Chapter 162 20,323
[Instructions]
Atticus gazed at the holographic interface in front of him, his mind racing.
'Is it the system?' Atticus pondered. The first thing that had come to his mind when he first saw the interface was that this was the system.
'It can't be.'
This was the first time he had ever seen the system display anything apart from his stats before.
But then, he suddenly remembered something, and he quickly turned his gaze to his wrist and saw that the artifact he had just been given was glowing subtly.
Seeing this, Atticus immediately came to the conclusion that it was all the artifact's doing. He couldn't help but marvel at how advanced this artifact was compared to the one they used at the Raven camp.
Choosing not to waste any time, Atticus immediately focused on the words, and the display swiftly changed, showcasing the instructions.
—-Instructions——
-You cannot die.
-Depending on how powerful the beasts you kill are, you get points accordingly.
-Defeating other youths gets you half of the points they had accumulated.
-No use of magical artifacts apart from your main weapons is allowed.
-You have 3 hours, accumulate as many points as possible. n)-O))v-/e/.l-)b-)1)/n
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Gazing at the instructions, there was only one thing Atticus could use to describe it, simple. It was completely simple and straightforward.
He gazed at the screen on the artifact on his wrist and saw a timer actively counting down,
Seeing this, the beast acted immediately and tried to throw out another attack, but before it could even move, a sharp and pointy earth spike jutted out from under it.
At a fast speed, Atticus manipulated fire, increasing the temperature to unimaginable heights and making the tip of the spike scorching white.
The pointed tip, glowing white with intense heat, punctured through the creature, leaving a pool of blood gushing out, spraying through the air.
Throughout the 'fight,' Atticus didn't even stop for one second. He completely ignored the lifeless form of the beast and simply kept moving.
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"Haaa, that's my baby!" Anastasia clapped excitedly as she jumped up from her seat.
She, Freya, and Avalon just saw Atticus's fight with the obsidian claw. Freya let out a peaceful smile while Avalon's mouth couldn't help but twitch looking at how Anastasia was acting.
He had the urge to shout, "it's just one beast!" But he had lived long enough to have better judgment. He simply kept silent while looking at the screen of Atticus running through the forest.
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As soon as Atticus killed the beast, he immediately consulted his artifact to find out how many points an Advanced- rank beast was worth. But Instead, he found out something better.
He was able to monitor the rankings directly from his artifact.
Atticus completely welcomed this function. It would help him know how many beasts he had to kill and how many points he had to gather to be the first.
It was way better than him just blindly killing as many beasts as he could as fast as he could without knowing anything.
And from what Atticus had just seen, he was currently very far from the top,
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| Rank: 20,323
| Name: Atticus Ravenstein
| Points: 1,050
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