Chapter 363: Gain(2)
After the portal sucked Ethan in and disappeared, the already overcrowded street turned even more crowded.
Aakesh, who was expressionlessly watching the event, left the street.
He then found the nearest inn, booked a room, grabbed the key, entered the room, and closed the door.
After closing the door, he sat on the bed and activated his class.
The next mont, a blank screen appeared in front of him.
The screen suddenly lightened up, and soon a scenery appeared.
***
Ethan, who had excitedly worn the bracelet after thanking his parents, didn't understand for a few minutes what had happened to him.
It would've taken even more ti if not for the tortoise in front of him.
"It's been three thousand years since a challenger arrived," The tortoise comnted. His voice contained a hint of antiquity, showing just how old he was.
"Where am I?" Ethan asked in shock.
"Boy, do you want to beco strong?" The old tortoise ignored the boy's question and instead asked.
Ethan didn't know what to say, so he blankly stared at the tortoise.
"Boy, do you want to protect your parents, siblings, and family?" The tortoise asked another question.
"Yes!" Ethan answered right away. Like every child, he also wanted to protect his parents.
A smile appeared on the old tortoise's wrinkled face, hearing Ethan.
"Good…good…good," The tortoise repeatedly uttered the sa word. Ethan's eyes suddenly fell on the new bracelet on his hand, only to notice that the red rock had disappeared.
"Boy, no need to look at it. You and I are in the space inside that rock," The tortoise comnted, seeing Ethan looking at the bracelet.
"Boy, let teach you your first lesson. Nothing in this world cos at a free cost. If you wish to gain sothing, you need to be ready to sacrifice too," The tortoise didn't give Ethan any ti to ask any question and told him.
Ethan only confusedly looked at the tortoise. He didn't understand what the tortoise wanted to say.
Since his birth, he had gotten whatever he wanted, so the concept of equal exchange was sothing incomprehensible to him.
The tortoise could see the confusion on Ethan's face, but he didn't explain it as Ethan would learn everything on his own. He was just a child for now.
"Boy, get ready for your test," The tortoise told Ethan and then muttered so incomprehensible strange words.
The next mont, Ethan disappeared from where he was and appeared in front of a stair.
"If you want power, climb all the stairs," An aged voice that directly ca from antiquity echoed in the area.
The innocence on Ethan's face was nowhere to be seen at this mont. Instead, he looked like an experienced being.
The stair that Ethan needed to climb only had nine steps. With each climb, the pressure on Ethan will grow. Similarly, he would need to fight a creature, depending on his luck.
Ethan understood what the voice had told him, so he took a step forward and climbed the first step.
The next mont, a Level 1 human with the sa appearance as Ethan appeared in front of him.
The imposter then charged at Ethan.
Ti flew by.
It had been more than an hour since Ethan had disappeared due to the sudden appearance of the portal.
Ethan's mother was still standing there, waiting for her son to return.
The father, on the other hand, was interrogating the stall owner in the nearest guard room.
Aakesh was still watching the scene playing inside the screen.
On the screen, Ethan was fighting his imposter, and if he succeeded this ti, he would completely climb the stairs.
Due to Ethan's heaven-defying luck, he had only faced a Level 1 opponent, barring on the third stair when his opponent was a Level 2 imposter.
If not for Ethan knowing the elentary form of basic combat, he would've even lost these battles.
"Kacha!"
Ethan's punch successfully connected with the head of his Level 1 imposter.
The next mont, a cracking sound rang, and the opponent crashed down the ground.
Ethan had already gotten used to this, so he took another step forward, and with it, his climb was complete.
Suddenly, Ethan disappeared from where he was and appeared in the familiar place, while the tortoise looked at him.
The tortoise had a mix of expressions in its eyes. It was in disbelief that how could soone's luck be so good.
When Ethan had climbed on the first step of the stairs, the pressure that should have affected him never appeared, as the array was sohow broken, so Ethan now needed to fight opponents to proceed. This ti his luck proved to be even better as no opponent above or equal to his level appeared.
"Congratulations, boy! You've passed the test my body has set," The tortoise masked its expressions and congratulated Ethan.
***
It has been around one hour since, out of nowhere, a portal appeared in the middle of the street and sucked Ethan in.
His mother was still standing at the sa location while her eyes were moist due to the worry.
Suddenly, the sa phenona of space cracking appeared, and soon it turned into a portal.
Ethan then stepped out of it, with a ring in one of his fingers, and an egg the size of a tennis ball in his hands.
The red rock in his bracelet had already disintegrated since it had completed its purpose, while the bracelet stayed the sa.
Ethan's mother, seeing her son coming out of the portal, rushed at him, with tears streaming down her cheeks.
***
In the room, Aakesh was basking in the glory of a breakthrough.
The event he had watched granted him an increase of a whopping six levels, taking him to Level 49.
It wasn't the end, as Aakesh also got thirty percent of what Ethan had gotten from the ruin.
Ethan got a hundred thousand dium soul stones from the ruin. He also got an egg of a Mythical creature. It wasn't the end as he also got a drop of blood of the tortoise, who was a Level 350 creature. He also got several items and skills.
Aakesh got thirty thousand dium soul stones since he had no interest in other things Ethan gained from the ruin.
Since there was still quite a ti left for the sun to rise in Visteerna, Aakesh left the inn to search for another participant.
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