Just as Max neared the portal atop the platform, trial messages appeared once more before Max.
[Perfect Grade Sword Inheritance Chamber Unlocked.]
[Enter Portal to Receive Reward.]
Max looked once at the portal, then at the shattered arena around him.
He had fought for this opportunity.
Without hesitation, he stepped forward and entered.
The moment his body crossed the threshold, a sharp current of energy swept through him. The world blurred again, yet this time the sensation was different from the previous teleportation. It felt deeper, older, as though he were being carried not through space alone, but through layers of time and history.
Then everything stabilized.
Max opened his eyes and found himself standing in an entirely different world.
