Trial Begins

It has been almost a year since Alec's uncle had visited him and since then he heard nothing from him, even when he sent some people to collect information about him, he didn't get anything. Asking his mother about this was useless as she would never reply to his letters. He was frustrated to be left in the dark but he couldn't do anything.

He is the ruler of his kingdom and he also needed to fulfill his role as the king so he stopped searching for the answers. However, there was one thing that he was still curious about and that was the Elixir of Life, it was a mysterious potion that his uncle made him drink.

Since the day he had drunk the potion, he had felt many changes. The First change was the growth of his body, being someone from the royal family he had access to all the resources he would need to grow up and become strong. However, since the day, he consumed that mysterious potion he never felt the need to consume those resources. He was naturally gaining strength as he practiced and he also never got tired even after training continuously.

In just one year he had grown up a lot in height, he now has a perfect body with appropriate muscle mass. There were no marks or dark spots over the skin and it looked fair and bright, his hair was silky black and strong. He was becoming stronger every day and he could feel it, it felt like the potion had unlocked his hidden potential.

Lastly, he gained fast regeneration, and his wounds were all healed up just by drinking the potion but he didn't expect it to work even now. Whenever he got injured while training, his wounds will magically heal within a few hours like they didn't even exist.

Alec was grateful yet curious about what else he could have gained from the potion. He was not greedy but he wanted to know what is the true power of the Elixir Of Life.

Today was also a normal day of his life, as after doing his duties he came to train himself. For the thousandth time, he swung his sword in today's training before stopping.

' Day by day, my stamina is just continuously increasing. I don't even know if there is a limit to this power.' Alec thought as he finally sheathed his sword and gave it to a servant.

" Hans, I think I have no one to meet for today, right?" Alec asked.

" Yes, your majesty. You have no one to meet today. Would you like to—" Hans the servant was going to say something but suddenly he stopped in the middle of it when suddenly a loud voice was heard.

* BAM* Something crashed near the training ground and it shook the earth for a few moments. Several cracks appeared on the ground and everyone was in a daze because of it. The Knights guarding Alec quickly formed a defensive position in front of him

When the smoke was clear there was nothing but a meteorite-like thing there.

[ The Trial Has Begun.]

A voice was heard from the sky, at first it felt unreal, but suddenly they heard it again.

[ This trial will choose the candidates.]

[ A universal quest has been issued, clear the trial dungeon to be chosen.]

[ After the candidates match certain requirements, they would be transported to the trial dungeons.]

Suddenly one by one all the people around the world started to disappear and Alec himself felt that he was being transported somewhere. His body glowed up and he tried to quickly grab the sword but was unable to before he was teleported.

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[ You have successfully been transported inside the trial dungeon.] Suddenly Alec heard a voice. He was currently wearing just a simple training suit and no armor, there wasn't even any weapon with him.

Suddenly a system window appeared in front of him, it was confusing and shocked Alec but he quickly regained his composure. He looked around to observe where he was, he was alone and there was no one around him. He was in the land that was barren, and rocky, and where the sky was red, the winds were hot and it felt like it was burning his skin.

Fear gripped his heart, It was the first time since a particular incident in the past that he was feeling something like this. He once again looked at the system window trying to find out what exactly was happening.

[ Options]

[Status Window]

[Quest Window]

[Equipment Window]

' Just what is this?' Alec thought, ' What are these options?'

Without thinking much Alec opened the Quest Window,

[ Universal Quest]

[ Clear The Trial Dungeon.]

[ You have been chosen as one of the candidates to be the dungeon explorer, The difficulty of the dungeon will depend on the candidate's capabilities.]

[ Dungeon Difficulty Level- Hard.]

[ Quest Clearance Conditions - Defeat the Boss Of The Dungeon.]

[ Do You Want To Activate Automatic Instructions And Guide?] After he read this he quickly pressed ' Yes'

[ Click on the Status window to check your current level and stats.]

[ Click Equipment Windows To See The Weapons Given To You By The System.]

" Damn it, I want to know what is happening, but it seems that it won't reveal anything," Alec shouted, his quiet day was quickly turned upside down. Even though he was frustrated, he knew he need to do something to get out of here, he then clicked on the status window.

[ Status Window]

[ Current Level- 10]

[ Class- King]

[ The Candidate is the king of the Augusta kingdom of the present and thus, he has been granted this class.]

[ The King class grants a 100% boost in Stats.]

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[ Stats]

[ Strength - 10 x2- 20]

[ Stamina - 100 x2- 200]

[ Agility - 10 x2- 20]

[ Defence - 10 x2- 20]

[ Awareness- 5 x2 - 10]

[ Mana-? ( Unusable)]

[ Health- 100 x 2- 200]

[ Skills]

[ Swordsmanship ( Knight Grade) ( Level 4)]

[ Charm ( King Level) ( Level 1)]

[ Unarmed Combat ( Knight Grade) ( Level 2)]

[ Kingship ]

[ Basic Understanding Of Magic]

[ Locked Skills]

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Alec checked everything over the status window, currently, he looked at all of this and understood where he stands. Also, he knew that the difficulty level is also hard so he was unsure if having these stats was good enough for him to pass this trial dungeon.

[ Would you like to check the equipments?]

' I don't think I have brought any equipment, I couldn't even grab that sword.' Alec thought but didn't let himself bother too much about this issue, He chose yes to just check.

[ Equipment]

[ Iron Dagger ( Basic ) ( Free Item)]

[ Would you like to Equip It.]

There was only this equipment, honestly Alec was surprised to even see somthing and just as he clicked yes the Dagger appeared in his hands.

' Is this even strong enough for me to use?' Alec questioned himself. He was used to using the equipment that was crafted by master blacksmiths and they were always advanced grade.

He started to walk down the rocky path that was in front of him to find out the boss monster of this thing called a dungeon. Soon he spotted a monster half the size of him, he wasn't sure if this was a boss monster or not because he had not seen anything like this before.

[ Information On The Creature Available.]

' Tell me what it is?' Alec quickly asked.

[ Demonic Lava Lizard.] The name suited the creature as it looked like a Lizard that had hardened lava over his back.

Alec didn't take any action because the monster in front of him was also not moving. But suddenly more of it appeared and they had him surrounded. Alec didn't know when and how he was surrounded, he just stood there but not for long because he suddenly sensed danger and moved back from his position.

One of the lizards spat lava where he was standing before and suddenly from all directions, they were trying to hit him.

' How am I able to predict all of thier attacks? My senses are better inside this dungeon.' Alec thought. ' I need to attack as well.'

He ran towards one of the Lizards and easily stabbed his knife over its head, it shrieked before losing his life.

[ 10 Exp gained.]

' What is this experience?' Alec Questioned and he received an answer almost immediately.

[ You need to gain Exp points to level up. After reaching level 11, you are eligible to choose a free skill.]

' I don't think I have time to properly hear an explanation, I will need more details after I finish them.' Alec thought.

One by one, he approached the monsters and stabbed them with the knife, but only after killing three of them, the dagger was in a very critical condition. When he attacked the fourth it broke from the tip and couldn't pierce the skin of the Lizard. Since that didn't work he punched the head to at least injure the beast but something unexpected happened.

* Puchik* His punch crushed the head of the beast and killed it instantly.

' I think I am unstoppable here.'