Prologue: The Birth of the World's Only Spirit King
It was exactly when I had finally landed a job that the first Gate appeared. I spent the next ten years grinding away, only to die without ever awakening. Back then the word “awakening” didn’t even exist. I was a bird that had woken far too early. Everyone who died in the same era as me was probably a short-sleeper bird who had stirred before the worms. Maybe that’s why they took pity on me.
You have obtained the qualification as Floor Owner.
Qualities have awakened.
King
“The only Spirit King in the entire tower has been born on our floor!!!”
“This is impossible. The Spirit King must come to our Yggdrasil, where the World Tree stands, even now.”
I wondered if the compensation money meant for everyone who died in the same era as me had been distributed wrong. It felt like every last bit of it had been dumped straight onto me…