SSS-Rank Awakening: My Talent Multiplies Everything novel Chapter 21

Chapter 21: The Reversal Pit.

Kael slowly opened his eyes.

The room was dark and quiet, illuminated only by the faint glow of distant city lights leaking through the curtains. For a few seconds, he simply lay there without moving before lazily reaching around the bed for his phone.

After fumbling around for a bit, his fingers finally found it.

The screen lit up the moment he turned it on.

00: 17

A little past midnight.

Kael yawned softly as he stretched his body, his muscles feeling slightly stiff from the sudden wake-up. Then he sat up slowly before getting off the bed.

The moment his feet touched the floor, his stomach let out a low growl.

He paused.

"...Right."

Now that he thought about it, he had not eaten anything proper since morning.

If he was about to enter the Tower again, going in hungry was probably a terrible idea.

With that in mind, Kael quietly left his room, making sure to keep his movements as silent as possible to avoid disturbing Lyra’s sleep.

The apartment remained still and peaceful as he entered the kitchen.

Without wasting much time, he quickly threw together a simple sandwich and ate it while leaning lightly against the counter. Once he finished, he cleaned everything up immediately afterward before heading back toward his room.

This time, once he entered, he did not immediately prepare to enter the Tower.

Instead, he sat quietly at the edge of his bed.

The room was silent.

His eyes remained lowered slightly as he organized his thoughts.

The previous trial replayed itself briefly inside his mind. The cliff. The spiders. The constant pressure of death breathing down his neck.

Even now, thinking about it still felt ridiculous.

After sitting there for several minutes, Kael finally exhaled slowly before standing up.

Time to prepare.

He removed his casual clothes before putting on the combat suit he had bought earlier.

At first glance, the white outfit looked almost identical to ordinary fabric clothing, simple and lightweight without anything particularly special about its appearance.

But appearances were deceiving.

This was actually an additional layer that came together with the Spectre X Nano Bracelet system.

A combat suit designed specifically to be worn beneath the nano armor.

The material itself was woven using silk extracted from Webspinner Spiders, making it far tougher than normal fabric. It could withstand low-level attacks on its own and offered impressive durability despite how light it felt.

Honestly, compared to the cheap secondhand leather gear he used during the previous trial, this thing was superior in almost every way.

Once everything was ready, Kael stood still for a moment.

Then he willed it.

Enter Tower.

The world around him immediately distorted.

His room dissolved apart like fragments of shattered glass before his surroundings rapidly reconstructed themselves once more. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

The familiar start room materialized around him.

Cold brick walls.

Dull atmosphere.

The same boring enclosed space as always.

The moment Kael fully arrived, he immediately noticed a small figure flying toward him energetically.

Aiona.

"Good day, Challenger! Welcome back to the Tower!"

Kael looked toward the tiny floating guide spirit before giving a small nod.

"Hey there, Aiona."

He narrowed his eyes slightly.

"You seem unusually cheerful today. Something good happen?"

Aiona immediately brightened further.

"Yes!" she said excitedly. "Because your previous trial performance was rated as Outstanding, my authority index increased a little!"

Kael blinked.

"Oh?"

Aiona nodded rapidly.

"I can now expand the start room dimensions by a few centimeters!"

Kael stared at her for a second.

Honestly... that was not what he expected.

He had assumed authority increases would mostly affect classified information access or something similar.

He did not know the start room itself could actually improve too.

Still, it was not a bad thing.

"That’s good," he said casually.

Aiona immediately beamed even brighter at the praise.

It was almost painfully obvious she enjoyed being complimented.

Kael looked around the empty room briefly before speaking again.

"Oh, right. You mentioned before that you’d eventually be able to decorate this place."

Aiona blinked.

"Yeah."

"Then you probably should."

Kael shrugged lightly.

"Since you’re stuck spending all your time here, you might as well make the place livable."

For a moment, Aiona simply stared at him.

Then her expression softened slightly.

"Thanks for caring about me," she said quietly.

Kael looked at her for a second before simply nodding.

Then, with a single thought, a notification screen appeared before him.

[Begin Second Trial?]

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