[ "Attention everyone." ]
With an obvious image of military official, clean clothes, tall and well built body, eyes that could cut you down with just a gaze, polished shoes, the person that attracted everyone's scattered attention was going to be their supervisor today.
'Oh?'
He was one of the individuals that KiRA had his eyes on. There was something about this person that made KiRA smile with excitement.
===Status===
ID: Frances Monica Bell
Age: 42
Title: -
Class: -
Level: 21
IX: 1000
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Strength: 27
Dexterity: 28
Stamina: 24
Aura: 12
(Stat points: 0)
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Authorities: -
Blessings: Wargod's attention.
Skills: Stealth (Lv.2), Concentration (Lv.2), Mental fortitude (Lv.1).
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The skill Mental fortitude was something that could be made into one of the most powerful mental barriers of the tower.
While it wasn't an easy task, requiring a precise combination of more than two skills, with the right formation and knowledge it was possible.
'It's also a rare skill.'
In the tower, only the best of the knights were born with this skill. And along with the mental fortitude, the stealth skill that he possessed made him a perfect assassin.
'Maybe he had been a special operations officer before all this like Him.'
He was pretty different from the other men KiRA had seen as well, so it was adequate to say those with prior experience in such fields had a superior awakening to the rest of the population.
[ "Since all of you gathered here are here to obtain your player registrations, we will believe all of you must be players at the very least." ]
His words made sense. While they couldn't say for certain who was a player and who wasn't without a high-level appraisal skill, they would have no choice but to accept the fact that all gathered in this place were players.
'They know many of them aren't players though.'
KiRA could see it thanks to his authority, but the government officials from A2P2 didn't seem to have the appropriate means yet.
[ "Well, since we are accepting all of you as players, we will be conducting three simple tests to assign you temporary appropriate ranks according to our pre-established system." ]
The instructor's eyes moved across the wide area.
Each eye his cold dark eyes met, a shiver was sent down their spine almost immediately.
Not as a player, but as someone who had experience of life and death, as someone who was trained to assess the friend and foe at a glance, this person could tell just how strong someone was instinctively.
After awakening as a player, his senses had enhanced further as well, so he had a rough idea of everyone's strengths– there were some exceptions in this mass though.
'He knows Z is different. If he interacts with Is, he will not find anything special about her, and lastly…'
Just like how he had overlooked some of the unattractive individuals, his eyes also glanced past KiRA.
'He cannot tell.'
KiRA knew it was difficult to assess the level of someone who was so obviously above all of them.
===Status===
ID: KiRA [Companion: Unity.]
Age: 24
Title: Conqueror of the Tower of Beginning (U)
Class: -
Level: 29 (Locked)
IX: 163,906
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Strength: 23
Dexterity: 24
Stamina: 31
Holy Power: 24
Purity: 12
(Stat points: 0)
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Authorities: Causal Access (1)
Blessings: Blessing of Blessing Removal.
Skills: Tenacity (Lv:3), Precise calculations(Lv:2), Wise eyes (Lv:3), Halo of Pure Light (Lv.1), Gale Steps (Lv.1).
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He gained movement skills from Zyon. Surprisingly, he only needed to cook something special to obtain that difficult skill.
He had lost quite a lot of his money after spending most of it on Unity's shop. There were many things that they needed to complete their base and make it much more secure.
It was a good investment. As long as the people close to him were safe and well, there was nothing more he needed to worry about.
With the help of Rose of Cicilia, a special medium that made it possible for them to level up their skills at a cheaper price, they were able to strengthen the skills of the people at their base as well.
'While the rose wasn't functional after so many uses, the people at the base were strong enough to fight an entire wave of monsters without any help.'
But if things go well, there shouldn't be any monster attacks anytime soon. At least, KiRA hoped there weren't any more unexpected dangers.
[ "We will start the testing immediately. The first test would be of your Physical stats. Then we will test the skills that you possess. And lastly, we will assess your
The testing process was a mix of what they had predicted. They were giving all of them a licence at least, however the ranks will decide what they could do within the tower.
[ "Those with [Rank-1] to [Rank-3] will have access to the tower's first floor three times only. If you exit the tower three times or are found injured, you cannot enter the tower again.
Those with [Rank-4] to [Rank-6] will be able to leave the tower however many times they want. However, they cannot go to certain restricted areas within the floor.
Those with a [Rank-7] and above will have a meeting with our supervisor to understand their perks individually." ]
There were a total of Nine ranks according to the official release statement of A2P2. Until now, there have been only three officially recognised [Rank-9] players throughout the world.
The tests are still ongoing and are predicted to go on over the rest of the month, however, according to the obtained data, it has been concluded that only one in a hundred million has the capabilities of a [Rank-9].
'They also aren't basing these ranks off of obtained Data and perceived talents of the individuals.'
KiRA could see some interesting artifacts inside the building that they were going into. Artifacts that were used by the [Magic Tower] and entities of high ranks within the tower.
'If they have things like that, then there must be someone pretty capable of guiding the Association.'
KiRA already had his suspicions, but the more he thought about it, the more this progress of the Association and their actions surprised him.
'There's definitely someone behind them…'
He wanted to know what kind of person was doing all this and what their position in Tower of Beginning used to be. However, he will have his chance to find that out in the near future.
[ "We will now begin the testing for Group-1." ]
For now, he focused on the technologically and magically advanced testing zone… a place that reminded him of the [Imperial Laboratory] on the 6th floor of the tower.