Chapter 169
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Alec found himself in a dark space, where there was nothing beside himself.
Darkness surrounded him, but for some reason, he was able to see himself even when he wasn't able to see anything else.
There was something in the darkness watching him, but he wasn't able to pinpoint it.
It gave him a familiar feeling, in this unfamiliar space.
Faint chills ran up and down his arms, causing Alec to maintain his 'gentle' persona. No doubt he would lose points should whatever that was watching him see him break out of character.
He didn't know how long he was within that space, but eventually, there was a bright flash of light, momentarily blinding him.
He found himself in a square room made out of stone. There was a single passage out, but Alec didn't randomly move until he found out his current situation.
He was alone.
Alec was still able to feel the bonds that connected him to his Awakened, but they felt distant, as if they weren't in the same dimension. Now, even Bunbun and Fenrir felt distant as well.
Was this to be a 'test' to see whether or not he deserved to inherit the legacy? He was already getting very familiar vibes from this setup here. He could practically taste the incoming 'mission'.
Before he had time to ruminate further, a screen popped up before him, causing him to widen his eyes in shock.
Alec almost wondered whether or not he was back in the System space, where all the System dwelled.
[Survive at least 15 Stages.]
[The further you survive, the better the reward.]
[Easy/Normal/Hard/Hell]
[Rewards depend on the level of difficulty.
Alec resisted the urge to swear at whoever was behind this shitty legacy test. This was in bad taste. It came across as a game more than anything. Sure enough, he had been right!
…This was definitely not a legacy test?
At least, it wasn't one that had been left by a natural inhabitant.
It felt and gave off the feeling exactly like one of the damn Mainframe's games. Or rather, one of those bad System's games that they sometimes held to alleviate boredom.
Alec kept his thoughts to himself, schooling his expression back into neutrality, and by neutrality he meant his normal smile.
Slowly, there was a budding feeling of inexplicable anger that was building up within him.
Alec clicked [Hell] difficulty mode. Since he was here, he might as well go all the way. If this followed the rules that most of these scenarios did, then he'd be able to opt out at certain points. Likely every five stages, or every ten.
Though he was only in the foundational stage, he had the confidence to break through. Since he could see the runes that hung around, just waiting to activate, he was actually at a large advantage in this place compared to the rest of his party.
That was the reason why he had confidence to take on the [Hell] mode in the first place.
[Stage 1] hung in the air in the middle of the room, reminiscent of a badly styled dungeon survival game.
Alec had no doubt that if they died while trying to pass the stage, it would truly lead to their deaths.
He resisted the urge to frown.
Something that was as technologically advanced like this shouldn't have appeared on Incantix. There was something wrong here. It had to be another System. There was no doubt about it.
Even though the Kaoriht continent was considered technologically advanced, they still had to have machines that would allow a hologram to appear or use screens themselves. They couldn't appear like this in the form of just floating in the air without any sort of machine to help.
Alec pulled out the dagger that had been strapped to his thigh, checking it.
The smooth cut of the silvery-white dragon scale was sharp enough to cut through even the thickest hide.
He advanced steadily, making sure to check for traps, but not allowing himself to slow down. If he kept remaining tense, that would cause his mental state to deteriorate and cause him to feel tired quicker.
Instead, he made sure not to focus his eyes on any one thing so that if anything came into his peripheral vision, he would be able to dodge it.
In the middle of the hallway leading down, it looked completely empty, but Alec could see the presence of runes that were drifting in and out of his sight.
No doubt that they were traps that would spring upon him touching something.
Like this, Alec easily avoided the traps due to the usage of his rune sight, however it was at the level that he would be able to easily deal with even if he had triggered them in the first place.
The others would be fine.
Alec cleared [Stage 1] without a problem.
In the next room, [Stage 2] hung in the middle on a floating screen.
There wasn't anything special about the room, so Alec continued on. Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www.webnovel.com for visiting.
Not for the first time, Alec thought that rune sight was really a cheat. He was avoiding the worst of all the traps that the others would have a hard time detecting before they activated.
If he wasn't wrong, the System who'd created this place had a strong foundation in runes since they were everywhere.
It gave him a bit of unfair advantage, but Alec wasn't above using it. After all, he'd only come to have rune sight because he'd Awakened his eyesight, after all, which was considered part of his magic.
