Chapter 9: Leaving the First Floor
"Ahh-damn.!!"
In a luxurious room, a girl in pajamas was kicking her feet making a mess on her bed.
This girl is about 170cm tall, with a seemingly slim body except for the cute chubby face, her black hair was cut to her neck, and her beautiful black eyes show worry and anger.
"What will my family think if they find out that I starved to death?"
The girl remembered how her food was 70% depleted when she was besieged by two monsters, then when she tried to recruit a Runner her food was completely consumed and the life of her that she was at half a heart. sold out instantly.
"If that purple weirdo had helped me this wouldn't have happened, I only got a D grade, when my family finds out they'll surely make fun of it until the day I die."
The girl raised her hands to her head, thinking of a way to appease the teasing that would definitely come.
"Got it! If I recruit that Runner and he donates his weapons to the guild, that would be enough of a contribution so they don't make fun of me."
The girl immediately called up a holographic window and entered the alias "Steve".
...
[It is detected that the Runner >Steve< has activated the function >Reality Hurts<, the difficulty of the floor is increased.]
[.....]
"What is this?"
"I think this is the first time I've heard of this."
"Um, me too."
A young man in incomplete golden armor, a stocky man, and a bespectacled girl were talking about the words of the tower.
"Hmm, you guys see this too?"
The young man asked the only Runners who stayed with him.
"I think I know what you're talking about."
"Um."
After the tower's words a new holographic window appeared to the side of her vision.
[Bad omen 30:59:57...]
Uhm!*
"Yeah?"
When a strange sound reached her ears, the young man and the burly man unconsciously looked at the girl with glasses.
"Huh, it-it wasn't me."
Crunch.*
At that moment, the door of the small house was suddenly opened, the 3 Runnes looked at the door without expression, the villagers here came in from time to time, and they had already gotten used to it.
"...?"
When they checked the figure that had opened the door their expressions turned ugly, they immediately stood up and went on their guard.
What had entered is a person of about 180cm, his body is as pale as a corpse, he wears a set of gray clothes and carries a crossbow in his hand.
"You can't knock before you go in, didn't they teach you manners?"
The stocky man spoke with a frown, judging by the weapon in his hands he thought he was a lucky Runner.
Swoosh.*
The figure that burst into the room only responded by shooting back with the crossbow in its hand.
"Hey, calm down, or did your parents not teach you to speak either?"
The stocky man deftly dodged the arrow and kept trying to strike up a conversation with the attacker.
"I think he's not a Runner."
The girl with glasses in the background said with concern, something seemed to be in her eyes and it wasn't that enemy.
"What are you talking about?"
The young leader of this team asked in fear, while the stocky man ran with strong steps like a wild bull and hit the attacker with his shoulder sending him flying out of the house.
"I'm talking about this, upstairs."
The girl pointed to a new holographic window that had appeared on top of her vision.
[Invasion: Wave 1/30.]
...
"Can the difficulty be increased further?"
"It must be a joke, this can't be happening the day I decided to enter."
"Bad omen, do you mean that now death is chasing me?"
"Damn you Steve, look at the mess you got us into."
"Shit, this has never happened before."
"Couldn't this happen another day?"
The Runners from all over the first floor were talking about this, the shallow ones only complaining about their bad luck, but the Runners with more than half a brain knew that this is an event that has never happened before.
Not only the Runners from Harius' home country heard this, but the Runners from every country in the world who entered the first floor today could hear it.
It is common knowledge worldwide that each country will have a first floor just for them, but in reality all countries were connected to a single first floor.
It's just that each country is on an island separated from others by thousands of kilometers, so no one ever met a Runner from another country.
He might not have been noticed in continents like America or Europe, but the alias Steve surprised Runners from continents like Africa or Asia, but everyone can put on whatever alias they want so they didn't give it much thought.
It could be said that once this first floor is finished all the countries will know about the Runner Steve who made history.
....
On the other hand, the cause of all this commotion was crawling on the ground like a worm while he gritted his teeth.
'Damn, it's just a bow.'
