"Urgg" I opened my eyes to the unfamiliar ceiling as this revelation and the fact that I remember being drowned immediately woke me up. I was the richest man alive, although I was born into wealth but I knew the importance of hardwork. I was rich when I was born in the 7th most powerful family in my previous world but nowhere close to what I achieved by my hands.
I later died by accident but that is not the issue here, but the fact that I woke up and started to speak some different language. I ran towards the mirror to see my reflection, but as expected the face that stared back at me was not mine. I gazed at my reflection, noticing the sharp, chiseled features with piercing silver or deep blue eyes that seem to hold an infinite depth. My dark, sleek hair frames his face perfectly, complementing his tall, lean build.
I shook my head to remove any resemblance of sleep from them and looked at myself again, still unable to believe what happened. Then a pain assaulted my mind, as I was engulfed in memories of this place. When I regained control over my head, I laughed out loud enough to know I was laughing but not enough to wake up the neighbors.
"It seems I have reincarnated or was it transmigration, whatever," I said in a soft voice, I get to live another life, I don't care if I lose my family I will take it. Especially in this world, because in this world, there is a mysterious tower that appeared around the world, and all of them are the same tower but located in different locations. The tower promised that the person or people who challenged and won the entire tower would be granted a wish. Thus, began the ear of the tower. I plan to go into this tower, for I want to be god. In my previous life, I was an atheist because I couldn't accept anyone being higher than me.
But this is proof enough that there is a throne in the heavens, and that throne has my name written on it. I solidified my determination just as the notification appeared in front of me…
[ The tower has detected your wish and deems it possible, Do you wish to enter? Warning: once you enter you can not exist without someone clearing the tower]
"Yes" I said, I have no family in this life thus it was very easy for me to get into the tower. Whoever created the tower seems to have issues with moral compass since to get into the tower one would require to cut off any bounds outside the tower. I was then immediately transmitted into the tower.
{30 min later}
I woke up from the trip since teleportation seemed to take up a lot of my energy. I felt immense weakness but I woke up in a dark room where there was no light. Then, a tower notification appeared.
[Welcome to floor zero, Challenger #987612457…]
I grumbled at the long number, even with nearly a billion people in front of me there was particularly no progress since only the first 5 floors were complete. From the information I have, each 10 floors of the tower is from one world but the only exception is the first 10 floors which are like a tutorial phase. The first 10 floors are the replica of each famous city going through an apocalypse but once the floor is cleared, the city will be rebuilt for the player to live in.
It seems that only the most useless people come to the tower since even after so many years they could only get 5 floors out of who knows how many, but don't worry people of the tower I will grace you with my excellence. As for now, let's see what this has to say…
[Your body has been modified to fit the tower condition
Your soul has been connected to the tower.
Your unique skill is beginning to be generated…]
"What is a unique skill?" I asked to which the tower responded with
[Unique skills are skills that are unique to the person and have no connection to the tower. The tower deems to maintain equality among all challengers thus, all skills that are ranked from F - EX can be learned but Unique skills can't. Moreover, the tower has no control over the unique skills so there is no level up for them nor is there any restriction that can be placed on them. The tower can only enhance the person's soul to develop this skill which is based on one's personality.
Your personality results show that you are: Arrogant, Power hungry, Uncontrollable, and generally a person who should be locked up in a mental asylum.]
"True, except for the fact that you call me arrogant. I ain't arrogant, prideful but not arrogant." I said to no one in particular, I did not think that the tower would listen to me or grant me the request but it was worth a try.
[ Change suggested, Change was suitable, change accepted]
"This is some high-level customer service right here," I said surprised at the welcomeness of the tower. I heard a whisper, or maybe I didn't I did not find it worth my time to investigate but I could make out that is saying something like 'thank you'. "Anyway, what is my unique skill?" I asked
[Challengers can look at their status by saying the word 'status' out loud. This is the final floor zero, you will be teleported to floor one in 30 seconds]
A giant timer appeared in front of me counting down from 30 seconds, as I called out "status" I wanted to check my status in the meantime to make sure that I would be able to defend myself against any attacks.
[ Name: Maximus Imperator Superans
Unique skill: The Ruler ]