Chapter 8: "Prelim Battle Royale Preparation"
[I apologize for the delayed chapter, I was not feeling well and had to rest.]
In the 3rd Week of Saturday, June 2024, Rowan continues pulling characters, resources, and artifacts. He wanted to reach his Fate's Pull to (V) to unlock another feature.
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Saturday to Thursday (4th Week of June)
Fate's Pull (IV) -> Fate's Pull (V) [Resets from 100% to 0%]
-> Cooldown: 20 hours to 19 hours
-> Reward Chance: 100% Uncommon [New]
-> Special Bonus Chance: 5% -> 7% Double
-> New Feature: Change Rarity (Common or Uncommon)
Resource Surge (III) -> Resource Surge (IV) [Resets from 100% to 0%]
-> Cooldown: 9 hours to 8 hours
-> Reward Chance: 85% Uncommon and 15% Common Tier [New]
-> Special Bonus Chance: 10% -> 15% Double
Artifact Whisper (I) -> Artifact Whisper (III) [Resets from 100% to 0%]
-> Cooldown: 22 hours to 21 hours
-> Reward Chance: 40% Uncommon and 60% Common Tier [One-Time Use]
-> Special Bonus Chance: 1% -> 3% Double
Armament Ascendancy: This feature guarantees that the user to pull equipment-based rewards such as weapons, armor, or accessories. This feature would exclusively target equipable items, giving the user a chance to enhance his combat capabilities. [New Feature Unlocked]
-> Cooldown: 24 hours
-> Mana Cost: 20 MP
-> Reward Chance: 100% Common Tier [Time-Limited]
{Time-Limited: Estimated between 1 hour to 3 hours upon wearing}
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Because of the new feature he unlocked, he can now have a set of armor, weapons, or even accessories. Still, I think having a complete set of each of the same equipment will not be possible for the upcoming battle royale because the chances of receiving it are 50/50 and time is limited. Rowan has two weeks left before the battle royale examination begins, the next day Saturday Morning all students were called at Sector 6 - Sparrowwind Arena.
Only Middle School Students, High School Students, College Students, and Graduating Students will have the Prelim Battle Royale Examination, the reason they were called is because they will have to draw lots whether they will do Solo, Pair, or A Group of 4 Members. They started lining up and drawing out inside the box, where they would pick either Solo, Pair, or Group.
Whether it was lucky or unlucky, Rowan was part of the Solo Team and Elira was part of the Group Team. But, being a supported type class job will be difficult since no one will assist them, this made the people who are not part of the Support Class Type will be targeted first, meaning they will eliminate the Support Class Type since they are vulnerable and weak due to their core stats and activation skills.
But, if the Support Class Type has Gacha that specializes in summoning NPC characters they might be lucky to survive since they can serve different kinds of roles and purposes. So, Rowan decided to learn to build traps or defensive measures within the two-week limit, he needed to buy a skill scroll for Basic Trap Mastery and Knowledge about Defensive Countermeasures. Using the merits that he earned through selling the defensive artifacts, he bought the skill scroll he needed to learn.
But, there is also another huge problem that he forgot about. His player level has not yet leveled up, despite his active skills already being developed much. Rowan's active skills have gotten better, but he neglects to increase his core stats by not leveling himself. So, he decided to stop for a while and head toward the Everglow Tower at Sector 16, a tower filled with monsters, treasures, and many more it was previously a dungeon, and for some reason, he changed into a 10th-story Building.
Despite only a 10th-story Building, the real room on each floor is infinite, because after several months have passed nobody either students of this academy, different academies, or even those guilds, organizations, and councils wasn't able to reach the end. "The World Nexus Union" is the global governing body overseeing all major industries, policies, and international cooperation dispatch Legendary-Rank Players who are considered as Rank (A) Players.
They managed to stop at Floor 750, they were able to escape using a limited and very rare item that enabled them to exit the tower without consequences. This strange tower resets every 24 hours meaning different unknown entities might appear that do not belong to the research and the archive they found during the dispatch, also the treasures and what's inside each floor are refilled and resets into something different.
Rowan enters the unknown tower or the official name of the tower "The Eternal Ascent", it was named after the Founder of the "Arcane Consortium of the World". He gives his ID to access and enters the tower, where his journey begins by leveling his main stats and using the summoning NPC characters he wants to try in actual battle or combat.
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[Floor 1 - Grassland]
Rowan: [Surprised] "No way, a vast grassland! This is very exciting for some reason. So, this is how it felt going inside a tower with an unknown end."