Har was moving away from the skeleton with what little strength and reason he had left.
Rattle.*
The skeleton in the distance looked at Har as easy prey that he could kill at any moment, it began to walk slowly as Har was walking away.
'This bastard.'
Har backed away, pushing his body with his legs, he got angry when he saw the attitude of the skeleton that belittled him.
Those empty eyes that radiate red light from deep within his skull, that black flame that emanates from his body as if it were the aura of death, both were things that made Har fearful and seemed to weaken him.
'Save game.'
When the skeleton arrived in front of him Har could only use his greatest advantage, the skeleton's previous blow had left him with a heart and his aura seemed to add a weakened status effect, his body was without strength, his eyes could barely see and his thoughts were not clear.
[>Save and exit.<
>just save game.<]
In front of him a holographic window appeared, but he did not understand anything and could not see what he was saying.
ugh.*
When the skeleton finally reached Har, he smashed its head into the ground as if he was trying to prove his superiority.
'Just save game and get the hell out of me.'
[Progress has been successfully saved, the Runner will leave the floor now.]
With the voice of the tower in his head, a holy light enveloped Har's body causing the skeleton to shy away in fear, then his prey disappeared along with that strange light.
"Uff-uhg, dammit!"
In a blank space, Har appeared sprawled on the ground, clenching his teeth and seeming to swallow his pride.
"To be treated like this by a mere skeleton...what a joke."
Har slowly got to his feet, the status effects left behind by the skeleton fading after not being near his aura.
[He has returned from the first floor, calculating the merits of him...]
[He has obtained the achievement: Taking Inventory.]
[He has obtained the achievement: Leader Wood.]
[He has obtained the achievement: Table Work.]
[...]
[He has obtained the achievement: Monster Slayer.]
A lot of Minecraft achievements started playing in his head, finally stopping the moment he killed an Enderman.
[Congratulations on finishing your first A-rated >Minecraft< world.]
[-Obtains +10,000 TP.-
-The friends list is unlocked.-
-Access to the store is unlocked.-
-Obtains Rookie Trader Permits.-]
After getting the qualification Har was returned to his room, a lot of objects fell to the floor along with his arrival.
"Are here."
Har looked at these items with joy on his face, this was the harvest of his first time on the first floor, all the items he carried in his inventory.
"Too bad I don't have the shield or the enchanted bow, but it's not bad to have gotten this in an hour."
Gold was what caught his attention the most, if he sold those 9 bars he would get hundreds of thousands of dollars.
"Should I go out and sell them?"
Har looked at the clock on the table next to his bed and was instantly shocked.
"7:50 PM, it's only been 10 minutes since I came to my room, haha, but it's late to do such big business, plus it's too dangerous."
Har didn't pay much attention to time, after all people who spend 31 hours on the first floor go back to the real world after one day.
He thought that he doesn't have anyone reliable to sell the gold to, if he went out there with 9 ingots they would surely snatch it away with his current little strength.
"Wait, I can do something better, I have the permits to sell in the shop in the tower."
That's right, merchant permits are issued from the first floor, the better the items you sell or auction, the more your rank as a merchant will increase.
In addition you can also buy skills or items from the floors you have completed.
"For now I can only buy things on the first floor that have been published by the tower, but there is no floor limitation on items sold by Runners."
Har opened the store with a thought, a holographic screen appeared with two categories at the top.
[Rook./Runners.]
On the left, only the catalog of the first floor was available, as you complete more floors, your catalogs will be unlocked.
"Let's see, what can be bought from the first floor, could I buy an Immortality Totem?"
Har entered the catalog on the first floor with excitement, he did not expect to find a lot of books.
[Book of Enchantment >Flame I< Cost: 20,000 TP.]
[Book of Enchantment >Power I< Cost: 5,000 TP.]
[Book of Enchantment >Power II<
Cost: 10,000 TP.]
[Book of Enchantment >Power III< Cost: 20,000 TP.]
[Book of Enchantment >Power IV< Cost: 40,000 TP.]
[Book of Enchantment >Power V< Cost: 80,000 TP.]
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