Lord of the Karmic Fate

The gate was massive, to say the least. It was almost as tall as a twenty-story building and from the looks of it was about ten meters wide!

It was made out of some white material, perhaps from polished marble whose surface seemed to be hard but extremely smooth!

However, except for its size and appearance, there was nothing special about the gate. There was not even a single carving on its surface much less a handle through which it could be opened.

"So I assume this must be the Realm Gate, huh?" Old Dan raised his head to see the top of the gate, but as he was pretty close to it he almost fell behind when he tried.

"How should we... Open it?" Raven asked the question as he placed his left palm on the gate's surface.

Whoosh!

[Do you wish to commence the Realm Game within this Realm Gate?]

Raven's body flinched subconsciously when he heard the unfamiliar voice in his head but he quickly calmed down as he knew there was no danger.

"What happened?" Old Dan asked when he noticed Raven's reaction and he too placed a palm on the gate's surface.

'So he couldn't hear the voice, huh?' Raven thought, but deep inside wondered whose voice he just heard.

It was not Etia's not anyone else's who he could have recognized, yet, for some reason he felt as if he had heard the voice before but couldn't remember when and where.

"Interesting. It seems we can open this gate and gain access to the Realm Game within." Old Dan mumbled as he stroked his sharp chin, seemingly giving attention to the same information Raven was told by the unfamiliar voice.

After mumbling those words, Old Dan glanced at the small watch on his wrist and after contemplating for a few seconds he looked at Raven.

"Let's try it out. What do you think?"

"Huh? But... Don't you fear that if we do we can... Die?"

After all, while it was true they have survived the first time, perhaps all thanks to the mysterious deity called Etia, it did not mean they will be able to survive the second time.

It was especially true for him. The way he has ended up thanks to his bad luck was enough to tell him that from now on he has to be twice, maybe thrice as cautious as until now.

"Oh, about that..." Old Dan quickly pulled his manual out of his pocket and after opening it on a specific page he shared it with Raven.

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[Realm Game Difficulties]

• White Realm: Lowest difficulty out of all Realm Game Difficulties where participants' life is equivalent to their Vitality. If a participant's Vitality falls below zero "Fake Death" occurs and the participant will be eliminated from the Realm Game!

<Realm Gates with a white color has White Realm Difficulty!>

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"Fake Death?" Raven raised a brown but Old Dan quickly explained while he felt how the manual in his pocket began to move slightly, indicating that new information appeared within it.

"According to this manual Fake Death means if your Vitality reaches zero in the Realm Game you will be teleported out without sustaining any injuries or feeling any pain but also will lose the chance to obtain rewards."

"I-I see..." Raven nodded, finally understanding how he survived. It seemed it was not a miracle that saved him, but simply it was a mysterious rule that controlled these so-called Realm Games.

"So? Wanna give it a try?" Old Dan asked with excitement shining in his eyes.

Right now, he looked like an impatient little kid who was ready to tear open his birthday present from the sheer excitement he felt!

"I mean, if it's like this, there is nothing we can lose so why not?" Raven pointed out and without waiting for a reply placed his palm atop the gate's surface before quickly accepting to commence the Realm Game.

Whoosh!

"W-Woah... No hesitation at all, huh?" watching how he was teleported into the familiar Empty World, Raven looked around to see something he didn't expect to see.

Whoosh!

"T-This..."

The Moon Rabbit Slippers from his feet suddenly vanished and what appeared before his face was the small dice.

"Oh... Right... I have to throw it whenever I start a new Realm Game... Great." Raven sighed and grabbed the dice.

However, instead of throwing it right away he quickly took out the two crystals from his pocket and smashed them above his Artifact.

[Your Artifact had been increased to Advanced Form!]

[Your Artifact had been increased to Complete Form!]

"Much better." Raven nodded and threw the dice from his hand which soon resulted in a new item appearing before him out of thin air.

However, this time this item was even weirder than the rabbit slippers he got for the first time.

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[Relic: Blood Syringe]

• Grade: Mortal

• Form: Complete

• Description: A simple syringe containing the blood of an unknown entity. Injecting it into the body grants the ability of an unknown entity for a limited amount of time!

<Can be used only once!>

<Cooldown: Effect lasts only for 1 minute!>

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"This..." Raven was speechless but just as he could have thought about something a silver glow flashed on his side.

"Damn... I still have to get used to this." Old Dan staggered a little before he regained his balance and looked at Raven.

However, when he saw the small syringe in Raven's hand which contained blue liquid within while also noticing how he was now on barefoot, Old Dan raised a brow in confusion, hoping to get answers.

Raven sighed and wished to explain, but once again he couldn't do what he wished to do as a magic panel materialized before him and before Old Dan too.

[No more participants chose to join. Realm Game now will commence!]

Whoosh!

Just like previously, the Empty World underwent a great change, and Raven and Old Dan were brought into a completely different world.

In an instant, Raven and Old Dan watched how they now stood in the middle of a square room while on each side a hallway was visible, seemingly leading into another room.

The room, which the two of them were in at the moment and looked like a reception hall from a hotel, however, happened to be rather old-fashioned such as the furniture and objects.

Even the symbols and the coloring of the carpet floor below their feet were somewhat ancient, giving one the vibes as if the building they were in was constructed during the 1980s!

Whoosh!

As Raven and Old Dan were inspecting their surroundings with awed but also cautious eyes, suddenly both of them watched how a magic panel appeared before them, containing the information about the Realm Game.

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