Pran's heart raced as he uttered the word: “Inventory!”
As soon as he spoke the word, a transparent window appeared before him. The window was small, about 1"x2", with a grid pattern and a search bar at the top. Three mythic boxes occupied separate grids, and Pran clicked on the first mythic box. Suddenly a new window appeared:
[Notice! Requirements not met to open the Mythic Box!]
He tried the other two boxes, but the same message appeared.
Pran was stunned. He had opened several boxes including 2 high-grade boxes before, but he had never encountered a mythic box. He had always assumed that any box given by the system as a reward could be easily opened like the others he had come across, but now he wondered if higher-level boxes had specific requirements.
“So, that was a bust. I was hoping to get some awesome equipment so I wouldn’t have to spend money to buy the armor set and the weapon.” Pran heaved a somewhat disappointed sigh.
However, he quickly regained his composure and turned to various auction sites which dealt with equipment. He could have asked his father for help, but he didn't want to reveal his plans to explore the portal. He wanted to test his skills and limits first, and the quest he received presented a perfect opportunity.
After scouring through numerous sites and comparing the prices of over 70 armor sets and 300+ separate armor pieces, he finally had a list of what he needed. For weapons, he opted for a standard sword and shield set, a compound bow with a box of 24 arrows, two daggers, and some smoke pellets.
The total cost came to around 60k rupees, a significant amount of money for his current financial situation, but Pran didn't hesitate to spend it.
After locating three stores that could provide him with all the necessary equipment, he visited them the next day and collected everything he needed. Now, all he had to do was wait for the dungeon portal to appear, which would appear in just a few hours.
While waiting Pran decided to explore his new title and four skills, which he was sure that he got due to the title even without checking the title's details, as well as deciding to put aside the mystery of the mythic boxes.
He opened his status window and first clicked on the title “First in the Multiverse” to check it, and soon an information window popped up.
[First in the Multiverse (Exclusive Title, cannot be seen by any skill that reveals information): You are the first being to have obtained the “Job” section without entering the Tower of Trials. Due to achieving a feat that was deemed impossible before, you have been recognized as a special being and will be given a few things to help you become even stronger.
Benefit 1: Access to the Tower of Trial has been given. But you will still need to clear the entrance trial to enter the Tower of Trials.Benefit 2: Access to “Inventory” has been granted, while the limit of 1 thousand grid space has been upgraded to 100 thousand grid space.Benefit 3: Special skills Eye Spy (B), Mana Heart (D), Void Body (D), and an exclusive skill Unbreakable Spirit (D) have been awarded.Benefit 4: All stats increased by 35% (This will affect the outcome of the Base Stat + Extra Stat).Benefit 5: Access to the “Quest System” has been granted.Benefit 6: (Hidden due to conditions not being met)]Pran's hunch had been right - all of this had happened because he somehow had the "Job" section in his status window without even entering the tower. He racked his brain, but the only explanation he could come up with was that the "Primal Stone" must have triggered it. He clicked on the "Job" section, and a new window popped up:
[Notice! You are unable to access the "Job Selection Window" due to not meeting the minimum requirements.]
"Huh, a 'Job Selection Window'?" Pran thought to himself. "I know that when you meet certain conditions, you have a chance to choose a higher version of your current job through a 'Job Advancement Selection Window,' but I have the option to select my initial job. So while others have to clear a trial for the job they want, I just have to pick one? But what if the jobs that appear are not good? Then it's as good as not having it." Pran grumbled, but then soon calmed down.
"Well, it doesn't matter if the jobs that appear are basic ones like 'Fighter,' 'Mage,' 'Archer,' etc. instead of advanced ones. I'll just not choose for now, and when I enter the tower, I'll go back to being a 'Spellblade.'" With those thoughts out of his mind, he started to examine the skills he had acquired.
[Skill Name: Eye Spy
Skill Type: Special Active Skill
Skill Grade: B
Cost: 200 mana per use
Skill Description: With Eye Spy, the world is no longer a mystery. This special active skill has two modes, and both allow the user to see and find hidden information.
In the first mode, the user can target a subject and a window will appear with hidden details about that being. From weak points to an inkling of their mental state, the user can gain valuable insight to aid them in their journey. However, not all information is revealed, and the amount of information depends on the grade of the skill. This mode has a cooldown of 10 seconds.
In the second mode, Eye Spy becomes a seeker. By activating this mode, the user can find hidden objects by giving them a faint blue glow for 5 minutes. This can come in handy when searching for treasures or important items that are hard to find. However, this mode has a longer cooldown of 10 minutes.
Both modes have separate mana costs and can be used simultaneously.]