Stage 1 to 5 all consisted of various traps of differing difficulty. Some of them were particularly insidious and had a hair-trigger.
Even with Alec's rune sight, he wasn't able to avoid all of them even with his Awakened body, which made him wonder how badly the rest of his party had it.
Vivian would be fine since she was still a rank five magical beast. Dominique and Rosabel should be fine as well, but what about Yuki and Hayden?
Alec bit the inside of his cheek lightly, calming himself down.
They knew how to take care of themselves, and they knew their own capabilities, so he didn't have to worry about their safety.
Even if they got injured, they should be able to make it to the safe area.
In the room that was just before [Stage 6] Alec saw that the place was filled with a number of runes that were actively working.
Studying them closer, he could see that they were forming a barrier to speed up the healing process, detoxify, etc.
It wasn't until further down [Stage 6] that the first hints of monsters appeared.
In the middle of his path, there was a rank two monster that blocked the hallway.
He obviously had to clear it if he wanted to advance.
Alec raised a brow.
This was [Hell] difficulty, yet the first monster that appeared was only rank two?
Alec cut through the monster without another glance, easily killing it and stepping around it to continued down.
In [Stage 7], there were two rank two monsters that blocked his path, followed by three rank threes in [Stage 8].
By now, Alec was really feeling the anger build up.
The person who'd created this place was really on his shit list now. This type of gameplay situation seemed like the recreation of some manga or anime that were really popular on some planets.
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Alec found himself in a dark space, where there was nothing beside himself.
Darkness surrounded him, but for some reason, he was able to see himself even when he wasn't able to see anything else.
There was something in the darkness watching him, but he wasn't able to pinpoint it.
It gave him a familiar feeling, in this unfamiliar space.
Faint chills ran up and down his arms, causing Alec to maintain his 'gentle' persona. No doubt he would lose points should whatever that was watching him see him break out of character.
He didn't know how long he was within that space, but eventually, there was a bright flash of light, momentarily blinding him.
He found himself in a square room made out of stone. There was a single passage out, but Alec didn't randomly move until he found out his current situation.
He was alone.
Alec was still able to feel the bonds that connected him to his Awakened, but they felt distant, as if they weren't in the same dimension. Now, even Bunbun and Fenrir felt distant as well.
Was this to be a 'test' to see whether or not he deserved to inherit the legacy? He was already getting very familiar vibes from this setup here. He could practically taste the incoming 'mission'.
Before he had time to ruminate further, a screen popped up before him, causing him to widen his eyes in shock.
Alec almost wondered whether or not he was back in the System space, where all the System dwelled.
[Survive at least 15 Stages.]
[The further you survive, the better the reward.]
[Easy/Normal/Hard/Hell]
[Rewards depend on the level of difficulty.
Alec resisted the urge to swear at whoever was behind this shitty legacy test. This was in bad taste. It came across as a game more than anything. Sure enough, he had been right!
…This was definitely not a legacy test?
At least, it wasn't one that had been left by a natural inhabitant.
It felt and gave off the feeling exactly like one of the damn Mainframe's games. Or rather, one of those bad System's games that they sometimes held to alleviate boredom.
Alec kept his thoughts to himself, schooling his expression back into neutrality, and by neutrality he meant his normal smile.
Slowly, there was a budding feeling of inexplicable anger that was building up within him.
Alec clicked [Hell] difficulty mode. Since he was here, he might as well go all the way. If this followed the rules that most of these scenarios did, then he'd be able to opt out at certain points. Likely every five stages, or every ten.
Though he was only in the foundational stage, he had the confidence to break through. Since he could see the runes that hung around, just waiting to activate, he was actually at a large advantage in this place compared to the rest of his party.
That was the reason why he had confidence to take on the [Hell] mode in the first place.
[Stage 1] hung in the air in the middle of the room, reminiscent of a badly styled dungeon survival game.
Alec had no doubt that if they died while trying to pass the stage, it would truly lead to their deaths.
He resisted the urge to frown.
Something that was as technologically advanced like this shouldn't have appeared on Incantix. There was something wrong here. It had to be another System. There was no doubt about it.
