Humans all possess an unending desire for survival.
Kim Ji-ho was no exception.
'If not for that, I wouldn't have made it this far,' Ji-ho thought to himself.
A sea of blood and monsters lay behind him as he looked at the boss room door.
From floor 1 to floor 100, Ji-ho fought with everything he had, nearly dying multiple times in the process.
The last player.
Kim Ji-ho.
"Finally, I've made it. The 100th-floor boss room. It'll finally all be over after this," he said to himself.
[Enter the lair of 'Sovereign of The Void'? Y/N]
Ji-ho pressed Y.
[Opening the doors to the Abyss.]
Beyond the doors lies a single chest.
Ji-ho approaches the chest.
'What is this?' he thought.
He opens the chest and finds an item inside.
[Crystal of Rebirth]
-Rank: ???
-Type: ???
-Usage requirement: ???
-Description:
Receive a second chance at life. Rewinds time to before the player first enters the tower. Upon usage, this item will be erased from all timelines and cease to exist.
"What in the—" Ji-ho is interrupted by a system message.
[The 'Sovereign of the Void' welcomes you to his domain.]
Torches light up the room as the previous abysmal darkness now shines bright with light.
The chest is gone, and the interior is suddenly transformed into a castle room. Therein lies a throne, upon which a single entity is shrouded in pitch-black fog.
The Sovereign of The Void.
[Main Quest]
-Defeat The Sovereign of The Void
-Difficulty: ???
-Reward: ???
-Total participants: 1
-Upon failure: Death
Ji-ho uses one of his skills and slashes at the figure.
[Hollowed Echo]
-Whoosh!
-Static
[Damage nullified]
'Damage Nullification?'
Ji-ho uses another skill.
[Damage nullified]
Then again.
[Damage nullified]
[...]
[...]
'Nothing works.'
The figure rises, unsheathes its sword, and strikes.
Ji-ho barely dodges.
'So fast!'
In the blink of an eye, the figure slices through Ji-ho before he can even react.
[Fatal blow detected. Using skill 'Endurance.']
[Consuming 1,400 mana]
[Endurance]
-Type: Skill
-Rank: S
-Cooldown: 24hrs
-Mana cost: 1,400
-Description:
Upon receiving a fatal blow, ignore it and negate damage once.
He got lucky.
His skill paid off, saving him from annihilation.
Ji-ho bombarded the figure with attacks for what seemed like hours, his attacks never getting past his nullification barrier.
'Why can't I break through the nullification?! All the skills I've seen only nullify the first or first few attacks, but this just nullifies everything!'
The figure strikes back, clashing with its opponent, Ji-ho.
Suddenly, the figure uses a skill never seen before.
The room became pitch black.
-Schwing
-Tumble
-Splat!
Ji-ho's head fell off his shoulders
[Player's death detected. Using 'Crystal of Rebirth.' Initiating time reversal to before the player enters the tower.]
Everything in Ji-ho's vision fades to black.
Ji-ho suddenly finds himself in front of the doors of the tower he had entered so long ago.
'Never thought I'd have to enter this fucked up floor again,' he thought.
Ji-ho checks his status window when he enters the tutorial floor of the tower.
[Status Window]
-Name: Kim Ji-ho
-Level: 1
-Titles: none
-Class: none
-Strength: 10
-Agility: 10
-Endurance: 10
-Intelligence: 10
-Luck:
-Mana: 20
-Skills: None
'The same stats as when I first entered the tower,' Ji-ho thought to himself.
He stood in the crowd of people in front of the tower as the system alert popped up.
[Time until Earth's annihilation: 89 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds]