Not even being able to sleep at night awaiting the announcement in the morning. Still wondering why they couldn't just do it yesterday.

「Admin Announcement

The day is finally here the 15th Floor has been cleared by the #1 ranker in Hard Difficulty. Upon clearing the 15th Floor more features of the Tower have been released as a reward.

Admin Sponsorship: By doing well in clearing floors, training, fighting in the coliseum, etc. You can gain the attention of an Admin. By gaining the attention of an Admin you can gain multiple rewards from said Admin. The first is skills. An Admin can directly give a player skills at their own cost. Second, is items, by spending the Admins own coins they can give you items. Third, tips on clearing Floors. While clearing a Floor, an Admin can help the player with tips by spending a massive amount of coins.

All of the authorities of the Admin depend on how much money they have. Higher ranking Admins have more skills and items to give. While lower ranking admins can give the bare minimum.

A reminder, the better the player does, the more your Admin get promoted.

Admin Watching: Of course for the Admins to know how good you are they have to watch. Therefore, all Admins are able to watch players attempt Floors, battle in the coliseum, and train. The only places they can't watch you is in your own room.

Admin Donations: Since Admins cannot control whether or whether not you choose them. They can offer donations of gold in an attempt to win over you. The amount of gold they give is dependent on the ranking of the Admin. However, lower ranking Admins can deceive you by sending all their gold.

New releases on the 20th Floor: Upon clearing the 20th Floor a new lobby will be unlocked. However, you can only access this lobby when clearing the 20th Floor. Another feature is combined servers. Once reaching the 20th Floor you will go to a all in one server. All servers will be merged inside this lobby.

Of course, we have an automatic language translator for the players.

We have so much more planned for our first challengers for the Earth dimension. We wish you luck!

Sincerely,

The Admin Team」

Admins. I didn't realize how much power the Admins had. Seeing as how I'm first place I will get a higher ranking Admin. Although, is there any benefit to this? Is there any point in promoting an Admin that's already high ranking? Should I carry a low ranking Admin up to First place? Or should I not choose an Admin at all and farm donations.

Wanting to see how many Admins are interested in me I head outside my Room. Getting bombarded with a flurry of Windows popping up. Seeing hundreds of Admins of all ranks offering anything they could give. Thinking of the perfect plan to gain gold with no risk. With the plan made I head towards the Tower to challenge another Floor.

「Choose Floor

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Floor 14

Floor 15

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Floor 16」

“Floor 16”

Arriving at the 16th Floor it seems normal. The sun is beaming down on me. Noticing it's harder to breathe than usual. Smelling the familiar scent of grass. A lot of grass. Finally opening my eyes and looking at the beauty in front of me. Seeing monsters of all kinds gathered. Seeing grass reflect the sun with the perfect color. Taking in all the beauty around me and feeling the Mana. The Mana is rich and has flavor.

「Floor 16

Objective: Survive for 15 days within the grasslands.

Days Left 15」

Seeing the objective I feel cheated. All of the time inside the Tower made me realize one thing. Time dilation. Time moves faster outside the Tower than inside. By the time I get out I may loose my ranking. However, after looking farther ahead I realize how good of a Floor this is for me.

Inside the grasslands there are thousands of monsters. Thousands of Monsters for me to absorb. Having 2 weeks to gain stronger is a cheat. What's even better is having this Floor when all the Admins are watching.

Since I have plenty of time on my hands I take a walk down the mountain. Looking down the mountain and still mesmerized by the landscape. The scenery reminding me of a National Park. With the amount of days I have to gain stronger I feel a type of emotion. Not being able to explain it with words. Feeling like determination but stronger.

Heading down the mountain there were no monsters. Only the scenery of the landscape could surprise me. Upon reaching the bottom of the mountain I waste no time in building a house. Of course, I don't want to sleep and meditate on the ground with no protection.

Chopping down multiple trees and piling them in an opening. Hearing the trees falling down and feeling the vibrations being sent, I thought monsters would appear. However, no monsters showed. Not a single presence of anything around me. Taking my mind off the matter I continue building the shelter.

Upon moving all the tress into one place I being removing any branches still left. After clearing the branches I start building the base and slamming the wood into the ground. Then, taking my sword and making an indent in the wood for the wood on top to fit properly. Finally, after half the day of building I finished the shelter, covered it up in moss and spare branches. This, keeping in any heat I needed.

After entering in my shelter I move more wood inside and making a bed. Once the bed was made I begin my Meditation. Entering the stage of focus. Upon reaching that stage I begin spreading my Mana outwards. Being able to sense everything within the circle of Mana. Counting each blade of grass in the house was a simple task.

Stopping my focus when hearing a roar outside of the house. Without worrying much about the noise I grab my scythe. However, upon reaching outside I am amazed. A monster so powerful and great even challenging it was an insult to the creature. A dragon appeared before me in the sky. Hearing the roar of the beast made me think it was directly outside, but no. The dragon was on top of the mountain I spawned on. My eyes widening as I just dodged death.

My mind racing on what should I do. Should I make a house somewhere else. If the dragon comes toward me I can't stop it. Deciding to stand my ground against the dragon. Wishing I had bought some better equipment before coming. Blinded by my plan to fool the Admins.

Beginning my train out thought to think of a solution. Killing the dragon will be a huge risk, but high risk means high reward. Thinking upon the matter while meditating. I come up with the solution needed to deal with the dragon. Deciding the best option is to kill it. Judging the dragon from the size of it, it is only a newborn.

Within the next 5 days, I will attempt to kill the dragon and absorb it.

Continuing my path to gain stronger is the fast amount of time possible to challenge it.

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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 Configuration, Body Guard Summon.

Stats:

Strength: 54

Agility: 64

Intelligence: 79 (5)

Stamina: 48 (2)

Available points: 60

Gold: 11060」