Chapter 117 - Options

"Would you like to go to heaven for the new emperor contest?"

[YES] [NO]

"Huh? What is all of this?" Julius asked after hearing the robotic announcements after he had killed the last monster in the dungeon.

"Would you like to turn GUIDE on?" the robotic voice asked after it heard Julius' confusion before presenting Julius with a blue screen that had two options.

[YES] [NO]

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[YES]

"GUIDE has been activated."

"I shall now explain what the new emperor contest is. From the beginning of time itself, there has always been a ruler of heaven. That person being named the emperor of heaven," the robotic voice began to explained.

"Wait what? So there's really a place called heaven?!" Julius asked with a shocked voice.

"Please save your questions for later. As I was saying, heaven has always had an emperor. The emperor is an immortal being in heaven however there is a single being who surpasses even the emperor, that being the emperor of the greater heaven," the robotic voice continued to explain.

"Once the emperor of the greater heaven feels that the emperor of the normal heaven has done enough and there needs to be a new emperor, the emperor of the greater heaven kills the ruler of the heaven below them," the robotic voice said.

"That brings us to today. Once the last emperor of heaven was killed, we were tasked to search across many multiverses to find candidates so that they could become the new emperor. You, Julius Henry have completed the seemingly endless dungeon which was placed in rapid mode instead of daily which allowed you to clear it in less time than the one who failed," the robotic voice explained.

"'The one who failed'? Could they be talking about Steven?" Julius asked himself before agreeing with himself.

"Now, do you have questions?" the robotic voice asked.

"I actually do. Is heaven actually real?" Julius asked.

"Yes," the robotic voice replied.

"Is the contest a battle between all the candidates to see who would win and the winner becomes the emperor?" Julius asked.

"Yes," the robotic voice replied.

"What type of battle is it? A battle royale or an intellectual battle?" Julius asked.

"I cannot reveal that information just yet," the robotic voice replied.

"If I click on the YES option to go to heaven for the contest, what will happen?" Julius asked.

"You'll be teleported into heaven where you'll be in a coma until the final candidates arrive since there will need to be exactly 100000 participants in the battle. You're candidate #98532 so you still have some time left," the robotic voice explained.

"One last question then, since I still have some time left, can I continue to stay here and once the final candidate arrives, can I be teleported to heaven automatically?" Julius requested.

"Yes. If you wish, I can make you a better offer. Since no one will know you came last, since you're still about 1500 people early, how about you continue to do as you please in this world and just inform me when you want to head towards heaven," the robotic voice offered Julius an even better offer.

"Wait you would really allow that? Thank you so much! I really want to do a couple things before I leave," said Julius which made the [YES] and [NO] buttons to go to heaven disappear.

"Since you can change your choice at any time, I'll be watching over you from now on so if you have any questions, just feel free to ask," the robotic voice told Julius.

"Sure I guess. Since you offered, why are you being so nice to me? I really don't get what I did to deserve this kind of treatment, not that I'm complaining, I'm just confused?" Julius added.

"Well it's simple really, you're currently the candidate who holds the clearing speed record. From what I can tell, you have a very good chance of winning this contest so I'm trying to set a good connection with you before you eventually become emperor," the robotic voice replied.

"That would make sense. I also have another question, will there be aliens in the contest since you said that you went to multiple multiverses to find the candidates," Julius asked.

"No, there will not be aliens. In fact, there are no aliens that exist. The heaven's first emperor dictated that no other species other than humans would exist all throughout the ground realm which is where you live in now," the robotic voice explained.

"Wow, we're so lame that we're the only ones called the ground realm while the others are called heaven and the greater heaven," Julius thought to himself.

"Since I've cleared this dungeon, can I leave now?" Julius asked as he wanted to see everyone after 3 years.

"Yes sir," the robotic voice said and in that same moment, the dungeon Julius was in began to disintegrate into nothingness.

"Wow, I really did finish the dungeon. I wonder how much stronger I am now than I used to be," Julius asked himself as he turned around to be greeted with a mountain of treasure and weapons.

"Wha-" Julius said with his mouth opened wipe from surprise. Even though he was a prince, Julius had never seen this much gold, most likely due to him never having gone to the treasury of his kingdom.

"What am I supposed to do with this?! I can't even carry a small portion of it without me losing balance and dropping it on the floor," Julius complained.

"Plus, does this mean that all the candidates get all of this as well? It kind of makes my accomplishment less significant than theirs," Julius said as his voice trailed off from sadness.

"Don't worry about that. Luckily for you, this is a special batch do you you breaking the cleaning speed record. Most people only get half the gold you got and no weapons.. Since you cleared the dungeon by about half the time as the previous record, you have been rewarded with all of this and the earnings of the previous record holder shall be taken from him and be given the regular gift bag," said the voice which brought a sense of pride back into Julius.