Wicked Box: Throne of the Dagger Hunter

It is chaos of epic proportions.

Earth evolved without warning and that welcomed a tragedy for everyone in it.

It is a total shit show with everyone dying left and right. Everything is destroyed from the ground up. There are few survivors and they had to face the reality of surviving through stormy times.

It was not bad at first, but with the evolution of Earth, new problems came up through monsters with unknown origins and with them is the emergence of dungeons and floating castles that threaten the total annihilation of the original living things that survived the catastrophe.

Humankind prayed for hope and a chance to fight back. They were answered with the Wicked Box, countless buildings that appeared out of thin air, who provided the survivors with the ability to counterattack.

It has been thousands of years since then, Humanity and the Inferno Beings (the name given to the species of unknown origins) still waged war.

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August 16, 3069 of the Freedom Alliance

Section 14, Lizren Settlement

Entrance to the Wicked Box Building #26

Ever since the day the Wicked Box showed up until now, no one had full knowledge of who owns it and what it really was. There were a bunch of theories that were given, but they were just too blinded by the luxuries it provides, that few actually inclined to search for answers.

What everyone knows is that the Wicked Box sells anything that you could possibly imagine, literally everything. A pill that can cure practically any disease that exist, a slave customized to every desire you want, species that can only be found in fantasy books, magical weapons and abilities that will make you an overlord and many other things can be found and attained for a certain price.

Great things come with greater cost, and the Wicked Box is the embodiment of that. In exchange for all that they have, you need gold coins, magical minerals, Inferno monster body parts, and other unique things to trade for it and all of those things can be found in dungeons and floating castles.

In order to avail the Wicked Box's services, one needs to be an exclusive owner of a status watch, a piece of magical equipment, obtained by finding a token in a maze game prepared by the Wicked Box itself. During the early years after the evolution of the Earth and the appearance of the Wicked Box, there was no age limit that will hinder someone from taking the maze game annually. However, when the Freedom Alliance was created, the Wicked Box gave the requirement of having an age of sixteen to qualify to participate until the age of twenty, giving everyone a fair chance of five tries in a lifetime.

There is no assurance that someone could rake in a single token in all of their five tries but it is possible to obtain more than five tokens and the surplus tokens can be sold for a very expensive prize.

That is why for the third time, William Crowley, held on to hope that he can be lucky enough to get one for himself. However, the maze game just started but he is already in a dilemma.

"It is not like I am not giving you a chance at all, this 'Time Rope' will free you minutes before the maze game ends. Consider it as a gift of mercy from me."

A series of laughter followed as the girl who said those words turned around and started to run inside the maze game. The group of teens who were just watching as William is bullied gave a wry smile and a pitiful look as they followed the bossy girl.

'Damn you Bitch!!!'

William wanted to shout and curse at the top of his lungs but he was gagged so tightly. The hateful girl specifically commanded his minions to restrict him with his arms holding his balls before entirely tying him up so trying to move is a bit hard .

William would give anything just to undo things he accidentally did the day he offended that demon girl Vanessa Riddon. It was never his fault that he accidentally tripped her, causing her to fall face down on shit. His body was huge for a teenager, why didn't she saw him from miles away, running crazily like that without even noticing his existence. Will always thought that this was a conspiracy against him and from that day on this girl demon spawn never gave him peace.

The maze game goes on for a whole five hours and he sadly waited for the rope to be undone until there was almost twenty minutes left.

'There will come a day that you will be at the mercy of my hands. And you will be screaming and begging for mercy'.

There was no time left for him to spare and he rushed inside and what welcomed him were seven tunnels.

'Where the hell should I go in?'

Out of panic, he chose to go towards the seventh tunnel and madly rushing in.

It was a dead end.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

He knelt down and started punching the ground in anger. He could have explored the seven tunnels with enough time but it was too late.

He kept on punching the ground until he felt something wrong. He noticed spherical object is present. He became extremely excited and started digging it out.

There were multiple tokens stacked buried in the ground and he continuously dug one after another.

"Hahaha I guess I have to thank that little bitch later on. Maybe I will slap her with one of the tokens as a thankful gift from her earlier gift."

