Alexia

“Ya know, Luna? The advantage of a Class S species over a lower Class species is finally starting to become obvious now that our levels are higher,” I mutter, to which the little quantum vampire bat just lets out a cute squeak, making me genuinely wonder if she truly understands what I’m saying or just the intent of it. Either way though, I pat her on the head as I walk around the peak, looking for anything I can take with me. Because I still have that spatial ring even if I don’t exactly have much use for it right now. Since I don’t have anything I’m needing to lug around.

I continue looking around the peak until I eventually find a small crack in the blackened stone leading into an underground tunnel. Albeit a very narrow one that is going to be a tough squeeze.

‘Luna, stay out here and keep an eye out for anything trying to get inside. If you see anything, warn me right away,’ I tell Luna, to which she squeaks once and flaps her wings, leaving my shoulder. Then I begin squeezing into the narrow tunnel with more than a little discomfort.

It takes a while and a brief pondering about what this could possibly lead to when the hawk was too big to fit in this before I finally end up finding a light shining through. And while I at first thing it’s probably an exit, what I end up finding instead is just some glowing purple shard that has me frowning.

The heck is this?

I stare at the shard for several seconds before identifying the thing.

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Authority Shard

Description: This shard is a physical representation of Authority. A user may create an Authority Core that they can absorb to gain a level in Authority after they collect ten shards.

Stats Bonus: N/A

Requirements: N/A

Item Tier: 5

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I blink at the identify for a single second before I quickly grab the thing and stuff it in my storage ring.

Mine.

I try to turn around and begin heading back, only to realize a fatal flaw in that plan.

How exactly am I going to turn around?

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After some embarrassing backwards crawling that has left me with a rather terrible memory, I remember that I can just teleport and have myself appear facing the other way. So I do that and immediately make my way all the way to the exit where I find Luna quickly landing on my shoulder.

‘There wasn’t anything?’ I ask her, and she immediately shakes her head. ‘Good.’ I pat the adorable vampire bat on the head to her pleasure. After that I continue my search around the area.

Now this is just a random guess, but I wonder if there’s a shard like this in each of the level 100’s areas on the islands? Because if that’s the case, it will be a very nice way to get Levels of Authority.

Prior to the Reset, the only way to get and upgrade a Noble rank was to accomplish one of the pseudo Legendary Feats or one of the Legendary Feats that granted them. Which, while hard for the pseudo Legendary Feats, was even harder for the regular ones. Because at least for the pseudo ones you can get the repeat of a feat someone else has gotten before since they aren’t unique. But a Legendary Feat is unique and can only be obtained by a single person.

So despite there being trillions of people, millions of planets, and even more outside of the Ancestral Galaxy, only around a tiny fraction of a percentage of them ever get a Noble rank. Because only a tiny, miniscule fraction of even a single percentage of people ever get a Legendary Feat.

Generally only a few dozen on each planet ever get a Noble rank. Maybe not even that.

But having a shard like this that can grant Authority… that’s absolutely going to be coveted by others.

If Authority really have extra votes for the planetary, or I guess, Dimensional Block decisions, then this would be an absolute must for people looking for power over the Block.

Although I don’t really care much about authority over others. What I do care about is not having others with authority over me.

So getting Authority will be very helpful.

Meaning I should go shard hunting after the Tutorial ends. Even if I am already getting three Levels of Authority just from my position on the leaderboards.

Anyways, after finishing up my search for treasure and not finding anything else, I begin to head back in the direction of the base. Which I know the exact direction of purely due to my Exploration General Skill. A very nice thing to have right now since it lets me keep track of the cardinal directions.

As I walk, I open up the timer for the time left in the Tutorial.

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Time Left Until the Tutorial’s End

16 hours, 58 minutes, 3 seconds

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Hmm, okay. That should be enough time to get back to the base.

With that in mind, I close out of the timer and open up the leaderboards instead.

[#1 Alexia Knight – 3,688 points]

[#2 Lucas Nightshade – 2024 points]

[#3 Leif Eriksson – 1859 points]

[#4 Aurora Frost – 1849 points]

[#5 Isabella d'Aragon – 1839 points]

[#6 Alexander Frost – 1729 points]

[#7 Leonidas Silver – 1714 points]

[#8 Noah Kowalski – 1698 points]

[#9 Nathan Briar – 1598 points]

[#10 Damien Black – 1495 points]

Okay, it looks like I should be safe at the top of the leaderboards as long as nothing unexpected happens. Like maybe the Hound going around murdering a bunch of people for their points. Which, in hindsight, I can see happening. At least, based on all of the news about him that I’ve heard.

Who knows? The terrifying guy with the Title the Hound of the Apocalypse could very well have turned over a new leaf since the Reset.

Unlikely, but possible.

Still unlikely though.

I purse my lips as I walk down the mountain.

Okay, I’m not betting money on that. But I will at least hope that he doesn’t end up finding anyone to steal the points from.

I glance at Luna to find her beginning to fall asleep on my shoulder before facing forwards again.

Time to walk for who knows how long.

Fun.