'Global Leaderboard' 'First Place: Nighthale, Level 10, Grendola' 'Second Place: None' 'Third Place: None' 'Only players Level 10 and above will appear on the Leaderboard.' The entire leaderboard was empty except for Aiden. It had only been six hours since Doomsday had officially launched, and most players were still stuck at Level 1. A few experienced players worked in teams to reach Level 2. Even the best players who used ghost-like agility and elite combat skills to hunt monsters were barely at Level 3, with a long way to go. The sudden appearance of a Level 10 player left every skilled gamer stunned. …Within Spawnpoint 1001, located in the kingdom of Aurisia, a figure dressed in plain linen moved with uncanny agility between two Elite Goblin Warriors, a dagger flashing in his hands. 'Damage Done: 23 Points' 'Damage Done: 31 Points' 'Damage Done: 26 Points' This wasn't an ordinary assassin, and critical strikes kept cutting deep into the elite goblins. 'EXP Gained: 26 Points' 'EXP Gained: 26 Points' Soon, both goblins fell one after the other. Equipped with only starter gear, this person had just soloed two Elite Goblin Warriors, a feat that would make anyone watching call him a true pro. True enough, he lived up to the title. 'Player: SilkenShade' A legendary thief in Aurisia, SilkenShade had built elite thief guilds in multiple games. In terms of raw skill, he ranked in the top five among all thief-class players. He was also one of the few skilled players who joined Doomsday during its private beta launch. SilkenShade glanced at the leaderboard and frowned slightly. "I've been hunting elite monsters since the moment I logged in, and I'm only at Level 3. How is it that someone's already at Level 10? Is that a glitch?" He added, "I've never even heard of Nighthale. Ugh, forget it." He dismissed it and closed the leaderboard, continuing the hustle. … "There's no way someone from Grendola's already at Level 10! They must be cheating! "Even if they aren't, that's probably one of our people! "Kyro will forever be the universe's number one!" A sly-eyed thief from Kyro with a tiny club stared at the leaderboard, green with envy. He was Giovani Parq, the top player in his country. Even so, he was only at Level 3, so how could Grendola possibly have someone at Level 10? They must've cheated their way through! … Meanwhile, over at Sakuron. "How dare those Grendola players use such underhanded tricks? They must be exploiting some glitch! "I, Yoruhane Kage, despise people like this the most. Shame on them! They should just kill themselves!" … Scenes like this played out across multiple countries. The sudden appearance of the leaderboard had caused a massive stir throughout the game. Most players weren't just surprised, but also suspicious of Nighthale. After all, everyone knew firsthand how difficult Doomsday was.Even skilled players couldn't possibly reach Level 10 in a single day. This could only mean he was cheating, right? Since they were still in the game's private beta launch, glitches were normal. After a few complaints, most players didn't think too much of it. They even noticed that the reload system had been temporarily closed. Clearly, the developers were patching things up. In a few days, the bugs would be fixed, and Nighthale would probably get banned. Unbeknownst to them, it wasn't a glitch. It was an actual, second world. For Aiden, the rankings came as no surprise. In his previous life, the first player to reach Level 10 had also triggered the leaderboard, but that was after the official release. During the beta launch, the highest level anyone had achieved was only Level 8. What Aiden didn't know yet was whether reaching Level 10 on the first day would bring any special rewards. He equipped his new title. 'Trailblazer (Legendary): As the first player to reach Level 10, your strength is recognized by the God of Light. EXP Gained +5%' "A legendary-tier Experience Boost… Not bad." Aiden grinned. In Doomsday, all items, titles, and gear were ranked by tiers—Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Epic, Legendary, Myth, Divine, Apocalypse, and Numen. It had ten levels in total, with iron being the lowest and numen the absolute peak. A legendary-tier title was undoubtedly rare. Players in Doomsday who had broken through Level 100 usually wore gear ranging from gold to epic, with occasional pieces from legendary. Legendary was a threshold only very few could achieve. Divine and Myth were reserved for the absolute elite, while Apocalypse and Numen were unheard of.Even in his past life, Aiden had never heard of anyone possessing such gear—not even NPCs. Those tiers existed only in records. So while the game officially had ten tiers, Divine was already universally recognized as the pinnacle. He hadn't even left the spawnpoint yet, and he'd already earned a Legendary title. The rewards that came with it was enormous. "This offsets five percent of the experience penalty. Sweet!" Aiden was pleased. With his free attribute points all allocated to Energy, its value had soared to 120 points. Ding! 'Player Nighthale: First stage of Experience completed. You can no longer gain experience by any means. Please initiate your Tier Advancement Trial as soon as possible.' Another notification appeared immediately afterward, and Aiden swiped it away casually.The Tier Advancement Trial was one of Doomsday's unique mechanics. Every time a player reached a round-number level, such as 10, 20, or 30, they would be forced into a phase where no experience could be gained. No matter how many monsters they killed or NPC quests they completed, they wouldn't gain any experience from it. The only way to progress was through a Tier Advancement Trial, which was insanely difficult. Trials allowed for teams, but no outside assistance could join. A Divine-level NPC like Merrick was completely barred from entering. Even among players, only teams of the same level could participate. Otherwise, the trial's difficulty would be determined by the highest-level participant. For example, a team with a Level 10 and a Level 20 player would face the challenge of a Level 20 trial. Under this terrifying system, every Tier Advancement Trial was a massive ordeal.