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Chapter 125: A Pyramid in the Distance

As per usual, Ed spent one-month hunting in the floor. He was lucky to encounter the camels another time which allowed him to stock up on more than twenty of them. He also managed to level up to Earth Establishment level 10. Sieg and Raikou both leveled up to Heavenly Establishment level 2. Suika and the rest managed to breakthrough to level 1.

Everyone's abilities underwent a drastic change. Those who could use Nen more or less managed to build the foundation for their Hatsu. All that remains is to work on the ability and develop it. Sieg who couldn't use such an ability managed to come up with new techniques thanks to Ed's help. His imagination worked very hard this past month. His ability to control the dimension improved as well. He was now able to keep it up for four hours with a gravity multiplier of 25 times. Without the multiplier, he could keep it up for eight hours. Similarly, if he reduced the multiplier, the amount of time he could handle would increase as well.

"Scan." Ed scanned himself to check up on his stats.

Name: Edward Avalon.

Level: 46. (1.300.000/1.700.000) [Earth Establishment level 10].

Stats:

HP: 1002/1002.

MP: 718/718.

STR: 495.

AGL: 439.

INT: 445.

DEF: 450.

STA: 501.

Skills: Three-sword style, Etiquette, Haggling, Strategy, KI control, Driving, Calligraphy, Programming.

Abilities: Mangekyo-Sharingan, Spectral Shadow Steps, Wind magic, Fire magic, Space magic, Voice Disguise, Shunpo, Nen, Berserk, Water magic.

Monsters: Raikou, Suika, Gobuta, Goburou, Garu, Siegfried.

Evaluation: Not bad.

He was very close to leveling up to Heavenly Establishment himself. If the same thing that happened with Earth Establishment monsters repeated itself, then he would be able to level up after killing a Heavenly Establishment level 5 or higher monster. He guessed that the experience points that he would get would soar as well.

"We'll try to find the boss today." Although Ed stayed in the floor for one month he was unable to find the boss. The desert was simply too large. When he first noticed this, he started advancing tens of kilometers every day to cover the most surface while maintaining a high kill rate. The seven of them left together but went in separate ways. Every one of them would be able to hunt alone without much trouble. Another reason why Ed let them go on their own, without being afraid that they would lose their way, was because of his Space magic.

Ever since Ed leveled it up to level 2, he unlocked another ability. Although he could teleport attacks with Space magic, that was already doable with level one. Ed struggled with it and didn't train much at it. Leveling up to level two simply gave him a boost in control over Space magic. But the true ability that was unlocked was long-range teleportation. Ed was over the clouds when he first found out. He was simply checking out his skills' description when he found out. His ability wasn't broken enough to allow him to teleport to any destination that he had visited before.

To be able to use the long-range teleport, Ed needed to make an inscription on 'something'. He would be able to teleport to that position. He had some metal pieces left over from crafting from way earlier when he made weapons for his family. He couldn't decide on what inscription he should use, so he simply used his first and last name initials. 'E.A'. He gave each one of his companions a piece, and also made many more. He also made some disposable ones using some rocks as the base.

As Ed was traveling at his top speed, he didn't stop to hunt. He wanted to break out of this floor as soon as possible. He still needed to clear the tenth, eleventh, and a twelfth floor before a year passes.

Before Ed could pass through one of the regions, something caught his attention way into the distance. 'A pyramid?' The shape that he saw was one that looked strikingly like the pyramids back on Earth. Ed didn't know if such shapes existed in this world before seeing it here. Unless someone from Earth got teleported into this world as well, then this world should have them as well.

"I'm not going to have to fight 'The Mummy' now will I?" Ed asked himself while smiling wryly. He switched his direction towards the pyramid and accelerated at top speed. Unfortunately, before he could reach his destination he fell into a sand hole. What he actually fell into looked more like a room rather than a hall. It was similar in size to a college lecture hall, and many stone tablets were thrown in the ground. Ed was intrigued by these tablets so he started checking them one by one.

Time and sand did a wonderful job at making the tablets almost unreadable. Ed did his best to decode them, but he was unable to. They were also broken which made them even harder to understand. Ed almost left before he noticed something. The way the tablets were broken looked as if they were joined at one point. 'That took me a while…' Ed could only mock his own lack of insight at this moment.

After gathering all the tablets, he could more or less make out some of the stuff. It was still barely readable, but he could understand it much better. He could see two half circles, both at the extreme right and left of the giant tablet. Between them, a 'tube' extended from to the other, joining both of them together. This was all Ed could understand from the tablet. Although he understood the drawings, he didn't understand the meaning. Ed decided not to waste any more time, so he stored the giant tablet and broke out of the room.

Once again, Ed made his way towards the pyramid that was still so far in the distance. It took him almost an hour at top speed to get close to it. The closer he got, the more he doubted his earlier assumption of it being a pyramid. Once he was close enough he had a wry smile.

'This is no pyramid. This is…' Before Ed could finish his thought, the pyramid 'moved'.


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Shigun Shigun

Hello everyone! Hope you enjoy the chapter!

Chapter 126: Would You like to Break out of the Tower?

