Waking up and realizing all the mistakes I've made in life. Feelings the loneliness getting to my head. I haven't had an actual conversation since I got here. Only focusing on getting stronger has turned me into a lonely nobody with nobody to talk too. Knowing I can either continue on this path of lonelyness or change my ways and talk to people. The voices keep telling me to continue climbing the Tower. No one can match my strength and speed.
Knowing how much talent I have I use it for the greater good of clearing the Tower. Feeling that a talent like mine is rare and needed to be used to gain strength. I'm already on Floor 15 of the Tower. I know I can clear the 15th Floor easily. Although, I still need some skills to be combined.
Knowing I can buy any skill in the shop with 7k gold. Lets have a shopping spree today.
"Shop"
「Store
Weapon
Armor
Consumable
Room
Skills」
"Skills"
「Skill Shop Page
Mountain Crushing Fist: 1500G
Crouching Tiger Strike: 1000G
Mana Enhancement: 2000G」
Seeing the first skill in the shop I thought my luck was good today. Moving down to the second skill I felt like I won the Lottery. Looking at the bottom of the window and my eyes widen. Looking straight at the skill I tried to obtain for so long.
"Buy 'Mountain Crushing Fist', 'Crouching Tiger Strike', and 'Mana Enhancement'"
「New Skills:
Mountain Crushing Fist: Obtain the strength to crush through the mountains. Get a rise +15 Strength for 2 Minutes!
Crouching Tiger Strike: The strike that can cause a tiger to get on its knees. Upon activating this skill gain a automatic 2x damage.
Mana Enhancement: Using this skill allows you to imbued Mana into weapons.」
Every single one of these skills are good. 'Crouching Tiger Strike' combined with 'Mountain Crushing Fist' would cause for an insane amount of strength. Feeling confident in the skill I just obtain I head towards the Tower. Along the way passing the Coliseum. Every day I walk there are less and less people fighting. Why do people have to be so weak? It's not that hard to gain strength and train properly.
「Choose Floor
…
Floor 13
Floor 14
Floor 15」
“Floor 15”
Teleporting to a forest type setting. Hearing and feeling steps that shake the ground by me. Seeing the puddle next to me vibrate. Pulling out my scythe and getting into my stance.
「Floor 15
Objective: Wipe out the Orc Village
Orcs killed 0/121」
I guess the Tower is getting more advanced. Know it's telling me the exact number of Orcs needed to be killed. Immediately, after hearing a roar within 100 feet to me I stop paying attention to the Window. Turning my head around and seeing 4 Orcs rushing directly towards me. Time to test some new abilities.
"Mana Arrow"
Seeing the blob of Mana in front of me being shaped into an arrow. Seeing the amount of Mana condensed into the arrow was astronomical. The amount of Mana inside of the arrow is comparable to the average Medium Difficulty player.
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Launching the arrow towards the Orc. Surprised at the huge whole right in the orcs chest. Within a second of firing the arrow the Orc already died. Seeing the potential of the arrow. Wondering whether is was the natural power or if it was my own Mana. Casting an arrow in each hand throwing both of them. Two more orcs in front of me get abolished. Leaving only 1 remaining. Deciding out to try another new skill.
"Mana Enhancement"
Finally trying the skill I had been yearning for. Feeling Mana get drawing into my scythe like it was connecting to my Mana veins. Mana flowing into the weapon felt normal. Although, the power I could feel from the scythe was incomparable to the previous version. Racing towards the orc with the intent to kill. Upon reaching the stray orc is what I can only describe as pure power. Slicing the orc in half, cutting the orc and multiple trees behind it. Already feeling the power of the Mana.
Looking at the damage I did will attract more orcs. The perfect opportunity to test out all my new skills.
「Orcs killed 4/121」
Hearing more orcs running towards me I get excited. Already knowing I will win I put away my scythe. Deciding to use only my hands and my martial arts skills. Looking at the orcs with heat vision 8 orcs are running towards me.
