[ "It has been a week since the Towers appeared all around the world." ]
[ "The world has faced countless losses over this short period, the world is not the same as what we have been used to anymore." ]
[ "With the death of more than twenty percent of the world leaders and those of significant positions, successor wars have started all over the world with the Tower of Cessation becoming the battlefield for many of them." ]
[ "The death count of the past week has exceeded well over a few millions, with billions in damages all across the world: cities have fallen and become barren wastelands, overtaken by calamities that cannot be dealt with, while strange dungeons that have not vanished even after the tutorial now haunting many states." ]
[ "The constantly increasing number of players have resulted in the early establishment and growth of A2P2. Thanks to the constant regulations imposed by the Association, the number of criminal players Publically known as [Dark players] have decreased significantly. Still, crimes committed by players are steadily increasing." ]
[ "The Tower of Cessation has been revealed to be closely similar to the Tower of Beginning from the first players who got access to it. While the difficulty is slightly higher compared to the game, players are constantly improving themselves." ]
[ "Emergence of [Guilds] or corporations that deal with players and items related to tower has already begun all over the world with East becoming the spearhead of global changes." ]
[ "While countless concerns still haunt the public, the presence of Government players and affiliates of A2P2 has become the public hope." ]
[ "Rise of various individuals recognised by large corporates and A2P2, those who are clearing the dungeons, gates and labyrinth present all over the world, are being called Heros by the masses." ]
[ "Player registrations have started and the first round of player registrations is set to take place tomorrow in the city's central area. Those with (Proof of Identification) issued by A2P2 will be the only players with authorised access to the tower." ]
[ "Players caught entering the tower without a permit will be dealt with the newly established Laws of Association for Awakened Players and Public." ]
A week has passed and for a week, KiRA spent his time helping the people of the neighbourhood as well as building up the foundations that they needed within the underground bunkers.
"Kai, help us with this."
"Yes~."
"Kai, how do you use this item? Is it the same as a mini-frame interface?"
"Kind of like that~."
"Kai, how do you kill that thing?!"
"Oh, the armored bear?"
"Kai! Come here!"
"Yes~!"
He was in no hurry to go anywhere around the tower for now. He could have gone into the tower for early access to various contents that everyone already knew about from the game, but he waited outside and instead, focused on getting rid of the debuffs that were placed on him.
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[Blessing: Resentment of the Light]
-Decreased affinity with light attributes and increased difficulty of handling Holy energy. Light attribute Damage sustained will be increased by 10%.
-Attacks from Darkness attributes will be enhanced.
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[Blessing: Resentment of Divine purity.]
-Effects of unique stat (Purity) will be decreased by 20%. All corrupt damage sustained will be enhanced by 50%.
-Damage dealt using (Purity) as medium will deal (40%) more damage.
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[Blessing: Divine Malice]
-You will be affected by a random status abnormality at each dawn. In case of receiving any divine status abnormality, you will lose all stats and IX in possession.
-If you overcome the status abnormalities, a reward corresponding to the status abnormality will be given.
-If you die while under the effects of the debuff, your [Soul] will be sealed and presented to the one who bestowed the blessing.
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Each one of these 'blessings' were nothing less than a curse to him. Even the 'blessing' of the Divine Malice was a ticking time bomb.
'On the first day, it was
With a simple antidote, it was easy to cure. But the same could not be said about the abnormality that he got today:
He could not see much of anything, however to overcome it, he asked everyone around him to use louder voices.
He took this chance to train without his eyesight and managed to enhance his Dexterity stat three times while doing simple chores.
And this wasn't even the rewards for the day.
'For overcoming hunger by spending the day fasting, I got a Potion that removed the need to eat for a few days. For healing internal bleeding– haa, the damned system gave me 1000 IX as if mocking me.'
To overcome the poison, he got a healing potion of the same kind that he had used. And for overcoming Paralysis with the help of a herbal remedy that Isah made for him, he got a Paralysis poison.
Most of the things he got were pretty useless to him but he did not complain much. He simply wanted to get rid of the 'blessing' altogether.
He was already working on it.
'If it weren't for the Authority, I would be dead on the very first floor.'
The Holy power was a hindrance but he couldn't get rid of it directly since it was a stat. The Blessings, however, were not something permanent.
[Using Authority: Causal Access.]
[Using companion Skill: Open Access.]
[Ding!]
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[Request: Removal of all present Blessings.]
[Additional Request: Blessing of Blessing Removal.]
Cost: 1,000,000 IX, Head of a Jewel skeleton, Robe of a Necromancer, Heart of a (Level-100) beast.
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The price was absurd. But perhaps this was the reason he got that 1,000,000 IX in the first place.
Still…
'The rest of the materials will come out of my own pocket.'
But even that was fine as long as he could get rid of these damned curses.
"Is it time yet? It's almost 12." His aunt asked Isah's mother with a concerned look while looking at her Son.
She couldn't see KiRA in that state so she wanted the debuff to be over as soon as possible.
"It's almost time. Anytime now…"
The debuffs lasted till midnight so they all were waiting.
They all cared for her and she especially didn't want him to get in any trouble.
Seeing the changed world was already too much for her. She didn't want to lose either of her children in this ruined world.
"Oh, it's over." KiRA finally announced and everyone sighed in relief.
At the very least, the momentary blindness was gone.
[Ding!]
Of course though, after a trial, a reward of the appropriate value was bound to follow through.