Dungeon of beginnings

In a large 2 story house located in the residential district of Kyoto Japan we can see a young man with white hair and crystal blue eyes sitting on the back deck watching the rain fall upon the the wisteria and spider lilies planted in the backyard creating a very beautiful scene.

Even with this beautiful scene you can see the young man looking at the rain with a neutral face and lightless eyes. To understand why this young man is like this we'll need to dive back in time..

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10 years ago

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Walking down the streets of Kyoto we can see a young boy with 2 parents who are considered to be idols by the passersby. As the family was making there way through the shopping district picking out clothes and purchasing food for dinner later that night, a man who looked like deranged ran out of the alley way in front of the family... The man was yelling about monsters and demons cursing the future until he noticed the family, he screamed.. "MONSTERS AGGHH NOOO I WONT LET YOU TAKE ME BACK THERE" he pulled out a knife from his pocket and rushed the family..

The young boy, Arthur Boreas, watched as the man stabbed his mother. His father watching the man hurt her ran at him to help and thus managed to stop the man shortly before he too was stabbed by the man. As the man was yelling a pair of police officers ran over and tackled the man to the ground.

"PLEASE HELP MY PARENTS" Arthur cried holding his parents bodies as they bled out on the pavement.

The police officers seeing this had a look of pity in their eyes as they believed they couldn't be saved by the time an ambulance would arrive. Arthur continued to rant and scream while he held their bodies in his arm. His throat ran dry and he couldn't let tears out anymore as he felt their bodies growing colder and colder. His parents bled out but not before stating, "We love you son, and were sorry we couldn't be there for you".

His eyes grew dimmer and he sat there with a lifeless expression on his face wondering why the world was this cruel to take the only family he had. As the boy sat there he noticed the looks of pity he was given and this would be the day he stopped caring for things around him. He would grow apathetic, cold, distant, and bored.

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Back to the present

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Arthur stood up and prepared to go to bed when suddenly a blue screen appeared in front of him

{Would you like to challenge the Tower Of Beginnings?}

{Y/N}

Not understanding what this screen meant or what might happen if he agreed he continued to stare at it apathetically until he heard a loud rumbling and saw a massive tower in the distance that stretched from the skyline to outer space.. He understood that the world was going to change greatly upon seeing the tower.

He accepted the message and was transported into the Tutorial room of the tower.

In the tutorial room he sat there confused and lost on what was going to happen as there was nobody here and he was in a white room. While sitting there waiting for things to start the system brought up a screen showcasing what he believed to be his stats.

[Name: Arthur Boreas

Age: 18

Level: 1

Strength 13(10)/ Dexterity 16(10)/ Vitality 14(10)/ Intelligence 25(10)]

Not understanding what these stats meant he read through them and realized that the number in the parenthesis is what the average human has, with how much work he had to do to continue living alone and constant labor he did he was highly in shape. After the death of his parents he was taken to an orphanage until the age of 15 where he received the money his family had left after their deaths due to him applying to be emancipated. He began living alone and working to keep himself afloat while continuing school, he wasn't close to anyone and rarely talked to people aside from the boss at his labor jobs.

With him understanding how the stats worked he realized that he was still sitting alone in this tutorial room and didn't know what to do. As he sat there waiting he heard a noise and many weapons raised from the floor ranging from swords, halberds, spears, axes, scythes, and more. He didn't understand what was going on until he got his tutorial quest:

[Kill 10 Goblins with your chosen weapon to unlock your passive and active skills]

Quickly realizing he would need to kill within the room he panicked and quickly ran towards the weapons he picked up a spear and felt it didn't feel right to him. Within his mind his thoughts were racing at 100 miles per hour, he quickly ran towards the swords and picked up one realizing that the sword felt right within his hand he looked towards his left hand and decided to pick up a second one. With two swords that were made out of Iron he awaited the goblins..

[Spawning 10 goblins in 10 seconds]

With his thoughts in disarray he awaited their spawning he gripped the cold weapons with his hands tightly and hoped for the best possible outcome. He was glad that he had trained his body or this might be his last day alive.

[Goblins spawning in..]

Watching as 10 green monstrosities coming from the bright light in front of him he began to attempt to calm his breathing and ready himself to kill for the first time. He didn't know if he could finish this tutorial or if he would die here but he was prepared even if his eyes had shown otherwise.

The goblins upon noticing the young man in front of them they grabbed their rusty weapons and clubs and began charging at the him. They ran sloppily while dragging the heavier weapon behind them slightly. The young man noticing that they obviously didn't have any training in the weapons got some semblance of hope in his mind.

Once they reached him he began to move backwards slightly when one of the goblins swung the sword towards the mans body, he saw an opening and swung the swords in his left hand in a slashing manner and slit the throat of the goblin who swung the weapon. His face now pale and looking as if he was going to vomit he quickly began to back up while swallowing the food he previously ate.

He got his mind in order with deep calm breathes and understood that to continue living and growing he would need to start killing even more he was upset and hopeful that he could find peace at some point down the line.

He charged back into the fray of the goblins and began to watch each of their movements carefully waiting for openings. Like a dance he continued to move his feet around the goblins while they attempted to swing at him he would then attack after the miss and swing for the necks of each goblin. Like a reaper he danced around the goblins in a trance with his dual swords swinging in a pattern that he didn't understand evading, attacking, retreating.. Like a dance he continued his attacks until all the goblins were dead and this dance ended.

[Quest Completed! Awakening Skills]

[Dragon Physique Passive Granted: Physique Of Dragons, Can only grow through enhancement of bloodline/Physique]

Feeling a large bout of pain on his head he fell backwards and stumbled not knowing that there were two black horns growing out of his head while his crystal blue eyes became slitted. He sat there in pain upset and annoyed that there was no warning before hand.

[Dance of the Reaper Passive Granted: Dual Sword Style, Can only grow through understanding of weapons - Intent, Heart, Body, Soul, Mastery]

Feeling another bout of pain he screamed while having information being drilled into his head about his new passive, it showed movements and how to train with his new sword style. He was fascinated with his new passive as he quickly realized just how much he was misusing the the swords, no proper footwork, no proper swinging, just him swinging it around like an ape..

[Ice Manipulation Active Granted: Manipulation of Ice Element (Consumes Mental Power to use), Can only grow through consuming an Ice Mana Core 1 tier higher than skill]

With him receiving his last skill his eyes which were previously lightless started to have some light and excitement within them, with nobody to care for him and boredom setting in with his daily life due to his unique temperament he found something he enjoyed.. Battle.

As he started to play with Ice in his hands creating small butterflies and flowers he didn't realize how much mental power he was using at this time. When he finally realized he used all his mental power he passed out with his ice cracking in his hands turning into particles of Ice.

[Tutorial Completed! Player will be teleported to Floor 1 in 10 Hours]