The System Awakens: Rise of the Champion - Chapter 63

Chapter 63: Chapter 63: Solarta – 3

After a few more minutes of conversation, Damian learned most of the important details about the first tower realm and gained some valuable insights into the different factions within Solarta.

“What can I do to level up in Solarta?” Damian asked.

“There are many ways, actually. You can hunt down monsters in the wild or even other Awakeners.”

“However, if you plan on killing other Awakeners to level up, you’d better do it outside Sol City. And don’t even accidentally harm the staff because they’re protected by the System,” Shiru replied.

The System protects its staff from any and all harm.

If someone tries to hurt them, they face severe punishment—such as having their abilities stripped, their class grade reduced, class effects removed, levels decreased, and in some cases, even being banished from the tower realms.

The rules of the System are absolute and non-negotiable.

“Many forget that the System is not merely a sentient being monitoring an Awakener’s status and evolution; it is also an entity that governs the towers.”

These towers are connected to every corner of the universe, to every world, regardless of its age or power.

Everything that happens is within the System’s vision.

The System sees all and knows all; you cannot hide from it or escape its reach.

The System might be the most powerful entity in the universe—or perhaps not.

Damian often wondered what exactly the System was.

What did it represent?

Why did it do what it did?

Shiru continued, “You can also gain experience and level up by completing quests from the Adventurer’s Guild.”

“It’s like I’m playing a video game,” Damian commented, nodding as he noticed the similarities.

Even though he hadn’t played many games, he’d played enough to recognize the resemblance.

“Yeah, it’s a lot like games,” Shiru agreed.

“Your world has video games?” Damian asked, surprised.

“Our world is evolving very quickly. We’ve learned a lot from Awakeners who come from worlds with advanced technology. Your world was just registered with the System, so it’s still in its initial stages.”

“Give it a year. With shared knowledge, techniques, and technology, your world will advance at lightning speed in every aspect.”

“Speaking of worlds, I wanted to ask you something… What if I wanted to go to a foreign world? Say, for example, your world, Murim?” Damian asked, crossing his arms and smiling lightly.

Shiru’s expression turned dumbfounded, and she looked at Damian as if questioning his sanity.

“I don’t know if you’re overly ambitious or just plain stupid… Listen, you can’t just invade a foreign world.”

“Don’t mistake the unity you see inside the tower realms as extending beyond them. It doesn’t. Awakeners from a home world will always view foreigners as a threat,” Shiru explained with a serious tone.

“Unlike the tower realms, where there are level and cultivation limits, no such restrictions exist in home worlds or foreign worlds.”

Whether you’re level 1,000 or level 50, when you enter a non-tower realm, your power won’t be limited, and you can go all out.

This is one of the System’s core rules.

Inside the tower realms, restrictions are in place to level the playing field and ensure fairness among all Awakeners.

But these rules don’t apply to home worlds, where only the strong survive.

Worlds like Murim and other cultivation-based realms naturally have strong beings.

If their inhabitants discover a foreigner from another world, they’ll view it as an invasion.

This hostility isn’t unfounded; it’s rooted in history, as there have been many invasions between worlds in the past.

For every race, their home world is sacred.

A foreigner entering their world will always be perceived as a threat.

It doesn’t matter what internal conflicts or troubles the home world is facing; when a foreigner arrives, the inhabitants will unite against the outsider.

“Just tell me, what do I have to do to enter a foreign realm?” Damian asked, narrowing his eyes.

He didn’t like one bit that this woman was telling him what he could and couldn’t do.

“…You have to buy a second-grade transportation card from the system shop. It’s a one-time use item and costs about 50,000 gold,” Shiru explained.

“It allows for a one-time, round-trip use.”

To travel between your home world and the Tower Realm costs nothing.

However, to go to a foreign world, you must purchase a transportation card from the system.

It grants a single, round-trip journey for one person.

Of course, it is possible to travel to different worlds on your own if you possess the ability to do so.

There are high-level Awakeners with space-related abilities that might enable them to enter foreign worlds without needing to purchase a transportation card from the system shop.

