CHAPTER 4
PERMADEATH
“Where is this? Where Am I ?” Jayden kept asking, but the black void where he was never answered. The last thing he remembered was being in the castle’s Great Hall. He remembered stumbling upon the treasure room and rigging the anti-siege weapons with proximity mines. Because he knew, just like the otherworlder he had killed there, many might come searching for his lord’s wealth, but he did not know that the whole treasury would summon itself after the count’s death.
Only one scenario called for the activation of the trap mechanism by all the captains, and it was meant to catch their enemies off guard when defending the castle walls failed. However, Jayden was unaware that they would be utilized in this manner. He recalled the expressions of the otherworlders as they blew away in the explosion made him crack up. Laughing, he shouted, “Fuck heads, deserved it —” but the thought of them resurrecting back put an abrupt halt in his laugh. “Damn, there is no killing these pests, ”he grunted and said out loud, “ What the fuck I'm doing? I'm dead. I died, haan.”
He turned around to take a good look at his surroundings, “So this is eternal rest.” caressing his dimensional pocket, he said,'' At least I'm not alone, right Jini —”
Notice !!!
Transferring to the First Floor
The Goblin Cavern
“What the — ” A light came out from his body and expanded, forcing him to close his eyes. After a while, feeling the dampness and the foul smell, Jayden opened his eyes. He was in an enclosed area like it was a cave or something. “It was written cavern or something,” feeling the damp wall and getting a clearer picture, he said to himself. However, suddenly another window popped up.
Welcome to the Tower
First Floor: The Goblin Cavern
Quest: Outsmarting the greens.
Escape from the Goblin nest and finishes the first-floor tutorial. You’ll respawn as you die at the starting location.
Rewards: 1000 XP + Bonus.
Error !!!! @#$@##@@#$
“What's with these blues and blacks —”
Notice !!!
Quest: Rebirth (CLEARED)
Tallying the clear conditions…
“So I wasn't dreaming.”
Candidate Jayden Ark has unlocked two Scenarios.
Selecting the scenario with the highest achievement.
Congratulations !!!
You have received
Title: Apostle of Killing
Bypassing the Tower protocols. Applying the title.
Notice !!!
Anomaly detected.
Foreign entity detected.
Attempting to remove the anomaly.
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Notice !!!
Anomaly removed…
(Like hell you did !!! Mhahaha !!!)
“What the heck is happening? It feels like there are two of them,” Jayden asked himself, "And what is TITLE?"
Title - Apostle of Killing (UNIQUE)
Unauthorized duplication: this tale has been taken without consent. Report sightings.
After killing a Player, you can claim his Unprotected XP.
Bonus: XP will be claimed with a 200% multiplier
Penalty: Every nonplayer kill will not grant you any XP
"Hmm... a penalty. But it also said to grant me SKILLS too."
Player (EXCLUSIVE)
A one-time consumable skill that will allow a chosen Native to become a player. Consume this before you start, or the tower will eliminate you as a bug.
Permadeath (UNCOMMON)
The target struck with this as a final strike will permanently die except for the Unique class holder or Named Bosses, but they will have a permanent penalty.
“So when I put some intent into the words, skills, and title, these things show up, but now what?” he mumbled, "Wait! I almost forgot, SKILL: PLAYER".
Skill: Player is in use.
The tower will recognize Jayden Ark as a Player.
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Quest: Outsmarting the greens. (ACTIVE)
Escape from the Goblin nest and finishes the first-floor tutorial. You’ll respawn as you die at the starting location.
Rewards: 1000 XP + Bonus.
In the Tutorial floors, the skill cooldown will be set to zero.
“Is this broken?” Jayden asked, but no one replied, “Fuck least explain, damn it ” He cursed and ventured forth. The first thing he saw was rusted weapons and shields. “So they want me to choose weapons, haan”. Without any doubt, he chose what he was most familiar with, a one-handed sword and a small shield. But they felt heavy in his hands, and without senselessly charging ahead, he wanted to get used to them as he was taught. So he first swung some slashes but soon lost his breath, “Hmf..hpf..” he gasped, “Shit, it seems I’ve become weak”.
Once again, he gripped the hilt and confirmed his capabilities, "Only ten effective swings, huff, huff, that's my limit." he mumbled again. He was getting used to the weapon, but his luck ran out since his activity had attracted three goblins. "Shit!" he tightened his grip and said, "This would have been like a walk in a park if I was level 30 like my old self, but that's not an option, right?" He took a stance, covering his chest with the round shield while pointing the sword at them, cautiously observing their movements.
