I slowly open my eyes and calmly observe the situation around me. I take a few seconds before noticing that I'm lying on the same sofa where I suffered this hellish torture. I shudder violently at the thought of this intense pain. Noticing the position of the sun through the window, I guess I passed out for a few hours.
No kidding I never want to feel this pain again. I squeeze my hand and feel like I can crush anything in my hands. I feel like an endless flow of power can burst from my hand at any time. This feeling is truly incredible.
Thinking back to this pain, it doesn't seem so unbearable to me anymore, I could almost ask for more if I gain even more strength!
"System, display my status page adding the power percentage. "
Ding
Viewing host status:
Name: William
Rank: (E-)
Title: Pioneer (50% bonus exp in each parallel world.)
Limit Breaker (10% bonus on all stats.)
Race: Player
Class: Warrior (Uncommon)
Level: 11 -> 12 (6,040 / 30,000)
HP 385/385 -> 520/520
MP 105/105 -> 111/111
Skills:
Infinite Endurance (D) (Lets never feel tired in a fight)
Mastery of the Sword (D) (Allows you to wield the sword like a normal person who has trained for 100 years.)
Mastery of Sword and Shield (F) (Allows to master the combination of sword and shield like a normal person who has trained for 1 year)
Spear Mastery (F) (Used to master the spear like a normal person who has trained for 1 year)
System skills:
Soul King (?) (Submits the soul of the defeated opponent to the Soul King)
Shadow Storage (?) (Allows you to store controlled shadows at no cost)
The Wrath of a King (?) (Multiply all stats by two until the wrath ends)
Immortal Army (E) (Allows you to immediately resurrect an F-rank skeleton for 1 / 10mp or an E-rank skeleton for 10mp)
Talents:
Uncommon body (+ 20% strength)
Strength: 70 -> 80 (Bonus: +24)
Agility: 65 -> 75 (Bonus: +7.5)
Stamina: 58 -> 68 (Bonus: +6.8)
Intelligence: 48 -> 53 (Bonus: +5.3)
Wisdom: 48 -> 53 (Bonus: +5.3)
Soul Might: 70 -> 75 (45/82) (Bonus: +7.5)
Spirits possessed:
Active
20 Skeletons (Warrior) (Rank F)
20 Skeletons (Lancer) (Rank F)
1 Skeleton (Warrior) (Rank E-)
3 Skeletons (Disciples swordsmen) (Rank E-)
1 Skeleton (Master swordsman) (Rank E-)
As I lay quietly on the couch with a blanket over me, I quietly scan my transparent blue status page floating in front of me.
I notice a frightening increase in my HP, although in reality HP doesn't mean much as I can still be killed in one hit by a sword but I know as long as I am not hit with a death point like the heart or the head I can probably hold out for a very long time with a monstrous amount of injuries before I pass out from blood loss.
In addition to Rank (D) defense and regeneration capacity increase enormously, coupled with my HP I would be a real human tank.
Moreover, the increase in strength allows me to compete with a rank (E +) head on without using my sword.
However I would be at a disadvantage as I rely only on my strength to compete with him.
But I know that if I draw my sword then it will mean the end of my opponent's life unless he has a rank (D) skill but it is almost impossible to find an opponent with higher rank skills than its own rank.
Besides, it seems to me that I heard a notification before I fainted. I check the system and a new notification appears in front of me:
[Hell's update is complete]
That's why I thought something was wrong, I no longer feel the presence of Arthur and the others in the palace at all! Although he could have gone sightseeing in town, I think these old people are already discovering the joy of farming.
"System I want to go to hell!" »I hastily ordered the system
Ding
[Order received]
[Beginning of space-time teleportation]
Suddenly a huge white circle appeared beneath me and then my body began to disperse into thousands of white particles.
Seconds later, I find myself in this vast red desert surrounded by several thousand skeletons, warriors, swordsmen, spearmen, all staring at me with empty eyes. In the midst of them I notice several aura more powerful than the others.
No kidding, like that I am surrounded by an army of rank (F) commanded by several rank (E-) and there is even a rank (E).
Of course, now I have no problem with this kind of army. I don't even need to make a move, I just summon my own army and after a huge battle breaks out.
I could hear huge explosions every now and then, probably my new skeleton playing with ranks (F) while my rank swordsmen (E-) engaged with other ranks (E-).
I sat quietly in the middle of all this mess then I consulted the new notifications that appeared when I arrived
[Enter Hell Level 2]
[Time between the two worlds 2: 1]
[Size of the available hell multiplied by 100]
[Number of F rank skeletons in Hell multiplied by 10,000]
[A rank (E-) has a one in 1000 chance of appearing instead of an F rank]
[A rank (E) has a one in 10,000 chance of appearing instead of an F rank]
[A rank (E +) has a one in 100,000 chance of appearing instead of an F rank]
2: 1 ratio? Does that mean that 2 hours spent in hell is only one hour in reality? Great ! I will get stronger faster and the problem of experience increasing with each level will be solved to some extent especially in the future where each level will take several years.
But so that the system even possesses the power to wield the laws of time I wonder how and why I received it?
As soon as this thought popped into my mind a new system notification rang.
Ding
[Detected that the host has unlocked the 2nd level of hell]
[The challenges are unlocked.]
Challenges?
[Does the host want to attempt the first challenge?]
"Yes I want to try the first challenge. I nodded immediately. No need to think about it, the battle around me has just ended and my army now has 1 rank (E) 8 ranks (E-) and 73 rank skeletons (F).
My experience has also increased by about a few thousand so another ten battles like this and I can level up already.
If I lose the challenge it shouldn't be a problem either because I should be able to try it again when I get stronger.
[Alert, Alert, Alert…]
[All Soul King subordinates are called upon to complete Hell's First Challenge.]
I heard the alarm myself and within seconds 4 white circles appeared around me as my loyal generals appeared one after another with a slightly confused face.
But they don't have time to recover from the confusion as a giant white circle enveloped us all.
Seconds later we appeared within the same vast red desert as before however this time it was not just a small army of a few thousand skeletons that appeared in front of me.
I couldn't even count their number. I can only say the army in front of me filled the entire horizon. Even the number of ranks (E-) was counted in several hundred.
-End from William's internal point of view-
"I think there is a system misunderstanding, I asked to pass the 1st challenge not the 100th challenge" William asked.
[Answer to host's question, you are currently on Hell's 1st challenge.] The system answered mechanically
Not only did William hear this answer, all the generals heard it too.
"System, can we try again next time?" Charles asked as he started to sweat a little.
[Response to General Charles, you must either eradicate all hostile skeletons or die so you can try again next time]
Ding
[Recall]
[10 seconds remaining before the fight begins]
When the last notification popped up, William suddenly started laughing like crazy while positioning himself in the front.
"Generals, now is the time to try out your new powers and prove yourself in battle. Look at this battleground as a huge field of experience! William exclaimed while having a Machiavellian smile.
Ding
[Reminder to the host and his generals.]
[Experience is disabled during challenges.]
William's laughter ceased instantly as Arthur and the others' faces darkened.
Ding
[Time elapsed]
[Hell's 1st challenge starts now]
" Shit. William blurted out when he saw the huge army loaded towards him and his generals.