He felt like she was his first love. He always wanted to talk to her, but his mouth would stammer and he couldn’t say anything in the end. He could only look at her dazedly.

Ah, that can’t be right? I mean this is a game! I should know how to separate game with reality…

Damn it! I’m losing it!!!

Leyla turned around and waved her little, snow-white hands lightly, bidding her farewell.

As a light breeze flowed from her body, she disappeared from Rain’s sight… She was just like a Wind fairy that came and went soundlessly!

Rain watched her leaving him with somewhat reluctance in his heart.

And as expected, the moment Leyla disappeared, the whole space around Rain seemed to distort and then,

“Scree!!”

In front of him, a giant spider was looking at him anxiously.

“Sister spider!”

“Scree!!”

When Rain approached, the spider immediately and gave a happy cry.

“What’s this? Sister spider I’ve only left you for a moment and… How did you become like this?”

Rain talked while stroking the giant spider’s back…

“Did you become thin? Look at your face, why do I feel that it became smaller?” Rain worriedly caressed its huge head as if stroking a child.

“Scree!”

Always staying beside Rain, the giant spider seemed to have grown attached to him and became quite dependent as she rubbed her head against Rain.

“Scree!!”

This gesture, like a pampered cat, made him instinctively pet its head while smiling.

He then continued to pet its head a bit more. While petting the spider’s head, Rain unintentionally stopped and looked at it in its entirety.

“Scree~?”

What’s wrong?　The spider seemed to say as it tilted its head to one side. He directed his line of sight to where it was leaning. Should he tell her what happened to him? Hm, maybe it would just needlessly get worried…

Nah, let’s do that another time~

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Inside a widely dense forest, a white furred leopard was grooming its white fur in satisfaction. This white leopard was named as the [ Frost Leopard ] and its strength could be considered average.

“Bang!” Following a muffled noise, leaves around the [ Frost Leopard ] suddenly shot skywards and rained down onto the animal.

This sudden change caused the [ Frost Leopard ] to retreat in panic but as its body moved backwards, a human figure surged outwards from within the leaves and the branches.

The human figure appeared behind the [ Frost Leopard ] was wearing a creepy bone armor while wearing an exotic looking animal skull as a mask. The human figure raised his hand and smashed it down with full strength.

A punch that held a savage and enormous force, severely smashed toward the Leopard’s brain.

This savage force caused the fur on the [ Frost Leopard ] to stand on end. In its horrifying fanged mouth, there was a howl followed by a crimson white ice energy being shot out madly.

That white ice energy tried to encapsulate the human figure for a brief moment. However, this time, the white ice energy didn’t achieve its desired effect. The human figure was a little bit petite and nimble, and most of all, he was lighter than the leopard by many times.

The human figure elegantly somersaulted in the air and gracefully landed on the ground. The [ Frost Leopard ] tried to hit the human with countless icicles but it was useless. It was all dodge by the human successfully.

Seeing that its Ice magic had no effect, the [ Frost Leopard ] quickly turned and fled for its life.

However, the human figure rushed out and looking at the desperately escaping Frost Unicorn Wolf, he coldly snorted. His feet suddenly strangely twisted before stepping on the ground again while he softly shouted from his mouth, “Stamp!”

Accompanying that shout, a pale, yellow glow actually emerged from that human figure’s feet and with the lightly glowing yellow right foot; he heavily stepped on the ground.

Bang!

At that moment, an explosion like noise sounded from where the feet had been in contact with the ground. And the ground beneath them trembled as if it was having an earthquake. Because of this, the leopard’s posture broke and helplessly fell into the ground.

Seeing this as an opening, the human figure immediately moves. Like an arrow that left the bow, the human figure charged towards the fallen leopard with an insane speed which greatly surpassed that of a normal human.

Leaping over the animal’s fallen body, that figure spun his body and raised a sharp spear-like bone of an animal and savagely stabbed it at the leopard’s head.

At that moment, the [ Frost Leopard ] movements stalled and with a muffled noise, the tough leopard let out a cry of agony for one last time and then fell motionless on the ground … dead.

Using only one stabbed to neutralize the [ Frost Leopard ], the figure raised his head, exposing the clear look of a youth. It was Rain who was doing his hunt.

