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| Artificiary Progress: 000.001

Statistics:

Strength - 10

Speed - 10

IQ - 10

Mentality - 100

Adaptability - 10

Character Abilities: 3

Martial Arts - Sense of Martiality

Whip Slasher

Boundless Courage |

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I mumbled, "All of my stats rose to 10 except for my mentality blasting up to 100. I wonder why?!"

---fwoosh---

A white portal fluctuating with square particles spawned in front of me. I walked past it to find myself in a vast chamber.

---fwoosh(x_)---

Dozens of portals screaming with white square particles covered the whole room. The latter was followed by people coming out of those rifts. Someone called out, "Mister Drake, congratulations on being the first to finish the trial!!!"

It was Saki. I remained tranquil. She asked while sulking, "What's with your lame expression?!"

---pat---

I placed my right hand on her head. She widened her eyes in shock. I exclaimed, "I'm sorry to say this in advance, you cute little psycho. You'll be experiencing a harsh reality today!!"

She became puzzled, "What… are you saying?!"

I turned around, "It's better if you face that despair yourself even if it's your second time!", and walked away. Saki wondered, 'What was he referring to?!'

---ting---

A ringing sound caught everyone's attention by surprise. They looked above. Two huge screens came into view. On the left was a black screen with a blue outlining whereas the right had red outlining.

The blue panel displayed the headline 'Accomplishers' while the red panel said 'Failures'. Saki looked at the blue one.

| Accomplishers

1st - Drake Adrian - 00:00:53:001

2nd - Norjin Merrick - 00:01:10:045

3rd - Joneth Nim - 00:01:13:769

4th - Ryokai - 00:01:13:012

5th - Saki Sasaki - 00:01:14:997

6th - Lokesh Kumar - 00:01:17:548

7th - Callisto - 00:01:28:080

… |

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She only cared about looking at the top 7 names, "Mister Drake sure is a deity. To think he'd come first even after losing his powers!"

She then gazed upon the list of failures only to widen her eyes in utter disbelief after looking at the topmost names.

| Failures

1st - Kupirith - 00:00:54:991

2nd - Normad Ricko - 00:00:59:096

3rd - Sachi Sasaki - 00:01:04:713

4th - Alfred Rower - 00:01:04:998

5th - Jame Joshit - 00:01:15:167

… |

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"......!", her mouth remained open. Her eyes twitched up and down whilst dripping tears. After falling on her knees, she bent forward trying to control her sadness but couldn't, "Sniff, sniff, heu, you betrayed me, grandmom. Haa, we both promised each other that we'd face every obstacle until the end, sniff, sniff!!"

[She got separated from her one and only family.]

She then blinked, 'Wait, how did Mister Drake know this would happen?!'

Immediately, she got up and reached me who was standing away from the crowd leaning over the wall. I asked, "What's up?!"

She asked, "How did you know?!"

I said, "Take it as a former deity's sensory perception!"

She asked again, "So you really were a deity. If you predicted it, why didn't you stop her?!", whilst tearing down. I corrected her, "Stupid girl, I never said I predicted it. Right after I finished my play, I sensed the presence of some people nearby flipping off this domain. That was also when I sensed Sachi being one of them!"

She flinched, "She didn't die?!"

I corrected her again, "You're already dead. What do you mean by asking if she didn't die?!"

She then rephrased her sentencing, "Oh, I remember the Judge saying blue karmic reincarnations getting taken by High-Off Judges. Does that mean I can't see her anymore?!"

[From the intel I read through Normante's mind, it's recorded that the dead souls taken by those High-Off Judges will lose the right to step into this dimension forever. The latter will be followed by the High-Off Judges choosing those blue karmic souls, brainwashing their memories to make them believe they were created by the ones who chose them and lastly sending those manipulated souls to the world's inside the realm of living beings as god's incarnations.

All of this just so they could grow worshippers from all living entities and expand their fame.

I am rather impressed than finding it despicable. The one who came up with this method seems to have an IQ higher than that of Prat.

Even that admin does not know anything about them. Fortunately, I gained detailed intel about this entire 1st earth thanks to her brain.]

I focused back on Saki who was crying in front of me. By placing my right hand on her left shoulder, I questioned, "Saki, I don't care whether you're sad or suffocating but let me ask you this?!"

She looked me in the eyes. I continued, "Are you asking me to pity you with those drooling eyes?!", with a tranquil expression. She gaped in shock. I attempted, "100 earths, each consisting of 100 trials. How many trials does that become?!"

She quivered, "10… 10,000?!"

I interpreted, "I met three people who reached the 10th earth after completing 900 trials. The time they took to reach that point was two and a half centuries!!"

"!!!!", her eyes shot up in a crazed state of mind. I then made an offer, "I will keep moving up until I feel like I should stop. But you're having a mental breakdown at present. So I suggest you move out of the pillar and come back when your mind stabilizes!"

"...!", she didn't respond and stayed like a statue looking downwards. I tried walking but she said, "Wait a second!"

