[Declaration!
Geomantic Power gathers here, condensing a Holy Relic with supreme might.
Guardians of the Holy Relic, summoned to this place, receive the sanctuary's protection. You shall vow to defend that which is connected, even unto death.
Remember, defeat means failure, and failure brings punishment. Proceed with utmost caution.]
In a remote park in a certain city, a black light flashed. A different dimension, a Singularity, quietly unfolded, attaching itself to this world.
This alternate space, identical to the outside world, rapidly formed. Parks, roads, and houses appeared one after another, but the atmosphere was dim and oppressive, devoid of any living creatures. Besides these two points, there was no difference from the outside world.
At the center of this alternate world, a card materialized out of thin air. It depicted a masked figure holding a short dagger.
The card floated and spun in the air as Geomantic Power continuously poured into it. Finally, a massive summoning circle appeared mid-air!
"Buzz!!"
A burst of bright light flashed. When the light dissipated, the card was gone, replaced by a tall man in a black robe.
The tall man seemed a bit disoriented. Everything before his eyes felt incredibly strange. After a few seconds, he reacted.
"...My promotion match!"
Mo Shuying shouted skyward. Just moments ago, his final promotion match to Diamond had just started. It was a do-or-die game, two wins and two losses. With trembling hands, he'd picked Sett, and then...
And then there was no "then"! Most likely, there would be an additional three-minute game and a warning for a failed promotion.
"What in the world is going on?! Where am I?"
Still not understanding what had happened, Mo Shuying looked around. He forced himself to calm down, surveying his surroundings with vigilance in his eyes.
It was too eerie, too quiet...
Imagine being in your room playing on your computer one second, then appearing in a place quieter than Silent Hill the next. Mo Shuying's liver was already trembling.
Images of various horror games and movies flashed through his mind. Mo Shuying hunkered down, alert to his surroundings, terrified that something might suddenly leap out from the bushes.
Just then.
[Declaration!
By the principles of the world,
Your body exists for this world.
You are the Assassin who walks in the night.
You are the one who judges humanity with a blade.
You are the guardian who defends hope.
Rely on the earth, receive Geomantic protection.
Guard this place, guard the vessel being nurtured.]
A series of ethereal voices echoed in his mind. Various pieces of information poured in, making Mo Shuying instantly understand what was happening to him.
It turned out he had been summoned by this world to become a Heroic Spirit of the Assassin class, tasked with guarding this Singularity until a certain treasure was fully nurtured.
"I became a Heroic Spirit??"
Mo Shuying touched his chest, his face filled with disbelief. He could feel a card inside him constantly emitting some kind of power.
What puzzled Mo Shuying was, did he have any great achievements that met the standard for a Heroic Spirit? He was just an Otaku! At most, he helped society save energy and reduce emissions! What else could he have done?
"Could it be that I'll achieve something great in the future?"
Mo Shuying raised an eyebrow, a hint of pride in his expression. As an Otaku, he was familiar with Fate, Heroic Spirits, Type-Moon, and Grand Servants. In his youth, he had more than once shouted "My King is Awesome!" and "Excalibur!" — such chuunibyou catchphrases. So, he knew exactly how Heroic Spirits came into being.
And today, he too had become one of them, but it was a class he wasn't particularly fond of.
Assassin!
The Assassin class.
Among the Seven Classes, it wasn't the weakest, but it was certainly among the bottom tiers.
While it was said there was no weakest class, only the weakest Heroic Spirit, in Mo Shuying's opinion, Assassins were genuinely weak.
In previous works, besides Assassins covered by protagonist halos, which ones weren't bullied and relegated to background characters? Their fragile bodies were just pathetic; they probably couldn't even beat a certain public school teacher.
Mo Shuying reached out, naturally summoning a projection. It displayed the attributes of his Heroic Spirit body.
[Mo Shuying]
Class: Assassin
Level: 1
HP: 1111
ATK: 888
Abilities: Strength E, Endurance E, Agility C, Magic E+, Luck C
Noble Phantasm: None.
Class Skill: Presence Concealment A+
Inherent Skill: None.
Mo Shuying: "..."
Oh my god! What kind of garbage stats are these? Is this the fighter jet among garbage?
As someone who'd played games, Mo Shuying knew these starting stats were absolutely terrible, basically cannon fodder level. And he was supposed to protect this place with this?
For such a powerful entity that could summon him here to be a Heroic Spirit, if it wanted him dead, it certainly didn't need to beat around the bush!
"What the hell! Is this it? You want me to protect this place with these stats? I'm not even as good as a one-star! Where's my Noble Phantasm? My skills?!"
Mo Shuying was speechless. How am I supposed to help you when you're like this?!
Just as he was fuming...
[Warning! Anomalous energy detected.]
"What?"
Before he could figure out what was happening, a sharp pain suddenly shot through Mo Shuying's entire body!
"Hiss!! Ah!!"
In an instant, Mo Shuying broke out in a cold sweat, trembling all over. Panic seized him! Had that mysterious entity heard his thoughts? Was it really going to kill him directly without any pretense?!
Fortunately, the pain came and went quickly. In the blink of an eye, the agony disappeared, and Mo Shuying's body went limp, collapsing to the ground. He didn't want to move a single finger.
Just as Mo Shuying was celebrating that he seemed to still be alive...
"Ding~ God-Tier System successfully bound. Host, would you like to enable daily sign-in?"
"Huh??"
Mo Shuying was stunned. What was going on? Had his cheat code arrived?
"Would you like to enable daily sign-in?"
"Enable!"
Mo Shuying quickly chose to enable it. Nothing could be worse than his current situation. If it could, then let the storm rage even more fiercely!
"Daily sign-in successfully enabled. Host can perform one daily sign-in after 00:00 every day to receive sign-in rewards. Rewards are random. Every 30 days is a mid-tier sign-in. Every 180 days is a high-tier sign-in. Host is granted three high-tier sign-in opportunities. Detecting today's sign-in unused, sign-in immediately?"
"Sign in immediately!!"
Mo Shuying's eyes lit up as he listened to the system's explanation! Three high-tier sign-ins! These were good things that normally took 180 days to get! Sign in immediately!
"Ding~ Host successfully signed in. Obtained Inherent Skill [Gathering Storm A++]."
"...Storm? Gathering Storm?"
Mo Shuying was a little bewildered by this sign-in reward. Wasn't Gathering Storm a talent from the game he'd just been playing?
He waved his hand to bring up the panel, and finally, there was a skill in the Inherent Skills section!
Gathering Storm (A++): Continuously grows stronger by absorbing surrounding energy.
Grants a fixed increase of 1 Attack, 1 Spell Power, and 10 Mana per hour.
Note: 1 Attack = 5 ATK, 1 Spell Power = 5 ATK.
Looking at this clearly modified Gathering Storm, Mo Shuying first frowned, then a smile spread across his face.
"This... this is my path to power."
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