[Tower of Trials]

BOOOOOOOOMMM!

⋘ You have cleared Floor 50! ⋙

⋘ Congratulations! You are the first player to have cleared the [Tower of Trials] ! ⋙

"Uh... I... I did it?" A man sat down on the ground, breathing heavily as his widened eyes turned back to normal.

"I can't believe... I really completed this game..."

[Tower of Trials.]

A virtual game with absurd difficulty, so difficult that only about 0.1% of the players reached the 20th floor.

And going on, only a player passed through the rest of the floors... and that player's name is "Unknown".

Of course, that's his game alias, but in the real world, he's called Luk.

He spent exactly 11 years to simply clear this game, from when he was 10 years old to this moment.

But, of course, he cleared it 100%, getting all the achievements, skills, and unique abilities.

Normally, it's impossible for one player to have more than one unique ability, but as Luk played the game, he reseted his character multiple times...

And finally, he found the key to getting more than one unique ability.

"Hah... I really got all the hidden achievements, but I couldn't believe that getting all the unique abilities would be one of those..."

"I thought that just getting more than one was already a hidden achievement... but when the achievement progress appeared, I almost went crazy..."

"Thankfully, at that time, there were still millions of players playing this fucking cursed game." He sighed.

⋘ Thank you for playing our game until now. ⋙

⋘ A reboot is planned to happen in 9 hours, so please continue enjoying the game until the update. ⋙

"Uh? An update...? Does that mean... more achievements to get!?" Luk immediately got excited.

After playing the [Tower of Trials], any other VR game became extremely easy for him, so only the [Tower of Trials] can actually get him excited.

"Heh... I'll be back after sleep then..."

"Log off." Luk whispered.

Taking the VR set out of his eyes, Luk jumped into his bed, stretching his body as he thought about the [Tower of Trials.]...

"Wait a second... If there's a new update, doesn't that mean that I'll have a chance to reset my character again?" He murmured.

To rest his character, one must fulfill some "conditions," and Luk already reseted his character 11 times.

Each floor he passed, he found out that his character had a major flaw, so he reseted and reseted until it became "perfect".

"Ahh... I have time tomorrow... Imma sleep now..."

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"Hauughhh..." Luk yawned.

He stretched his arms before going to take a quick bath. Then, he booted up his computer, and a strange livestream caught his attention.

The [Tower of Trials] became reality!

There was currently 1.7 million people watching. Curious, Luk opened the live and was shocked.

"Wow, can you guys see this? There really is a huge tower right here! It seems to be related to the game [Tower of Trials] that was launched 11 years ago."

Once Luk saw this exact scene along with the red sky, his eyes widened, and he couldn't help but stand up from his chair.

"Isn't this the opening of when the game was launched?" He exclaimed.

⋘ The reboot has been complete. ⋙ 

⋘ Everyone, please clear the 1st floor of the tower within 90 days. ⋙ 

⋘ If you fail, humanity will perish! ⋙ 

A panel appeared before Luk.

"W-what...!?" Luk exclaimed in complete shock.

He didn't know how to react to this. 

"Fuck..." Without thinking twice, Luk opened the window of his house and directly jumped out.

He grabbed a steel pole that he had put there to descend from the window and directly arrived outside of his house.

"If it's really the beginning... I can probably get that "item"." He uttered.

Immediately, he started running towards the forest, which was one kilometer or so away from his house.

After a few minutes, he reached it and noticed a lot of people in the forest; a few of them even had kitchen knives on themselves.

"Tsk." He clicked his tongue in annoyance.

⋘ You have entered an event zone. ⋙ 

As Luk looked around, he noticed that everyone was looking at a small fountain, and that couldn't help but make him smile.

'Thank god, they aren't a no-life gamer like me...'

Slowly but surely, Luk started taking a few steps back, making sure that no one noticed him doing that.

⋘ The Guardian of the Forest has appeared! ⋙ 

At that single moment, a giant tree appeared containing exactly five fruits, and seeing this, the people around showed eyes of greed.

After all, each fruit would give +5 points in a random status, but that wasn't what Luk was looking for.

The moment the boss appeared, he threw himself against a wall and directly passed through it.

"Ah... it's still the same." Luk sighed as he looked at the family room.

This was an "Easter Egg" and obviously, even the [Tower of Trials] will have Easter Eggs.

Not to mention, finding every Easter Egg is also a hidden achievement.

⋘ You have entered the endless room. ⋙ 

⋘ All your skills have been sealed. ⋙ 

Looking at the dark room in front of him, Luk simply smiled. He looked around and found a small stick.

He picked it up and then simply threw it onto the ground with strength.

PAA!

The stick broke, and with that, Luk looked at the remains and found two little rocks.

With that, he started hitting them on each, and finally, after a while,, he created fire, lighting up the "endless room".

UUSHHH!

Suddenly, a huge golden light filled the room, and a panel instantly appeared in front of Luk.

⋘ Congratulations on getting the hidden achievement—"The Endless Room"! ⋙

⋘ You have received the item—"Endless Dagger"! ⋙

⋘ You are the first player to get a hidden achievement and will be granted a special artifact— "Mana Heart"! ⋙

"Ahh~, it's really the same."

With a faint smile, Luk stored the "Mana Heart" in his inventory and grabbed the dagger in his hand.

He got out of the secret room and looked at the scene right in front of him.

There were no fruits, and no one could also be seen.

The [Guardian of the Forest] remained there, but now it was much different, it had a lot of roots swinging around.

"Now... to kill this bastard." Luk murmured.

There was still one more thing Luk wanted. And it was this monster's seed that granted attribute points that could be allocated.

Since this monster had five fruits, it meant that it would allocate 25 attribute points since each fruit is equivalent to 5 attribute points.

Cracking his head, Luk smiled as he dashed towards the monster.

"!!!"

Immediately, the roots that had been swung around were directly sent towards Luk, however, he remained calm and sliced the root with his dagger.

"Mhm... That won't work; this dagger is strong enough to slice easily through the floor 10 boss!" He commented as he continued going towards the monster.

He dodged the vines, making them each other, and cut some, making his way towards it.

And when he realized that he had a chance, he clenched his teeth and directly jumped towards the tree.

He raised his dagger high and directly sliced the monster's heart.

⋘ You are the first player to defeat the [Guardian of the Forest] !⋙ 

⋘ Your feat will be recorded on the [Hall of Fame] for the entirety of tomorrow. ⋙ 

⋘ Please record your name. ⋙ 

Looking at the panel in front of him, Luk only uttered a single word.

"Unknown."

⋘ Name: Unknown ⋙ 

⋘ Your information will be covered. [Yes/No] ⋙ 

Selecting [No], Luk switched his gaze to the monster he defeated and ignored the familiar panel that appeared in front of him.

"I don't care if they come to me... after all, that will just benefit me." Luk grinned as he stretched his hand and got a small green orb from the monster.

⋘ You have got the item—"Guardian's Seed"! ⋙ 

Putting the seed into his mouth, he swallowed it and felt a faint warm feeling spread out to his entire body.

"Status."

[⋘ Status

Name: Unknown (Luk)

Class: None

Level: 1

Strength 7; Agility 13; Vitality 8; Magic 1

Stat Points Possessed: 25

Unique Ability: None

Skills: None

End. ⋙]

"Oh~, that should be enough." Luk grinned.

After all, now that he's in the [Hall of Fame], his life will definitely be quite chaotic.