📜 Climber Profile: Ankit Kumar
Name: Ankit Kumar
Age: 15
Origin: Earth – India (Haryana)
Soulmark Generation: First Generation
Class: Solo Combatant – Weapon-Bonded Bloodliner
Tower Status: Eligible – Floor 1 Entry Confirmed
🗡️ Soul Weapon: Venin Talwar – Serpent-Forged
Rank: E (Growth-Type)
Traits:
– Reactive serpent resonance
– Scales with movement speed and kill intent
– Enhanced effectiveness vs. large or armored enemies
🧬 Bloodline: Serpent of the Abyss (Phase 1)
Class: Rare (Predatory Tier)
Effects:
– Shadow stamina regen
– Pressure sense
– Agility-focused growth
Skill – Serpent's Pulse (Stage 1):
Critical hits release venom pulse (-10% enemy attack, 6s CD)
🐍 Companion Spirit: Abyss Serpent Wyrmling
Nature: Mental Fusion
Element: Shadow / Venom
Skills:
– Shadow Cloak (Passive): Slight magic/ranged resist
– Venom Echo (Active): -15% enemy agility/focus for 8s
– Serpent Merge (Locked)
💠 Traits & Status
Wyrm-Touched – Fear/mind debuff resistance
Adaptive Predator – Stat growth during extreme battle
Shadow Affinity – Enhanced dark-environment skills
Soul Integrity – Stable
📊 Stats
Level: 4
Strength: 8
Agility: 13
Intelligence: 10
Endurance: 9
🧠 Proficiency
Swordsmanship: 29%
Shadow Link: 33%
Shadow Step: 14%
Mana Sense: 10%
The silver hexagonal room pulsed softly around Ankit. Cold, metallic, and alive—like the Tower itself was breathing. There was no sky, no wind, no time. Just him... and the gate.
[You are now entering: Tower Floor One – Trial of the Forgotten]
Objective: Survive the Memory Vault
Condition: Solo Clear
Time Limit: 4 Hours
Lives: 1
Reward: Progression Key | Bonus if Clear Rate >80%
A ringing tone echoed as the gate opened like a blooming mechanical flower.
The air changed.
It smelled of wet stone, old paper, and something faintly bitter—like old blood.
Ankit stepped in.
He stood inside what looked like an abandoned library-temple hybrid.
Stone pillars reached toward a distant black ceiling. Shelves rose three stories high. Scrolls and books littered the floor, yet many hovered in the air, flipping through themselves as if searching.
The moment he stepped forward—
[Memory Sync Initiated]
A spear of pain lanced through his head.
Ankit dropped to one knee.
Visions flooded in:
A child crying over a burned village.
A woman falling into a void.
Chains of silver mana wrapped around a serpent's neck.
His own face—aging rapidly, then rewinding.
And then... darkness.
[Memory Trial Commenced]
Survive emotional destabilization
Reconstruct 5 Key Memories
Escape the Vault
He stood now in a fractured projection of his own bedroom—a ghost-like recreation of his room back in Haryana.
On the bed lay a boy.
Himself.
Age 11.
The boy sobbed into his pillow, clutching a school bag.
The day before the Awakening.
Ankit narrowed his eyes.
Something was wrong.
The boy turned to him. His face melted—replaced by hollow voids.
"Why didn't you save us...?" it whispered.
[False Memory Construct Detected – Hostile Form Manifested]
Type: Emotional Wraith
Weakness: Light-infused attacks or soul resonance
Bonus: Slaying reduces Tower Mental Fatigue
The construct lunged at him, jagged claws outstretched.
Ankit didn't hesitate.
He drew his talwar. Shadow flared around the blade.
[Venom Echo – Activated]
[Shadow Step – Engage]
He blinked behind the figure and sliced horizontally.
The blade passed through ghost-flesh, leaving a trail of venom behind.
The creature howled—and burst into violet smoke.
[1/5 Memory Shard Purified]
[Mental Stability: 94%]
[Progression Rate: 18%]
He moved quickly now.
Each room he entered was a different memory—his parents fighting, his blood-soaked Awakening, his first kill in the Training Realm.
Some memories twisted into attacks. Others, illusions meant to bind him with regret.
He cut through them all.
His sword was not just a weapon now.
It was an anchor.
The final room came into view.
At its center floated a crystal mirror, and behind it—a sealed stone gate. This was the exit.
But a figure stepped from the mirror.
Himself.
Older. Hardened. Eyes cold.
And holding a weapon: the Venin Talwar, but infused with blazing divine light.
The clone said nothing.
It simply raised the sword.
Ankit exhaled. "A version of me who climbed too far… without a soul left to protect."
He stepped forward.
"Let's see who deserves to reach the next floor."
Battle Start: Mirror Duel – Soul vs. Self
The fight was brutal.
Every technique Ankit had, the clone mimicked perfectly—but without hesitation. The mirror-Ankit countered his Shadow Step with a delay feint. Matched venom with purifying flame.
But Ankit… wasn't fighting alone.
[Companion Spirit – Surge Assist Activated]
The Abyss Serpent shimmered above his shoulder, hissing silently.
He focused all his remaining energy into one strike—fused shadow and serpent venom—and let go of fear.
[Serpent Pulse – Overdrive Mode]
[Shadow Link – Amplify]
With a roar, Ankit slashed upward—
And shattered the mirror clone in two.
[5/5 Memory Shards Purified]
[Progression Rate: 97% – Bonus Achieved]
[Floor One Clear]
The stone gate opened.
Light flooded in.
Ankit stepped through—scarred, quiet, but solid.
He didn't look back.
[You have earned: Progression Key – Floor 1]
Bonus Reward:
– Rare Skill Book: "Memory Sever – Soul Blade Variant"
– 12 Tower Points
– +1 Stat Point (User Choice)
– Floor 2 Unlocked
Do you wish to return to Earth, or proceed to Floor 2?
Ankit paused.
The serpent spirit coiled silently around his shadow.
"…Not yet," he whispered.
And stepped forward into Floor 2.