CHAPTER 9: PREPARATION

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COMMUNITY CHAT

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– ICE QUEEN: ACCORDING TO WHAT 'WEEB 101' SAID, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE FIGHTING THESE MONSTERS THE MORE FLOORS WE CLEAR. BUT NOW WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TYPE OF MONSTER WE WOULD HAVE TO FIGHT NEXT.

– MR. PARK: THERE MUST BE A REASON SOME PEOPLE GOT WEAKER MONSTERS THAN OTHERS. NOW WE CAN ONLY TRY TO FIND OUT WHAT CRITERIA ARE USED TO PICK OUR OPPONENT.

– MOTHEROFDRAGON: BUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO KNOW THAT?

– WEEB 101: GUYS AFTER CHECKING THROUGH THE STATUS WINDOW I NOTICED SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM MY KNOWLEDGE. IN THE STATUS WINDOW BESIDE THE [LV] STAT THERE IS [DESTINY] STAT.

– ICE QUEEN: WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING?

– WEEB 101: WELL… IF YOU WAIT FOR ME TO REACH MY POINT YOU WILL UNDERSTAND. AHEM. FROM MY EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE I WOULD SAY THESE [DESTINY] STATS IS THE CRITERIA USED TO DETERMINE THE TYPE OF OPPONENTS WE GOT IN THE TOWER TRIALS.

– BUTTERFINGER: EMM… IN FRONT OF THE DESTINY THING IT SAYS 'F'. WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

– APPLEBEES: MINE ALSO HAS AN 'F'.

"Haha, 'BUTTERFINGER' AND 'APPLEBEES' are not the brightest, huh? Revealing their stat rank, to everyone. Now, what will the 'COMMUNITY' reaction be?"

Jeong thought in his mind and smiled as he anticipated what reaction, the community would have. After all, two people just exposed their stats.

Not long after 'BUTTERFINGER' AND 'APPLEBEES' exposed their stats, many others followed suit, revealing not only their [Destiny stats] but their level cap too.

But Jeong noticed something while reading the revealed stats. He noticed that the highest Destiny stat shown was D, which meant that either D- rank was the highest [Destiny rank] or those above D- rank were smart enough not to reveal their rank.

"Well, I guess those with high destiny rank are smart enough not to fall for 'WEEB 101' trick. Though he/she acted like a nice nerd looking to help others, his main purpose was to gauge the opponent. What a smart move.

Well, since I have gotten enough information from the community, I should check out the other commands… FLOOR."

Jeong said the command in his mind.

[CLOSING COMMUNITY CHAT…]

[DING]

[TIME UNTIL FIRST FLOOR CHALLENGE]

[- 15 HOURS 21 MINUTES 13 SECONDS]

"It seems this page shows the time remaining before challenging the next floor. And I can also use it to keep track of time."

Jeong thought in his mind.

"Now for the last command 'STORE" ..."

The store board opened, and a variety of options appeared.

[STORE]

[AVAILABLE COINS]: 1100

– WEAPONS

– FOOD

– CLOTHES

– TOOLS

"Well, this is interesting."

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A FEW MINUTES LATER.

[YOU HAVE PURCHASED A BASIC OLD WOODEN BATH [F]. 20 COINS HAVE BEEN DEDUCTED.]

[YOU HAVE PURCHASED VIKING RAGE SHIELD [D-].

50 COINS HAVE BEEN DEDUCTED.

A SHIELD USED BY LEGENDARY HUMAN WARRIORS KNOWN AS THE VIKINGS. BATH WITH THE BLOOD OF THEIR ENEMIES.

EFFECT: WHEN EQUIPPED ALL SURROUNDING ENEMIES WOULD BE INFLICTED WITH FEAR[F+]]

[YOU HAVE PURCHASED SLIVER CLEAVER SWORD [E-]

A BROADSWORD MADE FROM PURE SILVER, THAT HAS ABSORBED MAGIC

300 COINS HAVE BEEN DEDUCTED.

ATTACK SPEED +10%

WEIGHT +10%

STRENGTH +15%.]

[YOU HAVE PURCHASED A BASIC MARTIAL ARTS MANUAL[E] X1.

250 COINS HAVE BEEN DEDUCTED.

CONTAINS THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF ALL MARTIAL ART COMBAT STYLES.]

[YOU HAVE PURCHASED COMBAT GEAR[E+]

100 COINS HAVE BEEN DEDUCTED.

DEFENSE – 5%

HP – 3%

MAGIC EFFECT–

AFTER RECEIVING FIVE CONSECUTIVE LETHAL ATTACKS ALL ACCUMULATED DAMAGE CAN BE REFLECTED TOWARD THE ENEMY. THERE IS A COOL DOWN OF 15 HOURS.]

[AVAIBLE COINS]: 380

"INVENTORY…"

Jeong placed all the items he bought in his inventory except for the Basic martial art manual.

"Now let's see what this manual is about."

Jeong opens the Manual, and a window popped out.

[WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN THE SKILL 'BASIC MARTIAL ART']

[YES] [NO]

"YES."

Jeong immediately clicked on 'yes' after glancing at the Manual window.

[BASIC MARTIAL ART SKILL LEARNT.]

[BASIC MARTIAL ART[E]– PASSIVE SKILL.

PROFICIENCY–0%.]

"Huh? That was fast. I thought I would feel different after learning the skill.

Well, since it's a passive skill, I should be able to use it instinctively.

Whew…"

Jeong exhaled as he walked toward the wall of the room, took an attacking stance, and a flood of basic hand-to-hand combat styles came to his mind. He placed one hand on the wall.

< FIRST PALM STRIKE>

*BOOM! *

"What the Hell, I only used one style of the basic hand-to-hand martial art with 10% of my strength. So how did I display this much destructive power?"

Jeong, with a shocked expression, stared at the massive hole he made in the wall with his strike.

He stares at his palm as he imagined what sort of damage he could do if he had used 100% of his strength.

[DING]

[DAMAGE HAS BEEN DETECTED, AUTO-REPAIR COMMENCING.]

"Huh? So, the damage in the waiting room is automatically repaired. That means I can continue testing my strength."

Jeong said with a smile, excited to see how strong he was.

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15 HOURS AND 10 MINUTES LATER.

[DING]

[THE FIRST FLOOR CHALLENGE IS STARTING SOON.]

[ REMAINING TIME – 30 SECONDS]

[CHALLAGE SUCCESS CONDITION – KILL THE CHIEF OF GOBLIN VILLAGE]

[CHALLAGE FAILURE CONDITION – DEATH.]

[CHALLENGE REWARD – DEPENDS ON YOUR PERFORMANCE.]

"Huff… Huff, I guess it's time for a real challenge."

Jeong said as he equips his gears.

[TEN SECONDS LEFT UNTIL THE CHALLENGE BEGINS.]

[9…8…7…6…5…4…3…2…1]

*VROOM*

A portal appeared immediately after the timer ended.

"Goblin chief, huh. I wonder how much EXP I'll get after killing him."

Jeong said with a smile as he walks into the portal.

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[WELCOME TO THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE TOWER OF DESTINY]

[LOCATION: SHADOW GROVE.]