Chapter 151: First trial

Chapter 151: First trial

That's kind of unexpected. I don't mind free gifts, but I barely get any time to be happy about my new skill, and now the system is throwing this at me?

So the last requirement was to combine skills? Is it always this requirement, or does it differ from person to person? Knowing the system, I won't get any answers anytime soon.

But there is something that interests me even more.

You can enter Beyond once every four months.

First, the difficulty higher than Hell is called Beyond. Second, I can go there only once every four months, meaning I will be staying in Hell Difficulty and only be sent there for something like missions? For how long? Days, weeks, months?

Is there any hidden requirement that would allow me to go there permanently, or is that how Beyond works? It kind of makes sense as the token was called Beyond difficulty entrance token and not Beyond difficulty change token.

Oh boy, I'm curious, I want to go there. But I can't right now. I need to get healed, and get my missing eye and left hand restored. I also need to at least test [Resonance] and make sure a few people are taken care of. I might be gone for a long time.

Now, I'm curious about the community.

Easy difficulty 1350/2000

Normal difficulty 880/1000

Hard Difficulty 275/500

Hell difficulty 50/250

Beyond 3/10

Community Tournament (unavailable)

Well, here it is, the new spot I couldn't see up until now.

Noname -Mana is the best stat.

Savant -I thought you would never get there.

Obviously, this person is already there.

Noname -3/10 means that 10 people got into the Beyond Difficulty right from the start or does 10 mean that only 10 people can get to Beyond?

Savant - Probably the second. There are 3 of us right now, and the other guy didn't say anything up until now, no matter what I tried. He can either be someone like us that got there, or it's as you said, and 10 people started in Beyond, and he is the only one alive.

Both of these options sound assholish enough, so knowing the system, it could be either.

Noname - Combining skills as one of the requirements. Four requirements in total?

Savant - Yes.

Noname -Did you enter Beyond already?

Savant - What do you think?

Haaa, obviously Savant went there already. How the heck is he/she that fast? Am I that slow and held back by others, or is there something else?

Noname - Want to share some info?

Savant -Nope.

Noname - Understandable.

Savant - Yes.

I switch to Hell Community, and no matter what I try, everything gets censored. I can't mention a higher difficulty. It doesn't censor it; it straight up refuses to send the message.

Noname (Hell, group 4) -Dang it.

Brainiac (Hell, WhiteWing) -Look at who it is. Noname, you are so dead. Grumpy continued to look for you.

Oh boy.

Brainiac (Hell, WhiteWing) -Poor girl kept spamming the community.

Noname (Hell, group 4) - I was... occupied.

AnotherOneHere (Hell, TheGuild) -I'm sure she will understand, heh.

Brainiac (Hell, WhiteWing) -Leave the poor guy alone; he is too busy. Lately, he only lurks around and keeps reading the messages without talking in the Community at all.

Noname (Hell, group 4) -My social batteries are empty.

Brainiac (Hell, WhiteWing) - The heck? This is just a chat.

Noname (Hell, group 4) - So?

What difference does it make? I count it as socializing.

Brainiac (Hell, WhiteWing) -You have problems.

Noname (Hell, group 4) -I bet you send voice messages to people instead of texting.

Lvl 114

Strength: 43

Dexterity: 41

Constitution: 113

Mana: 340

[Primary Class: Mana Channeler]

[Sub-class: Unavailable]

Active skills:

Focus (Dual Focus Consolidation) - Lvl 34

Mana Manipulation (Advanced Mana Manipulation) - Lvl 34

Perception - Lvl 29

Redistribution (Symbiotic Transference) - Lvl 29

Armament - Lvl 32

Mana Surge - Lvl 22

Mana Infusion - Lvl 24

Resonance - Lvl 12

Constructs:

Reinforcement (Construct)

Kinetic Mana Heart (Construct)

Mana Regulator (Construct)

Passive skills:

Mana Flow (rare)

Cerebral Harmony (rare)

Mana-Fortified Resilience (rare)

Tokens:

Beyond Difficulty entrance token

Then I give Sophie one more warning look and boop Biscuit's nose and caress Isabella's head. Who knows when I'll come back?

When I get out and a bit further from the hideout, I activate the token without any further hesitation, and the entrance appears next to me. I enter and find myself in a clearing in the middle of the forest. The clearing is surrounded by trees on all sides, and there are two suns in the sky.

It's the exact replica of the first floor.

Notifications pop up.

Welcome to the Beyond ́s first trial! Congratulations on fulfilling all the requirements.

Then the cracking sounds, and from behind the trees, a monster enters the clearing. A massive gray bear with glowing orange eyes and sparks floating around him of the same color. The bear takes a step closer.

[Cinderbear - lvl 120]

That doesn't seem that bad. So is Beyond the Tutorial all over, just much harder? Or is it to filter out the people the same way the first floor did, and only then does it start?

But before I can think further, glowing orange sparks appear all around the clearing. Then they are set ablaze, and from each of them, a monster steps out.

[Cinderbear - lvl ??]

[Cinderbear - lvl ?]

[Cinderbear - lvl 134]

[Cinderbear - lvl ??]

[Cinderbear - lvl ??]

[Cinderbear - lvl ?]

[Cinderbear - lvl 101]

...

Dozens of massive bears appear around me, and then at the same time, their mana blazes up, and I feel a massive pressure reaching towards me as a new window pops up in front of me.

Beyond ́s first trial. Objective: Survive for one hour.