Even though the Kaoriht continent was considered technologically advanced, they still had to have machines that would allow a hologram to appear or use screens themselves. They couldn't appear like this in the form of just floating in the air without any sort of machine to help.
Alec pulled out the dagger that had been strapped to his thigh, checking it.
The smooth cut of the silvery-white dragon scale was sharp enough to cut through even the thickest hide.
He advanced steadily, making sure to check for traps, but not allowing himself to slow down. If he kept remaining tense, that would cause his mental state to deteriorate and cause him to feel tired quicker.
Instead, he made sure not to focus his eyes on any one thing so that if anything came into his peripheral vision, he would be able to dodge it.
In the middle of the hallway leading down, it looked completely empty, but Alec could see the presence of runes that were drifting in and out of his sight.
No doubt that they were traps that would spring upon him touching something.
Like this, Alec easily avoided the traps due to the usage of his rune sight, however it was at the level that he would be able to easily deal with even if he had triggered them in the first place.
The others would be fine.
Alec cleared [Stage 1] without a problem.
In the next room, [Stage 2] hung in the middle on a floating screen.
There wasn't anything special about the room, so Alec continued on. Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www.webnovel.com for visiting.
Not for the first time, Alec thought that rune sight was really a cheat. He was avoiding the worst of all the traps that the others would have a hard time detecting before they activated.
If he wasn't wrong, the System who'd created this place had a strong foundation in runes since they were everywhere.
It gave him a bit of unfair advantage, but Alec wasn't above using it. After all, he'd only come to have rune sight because he'd Awakened his eyesight, after all, which was considered part of his magic.
Stage 1 to 5 all consisted of various traps of differing difficulty. Some of them were particularly insidious and had a hair-trigger.
Even with Alec's rune sight, he wasn't able to avoid all of them even with his Awakened body, which made him wonder how badly the rest of his party had it.
Vivian would be fine since she was still a rank five magical beast. Dominique and Rosabel should be fine as well, but what about Yuki and Hayden?
Alec bit the inside of his cheek lightly, calming himself down.
They knew how to take care of themselves, and they knew their own capabilities, so he didn't have to worry about their safety.
Even if they got injured, they should be able to make it to the safe area.
In the room that was just before [Stage 6] Alec saw that the place was filled with a number of runes that were actively working.
Studying them closer, he could see that they were forming a barrier to speed up the healing process, detoxify, etc.
It wasn't until further down [Stage 6] that the first hints of monsters appeared.
In the middle of his path, there was a rank two monster that blocked the hallway.
He obviously had to clear it if he wanted to advance.
Alec raised a brow.
This was [Hell] difficulty, yet the first monster that appeared was only rank two?
Alec cut through the monster without another glance, easily killing it and stepping around it to continued down.
In [Stage 7], there were two rank two monsters that blocked his path, followed by three rank threes in [Stage 8].
By now, Alec was really feeling the anger build up.
The person who'd created this place was really on his shit list now. This type of gameplay situation seemed like the recreation of some manga or anime that were really popular on some planets.
Alec found himself in a dark space, where there was nothing beside himself. Darkness surrounded him, but for some reason, he was able to see himself even when he wasn't able to see anything else. There was something in the darkness watching him, but he wasn't able to pinpoint it. It gave him a familiar feeling, in this unfamiliar space. Faint chills ran up and down his arms, causing Alec to maintain his 'gentle' persona. No doubt he would lose points should whatever that was watching him see him break out of character. He didn't know how long he was within that space, but eventually, there was a bright flash of light, momentarily blinding him. He found himself in a square room made out of stone. There was a single passage out, but Alec didn't randomly move until he found out his current situation. He was alone. Alec was still able to feel the bonds that connected him to his Awakened, but they felt distant, as if they weren't in the same dimension. Now, even Bunbun and Fenrir felt distant as well. Was this to be a 'test' to see whether or not he deserved to inherit the legacy? He was already getting very familiar vibes from this setup here. He could practically taste the incoming 'mission'. Before he had time to ruminate further, a screen popped up before him, causing him to widen his eyes in shock. Alec almost wondered whether or not he was back in the System space, where all the System dwelled. Survive at least 15 Stages. The further you survive, the better the reward. Easy/Normal/Hard/Hell Rewards depend on the level of difficulty. Alec resisted the urge to swear at whoever was behind this