I will be the Strongest

Chapter 30

[Congratulations on successfully completing the second floor of the Tower of Six]

[Choose one of the following rewards]

[Electrokinesis] [Recovery of all wounds]

As he walked toward Samantha, Hye made his choice among the options presented by the system with his mind.

[The ability Electrokinesis has been acquired]

[Name: Electrokinesis

Description: This ability grants the user the power to create and control electricity, as well as generate and manipulate electrical phenomena.]

"..." His eyes wandered over the creature's body before turning back to Samantha. "What level are you?"

"Level...?" She frowned, her eyes locking onto Hye's. "Wait, so that story about the weapon wasn’t a lie...? What kind of awakening did you have, Hye...? You... got a system...?"

"Yes, but..." Hye began, but before he could continue, Samantha interrupted with a deep sigh.

"If that’s the case... what level are you?"

"Currently?" His eyes shifted to the floating screen beside him. "I don’t know, I can’t see it yet."

"You can't...?"

"Yeah, ever since the end of the first floor, it’s been saying that the points earned are being calculated. That’s probably why."

[Level: ??

Status

Strength: ??

Endurance: ??

Agility: ??]

"And what about your mana...? How many points do you have?"

"I don’t have any mana."

"You don't...?!" Her eyebrows shot up. "I see... that’s why I didn’t notice earlier... But is that even possible? Everyone needs mana to stay alive."

Hye shook his head. "My system doesn’t mention anything about it."

Turning, a blue cloud of energy formed next to the two of them. Expanding rapidly, the portal grew large enough that even monsters like Arachne could easily pass through.

[Warning!]

[The portal to the third floor will close in 4:59]

"If you have a system, then... you also have an inventory, right?" Raising her head, her eyes gleamed as they caught sight of the glowing stones on the ceiling. "Can you store all of them in it...?"

Hye leapt up, striking the stone precisely where it was embedded in the ceiling. He was the only one capable of doing so, according to Samantha, as others’ mana, if not properly controlled, would corrupt the pure mana of the stones. He repeated this process thirty-six more times.

"Oh, and before we go," she glanced at the mountain of eggs, "try to destroy as many of those as you can. It should be useful for you."

After storing the last mana stone, Hye sighed and approached the monster’s eggs. He stretched one arm toward the mountain and, after concentrating for a brief moment, clenched his fist tightly.

[The ability Electrokinesis has been activated]

Amidst the mass of eggs, electricity built up and, with the clenching of his fist, expanded rapidly in a powerful explosion. No egg remained.

[Congratulations]

[The secret mission has been successfully completed]

[Mission: Kill more than two thousand spiders]

A shining object appeared before his eyes, slowly descending into the palm of his hand.

[The reward is being generated]

[Reward: A skill stone]

"What is that?" Samantha asked, approaching upon seeing the small orb of light.

"A reward from a secret mission," the light dimmed, and as it formed slowly, a red stone with a character (?) appeared in his hand. "A skill stone."

[Skill Stone

Description: A random ability will be generated when the stone is shattered.

Note: The stone cannot be used by any being other than the user.]

"A skill stone..." Turning around, her eyes scanned the cavern, only to see the man standing near the portal. "Use it and let's go, but don’t talk about these rewards to anyone else, understood?"

Clenching his fist, the stone shattered easily, as if it had never truly existed, merely an illusion like the intangible options in the system. Starting from his hand, a reddish glow spread throughout his entire body.

[The ability is being generated]

[The ability Void has been acquired]

[Name: Void

Description: ??

Variations: ??]

With his eyes fixed on the screen, puzzled by the lack of information, Hye walked toward the portal.

[Warning!]

[The portal to the third floor will close]

[Warning!]

[The second floor of the Tower of Six will be deleted]

The ceiling ruptured, and a bright c***k spread infinitely until it reached the edge of the dimension. In the blink of an eye, everything dissolved.

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"Alright," said Lior, standing in front of a massive golden door. "The first time is always the most incredible. So, are you ready?"

"Why is he being so mysterious now?" Tae Hyun muttered near Ji Yoo’s ear. "We just entered another dimension. What could be more unbelievable than that?"

Placing his hand on the door, Lior closed his eyes and smiled.

"Okay, it seems you still don’t understand what I’m talking about. Well, if that’s the case, see for yourselves."

The doors opened, and flaming wings passed before their eyes.

"Wow...!"

Ji Yoo and Tae Hyun rushed to the door, almost hanging onto the sides. But the man remained shyly behind Lior, standing on his toes to try to see more than just the tops of the twins' heads.

Smiling, Lior gave him a playful slap on the shoulder, pushing him forward.

"You love this, don’t you?" Alyia remarked, watching the reactions of the three along with Lior.

"I don’t know... I guess it’s become a rite of passage."

Flaming wings cut through the skies, and before their eyes unfolded a surreal sight. Rainbows formed bridges to the stars, majestic floating islands drifted through the air, and near a waterfall whose waters flowed in reverse, a group of people smiled, swinging their weapons alongside various kinds of creatures.

"This is..." Tae Hyun turned around, amazed, but his smile quickly faded as Lior’s foot met him. "Seriously...?"

Like a perfect bowling move, the three toppled over.