The 200th floor of the tower.
the final floor.
I had made it, the last boss room on the last floor.
I put 300,000 hours into this game, over 12500 days.
I am finally going to clear it.
Before I entered the boss room an entity named [G#!#&(O(*@*(&D] had appeared, he told me I could have 1 wish, so me being a troll said:
"Bring Trials of Tribulation to real life"
"Very well then, you will be able to experience this game in real in approx. 8 hours."
I entered the room and I felt my skin feel like it was ripping itself off. I felt my flesh squirming.
[ Skill Activated: Level Head ]
I no longer had that feeling. I could finally make out the boss room, this floor was themed as "Heaven" and the boss looked like an angel. It truly was a beautiful scene, I could see the mountains of East Asia and the ocean below me, but this was no time to admire anything, I was about to be pounded by a mallet if I didn't move.
[ Skill Activated: Wrath of the World Tree ]
I beat the boss in one hit, I was honestly surprised. Maybe I had done too many preparations.
My name is Shin Ji-woo, I'm a music artist dabbling in a bunch of genres, I play games in my past time. I have a bunch of money and everything anyone could ever want, except for a girlfriend. Yep, my life was a failure.
The next morning, I was getting ready for work.
While I was heading to the studio, I heard the disaster that changed the way of life worked forever.
The rumbling earth-shaking sound of the tower darting up, from seemingly nowhere.
"Huh?"
That was my response, just a "Huh?"
Before I could say much else, a status window popped up just like the game.
[ God has accepted your wish ]
Wait, is this the thing I wished about last night?
This is perfect, I know all of the hidden pieces, items, and more.
I can finally get the fame I dreamed of most.
[One second, let me explain everything to you that is "new"]
Fuck, new things.
A blonde man with glasses appeared in front of me
"Well, there's actually only 1 new thing you need to know of, now there are "Deities"
"Deities, like... gods and stuff?"
"Well, I am the only true god. Think of them like, Demi-Gods!"
"Oh... so like, 'Flame God' and 'Lightning God' and stuff like that?"
"Yes, but they all have actual names, and they aren't just the gods of elements and stuff."
"Oh, ok."
"Wait, if this is true. I need to go collect hidden pieces IMMEDIATELY."
"Hmm, okay."
" Bye god.... by god that sounds weird to say. "
"Cya Shin Ji-woo"
I knew where I need to go immediately. the Tower of Tribulations was in LA in the story, where I live.
There was a 6-10 Star Item Box in Griffith Park, I needed to go Immediately.
I just had to sit on the benches in a very specific order then it would appear in front of me.
30 Minutes later I arrived, and the sky was orange, I feel uncomfortable, but who cares. All the trees' bark turned black and the leaves turned orange-ish yellow. All the grass had dissipated and there wasn't a single life form in sight.
I finally got the box, and I opened it.
I Obtained a sort of scroll that looked like it was from Europe before The Silk Road, it was manilla colored.
[ Scroll of Yeomra ]
Rank: Indescribable
Description: Allows a one-on-one conversation with Yeomra, the god of death. Guaranteed 15-minute conversation, after that, if Yeomra allows you to stay you may stay.
Use this item?
"Yes."
Suddenly I was whisked away to another world, no, another space. All I heard was screaming until something muffled it.
All I saw was darkness, nothing more, nothing less.
Then right in front of me, a man who looked like he belonged in a 1980s movie appeared, Tye-dye shirt, Ripped jeans, etc. He was wearing bright clothes, with red lens sunglasses
"Hey kid, how'd ya get here.?"
"I used a scroll? Wait who are you.?"
"Oh yeah, my bad bro. I'm Yeomra, the god of death. Pretty cool am I right?"
"Wait, you? You're Yeomra?"
"Yeah, did these clothes throw you off?"
"Mhm, I didn't expect the god of death to wear... hippie stuff?"
"Im the god of death, I control the corpses and skeletons, I also control darkness, hence the space around you."
He snapped and we suddenly were in a house, everything was still dark though.
"What's a hippie mean?"
"Ah, uhm well-"
"Nevermind boy, I've taken a liking to you, accept this contract or you die."
[ Contract of Yeomra ]
The god Yeomra has taken a liking to you! Pretty much an unachievable feat, you are incredibly lucky my friend. He wants you to enter a contract with him or he'll chop your head off. Better accept it! I would've done it either way.
Contents:
[ 1: You MUST use the scythe as a weapon, this is the only weapon Yeomra will ever use. ]
[ 2: Yeomra will give you his full support, as you are his first apostle. ]
[ 3: Yeomra will give you some "Hidden Skills" to start off with, you will eventually get more as you continue to grow. ]
[ 4: Due to You and Yeomra's extensive knowledge of the tower and the tower game your INT stat will increase by 10 ]
[ 5: Due to Yeomra's unfathomable power and authority you will have +5 automatic stats to the stats you have right now, and stats you will get in the future. +5 STR +5 MANA +5 DUR +5 END +5 DEX (HIDDEN STAT!: +5 DRK*)
[ 6: If Yeomra needs you, you WILL go to him or speak with him ]
Y/N
"Yes, I accept."
All of a sudden I was flooded with status windows, achievement windows, etc.
[SKILL GAINED, HIDDEN, RANK: INDESCRIBABLE: Eye of the Overseer, allows you to see other people's attribute window, this skill can be evolved a multitude of times.]
[ SKILL GAINED, HIDDEN, RANK: OMNIPOTENT: Library of Omniscience, allows you to combine, copy, and steal skills from other players. Yeomra no longer has this skill as he transferred it to you. You should feel incredibly lucky. ]
[ SKILL GAINED, GROWTH TYPE, HIDDEN, SSS RANK: Night of the Harvest, Dark attribute skills, weapons, skills, and magic are buffed by 30% during the time period. The time period increases as you grow. ]
[SKILL GAINED, HIDDEN, SSS RANK: Leech, absorbs the life energy of all the monsters you have killed in the past 24hr.]
[AUTHORITY OBTAINED, RANK, OMNIPOTENT: Essence of Yeomra, allows you to manifest Yeomra into existence, this authority has an incredibly long cooldown. I advise you not to use it unless there are dire circumstances.
[ TITLE OBTAINED, HIDDEN, RANK: INDESCRIBABLE: Apostle of Death, All other gods, and people who have the skill to access your window will acknowledge you as the apostle of Yeomra. All dark-type items, skills, etc. will be increased by 200% ]
[ ITEM OBTAINED, RANK: SSS, HIDDEN, GROWTH TYPE: Sanity's Requiem, This Scythe is Yeomra's old one. It has been massively nerfed in order for you to not dominate the lower levels, you probably will anyway. ]
[ ITEM OBTAINED, RANK: OMNIPOTENT, HIDDEN, GROWTH TYPE: Advent of Doomsday: This item can be transformed into anything, you can manifest arrows and command them however you like, you can create chains to trap something to the ground, etc. You get the point, it can become anything. I recommend armor, but this can be transformed at any time. ]
"I just gave you some skills and relics that are incredibly precious to me, Don't tarnish my name boy."
"Holy shit, I'm like a Manhwa protagonist!"
"What's a Manhwa?"
"Its like, Korean comics, i'll lend you some later."
"Anyways, you should get going. That tower opens soon."
"Oh right, thanks, dude."
At that moment, I dissipated and returned back to the bench in the park.
"Man, I just casually talked with a god. Thats so fucking cool."
About the DRK* stat listed above, it stands for darkness. This stat increases his affinity with everything that has a dark attribute.