Chapter 26 - D—Day

"I Copied a monster..."

[Affirmative]

[With Phanes Authority upgrading your in-born unique skill was possible]

[You are special but there is more to you than I know...]

"Ohoh... show me what I copied."

[Copied Monster cannot be manifested until after naming]

"Fine... Cocky."

[Name Cocky has been registered]

[Upgrading Monster]

[...]

[Monster Upgraded]

[Manifesting Monster]

~Grizzzzth~

A glitching sound vibrated the air in front of him and from nothing a green Orc formed, but the color was distinct from the original that was laying dead. The Orc had a very deep green color, and large canine teeth that protruded out of its mouth which the original did not have, the air was braided as the original, the big difference was the body. Although it had the same body size as the original but its body was fully ripped, with no fat, and all muscles, as an orc should be.

[Data Info]

Name: Cocky

Class: nil

Level: 1

Specie: High Orc

Attack Power: 1,700

Defense Power: 2,350

Skills: nil

[You can grant data a class and skill after unlocking a certain status skill]

[You have cleared the second floor of the tower]

[LEVEL UP]

[LEVEL UP]

[Devouring Tower Floor]

~whoooom~

Everything turned to darkness in a split second, surprising Ayo who looked around.

"Phanes? What is going on?" He asked. But there was no response for a few seconds, then...

[Tower Floor 2 has been devoured]

[Congratulations]

[You have earned the moniker 'FLOOR MASTER']

[You have become the floor master of the second floor]

[You can assign copied data to the floor]

[Do you want to reanimate the second floor]

"Yes!" Ayo replied, excited.

[Cannot reanimate Floor]

[Floor Master authority not enough]

[Floor Master Authority is used to command floor inhabitants]

[In case all floor inhabitants have been killed...]

[A large amount of Floor Master Authority is used to reanimate floor inhabitants]

[The alternative is...]

[You can subdue other Floor Masters and inhabitants' boss monsters]

[Floors from 1-10 do not have Floor Masters]

[Your alternative is killing Inhabitants' boss monsters to show your might]

[You can make use of copied data: Cocky]

[Do you want to leave the Tower and continue later?]

"Yes..." Ayo responded.

[Transporting user out of the tower]

Ayo appeared in his suite, with his tracksuit stained with monster blood, and walked straight to the bathroom staring down at the system notification.

[3:04:34:58 to the first gatebreak]

'I could go on TV and try to warn them but I doubt they'll pay attention to me. Besides, they will receive an awakening too, let me just focus on protecting my own ass.' Ayo thought to himself as he entered the bathroom. His body had changed from before, his abs were tightly fitted and ripped, and his shoulders had become broad to accommodate his biceps and arm.

It was an effect of pouring a lot of stat points into his strength stat.

~ring~

~ring~

His phone rang just when he entered the bathroom.

He came back out to pick up the call.

"Aunty?"

- The principal said you skipped school... again?

'Ahh, I was in the tower for over ten days, which is ten hours here, did I miss school hours again?' He wondered as he looked at the clock, "ahh.. 10:34 am."

- Yes, 10:34 am... and you are still not in school."

"Something came up..." He stated respectfully.

- That was what you said last week too, I am not in the country right now, do you want me to come because of you?"

"No, there's no need... I will fix it."

She sighed and said to him,

- I hear guys go through some puberty stage around your age, please don't be rebellious, not with your education.

"Thank you very much," Ayo responded and dropped the call. "I wonder if this education stuff will still matter after the gate break." He mumbled as he walked into the bathroom.

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Ayo strolled into class early in the morning with no bag or anything and walked to the class, the entire class was noisy and was immediately silent for a moment. Then they resumed their chattering.

Two individuals walked to his seat and one sat on his table.

"Hey Eniola, a lot has happened to you huh? You've been so away from school, you have even gotten bigger and taller... did you do height surgery or something?" The guy sitting at his table who was skin was bronzed and had a buzz-cut hairstyle and large eyes asked him.

Ayo who was about to sleep despite knowing he was going to go to the tower felt irritated by the boy's action.

"I must admit something has changed in you... a lot, in fact, you even seem to have grown more handsome." The guy standing said, his brown skin was bright and his hair was tinted, even though it was a very low cut, he had a nasty look on his face.

Ayo folded his arms, '...the third floor is harder than I thought, I keep failing the quest and losing all my levels, which is frustrating enough. Today then happens to be D-day... I'm anxious enough already, thinking of how exactly it is going to be like... then this...' Ayo closed his eyes and looked outside the window that he was sitting beside.

"The air has a strange feeling." He said, ignoring the two guys around him.

"Huh? what did you say?" the one seated at his table asked, looking outside the window.

"Ayo, forget all that, we have been very hungry because you decided to not come to school, you are owing us close to five thousand." The one standing said, touching Ayo's shoulder, he went blank the moment he felt the hardness and stiffness, '...he is not just fat... did this guy use a steroid or something, how is he so thick-muscled?' His mind questioned as he stylishly and slowly removed his hand.

[Mana detected]

[Warning]

[A large amount of mana is circulating the atmosphere]

[Worldwide range detected]

[Detecting possible locations for gate Manifestation]

[A large amount of mana is gathering 10m ahead of you]