[You have obtained x1 Moon Eclipse Mask!]
[Equipment]
[Helmet: Moon Eclipse Mask - Visible.
Weapon: None.
Armor: None.
Gauntlet: Moon Bound (Arm Guard).
Leggings: None.
Greaves: None.
Accessory: Demon King Ring.
Accessory: Demon Queen Necklace.
[Helmet: Moon Eclipse Mask - Invisible]
This was another new feature of his Awakened System. He could make his armor visible or invisible, but if it was non-rubable, it wouldn't give protection. It would give him the effect.
To further elaborate, if it was visible, it could block an arrow; if invisible, the arrow would hit.
[Information]
[Name: Moon Eclipse Mask.
Level: 1.
Grade: Epic.
Description: A mask that was forged and empowered on the day of the Moon Eclipse. This eclipse happened for 9 years, and the mask was made to grant protection and luck to the wearer. The reason was because of the Monsters and a great Calamity that fell upon the moon-like planet. The artifact can absorb energy from any celestial body.
Effects:
Grants the user 2 seconds of invulnerability to any attack.
Boosts Fortune by 10.
"I should've brought clothes; damn it." Kris said in a lackadaisical tone. "Wait..."
[Active Skill:
Forge & Craft - Level 1 / Uncommon]
[You have forged x1 Moon Pants (Leggings)!]
[You have crafted x1 Moon Boots (Greaves)!]
The two pieces of gear were then equipped to his body. They looked lame, but they had to do.
"*Sigh* These things look ass. Guess it's the cause of my lack of fashion sense."
Kris suddenly felt off. He felt chilly and was suffocating.
"The atmosphere is gone," Kris said inwardly.
The lack of atmosphere wouldn't kill him immediately due to his high Strength and Vitality.
A blue vortex suddenly appeared on Kris's left. Electricity emerged from the glowing blue vortex with swirls of blue color circling on the inside. It was a portal back to the Tower.
But there was another on Kris's right. A black swirling vortex.
Like the blue one, it had electricity emerging from the portal, but the electricity was white with grey outlines. Inside, it also swirled with dark colors, but mainly black and grey with a spiraling white dot in the middle that branched off. The portal's structure was like a crack in reality itself, while the blue was just a two-dimensional paste on top of reality.
"(It's a Black Gate? What is this doing here?)"
A Black Gate was the third most impossible dungeon to clear. All monsters in the Gate had one million in all stats. A double or triple S-rank could kill a couple, but that was only a few. A Black Gate was swarmed with almost millions of low-level monsters, hundreds of mid-level monsters, and only three high-level monsters that guarded the Boss or Dungeon Master. To keep in mind, the low-level monsters at least have a million in stats.
The reason the Bosses in and above this Dungeon Gate are called Dungeon Masters is that they themselves control and had created the interior of the Dungeon Gate called a Dungeon.
"Hmm, my max stats now are three million, but that isn't enough to kill a Beta-Grade Monster."
[Notification]
[Quest has appeared!]
[Quest: Dark Torment.
Grade: Legendary.
Difficulty: Impossible.
Description: In order to escape, you must find the Cube of Horrors and either destroy or keep it. It won't be easy since the Dungeon Master is guarding it and is the Lord of Horrors. Entering this Dungeon Gate means that you're willing to lose your head - literally.
Clear Condition: Destroy the Cube of Horrors or take it. (0/1).
Fail Condition: Expiration of Duration.
Penalty: None - Immense Trauma.
Duration: 3 Years.
Reward: World Slayer (Katana).]
Kris turned his back on the Gate, knowing that he'll just be trapped in that hell hole. He just walked anyway and went towards the Blue Gate.
"That Gate sounds really scary, but I'll beat it when I've reached an Omega School."
He approached the original Gate - the Blue Gate. Kris walked inside the Gate and was instantly sent down a stream with a random flash of other colors, but only blue was the main color shown.
Soon, he reached the Second Floor of the Tower.
"..."
***
The Second Floor was quite simple. It involved no fighting since the goal was to escape.
He had to navigate through a poorly lit cave that was filled with only Spirit-Grade Monsters. Since these creatures couldn't even hurt him to begin with, their purpose was to corrupt Kris's mind and lead him down the wrong path.
Kris's Intelligence was too high for that to work, and he just destroyed the entire cave and cleared the Quest.
Third Floor, he had to kill an army of alternate creatures of himself. But all of them were Human-Grade.
Fourth Floor had him in a desert with Giant Golems, Sandworms, Specters, and Mages that controlled sandstorms. They all were Monster-Grade, though.
