The Place Where Everything Begins

'Hmm... The amount of SP received from completing the missions is roughly the same as when I've completed them in the easy trial; it isn't shabby at all.'

At that time, Jeremy got around 5,300 SP from completing more than five missions, but with only three missions, this time had netted Jeremy more than 6,700 SP.

That 6,700 SP wasn't even the total amount yet, as there was still a hefty sum of SP from killing the wolves, finding the exit, discovering the hidden quest, and ending the pitiful life of the gnoll left to be added.

When Jeremy had completed the easy-difficulty door, he had cleared it with 100% clearance. Furthermore, he had also finished many missions, such as killing skeleton soldiers, goblins, and hobgoblins.

As a result, he only got around 13,000 or so SP after finishing the easy trial. However, that amount of 13,000 SP was nothing compared to the overall rewards Jeremy got from completing the normal trial in the least.

Even though more than half of the wolf's number remained within the normal trial, Jeremy still got almost double the amount compared to when he finished the easy trial.

Moreover, there were still the third and seventh hordes of outlanders that Jeremy had 'liquidated' into SP before now.

Last but not least, the amount of the precious black stars from the two trials couldn't be compared by any chance, as he had gained more than five black stars from the normal trial, whereas only one black star from completing the hidden chamber in the easy trial.

All in all, the gain this time was enormous and splendid...

Enormous in the form of SP...

Splendid in the shape of black stars...

Thus, Jeremy had no complaint to the cupid at all...

Shortly after the interface stating his rewards disappeared, the missions list finally popped up in front of him instead...

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[Your Current Missions]

— Kill 10 skeleton soldiers (Completed)

— Kill 10 imps (Completed)

— Kill 8 wolves (Completed)

— Kill 5 goblins (Completed)

— Kill 5 humans (0/5)

— Kill 2 hobgoblins (Completed)

— Pass the easy-difficulty door (Completed)

— Pass the normal-difficulty door (Completed)

— Pass the hard-difficulty door (0/1)

— ???

...

When Jeremy saw only two missions on the Crystal were left to be done, one was the hard trial, and another was the '???', which he could guess somehow what it was about, he nodded his head in satisfaction.

As for killing five humans?

That was a no-go in the first place...

How could someone like him kill his own kind for a mere one thousand SP?

Although he might receive some bonus rewards from completing all ten missions, that was still unacceptable, as his pride didn't allow such a thing to happen.

Or else, if he truly did it for only one thousand points, how could he still have any face to lead the human race into the center of the universe's stage?

'Well, killing just five people won't make any difference in the greater pic...'

*Sigh*

Before he could finish his selfish thought, Jeremy let out a sigh.

'My greed...'

With a deep frown, Jeremy fell into a dilemma as he thought to himself seriously,

'I have to think more rationally; I have to think of a greater picture. No matter how insignificant it is, I cannot destroy my image... not now...'

Just like that, Jeremy tried to calm his qualms and emotions of his greedy self down...

The former space sage, Jeremy, was such a person with a complex personality, with his prideful yet greedy self sometimes offset one another, creating a delicate balance between them.

It was strange, truly strange indeed that two of the seven-deadly sins themselves, which were the infamous 'Sin' all the same, yet they were paradoxical and opposed one another in many ways.

In relation to why Jeremy desired the human race to stand at the top of the Ortus' food chain was quite simple...

It was all originated from his prideful self, as he wanted to show those self-proclaimed ruling races on Ortus that humans were not to be reckoned with in any way...

However, if only Jeremy from the entire human race, which had almost half a trillion in number on Ortus, stood at the pinnacle?

That would prove nothing at all...

In the end, those arrogant races would still look down on humans regardless of how strong Jeremy was or how far he could go in the future.

That's why bringing along his own race to the pinnacle was one of the requirements to be met of his own pride.

As of now, all his resolves were just a matter of pride and greed...

His pride wanted him to bring humanity to greatness...

His greed wanted him to take everything for himself...

Thus, there came the even greater conflict between his two dominant personalities...

*Fwuu...*

Jeremy let out a breath of cold air after finally being able to settle his emotions down.

At the end of the day, he was someone who had a trait 'Objective' within his Status Window. How could he not be able to contain and keep his emotions in check, right?

It was just a matter of resolve, after all...

'Alright, my emotions are in check. Next...'

Having thought so, Jeremy dismissed the missions list from his view.

Then he accessed the [Sell] option, intending to sell the steel sword, the only item he got from the normal trial, looted from the gnoll.

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[Would you like to sell the item for 84 SP?]

[Yes │ No]

...

Upon bringing out the sword from the glove, Jeremy chose to sell it.

After focusing on the 'Yes' button, the sword in his hand suddenly disappeared into nothingness.

'Now, let's see how many SP do I have currently...'

Afterward, Jeremy dismissed the [Sell] option and accessed the [Buy] option instead.

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[Weapons]

[Clothes]

[Miscellaneous]

[Skills]

[Your Current Balance: 25,805 SP]

...

Upon seeing his SP balance, Jeremy's eyes widened a bit...

As he didn't care to calculate the total amount before, so he didn't know he had this much SP.

That amount of SP was too enormous that no ordinary people from Earth could ever dream of.

Well, that was of course, due to Jeremy's hard work, for he had been to many places incessantly without stopping at all.

He was such a hard worker, so his earning should be high too...

For the account, Jeremy originally had 957 SP left from buying the three skills at that time, and then he went on to fight with the third wave of monsters that earned him another exactly 1,000 SP.

Afterward, he went into the normal-difficulty door and then came out with 22,499 additional SP and sold the steel sword for 84 SP.

Lastly, Jeremy had just fought with the seventh monster wave; he received another 1,265 SP.

'25,805 SP, huh... That's an enormous amount indeed.'

Having thought so, Jeremy accessed the [Skill] option, without bothering about the [Weapons] or [Clothes] options at all...

He knew all too well that there were only useless items there, in those two options...

Soon, a transparent window appeared in front of Jeremy, as he used his mind scrolling past skill no.100 directly, for those skills were too basic that they could be learned so quickly by spending some time to practice...

Not long after, a long list of skills starting from no.100 onwards projected in front of Jeremy...

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[A/N: Please read the author's thoughts below if you feel annoyed about MC's personality.]