His eyes shot open. What did Twilight experience? It was... baffling. Whatever happened, surely changed his destiny.
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"What the hell?!? How'd you get such a good score? And you're only a first year, at that!" Itadori exclaimed the obvious.
No response. Absolutely nothing.
Twilight fell to the ground. He didn't budge. He was in excruciating pain, gut-wrenching, even. His muscles went all sore, and his legs ached like going to the gym and doing legs right after leg day.
Of course, it was only right. Who wouldn't do the exact same after pulling off such a feat like this? Even the best of the best would need a break before doing something like that.
Everybody broke out a sweat. Nobody knew what was to happen next. All they could do was mutter, and utter.
Eventually, one of the judges broke out of the trance. She immediately performed the cursed technique: Immediate Transport.
Twilight teleported into a room of the sick. All around, there were only patients lying on the beds. That was when he realised.. what was going on.
He remembered, and he remembered.
{SYSTEM UPDATE}
CONTENTS: Memory, Ascension System, Leveling system, Marketplace system, Hub system, NOVEL.
Process: 1%
.. 2%
... 3%
.... 4%
..... 5%
... 6%
...21%
...34%
.....??....47%
.....??.....77%
.....??...92%
.....??.....100%
Integrating....
Complete!
(STATUS)
Architectural Identifier: Click here to add.
Level: 1
Techniques: Proof Blaze (Mastered), Eye Of Truth (Mastered), Architecture Lv. 1
Plundered techniques: Click to show...
HP: 450
Defense: 740
Resistance: 100x
Username: Twilight Allen
"...What?"
P O w ER. We A LtH . F aM e . W Ha TevEr
yOU wAN , t i HavE
A voice reached out to Allen. Suddenly, a barrage of words on invisible screens appeared. Many. Allen resisted. Against? He didn't know.
His ears started ringing, his eyes bloodshot. His will defied, yet his heart accepted. It was something he could never explain.
His guts started to luminate, his brain inflated, and his insides all suffered insufferable damage. But he didn't die. Instead, he felt pleasure. Completely the opposite.
Through the red of his eyes, which was the only thing he saw and was sure of, a panel appeared.
[ NOVEL SELECTI-]
[The system has detected the user's will and resistance. Changing difficulty to - Celestial.]
"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! HEEEEELP MEEEEEE! SOMEEEEBOODYYYYYYYY! PLEAAASE!"
Twilight did all he tried, yet nothing. He persisted. Again, and again.
A pit of endless void awaited Twilight. He felt heart-stopping pain in every segment of his body imaginable. Moving felt like a nightmare.
He screamed to no avail. He tried to reach out to some of the patients, yet they didn't respond.
Were they intentionally ignoring Allen, or was he not loud enough? There were an infinite number of possibilities.
"Goddamnit!" tried saying Allen, but his tongue could not move. No, that wasn't it. It was more like the immense pressure around Twilight's body simply overpowered the sound waves from his larynx by a large ratio.
His eyeballs burst. His eyelids? Completely and utterly mangled to the point they could no longer be saved, even if doctors tried a modern eye transplant.
His body twisted. The bones of his body elongated and stretched, before twisting and repeating the same process over and over again.
Allen's heart fell dim. Most of his veins and arteries were popped anyways. If you saw the complete horror of a body Twilight had now, you would be scared, or disgusted, to death.
And then, at last, Twilight's heart stopped beating. His heart scrunched up, sort of like a scrunchie or the body of a million year old monk.
{FULLY HEALED}
Twilight's eyes shot open. He couldn't believe it.
"I WAS PRETTY SURE I DIED JUST NOW?" Twilight exclaimed. He was baffled.
{Congratulations! You have achieved an unbelievable feat and have been granted the following rewards:}
{SYSTEM HAS GRANTED YOU A REASONABLE PHYSIQUE, RACE, AND SELECTION OF CLASSES BASED ON YOUR PERFORMANCE IN THE Test of Hatred}
"Who are you?" Twilight asked.
{It is merely a fragment of your will}
"And who are you?"
{It just told you, It is It, system}
"Why do you refer to yourself as an object? I thought you were a part of me. And where am I?" asked Twilight.
There was no response.
"Alright, I guess I'll start by figuring out what the hell happened here." Alex, then, asked himself, "Wait... Is this one of those Leveling Up novels I read?" Alex, then, thought, "And who the fuck am I? I thought I was at home...."
