[Skill: EGO]
[Type: MYTHICAL]
[Description:] You shall not know until the time is right.
[Note:] Your ego is increasing…
…
“…” Stark was confused, no description, and the note only made it weirder.
What the hell is an ‘EGO’, and why is it increasing?
But… the weirdest thing of all… was the small bar below the skill panel.
[EGO Meter: 0%]
This was all the info he had.
Were all mythical skills like that? Is the user supposed to figure it out on his own, since they are way too overpowered? Or maybe it’s only for Stark…?
In the end, it didn’t really matter much, and so Stark moved to the next panel, maybe that EGO thing would increase later.
‘Alright…’ he looked to his left, and the next panel was…
[Congratulations, you have killed another player, thus completing the offer that had been given to you! WOOHOO!]
[You have earned the ‘MURDERER’ title!]
‘…’ Stark looked at those panels as they appeared with the blankest of expressions.
[You now get your MAP back!]
And the moment it said that, all the panel faded away, replaced by a giant one that looked like a map of the third sublevel.
It was a view from above, almost as if given by satellite, and Stark was marked by a small flashing red dot.
Every passageway, dead end, and turn was clearly marked on the map. But there was something else too – a golden arrow pointing towards the exit, marked by a blinking green dot.
It wasn’t very far from his location, actually only five turns, and he would be there, yet it would have probably taken him hours if he didn’t have that map now.
‘So useful…’ he couldn’t believe the others had that while he was stuck with himself, his clone, and his pure instinct alone to figure out where he needed to go.
[As part of the offer, you also get TWO rewards from the ‘Kill Perk’ instead of one! Good job!]
‘Finally…’
[Would you like to unlock your rewards now?]
[Y/N?]
‘Yeah.’
[Spin the wheels then, participant!]
He had already done it once before to get the [Revive Token], but this time, two giant wheels appeared before him, both had the weird demon horns on top of them, and their auras was overwhelming.
“…”
[Pull the tails!]
Just like before, two demon tails emerged from beside the wheels, urging Stark to pull them both at the same time.
‘Killing Spree is unlocked…’
When he first spun his wheel, that section was chained, but now that Leader was dead, it meant that only five participants remained: Kokoro, the white haired lady, Akira, Yuri, and himself.
And so…
[The ‘Killing Spree’ reward has been unlocked as promised, since only five participants remain!]
In retrospective, it would surely make you think: 10 people alive at the start, and now only 5.
But… Stark didn’t care much about that.
~GRAB, FWISH~
He grabbed both demon tails at the same time, then pulled them both, resulting in both wheels spinning at the same time.
[Good luck!]
~FWISH, FWISH, FWISH~
The wheels began to spin at intense speed, hovering over every perk available.
Stark saw the arrows point at the different perks available, all 10 of them were extremely good, but it was obvious some were better than others.
~BIP, BIP~
It would make a rather pleasing sound after passing each section.
And… after thirty seconds…
~BIP… BIP… BIP…~
It began to gradually slow down, then both wheels suddenly stopped, landing on their respective rewards.
And they were…
[Reward: Key Location Map]
[Reward: Killing Spree]
“Oh nice, so I got the ‘Key Location Map’ and ‘Killing Spr-‘, WAIT WHAT?”
Stark immediately looked onto the descriptions.
[Key Location Map: You will receive a map that shows you which exact monster holds the key that will allow the group to head to the next level]
He already knew this one, but he couldn’t deny this was probably one of the best rewards.
And the second reward he had gotten, the best reward of them all… the one with only a 1/10 chance to get it after five people had died… was [Killing Spree].
[Killing Spree: This reward charges up a destructive power that increases after each monster/enemy defeated, the more monsters killed, and the strongest they are, the more this attack’s power increases, also note that the amount of monsters killed counts since the beginning of the trial!]
‘Doesn’t even seem that good in comparison to [Revive Token] or some other ones, though…’
But as if to shut him up…
[With enough monsters killed, you will be able to instantly kill the warden in one blow…]
“Oh,” Stark was actually surprised, being able to defeat the final boss of this trial in one attack seemed impossible, but if even whatever was controlling all of it said it, then it must be true… it never lied after all.
[Killing Spree: You have slain 64 monsters inside of this trial, the power of the perk is massive, but only use it when necessary!]
‘I guess that’s all of it for now…’ he didn’t even need to put his rewards inside his [Spatial Inventory] since none of them were actually physical: [Key Location Map] just showed the dot of the monster which held the key, while killing spree only counted the monsters in a panel.
‘Next panel…’ he moved his gaze to the right, and this time…
[Survey: do you realize that your life is only ever going to be full of suffering and torture?]
[Y/N]
‘Of course, already knew that,’ he pressed on the Y option without hesitation, these survey questions were getting weirder and weirder, but for the second time, Stark couldn’t shake off the feeling that these would be important later.
[Thank you for the answer, see you later for the next survey =)]
‘Only two more panels,’ Stark thought as he turned his head to the right for the hundredth time, probably.
[You have reached level 50, you can now initiate the ‘breakthrough’ sequence to increase the skill level limit from 15 to 25 (Silver-Tier)!]
[You need a “Breakthrough Stone (Bronze-Tier)” to ascend to Silver-Tier though!]
‘Oh yeah… that thing…’ the first time it happened was during level 25, and it basically increased his skill level limit from 10 to 15, but this time it was from 15 to 25, making it much better.
Stark noted at the back of his head that he would need to buy a breakthrough stone (which were all pretty damn expensive) for later.
And these were pretty much all the panels Stark had to go through, quite a big amount of them, but it was expected after reaching level 50!
‘…’
Looks like it’s time to go back out there, as he had his map, meaning he could easily find the exit.
“…”
No…
“…”
Something’s missing…
“…”
And so as expected, once Stark turned his eyes again… he saw a giant panel, at least ten times his size, in front of him.
[You have reached level 50, you already know what that means…]
Stark’s heart raced with anticipation as he read those words.
“Class Wheel!” he shouted, he didn’t know why he did, but it just felt right.
And so… the giant colorful wheel appeared, the same size of the panel that was previously there.
[8 classes available, spin the wheel!]
[Pull me!]
Stark didn’t want to waste a single second, so he immediately reached for the also now giant lever that was beside the wheel and used his two hands to pull it down.
Yet again… the wheel began to spin, announcing that Stark’s fate would yet again change, for better… or for worse.