[Skill Name: Void Body
Skill Type: Special Passive Skill
Skill Grade: D
Skill Description: Void Body (D) is a special passive skill that enhances the user's physical capabilities. It increases the maximum health of the user by 200 points and the maximum stamina by 100 points. Additionally, it boosts the Strength, Endurance, Vitality, and Agility attributes of the user by 10 points, making them stronger, more resilient, and more agile. It enhances the recovery rate of health and stamina by 5%, allowing the user to recuperate faster after taking damage or exerting themselves.]
[Skill Name: Mana Heart
Skill Type: Special Passive Skill
Skill Grade: D
Skill Description: Mana Heart (D) is a special passive skill that increases the maximum mana pool of the user by 200 points. In addition, this skill also enhances the user's intelligence by 10 points, allowing for more effective use of their mana pool. The skill also increases the mana recovery rate of the user by 5%, enabling them to regenerate their mana faster during combat and reducing downtime between fights.]
[Skill Name: Unbreakable Spirit
Skill Type: Exclusive Passive/Active
Skill Grade: D
Skill Description: Unbreakable Spirit (D) is an exclusive skill that is automatically activated when the skill's owner's health reaches 1% or lower of their total hp. It negates one lethal blow that can instantly kill the user and locks the HP at 1. The user becomes impervious to any and all damage while quadrupling all of their stats for the next 5 seconds. However, after 5 seconds, the user will lose consciousness for 4 hours.
While the user is unconscious, all of their stats will be reduced by 60% for the next 8 hours. The cooldown for this skill is 32 hours currently. As the skill's grades improve, the stat increase will improve, the active time will increase, the cooldown time will decrease, and the negative effects will lessen.]
“Damn! These are some truly powerful skills. Especially the last one. It’s a double-edged sword, if it comes into play it can change the outcome, but its downsides are also no joke. Imagine if you activated it, and missed an enemy who you didn’t even put in your eye, but now that enemy can easily take your life. I’ll have to be careful.”
After going through his skills Pran practiced with his weapons for some time to familiarize himself with them.
Around the evening he got back home, had dinner with his family, and then went to his room.
As soon as the clock in his room showed that it was midnight, he put on his armor and got out through his room window, and quietly started walking to a nearby ally.
Finally, the time arrived when the portal would appear. It was 1 a.m. in the night and Pran was standing in the dark valley patiently waiting.
Suddenly there were ripples in front of him, like the calm surface of the water has been disturbed. Soon the disturbance increased and a dark purple glow started to appear. Soon it reached a height of around 8 feet and stopped expanding.
Pran looked carefully around but didn’t find it any different than the portals he had entered previously. There was no option to change the difficulty of the dungeon. Even after looking and waiting for more than ten minutes nothing changed.
Pran started to feel agitated, but then he suddenly remembered.
“I have a skill named “Eye Spy”, maybe I need to use it.”
Without wasting time anymore he activated the Eye Spy’s first mode.
Suddenly he saw a transparent window in front of him. On that window, he clearly saw five options. From the top they were: Normal>Hard>Elite>Nightmare>Hell, and the “Normal” option was blinking.
Just as Pran was about to select the ‘Elite’ option he stopped.
Pran opened the quest window and started to read the quest once more, trying to make sure that he didn’t miss anything."To complete the quest, I have to clear this dungeon in 'Elite' difficulty mode with a '70% or more' compilation rate," Pran murmured, studying the quest information in the quest window. He knew he was more powerful than most players, with stats equivalent to an average level 15 player, and on top of that, he had his fighting and trial-completing experience of more than 12 years from his previous life. So he instantly dropped the ‘Elite’ mode option and started to consider the other two options: "Nightmare" or "Hell."Pran's mind raced as he considered the different modes. He had a hunch that the higher the difficulty, the greater the reward, but he also knew that he needed to be careful.“If I compare the different mode options to the dungeons and trials that I know about and the one’s that I’ve personally cleared I can roughly estimate where ‘Elite’ will stand, so
The seductive woman licked her plump red lips and spoke in an alluring manner as she walked towards the sobbing group: “My-my, finally you found you!” As one of the men saw her, he was already pale in fear, but after hearing the woman speak and seeing her walk toward the group he peed in terror. He knew exactly who she was, and what she was going to do to him. Just then one of the women could not take the terror and screamed as she tried to run away from the woman, but as she took two steps the seductive woman vanished from her spot and then appeared beside that woman and continued to walk towards the group, while the running woman’s head flew from her body and after take another step collapsed on the ground. After seeing that many people from the group started vomiting while others screamed. Just then the seductive woman raised her right hand and put a finger over her lips and sweetly said: “Shhh! Or I’ll remove everyone’s head from their body.” Suddenly everyone quieted down, and