The transportation cards are divided into different grades based on the type of travel:

[1st Grade Transportation Card]

This allows you to travel anywhere within a world at any time.

For example, with a 1st-grade transportation card, Damian could go anywhere in Solarta, no matter the distance.

It can even be used in home worlds.

For instance, Damian could use this card to teleport instantly from London to Akihabara in Tokyo.

[2nd Grade Transportation Card]

This allows travel between different worlds within your sector.

It costs 50,000 gold for a round-trip for a single person.

[3rd Grade Transportation Card]

This card allows travel to any world within the universe. It costs 150,000 gold for a round-trip for one person.

[Special Grade Transportation Card]

This is not available in the system shop, and no one knows how to obtain it.

This card can transport you to any place in the universe, including special locations that the 3rd-grade transportation card cannot reach, places that only a select few in the universe are permitted to access.

Even Shiru, who worked for the system, had no information regarding the special-grade transportation card or these unique places.

As Damian was learning about the transportation system within the Tower and other realms, their conversation was interrupted by a heavy chatter that suddenly filled the Awakener Hall.

“What’s going on?” Damian asked, looking at Shiru for answers.

“Let me see,” Shiru replied, waving to a fellow staff member.

She called over another woman and asked what was happening.

“Shiru, I was looking for you! The grade rankings of the Awakeners in the Golden Sky Tablet have changed!” Shiru’s friend said excitedly.

“That’s what’s causing all this commotion? The rankings are always changing,” Shiru replied while glancing at Damian with a suspicious expression.

“Well, it’s the first placement that’s causing the ruckus,” Shiru’s friend continued, raising her index finger.

“The first placement has changed… someone named ‘Infinity’ replaced the previous first place.”

“What?” Shiru’s expression turned dumbfounded.

She had to muster all her strength to avoid looking at Damian because she didn’t want her friend to even suspect that he might be the Awakener with the title ‘Infinity.’

“What’s this person ‘Infinity’s grade?” Shiru asked cautiously.

“That’s the best part… their grade isn’t displayed. Instead, there are only question marks. But we all know that being in the first place means this ‘Infinity’ person, whoever they are, has the most potential in Solarta.”

“Still, it’s strange. The system didn’t show their grade as if it couldn’t gauge their potential,” her friend continued, glancing at Damian from time to time.

After all, he was very handsome, and it was hard to ignore him.

“The people from the [High Warrior] faction are causing a scene. They came here in a large group, trying to intimidate others and demanding the staff provide information about this ‘Infinity’ person,” her friend added with a roll of her eyes and a snort.

In her mind, the people from the [High Warrior] faction acted like children.

They used their large numbers to intimidate and bully others, even though they should know full well that stronger factions existed.

Yet, they still acted this way.

This wasn’t an uncommon occurrence, either.

Some factions frequently behaved this way, intimidating newly arriving Awakeners into joining their ranks.

The Awakener Grade Ranking Tablet was seen as a way to assess an Awakener’s potential.

The higher an Awakener’s placement on the ranking, the greater the likelihood that they would grow into a powerful individual.

It was within the factions’ interests to recruit high-ranking Awakeners.

Awakeners from Earth and Murim factions often engaged in this kind of behavior to increase their factions’ strength.

They would harass Awakeners within the city, pressuring them into joining their groups.

Even though the ruling system prohibited harming other Awakeners, it didn’t stop factions from using bullying and intimidation to achieve their goals.

Damian found this system peculiar.

You couldn’t kill someone inside Sol City, but you could basically do anything else.

“Anyway, they’ll probably harass more people for a while,” Shiru’s friend said with a sigh before bidding farewell and leaving.

Shiru’s mind was racing. She wasn’t concerned about the commotion caused by the [High Warrior] faction.

Instead, she was thinking about the potential grading system.

She knew how important it was.

The higher an Awakener’s ranking on the Golden Sky Tablet, the greater their potential within the Tower Realm.

Right now, the person with the most potential in Solarta was the Awakener with the title ‘Infinity.’

And she knew exactly who that person was.

It was the same person sitting beside her, sipping tea as if nothing had happened.