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"Before the towers fell, before everything was consumed by darkness..."

Leo Astralis whispered to himself while traversing through the rubble of the ancient structure. 

His body bore the scars of survival, bite marks that throbbed against the coarse, blood-stiffened fabric of his clothing.

"...I wonder what the world was like."

After humanity failed to complete the Tower almost 700 years ago in time, it exploded, spreading monsters all over the word.

Even the system, which blessed humans with power, had abandoned them. Or did it?

[Run]

A singular message urged Leo to escape, yet it was short lived as was he was caught like an animal in a trap.

And just like an animal he lashed out until the very end, taking one of the captors to the grave with him.

But as darkness closed in, the system spoke again.

[One time Regression activated]
[Congratulations. You've activated the Heart of the System]

Re-Awakening with the Summoner's Class

Media ran off with the number of deaths and in only a week, the whole world knew about the incident inside the gate.

They did what they did best, feeding the general public with dramatized information.

Luckily nothing related to the people with corruption powers leaked out per Leo's request.

It took a lot of time to identify all of the massacred bodies, which prolonged the funeral ceremony until today.

Hundreds of people related to the fallen Climbers gathered in front of a podium.

On it stood the entirety of the party that had come out of the gate alive. Behind them stood 52 coffins and something tall covered in fabric.

Everyone there wore black suits to respect the death as Adam spoke into a microphone on the podium.

Even though Leo didn't understand any of it, he could tell what he was saying. The emotions in his voice ran deep into everyone there.

He called out to the summoner and held out the microphone to him.

Contract Completed