Fang Raon then checked out the two ear piercings. They were inside capsules, and he could change their appearance.
’Strength Enhancement... I should wear them.’
He wondered what kind of ear piercings he would want and decided on a small silver longsword—it was the size of a nail—and it went through his earlobe.
He got the same on his other ear.
It made him look like it would be a mistake to pick a fight with him, and honestly, it looked good on him.
[Attack: 8 + 2]
’It increased my Attack by two stat points. It’s not that bad.’
Fang Raon thought.
Any improvement in his stats would have huge consequences in battle.
’Now, Vitality Enhancement Hand Tattoo and Durability Enhancement Back Tattoo...’
They were also inside two capsules, and when he broke them, a strange tingling sensation appeared on his hand and back.
On the back of his hand, a tattoo of a fist engulfed in black flames appeared. It looked like a smudge, a little bit, and honestly, it looked decent enough.
’What about my back?’
Fang Raon found a shattered window and pulled up his winter coat, the armor, and the shirt to check his back.
A chain tattoo appeared on his back. It went from the back of his neck all the way down to his tailbone.
[Defense: 5 + 5]
[Vitality: 8 + 5]
"That is huge!"
Fang Raon said to himself.
With his Vitality being 13 now in total, his total health had reached 130. It was fifty health points more than before.
That was life-saving!
Satisfied with that, Fang Raon threw his winter clothes inside his inventory as it was very hot in the third floor.
He didn’t know whether there were any more cold floors ahead, but he expected that there would be, so he was going to keep these clothes with him.
’Lastly, I got some Escape Marbles. Cracking them, I can escape boss raid or any situation I don’t like and get teleported back to Safe Zone.
’That is extremely valuable item!’
Fang Raon was happy.
Standing only in his leather armor and the basic newbie clothes, he headed to the nearest merchant store.
There, he purchased Tower Key, and took the first carriage he could find, and left the volcanic city behind.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
The carriage’s old wooden wheels rolled down the bumpy dirt road, and the driver looked ahead with a normal expression.
The driver’s back looked hunched as if he had been driving these carriages for a long time now and had grown accustomed to the constant rumbling and shaking.
After a short while, the tower entrance started peeking through the thick forest, and they also started to hear shouting and arguing.
"...We were here first!"
"...Why should we care? You are clearly not prepared for the tower, as you still are waiting for your last member to arrive!"
"...It takes boss five hours to spawn again, and we are not waiting that long. It should take your party about an hour to complete that, so we would be waiting six hours!"
The carriage stopped a distance away from the two arguing parties, as it looked like they were on the verge of drawing their weapons at any moment.
They were outside the Safe Zone, so they could fight and kill without punishment, but neither side wanted to fight.
It would be unthinkable that either side would be leaving the battle unscathed, and neither side would be able to do the tower.
"Thanks for the ride."
Fang Raon tossed the driver couple square coins and started heading towards the tower.
"...Look out for yourself, ya hear me, young man? It looks like trouble is brewing over dere!"
The driver spoke in a strange accent, but Fang Raon understood and just smiled with a strange expression.
"Excuse me."
Fang Raon pushed through the players, who looked at him and asked themselves, "Who the hell is he?" and didn’t realize that he was heading to the tower door.
With the Tower Key in hand, the door opened for him, and he stepped through.
"He entered the tower!"
"What the hell?!"
Everyone tried running after him, but the doors slammed shut before them, and they were stuck outside.
"That bastard!"
"...Wait, did that guy just go alone in the tower?"
"Did he do that intentionally to piss us the fuck off?"
"Motherfucker!"
...
An hour had passed.
"...This sucks."
The players were sitting at the steps of the tower and were just waiting for the solo player to die already.
They didn’t believe that he could do the raid all by himself.
Thus, when he eventually would die, they would be able to enter the tower, but the two parties still hadn’t decided who could go first.
At that moment.
A holographic announcement appeared in the skies across the third floor, and the players looked over in shock.
[FLOOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Player Fang Raon has Solo Cleared the 3rd Floor!]
"What?!"
"That motherfucker actually Solo Cleared it?"
"Unbelievable!"
The players saw shock on everyone’s faces, and this meant that the boss was dead, and it would take five hours for it to spawn again.
"...Does anyone remember what he looked like?"
"...Nah, I only saw the back of his head. I think he has black hair."
The players took pictures of the announcement and decided to post these pictures on Black Online’s forums.
It wasn’t every day they got to witness someone Solo Clearing a floor, and the name Fang Raon started to take seed inside their minds.
They expected that this wouldn’t be the first time that they would hear about him, as every player who ended up Solo Clearing a floor ended up becoming a legend of the tower.
...
On the internet, something strange was happening.
About hour ago, the news of Solo Clear in 2nd Floor started to spread across the Black Online forums, and it was big news for some, but it didn’t really garner that much traction.
The top post that mentioned the Solo Clear only had about 300 views, 34 messages and 120 likes, which was an alright amount.
However.
Then something even more shocking happened.
A second post about another Solo Clear appeared in the forums, and most people thought that it was just a great coincidence.
But then.
They saw the name of the person on all the pictures and realized that it was the same person who Solo Cleared the 2nd floor!
The news began spreading across several communities, but none of them had any idea that it wasn’t the end.
Fang Raon wasn’t done just yet.