[Welcome to the Tutorial of the Tower of Myth!]
Michel, who appeared on top of a floating island looked around him in amazement.
There was a transparent floor on which he stood and below him was an island that was covered by a thick green forest and he could see many people like him appearing above the island one after another.
All around the island for as long as he could see was filled with water.
A notification greeted him not long after he looked through a number of people that appeared above the green island.
[Before the start of the trail, please pay respect to the man who once carried the Tower on his back]
The attention of all people was drawn towards the projection of a certain man that appeared in the sky even higher than where they were standing.
He was holding a bow in his right hand and a quiver full of arrows was on his back while a certain arrow was shining in his other hand. his left eye appeared to be cracked by the red lightning that seemed to have struck his eye and his right eye was dead white.
his whole body was covered in blood, thick darkness covered him like a cloak, and behind him stood countless undead monsters.
Shiver!
The hairs on everyone's body stood seeing his appearance. Fear was the only feeling that they got seeing that man, and an irresistible force made them bow before him.
They knew who he was, they had heard about him, the greatest hero who protected the whole tower alone...
The crazy Necromancer!!
Their further thoughts were halted by the projection that cleared like it was a lie and the notification from the system resumed.
[The Tower is not a place for the weak nor is it for the cowards]
[Prove yourself as worthy to enter the Tower by clearing the trail that the respective Envoy gives]
[May the odds be in your favor]
That was the end of the system messages.
Michel who read through the messages looked around him with interest, there were many other people like him, who entered the tower with dreams and hopes, not knowing that most of their dreams were bound to be crushed by the harsh Tower!
It was not long after that his attention was drawn towards a certain bear that appeared in the air. Rather than calling it a bear, it would be more right to call it a doll in a suit.
It had a big round head with two black horns protruding from its head and had worm a suit with a long coat.
And as soon as it appeared it started laughing manically which didn't suit its cute appearance a single bit.
"Hahaha...Listen mortals who desire to climb the Tower"
Even the ones who haven't noticed him turned towards the cute thing wondering, where did this cute creature appear from.
"I am Veth, an Envoy of the Tower that is sent to manage your tutorial"
Rather than its words, the image of a cute creature puffing its chest filled everyone's mind, they gasped in surprise as this cute one was going to be an examiner of the sort for their tutorial.
"I will be saying this only once so listen closely"
He totally failed to maintain the dignity of an envoy, as his cute appearance ruined the image that he was trying to create with his words.
"The tutorial you have is simple"
The cute creature lifted his small hands pointing downwards at the island.
"Just Survive!"
Everyone blinked looking at the cute bear.
From the information that they had beforehand, every exam differed depending on the Envoy. If one was lucky, it can be as easy as just killing a globin or as difficult as fighting against a group of ogres if they are unlucky.
Their test of being able to survive in the wild for a week would be considered easy, that is if there are no further restrictions.
The bear continued his explanation seeing the surprised expression on the people with satisfaction.
"Whoever is alive at the end of seven days will be able to enter the Tower. Easy right?"
Everyone wondered at his words, even though they never had been to the Tower, from what they had heard from others, Tower was a cruel place where death can greet them at any minute, and there would be no way that they would enter such Tower without a single fight.
If it was just survival for seven days that would be too easy for them since everyone among them had their own share of preparation before taking the tutorial.
A brave man among the participants raised his hand as he asked the bear a question.
"Are there any restrictions on what we can do?"
The creature looked in his direction as it smiled, "Quite a sharp one we have here!"
"It would be too boring to just stay on the island for seven days without anything to do, right? so to make it more fun, you will all be participating in a game"
Michel's ears perked up hearing something about fun and game!
The bear took out a pouch made of transparent cloth, and inside it was numerous golden beads.
"There are exactly a hundred golden beads inside this bag"
The cute creature took out the beads in his hand and threw them down, by the look of it each bead reached various positions on the island.
"The game is that you have to collect them by searching throughout the Island!"
Everyone widened their eyes, the golden beads that the envoy threw were just as big as a marble. finding them on this huge Island covered with thick forest??!!
"Of course, searching isn't the only way..."
Veth smiled cunningly as he looked around himself at the people on the island.
He was indirectly telling them that it was okay to kill others and steal from them.
"And one who manages to get most of the beads will get a special reward, a 'special reward!'"
It pressed on that word as a look of greed appeared on the people who were present there.
"Of course, it isn't related to clearing the tutorial in any way"
It smiled at last seeing the people who now had a look of greed in their eyes.
"Ok, that's all for the explanation, It's annoying to stand here, just go and be done with it"
He said as the invisible floor below each of them disappeared and everyone was pulled down to the ground. Good thing that they were landed safely or most of them would have been dead caught by surprise!
Ding!
[The quest 'Survive' has been created]
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You who have taken the Test to enter the Tower of Myth must survive on the 'Island of No men' for seven days to prove your qualification to enter the Tower.
Quest completion reward: Entry to Tower of Myth
Quest Failure: I will be unable to take the test of Tower of Myth for a year.
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Ding!
[Access to Status window has been granted]
[The Tower Welcomes the Tutorial participants]
[A suitable title will be given based on the life experience of the Person]
Michel read through the new notification wondering what kind of a title he would get.
Ding!
[...!]
[Title found]
[Congratulations, you have been given the title 'One who doesn't know himself']
Michel who read the message was stupefied at the unknown title.
"What does it mean by 'One who doesn't know himself', I know who I am!"
He wanted to check what it mean so he opened his status as his grandfather has taught him to. That Oldman sure taught him some useful things.
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Name: Michel
Level: 0
Class: None
Subclass: None
Title: One who doesn't know himself
Strength - 20 (measuring physical power and carrying capacity)
Constitution - 20 (measuring endurance, stamina, and good health)
Dexterity - 20 (measuring agility, balance, coordination, and reflexes)
Intelligence - 20 (measuring deductive reasoning, cognition, knowledge, memory, logic, and rationality)
Perception - 20 (measuring self-awareness, common sense, a person's surroundings, and the ability to see vague details)
Skills:
None
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His stats were all at the max point that a normal person can reach without the aid of Tower and system. All thanks to his gramps and his father who trained him like hell.
He clicked on the title to see the further description of his title.
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The Tower pities you who don't even know who you are. when the time comes you shall know everything about yourself that the world has hidden from you.
effect: Every time you discover a truth about yourself, a hidden reward will be given.
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The description of the title didn't help a bit as it just made him more confused, what does it mean by 'You shall know what world has hidden from you?'. What is that he didn't know?
The more he thought about it the more confused he got. so he just brushed it aside for now as there were more pressing matters in front of him.
Currently, in the middle of this thick jungle, he had to survive for seven days amongst the beasts that could pounce at him at any time.
More than the beasts, he had to survive among the more dangerous people around him.
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(Reference image of Veth, the Envoy in the comments)