Chapter 2

[ Installation System... ]

[ Soul Synchronization Started ]

[10%]

[99%]

[100%]

[ Soul Synchronization Completed! ]

[ Welcome, Challenger, Johan ]

[ Custom Mythic pack for Johan { x1 } ]

[ The Pack, was stocked in your inventory ] ]

It was a mechanical, but distinctly feminine voice.

My eyes opened in wakefulness, only for me to close them again quickly, with a groan as a bright light assaulted me.

'Damn, it burns.'

Blinking my eyes slowly, I slowly began to adjust to my situation, and observed my surroundings.

Once again, I am in a white, empty space.

It took me almost a minute to assimilate everything.

'So, was it real? I really asked God to marry me?'

That was shameful, very shameful, I think this was the first time I proposed to a woman, especially to God.

I am not a romantic person, it was almost like a kind of joke trying to provoke this person.

In the end, I was not rejected by her. She responded with a. ''We'll see later.''

Can this be considered rejection?

Moreover, she changed the subject skillfully and gave me the ability to cheat.

And then... I showed up here.

[ Promotion Start.

Choose a class:

[Warrior] [Mage] [Assassin] [Support] ]

The female voice sounded again.

'So it works like a class system? Okay, I know how that happens.'

Whenever I played games like Skyrim, I always played a stealth assassin with a bow and arrow. It was fun instakill.

But considering that this is real life, I think I should be a little more cautious.

"Warrior" is average, I've never fought it before, plus it could easily be fought with some tricks. Not the best to be cautious, I could always work on martial skills in my own time, but I've seen some crazy stuff in anime.

"Support" has many weaknesses, besides the fact that a support class, has many branches. I'm not in the mood to play with them.

The mage, on the other hand, has magic! Who hasn't wanted to have magic before? I could mentally understand how to train with a sword, bow, or stealth, but how do you train magic?

Assassins can be fun and useful, my favorite play style was a stealth archer in Skyrim. Plus, he has those ridiculous instakill abilities.

'I choose Assassin.'

[ Confirmed Class. ]

[ Acquired Skills:

[ Stealth Steps: ( E+ ) ]

Reduces visibility and sound created by movement, allowing stealthy traversal.

Your stealth increases by +5%.

[ Acquired Skill:

[ Shadow Vision: ( E+ ) ]

Able to see the "flaws" within people.

Striking a weakness causes fatal damage and critical damage to an enemy.

[ Acquired Skill:

[ Dagger Throw: ( E+ ) ]

Throw your dagger at a target, causing physical damage.

Increase accuracy with long-range weapons and precision by 20%>

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Seeing all these abilities appear at once, I could already think of several ways to put them into practice.

Without my asking, another holographic window appeared before my eyes.

Johan, Tower Anomaly.

Class - Assassin - Lv. 0/100

Race -

Level: 1

Hp - 100

Mp - 100

Strength - 10

Vitality - 10

Dexterity - 10

Intelligence - 10

Wisdom - 10

Charm - 10

Luck - 1 (+??)

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[ Start Character Creation. ]

[ Gender randomization has begun ... ]

'Wait what ... ? Oh fuck, no! I'm a man, damn it! A man!'

Before my worst nightmare came true, I heard incredibly soothing words.

[Gender: Male selected.

Choose a race for beginners. ]

[Human] [Elf] [Dwarf] [Orc] [Boar] [Sheep] [Werewolf]]]

Most of the races were from the fantasy world or books and anime that I saw. So I had a basic understanding of each of them.

I was excited about this prospect and examined all the options.

In the end, only three stood out to me.

Humans, Elves, and Werewolves.

'Will there be benefits for each race?'

[Affirmative.]

Human:

You are a human, just a normal, boring human.

Humans are the jack of all trades, masters of fucking everything up.

Gain a 25% class experience bonus

Elf:

''Illuminated Beings'' with access and great talent in magic.

Learn 2x faster.

High longevity.

Werewolf:

Werewolves have highly potent senses, along with a slight increase in [Strength], and an explosive increase in [Dexterity].

Evolution will be [unlocked] if Challenger decides to proceed down this path.

Can I mix the races?

[ You can. there are many mixed races ].

'Can I choose half man half wolf? I think the humans' drive and adaptability are useful for my abilities, but I also want the enhanced senses.'

[ It will be optimized to have half the benefits of both races. For example, instead of a 4x multiplier on your directions, it will be a 2x. You will still get a slight gain boost in DEX. But you won't get any abilities from the race. That's the best I can do. ]

'That's okay. Thanks for your help.'

[ My pleasure. As a half-breed, do you desire the ears and tail of a werewolf? ]

'Mn... It surprises me.'

[ Very good.

Race confirmed: half human, half werewolf.

Initial character creation.

15% optimization allowed. ]

A 3D image of a mannequin appeared before me.

'15%?'

[ It was pointed out that it was unfair if someone worked hard all their life to get a fit body, only for someone who has never done a push-up before to instantly get a Johan quality body. So the image of previous bodies is carried forward and only 15% optimization is allowed. ]

'Haha! that's great! I always used to get annoyed when I saw stuff like that in fanfics. Fortunately, I have a good base.'

