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A mature looking male ascender stumbled through the water in a dimly lit underground tunnel, his face thick with fear. Large tubes lined the cement walls, but he had no time to question why cables from the technological era were in the tower. A scream of pure terror came from behind him before it was abruptly cut off. He fled faster. The water was dyed red from the blood pouring from multiple holes in his body. The flesh around the wounds was charred black.

The ascender clutched the holes, trying to plug them with his fingers, but it was futile. He was filled with fear when he recalled what happened just moments ago. "Why is this happening? It shouldn't be like this. It shouldn't."

He glanced over his shoulder, only to immediately regret it. Far off in the distance, he could just barely make out two glowing red lights. He shrieked in fear. "It's coming for me!"

His hand trembled as he navigated through his inventory while he ran. He pulled out a speed potion and quickly downed it. His speed instantly went up a notch, a feeling of safety washing over him. A short while later, he stopped, gasping for breath. Glancing behind him, he found only darkness. He released a long sigh. "It's finally gone. I- I escaped, haha!"

"This damn floor is way too dangerous. I need to quickly inform the others." The man thought aloud. He was a member of an upper-tier guild who was sent to the forty-sixth floor to scout it out. The leaders of his guild were desperate because the top-tier guilds had fully taken control of the community floors over the past several months. There was no way for their guild to become a top-tier guild unless they took some risks.

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In the end, they decided to scout out the next floor. Everyone was curious why the top-tier guilds stopped ascending, but only now did he realize why. The next floor was absurdly hard. Over a hundred scouts from the upper-tier guilds had been with him at the start, but he was now the only survivor.

He peered over his shoulder as he turned a corner, only to jolt to a stop. He glanced down and found a metallic arm sticking into his chest. Looking back up, he stared into two red eyes. A humanoid creature made out of sleek silver metal stood before him. Above its body was a screen.

(Elite) Scout T-100 Series - Level 90

Health: 40,000/40,000

All of the ascenders sent to scout out the next floor was annihilated. Barely any information was gained during this operation. Only vague sentences sent through the communication necklace such as, 'Run, it's a robot!' or 'My attacks only left a scratch!' was received.

After this event, all hopes of the upper-tier guilds reaching top-tier status disappeared. They would have to find some other way to grow.

At the same time, on the kingdom building floor, Jason hovered high in the air as he overlooked his territory. It had grown in every aspect over the past several months. With his near-perfect start and knowledge of strategies, he thought he would have basically conquered this floor, but unfortunately, the kingdom building floor changed drastically once humanity became a tier three trial taker.

He no longer had to worry about monster attacks, but other kingdoms as well. Back then, due to confidence in his kingdom, he didn't visit it for several weeks. He came back expecting massive growth, only to find it nearly destroyed. Thankfully he turned things around at the last minute. Now it was nearly equal to the nearby kingdoms after managing things personally. He could finally leave the king in charge again.

Speaking of the king, his Luck skill was absurd. The king might be average in terms of administration and military, but the skill more than made up for his deficiencies. Jason could only shake his head in disbelief when he read the notifications.

While battling for control over a mithril mine, the nearby cliff collapsed and decimated the enemy's army.

The enemy kingdom's farmland was set on fire after a random lightning strike.

Forklan, the enemy's general, suddenly had food poisoning on the day of the battle, resulting in our victory.

There were hundreds of such notifications. It was truly an amazing ability. If Jason had this, he would be utterly invincible. His enemies would basically end themselves. Even more, what if he used an evolution crystal on it? He would have godlike luck. Alas, he could only fantasize about it.

Jason glanced at the time and found that he was almost late. "Crap, they're going to be mad."

He checked his kingdom one last time, and only left after making sure everything was fine. With a quick teleport to the thirtieth floor, he rushed towards the Gluttonous Lion. A few minutes later, he stood outside the restaurant. Strangely, it was completely silent. Only when the restaurant was closed it would be like this.

Before entering, Jason changed out of his armor into casual clothes. He pulled out a mirror and checked his appearance as well. Only after making sure everything was perfect did he confidently walk into the restaurant.

When he pushed open the door, a cacophony of noise blasted towards him. "Happy birthday!"

"Surprise!"

"Congratulations!"

Nearly a hundred people shouted. Today was Jason's twenty-ninth birthday. Jason glanced around with a warm feeling in his chest. Peter, Roy, Olivia, Shenlong, Cheslov, Su Long, Hans. While Jason wasn't fighting, he was socializing. As such, he made many friends over the past six months. Most of them women.

Jason was handed a glass of alcohol by Cheslov. He raised it and shouted. "Thanks for coming, everyone! Let's have some fun, yeah?!"

"Woooo!" Everyone raised their own glass and downed it.

Rock music immediately began playing. All of the instruments were brought in from outside the tower. It was Jason's favorite genre, so of course there had to be live music for his birthday.

Over ten waiters brought out top-class food that even the king of the Vistar kingdom would drool over. A grand feast was soon underway. Jason felt truly lucky that he was able to experience such joy. Here he was, surrounded by friends. True friends. After what he experienced, he felt blessed.