His mind, which had sunk deeply, was pulled back up.
His heavily sunken eyes were forcibly pried open.
A refreshing breeze began to brush against his skin,
and sensation returned to his entire body.
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙Hidden achievement clear reward has been distributed. Unfold your story in Frontier Chronicles!
Before his sanity could fully return, a cheerful chime rang out alongside a translucent blue window materializing before his eyes.
As he stared at the window, the surrounding scenery came into view.
Behind the translucent panel stood a colossal building that could only be described as majestic.
It was Frontier Academy, the starting point of Frontier Chronicles—a sight he'd seen countless times in game screenshots, having devoted nearly his entire life to it.
'No way...'
It was an unbelievable panorama.
The academy's overwhelming landscape, incomparable to mere images,
served as a stark reminder that this was reality.
'I've really entered the game...?'
The realization still lacked any sense of reality.
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙Frontier Chronicles all-runs inheritance perks - Unique Trait {Defying Heaven} - Unique Trait {Last Hero} have been inherited.⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙Frontier Chronicles possession perks - Title {Pioneer} - Skill {Piercing Eyes} have been granted.
'Possession...'
Another translucent window popped up, hammering home the reality.
"Ha... what the fuck..."
A curse slipped out reflexively amid the sudden situation,
but upon reflection, it wasn't such a bad turn of events.
He had no family in the real world.
He'd always just played games at home anyway, with no one he could call a friend.
He quickly accepted the situation in his mind.
Since it had already happened, grasping the current state was what mattered.
'Status window.'
As expected, mentally reciting the classic possession line brought up a translucent window.
⚔ STATUS ⚔
Name: Aden
Title: {Pioneer}
Age: 15
⚡ Strength: 20💪 Vitality: 20✨ Magic Power: 20🛡️ Spirit: 20💨 Agility: 20🧠 Intelligence: 20⭐ Divinity: 20
Unique Traits
{Defying Heaven}
{Last Hero}
Passive Skills
(-)
Skills
{Basic Swordsmanship}, {Piercing Eyes lv. max}, {Life and Death Resolve}, {Defying Heaven}, {Heaven Defying Sword lv. 1}
"In... insane."
The status window was impressive enough to draw an involuntary gasp of admiration.
'No, not just impressive.'
This was on the level of a historic starting point.
Name, basic skills, and stats were set to the same as his previous runs,
but he had two unique traits.
Two unique traits, each powerful enough to be extraordinary on its own.
'Munchkin... possible?'
With this, he could become the overwhelmingly strongest in the world,
surpassing even the final run's munchkin build.
First, the unique trait {Defying Heaven} had been key to clearing hidden achievements across all runs,
boasting performance that dominated overwhelmingly.
{Defying Heaven} - {He Who Defies the Heavens} Status ailment nullification - Derived Skill {Defying Heaven} Once per day, increase attack damage by 1000% for 1 minute - Derived Skill {Heaven Defying Sword} Swordsmanship of the heaven-defying swordsman
'Hm...?'
Upon checking the details,
the skill {Defying Heaven} had changed from "once per battle" to "once per day."
In exchange, it shifted from a single attack to a 1-minute duration.
'Well... not bad.'
In a way, this might even be better.
"Once per battle" meant one attack per fight,
but 1 minute applied to every attack within that time—potentially more overpowered in reality.
'Next...'
Unique trait {Last Hero}.
The unique trait earned from clearing that brutally difficult hidden achievement,
one he was quite looking forward to.
{Last Hero} - Growth is assisted - Derived Skill {Life and Death Resolve} Temporarily become the hero of a destroyed world. Duration determined by stats. Extreme pain accompanies duration end. *Current duration: 0.2 seconds
'Hm...'
A somewhat ambiguous unique trait.
"Growth assisted" was vague, with no way to quantify it,
making it hard to judge definitively.
As for the derived skill...
From the description, it seemed to summon his state from just before the final run's end.
If so, it was blatantly overpowered.
The duration was minuscule,
but raising stats would resolve that.
'Extreme pain accompanies...'
However, fitting its broken performance, there was a nagging penalty.
