Chapter 37: Ascension of Immortals (2/2)

'If I care about your feelings, I'll never advance.' Nikolai clenched his fist. 'The Lost Garden, Bloodline Crystal, hiring a flying ship, and finally, trial of God of Lost Souls. You try to hold me down, but I shall break through everything and obtain what revenge.'

Nikolai's eyes were terrifyingly cold. The world has betrayed him time and time again, breaking something within him. He didn't care about anything but obtaining the power that would make him invincible.

The buses arrived at the academy, where Mr. Heartwrath to go to the Virtual Reality facility. For the individual exam, they will be taking it using a game called Ascension of Immortals.

If the students hated him before, they loathed him now. As he was walking into the academy, he received more gazes than usual. From now on, there will be people other than Julian.

As he arrived at the virtual reality facility, Nikolai found Miss Jena waiting for them. She gave him an encouraging wink as he walked toward the cabinet. Nikolai shook his head with a smile as the scenery changed in front of him.

Ascension of Immortals.

A large majority of adventurers below the F-rank played this game. It was a series of challenges that they needed to tackle and climb the tower. It helped sharpen their observation skills and instincts.

In front of Nikolai was a giant gate. He walked through the gate, and the game asked him to enter his name. After he wrote it, the gate exploded and pulled him into the tower.

”Your scores will be based on how well you do here.” Miss Jena's voice arrived to inform them. ”The more progressive you are in the tower, the higher your scores. I wish you luck.”

As her voice faded, the first floor appeared in front of Nikolai. He was in a brick room filled with ancient vines. The vegetation grew from between the wall's spaces and gave the room an abandoned ambiance.

A single orb glowed in front of him with words floating above it. Nikolai read them and smiled. This exam was going to be his playground.

[Lucky Orb: This orb appears at the end of every floor, rewarding adventurers with random items. The gods took pity on humans and spared one Lucky Orb at the beginning of every adventure.]

[Items: Tools, weapons, or artifacts that would help you on your quest. Their ranking is Low, Average, High, and Perfect.]

'If it's luck, then I have tones of it.' He had forgotten about this from his past life. Nikolai opened his system and checked the odds of getting a perfect item.

[The chosen event: Obtaining a Perfect-rank item.]

[Probability: 10%]

[Fate Points invested: 0.]

[New Probability: -]

[Fate Points: 24.]

[The system has detected a Virtual Reality Realm. The points required to change probability differ from the real world. One Point guarantees a single outcome.]

'Ah,' Nikolai grinned as he read the last note. 'It's because the program runs this Virtual Reality, not a real-life event.' He used his system, and the orb glowed a golden color. 'It is all coming together.' He pulled the item from the Lucky Orb.