Emily stopped looking around and stared at Sora with a fident smirk. "Who do you think I am? If I have time to babysit you, it’s because I don’t need aesting me. Do you holy believe there are many people in South Korea who measure up to me?"

  She ughed, clearly pleased with herself, aured for them to follow as she led the way toward the results of their guildmates' qualifiers. Sora shook his head at her antics, smiling, 'She's so childish.'

  As they passed through the crowd of thousands of pyers, Sora asked, "How many regions are there in our Kingdom?"

  Emily gnced bad replied, "This year, it’s 2ions. It was only 15 st year," she said casually as they he main group.

  Kim Dong, catg Emily’s smug expression, raised an eyebrow. "Judging by that smile, I take it they both passed?"

  "They passed, of course," Emily shot back, looking as if their success was her personal triumph. "What about yroup?"

  "They all passed as well," Kim said, clearly annoyed by her tourning to address everyone, he added, "Take the rest of the day to recover. We'll regroup tomorrow."

  Sora and Kara, along with the others, exited the assessment area, their thoughts already on the uping Assio. Emily stayed behind, studying the ions, in a good mood because of her guild's aplishments.

  Oside, Sora and Kara exged a gheir uanding unspoken—it was time for one final round of training. Without hesitation, they headed to a level 140 zone near Fukuoka, taking advantage of its experience bonus. As soon as they arrived, they vanished into the [Time Space], fully loaded with densed mana that pushed its effects even more.

  Ihe realm, Kara turo Sora with determination in her eyes. "Do you remember when you told me to try densing life force? I've been w on it ever since, and I think I’m close to a breakthrough. Maybe I reach my goal before the event. I also have aeique I'm w on, so let's train separately for now."

  Sora blinked, surprised. 'I barely remember mentioning it, back when I was first expl my [True Mage] css...'

  Smiling, he nodded and said, "You'll get there. Good luck." He then headed toward the ke withiime Space] to focus on his own skill training.

  'Last time, I worked on strengthening my mental power. Now, it's time to push my arsenal of skills to the limit. I'll show them that one ot have too many skills...'

  As they immersed themselves in training, their perfected es and Kara’s summons would fight, engaging the beasts lured ihe realm by Kara. Together, the es and summons hahe occasional monster with ease, ensuring Sora and Kara's bodies would focus on their main tasks.

  Kara, maintaining full trol over the [Time Space], monitored its surroundings, to ensure no intruders could ehe realm. In this protected space, they pushed themselves o time..

  Sora and Kara arrived at Nara's Adventurer's Guild just before 8 a.m. Their levels had risen again, and a sense of excitement their eyes. Fresh from their ret training successes, they were more fident about their ces in the Assio.

  Sora took a moment to observe the groups f in front of the Guild. Most pyers were clustered together by regiuild. Using his [Mana Eyes], he sed the area, hoping to gain information about the petition. The highest-level pyers he could spot hovered above level 160.

  'Emily said talent matters more than levels here,' he mused, 'but if pyers at that level also have incredible talent, doesn’t that make them monsters?' Despite being reminded how some pyers were currently leagues above them, Sora did not lose fiden himself.

  The first group to catch his attention was from Russia. Refusing to join the New European Union early on, Russia was now sidered an intermediate-level zoh an average pyer level higher than Europe’s but lower than the East Asian regions. This group was led by a young man who exuded fidend pride. Sora focused on his mana flow and he pyer’s level—148. His mana hi a strong magic-reted css, reminding Sora of his early experiments with [dense]. Some members of the group wore uniforms resembling those of special forces or soldiers from before the World Update.

  The group he noticed had no fgs or obvious signs in, but Suessed they were from the Middle East. They had a few pyers at level 140, but their overall levels were even lower than Europe’s, with some pyers even below level 100. 'That's quite low... that region is gging behind others.' He thought.

  Just as he was moving on, Sora nearly jumped. He had been examining anroup’s levels and mana fluctuations when one of their members turned and locked eyes with him. A sudden wave of pressure crashed down on him, making it feel like death was moments away. The man grinned arrogantly, raised his middle finger, and activated a barrier that cloaked their entire group.

