Nine ran towards the tower and found himself looking up at a massive door with wierd writing on it. Pushing his hand forword towards the door and finding contact with the rough stone like metal he waited for something to happen.
He continued to wait...
How am I supposed to know what to do they didnt exactly explain this to him while he was imprisoned.Thinking of an idea he shouted OPEN...nothing happened.
getting frustrated with his embarresing situation he kicked at the wall like door and dust flew everywhere even making it in his mouth and nose making him cough and wheeze. what am I doing wrong as the dust settled he looked around at the door and almost laughed
two places to the right of where he set his had was a circle like area that he could place his hand on. chuckling slightly at his impatence he moved his hand over the mark and closed his eyes wishing it to open. Next thing he knew there was a bright light all around him, which confused him because his eyes where wtill closed.
Then out of thin air almost making him jump out of his skin a voice rang out in his mind.
welcome to the tower traveler
we admire your courage to pursue a higher calling and shed your humanity.
May the gods watch over you on this perilouse journey and may the stars seek you out as you climb higher.
silence
opening his eyes he looked around at the surreal surounding. He was no longer outside or in a desert for that matter it was already cooler here.
It was some type of cave like area and a little in front of him sat a fire. approaching it hesitantly he took a seat on a makeshift bench close to the fire but not to close as he was still sunburned and wasnt particularly cold.After a split second another voice sounded. This one was more electronic sounding.
welcome to the safe zone of the Tower of the @#$!. Out of thin air a blue screen popped up in front of his face. It had words written on them but they were words he only saw once before from the doorway to the tower.
He strained his eyes to try to understand what it was saying to him.leaning back and exhailing,
nothing was going like how he imagined, why couldnt he understand anything what was with this system he waited so long for.
Thinking back to how he acted impatiently earlier he looked again at the blue screen and focused on not the words but the surroundings.
After a moment he noticed a small marker in the top left corner raising his right hand he pressed it and to his suprise a different window opened and on this one apeared a floating version of him with stats.
A voice rang out again this one said skill (translation) aquired. looking back at the stats that appeared in front of him.
name Health 4/10
race human strength 3
class- stamina 5
Rank - dexterity 4
lvl 0 intelligence 5
attributes -
skills (translate) A rank
Gear -
Clothing (rags)
Condition ( severe Dehydration)
Currency 0 g
He looked over his trash description one more time and then looked at the name part on more time and pressed his finger on it and a marker showed up and he saide, "nine, My name is Nine". His name changed to nine on the screen . he could keep his old name but this was a new beginning and he woulld own his number.looking in the bottom right corner he saw the word hint
He pressed it and on it read.
1.when you leave the safe zone you cant come back and need to make it to next zone or complete the trial.
2.To aquire skills you will need to continuesly do certain actions or find them in silver or higher chest (bronze silver gold platinum) sometimes you can find other things so keep an eye out.
3.each level of the tower is different and it continuesly gets even more difficult to test the traveler.
4. To communicate with your system window use verbal commands or think about what you want the system to do.
5. If you die you will lose your items and gear, plus you will also die so you wont need those items.
mouth open staring at the screen
what the hell of course if i die, i die...
This system must be messing with him
"items" he said out loud
A screen with empty boxed popped up
figures.
close window
the original window was still up as he couldnt read it before but now he could with the new translate skill
It read welcome to the safe zone do you wish to start this floors trial
no
he was barehanded, severly dehidrated and had trash stats
Did he rush coming hear, maybe he should have found a weapon or worked and bought one in town or attempt to steal one.
He's dead if he leaves and dead if he stayes
looking around in the small cave he could find nothing but the fire itself.
He didnt know what awaited him in these trials
If only it could be a eating or drinking contest he was so hungry and thirsty
yeah right nine thought there is no way
smacking a rock out of the fire with his foot he let it sit away from the fire
exaustion finally caught up with him, nine curled up on the ground and slept heavily
waking up he was disoriented untill he remembered what happened earlier.
nine streatched and liicked his lips
a shocked expression appeared on his face
His lps were no longer dry and his skin didnt hurt
Now that he thought of it he wasnt hungry or tired anymore.
looking at the fire it dawned on him this fire
who lit it
how is it still going
safe zone, is this what it meant that if I just wait I will recover my health and not be hungry or thirsty
feeling energetic for the first time in a long time he went to were he kicked the rock
It was still there it was a little bigger then his hand.
Things werent going to get better then this .
with the rock in hand and torn clothes and grinning from ear to ear he approached the fire.
Do you wish to start this floors trial
yes/no
yes
welcome again traveler your grit to start the trial is shown with your courage to use none of the free weapons left for you in the store.
what..
welcome to "hell difficulty"
your first trial is to make it past the forest filled with beasts to the building on the other side
Success-??
Failure-Death
welcome to the trial of the first floor in the tower of the @#$!
His surroundings faded out and then in it was surreal when he appeared again he stood at the entrance to a huge forest He couldnt see the tops of the trees even looking straight up.
whats with everything being so tall it really makes a tthief feel small, He thought
Before he could even take a step a system message popped up
Achievment unlocked (first to enter the tower of the crow)
bronze chest awarded to adventurer nine
Out of thin air a bronze chest appeared
nine approached it excitedly
Lifting the lid a light could be seen underneath
swinging the lid wide open he looked into the copper chest and discover something that made tears appear in his eyes
a pair of shoes and a scroll
grabbing the items he put the shoes on right away they were a perfect fit like they were made for him but he didnt question it.
Next he looked at the scroll
unrolling it he read what kind of skill it was
at the top it said 3 choice scroll
1.enhance speed
2.brute strenth
3.analyze
What were with these choices, Nine reread 1 and 3 as he was never one for strength I mean what kind of thief used brute strength, but on the other hand speed would help him get past this trial and be handy for the future.
looking at the last one he mumbled analyze wouldnt be helpfull as he wasnt sure what it meant.
right when he said that the scroll glowed and floated above him and dissappeared
What happened.
Bringing his hand to his face nine couldnt believe his stupidity did i say that outloud.
skill "analyze" aquired
dammit....
after a pause he pulled up his system and looked under skills
1. translate A rank, able to understand most languages spoken or written
2.Analyze C rank, able to analyze some low lvl beings and items
well at least I got a skill i guess lesson learned
looking down at his feet in embarrassment he noticed a small window next to his shoes it read
worn shoes-(shoes that should have been thrown away a long time ago.) skill quiet step when you move around you make less noise.
His eyes widened, isnt this amazing and perfect for me grinning he closed the windows then he thought wasnt this a forest of beasts
Just then howls could be heard coming from the forest and they were sounding closer by the second.
Im not going to die yet silently thinking as he darted into the forest.