'Mountain Crushing Fist'
My body immediately has power flowing inside of it. Feeling my muscles getting larger, stronger, and more powerful. With a deeper meaning of my life span being increased. Rushing towards the orcs with the intent of testing my new skills. Seeing the first orc look confident in his skills made me even more happier to fight. Already being able to tell these orcs are stronger than the previous.
The first orc running towards me goes for a strike. Unexpectedly, the strike was slow and easily dodgeable. About to attack the orc with a counter then suddenly feeling the immenseness power of the strike. While the attacks are stronger than mine, they are so easily dodgeable from the speed. Therefore, as long as I don't get hit by any of the attack I can easily defeat them. Another slow attack comes from him, this time not surprised by the attack power deliver the counter. Feeling my fist hit his bones and shattering them. Deciding to attack him again with a downward kick to the skull. Hearing the skull crack and the blood being splattered.
Looking at the orcs behind him not waving in their efforts. Truly a commendable act of bravery. Coming up towards the second orc in line using a different strategy.
"Crouching Tiger Fist"
The orc with the same attack speed and power, immediately defeated by the strike. The orc being struck up into the air by the sheer power of my attack. Not wasting any time in my barrage of attacks on the orcs.
"Who's next?"
This time, the orcs attack differently. Knowing how they are outpowered they attack all at once.
"Future Sight"
With my skill almost running out of time I take out my scythe and get ready. Seeing all of the barrages of each orc before it even happens. Easily dodging each and every attack the orcs send out towards me. Taking care of each orc with each strike they take. More and more orcs coming in response to the screams of help from the slaughtered orcs. Each orc being killed with one strike only. Feeling like a god with the gap of power between me and the orcs.
"Mana Enhancement"
Feeling my Mana being absorbed by my scythe always amazed me. Every orc in a direction being kill with a single strike. Completely destroying the Orc village. Suddenly feeling the presence of a stronger monster than the rest. Rushing towards the monster for a more entertaining fight. Hearing the roar the amazing beast gave off when entering battle with me. Feeling as if our willpowers are clashing with each strike traded.
Mesmerized by how fun a battle is when facing a strong opponent. Finally, not having to hold back on an opponent to have fun. Each strike giving off damage to both parties. Seeing the Orc Chief with the same excitement made me wonder about the Towers existence. Is each monster real? Are the people I kill in trials real people from another world. When I leave a Floor are they still living? Realizing the Tower isn't a simulation, a game, it's real. The feeling made me feel as if I transcended. As if I found out a secret I shouldn't of found out.
Hearing the orc breathing heavy and slowing down his attack was a relief. My Mana running out, my stamina slowly depleting. By putting the rest of my Mana and strength into this one strike to finish the battle. Upon the strike I could feel the roar of the attack. The attack was living and breathing. Running into each and every obstacle pushing through brought it pain.
This one fight with the Orc Chief opened a new plane of understanding for me. Realizing I needed to change my ways.
"Absorb"
「Agility +17
Strength +16
Stamina +13
Intelligence +19」
「Floor 15 Clear
Congratulations on clearing Floor 15!
+800 XP! Level Up x3
+8000G
Congratulations on clearing the 15th Floor! The features from clearing the 15th Floor with be released tomorrow!」
Heading back to my room disappointed that the features won't be released immediately after completing the floor.
Landing on my bed thinking over all of the things I have done to people in the Tower.
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「Status Window
Name: Kim Yeon
Level: 30
Skills: Soul Absorption, Corpse Summon, Heavy Strike, Low Tier Regeneration LV2, Appraise, Bone Forge, Vampire Grasp LV2, Soul Reaping, Heat Sensing, Heightened Senses LV2, Skill Combination, Future Sight, Master of Mana, Weapon Mastery, Mana Circuit, Shadow Invisibility, Flash Step, Heavenly Moonlight Footwork, Mana Arrow, Automatic Mana Absorption, Corpse Explosion, Blood Configurability, Body Guard Summon.
Stats:
Strength: 54
Agility: 64
Intelligence: 79 (5)
Stamina: 48 (2)
Available points: 60
Gold: 11060」