  "Was that an attaigerian region... They’re built different..." he muttered, trying tain his posure.

  Beside him, Emily muttered, "That was bloodthirst... What a monster. Ralph, I introduced you to the main regions for a reason—to avoid is like this. Stop probing everyone, or you'll paint a target on our backs. In this era, privacy is sacred, and probing someorohan you be fatal."

  "I didn’t think they’d notice..." Sora admitted, embarrassed.

  Emily sighed. "Thank God you didn’t try that with the ese or Ameri teams. Nigeria's team is overpowered, but at least they like to make friends. The others? They won’t give a South Korean guild any face."

  Sora let out a breath of relief, grateful he hadn’t caused a worse situation. 'Even with [Mana Eyes], I ’t spy on people in peace... I guess I need a better way to gather information iure.'

  Emily added, "You’ll meet plenty of people ihe tower. Don’t go around provoking anyone, or I’ll kick your ass after the event."

  As they stood with the others in front of the guild, a t structure suddenly materialized out of thin air.

  Snced up ahe words in the sky:

  [The Assion Tower is now open!][Adventurers, enter and find glory in Assion!][Descriptioer a different spad face trials. The more progress you show, the higher your final reward!][Warning: The Tower is a PVP zone.][didates: 0/400]Kim Dong turo the group, his tone serious. "Let’s go."

  Without hesitation, the group stepped forward, toward the entrao the tower.

  [Wele to the 1st floor of the Tower][Please choose a setting: Solo, Duo, Trio, Squad]Sora recalled Emily’s earlier advice: "If you're fident in damage, recovery, and tanking, piode. It has the best rewards. If you want to go far, it's the way to go, as you'll get stronger and stronger while climbing. The more people with you, the more they pensate for your weaknesses, meaning lower rewards. But it's a good way to beat the early floors." Turning to Kara, he smiled. "See you ter, Kara." Sending a telepathic message, he added 'Take care, let's meet on the fourth floor.'

  He selected [Solo].

  [You have choseting: Solo][Reward multiplier: x2]As soon as the notification disappeared, Sora felt his body dissolve and reform without any pain or effort.

  [Wele to the 1st floor of the Tower][Trial: [Endurance] Defeat endless waves of enemies without using active skills.][Please set difficulty][Easy: E your level][Normal: Enemies 10 levels higher][Hard: Enemies 20 levels higher][Extreme: Enemies 30 levels higher][Maximum: Enemies 50 levels higher]Sora pondered for a moment, smiling. "My god... If I had reset my level before entering, I’d be crushing this."

  Curious, he opened his status profile:

  [Status Update]Profile: Ralph Eden (Sora Hashino)Status: Alive (Prestige 1803)Talent Level: 1048576Growth Factor: 1Css: True Mage (Level 120)Soul Level: 450

  Body Level: Omega 29Energy Level: Omega 26Mental Power : Omega 21Supreme Skills:? [Mana Evolution] (Click to see effects)? [Eternal Body Craft] (Click to see effects)Innate Skill:? [Prestige] (Click to see effects)

  Skills: (see more...)

  He had reached level 120 thanks to Kara, who had spent the previous day aire night siphoning monsters in the zone near Fukuoka. However, the respawn rate was too slow to sustain both them and the few other pyers frantically grinding there at the st minute.

  Those pyers desperately chased after disappearing monsters, frustrated as the creatures vanished before their eyes. Kara ehat no one was actally teleported iheir training zone.

  His Status Profile, however, was a mess...

  Years of passive and active body f had propelled his [Eternal Body Craft] to incredible heights. Meanwhile, his [Mana Evolution] struggled to keep up. Despite this, his trol over mana had reached araordinary level, allowing him to create and prehend skills in an instant.

  'I even developed something that make up for the disparity between my Energy and Body levels...' He smiled, thinking of his test creation. 'Raw power isn’t the goal for [Mana Evolution]. It opens the door to unimagihs, and I o dig into that.'

  'My mental power is still my weakest point. I’ve hit a wall and ’t push further for now,' he admitted with a sigh, frustrated by the limit he entered without a Supreme Skill to surpass it.

  He selected the difficulty, and monsters started to appear around him.

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