World Online

Jake smiled as he looked at the notification that had just arrived.

The slimy feeling was gone in an instant. It just enveloped him for a few seconds before releasing him.

"Congratulations. You are no longer a mere mortal. You are now a true warrior, one of the second tier." The priest smiled.

"Thank you for your help. But now, I have a few things that I must address." Jake smiled as he got off the pedestal.

The first thing that he checked, of course, were his stats.

Character: Shadow King

Title: None

Job: Knight Of Sin [Class: Legendary]

Level: 36

Tier - 2

HP: 5000/5000

Physical Attack Power: 23

Defense: 28(+30)

Attack Speed: 9

Movement Speed: 10

Strength 76(+30)

Agility 131(+20)

Endurance 10

Intelligence 8

Vitality 12(+20)

Free Attribute Points: 10

Skill Points: 23

Skills:

Chop - Active skill. Requirement: Sword

Whirlwind Slash - Active Skill. Requirement: Sword

Despairing Strike(Class Exclusive) - Active Skill. Requirement: Sword

Equipment -

Sword of Misery [Level 2] [Legendary] No Level Requirement

+20 Strength +20 Agility +20Vitality

Special Skill 1: Slash of Hunger - Cool down: 3 minutes

Special Skill 2: Slash of Thirst - Cool down: 7 minutes

Special Skill 3: Locked

Armor of Despair [Level 1] [Legendary] No Level Requirement

+30 Defense +20 Strength

Special Skill 1: Reflect - Cool Down: 5 minutes

Special Skill 2: Locked

Special Skill 3: Locked

Boots of Gondor [Level 1] [Epic] No Level Requirement

+10 Agility

Special Skill 1: Locked

Priest's Necklace [Level 1] [Epic] No Level Requirement

+20 Luck

Special Effect: Increases the quality of loot dropped by a monster

"Those stats…." Jake shook his head with disbelief. This was the first time he saw someone in level thirty seven with stats like this.

Even Epic Classes wouldn't have anywhere close to these increases for the stats.

"No wonder the quest for this tier ascension was so difficult. To think that the increase in stats would be so freaking high." Jake muttered.

He was over the moon right now. To think that he would grow so much stronger in so little time.

[ERROR]

All of a sudden, a red, blaring notification in all caps hit his face.

"What happened? Don't tell me, all of this was an error." Jake was taken aback. He never remembered a notification like this in ten years of the game.

[Player has already received all the rewards for Tier Ascension. No more rewards will be given. To unlock the Armor of Despair, Host must enter Tier Three.]

Jake saw this and sighed with relief.

"It must mean the unlocking of the sword of misery. I was so afraid something went wrong with the stats." Jake said, shaking his head.

He then looked at the priest. The priest had already moved on to another adventurer who had come here to get the Tier Ascension.

But surprisingly, Jake couldn't see the level o this person. This was someone who was above level eighty!

"This place really is special. I don't see a single level here. Everyone here is stronger than the thirty tier." Jake murmured.

Taking a deep breath, he headed to door that led back outside.

The moment he passed the threshold, he could see the tavern once again.

As he turned back, looking at the black door, he frowned.

"That is interesting. Why is the door black? I thought that the gods of righteousness despised the darkness. And the church that I just went through, it looked normal, didn't it?" Jake wondered as he asked himself.

"Oh well, I am thinking too much. Well then, a month into the game and I am already in the second tier. This is time for me to party." Jake smiled as he stretched his hands.

His sword was in his inventory, and his armor draped over him.

Even his boots were in his inventory, as he removed them. At the moment, he was barefoot. With everything accounted for, he was ready. Ready to return to the world once more.

Putting his boots back on, as it would be quite shameful to return to his guild without any boots, he started walking toward the Main Street.

"Now, I need to understand what the hell happened. According to Ganshin, a whole seven days had passed.

And a majority of these seven days had passed when he was within the game, and obviously not while he was sleeping.

But all that he remembered doing that time was open and close his eyes momentarily, and maybe just forcefully trying to move around.

All that couldn't have possibly been six days in the real world, could it? Maybe it was all just an elaborate hoax.

He looked up to look at the time.

It was late in the morning, but that wasn't what he was too concerned about.

He raised his hand and tapped on the clock, to look at the date.

"No, You have got to be kidding me. No wonder Myriad Arrows was so furious at me." Jake muttered as he opened the chat windows.

He had muted the window once more, as he wanted to focus on the tier ascension. So Myriad Arrows was muted once again.

And so, messages piled up in that window once more.

[What are you talking about?]

[Where are you?]

[What are you doing right now?]

[Where are you?]

Messages of the same type were repeated again and again.

Myriad Arrows was clearly worried.

"I should hurry back to the guild headquarters. If I don't, then that Myriad Arrows might just quit with anger." Jake joked as he started running.

As he started to rush toward the end of the city, he messaged the vice guild master.

[I am on my way back.]

The moment he sent his message, he heard a ping.

[You finally return the texts? You better have a really good reason for ghosting me again.]

[Don't worry. I do.] Jake smiled.

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