「 Entering Tower of Trials floor 2. 」
「 Difficulty – Hell 」
Entering the second trial, I heard noises for the first time, it's like a crowd cheering on someone. Upon fully entering the trial, I understood what they were cheering for.
The moment I stepped through the portal, I looked around the place. After a while I noticed something about this place.
Firstly, the ground wasn't concrete, the ground was made out of sandstone. It wasn't something you'd see everyday, it's more of something in the Roman times.
After looking around a little bit more, I knew where we were at. It's a Roman colosseum where people would fight as gladiators.
"Fucking hell.. it's possible to also go back in time..?"
It's not something I expected to be honest, for all I know I don't even know if this is earth or not.
`Is it also possible to get regressed into the past?`
I had ask myself this question, not knowing wether this is all an illusion or if we actually went back in time.
I shouldn't pry into this too much. Nothing the tower does anyway is considered humanly possible.
Click!
「 The objective of the following trial is 'Win.' 」
「 We wish player Muhan Seongjang the best of luck in the trial. 」
"They wish me luck?"
Well it's nice getting reassurance from the tower, but something feels off. It said win, but I don't know what I have to win against yet.
Then the feeling I had came true.
「 The 2nd trial is starting now. 」
「 Remaining time – 2 hours 」
「 Trial success condition – Kill the
Cerberus before the timer runs out 」
「 Trial fail condition – Challenger's death 」
「 Trial success reward – Hanfu Robe(C), Random Skill Card(D+)」
My nerves were tingling, not knowing if I'm ready for this trial. But I had already made my choice before I even came to the tower.
If I wanted to change my fate then I would need to fight and survive, that's the law of this world. The strong live and the weak perish.
Even I'm unsure if I could take this beast on. There were no data on it even in the hunters association, but the only option I had was seeing that out for myself.
It's a little nerve wracking, fighting monsters you have no info or data of. But that's the point of the trial. The fight monsters you had no idea existed.
My heart started pounding.
The size of the Cerberus is around a small house, this wasn't something I could go against just yet.
But I knew the tower of trials wouldn't give a person an impossible trial.
It's so you can overcome your limits and grow stronger, I went into the tower of trials to grow stronger. And I had achieved just that.
The feeling of victory is something I want to feel over and over again. The feeling I got from the first trial.
It wasn't impossible for me to win, but it's unlikely. Then it started. They released the Cerberus.
I hadn't known what rank the Cerberus was, but it would be doable. Even though my stats were still F Class. I had an innate ability, and a weapon.
Plus the reward for the trial, sounded like way too good to just die here.
Duplicating myself, and throwing the clone my Blood Moon Sword. Duplicating two Blood Moon Sword for myself.
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Clone POV -
Getting duplicated so suddenly I wondered what was happening. Then I realize why I was duplicated, I had the exact emotions, thoughts, and memories of the original. But my own actions.
Being thrown the Blood Moon Sword, my body moved on its own.
"Tch.."
Running with the original to the Cerberus, we then part ways as I went to the left. And the original went to the right. It felt like we could telepathically connect.
Every action the original did, I knew instinctively how to respond and act upon it. It doesn't matter if I'm a clone or not. Every time I was duplicated, I knew the thoughts and memories of the clone before me.
Running up the Cerberus, we preceded to attack the Cerberus leg at the same time. Connecting our attacks, I slashed up the Cerberus leg while dragging the sword through its flesh all the way around its leg.
Sshhhh!
「 Remaining time – 1hr 10min 」
Something I had figured out is that, the Cerberus had really bad endurance. Their skin and flesh were easy to cut against and drag a sword through.
The original probably also had noticed this fact, as after I finished cutting through its flesh all around, blood would flow out of the body of the Cerberus legs.
Kush!
After this the Cerberus tried attacking back, but due to its size, the attack were fast but not hard to dodge. The Cerberus would lift up its leg trying to smash it down onto me but failed due to our size difference.
