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This “System” was both suspicious and very iing to me. From what I analyze already, it seems to be a powerful Divine and Magical stru fueled by the power of the Tower itself and the “Gods” that domi. This System feeds on the Mana of the enviroo fuel itself infinitely, and it apparently infiltrates the souls and bodies of people like parasites, to extraformation and mana from them, and, in exge, help them develop their internal Mana into new supernatural abilities. I suppose this is what they call Skills, right?
Despite how curious I was; however, I would never let such a strange and suspicious thi a hold of my soul. I have not lived eleven thousand years inside of Murim to have my soul freely exposed. It is one of a Cultivatreatest weaknesses. Once you bee Immortal, losing limbs, or even your head, is no longer a problem.
However, your soul is very important; it is the very root of your existence, and to lose it is to eternally and pletely die. This is why I dedicated over a thousand years to perfeg various Immortal Teiques to protect my soul against any Soul Attack possible. And I also refi to achieve the Primordial Immemorial Venerable Realm, my current Realm, which has been stuck at the highest stage for five hundred years by now.
“So you are the famous System, huh? What an annoyance you are! Stop this at once. I won’t let you enter my Soul, you filthy Magical stru.” I swiped my hands as I crushed the System messages to a spiritual level, making them shatter. More Error messages kept appearing, but I squeezed them with my Immortal I until they were reduced to a few, much smaller messages.
[ERROR…]
[Incapable of fully assimiting with the target’s Soul.]
[Requesting the assistance of an {Administrator}!]
[An {Administrator} has agreed to appear and solve this issue.]
[“Hello, Administrator number 1034 here. You call me Clide; what’s your problem?”]
“So other beings are managing this?” I wondered. “How amusing. I have no problem; your strahing has been trying to parasitize my soul for a while now. If you tih this, I will be forced to destroy it and perhaps kill you, Clide. Do you have anything to say in your favor?”
[“W-What?! Wait a sed- This isn’t just some bug? Who… Who are you? A being so powerful the System ot assimite?!”]
“Oh my, you got a bit startled there.” I swiftly touched the system window dispying Clide’s messages as I turned my hand into a mass of rainbow light. “{Primordial Spiritual Body Arts}: {Photon Iion}”
ZAAAP!
By spending a few amounts of Immortal Essence, I transformed my hand into pure Photon Energy, a special Energy that I created through refining my Element of Light for thousands of years. It allows me to infiltrate most ethereal strus aroy them from the i helped me destroy most Immortal Domains and invade Demonic Cultivator's Inner Realms.
[“AGH!”]
A zap of lightning reached the administrator, and the entire system message struggled to evehemselves up, lightning and then disappearing stantly. Although I couldn’t see him, I had my hands grasping whatever his body was.
“Now, Clide. You will answer a few questions for me if you want to tinue living. Of course, you are free to not answer either! We all have freedom of choice here. Naturally, that choice will als your death.” I smiled gently at him.
[“M-Monster…! What are you- UGH…! T-The High administrators o-”]
ZAAAP!
[“AAAGGH! No more! Please stop! STOP!”]
“Okay, good. We are in a mutual uanding nht?” I spoke as I grabbed the head of a goblin to look at it. Then, I noticed the magic crystals iheir bodies, and with my Divient, I extracted them all and stored most corpses inside my Inner Realm. “Now tell me, what is this system, who ma, and who are YOU? And who is behind this whole… “Apocalypse”?”
[“I-I ot ahat…!”]
“Oh? Was my light nht enough?”
[“It’s not that; please wait! I-I am restricted. I ot say these things to Pyers or anybody below a certain Level within the System. If I try, I receive penalties, and they’ll kill me anyway."]
“They? Who’s they?”
[“T-That’s… The #######”]
“Oh, alright, yeah, they sor it, huh?”
[“I-I’m sorry. But who are you exactly? How e a normal human of that world that hasn’t even been assimited by the system is s?!”]
“You could say that I trained very hard~”
[“T-That doesn’t make any sense!”]
“Clide.”
[“…Yes?”]
“Eborate on the System if you ; any information you reveal would be appreciated.”
[“T-The System was created by them to further spread Mana into the Universe… Towers are made as… Well, you could think of them as Mana batteries; they extract, produce, and refine Mana endlessly.”]
“And the worlds inside?”
[“T-The Worlds inside were… Well, “qualified” to be there. They belong to the Gods ihe tower; each Group of Gods trols one Floor, which is a different world. They call these worlds “Apex Worlds,” which were assimited after a rge multiversal petition. That’s all I say before they find me and kill me. I swear!”]