Fifth to Seventh, Kris had to hunt down four types of Elemental Specters in a Kingdom filled with people: Commoners, Knights, Nobles, Lords, and a King and Queen. He simply destroyed the three Kingdoms and found a total of sixty Specters.
Eighth, he was put on a dating show filled with Monsters that were Monster-Grade. He had to survive a date through three female Monsters: A Snake-lady, a Treasure Chest that was sentient and a Giant. But he just killed everyone with a single swing of his blade.
Ninth to Tenth, Kris was summoned underwater, inside a limitless sea in length and width. He had to fight Monster-Grade sharks and that went as expected. The tenth was replaced with giant Sea Serpents.
Eleventh Floor had now stepped up a level. They still had one Monster-Grade, and he had to kill a hundred slimes. Normal, Sand, Ice, and Flame Slimes.
Twelve to Twenty-Fifth, he had to hunt and kill Wolves, Golems, Minotaurs, Winged Monsters, Demonic Mages that were Monster-Grade, a giant swordsman, Metal Archers, a Yeti that was as big as a Giant and could breathe ice, and finally, the Boss of the Winged Monsters and the Demonic Mages.
That was everything he did for the first day.
***
[Active Skill:
Thousand-Blade Swing -> Trillion-Blade Swing - Unique/Level 1]
"Ahh, that was a busy day," Kris said, with a bored expression.
He was on top of a pile of dead Monsters on Floor Fifty-three. His goal to destroy was an organization of Wicked Humans that did inhumane experiments.
"Today, I've got up to the Floor Fifty plus."
And that's what he had done. He did a couple more. Three, to be exact.
So he completed a total of twenty-eight Floors on the second day.
"Why haven't I finished this Quest?" Kris inquired.
[Quest]
Quest: The End of Wickedness.
Grade: Unique.
Difficulty: Easy.
Description: Defeat all of the Wicked Humans and stop their devious experiments.
Clear Condition: Kill 180 Wicked Humans (180/180).
Kill 900 Evil Experiments (899/900).
Fail Condition: Expiration of Duration.
Duration: 10 Days.
Reward: 10 Pin and Orb of Dismay.]
The ground began to shake. Every few seconds, the ground shook as if a large object was being smashed against the Earth at an alarming rate.
"Oh, here it comes..."
A giant abominable creature. It had fifteen tentacles that came out of its back and were engulfed in black blood. Its rib cage extended, sticking out of its chest and back, piercing both the front and back.
"..to die."
[You have returned x2 Dagger (Eden & Efriet)]
Kris put away his weapons in his imaginary storage.
"Fighting this thing with weapons would be an overkill," said Kris without a hint of concern or expression in his voice. "I wanted to hone my Martial Arts anyway."
"While in combat, my hands are always occupied so it is best if I train my legs. This is the first time I've even thought about mixing close-quarter combat with taekwondo."
He walked down the hill of Monster-Grade creatures.
His clothing was drenched in blood. He wore a yellow hoodie with white clouds and black lightning designs, rip-jeans that were grey, and white shoes.
Also, underneath the hoodie's arm was a long bandaid wrapped around Kris's hands and was dangling off. He also possessed a gold chain around his neck.
The difference with his physical appearance was that his eyes weren't blue but now bright, gold yellow.
He bought them from his imaginary shop and chose to pick fashion over power. He knew that nothing on the lower Floors could ever come closer to actually harming him or he probably started to grow a fashion sense. Actually, the clothing was Equipment but was on Outfit.
[Outfit]
[Helmet: None.
Armor: Yellow Thunder Hoodie.
Gauntlet: Mummy Band Aids.
Leggings: Slay Rip-jeans.
Greaves: Cool White Shoes.
Accessory: Gold Star Chain.
The creature charged at Kris with every step, making the ground thud.
Kris just stood, unfazed by the primal brute.
The creature erected its tentacles and extended its rib cage to the size of Kris's height and width.
As it was about to capture Kris, it halted.
The Monster's leg suddenly flew off, and it was because of Kris. He lightly kicked the creature on its shin, and its leg suddenly exploded in a mix of flesh, blood, and bones that covered Kris's lower half.
He suddenly jumped backward, then spun in mid-air while raising his lower leg. Soon, he raised the rest and hit the creature on the head with the back of his foot, killing it.
He had just performed a triple side kick.
"My outfit just keeps on getting blooder and blooder."
To Be Continued...
Next Chapter: Harmony on Floor Fifty-four.