“Runestone,” the most straightforward and easy way to obtain skills and spells without any extra requirements. Even if you have just become a player, you can use the rune stone to gain skills and spells. And till now there are five ways to acquire them. First, when you kill a strong monster, there is a very very low chance that instead of a mana core in the monster’s heart, there will be a runestone instead. Second, after clearing a portal, there’s a low probability of obtaining random skill and spell runestones of ‘Grade D’ or lower. Third, you can obtain certain types of runestones to random types of runestones after clearing different kinds of trials in the Tower of Trials, but there’s a chance that those gained runestones can only be used by the one who completes the trials. Fourth, trade them with other players ranging from money, items, and goods to other runestones, to even other players' freedom to life. Lastly, the easiest way, Fifth, is to buy them from the item stores i
Pran was standing at the edge of a deep cave, the stench of rot assaulting his senses. He wrinkled his nose in disgust but pressed on because he still had to clear this lair. As he arrived at the end of the passage, he was at the entrance of a prison-like chamber filled with many humans hanging from the walls. Some were males while some were females. Their clothes seemed to have been torn while they were being tortured, and some were totally naked with bruises and whip marks. The scene made him feel sick to his stomach, and he couldn't help but wonder how they ended up there.Goblins and even Hobgoblins milled about the cave, chatting, sharpening their weapons, and sleeping, while some of them were eating something. Despite having seen this sight before, and knowing that there will be more thing similar or even worse things he will see in the future, Pran felt nauseated. But then he sensed at least two str
Pran had no choice but to change his tactics a bit after finding out that it was a Blood Troll that he was up against. While the blood troll was still thrashing around due to its pain and had its back against Pran, he swiftly moved right before its back and rapidly slashed it thrice. Swish! Slash! Schink! The blood troll once again winced in pain as the slashes made deep gashes on its back and dark greenish blood started flowing out. It slightly moved its body to the right and sent its long right hand bulging with rock-hard muscles as a backhanded smash towards Pran, trying to hit him. The blood troll was fast but Pran was even faster. Instead of dodging the backhanded smash he lightly kicked on the hand with his left foot and used it as a springboard, and flew towar
Pran saw the blood troll's hand with its palm open, right in front of him. He quickly tapped his right foot, moving his body slightly to the left to dodge the blood troll's attack, and while continuing to move forward he used his forward momentum to run his sword from the wrist to its shoulder in a straight light.Slice!The blood troll once more hollered in pain as its dark greenish blood started to flow like a waterfall. It used its other hand to smack at the annoying bug who was inflicting so much pain on him. Pran moved to the side but noticed that the blood troll didn’t follow his movement and was still going through its attack motion without stopping.Despite his initial fear, Pran quickly calmed down and breathed a sigh of relief after realizing that the blood troll was still blind. It must have smelled me coming and must have made that attack. Fucker nearly gave me a heart attack!Pran once more focused on attacking the blood troll not giving it time to recover even slightly.
Pran swiftly neared the shield lying on the ground while sheathing the dagger in his left hand. And as he reached it another arrow was already nearing him. Without showing any panic or hesitation he moved the sword into the line of the approaching arrow and used the flat to slide the arrow tip to deviate its trajectory to the side while kicking on the edge of the shield to flip it towards his left hand. As the arrow went past Pran’s right shoulder the shield on the ground was already close to his left hand. And as he was about to grab it his danger sense suddenly picked a very faint killing intent behind him. Without any delay, he tilted his body to the left side using his weight while he used his right foot to tap on the ground to rotate his body on his left foot. As Pran did that he lifted his right hand and using his body’s rotation slashed behind him while he was also able to grab the shield with his
Pran’s reason to deal with the hobgoblins first was because low-level goblins would rarely possess any skills, and even if they did they would be passive ones, which would help them fight better or for longer or use specific weapons more accurately. But hobgoblins were different, in general, 9 out of 10 hobgoblins would possess some kind of passive skills, and amongst ones that possess skills, every 4th would have an active skill, as was evident from the hobgoblin that attacked him some time ago. In this current situation apart from the shadow goblin only the goblin mages would be difficult to deal with along with the hobgoblins, because if the blood troll had any skill it would have used it by now. As Pran could dodge the goblins and the blood troll’s attack if he focused on them, and in time will be able to deal with them, but for that to happen he had to at the very least take out the hobgoblin and the goblin mages. Pran would have ideally liked to take out the goblin mages first