A question that was not much of a question at all. It felt like a command. And hearing that she would grow even stronger, Anabella felt dread invade her nerves. Just ranking up three times gave her a sense of great power, let alone when she went as far as to Rank up six times!! She dreaded the idea, but went forth with it nonetheless. "Uh, ye–yes, right away." Anabella, though even more confused and frightful, still did as ordered, and ranked herself up again. And this time, it was the first time she went through six Ranks at the same time. No, nine ranks, including the prior three ranks from Rank 9 to Rank 12. The changes to her mentality? Were great. [ TING~ ] [ You have spent 101,250 units of Energy Essence to promote yourself towards the next three ranks ] [ An achievement made!! Congratulations for being one of the top 100 humans to reach Rank 18 first –all your stats have increased by ten points each ] "Oh?" Anabella paused in shock, letting out a light exclaim at the
He snapped his fingers, and above his palms, a white crystal appeared. Pure white, and radiant in nature, it dwarfed any normal jewel or crystal the two have ever seen within their life. "This is..." Anabella exclaimed, as she felt her blood boil at the appearance of the crystal, with her breathe slowly hastening. 'What... What's going on with my body..?!?!' She panicked. "Calm down. This is a shard of divinity, exactly what you're looking for to exceed your current Rank and mortality." Jason saw through her sudden excitement and panic, as he decided to calm her down, then went back to appraising the shard of divinity closely. [ Shard of Divinity ] [ Rank :- 20 (Deity-Low) ] [ Function :- A rare graded treasure, that is obtained from Higher Worlds or from Planes above worlds, or from divine beings killed. It can be used with, and within anything, having high Affinity with almost all things within the Universe. The higher its rank, the higher the Affinity with Existence. Can act a
[ TING!!! ] [ Greetings to all living beings of this planet, I welcome you all to a new Era ] "Huh..??" Jason was startled awake, by the cryptic message flashing before him. He froze in shock, and stared at the two screens of light floating before his eyes incredulously. 'What the hell?' He thought, believing that he was most likely hallucinating due to lack of sleep. It was an unbelievable experience, yet that was not all that woke him up. [ The Era of Doomsday... I, for one, am the Doomsday Administrator, and I welcome you all to the Doomsday Ruins ] Jason froze in stupor. 'This... can't can't real. I must be too fucking tired.' He thought to himself, attempting to sleep it off. 'Never pulling an all-nighter ever again.' Unfortunately for him, he thought wrong. [ Here are the two rules of the Doomsday Era ] [ 1. Your only purpose is to survive and prosper. Band together, fight against the corruption, and raise the banner of Humanity. Everything else is second-hand matters. S
Note: I-grade is the lowest ranked talent a candidate can obtain, and SSS-grade is the highest talent that can be obtained. Anything from A-grade to above is considered Unique and one of a kind ] "...Seriously?" Jason's calm was immediately toppled down as he slightly became nervous. It was not only him, every other candidate was nervous and curios. The [Chat Room] already had +200 new messages in just seconds. These people were really hyped up for the talent. And so was he. [ XXX45: Damn!! There's such a thing?! ] [ XXX15: Hahaha, even if I start off as Rank 0, if I obtain a very high ranked talent, I'll still f*ck you all up ] [ XXX19: Wishful thinking ] [ XXX15: Why you..!! ] [ XXX19: Oh!! Would you look at that, an SS-grade talent. Along with a Rank 1 starting point. What did you get, champ? ] [ XXX15: ... ] [ XXX855: F*CK!! A B-grade? ] [ XX136: ... ] Jason ran through most of the notification and realized a trend. The so called Unique Talents, A-grade and above, were
And more importantly, there were transparent walls separating them from one another, like rooms. While ahead, there was a gigantic gate with a large length and width standing tall. Like a mouth of a prehistoric beast. "..." Jason fell silent, and only surveyed the environment around him. As he did so, the barriers separating everyone disappeared, and instead appeared behind them, as if trapping them within. The only entrance now was the gate. Everyone realized this too, and hurriedly hurdled together, and began discussing what to do. None daring to take even a single step forward. 'It seems like... nobody dares to go out. Well, I know you won't.' He thought to himself. From his observation, everyone had a weapon on them. Some were knives, some were axes like him, some were hammers, and some were even bowls. 'The range is various. So not only Talents and Ranks, there's also variation in weapons? I guess my luck is quite high then.' He thought. Amidst his thought, a single man,
Moments later, she was no longer the center of attention, and everyone shifted back to what they had been doing; forming groups. They grouped around the high Talent players, mainly those with Talents leveled A and B, in some cases, even those with C leveled Talents. Mind you, altogether there were only twelve with C leveled and above Talents within this game sever, hence it showed their importance. Meanwhile, Jason himself stood afar and decide to be a spectator. He and a few others chose the path of solitude, and did not join any parties or groups. His reason for staying solo was still the same, to hide his SSS Level Talent until he was strong enough to fend for himself. As for the other solo riders, he did not care about them. They had their own reasons, and that's what mattered. 'Every man for himself. We barely know one another after all.' He thought, understanding their actions. His other reason for staying solo was trust. He did not trust anyone here, regardless of their c
His index before then was like this; [ Distributable Points: 0 ] [ STR: 6 + ] [ AGI: 9 + ] [ VIT: 7 + ] [ ERG: 30 + ] [ INT: 30 + ] His strength had increased by two, and his speed by another point, respectively being "8" and "10" right now. Then his vitality increased from "7" to "8". With the seven Distributable Points, he dumped three within strength, then three within vitality, and one within agility, taking all his individual stats to go above 10. He then called out his complete index. [ Player: Jason Shemrite ] [ Serial Number: 336663996 ] [ Rank: 0 (0/300) ] [ STR: 11 ] [ AGI: 11 ] [ VIT: 11 ] [ ERG: 30 ] [ INT: 30 ] [ Talent: Infinite Extraction - SSS ] –[ Distributable Points: 0 ] –[ Extra Talents: Semi-Enhanced Speed(E), Fireball(G), Weapon Reinforce(F), Enhanced Scent(D), Bite(F), Semi-Enhanced Endurance(E), Claw Sweep(I), Mighty Roar(F) ] [ Hunting Points: 0 ] "Not bad. I've done great progress since a few minutes ago." He nodded at his Template, and t
His valiant cry woke those who were still trembling with their fear, and the chorus sound from the gun brought them a flint of hope. Tatatata!! The more they heard the gun fire, the more they regained a portion of confidence and fought back as well. Meanwhile, Jason moved in between the people, making sure to target the dead humans and the lioness corpse. While he was doing so, he heard a scream come from his right, a bit further back. He turned around to check the source of the scream, and he found a woman running towards him. "Wait, why do I feel like I know– Oh, isn't that the woman who..." He paused, seeing what was chasing the woman. Not just any woman though, but the same woman who had been lucky enough to survive out of the first five to go out. She was running as fast as she could, and the predator behind her was also chasing as fast as it could. But even then, it was obvious who was faster between the two. The woman. "...She's quite the runner." She was really running