“I see. You’re saying the truth too.” I nodded. “Good, you’re a good little man, obedient. Very well. Now, tell me, how I be from this System? I’ve found that there is this Mana energy. It is surprisingly delicious. And it helps me replenish my Primordial Essence I refi with Immortal Esse's slow, but much faster tharaditional methods.”
[“If the system ot be assimited into your soul, it’s impossible-”]
“Clide, I am a fervent believer in the saying “nothing is impossible”! Are you?”
My grip tightened within his body. By now, I could more or less guess he wasn’t human. He was a strange being, posed of maacles and eyes. Yet he could not hurt me, no matter how hard he tried to free himself from my etheric grip.
[“There might be a way... But, well, it won’t reflect your abilities because you won’t be assimited. The system status that be created will be more like a piece of equipment over you. It grow stronger and give you more power, though. I-Is that okay for you? I am already reag the limits of what I do as an administrator; merely doing such a thing would risk me getting fired. So please don’t reveal this to anybody else…”]
“Okay~ Got it!” I smiled. “A piece of equipment, isn’t it? I love f Immortal Relics. Especially out of annoying old geezers that think they’re superior to me because they lived a million years ago.”
[“I don’t know what you’re talking about, but just stay still…”]
The Mana energy that the System possessed enpassed me like a robe or a piece of armor; it didn’t bind itself to my body or soul, but it was indeed with me, and I could even fold it and manipute it. But for now, I left its invisible veil enpassing my body.
FLASH!
“Oho, this is wonderful! Well done, dear Clide!” I smiled.
Ding!
[Due to the usage of the {Administrator’s Authority}. You’ve been given a special privilege of the System!]
[You are now able to access your personal status even without binding the System to your soul or body.]
[Your personal System Status be trolled and “unequipped” as you please.]
[Because your innate abilities ot be assimited, the System Status will begin as a ste. But based on your as and other things, it will develop rapidly.]
[The Stats and Skills shown in the System Status will not reflect your actual Battle Power, which ot be properly measured by the System.]
[However, aat, Level Up, or Skill learned will add to your already existing power.]
[Geing Basic System Status…]
[Basic System Status has been geed successfully!]
[You received the Title: [The One Who Folded The System]!]
[You received the Skill: [Premium Pyer Privilege (SSS): Lv1]!]
[You have sin [Green Goblin Barbarian (E+ Rank)] x57!]
[Level Up!]
[Level Up!]
[Level Up!]
[Level Up!]
[Level Up!]
[Your Level has increased from Level 0 to Level 33/50!]
[The [Premium Pyer Privilege (SSS): Lv1] Skill has been activated]
[You gain +10 Mana per Level and +5 to all other Stats per Level while being Cssless.]
[Stat Points and Skill Points earned per Level are multiplied by five.]
[Once you reach Max Level, you further advance by entering the Tower, pleting the Tutorial, and receiving a Css.]
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[Name]: [Katherine]
[Race]: [Human?]
[Titles]: [The One Who Folded The System]
[Css]: [None]
[Level]: [1/50] -> [33/50]
[Mana]: [100/100] -> [430/430]
[Strength]: [10] -> [175]
[Agility]: [10] -> [175]
[Vitality]: [10] -> [175]
[Intelligence]: [10] -> [175]
[Dexterity]: [10] -> [175]
[Cssless Skills (1/6)]
[Premium Pyer Privilege (SSS): Lv1]
[Magic Skills (0/6)]
[Empty]
[Css Skills (0/0)]
[Locked]
[Stat Points]: [165]
[Skill Points]: [165]
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[You use Stat Points to increase your Stats even further.]
[You use Skill Points to enhahe Proficy of existing Skills or learn new skills from the Skill Shop.]
“Oh my, this is quite iing!”
I felt the power that the System granted me increase drastically. Not only did my Mana reserves increase drastically, but a bit of my physical strength, agility, perception, and even focus increased a tiny bit. It was still enough to be slightly noticeable.
“But Clide, you gave me a Privilege? How nice of you.”
[“It is the only way for you to possess a System Status… you let me go now? Please? I have a wife and children!”]
“You’re lying about that, I tell~ But alright, I shall let you go, for now, Clide,” I said. “But remember that I might require your assistan the future, alright?”
[“Y-Yes…”]
[The {Administrator Number 1034} has logged off.]
Now, I see what this Title and Skill even do?
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[The One Who Folded The System]
Title Requirements: Fold, trol, aroy the System’s structure.
