"Yes." Zed solemnly nodded. "I will sincerely give it a try to become an Ascendant. Since such people exist who are above the normal human world, I wish to join their ranks."
Tomen chuckled. "Good. It's ten o'clock, so go eat dinner and rest. I'll fill you in about the rest tomorrow."
…
Zed went with a maid but didn't want to eat and told her to show him his room.
'I still have fifteen minutes of invincibility and those three skills. I have to make use of them and gather some U.R points.' Zed's eyes glinted.
He locked the door to his room.
'System, are there any cameras in the room?'
[ No cameras or any kind of surveillance in the room, my lord. ]
'Good. Now teleport me to a place where a large number of pieces of trash are gathered at the moment. The people who harm others and bring suffering to others without care.'
In the next moment, Zed disappeared and appeared in a large hall with over two hundred people.
A sudden silence descended in the hall as the people saw a young man appearing out of nowhere in the middle of their syndicate meeting.
The Undercurrent Syndicate was one of the biggest syndicates residing in the Nova Federation.
Facing these two hundred something people were the five bosses sitting in luxurious chairs like thrones.
"Oi, who are you? How did you just pop out of nowhere?"
Zed was already surrounded by guards who were standing with rifles in their hands.
But he turned around and looked at the five bosses in exotic suits—four men and one woman.
He pointed his hand at them.
Telekinesis.
Suddenly, all five of them were yanked toward Zed, and the moment they entered within ten meters of him, everyone saw them vanish into countless thin black slits in less than a second.
Bullets started raining immediately as uproar burst in the hall. Everyone took out their weapons.
But Zed raised his arms. 'Pull.'
And so, an unimaginable scene took place.
People were being pulled toward Zed before vanishing instantly once they entered within ten meters of him.
Those at the back tried to escape in horror, but none could get away as they were pulled by invisible hands.
In just a minute, the entire hall was empty, except for some guns lying on the ground.
Zed looked at the U.R points he gathered.
[ 247 U.R points. ]
'Next.'
For the next fifteen minutes, Zed went to random places all over Earth.
Avalen Country, Nova Federation, Lionesia Country, Union of Talmaria, and Vulkan Republic.
Zed visited all five governing bodies of planet Earth, appearing in various corners and warehouses, deleting people, and vanishing without leaving any traces.
In the end, Zed acquired a total of 1837 U.R points by Void Snapping 1837 people.
Zed lay down on the bed in his room and looked at his hands. 'Now I no longer have absolute protection and the skills.'
'System.'
◐ Unbound Reality System ◑
[System Level]: 1
[U.R Points]: 1837
| Status |
| Inventory |
| Quest |
| Unbound Shop |
Zed blinked. He focused on | Status |, and it opened.
[Stats]:
Vigor: 7.1
Ki: 2.1 [21/21]
Lumen: 9.4
Spirit: 4.7 [47/47]
'Huh? What is this?'
[ My lord. These stats represent your comprehensive parameters. Vigor refers to your physical parameters. Ki refers to the energy your body can produce. Lumen refers to your mental parameters. And Spirit refers to the energy your mind can produce. ]
Zed blinked twice. 'Why do I have 2.1 Ki and 4.7 Spirit?'
[ Every person can naturally produce some Ki and Spirit throughout their lives, but they don't know how to use it. Spirit is more on the rare side, though some minds can get attuned to certain powers from birth or halfway through their lives due to impactful situations and produce it. Mr. Tomen's daughter got attuned to a subject in the world, awakening an affinity, which gave her entry into the supernatural side of the planet. ]
'Oh… And I suppose we need to use Ki and Spirit for the so-called supernatural feats?'
[ Indeed, my lord. ]
Zed's eyes shone. 'Well then, I should check my rewards now.'
He opened the Inventory, and it appeared like a box with small slots. Two slots were filled, displaying a book in one and a ticket with "Lucky" written on it in the second. It had 5x at the corner, indicating five tickets.
Zed focused on the tickets, and a new interface appeared in his mind—a fancy magical slot machine with a single slot.
[ 1 x Draw ] — [ 5 x Draw ]
Zed pressed the 1 x Draw.
The slot machine spun automatically and soon stopped automatically.
[ Congratulations. You won a D-rank Assorted Box of Power-up Pills. The reward has been sent to your Inventory. ]
'Oh?' Zed blinked. He checked the Inventory and then the reward. It was a polished rectangular wooden case with golden patterns on it.
[ Assortment of Power-up Pills ]
Rank: D
Contains:
— 5 x Vigor Boost Pills
— 5 x Ki Boost Pills
— 5 x Lumen Boost Pills
— 5 x Spirit Boost Pills
[Vigor Boost Pill]
Effect:
— Increases Vigor by 10% of the current Vigor you have. It will not work if you have Vigor above 100.
The other pills had similar effects, increasing a stat by 10% of its current total value.
'This is a waste if I use them right away.' Zed frowned. 'I need to increase my stats in other ways first.'
'Well, let's see what I get next.'
Zed spun the machine a second time.
[ Congratulations. You have won a B-rank skill rune—Blood Rage. ]
'Skill!' Zed's eyes brightened.
He accessed the Inventory and checked the rune right away.
[Blood Rage]
Rank: B
Cost: 10 Ki
Effect:
— Increases movement speed, attack speed, and strength by 20%.
'How do I learn this skill?'
[ My lord, you can learn it by infusing a bit of Ki energy into it. But you have to sense and discover it within your body first. ]
'Then… bend reality and give me mastery of Ki.'
[ If you want beginner-stage mastery of Ki, it would require 1 U.R point. ]
'Oh? What if I want higher mastery than the beginner stage?'
[ Higher than the beginner stage is the intermediate stage. This will require 1000 U.R points. ]
Zed got up in shock. 'What? Why such a big difference?'
[ Because this plane of existence on which this planet exists cannot process phenomena caused by Intermediate-stage Ki mastery. But if you were to ascend to a world in a higher plane of existence and upgrade the system to level 2, the cost of Intermediate-stage Ki mastery will reduce to 10 U.R points. ]
'Sounds like bending reality is a complicated process.'
[ A bit. It still needs to abide by some rules and restrictions, as you are still weak, and the place you are in is also weak. Some changes can break this entire plane of existence, essentially destroying this universe within mere seconds, which would also kill you. ]
'…I see. Well, let's learn beginner-stage Ki Mastery.'
[ 1 U.R point consumed. You now have 100% beginner-stage Ki mastery. ]
Zed suddenly felt as if an entirely new sense had opened up.
He could feel a mysterious flow of energy within his body. It was not much, but it was there in crystal-clear form, and he could control it as easily as breathing.
'Give me beginner stage mastery of Spirit as well.'
[ 1 U.R point consumed. You now have 100% beginner-stage Spirit mastery. ]
'Alright.'
Without further ado, he infused a tiny bit of Ki into the thumb-sized skill rune made of exotic material. In the next moment, it turned into motes and entered his body.
[ You have learned a B-rank skill, Blood Rage. ]
'Awesome.' Zed smiled. 'Now, time to draw again.'
[ 1 x Draw ]
This time, colorful confetti and celebratory fireworks burst out all around, startling Zed.
[ Congratulations, you have won a reward in the 0.1% chance category! It is… ]