The maze ended with him ending up with more than twenty tokens. This is probably the best day of his life and he started thinking of the things he wanted to buy after selling the other tokens.

Just like that, after the horn sounded out to signify the end of the maze game, he was transported out of there and he magically appeared inside a luxurious room.

Last year and the year after that, the fact that he found no tokens, he was transported outside the building immediately after the maze game.

"Please put the token or tokens in the table".

Just as he was looking around, an callous female voice commanded him what to do. Without hesitation, he quickly followed.

"State your name, age and residence"

"William Crowley, 18, Section 14-Lizren Settlement, House Number 143."

"Congratulations, Mr. Crowley. I am Rose and I will be your attendant on all of your transactions here inside. In case of buying Sublet Ring for your future followers, I will also be their attendant."

William knew that the Sublet Ring is a magical equipment used by a person with a status watch to give someone without one to use their rights to avail the services of the building but there are limitations and increase of prices to the things that they want to buy.

"I noticed that you have the lucky chance of finding multiple tokens. As a reward for these kinds of situations, I have to inform you that you have two options before I hand out your status watch.

First option, you can use one token for your use and take other tokens outside. By doing this, you have total control whether to sell these tokens or use it exchange one for a Level-4 Inventory, free of charge. Be reminded that if you ever choose this option, inventories Level-5 to Level-1 inventories will increase to 200% of the original price.

Second option, trade all of the tokens for a chance of winning a lottery draw. This lottery will feature ten Level-8 Inventories, five Level-9 Inventories, twenty 1More Chance Token, one random evolving Level-3 Inventory and one Void Token in which you will gain nothing. Of course, you will still be awarded with your status watch. Be reminded that if you ever take this option, you will forfeit your chance to participate in the maze game in your remaining two years.

Please choose wisely!"

William seriously weighed out his options, whether to take it safe or play hero mode. In the end, his greediness and recklessness of youth won the battle.

"I choose the second option!"

"Very well!"

A few seconds after, a lottery box appeared.

"I wish you luck, Mr. Crowley. Please draw."

William nervously fished a folded paper out of the box.

"1More Chance Token. Please try again."

And he did so.

"1More Chance Token. Please try again."

And again.

"1More Chance Token. Please try again."

And with the fourth draw revealed his prize.

"1 Random Evolving Level-3 Inventory."

"Mr. Crowley, congratulations! Please wait for a while until your prize and your own status watch is ready."

'I am so unlucky with things like this. At least I got something instead of nothing.'

A few minutes gone by and Rose's voice appeared again.

"Mr. Crowley, everything is already prepared. Please retrieve your things in the table."

The tokens are nowhere to be found and two small boxes replaced them instead. The left box was uncovered and revealed his own status watch while the second box on the right must be the Level-3 Inventory.

He excitedly put it on and a bunch of info flowed through brain.

Status

William Crowley

Power: 400

Speed: 50

Armor: 10

Intel: 15

Arsenal: *Status Watch

Ability: *Basic Identification (Level 1)

(Upgrade is dependent to power level increase.)

William is very pleased with himself and opened the second box, a dagger with a jade handle came into view. He carefully handles it out of the box and a notification appeared whether to equip it or not, and of course he accepted.

Status

William Crowley

Power: 400(200)

Speed: 50(15)

Armor: 10

Intel: 15(20)

Arsenal: *Status Watch

* Glaive Dagger (Level-3 Evolving) (Soul Bound)

- Power +200, Speed+15, Intel+20

-Active: Teleport (10sec Return After Throw)

-Active: Shadow Lurk

- Evolve Mode: Death Eater (Level 1)

(Filters What It Eats)

(Upgrade is dependent to whatever it eats)

Ability: *Basic Identification (Level 2)

(Upgrade is dependent to power level increase.)

"Now that you are equipped with your status watch, you will be transported out. I wish you good luck and please be back soon as possible to avail our services. Further details of our items are present inside the status watch while power upgrade guide is unlocked base on your power level increase. Good day, Mr. Crowley!".

A heavy fog suddenly filled the room and after the fog diminished William was surprised to see that he was back home.