Max Stats in the Apocalypse

After saying their goodbyes to Liam, Roger and Clara exited the dungeon and proceeded to the District Overdrive. Clara also had fake skin as she was going along with Roger's plan.

"You totally look different, Clara," Roger commented while looking at Clara in a bothered way.

Clara previously had calm and deep eyes. However, now that she had a different appearance, she seemed to be more approachable. But, there was still something different about her; it was her voice.

"Roger, this is fake skin," Clara said in a monotonous tone. 

Roger just curled his lips down and nodded, disregarding the topic they had talked about. It was acceptable as it was obvious. Roger just pinpointed it for no reason.

After a few hours of walking in the direction where the border was, they finally arrived, having a hint of getting discovered as they slowly approached the border. And as Clara was becoming vigilant about approaching the border, her heartbeat became stronger, which Roger could notice from his position.

"You don't have to worry about it, Clara," Roger stated, then swayed his hands, and his internal energy was brought to his hands. And as he swayed them, he targeted them at the soldiers that were guarding the border. 

There were plenty of them, but for some reason, the border was weak as there weren't that many of them on the border. And as Roger assessed them, he had a small idea of what the District Overdrive was planning.

'Hmmm... They might be making such an obvious trap. Making the border weak means that I could penetrate it myself, using the same violence as I did. But, it would be common for people to think that I would be stealthily approaching the border, which gave them the idea that I might be there, so they might prepare a detector.'

'But, they haven't thought of possible factors that could change their trap. A fake identity was taken, but they didn't have any idea that I had an ability to hypnotize people.'

Roger let out a bitter smile and looked at Clara, who was currently confused by Roger's actions. Roger seemed nonchalant.

"There is no need to be worried about."

And just at the same time, the energy that Roger had launched from her hand movements earlier hit the guards at the border. And with that, their minds were already penetrable.

'Now, they are under my control.'

Roger didn't think in the past few months that there would be a time that he would use his mind-manipulating ability again. 'Well, who would have thought that there was a greedy sect of the government that would try to covet what I have, especially my powers? But, ignoring that, I thought that there would be people who would try to covet more useful methods to become stronger in a short time. But, not at this level.'

Roger didn't expect that Earth's thinkers were more dangerous than those in Kluma. 'Back in Kluma, everyone has differences but huge similarities. Murim people only know violence, and violence will always dominate the Murim world's entire system. And this world, Earth, was way crueler and smarter than Kluma's way.'

It might not be the right time to think about it, but that was the effect when Roger tried to manipulate one's mind. Some hidden personality would influence his mind for a certain time until he fully had control of his target.

"Roger, are you okay?" Clara worriedly asked.

Clara had been noticing that Roger was preoccupied with something, blankly looking in the direction where the border was. But, as Roger looked at her, she then slowly noticed what was wrong.

"Yes, and I just have an idea of what to do now."

Roger then nonchalantly walked away, making Clara panic. "Roger, why are you walking relaxed?"

Roger just smirked and then looked at her and said, "You don't have to worry about it, Clara. I have them under my control."

Clara noted that the guards were not paying attention to Roger as he proceeded down the route to the border. Clara followed him, and as they approached the border, she realized that Roger had complete control of the situation.

The guards looked at Roger's eyes and, as if understanding something, they opened the path for him and deactivated the detectors that were present at the border. The guards seemed preoccupied while looking at Roger's eyes.

Clara had a small idea of what was happening, and just as they passed through the gate, she approached his lips near to his ears and asked.

"Do you have an ability that could hypnotize or manipulate people's minds?" 

Roger only smirked and nodded as he assessed the number of people on the border. He then continued to spread the effects of his technique and then stated, "Mind-Bending."

He discovered that it was indeed the plan of the Supreme Council. They expected Roger to come to the District Overdrive and only expected one person who didn't have any passes. Furthermore, their detectors had his magical power signature, which was taken from a database in the Hunter Association.

He let out a sigh and calmly passed through them, ordering the guards to erase any trace of them passing through the border.

"Roger, do have plenty of abilities, right?" Clara asked, still confused about what was happening as Roger seemed to be casual and used to it.

"Yes, it is obvious, right?"

"But, why do you want to hide everything from us? Don't you trust us?" Roger almost scoffed at Clara's absurd question. It was childish, but taking Clara's personality into account, he just shook his head.

"I already said that trust is not a matter around here. I don't feel like explaining things and describing everything about me."

Clara became silent and just shut her mouth continuously until they passed through the border and went into a dense forest. 

'Roger really hides things. I don't understand why he doesn't trust us. We have the pact, so we can not lie. But he can lie.' Clara mumbled which Roger didn't hear as he didn't pay much attention to Clara's unusual mumbling.

When they saw a highway, Roger was surprised to see how good the asphalt was. The condition of the road and the quality of the materials used were different from what was commonly used in the District Wish.

Even though it was unnecessary to make a comment about it, he just couldn't ignore it. And as he looked for the directions on the road signs at the side of the road, he then realized how far the next settlement was.

'I cannot fly. I cannot hasten my speed. I still don't know if they have detectors in every corner just like on the border.' Roger was continuing to be vigilant. 

Being discovered was equal to being taunted by them. And knowing his personality, he would risk every plan he had made so far because of a taunt that could possibly be relayed to him.

"Clara, we should take a rest."

Roger looked back but then paused, seeing Clara absent behind him. He stretched his senses and tried to use the minimal effect of his techniques, and there, he noticed Clara from a distance, fighting with some people.

'Isn't she just like me? Fuck!'

Clara was just like him, who had data in the Hunter Association or the Supreme Council. Hence, if there were really detectors in any place, it could be possible that using her ability would put them at risk.

Roger had noticed that Clara used her veins to fight with some people from afar. For some reason, these people might be criminals or some kind of modern bandit.

He rushed to Clara's location and saw the modern bandits wearing leather jackets and leather pants, as well as having a pistol in their hands. Seeing Clara standing next to them, who were knocked out, Roger shook his head.

'She must be really fast at knocking people down.' Then, he let out a sigh and approached Clara.

Around them, a stranded car with two people inside was trembling in fear. And prior to that, Roger had thought of not using much of his powers until he could study and learn about the nature of the place.

His family's safety was at risk, and even though he would be beaten for not using his powers, he was willing.

"What happened here?" Roger asked as soon as he arrived. "And why did you get away from me?" He raised the tone.

And just when he was about to add some more to his words, he sighed and then said, "Don't leave my sight. We don't know if we will be discovered if we carelessly use our powers."

"I am sorry, Roger. But, these people were rude and dangerous to these innocent people."

Roger then looked at the people inside the car. As he noticed earlier, there were two, but he didn't know that inside the care were father and daughter. The girl seemed to look like she was 9 years old, while the father was 30 years old.

"Are you guys okay?"