Chapter 62 - Back to Clearing

A month had passed since Rivyn had last felt anything resembling excitement. His days were a cycle of relentless training against the system's ever-strengthening waves of ogres, and long hours spent blacksmithing alone in his dimly lit home. Each battle honed his skills, and he felt the steady growth of his strength as his level climbed. Yet, clearing the first wave remained elusive. The ogres seemed to match his growth step for step, adapting and evolving to counter his every strategy. But today, things had taken a strange, unexpected turn.