A Damsel In Distress (1)

⋘ The item—"Dagger of the Mermaids" has evolved to E Rank! ⋙

"Mhm... I'm done here. Let's just go check the replica of the artifacts." Luk climbed the stairs and made his way towards next floor.

He stopped in front of a room that was surprisingly being covered by a barrier.

"A mana barrier? Really?" Luk sighed.

He injected Mana into the barrier and after quickly figuring out the pattern, he dissolved the barrier.

After that, he started looking for the artifacts that he needed. 

⋘ "9.000 Years Old Spirit Mask" (Rank: E) ⋙

⋘ "Fossilized Dragon Eye *2" (Rank: B) ⋙

"And we're done..." Luk looked at the artifacts with a faint smile.

First of all, Luk took the Dragon Eyes and put them inside of the Spirit Mask, and at that single moment, a bright golden light appeared.

⋘ The two replicas are reacting... ⋙

Then, he picked up the "Double Dragon" painting and simply injected mana into it. At that moment, the small figure of two dragons, one white and other black appeared.

When they saw the Spirit Mask that had two dragon eyes, they immediately roared and fled straight to the mask.

⋘ The three replicas are reacting with each other... ⋙

"Oh... There it is... One of the Five Great Eyes...!" Luk smiled faintly.

The golden light got more intense and then slowly disappeared. In front of him, an eye appeared along with a panel.

⋘ You have successful combined the replicas! ⋙

⋘ You have acquired the artifact—"Spirit Dragon Eye" (Rank: SS) ⋙

[⋘ "Spirit Dragon Eye" (Rank: SS)

Obtaining Difficulty: SS

Details: You are able to browse through other's peoples status windows, and your affinity with the Spirit and Dragon race has increased by 100. ⋙]

"Now... the status window problem is over. So, I just need someone subjects to get more skills and unique abilities~." Luk grinned.

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⋘ The [Tower of Trials] has now been opened! ⋙

A panel appeared in front of everyone.

"I'm finally here...!"

"It's really the same as the game!"

"I can't believe this is really true..."

Everyone expressed their opinions as they saw the vast greenfield with mountains and things to explore.

⋘ As a celebration for entering the tower, everyone will be receiving 100 coins. Coins are the currency used within the tower; players can upload videos that record their accomplishments and earn about 100 coins for every 100k views! However, there will be a charge depending on the player's status. ⋙

⋘ With that being said, good luck everyone! ⋙

⋘ The [Live Stream] function has been unlocked! Warning: The [Live Steam] can only be used when fighting against or seeing a Boss. If there's anyone making streams about other things, there will be a harsh punishment falling on them! ⋙

Upon that final panel appeared...

"Let's go directly to the goblin cave! It's easy to farm there!"

Everyone immediately set off, after all, each dungeon or maze will have a [First Clear] bonus that will help them a lot.

For example, if the max-level drop is a B-Rank item, if you get the [First Clear] Bonus, you can get an A-Rank item!

However, that's limited until a AA-Rank Dungeon because S-Rank items aren't so easily obtainable.

Looking around, Luk got kinda nostalgic, especially when it was because of this first floor that he reset his account for the first time.

"Good old times... I only spent like 50 hours straight trying to pass the first phase of the maze..."

"And then I found out that I needed to have a special "attribute" to pass that same maze."

"It was so fucking annoying at that time... However, I'm quite surprised that nobody noticed that I was here. Probably because of the excitement of entering the first floor..." Luk commented as he walked around.

On the first floor, Luk has many things to do. There are exactly two hidden achievements that he needs to get, and a must have a unique ability.

So, the first thing Luk decided to do was to visit the [Goblin's Cave] to try and find someone with that same unique ability.

The unique ability was called [Charm].

Yeah, [Charm].

The only reason that Luk needs to have that same unique ability is to charm a Vampire Progenitor.

That's right, a Vampire Progenitor.

This Vampire is going to be the only person that Luk can actually trust, because while he's doing his things, he'll need someone to help him get a few items.

And the most trustworthy person he can think of is the Vampire Progenitor, and that's due to something called "Blood's Oath," a common thing in the Vampire World.

The "Blood Oath" is something similar to marrying someone with the condition of an "Fait Accompli," in other words, marrying someone and they cannot divorce each other.

They are going to be stuck together.

And if one dies, the other will die too. And that's what Luk wants to do with the Vampire Progenitor—a marriage where they cannot betray each other or kill each other.

With that, Luk will get a very faithful ally, and also, the hidden achievement that Luk was talking about, which is precisely marrying a Vampire Progenitor.

This [Tower of Trials] has a marriage subsystem that grants a lot of rewards if a few conditions have been met.

Not to mention that there's also a few hidden achievements related to it, so Luk in the game actually married a few wives.

They were very, but very troublesome to deal with.

Luk remembers very well that when he wanted to clear Floor 48, one of his wives imprisoned him in a very difficult maze that Luk was leaving to clear later, and because of that, he needed to reset his character once again!

Thankfully, the marriage system remains even if you delete your own character. But, unfortunately, it doesn't remain now that the game has become a reality.

Besides, you can't reset your character now.

"Tsk... there's nothing but trash here."

As he saw the status of multiple people, he couldn't help but be very disappointed. Almost no one had unique abilities.and even though he needs all of them, he doesn't need them at the moment.

He just needs [Charm].

"Whatever..." Luk sighed and decided to get the other hidden achievement for now, but that's when the status of someone caught his attention.

[⋘ Status

Name: Vanessa Maxwell

Class: None (Currently in progress...)

Level: 2

Strength 7; Agility 21; Vitality 13; Magic 9

Stat Points Possessed: 3

Coins Owned: 120

Unique Ability: Shadow Reaper (S)

Skills: Shadowstep Lv2, Cloak of Shadows Lv1, Shadow Strike Lv2, Evansion Master Lv1.

End. ⋙]

"Mhn... that unique ability is very interesting..." Luk grinned to himself.

"Let's see the copy condition..."

[⋘ Copy Condition: Vanessa Maxwell, an orphan, has been mistreated her entire life. If you save her from death, you can copy her unique ability. ⋙]

"Say less..."

Without even thinking twice, Luk started following Vanessa; after all, he wouldn't let such a good, unique ability escape.

And the place Vanessa is actually walking towards is a very special dungeon, and a dungeon Luk actually needed to go to get one of the hidden achievements...