says a lot because virtual hubs are always meant to be populated.

"Hello, you must be Dawnbringer, right?"

Cedric looked to his side and saw a person standing near him radiating politeness.

This creature appeared to be a floating apparition. Their body was completely transparent; the only thing that's covering them was the uniform of the security personnel. This creature doesn't have a complete face, only a pair of eyes. Their body was also filled with strange tribal runes, and there were at least hundreds of them all over their body.

"Yes, hello. Sorry for staring. I'm Dawnbringer; nice to meet you," Cedric replied with a slightly apologetic tone.

"Oh, it's fine; I'm used to being stared at. Nice to meet you too; my name is Griff, and I'll be in charge of giving you a tour of the facility. Are you good to go now?"

"Yes, I'm good to go."

"Great, follow me."

Griff floated about with Cedric trailing behind. Upon exiting the virtual hub, he immediately discovered the immensity of the training facility. Everything within his sight was all related to the department.

"Welcome to Site Delta, otherwise known as the department's Personnel Training Facility. If you're serious about this job, then you'd find yourself spending a lot of time here." Griff introduced the place while gesturing at it. "I can give you a general tour of the place, but I can't take you to all areas since some are restricted even for me. You'd do well staying away from these places because not everybody here is as patient or kind to others."

"Oh and by the way," Griff faced him before saying: "Site Delta occupies this entire planet. I guess you can expect that everybody you see here works here too since this place isn't open for the public. That also means that the only way to leave this place is via the Virtual Hub behind you, the one that you just used. Of course, there are other means of leaving this place, but those options aren't available for people like us, so that's our only option."

Cedric already guessed most of these by himself. He was a soldier-in-training here, so he should expect some strictness, especially in his conduct, therefore none of this surprised him.

"This is the entrance for trainees like you," Griff gestured at the small gate they walked into. "They'd ask for an I.D., but you don't have that yet, so I'll take care of it for now. Just remember that once you receive your credentials, always bring them with you and don't lose them. Even replacing them would be troublesome, so take care of them as much as you can."

Griff nodded at the guards at the gate; he signed off some papers and went through several checks before it was Cedric's turn. After they passed through the gate, they appeared in a marbled hallway that led deeper into the facility.

Beyond the first door they entered, Cedric found himself in a wide space that branched out to many areas.

"Let's get you registered first, then we can continue with the tour," Griff suggested. Cedric had no problem with that, so he followed him to the registration office.

He already has a file here since he was scouted. They just needed him to make an appearance, take his biometrics, and print his ID; then he's good to go.

"You see the QR code on your ID?" Griff asked once Cedric received it. Cedric nodded to him, and he said, "Scanning that using the system will take you to your employee account; in there you'd see more details about your employment here. It could also be used in many things, such as applying for missions or courses, exchanging for resources, hiring a mentor, etc. Someone will teach you all about this later, so don't sweat it for now. Just know that you have this."

"Remember, nobody else except you can use your account. This applies to your spouse(s), children if you have any, friends, family, and even your superiors. There are rules that strictly prohibit this kind of interference. The only possible existence that can make changes in your account is the system or the system's admin, and either of them will document every single detail they changed in there and you'll be informed immediately once it happens. There are no other exceptions. Do well to remember this or else you'd be in a lot of trouble."