The Awakening Unknown

"Visiting the Unknown

「. . . . . Portal Opened! Player allowed」

「Entering Allowed」

「Exiting Allowed」

「Welcome Player!」

After requesting to enter the unknown they make me wait for 15 minutes! After finally entering I notice a difference between the new appearance and the old one. White Flames are no longer attached to achievements and goals. Instead, the unknown became a large room with achievements, missions, titles, etc plastered on the wall.

'Take me to the store.' I commend.

「Preparation will be made!」

Since the training, I attained higher levels. After the reset, I wasn't sure how much progress I would be able to make. Suddenly the menu appeared before me.

「Go to store and click unlock」

I search throughout the menu looking for the store, but cannot find it. I click on settings to find out that I have to add it to the menu bar. The room shifts to the right and the appearance changed to that of a museum.

「Welcome to the Store」

I browse around the store. The weapons here cost what would be millions of golds here. Ranked weapons here cost a minimum of 10 million gold. But, the same isn't for Tier based weapons. Tiers within the system work similarly to ranks in the real world.

Tier 1, being the beginning tier. Tier 2, the developmental stage, Tier 3, the progress stage, Tier 4, once progressed enough to cause changes to names, Qi stage, the natural energy absorption stage, Awakening Stage, this stage is unlocked after mastering Qi, and the Unknown State, the complete stage.

Currently, there are only a few options opened to me. I'm only tier 4, meaning that I have to make more progression. What about tier 4 weapons? I asked the system.

「Tier 4 is unlocked 」

Browsing through the selection I don't find anything that would fit what I need. Suddenly, a new category opens up. Faction! Without any knowledge of this category, I hesitate to browse through it. Faction is another name for the custom weapon category. It's simple, add stat points as a type of currency. Once added choose a weapon to personally customize! It includes swords, daggers, shields, spears, axes, bow, and arrow, and even clothing like cloaks, or glasses, or even gloves.

I select three items, sword, dagger, and gloves. I placed them under the assassin class and combatant class. In total 2,186 stat points, were spent on both selecting the items and adding to them.

I earn a new title! but no awards are attached to the title. I open up the menu to see how many stat points are left. 2,346,099. 'System, show me the dagger stats.

「Weapon Stats」

- Agility: 100

- Strength: 100

- Qi Amount: 100

- Abilities: 100

- Level: 100

- Class: Combatant/Assassin

- Tier: Faction

"Player may level up from training with weapons!"

「Please name weapons. . . .」

Name them? I didn't expect myself to have to name them, I'm actually bad at naming things...

「Thank you! ...The names you have selected are Cifer, The Blood-Seeker, and the Void. Items will be in inventory in 12 hours」

Immediately a surge of energy fuels me, 「Skill Unlocked: Cry of the warrior.」The mini menu flashes, I become dizzy and when my eyes re-open my gaze falls upon a... trophy? A dense metal of dimmed gold stands in front of me.

I walk towards it, what is it? I asked. 「Information Unlocked」The trophy disappears and I return to the normal world. Miss Li and Monk Gusty stare at me. I stand and bow to them. "Kid, was you just meditating?" Monk Gusty said. Miss Li pulled his ear yanking him back. "Good! That's how you make more and more progress!" She told me.

Monk Gusty rubs his now sore ear. Where Xi Lao he was supposed to meet me here for a spar. They look at each other then back at me. "That's why we're here, you're in the wrong sparring room." Miss Li told me.

They lead me to a very hidden and disguised area. The walls push against my sides as they become narrow. Light is the only thing to follow as darkness and paint blocked the rest. We continue walking then I see him, Xi Lao. He stands there with a Japanese style sword, the Katana. Waiting for me to arrive.

"Oh, you made it! Thought you chickened out." He told me. Anj- I mean Miss Li sighs. "How was he supposed to know to come here if you didn't tell him about this place." She said.

He nonchalantly looks around as if he was in shock. "This is... to make sure weapons don't put any real damage to us so we can go all out, right?" After his sentence, Miss Li sighs again then repeats right back to him.

「Cifer equipped」

I equip cifer, I want to see what my dagger can do. I made able to stab anything. So I don't know if this is safe but I rush him. He dodges me grabbing me. He perfectly recreates a judo throw and flings me across the room. Just from the throw, I can get a whiff of his power. I stand and try to kick him, he's fast. To fast he moved out of the way, grabbing my leg he slams me into the ground. My mind scrambled, I glance up and he becomes painfully terrifying.

It angers me but I have to realize his power, he's ten times more powerful than me. No probably, even more, To face him I would have to raise my levels 100 more points to fight him one on one. His strength alone defeats anyone I faced before.

***

40 minutes later.

I lay on the floor, when I glance up he stands over me. "Stop holding back I can sense the large amounts of energy boiling inside you." He told me. After 40 consecutive minutes of fighting him, I can tell he's an S rank. He's even more powerful than the hellion, Anja, and the Korean representative. Who is this guy?

He helps me up and I dust myself off. "Tomorrow." He said. Huh? I responded. "Tomorrow, we'll fight like this until you become strong enough to satisfy me." Instantly I regret joining the temple.

「Training Adaptability Acqurried」