I turned around. She questioned me with a rude expression, "Who said I was gonna stop? Let reality hit me hard. I will just stand in front of it without taking a step back!!"

[What a dramatic sight?]

I exclaimed, "What you said right now…, are the words of a villain!"

She countered, "Sigh, who said I'm going to be a villain?!"

I asked, "Then were those just empty words?!"

She emphasized, "I'll become a villainess!!", with an evil grin. I smiled, "That's what I'm talking about. If you want to go against reality, you'll need to sacrifice your sanity, not giving a damn about your end!"

She added, "Fine, from now on, I won't give a f**k about my fate!!"

[Look at her vigour. She's become commendable.]

---pat---

By patting her head, I declared, ""Come to Kurak Periphery after completing your fill of today's trials!""

"Gasp!", she shook after hearing my pressured voice, 'His pressure is more overwhelming than that Normante!!'

I took my hand off her head and walked away.

…

Quite some time had passed. I was standing in the middle of a grassland with a few trees like earlier. The system tab displayed before me.

| Trial: 000.010

Title: A New Beginning - Session 10

Aim: You've lost every trait from your living days. Step up and begin a new path which could help you surpass your living self.

Objective: Destroy all the golems.

Failure: Red Karmic reincarnations will be sent to hell living the life of a slave. On the other hand, Blue Karmic reincarnations get sent to the room of the High-Off Judges, to be chosen by one of them as a forever servant.

Special Note: LLBs will have to face a trail harder than others. |

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[Can't believe I completed 9 trials in half an hour and am taking the 10th trial which seems to be Normante's final session.]

I was surrounded by numerous wooden puppets but of different types.

[The second trial consisted of armed golems, third trial of flying golems, fourth trial of shooting golems, fifth trial of missile golems, sixth trial of laser golems, seventh trial of giant golems, eighth trial of giant armed golems, ninth trial of warping golems and finally this trial with all of them surrounding me. There are probably a thousand of them. What a pain in the a**?]

I enchanted, ""Sense of Martiality, First Form: Basic Combat Sense!!""

---fwoosh---

My form changed to darkened crimson mode.

---flick---crack------whump---

With a flicking movement, I spawned near a giant golem, broke its left arm and threw that part in the air which impacted the breakdown of the nearby flying golems.

---dash---thud------clash---

I charged through the ground, henceforth creating a wide quake. Dozens of golems got caught up in the impact and were thrown into mid-air. Taking advantage of the moment, I clapped both my palms with immense power. It made a crashing wave blasting off dozens of golems.

---whump---whump---whump---whump---___and so on---

The latter was followed by me crushing all golems non-stop. Meanwhile, Normante kept staring at me in utter disbelief, 'He's attacking the golems before they could respond with different tactics. The moment a puppet tries to step forward, he instantly teleports near that thing and breaks it into pieces. When all the golems attack together, he creates an impact dispersing their harmony. What's more, he uses anything that comes to his hand like a weapon!'

Back on my side, I completed the trial with ease. Everything was a mess. I checked my imaginary pad. The system tab showed my details.

---beep---

| Artificial Sanctuary's Autopad

Artificiary Status:

Name - Drake Adrian

Age - 0

Species - Human

Soul - Dark

History - Newly Arrived, Accomplished 10 trials within one day.

Former Status:

Name - Drake Adrian

Age - 2089

Species - Human

Soul - Infinito

History - Born in a low-class family. Rose to the level of a deity. Ruled five worlds for two millennia. Died fighting against ten thousand ligons and wygers.

<Further Info> |

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---click---

| Artificiary Progress: 000.010

Statistics:

Strength - 172

Speed - 165

IQ - 124

Mentality - 198

Adaptability - 113

Character Abilities: 14

Martial Arts - Sense of Martiality

Object Slasher

Boundless Courage

Crusher Fist

Clashing Clapper

Versatile Physique

Internal Energy

Dashing Flick

Blasting Tyrant

Instant Blacksmith

Living Weapon

Wave Exploder

Walking Disaster

Hellish Gardener |

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[All my statistics are 100. The extra points are just buffs given by the character abilities. I want to continue but that's not good for someone maintaining a low profile. I'll call it a day and go back to my newly built house.]

As usual, a white portal comprising square particles spawned before. I walked past it. However, instead of moving forward, I asked the judge to send me out. She shook at my demand but opened a portal the next instant. I crossed to the other side only to find myself back in the entrance chamber of the pillar. The four doors remained open.

…

I took my time to get back home. It was late evening. I returned to the Kurak Periphery. The Kuraks walked beside me. After flying to my house that was on the Kuraks' tree, I found the three cowmen hanging upside down in one piece. They were sleeping soundly. I then entered the house only to widen my eyes in shock.

A woman with torn clothes and dirt was lying in the hall like a corpse. Kendor flew to my shoulder, "The Kuraks brought her to me. After sensing a speck of your aura in her back, I just left her as is!"

[Saki? She did it. She came to this suicidal place just to meet 'me'. How can someone become so crazy within one day?]