Rowan enters the Eternal Ascent and arrives at a vast grassland. He spotted enemies, according to the MagiTech it's Tiny Slimes, they have low-health, slow-moving blobs that deal tiny damage. He summons his 3 Generic Guards and commands them to attack the Tiny Slimes.
System: "Rowan's Generic Guards successfully eliminated its target, you have gained the total number of experience points! You have leveled up from 1 to 10! Congratulations!"
---[Core Stats]---
Vitality (VIT): 10 -> 20
Spirit (SPR): 10 -> 20 [Mana Capacity and Attack: 30 - Mana Regen: 3/minute]
Strength (STR): 20 -> 30 [Attack Power: 30]
Agility (AGI): 10 -> 20 [Speed and Evasion: 30]
Dexterity (DEX): 20 -> 30 [Spellcraft Efficiency: 0.03%]
Endurance (END): 20 -> 30 [Defense Power and Magic Defense: 30]
Luck (LUK): 10 -> 20 [Increase Pull Rates by 0.02%]
Imagination (IMG): 10 -> 20 [Locked]
Charisma (CHA): 20 -> 30
---[NPC Characters Stats]---
1. Generic Guard (Level 1 -> 5) [Common]
Vitality: Weak (+) - Attack Power: Feeble (+) - Speed: Slow (+)
Proficiency: Basic Sword Mastery -> Basic Sword Mastery (I)
Permanent Buff: Decrease the Standard Armor's weight to increase its speed.
And with those 2 weeks, he grinds his level as much as possible before the upcoming exam week that will be held in another medium-sized realm that the Arcane Consortium of the World created for the event, meaning they sponsored it.
---[2 Weeks Later]---
Rowan's Status Window:
Player Level: 150
Current Floor Reached: 50th Floor
Vitality (VIT): 150
Spirit (SPR): 150 [Mana Capacity and Attack: 150 - Mana Regen: 15/minute]
Strength (STR): 150 [Attack Power: 150]
Agility (AGI): 150 [Speed and Evasion: 150]
Dexterity (DEX): 150 [Spellcraft Efficiency: 0.15%]
Endurance (END): 150 [Defense Power and Magic Defense: 150]
Luck (LUK): 150 [Increase Pull Rates by 0.15%]
Imagination (IMG): 150 [Locked]
Charisma (CHA): 150
Title: Low-Level Monster Slayer [Increase Damage by 10%]
---[NPC Characters Stats]---
1. Generic Guard (Level 15 -> 75) [Common]
Vitality: Weak (+++) - Attack Power: Feeble (+++) - Speed: Slow (+++)
Proficiency: Basic Sword Mastery (I)-> Basic Sword Mastery (V)
Permanent Buff: (1) Decrease Armor Weight by 50%, (2) Increase Weapon Damage by 25%, and (3) Health Regeneration Acquired (25/minute).
2. Beginner Swordsman (Level 75) [Common]
Vitality: Feeble (+++) - Attack Power: Feeble (+++) - Speed: Slow (+++)
Proficiency: Basic Sword Mastery -> Basic Sword Mastery (V)
Permanent Buff: (1) Decrease Armor Weight by 25%, (2) Increase Weapon Damage by 15%, and (3) Health Regeneration Acquired (15/minute).
3. Beginner Bowman (Level 75) [Common]
Vitality: Feeble (+++) - Attack Power: Feeble (+++) - Speed: Moderate
Proficiency: Basic Archery Mastery -> Basic Archery Mastery (V)
Permanent Buff: (1) Decrease Armor Weight by 25%, (2) Increase Weapon Damage by 15%, and (3) Increase Attack Speed by 1.25x.
4. Beginner Mage (Level 75) [Common]
Vitality: Feeble (+++) - Attack Power: Feeble (+++) - Speed: Slow (+++)
Proficiency: Basic Attack Magic Mastery -> Basic Attack Magic Mastery (V)
Permanent Buff: (1) Increase Movement Speed by 1.25x, (2) Increase Mana Capacity by 100, and (3) Decrease Chanting Speed by 1.25x.
5. Mercenary (Level 50) [Uncommon]
Vitality: Weak (++) - Attack Power: Weak (++) - Speed: Moderate
Proficiency: Dagger Mastery -> Dagger Mastery (III)
Permanent Buff: (1) Increase Movement Speed by 1.25x, (2) Increase Attack Speed by 1.25x, and (3) Backstab Acquired [Deals Critical Damage]
And with this, preparation has been completed!
(End of Chapter 8)