Reincarnation Of A Swordsman: The Omni Mage

'Damn,' Kyle tried to say, but ended up saying it within him. His first attempt had gone disastrously wrong, and the arrow he'd loosed had flown wildly off course.

He stared at the targets in the distance and then back at the quiver of arrows.

'This is going to take a while,' he thought.

He reached for another arrow, taking his time to nock it properly. The bow felt awkward in his hands like before, but he drew it back as best as he could, aimed it towards one of the two targets, and released.

>THWIP!<

The arrow veered sharply to the left, missing by an even greater margin than the first. It even landed somewhere in the grass far beyond the field.@@novelbin@@

'Patience. It's not like I've ever done this before,' Kyle reminded himself.

Arrow after arrow followed, each one missing its mark in different 'creative' ways. Some went too high, others too low, and a few spiraled out of control almost as soon as they left the bowstring.

'Over fifty arrows, and nothing,' Kyle said within him, glancing at the quiver. 'Thankfully, there are alot of arrows.'

But despite the growing number of failures, Kyle remained calm. He closed his eyes for a moment and took a deep breath, holding himself with one thought:

'One must surely connect.'

That gave him renewed focus, and he reached for another arrow, determined to keep going no matter how ridiculous this trial seemed. He adjusted his grip, squinting at the nearest target as he aimed.

>THWIP!<

>BOOM!<

The arrow shot forward, and by sheer accident, struck the target dead center. The force Kyle had used to pull the bow caused its wooden frame to collapse on impact.

"Yay!" Kyle exclaimed, raising the bow in victory, but the sound of the timer served well to pull him back to reality.

[3:58]

Kyle's excitement deflated immediately, the moment he realized how little time he had left.

He looked at the second target and knew he couldn't waste any more arrows or time celebrating.

Grabbing another arrow, Kyle nocked it on the bow once again and pulled back.

>THWIP!<

The arrow missed entirely, sailing far to the side. He didn't allow himself to dwell on it, as he drew another arrow immediately, this time with faster movements.

>THWIP!<

Miss.

> THWIP!<

Another miss.

Time ticked away as Kyle continued firing, missing over and over again. With every failed shot, his frustration mounted, but he forced himself to stay composed.

Finally, with just over a minute remaining, Kyle nocked another arrow, took a deep breath, and released.

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> THWIP!<

The arrow struck the second target, shattering it just like the first.

'Finally!' Kyle said within him with a smile vwfor7 lowering the bow as he heard the deep voice announce once more:

[Trial Complete. Floor 9 Cleared.]

[Rewards Acquired: Ascension Orb, 2,500 Gold Coins.]

'Ah, no extra reward,' Kyle sighed, but stored the gold coins regardless before channeling his mana into the Ascension Orb, eager to leave the frustrating trial behind.

The world dissolved once again, and Kyle found himself in a completely different environment... A dense forest.

[Tenth Trial: Defeat the Ogre Warlord.]

[Ogre Warlord]

[Tier: 4]

[HP: 1600/1600]

Kyle's eyes narrowed as he scanned the area. In the distance, the ground trembled with heavy footsteps.

Emerging from the mist was a towering figure, easily over ten feet tall. The ogre's skin was a mottled greenish-gray and with its buffed up muscles, it held a massive spiked club.

>ROOOAR!<

The beast roared fiercely and the sound reverberated through the forest.

'Finally, something I can actually enjoy,' Kyle said within him as his lips curled into a grin.

The ogre rushed at Kyle with great speed, but he had seen better from other Tier-4 creature he'd fought.

'Its strength must lie on its attack power.'

Kyle's guess was correct, as the sound of the beast stomping the ground would have made most Beginner Mages cower.

But despite its sheer size and the overwhelming presence of the beast, Kyle stood still with his katana even still sheathed.

As the ogre swung its club with devastating force, aiming to crush him where he stood. Kyle waited, his body perfectly still until the last possible moment.

In an instant, he sidestepped and the club slammed into the ground and sent a shockwave through the forest floor.

Kyle's hand moved to the hilt of his katana and he drew it out immediately.

Activating [Frostfire Edge] and executing [Blazing Impact], Kyle swung the katana down on the Ogre with deadly precision.

>BOOM!<

The force of his slash collided with the ogre and the the katana cleanly cleaved through its tough looking skin like a knife cutting butter.

Then almost immediately, it dissolved into a puff of smoke as usual.

[Vanquished Foes: 160/2000]

'Welp... That was too easy,' Kyle thought in surprise.

[Trial Complete. Floor 10 Cleared.]

[Rewards Acquired: Ascension Orb, Ogre's Strength Pendant, 5,000 Gold Coins.]

[Ogre's Strength Pendant(Permanent): +10 Strength when equipped]

Kyle opened his mouth in surprise. 'Items can give permanent stat boosts? This Tower just keeps on surprising me.'

Without any hesitation, he wore the pendant over his neck, making it glow for some seconds.

When Kyle glanced at his status, he saw the improvement.

[Strength: 702 (+10)]

'Nice. I hope I get more of these from other floors.'

With the gold coins collected as well, the Ascension Orb appeared once again and Kyle channeled his mana into it, making the world to dissolve around him.

When the environment stabilized, Kyle found himself in a large circular arena. Scattered across the ground were six shadowy humanoid creatures with glowing red eyes.

[Eleventh Trial: Defeat the Shadows in the Correct Order.]

Kyle tilted his head, observing the creatures. They stood motionless and their forms flickered like smoke.

A faint rune glowed on the ground beneath each one, each rune displayed a different number from one to six, in Runic symbols that is.

'So, it's a puzzle,' Kyle thought with a smirk.

He stepped toward the shadow with the that translated as 1. The creature lunged at him the moment he entered its radius, but it was slow... far too slow for him.

Kyle sidestepped easily and delivered a precise slash, the shadow dissipating into wisps of black smoke.

The second shadow was slightly faster, and the third even more so. By the time Kyle reached the sixth, the creature's speed rivaled his own. Its attacks came relentlessly, forcing him to parry and counter.

'Not bad,' Kyle thought as he dodged a swipe aimed at his neck. In one fluid motion, he sidestepped, slashed horizontally, and cleaved through the shadow's form.

[Trial Complete. Floor 11 Cleared.]

[Rewards Acquired: Ascension Orb, Rune of Precision (Increases critical hit chance by 15%), 3,000 Gold Coins.]

Kyle placed the rune and gold coins into his inventory and activated the Ascension Orb.

The next trial was a drastic change in pace. Kyle found himself in a maze of tall stone walls, but the ground beneath his feet shifted constantly, causing the walls to rotate and rearrange themselves.

[Twelfth Trial: Navigate the Maze to the Exit.]

A glowing waypoint flickered in the distance that signaled his destination.

Kyle glanced at the shifting walls, taking note of the patterns in their movement.

'A moving maze... Let's do this.'