Depending on usage, just extending the duration could let him breeze through certain quests and opportunities,
but
'Can't use it recklessly.'
At least until the penalty was clarified, it wasn't something to toy with.
Even so, {Life and Death Resolve} lived up to its unique trait billing.
The possession perks—title and skill—were more ambiguous.
Title {Pioneer} - The first adventurer to pioneer a new world. - Corrects the possessor's actions.Skill {Piercing Eyes} - Pierces through all information in the world. - Possesses sharp insight at every moment.
Things he'd only know after experiencing them.
As he calmly reviewed most of the status window's info, a new translucent window appeared before his eyes.
📜 MAIN QUEST 📜
Academy Entrance Exam
On the cusp of your great journey,
enroll in Frontier Academy, the start of all journeys!
📍 Success Condition: Enroll in Frontier Academy.
🎁 Success Reward: Distributed differentially based on performance.
⚠️ Failure Penalty: Unable to recruit academy-affiliated characters, academy main quests vanish.
Main Quest,
the central scenario quest that played a major role in Frontier Chronicles.
The most eye-catching part of the quest window was the success reward.
'Distributed differentially based on performance...'
The first main quest, academy enrollment, had always given fixed rewards in the game.
A simple temporary stat growth title and basic gear (uniform).
However...
'The reward's changed.'
He calmly assessed his available means.
The entrance exam was divided into written and practical portions.
For top scores, practical was key,
consisting of three parts: monster extermination combat evaluation in sequence,
interpersonal combat evaluation via academy welcome magic,
and a secretly conducted crisis response evaluation.
The new unique trait {Last Hero} and its derived skill were growth-type,
so he couldn't expect much from them right now.
{Piercing Eyes} was hard to gauge, so he classified it as non-combat for now,
and while the title {Pioneer} was premature to judge,
he doubted it would deliver big performance.
What remained were his basic skill {Basic Swordsmanship}
and the unique trait {Defying Heaven}'s derived skill {Defying Heaven}.
'Top score possible...?'
Even in the game, the highest score in Frontier Academy's entrance exam was 3rd place.
No matter how well he aced written and practical,
starting stats and skills couldn't surpass 1st and 2nd.
Those two showed impossible starting stat performances,
and with only one achievement for top 3,
no reward differences meant rankings weren't a big deal back then.
'But different rewards change everything...'
With differential rewards, it was a different story.
To grow fast, even minor rewards mattered.
Having possessed this world, his goal was the ending.
That meant handling the final boss Evil God himself,
and the brutally tough hidden boss Evil that Swallowed God too.
This wasn't the game anymore.
With only one life, he needed reliable allies,
and to seize every advantage without missing a thing—even more thoroughly than the final run.
'Goal: munchkin.'
He aimed to become overwhelmingly powerful,
strong enough to crush hidden bosses effortlessly.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇
Steeling himself, he stepped forward.
He entered the majestic building.
A few steps in, a familiar sight came into view.
The academy reception desk, seen countless times on his game screen.
"Yes, what brings you here today?"
"I'm here to take the entrance exam."
"Understood. Please fill out your basic personal info on this form, and we'll verify it."
Frontier Academy Entrance Exam Application.
He filled out the basic personal details on the document handed by the receptionist and submitted it.
"Name... Aden, specialty swordsmanship, confirmed."
"Please proceed straight down the right path and wait at the exam hall."
"Yes, thank you."
After completing entrance exam registration, exchanging brief pleasantries, he headed down the right path.
Soon, a large building crowded with people came into view.
"There it is."
Following the crowd inside,
despite the countless diverse people, the building accommodated them all.
About 10 minutes passed,
until no more people entered.
Suddenly, darkness engulfed the surroundings.
Commotion erupted from all sides,
but it was brief—soon, eerie silence fell.
It wasn't that they'd adapted to the dark so quickly.
He knew the situation.
He—no, everyone—had been transported.
To the magic exam hall created by the academy chairman.
Moments later, light returned, revealing a novel space.
In the midst of an all-white expanse,
an out-of-place desk held a sheet of paper.
The Frontier Academy entrance exam had begun.
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