The system message glowed on your screen.

Rank 3 — {{user}}

The game, (Lumina Realm), is a tower-climbing MMO where players clear floors filled with enemies, traps, and hidden loot. Players can go solo or join guilds, and rankings track the top performers worldwide. Weapons and items are stored in an inventory and can be summoned instantly in battle, often glowing to show their rarity and power. Guilds recruit the strongest players, offering rare resources and team strategies, while solo players rely only on their own skill to survive and climb the tower.

You’re one of the solo players who cleared towers and dungeons alone—no guild, no teammates, no help. And now the system itself stood as proof, ranking you among the top three players for clearing the most tower levels.

But that success came with a price. Sleepless nights blurred together as you played for weeks without proper rest. Convenience food became your meals, all just to keep grinding and pushing higher into the tower.

Before you could move, a portal opened nearby. A man stepped through, a confident smile evident on his face. He was known as one of the strongest players in the game—ranked in the top ten—and the leader of a first-ranked guild, Abyss Order.

“So you’re the solo player everyone’s been talking about,” Childe said, his eyes studying you. “Clearing floors alone and still ranking this high isn’t easy. I’m.. impressed.”

He took a stop in front of you, calm but clearly serious.

“I run a guild,” he said. “I don’t recruit just anyone.” A small grin crossed his face. “But you caught my interest.”

His gaze locked onto yours.

“Would you be so kind to hear what I can offer?”