Levon calmly expected the normal interface to appear, but instead a general summary of the completion of phase one appeared on everyone's interface at exactly the same time.
[Phase One Completed]
[Combat Record]
Enemies Eliminated: 18
• Goblin (Lv.1) ×13
• Troll (Lv.2) ×3
• Demonic Skeleton (Lv.2) ×1
• Mutated Leech (Lv.4) ×1
Total Experience Accumulated: 430 EXP
Current Level:
Level 1 → Level 3
HP Fully Restore d.
[Attribute Increase Applied]
Strength 14 (+6)
Agility 18 (+7)
Vitality 16 (+6)
Spirit 10 (+4)
Luck 7 (+7)
Combat Strength: 30 (+65)
Levon read each stat carefully.
"Wow… my luck nearly doubled," he muttered.
His talent depended heavily on luck. Seeing it rise so sharply eased some of the tension in his chest. Even his combat strength had surged far beyond what he expected from a single phase.
Coins could wait. What mattered now was the real reward.
[SSS Talent Activated]
『100% Mutated Drops』
All defeated enemies have yielded their complete loot tables.
Processing accumulated rewards
Levon held his breath.
This was the moment that truly mattered.
[Items Obtained]
[Stones]
Mechanic Stone ×13
→ Enhances weapons and equipment below Level 3.
Blood Crystal ×3
→ Cures low-rank poison effects.
Mana Stone ×1
→ Permanently increases Spirit slightly.
Materials:
Goblin Armor ×2
Poison Dagger ×1
Currency:
Copper Coins ×74
Levon's eyes widened.
Stones.
Enhancement stones were far more valuable than ordinary equipment. Depending on their type, they could strengthen items, heal conditions, or directly improve attributes.
[Mutation Processing …]
A faint glow flickered across the interface.
[Mutation Results]
Mechanic Stone
→ Enhancement Range Expanded
(Common Mutation)
Now effective on equipment level 1–10.
Blood Crystal
→ Purification Strength Increased
(Uncommon Mutation)
Now cures mid-rank poison.
Poison Dagger
→ Venomous Sword
(Rare Mutation)
The poison effect accelerated.
Attack speed increased.
Weapon durability enhanced.
Click the item for a detailed description.
Levon slowly raised his head, stunned.
A rare mutation… during the first phase?
That level of luck bordered on absurd.
The remaining items showed no further changes. After waiting a moment longer, Levon finally closed the system interface.
At least now he knew something: not all items get mutated, or who knows, maybe it depended highly on luck.
[30,29...]
Levon was brought back to reality. Well, this was far from being finished, at least not yet.
Looking around, Levon could tell that most players were in distress; some of them had almost run out of HP and were too tired to even care too much.
Levon sighed and threw away his kitchen knives; at least he had finally gotten a usable sword.
Levon summoned the venomous sword from his system space.
It materialized right on his right hand, looking as sharp and graceful as a sword could be.
It had a nice red handle, and the blade itself was all outlined with the same red color.
Levon's eyes burned with resilience as he saw the sword, which had materialized before him. This time around he was not going to hold back; he was giving it his all.
Killing 18 creatures was not bad, but he needed to do more; he needed to surpass every single being present in the game.
Looking around one last time, Levon could ascertain that only a few people had gotten any reasonable equipment during the first phase of the competition.
Just as Levon was looking on and whiling away time, his eyes finally fell on Draven.
A boy with silk hair and a cold demeanor, he stood far from the crowd as he was the closest to the entrance of the safe zone.
He also had an ax in his left hand as his eyes were dead focused on the monsters behind the safe zone, as if to say he was going to obliterate them.
Leovon knew too well he was going to be one of the strongest humans in this game. In his past life, during the descent of the first god, he was one of the only people who stood up to the angels and the celestials that followed.
Back then his talent was one of the most broken, as he could literally steal skills and attributes from players.
'Well, I wished for that talent but am more than satisfied with what I had gotten,' Levon thought with a straight face as his grip over the sword tightened.
This time around nothing is going to stop him from ascending to godhood, which later in the game players would discover was the only way to survive in the game.
God's descent was that brutal; no one was meant to survive, no one.
[second phase in 3, 2…1]
Levon's eyes snapped back to their complete focus as he headed straight towards the now collapsing safe border.
His sword gripped tightly around him.
Unlike the first wave, the second wave was even more chaotic.
Unlike in the first wave, where he would have two attacks first, that was not the case in the second wave. This time around, you were sorted after by the beast itself.
Squishhh
Levon stabbed hard into the chest of a level three goblin.
But unlike the knife he had been using, it was not clean; it had a lot of resistance.
Levon was dumbfounded, but there was no time to think; he immediately yanked out his sword from the goblin. There were many more creatures attacking him, so why waste his time trying to find out the defect of a weapon?
Levon kept fighting fiercely, not letting the problem of the sword bug him at all. Before long, the second phase finally came to an end.
But instead of the five-minute-long break that came with the phase, this time the safe space only materialized for some seconds before closing back on them.
Levon took note of the transition, not letting it disturb him as he knocked down even more creatures.
He was finally getting the hang of his new weapon.
Since the brief description of the weapon said it had poison in it, Levon stopped wasting his energy on trying to cut deep into creatures.
He just sliced through them quickly and leaped far away and did exactly the same thing, allowing the poison to do its work.
Levon kept up his antics for the rest of the time; as more and more creatures kept dying, it was much faster and easier to manipulate.
[beginners trial ending in 10, 9, … …]
As soon as the system countdown started, panic spread through everyone.
As they all knew the implications too well, it was spelled out.