" The Tower of Trials is opening ".
" Finally my journey as a hunter is going to start ".
" Hmph, I'll definitely become a legend ".
" I hope I'll awaken a good innate skill ".
One by one, all new players who received Tower invitation rushed into the Tower as soon as the gate opened. The voices soon died down and the entrance to the Tower closed. The players who got into the Tower looked around, everything is out h black, then they felt their bodies lighten, a warm current is enveloping.
The Awakening, official recognition from the Tower. It'll allow one to awaken their innate skill. Depending on the rank and use, it can become a powerful one. Many legendary players started here, with a good innate skill they rose to the heights where they are in today.
Austin Knight is also one of the players who entered the Tower at this moment. He hoped to awaken a good skill, something that will allow him to live a good life. He is a victim to the catastrophe brought by tower, his parents died when the monsters hit the humanity with frightening numbers.
He is just a small child then, a 4 year old. He lived on streets as their home was also destroyed then in the orphanage, then outside working small jobs and studying, he then received an invitation from the Tower. He don't have too much ambition, just a B or A rank innate skill is enough. As he is thinking, he left his eyes suddenly started itching but he didn't rub them.
This is a sign of his skill awakening, if the skill is related to sight. It's either low level vision enhancement or a valuable appraisal skill or even a foresight skill. Just when he is anxious, this feeling instestified for a few seconds before it settled down. Austin then saw a glowing Tower tattoo on his chest, this is the engraving from Tower, a proof of him becoming a player who can climb the tower, and also a symbol of his identity as an awakened hunter in the society. Immediately afterwards, he felt something is engraved on himself.
The status screen and inventory also appeared. The surrounding pitch black darkness also vanished replaced by a lush forest, with animal sounds all around. Austin knew about the first level.
The Forest of Monster.
It's the beginner area chosen for many instances, the goal here is to hunt down monsters then beat the boss, the Alpha Wolf. This is the first region of the first floor, there are more regions in the first floor. Beating all those regions can allow the players in this batch to move forward. So even if one player fights and kills the boss, others can move to the next area.
For now, the other Area are locked for them. This region not only have wolves but also other monsters like goblins and snakes. So they should be careful here. Austin first immediately opened his status to see the skill he awakened.
[ Name : Austin Knight ]
[ ID : 062050-SP1008 ]
[ Level : 1 ]
[ Age : 17 ]
[ Gender : Male ]
[ Strength : 5 ]
[ Agility : 5 ]
[ Endurance : 5 ]
[ Constitution : 5 ]
[ Mana : 6 ]
[ Additional Stat Points : 0 ]
[ Innate Skill : Eye of Wisdom (SSS) ]
[ Skills : None ]
Austin looked at the status blankly. He saw it again and again before inwardly thinking,' this isn't a dream right? ', he pinched himself and flinched as the pain hit him. He took a deep breath and clenched his fist, seems like his envisioned peaceful life has came to a halt.
He thought he might awaken a B rank or A rank at most. But he never expected to awaken an SSS rank skill. That ranimg is simply on the top floors at this moment. Austin looked at the introduction of the skill and became even more excited inside.
[ Eye of Wisdom ]
[ Rank : SSS ]
[ Description : A unique skill from a fallen wisdom god. It carries all his knowledge that is gathered, can see through all truths and expose hidden information concealed from the naked eye. This skill automatically collects wisdom and optimises itself for the user ]
[ Effects :
• Can Appraise & Analyse almost everything
• Can see hidden Information
• Combat Assistance Mode
• Can see through all Illusions
• Guidance from Wisdom God's Knowledge ]
Austin looked at the information with a blank glaze. Such a powerful skill. Austin took a deep breath, if others knew about this skill, he will probably end up getting abducted. Let's first search for ways to conceal his identity and also this innate skill of possible.
Austin looked at the inventory and pulled the weapon voucher. He ripped and a dagger appeared in his hand. It's body is covered in rust but it's edge gleamed with sharpness.
[ Item : Old Iron Dagger ]
[ Rank : F ]
[ Description : A Dagger for the rookies in Tower. It's edge is still sharp but it's body is rusted losing some of it's effectiveness ]
[ Effects : +5 Attack Damage, +2% Attack Speed ]
[ Hidden Information : Quench the Dagger with fire and monster blood to upgrade ]
[ Hidden information : Max Rank Upgrade (D) ]
Austin grabbed the dagger and swing it around few times. In the training given to them by hunters, this is also one of the basics, to wield weapons. Guns from outside world aren't allowed in the Tower, even if you make one here, the Tower will adjust it's stats to be low. As for making mana pistols, although they're made, no one wanted to wield them, they're only wielded by few people in higher floors. Because the mana they will take for a shot is more. In short, only mediaeval weapons are wielded inside the Tower in most cases.
Austin turned to the boundary, they're now in the safe zone here. Tower of Trials don't care if you're brave or a coward, it sets it's conditions and test hunters. The lazy players won't get much, this safe zone also changes once every week. So the players won't get lazy. They need to find the safe zone or the blackrock Town in the forest, in this way they won't get attacked by monsters.