Chapter 169 Where Is This? (1/2)

Alec found himself in a dark space, where there was nothing beside himself.

Darkness surrounded him, but for some reason, he was able to see himself even when he wasn't able to see anything else.

There was something in the darkness watching him, but he wasn't able to pinpoint it.

It gave him a familiar feeling, in this unfamiliar space.

Faint chills ran up and down his arms, causing Alec to maintain his 'gentle' persona. No doubt he would lose points should whatever that was watching him see him break out of character.

He didn't know how long he was within that space, but eventually, there was a bright flash of light, momentarily blinding him.

He found himself in a square room made out of stone. There was a single passage out, but Alec didn't randomly move until he found out his current situation.

He was alone.

Alec was still able to feel the bonds that connected him to his Awakened, but they felt distant, as if they weren't in the same dimension. Now, even Bunbun and Fenrir felt distant as well.

Was this to be a 'test' to see whether or not he deserved to inherit the legacy? He was already getting very familiar vibes from this setup here. He could practically taste the incoming 'mission'.

Before he had time to ruminate further, a screen popped up before him, causing him to widen his eyes in shock.

Alec almost wondered whether or not he was back in the System space, where all the System dwelled.

[Survive at least 15 Stages.]

[The further you survive, the better the reward.]

[Easy/Normal/Hard/Hell]

[Rewards depend on the level of difficulty.

Alec resisted the urge to swear at whoever was behind this shitty legacy test. This was in bad taste. It came across as a game more than anything. Sure enough, he had been right!

…This was definitely not a legacy test?

At least, it wasn't one that had been left by a natural inhabitant.

It felt and gave off the feeling exactly like one of the damn Mainframe's games. Or rather, one of those bad System's games that they sometimes held to alleviate boredom.

Alec kept his thoughts to himself, schooling his expression back into neutrality, and by neutrality he meant his normal smile.

Slowly, there was a budding feeling of inexplicable anger that was building up within him.

Alec clicked [Hell] difficulty mode. Since he was here, he might as well go all the way. If this followed the rules that most of these scenarios did, then he'd be able to opt out at certain points. Likely every five stages, or every ten.

Though he was only in the foundational stage, he had the confidence to break through. Since he could see the runes that hung around, just waiting to activate, he was actually at a large advantage in this place compared to the rest of his party.

That was the reason why he had confidence to take on the [Hell] mode in the first place.

[Stage 1] hung in the air in the middle of the room, reminiscent of a badly styled dungeon survival game.

Alec had no doubt that if they died while trying to pass the stage, it would truly lead to their deaths.

He resisted the urge to frown.

Something that was as technologically advanced like this shouldn't have appeared on Incantix. There was something wrong here. It had to be another System. There was no doubt about it.

Even though the Kaoriht continent was considered technologically advanced, they still had to have machines that would allow a hologram to appear or use screens themselves. They couldn't appear like this in the form of just floating in the air without any sort of machine to help.

Alec pulled out the dagger that had been strapped to his thigh, checking it.