'I think I'll do something similar to my past life, but let's enjoy the wilderness experience a little more and play with it.'

After playing around with optimization for a bit, I ended up with something I really liked.

It was a mixture of my past with variations of anime.

I looked like Genichiro Ashina from Sekiro, so I let my imagination wander and made some changes.

Being younger is better, but I don't want to be too young, so I settled for 20.

20 years old, 5'10, white skin, young face, noble and handsome appearance, athletic, and semi-long straight black hair with a metallic sheen.

One thing I regretted was that I never had the opportunity to grow my hair out, I didn't have time to have long hair, and it was also laborious to keep long hair groomed at all times.

So I left my hair wilder to enjoy myself with long, straight, black hair down to my chest. My eyes were fixed in crimson red. From someone who always owed hazel-colored opaque pupils, I wanted fun anime eyes.

I decorated my arms and shoulders with tribal tattoos and made them match well. Two lines on both wrists and arms. Just a nice tribal design.

For the closet. I decided to wear military-style pants and boots, a pair of quality underwear, and socks, and because apparently, I can't choose real armor here, I left the upper body with a tight-fitting black shirt.

Finally, I put a headband on my head to keep my hair away from my face, allowing my bangs to fall freely.

'Perfect, I'm happy with it.'

If you switched the clothing options and imagined a more refined version of traditional Japanese clothing, I looked like Genichiro Ashina.

[ Are you finished? ]

'Yes, thank you for waiting.'

[ You can take your time, time is meaningless here.

Character customization completed.

Race quality optimization completed. ]

'So that's it. Thanks for the opportunity.'

[ 'It's been a pleasure, Challenger. Please enjoy your next life.

Beginning the soul transference... You will wake up inside your 'Waiting Room' in 3... 2... 1. goodbye Johan, Have fun. = ) ]

After reading the line, I felt a tug, as if a hook had poked me and taken me into the darkness, and I quickly succumbed to unconsciousness.

[***]

The first thing I saw was a rectangular stone room, I was lying on a single bed.

Then I looked at the stone room in a waking state.

On the bright side, it was not another space entirely, my eyes could not take a third time...

「 You entered the waiting room. 」

「 The healing effect is constantly applied in the waiting room. 」

As soon as I arrived, I was already greeted by some notifications.

I stood up, and looking down, I saw my body, which was exactly as I designed it.

I flexed my muscles and felt the coiled strength ready to spring into action.

I am at my peak and in my best physical state! Hahaha, this is a real gift.''

I laughed.

''Hm? What's this?

While I was happy with my new body, I suddenly had the feeling of a fifth member, and it wasn't my little brother.

I looked at what 'it' was and choked.

Waving casually in the air was an elegant black fur wolf tail with a metallic sheen. I held out my hand to it and shuddered at its sensitivity.

''It's like mine is touching the fluffiest carpet in the world, while the carpet feels like an extra sensitive arm or leg. Weird, but surprisingly comfortable.''

Well, I told the system to surprise me.

''Wait...''

Raising my hand, I felt my head, and where I used to have ears, it was just covered with hair. I kept going up and shuddered a little when my hands touched the fluffy ears.

'And I have werewolf ears. I have both, huh?'

It took me a minute to play with my two new features. My tail was able to move easily with my thoughts, and I could even make my ears twitch a little.

Putting my new discoveries aside for now, I returned to my system.

''Status, Skills, Inventory.''

I opened these three functions at once.

Johan, Tower Anomaly.

Class - Assassin - Lv. 0/100

Race - Half Human, Half Werewolf.

Level: 1

Hp - 100

Mp - 100

Strength - 20

Vitality - 10

Dexterity - 20

Intelligence - 10

Wisdom - 10

Charm - 10

Luck - 1 (+??)

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Abilities:

[Gluttony ( SSS )] [Stealth Steps ( E+ )] [Shadow Vision ( E+ )] [Knife Throw ( E+)]

The Skill I asked Paimon for was there. My 'Cheat'.

Gluttony, I can devour in the most literal sense of the word and get points in random stats and some rarer cases even get skills. it's a 1% thing, but worth it.

So that was a minor concern.

On the other hand, DEX got 10 more points, the same as STR, 10 more points.

On the other hand, what was that ''Tower Anomaly''?

So, I mentally clicked.

[ Title:

Anomaly Tower.

The Tower of Trials has existed for eons, even before the Dawn of the Gods came to it.

Effect: Your [Luck] will be increased exponentially inside the Tower.

Effect: ?

*Careful!* - This title has no effects outside the tower.

I didn't have much to think about, I guess?

Having a lot of [Luck] was a good thing, even in the smallest things, after all, I could save myself from falling into a cave with a sealed Dragon God, and with a lot of luck I could fall next to a God Slaying Sword.

Luck was a kind of broken Attribute, it was there, but you didn't know when it would come in handy.

Finally, I had a mythic grade pack inside my inventory.

'Open.'

[ Custom Mythic Rank Pack for Johan ]

[ You opened the Mythic Rank Pack. ]

[ You Acquired,

[Twilight Cloak] [ Shadow Leap ( E+ )] [Leper King Ring] [Mythic Recovery Potion]