SSS-Rank Awakening: My Talent Multiplies Everything novel Chapter 13

Chapter 13: Exiting The Tower.

[Name: Kael Voss]

[Title: -]

[Class: Void Sovereign]

[Class Perks: Void Absorption, Null Field, Sovereign Claim, Echo Strike]

[Level: 8] [27%]

[Health: 938]

[Mana: 660]

•—Stats—•

[Strength: 35]

[Agility: 34]

[Endurance: 37]

[Intelligence: 44]

[Vitality: 33]

[Constitution: 29]

•—Stat Points: 21—•

•—TC Balance: 3,000—•

•—Talent: Infinite Reward Multiplier—•

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Kael let the status screen linger before him for a moment before closing it, the faint glow fading from his eyes as his expression settled into something neutral.

For most hunters, this would have been more than enough. One tower run, five levels gained, and a noticeable rise in strength. Something worth feeling proud of.

But Kael didn’t feel much.

Not disappointment, not satisfaction. Just a quiet acknowledgment that it wasn’t enough. Not for what he had set his sights on at least.

Before he could dwell on it any longer, the space around him began to twist. The remains of the trial blurred and peeled away, like a scene being erased, until the familiar stone walls of his start room took their place.

The transition came without warning, yet carried a strange smoothness to it, leaving him on the cold floor in the same position he had been in before the shift.

He stayed there for a second, breathing slowly, then pushed himself up with a slight grimace as his body protested.

A flicker of movement caught his attention.

Aiona had been floating quietly in the corner, but the moment she noticed him, she moved toward him at once. Kael glanced at her, his brows drawing together slightly.

Had she been here the entire time he was in the trial? The thought crossed his mind.

And if that was the case... did it mean that even when he wasn’t in the tower, she would just remain here, spending all her time in this empty space?

His gaze moved across the space. Bare stone walls stretched in every direction, dull and lifeless. He remembered she had mentioned he could design the room however he wanted, but at the time, he hadn’t cared, deciding to treat it as nothing more than a place to store things.

Now, the thought felt different.

Aiona didn’t feel like some lifeless tower guide. From the little he had seen, she reacted, spoke, even showed hints of emotion. Leaving something like that in a place this empty felt... off.

He exhaled quietly, pushing the thought aside for later. It wasn’t urgent, but he’d deal with it eventually.

For now, he focused on her.

Aiona stopped in front of him, her expression bright with excitement.

"Congratulations, Challenger! You’ve completed your first tower trial and performed exceptionally!"

Kael frowned slightly at that.

"Exceptional?"

That didn’t sound right. He remembered his result clearly. An A rating. Good, yes, but not something he would call exceptional.

Aiona tilted her head slightly, as if sensing his doubt.

"The Hell Difficulty trial is different from the lower tiers," she explained. "As you may have noticed, it does not follow the standard format. Because of that, the threshold for an exceptional performance is adjusted. An A rating qualifies."

Kael paused, then nodded slowly.

That made sense.

Thinking back, the difference had been obvious. From what he knew, Normal and Nightmare difficulty trials followed similar structures, survival, combat, straightforward objectives, just with increasing difficulty.

Hell difficulty was nothing like that.

Clinging to a cliff while being hunted wasn’t exactly standard.

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