[Congratulations to Blake Allsworth for achieving an encounter with the Divine...]
[Your soul has grown stronger...]
[Your SS-RANK Degeneration ability has upgraded to SSS-RANK...]
[You've levelled up to level 15...]
[Congratulations, Blake Allsworth has reached the threshold to obtain a class...]
[Due to countless near death experiences and your strong desire to live, you've unlocked a ??? class...]
[Class: Keeper of The Dead]
[All stats and skills have gone through a major upgrade...]
[You can now check your status window for more details]
Although his voice was calm, he couldn't help but clench his trembling fists. This was nothing short of amazing. Status window!
[Name: Blake Allsworth]
[Race: Human]
[Ability: Degeneration]
[Class: Keeper of The Dead (Partially Unlocked)]
[Title: The Unbroken One]
[Rank: Mortal]
[Talent: ???]
[Level: 15]
[Mana: 200]
[Battle Power: 47]
[Intelligence: 39]
[SKILLS]
--> Damage Augmentation, Damage Empowerment, invisible Dash, Damage Inducement.
---> Damage Augmentation [Max]: Amplify the damage dealt to a target by physical touch.
---> Damage Empowerment [Max]: The user becomes more powerful after being damaged by his opponents. The boost the user gets depends on the damage received. [Automatically activates]
Maximum boost: +100% boost to all stats when heavily damaged.
---> Damage Inducement [Max]: Can induce physical or mental damage on targets.
--> Blade Art lvl 2: Allows the user to adapt and learn various bladed weapons quickly.
--> Resilient Body lvl 4: Increases stamina and endurance, allowing for more damage.
---> Invisible Dash lvl 2: Enables the user to dash within a short distance while becoming temporarily invisible. [Mana consumption has been reduced]
---> Poison Resistance lvl 1: The user becomes resistant to the effects of poison. The user also gets a faster rate of detoxification, allowing for quick recovery from poison–induced effects.
---> Mana Circulation lvl 1: A skill that enables the user to harness the flow of mana within the body.
"No wonder... this strange yet exhilarating feeling was all because of the upgrade," he muttered, clenching his fist. "I'm at the peak of the Mortal rank now. Let's see the new class." New things had been added, but he couldn't help but raise his brows on the question marks in front of the Talent tab.
Shrugging, he finally arrived at what he had been waiting for.
[Keeper of The Dead: A ??? class that serves as the bridge between the world of the living and the realm of the dead]
"Huh? Just that? A bridge to the living and the dead? And what's with the question marks again? Ughhh. Things just got stressful. "
---> Class Skills:
---> Death Sense: Possess a heightened sense of awareness and able to detect danger.
---> Death's Door: The user can create a temporary portal to the realm of the dead. [Locked]
---> Death's Favour: Gain a 100% boost in looting items after the death of opponents.
---> Undead Summon: 1/3 slots
[For class to be fully unlocked, Host needs to obtain 0/3 fragments]
'This is unheard of. Normally one needs to pass the Class and Rank advancement test to obtain a class. This...'
"Huh? I see. Though the class is partially unlocked, I still got three new skills under the class."
The last under the class skills, he had no idea. He didnt know what to make of it, at least for now. The first and third class skills were pretty explanatory, unlike the other one and the class description.
"It's time to find a way out." Walking forward, he slowly approached the only entrance with caution.
Passing through, a blast of cold wind hit his face, billowing his hair. "A cave?" Staring down, he could see a dense mass of snowy terrain. The cave was a few metres above the ground, and he was able to see further ahead.
Lowering his knees slightly, he leapt high, the cold wind slamming into his body, and then he finally began to descend. Landing on the ground, he raised his head with an expressionless face. He appeared a bit loss for a moment, and then his lips curled into a slight smile.
'My body has really gone through changes,' he thought. Scanning his surroundings for a moment, he finally began to move. 'I'm not sure I'm in a tower. The landmarks, these are of earth.'
"Or maybe it's the same in the towers?" He muttered as he pressed on, running through the dense trees. "No, I'm sure of it... I'm out of that cursed tower."
He could see it, a sign. A large sign which the middle had been ripped off but was able to read a few letters left and piece them together. The A**ic *ar.
"The Antic Bar... Where did I hear that before?" He thought, coming to a stop. Before him was a huge building with ten floors, which appeared to be deserted.
His breath hitched as he entered the building through the broken door. He couldn't help but let out a frown. The scent of rot was heavy in the air.
The dim light filtering through the broken windows revealed unsettling details. Cracked walls, broken chairs and tables scattered across the large room.
His eyes caught sight of dried up blood and a decayed corpse half eaten, lying on the marbled floor.
What the hell happened here. He thought as he fought to suppress the urge to vomit, struggling to hold back the saliva that threatened to spill. It appeared a beast had been let loose, and rampaged through the room without mercy. Continuing forward with cautious steps, he climbed the stairs, heading to the second floor.
He caught sight of more dried up blood, on the stairs, the walls, and even smeared on the ceiling.
'This is getting creepy.' Entering the second floor, the same strange pattern he met. More and more dried up blood with bits of decayed flesh.
Climbing the next four floors, he couldn't find anything. 'This is a waste of time,' he thought after a long sigh.
"The top floor would probably be the manager's office. Maybe I'll be able to get some information there."
'Talking about information,' he thought facepalming himself. "I can just check up the Antic Bar in the System Map. Why didn't I think of that?"
Quickly accessing the system panel, and in a few seconds, the information finally popped up.
[The Antic Hotel]
[Location: The Royal Palace District]
[Continent: Frostbite Continent]
Blake stopped in his tracks, staring at the floating words. "The... the Frostbite Continent! How did I get here?!! That's like a hundred thousand miles away from the Layton Continent!"
"Was this the doing of the tower?" Looking at the holographic map that had popped up along with words, his jaws tightened with a frown. "The Royal palace isn't far from here. Also, in the opposite direction... there's a tower."
'What's with the countless red dots rapidly moving.' He thought, scratching his head. Staring at the map, he discovered the red dots were also in the Antic Hotel.
"That will be above me. Well, it seems it won't be long before I find out what that means."
During the few minutes, he had gone through another floor, leaving two floors left. Climbing the stairs once more, this time around, the stairs were less stained with blood.
Walking steps by steps, he made it through the long, narrow hall and about to make a turn when he suddenly stopped. Slowly, stepping backwards, he stared at the figure moving towards him in slow, steady steps, and then, with a burst of speed, the figure charged at him, it's six legs making a loud metallic sound.
"Shit! What's a monster doing here!" He thought caught off guard by the sudden appearance of the creature.