The author then continued to write how the rest of his family lived in agony afterward.
"It''s weird. I learn many more things from novels than from school," Alex mumbled.
Alex paralleled this with his own life. He had chosen to bottle up his own problems in his heart.
However, his situation was different; he wasn''t as selfish as the MC.
The main character knew what it was like to live without them but now subjected them to the same fate.
If Alex had been in his position, he would have chosen differently.
He would have found a way to revive both without sacrificing himself, even if it took far longer.
"No matter what, I would not do something like this.
I am sure Dad wouldn''t sacrifice his own life for others, either.
He knows how much Mom loves him.
If I can realize this, Dad should too…"
His eyes started stinging with tears, his heart throbbing.
"Dad, are you really still alive?"
Memories of the past started surfacing in his mind—the laughter, the jokes, the conversations they had.
When his dad was alive, their family always dined together, and they often went on family trips.
But after he was gone, everything changed.
His mother fought with Emily, the mood in the house became heavy, and the once joy-filled mansion turned silent.
Alex sighed, looking at the scene in VR again as his heart throbbed with pain.
But who could he share these emotions with?
In the past, his mom and sister were also struggling at that time; he had no friends, let alone a lover.
And now?
He had gotten used to it, nor did he feel any need to express it.
If his dad was alive, then it would all be fine in the end. If not, he was more worried about how his mother and sister would take it.
He was afraid they would do something drastic.
The sun rose again, signaling the change of day.
Emily was now on her way to the Suzaku Genesis Complex (SGE), feeling excited for this day.
Today was the day the guild would start operating again, like a phoenix rising from the ashes.
She had already planned that they would undertake their first dungeon dive a week from now, followed by a public conference.
As a guild, there were many things Emily needed to prepare, the most important being the hunters and creating a team to clear dungeons.
She already had a candidate for it, Zold.
Emily trusted him a lot since they both faced the same tragedy and had the same goal.
And his ability was no joke; Zold could create electricity around his body.
Other than him, there were only two more people who could still go into the dungeon.
They were veteran members of the Suzaku guild.
When the tragedy happened, they had some other task outside the country, allowing them to avoid the tragedy.
But both of them didn''t feel happy about it; they kept regretting not being there for their guild mates.
Both of them were girls; the first one was named Olivia, and the second was Quartz.
Olivia had the ability to heal, while Quartz''s ability allowed her to draw everyone''s focus toward her.
Simply put, she was a tank that could pull all monster aggro.
Olivia and Quartz were a team; their abilities complemented each other, making them almost inseparable.
If they went on a mission, they would go at it together.
But with only four hunters, it wouldn''t be enough to really run a guild.
She needed to recruit more people and create a system for it.
To do this, Emily didn''t follow the approach of other guilds.
Usually, other guilds got their new members by getting information from the hunter association and then sending their scouts after new, strong awakeners.
As for the weaker ones, they would either try to join by themselves by sending an application and passing an interview or turn to the association.
The association would accept any awakener.
Depending on their abilities, they would then be allocated a suitable position.
However, a lot of awakeners didn''t want to work for the association since even those working in administration were often sent to dangerous places, and the pay wasn''t worth it.
The association offered them low pay but many incentives.
This forced most of the hunters to stay with the association, creating a bad reputation among the awakeners.
This led them to prefer working in other industries instead.
For example, those with mind-type abilities, like Alex, often worked as researchers.
Some ability users were also marked as too dangerous; these individuals were forced to work with the association but received special bonuses and guarantees of a good life for their families.
But, not all awakeners were registered with the association.
For example, dark hunters and people from prominent families, the so-called one-percenters, often didn''t register with the association.
The new Suzaku Guild adopted a recruitment method similar to the BaiYue Sect, but they changed how it worked.
The system operated more like a school where every person, with or without ability, could enroll by paying an affordable fee.
They would then undergo a six-month training program.
Those who graduated would proceed to the next level of training.
This initial six-month period was designed to test their determination, so it would be challenging but not excessive.
In the next six months, they would undergo another training session.
This one was intended to filter out individuals based on their nature, distinguishing those with good intentions from those with bad. Sёar?h the novel(F~)ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.
Alex didn''t want to use slave contracts like MingYue, so he needed to find a way to discern people''s nature before he could make the game in his mind, where he could just see it from their soul.
At this phase, Alex still didn''t know what method he could implement to truly achieve this.
This group would then be divided into two branches; those who learned the cultivation he provided to the association and those he could trust who would undergo another test.