Sliding under the Cerberus feet, in that moment I took out my sword, and dragged it all the way through the feet of the Cerberus.
The sword started to absorbing the blood of the Cerberus. As it started glowing red and a message appeared.
「 Blood Moon Sword Effect Is Activating. 」
「 Strength increased by 1. 」
「 Stamina increased by 1. 」
"Phew… This is going smoothly."
Looking over to the original, as the other leg of the Cerberus was also full of cuts and blood.
Smiling we would make eye contact and look to the body of the Cerberus. Mostly the back of the Cerberus. Running over to each over, while I would instinctively, moved down putting both of my legs
up. Kicking the original up into the air and onto the back of the Cerberus.
「 Remaining time – 50 min 」
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Muhan Seongjang's POV -
After the blood moon sword effect activated, I felt a little bit more energetic than before. It wasn't a huge difference but it's enough for me to keep fighting.
After jumping on top of the clones foots, I would get kicked up into the air. Grabbing onto the Cerberus fur and climbing up the Cerberus.
Maintaining my balance, I would get an idea. Creating multiple blood moon swords. Thrusting it into the Cerberus flesh. I would take out a mana potion from my inventory, drinking it to constantly refill my mana and creating blood moon swords.
After every blood moon sword I created I thrusted it into the Cerberus. My idea would come into play, as I was almost drained out of mana. Creating the final two blood moon sword, into my hand. I had placed ten blood moon swords into its flesh.
Finally my idea came into play. The blood moon sword started to glow red. Absorbing the blood from the flesh of the Cerberus draining its blood. Since it has about ten of them in its flesh. It's like getting constantly attacked from the inside.
Then it happened, the effect started to temporarily empower me.
「 Blood Moon Swords Effect Is Activating. 」
「 Strength increased by 10. 」
「 Stamina increased by 10. 」
"It's time for me to end this."
The Cerberus then tried to shake me off, running to the middle head of the Cerberus. Punching it with all my might opening my status screen.
Boom!
「 Muhan Seongjang 」
「 Strength – 7 +10 」 「 Stamina – 7 +10 」
「 Agility – 5 」 「 Mana – 8 」
「 Innate ability – 'Duplication(F) 」
「 Skill – Clairvoyance(F+) 」
The Cerberus would then quiet down, as the other two heads tried to bite me. Jumping from the current head punching the other head of the Cerberus in the chin, knocking it out cold.
「 Remaining time – 30 min 」
`My legs feel heavy..`
My legs felt heavy, it's like a boulder on my back, I didn't know if I could kept of going. But I had to, there's no way I could give up now, when I'm so close to beating this trial.
Placing the sword below my foot as I fell down in the air from punching the chin of the right head of the Cerberus. Jumping from the sword I would, grab onto the middle head, that's whimpering hanging on from it's skin. Using it like a swing, I would launch myself to the left head of the Cerberus.
Woosh!
I'm tired. I wanted to stop fighting. But I couldn't just yet, I'm almost there just a little more, I said to myself. I felt like stopping here and giving up, I didn't want to. I had to keep fighting. If I stopped here then the chance the tower gave me would be wasted. I couldn't let that happen.
「 Remaining time – 20 min 」
Then it turned its head trying to bite me, I would twist my body around facing the middle head. Kicking and launching myself off its head, and punching the right head under its jaw. After this, I would grab the blood moon sword I have in my right hand. And stabbed it into the Cerberus before using it to hold onto the Cerberus and cutting right through its flesh all the way through its stomach.
"You're fucking dead."
「 Remaining time – 10 min 」
Spilling it's guts onto the floor letting go of the blood moon sword from the Cerberus stomach before the guts started to spill from under its stomach. Falling down, I had ran out of stamina. Then I felt something catch me. I opened my eyes to see the clone holding me and running away. Before the guts of the Cerberus could crush the both of us.
Plop!
「 Congratulations. You managed to clear Tower of Trials floor 2. 」