Ed was still a couple of kilometers away from the 'pyramid' but he could see it very clearly. The gargantuan figure was moving up and down. The more Ed looked at it the more he doubted his eyes. What he was looking at was only the front view. Behind the pyramid shape was an impressive extension that continued on for hundreds and hundreds of meters. The creature that was in front of Ed was a massive serpent that coiled upon itself. Many layers of its body were put on each other, giving it a look of a pyramid.

One might mistake it as such from a distance due to lack of visibility in the desert. But when you are close enough, you wouldn't make any mistake in identifying it. Ed was curious at the cultivation of the serpent, so he scanned it.

*Ding*

Name: Great serpent Mehen.

Cultivation: Heavenly Establishment level 5.

'It's a named monster…' Ed noticed a difference instantly. Monsters that he scanned would usually have their race as their name. He didn't get the chance to scan a tamer's monster so he couldn't exactly draw a conclusion here. The serpent Mehen seemed to be sleeping, in the open. As if he didn't have a single care in the world. 'Doesn't he know he's the floor boss?' Ed laughed while thinking as such. Ed didn't know that Mehen was the floor boss, but if he wasn't who would? A named Legendary monster that wasn't a floor boss would simply mean that the floor boss wouldn't be beaten by Ed.

Similarly, Ed didn't know that Mehen was a Legendary monster. But again, if he wasn't who would? After gathering enough information about the monster and the surrounding area, Ed left a marked rock a couple of kilometers away and teleported towards his companions. "Long-range teleportation Banzai!" Ed shouted while teleporting. In a second, he appeared hundreds of kilometers away from his original position.

The first one he teleported towards was Raikou. "I've found the boss," he swiftly relayed the information to him. He noticed a couple of lizard-like dead bodies near Raikou's feet, but he didn't take note of it. Ed could teleport other people with him if he wanted. Both of them appeared in front of Sieg and let him know. Although Ed made many marked items, he could still know which one he was teleporting towards. It was a relief since he wouldn't be randomly popping up in front of people.

In less than five minutes, all of them were gathered in one place. Ed told everyone that he found the floor boss Mehen. However, he 'forgot' to mention his size. He only told them that Mehen was a great serpent. Although it was a bad idea not to do so since Ed and the others could come up with a plan. Ed still chose to do this to surprise them. In a heartbeat, they were all gone from that place.

"The boss is near that pyramid." They were close enough to make out the difference. But, Ed told them in order to make them believe the mirage they were seeing. No one would think about a giant serpent existing and sleeping in such a way.

"It's a Giant Suu!" a childlike voice sounded near Ed. Suika, who had leveled up to Heavenly Establishment, was now able to speak as well. She still had the habit of saying 'Suu' however. Ed didn't know how she was able to do so since she didn't have any vocal cords. But, he blamed it on magic and moved on.

Gobuta and the others never spoke in front of Ed, but he could guess that they could. He never asked them a question that required a vocal answer either.

"It's really a giant," Sieg exclaimed as well. Ed was bothered by their reaction so he turned back to look at the serpent. This time he was more surprised than earlier. The serpent that should have been sleeping was now standing up. Mehen used his tail and belly to support himself and seemed to be looking directly towards Ed.

Suddenly he crouched back down and slithered towards them. The gigantic body that should be slow, moved in a speed rivaling that of Ed's. in a couple of minutes Mehen was standing in front of Ed.

"Little human, why did you disturb my sleep," Mehen spoke in a low hissing voice. His tongue extending every time he finished a word. Ed was surprised by both his question and his size when looking directly at him. Mehen's shadow covered them, making it look as if they were behind a building.

"What do you mean bother you, I just came here," Ed answered Mehen.

"Aren't you the one who screamed earlier, saying 'Long range teleport Banzai!' or something like that?" Ed could only think of one thing. 'He heard me! And what do you mean by 'or something like that' you heard everything perfectly!' Ed retorted while exclaiming in his mind.

"Oh, that. I didn't think you would hear me. I'm sorry for interrupting your sleep!" Ed gave a bow while apologizing seriously.

"Okay, I forgive you."

'So easily?!' Everyone thought at the same time. They were surprised earlier when they saw Mehen coming with such speed and ferocity, and thought he was coming to kill someone. Yet, he accepted the apology like nothing.

'I guess it's just interrupting sleep nothing too serious.' Ed thought while smiling.

"You're here to defeat me right? Want to start now?" Mehen's carefree attitude shocked everyone once more. He was talking about a life and death fight as if it was an elementary school brawl.

"Hahahaha, you're an interesting person-eh serpent!" Ed found Mehen to be hilarious. He thought about something and suggested it.

"Would you like to come with me, and break out of this tower?" Ed gave Mehen the same suggestion as he did with Sieg. Mehen was interesting and would certainly be powerful. No reason not to ask.

"You can't claim such a thing and not follow through with it." Mehen didn't seem to agree or disagree by the sound of his tone.

"Sieg here can confirm it." Mehen looked towards Sieg who gave a confirming nod.

"I see. But unfortunately, I will remain here."


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Shigun Shigun

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