After a whole lot of questioning, all the statements that have led to this point conclude that: Alex was at home, reading novels. Then, he woke up (after supposedly sleeping) as another dude named Twilight Allen.
"System," ordered Twilight, or Alex. He couldn't decide on one.
{STATUS WINDOW}
Architectural Identifier: Tap here to add...
Level: 1
Techniques: Proof Blaze (Mastered), Eye of Truth (Mastered), Architecture Lv. 1.
Plundered techniques: Click here to show...
HP: 3450 (+3000)
Defense: 3740 (+3000)
Resistance: 1000x (+900x)
Race: Fallen God
Physique: Perfect Physique
Class: Tap to show selection pane...
Novel: Tap to show selection pane...
Legacy: The One Who Travels Through Intedimensional Tunnels
Clan: None
Username: Twilight Allen
Alex had no idea what to do. But he did know one thing - he was going to make this the ultimate isekai journey-
"Or something like tha..." Alex trailed off, as he knew how cringey he was being as of now.
"Anyways, what's this? Architectural Identifier? Oh, there's an info button."
{ARCHITECTURAL IDENTIFIER}
Info: The Architectural Identifier is a unique ID displayed above the architect's head, used for identifying the architect's authority and permission for varying matters.
"The hell? I'm an architect now? Well, I guess it makes sense. I was a very famous architect in my real world! Yeah!" Alex knew he was being delusional, but you can't just undo what you just said.
"Guess I need to find a name now. Wait - what about 'TheAngelicDemon'? It makes sense since my race is a Fallen God."
{ARCHITECTURAL IDENTIFIER SET - TheAngelicDemon}
Alex continued scrolling down, until he found his class. "Class... Tap to show selection pane.. Okay."
Alex hovered his finger over those few words before clicking them.
{CLASS SELECTION PANE}
1. Weak Vanguard (R class)
2. Fire Mage (E class)
3. Thief (E class)
4. Reader (F class)
5. Skilled Warrior (A class)
6. Architect (S class)
7. Jack of All Trades (SSS class)
8. Fusion (??? class)
9. Demonic Angel (Legendary class)
10. Plunder (Legendary class)
11. ??? (Legendary class)
12. Talent (Mystic class)
13. Primordial Mage (Fabled class)
14. Necromancer (Mystic class)
15. Dragon tamer (Mystic class)
16. Immortality (Fabled class)
"Oooh," Alex showed clear signs of interest. "Fusion is bound to be good. Not sure about the others, though."
Alex chose fusion in the end.
{The Architect has chosen the class Fusion (???)}
Suddenly, a glowing ball of energy appeared. And, just as Alex saw it, a second one appeared.
And then the third, fourth, fifth... and finally the 15th.
It ended at the 15th orb. The orbs radiated a divine energy, emitting almost godlike particles.
They were moving in an incessant random direction. One flew west, while the other east.
They all, instantly, flew in the same direction, seemingly merging. As soon as they all merged, a huge orb of bloodlust emerged. It was pure blood in colour.
And then another of pure white radiance. It seemed like the complete opposite of the blood-coloured orb. Another, in dark green, seemingly symbolising nature.
The next was ocean blue in colour, smelling of rain. Alex loved the smell of rain. The fifth burned with immense pressure. Alex immediately thought of fire.
An orb, pure white in colour, came next. Alex couldn't really see it too well because of it's transparent nature. And then, finally, the last came, brown in colour.
"Evil, Good, Water, Fire, Air, Earth. I got the whole bundle, woah," Alex was the type to fawn over things like this as a child.
They all merged, once again. This time, came nothing. Pure nothing.
"It symbolises balance. Nice. Maybe the orb is just invisible," Alex was right, once again.
After a few seconds, Alex felt overwhelming pressure right in front of him. It grew closer. And closer.
Until finally, it was right in front of him. It touched his forehead. Alex's forehead indented. If you saw how he looked like now, you'd die of laughter.
The glowing orb pushed it even further. His brain exploded, pink scatterings flew out everywhere, before returning to their original position.
{HEALED, IMMORTALITY IN EFFECT}
"What... just happened?" Alex was infuriated. "Wait, no, I don't wanna be immortal, no, wait, system, cancel, CANCEL!"
To be continued...