shitty legacy test. This was in bad taste. It came across as a game more than anything. Sure enough, he had been right! This was definitely not a legacy test? At least, it wasn't one that had been left by a natural inhabitant. It felt and gave off the feeling exactly like one of the damn Mainframe's games. Or rather, one of those bad System's games that they sometimes held to alleviate boredom. Alec kept his thoughts to himself, schooling his expression back into neutrality, and by neutrality he meant his normal smile. Slowly, there was a budding feeling of inexplicable anger that was building up within him. Alec clicked Hell difficulty mode. Since he was here, he might as well go all the way. If this followed the rules that most of these scenarios did, then he'd be able to opt out at certain points. Likely every five stages, or every ten. Though he was only in the foundational stage, he had the confidence to break through. Since he could see the runes that hung around, just waiting to activate, he was actually at a large advantage in this place compared to the rest of his party. That was the reason why he had confidence to take on the Hell mode in the first place. Stage 1 hung in the air in the middle of the room, reminiscent of a badly styled dungeon survival game. Alec had no doubt that if they died while trying to pass the stage, it would truly lead to their deaths. He resisted the urge to frown. Something that was as technologically advanced like this shouldn't have appeared on Incantix. There was something wrong here. It had to be another System. There was no doubt about it. Even though the Kaoriht continent was considered technologically advanced, they still had to have machines that would allow a hologram to appear or use screens themselves. They couldn't appear like this in the form of just floating in the air without any sort of machine to help. Alec pulled out the dagger that had been strapped to his thigh, checking it. The smooth cut of the silvery-white dragon scale was sharp enough to cut through even the thickest hide. He advanced steadily, making sure to check for traps, but not allowing himself to slow down. If he kept remaining tense, that would cause his mental state to deteriorate and cause him to feel tired quicker. Instead, he made sure not to focus his eyes on any one thing so that if anything came into his peripheral vision, he would be able to dodge it. In the middle of the hallway leading down, it looked completely empty, but Alec could see the presence of runes that were drifting in and out of his sight. No doubt that they were traps that would spring upon him touching something. Like this, Alec easily avoided the traps due to the usage of his rune sight, however it was at the level that he would be able to easily deal with even if he had triggered them in the first place. The others would be fine. Alec cleared Stage 1 without a problem. In the next room, Stage 2 hung in the middle on a floating screen. There wasn't anything special about the room, so Alec continued on. Find authorized novels in Webnovelfaster updates, better experiencePlease click www.webnovel.com for visiting. Not for the first time, Alec thought that rune sight was really a cheat. He was avoiding the worst of all the traps that the others would have a hard time detecting before they activated. If he wasn't wrong, the System who'd created this place had a strong foundation in runes since they were everywhere. It gave him a bit of unfair advantage, but Alec wasn't above using it. After all, he'd only come to have rune sight because he'd Awakened his eyesight, after all, which was considered part of his magic. Stage 1 to 5 all consisted of various traps of differing difficulty. Some of them were particularly insidious and had a hair-trigger. Even with Alec's rune sight, he wasn't able to avoid all of them even with his Awakened body, which made him wonder how badly the rest of his party had it. Vivian would be fine since she was still a rank five magical beast. Dominique and Rosabel should be fine as well, but what about Yuki and Hayden? Alec bit the inside of his cheek lightly, calming himself down. They knew how to take care of themselves, and they knew their own capabilities, so he didn't have to worry about their safety. Even if they got injured, they should be able to make it to the safe area. In the room that was just before Stage 6 Alec saw that the place was filled with a number of runes that were actively working. Studying them closer, he could see that they were forming a barrier to speed up the healing process, detoxify, etc. It wasn't until further down Stage 6 that the first hints of monsters appeared. In the middle of his path, there was a rank two monster that blocked the hallway. He obviously had to clear it if he wanted to advance. Alec raised a brow. This was Hell difficulty, yet the first monster that appeared was only rank two? Alec cut through the monster without another glance, easily killing it and stepping around it to continued down. In Stage 7, there were two rank two monsters that blocked his path, followed by three rank threes in Stage 8. By now, Alec was really feeling the anger build up. The person who'd created this place was really on his shit list now. This type of gameplay situation seemed like the recreation of some manga or anime that were really popular on some planets.
