Chapter 19：Persona

Adrian accepted the quest since there was no time limit given to quest. He knows that he would probably just have the quest sitting in his quest log for a long time without any progress but still it was better than not accepting since he we not lose anything.

"Good, good. I am glad you accepted my request. But it seems you must first become stronger in order to accomplish the goal that I have given you" Ascalor said.

●Quest Notification●

Growing Stronger I

Ascalor wants you to achieve the appropriate strength in order to unlock the quirks of the Imps.

Clear Condition: Reach level 10

Reward: Ascalor's familiarity increase

Adrian was suddenly given a quest by Ascalor. He was surprised because he does not even know how is he going to go to the outside world. From Adrian's observation, The Paradox Plane is just a town and no monsters live in the area except for the ones used by Imp summoners and pets.

As if reading Adrian's mind, Ascalor then told him how to get out of this place.

"North from here, you will see a place with circle stone formations. There will be guards stationed there so you can ask if you ever got lost. There will be fractures in space that will lead you to dungeons and fields of varying difficulties. You can just ask the gatekeepers on what the dungeon are. Not only dungeons but some of these fractures lead to different parts of the continent." Ascalor said.

"Before I go then, I have something i really want to ask" Adrian said.

"Well then, ask away" Ascalor replied.

"What is the classification written beside our Species? Mine has Lesser Demon beside it." asked Adrian.

"Oh that! That would be in our world's term be called the Persona." Ascalor replied happily.

Ascalor then continued " Persona would be what in layman's term you would call a person's state of being. It means a state on how much you can influence the world and the beings around it. Kind of like an aura. In other kingdoms or faction, it could also dictate your hierarchy as the stronger your persona , the stronger your power would be."

"So basically it just determines your standing in the world and gives you a slight power boost?" Adrian asked with a quizzical look.

" Not just a boost but a substantial one at that. For example if you a lesser demon were to use a spell the power would be at a rating of 1. But for example, if a greater demon would cast the spell that you cast, it would be twice the power. And if a higher being like me, an Arch Demon, cast the spell it would be ten-folds more powerful." Ascalor added.

Adrian was shocked for this was not in the forums or any other gaming leaks. He asked if this only applied to the five races but it did not. It applied to all beings in this universe not just this world. He asked what is the persona ranking for "humans" and Ascalor answered with: Human-Hero/Sage-Savior/Sorcerer Supreme-Demigod. The persona would be dependent on the job they choose if they either went the warrior class route or the magic class route. For the Daemos race it would be Lesser Demon-Greater Demon-Arch Demon-Noblesse. It seems that the terms for other races are different but it is almost the same principle.

Ascalor also told him that for the five races raising your persona is similar or akin to evolution to them because their physical features changes. The changes get more distinct as the Persona increases. When Ascalor said that Adrian looked at him with doubt. Ascalor just smiled and told him to go on his way so that he could teach him after he finished his objective.

=============================

Adrian reached the stone formations and was amazed. He could see the fractures in space or more accurately looked like broken glass holes that are floating. He asked the gatekeeper where the fracture of a dungeon appropriate for his level. He then pointed at a fracture and sure enough Adrian used Inspect to know the dungeon details.

Dungeon: Silent Prairie

Level Requirement: 5~10

Adrian then smiled then put his hand near the fractures' hole then him and Sirius got sucked into it.

When Adrian regained vision, he noticed he was outside the dungeon. He saw the a wooden signboard with a writing 'Silent Prairie'. Adrian knows this dungeon as it was one of the low leveled dungeons that was not famous because it contained gigantic bug monsters. It seems a lot of people complained about this dungeon because they seemed to develop a phobia to insects. Adrian the looked behind him to check if the fracture was still there.

"Huh, It seems it is there but I remember no one in the forums mentioning this phenomenon." Adrian thought.

Ascalor told Adrian that only the Daemos race can see these fractures and it seems he was right. Adrian and Sirius went inside the dungeon without them noticing that a little faraway from them a party of 3 that just came from the dungeon saw their silhouette and saw that they materialized out of thin air.