The rhythmic hum of the train and the gentle sway of the carriage had almost lulled me into a moment of calm, almost.
But that peace shattered the moment a familiar blue light flickered before my eyes.
[System Notification]
I tensed slightly.
It had been a while since I saw one of these, and after everything that happened in that dungeon, I wasn't exactly eager to deal with whatever nonsense the system had in store.
A translucent window formed in front of me, its text glowing in crisp white letters.
[Congratulations! You have successfully cleared the Goblin Dungeon!]
Goblin dungeon?
I exhaled through my nose, my fingers twitching slightly.
That place wasn’t a goblin dungeon.
The message hung in the air for a second before the text flickered, the letters distorting and reforming erratically, as if the system itself couldn’t comprehend what had happened.
[System Error: Dungeon Classification… Unrecognized.]
I wasn’t surprised.
Of course, it can’t process it.
From the moment we stepped inside, nothing about that place had followed the normal rules of a dungeon.
A goblin dungeon wasn’t supposed to have something like the Sixth Orc Lord.
And the Harbinger of Oblivion… even now, just thinking about that figure sent an uneasy weight pressing against my chest.
"Tch, stupid"
The system message flickered again, struggling to process whatever information it had recorded.
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[Calculating Completion Rewards…]
I watched as the text shifted, the processing bar stuck in an endless loop.
The longer I stared, the more it became clear, even the system didn’t know what kind of dungeon we had just survived.
My fingers curled into my palm.
I had already accepted that I wasn’t the same as everyone else.
I had seen things others couldn’t.
The system had glitched around me before, whether it was when I first arrived in this world or when I encountered beings that shouldn’t exist within its structured mechanics.
But this?
This was something new.
The message hesitated, then finally changed.
[Unique Circumstances Detected. A reward is being generated.]
I frowned slightly.
This was the first time I had seen something like this.
Normally, rewards were predetermined based on dungeon difficulty, ranking, and performance.
But if the system had to generate something specifically for me…
What kind of reward was this going to be?
The system window flickered one last time before vanishing into nothingness.
I exhaled, my body relaxing slightly, only for a new disturbance to take its place.
A soft glow shimmered in the air before me.
At first, it was faint, almost imperceptible.
But within seconds, the light expanded, pulsing like a heartbeat, growing brighter until it was impossible to ignore.
Yet, no one else in the train reacted.
Passengers continued their idle chatter, their gazes fixed on their own lives, oblivious to the anomaly happening right in front of me.
So, I was the only one who could see it.
Not surprising.
I remained seated, observing as the glow gradually shifted, its shape contorting and twisting, as if struggling to take form.
Then, slowly, it began to solidify, morphing into something tangible.
A circular object emerged from the light.
A wheel.
Not just any wheel, though.
It hovered in mid-air, its frame crafted from a polished, metallic substance that seemed to pulse with an eerie radiance.
The outer ring was divided into segments, each etched with unfamiliar symbols and markings.
Some glowed softly, while others remained dim, as if dormant.
A… spin wheel?
I narrowed my eyes, taking in every detail.
The system had mentioned a unique reward was being generated, but I hadn’t expected this.
There were no labels, no instructions, just this ominous contraption floating silently before me, waiting.
The center of the wheel bore a small, crystalline sphere, glistening like a gemstone infused with lightning.
The moment my eyes locked onto it, an unseen force pulsed through me, a silent call, an invitation.
I didn’t move.
I didn’t trust this.
The system had never given me something like this before.
Although I haven't done anything worth giving rewards for...
But rewards were usually straightforward, stat boosts, skills, weapons.
But this?
This felt… different.
Unpredictable.
And yet…
A part of me was curious.
What kind of fate did this wheel hold?