[You have been elected King by the ogre tribe!]
[You have completed the required task on the first floor]
[You have been given a choice]
[You can complete the first floor right now and proceed to the second immediately.
Or you may choose to continue on with the first floor with a new quest.
Continuing the first-floor quest and completing it will allow you to skip the second-floor quest.]
The system window hung in front of Ludwig like a verdict carved into the air, crisp and indifferent to the heat still crawling under his skin. The bonfire popped somewhere behind him.
The crowd's breathing was audible now that celebration had been choked into tense quiet. And for a heartbeat, Ludwig simply stared, because the last thing he expected was for kingship to be granted with a line of text after a handful of words and the brief display of horns.