The first Goblin jumped, startling him a little and charged at him blindly, only to get himself slashed, “Shit! A shallow wound” Jayden gritted his teeth as he maintained his firm stance. But the air around the goblins changed as they became more cautious. "Since when did these green midgets become so smart?" Jayden said in annoyance as he saw them reassemble, and it didn't take them a while to attack again, however, this time they moved like a perfect oiled gear and targeted him in quick succession. “Two, three, five..seven” Jayden mumbled as he counted his sword swings, only three remained in his reserves, and it became evident to him that he would not be able to kill them. "Wow, outdone by goblins, people will even think laughing at me is a waste of their time," Jayden said inhaling long breaths. His pride would have been hurt if he can't even kill one. So he put all his focus on the injured one and lunged at him. Ignoring the two aiming for his back and killed the wounded one by severing his head, but the two short swords of Goblin impaled him from the back.
You died, restarting the Tutorial.
“Huff, huf,” Jayden gasped the air as soon as he awoke, he died twice in a short time now, and it was not a pleasant feeling. “Stupid me, the objective is to escape, not to kill, how can a mere level one like me kill three goblins,” he shouted at himself, there was no proof of what his level was, but he inherently was familiar with this weak body since he trained this weak body to level thirty.
He planned, remembering the location of the goblin trio, and took the same sword and shield. “It is better to venture into the place which I know rather than the unexpected ones,” he thought and went in the same direction as his previous try, and It was not long before he met the trio. There was an obvious way to avoid them as they were busy roasting something. With a movement like a cat's, Jayden walked past them. He was in the middle of celebrating his little feat, but another Goblin greeted him on the next turn.
The cave itself was like an underground maze, and now from three, the goblins looking at him grew to four, “Fuck, my luck.” he shouted just before his head rolled to the ground.
You died, restarting the tutorial.
“Darn it,” instead of gasping, this time he woke up cursing, “So there are four of them,” he said as he quickly went to select his weapons, but instead of a sword and shield, he picked up twin daggers. He was not proficient with them, but it was better than the heavy sword that could exhaust him quickly.
“Let's kill one at a time,” he said to himself and started his attempt by throwing rocks in different directions. And as they were called stupid, as he remembered, the three goblins went to chase the sound. The problem was the fourth one, which looked more powerful than the three, and the one who managed to kill him with one strike. There was no running from him, so taking out his daggers, Jayden took a stance as he faced that goblin. Time was of the essence since the moment they started clashing would be the moment the three idiot goblins chasing the sound would come back.
The fight started, and as he received the goblin’s heavy blow, his understanding became clear, he needed to run or in simpler words, escape. He looked past the goblin, and there was a way, but his bad luck was shining brightly as the three idiots came back in a hurry. “Shit, dying again,” he said in frustration, “But I'll take you with me, big guy”. Knowing well that he was going to die and restart again, his fear of failure vanished, and ignoring the quick jabs of the idiot goblins, he wounded the big one with the cost of his left arm. Smiling, he said, “See you in the next run, you green shit —”
Notice !!!
PermaDeath can be activated on the target
“Sweet” He rejoiced with this bloody mouth and shouted,
Skill: Permadeath
Skill Permadeath is in use.
The last strike trait will apply to the target. A vengeful wraith from the abyss will come to collect the soul of the harvest. The skill will take effect when you succeed in inflicting a wound with the power bestowed on your weapon.
Damage: 300% of base damage
Cooldown: 6 Hours
Mana: NA
This dagger turned black, and like an alchemy solution, something started dripping from them, giving them an eerie look. However, Jayden couldn’t care less about aesthetics. He ran to the wounded big goblin and stabbed the dagger into his heart. But what happened next surprised all of them, a wraith as big as a goblin appeared and greeted everyone with a scream as it had woken after a long slumber. Its empty Eyes, filled with nothing but death, stared at the cowering goblin. A wicked smile, revealing all of his sharp canine teeth, crept across the ghostly face of the wraith. Raising its massive scythe, the wraith struck the goblin, bringing a decisive end to his pitiful existence. The goblin couldn't even scream and fell on his back with a body torn in two.
Skill PermaDeath is successfully used for the first time, adding bonus XP to the Tutorial rewards.
Cooldown reset due to tutorial phase
"So I can do this again and again," A smile resembling the permadeath wraith came to Jayden’s face as he glanced at the goblins behind him.
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