Today’s Rain, compared to a few days ago, had an additional tough feel to him and there was a bloody feeling permeating his body. He exudes a powerful feeling which was comparable to the him before.

Of course, Rain knows the reason why he suddenly felt different.

[ Eternal Bond of Union ] which Leyla forcefully did, gave him a great boost in strength and power. His body strength increased a whole new level and his speed was incomparable from before.

Such thing, who wouldn’t feel excited?

Although Rain was currently feeling a bit complicated about it but after seeing his enhanced strength, all hesitation vanished in thin air.

Let the river flows and swept his boat… anyway, he had gotten some benefits so why complain?

Ding!

[ Congratulations! You have leveled up! ]

[ You are the first player in [ Philippine Lore ] to reach Lv5 and successfully unlocked the [ Player’s Ranking ]. As a reward, you will received 1 [ Gold Achievement Chest ]! ]

[ You are ranked no.1 in the [ Player’s Ranking ] chart. The system will release a global notice; do you wish to hide your personal information? ]

The sound of system notifications rang beside his ears for a long time… Undoubtedly, in this instant, he had risen from an insignificant level, to the highest in all of [ Philippine Lore ]… LV5, right now this is a level that regular players simply cannot reach at this moment.

Whoa, I was ranked no.1? This…

Ding!

[ The system will release a global notice, do you wish to hide your personal information? ]

Not gaining his answer after a long time, the system had to give another reminder.

“Y-Ye…” Because of the excitement, Rain’s replied was slow. For now, he wanted to avoid getting famous immediately and just want to raise his level.

However,

—Before he could finish his sentence another Ding! Sound rang out from his ears. Looking at the notification window, Rain’s smile froze and his eyebrows couldn’t help but twitch.

[ Because you took a long time to decide, your counterpart [ Leyla ] had chosen [ NO ] for you! ]

THAT DAMN WOMAN!!!!!!!!

Ding!

[ Global announcement! All players in the world please pay attention! Player [ Lagim ] had finally reached Lv5 and successfully unlocked the feature [ Player’s Ranking ] an achievement worthy to remember. As the no.1 player in [ Philippine Lore ] his achievement has been recorded into the World Hall of Fame.

Player [ Lagim ] gains system reward: Gold: 50, and bonus status points: 5 and skill points: 3. May all players continue to work hard, creating even more glorious success. ]

Ding!

[ [ Player’s Ranking ] was now successfully unlocked! Players may now look at it. ]

The first time the global notification sounded, the [ Philippine Lore ] world fell into a death like silence, and then went into complete mayhem.

—All because of one player; [ Lagim ]

Lv5? Someone at this stage had actually reached Lv5?

Wha, what, wait, how, what, what kind of joke is this!! What kind of leveling speed is this?!

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[ Player’s Ranking ] chart.

Rank 1: [ Lagim ] Lv5

The newly unlocked [ Player’s Ranking ] only has the player [ Lagim ] all alone written on it.

Players who have reached Lv5 can be said to be proper and distinguished players or experts and so, only Lv5 and above players have the right to be listed, other players below simply do not have the qualifications to be listed.

In this moment, the only name appearing on the ranking not only attracted Philippine’s but the whole world’s attention… because no other country around the world has unlocked the [ Player’s Ranking ] chart.

“Lv5… this.. must be…a mistake! How is this possible!?”

“Holy shit, a Lv5 player! I’m still even Lv2 how can someone reach this level at this early?!”

“He is called [ Lagim ]? How come I never heard of him?”

……

Within one hour, the entire [ Philippine Lore ] website and official forum was completely flooded with heated discussions. The name [ Lagim ] was already known by countless people.

At this stage being a Lv2 is already good, being a Lv3 is enough to have people be killed over in jealousy…

But this time what they heard is… the appearance of a Lv5 player.

The shock towards their minds was practically like an earthquake. Until now, there are still many players that still didn’t believe their ears, or thought that maybe there is some kind of problem that has appeared in the system.

But how can that be? The [ Player’s Ranking ] only showed the Lv5 player; [ Lagim ]!

The current highest player inside [ Philippine Lore ]; [ Lagim ]

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