Effects: You learn Skills much more easily. Skills Level Up ten times faster. Grants the ability to Syize Skills that have reached the Max Level.
A Title is given to someone who has quite literally folded the System. You’re unbound by the System, yet you use it to your advao bee even strohe Administrators are g right now because a roublemaker has appeared.
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Quite funny; I like it.
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[Premium Pyer Privilege (SSS): Lv1]
[Skill EXP]: [0/100.000]
A Premium Skill is often given to Administrators that beta test new System Funs. Not something that Pyers should ever receive.
Grants the partial ability to manipute System Funs, allowing you to keep your System even without it being bound to your body and soul.
Increases the amount of Stat Points earned while being Cssless by 10 for Mana and by 5 for other Csses.
Increases the amount of Skill Points earned while being csses by 5, grants access to the Skill Shop.
These bonuses will ge and shape themselves around based on the Css you choose and the Level of the Skill.
You further accumute “Credits” by sying powerful Monsters and Boss Monsters, which you exge for valuable items in the Administrator’s Shop.
More privileges be unlocked as the Skill Level increases, which be done by using Credits.
Upgrade at 100.000 Credits.
Avaible Credits: 0
Level Bonus (1): Credits Earned Increases by 10%. All Shops give you a dist of 5%. The Gods will show 10% more i in you.
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Quite useful, although I dislike the whole i deal, but whatever. I’ve had enough of this little new pything. I swiftly sed the blood off my clothes and decided to go bay mother and my sister, only to realize I was surrounded by dozens of people, most of whom resembled journalists, asking me all kinds of questions.
“Oh my…”
"Please, you answer some questions, ma’am?!”
“You have just sin fifty E+ Rank Monsters in just a few seds! Are you an A Rank Hunter her?!”
“We’ve never seen you around! Are you a new super rookie?!”
“Are you single?”
“I did often experiehis level of popurity back then, but this is indeed quite overwhelming. I see no truly bad iions toward you, so I will spare you. However…” I let my Immortal I out, my Aura fluctuating. “If you dare block my path any lohan ten seds from now, I will not be held responsible for what might happen to you. I am not in the mood to eain children right now.”
“W-Wha…?!”
“Such a powerful aura…!”
“Uaagh!”
The people quickly stepped back; some eveo their knees. I walked past them as I reunited with my family. I had no time for any odd and weird interviews. I hope these mortals uand that the life of an immortal, although long, is always very busy.
“I’m back! Is the portal closed yet?” I wondered as my mother and my sister greeted me with eyes wide open, their jaws dropping.
“K-Katherine, how strong are you?!” My mother cried.
“T-That was insane; I couldn’t even see her move!” Said Ruby. “And then—ah, wait, what did you do to the journalists just now?!”
“Y sis is a monster,” Juan muttered, looking at me with a slight sense of admiration.
“You shouldn’t be so surprised; those creatures were weaker than most Martial Beasts in Murim.” I ughed. “A Farm Rat would easily kill a goblin without blinking an eye. A’s not even start with the Gray Wolves or the Sprinting Foxes.”
“It seems the world you went to was very, very different than this, honey.” My mhed, patting my shoulder. “My pirl, you went through a lot to get this strong, didn’t you?” She ended up hugging me.
“It’s fine, mother. I will happily use this strength to protect you and trample over anybody or anything that dares get in the way of our happy family.” I smiled.
“S-She has really ged…” Ruby sighed.
“Well, anyways! Should we get going? Before the journalist tries to chase us again- Ah, wait, the portal isn’t closed yet? But you killed every single mohat came out.” My mother suddenly poi the blue portal.
“Indeed, it doesn’t close until all of them die, then? But this one remains open; how odd.” I said. “I have to admit that I am not too fond of these portals, so if possible, I would rather er them. Should I colpse the spatial aperture, then?”
“Wait, colpse the what?” My sister asked.
“GRUOOHH!!”
As I started my Spatial Colpse Teique, which I used to open the cra heaven to absorb iergy ba Murim, something roared within the portal. A green-skinned giant appeared, its head and arms crawling out of the portal.
[The powerful Dungeon Gate Boss: [Hobgoblin Champion King (C+ Rank)] has appeared!]
[Its roars weaken anybody that hears them, decreasing their Stats by 30%!]
However, right after that, I used the Spatial Colpse Teique by folding my hands and pressing them into the empty air. Waves of Immortal Essence pressured the entire portal to close permaly, cutting the monster’s head and its arms off before it could pletely e off.
TRUM!
As if they weren’t already staring a lot, everyone in the viity was left even more speechless than before.
“Oh, well.”
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