Pick Me Up! Novel Chapter 42: Prologue (2)

Chapter 42: Prologue (2)

[Congratulations on your upcoming promotion, Master Loki!]

I wordlessly accepted the rainbow-colored stone that Iselle threw to .

[With this, you can graduate to 2-star. From here, youll climb all the way to 7-star! Crush the Tower and conquer! Woohoo!]

I dont know if I can make it to 7-star.

[Haha, who will push to 7-star if not Loki!]

If that were the case, Seris would have already been a 7-star.

I made efforts in all directions, but I couldnt promote her to the level of a 7-star hero.

[Master, lets start the promotion!]

Creak.

The door of the synthesis center opened.

I held the promotion stone in one hand and walked slowly inside.

Inside the synthesis center, with a violet magic circle drawn, another door opened.

I entered the second door.

The Promotion Hall had a structure almost identical to the Synthesis Center. Instead, the magic circle was red, and in the center of the room, there was a small altar big enough to place a stone. I placed the Promotion Stone on the altar.

A faint red light emanated from the Promotion Stone.

Bang!

The door of the Synthesis Center slamd shut loudly.

The door of the Promotion Hall closed imdiately afterward.

Promotion.

It was one of the areas that the Master couldnt see.

When a hero and the materials were put into the Promotion Hall, the hero would co out in a promoted state after a while. The Master couldnt know what happened inside.

A red light sprayed out from the entire magic circle.

Similar to the light the spatial rift usually emits, but sohow it felt more attached to the skin.

It was like sinking into deep water.

The red light enveloped my entire body.

When I opened my eyes again.

Darling.

A narrow and humble room made of wood.

A middle-aged woman sat on a rocking chair, holding a newborn baby in her arms.

Good boy, good boy.

Who are you?

No response.

This woman seed to be in a similar state as the NPCs on the 10th floor.

But she was a bit different.

Tong.

I reached out to the woman, but my hand bounced back midway.

Cant even touch her.

I looked around the room.

It was a place less than 10 square ters. The furniture was old and shabby.

The woman with black hair and black eyes gently caressed the baby and said, You will beco an amazing person.

Her touch was filled with affection.

I intuitively grasped the babys identity.

Han Israt.

Its not .

I have no family or anything of that sort.

The one who should have been here instead of

was over there.

I recalled my first visit to the waiting room.

Han Israt from the Haim Peninsula.

Iselle called

that na.

I looked at the window in the corner of the room.

Beyond the window, an unknown darkness lurked.

Good boy, good boy.

I dont have ti to waste on sothing like this.

Conveniently, there was a door on the right wall leading outside. I grabbed the doorknob. This ti, it didnt bounce back. I opened the door and rushed outside.

As I ca out, it was the square of the waiting room.

However, this square was open, devoid of any decorations.

It wasnt Anytngs waiting room. I couldnt tell what this place was.

The sky had no lights on.

I walked slowly through the empty waiting room.

There was only one door in the square in front of him. There was no dormitory, warehouse, or training center.

I looked behind

and the door I had co out of had disappeared.

I looked ahead, and the naplate on the door read The Rift of Ti and Space.

Squeak.

The door opened with an unpleasant sound, and sothing sprayed out with light.

Two pairs of wings sparkling with stardust.

That black dress and that unique cute face.

Is this Iselle?

No, shes different.

This little one was about the size of a fist. Iselle is not this small.

The fairy fluttered around

and giggled. Then, with her tiny finger, she pointed to the inside of the spatial rift.

You want

to go in?

Nod.

Suspicious, but staying here wont change anything.

I took a deep breath and stepped into the spatial rift.

In the center of the circular room, there was only one mirror.

Is this?

Bang!

The door leading back to the square closed. The fairy kept buzzing around . Blacklight began to seep out of the mirror.

The pitch-black light wrapped around

without any resistance.

And then, I found myself standing alone in a dark space.

Dudung!

The Astral Dungeon is now open!

[Warning! Warning! Warning!]

Instantly, a crushing pressure enveloped my entire body.

Ugh!

I dropped to one knee.

It felt like soone was pressing

down from above with a chanical press.

My vision blurred. I couldnt breathe. If I let my guard down even a little, I felt like my whole body would crumple and beco a handful of minced at.

Han() feels terror! All attributes decreased by 30%.

I drew my sword and stabbed it into the ground.

I couldnt tell if it was the ground or sothing else. It was just pitch-black.

I clung to the hilt of the sword and desperately endured. My body trembled, and blood oozed from my clenched teeth.

At this rate, Ill lose consciousness.

I need to do sothing.

So in the heat of the mont, I cut my left palm with the sword. Blood dripped from the edge of the blade.

At that mont, I could feel the sensation of breaking through sothing.

Han() has entered a Frenzied state!

Han() is no longer under terror.

Hoo

Haah.

I slowly took a breath in and exhaled.

Regaining control of my body.

I stood up.

And she stood in front of .

[SSSH Lv.999]

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