"My question is, how do we level up our authorities?" (Eliza)
[That's a good one. Well, to level up an Authority-Type Unique ability, you need to kill and absorb the abilities of the other players who have powers that are related to you. In the case of both of you, space and time are intertwined, therefore, one of you two can absorb another's Authority and become the Authority holder of both Space-Time]
Sitting there, both of my bodies paused for a bit. I already processed what he said, I'm just doing it for the sake of being dramatic.
""I see. Well, that won't happen.""
[Who knows? Maybe one day one of you will come on top as the Authority holder of both space and time, or maybe even your child will inherit the Authorities from both of you. The system is a fickle thing, the choices it makes are unknown to me.]
"Enough of that, what will happen when we reach floor 10?"
[A different world will be unlocked, it is where the world will be separated, the mighty and the weak. The chosen ones and the insignificant. Each of you will be decided by the gods to be taken under their wings, and since both of you gained the attention of different gods, you two might never see each other again.]
'That's gonna be bad, but wait, my ability made me always party with myself, so maybe it's not that big of a problem.'
"I see. Anyway, we're out of questions for now, set the floor like we always did before."
[Very well]
As he said his word, Gan disappeared, and the space around us turned into an area akin to the first safe zone.
Another thing that caught my attention was how stupid I am. I was quite stupid for not thinking of this before, but I can just clean up and renew my clothes or create new ones using my Floor Owner's authority, however, I can't put any special effect on it, I can only somewhat change the composition of the outfit to be sturdier and easier to move in, so ever since I realized I could do that, I got myselves suits that resemble military outfits for combat purposes. The idea came to me when I saw Haden and those goons wearing outfits without having a field dedicated to getting tailor stuff. I'm literally so stupid.
Anyways, I have a feeling that I must complete the 10th floor today to see what these rewards and the gods have to offer. After all, I received double the amount of rewards since the rewards were given individually.
So, of course, the next thing I do is
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[Floors]
{Search Floor(s): Number}
{Search Owner(s): Name}
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- Floor 6: Goblin King(Cleared)
+Owners: Space, Time, Change, Enhance
Floor 7: Hobgoblin Settlement
+Owners: Space, Time, Change, Enhance
Floor 8: Hobgoblin Chief
+Owners:Space, Time, Change, Enhance
Floor 9:Hobgoblin Army
+Owners:Space, Time,
Floor 10: ???
+Owners:???
...
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You have entered Floor 10: Hobgoblin King
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[Party]
Party Name: The Trailblazers
Members:
>Leonard Kevler
>Eliza Chrona
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Once again, our scenery changed into something different, we're placed outside of a thriving kingdom of hobgoblin, Why did the gods or the tower make me do this? I hinestly felt guilty, if without my existence they would be thriving forever more, but alas, good times must come to an end, and unfortunately for them, I am become death destroyer of kingdoms.
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[Quest]
-Main Objective:
+Slay Hobgoblin King: 0/1
•Reward: Access the Safe Zone, 5 Special Rewards
-Side Objectives:
+Slay 1000 Hobgoblins: 0/1000
•Reward: 1 Normal Reward
+Slay 5000 Hobgoblins: 0/5000
•Reward: 5 Normal Reward
+Slay 10000 Hobgoblins: 0/10000
•Reward: 1 Special Rewards
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I aimed my hand straight at the bottom of the high tower, where I'm assuming the Goblin King lives, and opened my inventory. The space surrounding me was filled with padded walls, save for my front, as this gonna be quite a mess when released.
With that thought, two pieces of metal came out close to my hand, forming a barrel-like structure, parts of which are still within my inventory to keep it stable.
These are the barrel,and the bullet, which is just a piece of compressed metal. In short, what I'm doing is making a cannon, and with that, the projectile burst forth from the space inside my inventory. Being a compressed piece of metal, it's quite sturdy, more sturdy, and heavier than anything on earth, as I spent a lot of my vigor just to make one with my floor owner's authority.
What comes next is obliteration with precision, a chain reaction starts from the bottom of the tower, it makes everything in the surrounding area crumble, and then I shoot a few more to make sure I destroy most of the infrastructure, blood is spilled, and many monsters lay dead on the ground.
As I take a closer look, it turns out the top of the tower looks surprisingly fine. I'm pretty sure it was destroyed, but why did it look fine?
I teleported to investigate, but the moment my feet touched the ground, I felt an indefinable sense of dread and teleported a few meters away.
And the place where I was a moment ago got significantly changed, the part where my feet were had a bunch of rocks and stones that rose up, and it seems like if I were still there, my ankles would be crushed and destroyed by the stones. No time to be surprised by the sudden use of earth magic. I look in front of me, and there it is, a tall and big humanoid monster with the face of a hobgoblin. It radiates a menacing aura.
'This guy ain't simple,' I thought as the hobgoblin ran toward me and moved its hand to the left. The building rubble from my right got ejected toward my location and almost hit me, but I was faster with my teleportation.
Immediately, I teleported back to Eliza and teleported near the hobgoblin. It was seemingly surprised at my sudden disappearance. Probably because I never met an opponent like me before. That makes me wonder, do these things have memories, or are they just programming for the sake of being disposable for the players?
"Time Stop!" I scream, and the area around me starts to freeze in time.
Walking toward the King, I gave him a punch with all my might. My hand passed through his body like a hot knife through butter, but instead of ending it there, I thrust my hand into his brain and pulled it out. I have to make sure this thing dies in an instant, as it is very dangerous to leave it alive. I walked back and dispeled my time stop, The king's corpse felt like a puppet without strings, it crumbled to the ground.
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[Quest]
-Main Objective:
+Slay Hobgoblin King: 1/1
•Reward: Access the Safe Zone, 5 Special Rewards
-Side Objectives:
+Slay 1000 Hobgoblins: 1000/1000
•Reward: 1 Normal Reward
+Slay 5000 Hobgoblins: 5000/5000
•Reward: 5 Normal Reward
+Slay 10000 Hobgoblins: 7436/10000
•Reward: 1 Special Rewards
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It seems like there are still some survivors—surprisingly, a large amount, but they're probably stuck in the rubble, so if I wait a while, they'll probably just die on their own.