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Chapter 44: The Tower (2)

It's the typical tale of the narcissist jerk who thinks that only pure-blood people deserve an opportunity to be someone and thinks it is his duty to teach others that.

It was easy to find out who it was; after all, he didn't hide it, and he simply thought that he was untouchable.

"I'm going to kill him."

"Sir, with all due respect, he is the nephew of the counselor; he had connections and power; even some of the knights are his private guards."

He was talking to his business partner, and his partner was trying to dissuade him of his revenge.

{Indeed, this is suicide, but I don't really like this situation either, so let's make some plans}

First, take care of the harassment by supporting the enemies of my enemies, then leave town to develop more business and find my own power somewhere safe.

******

"Can you teach me the mystic arts?"

"Sure, kid, for a price."

"That's not a problem."

"Perfect"

{I made the choice to use magic for my revenge}

What a surprise! He was gifted with magic talent, so his progress was quick; in a couple of years, he was a High Mage, an incredible feat in this world.

*****

"Milord, are you still going to do it?"

"Yes, André, it's all resolved; the company is yours now; take care of it."

"I..I.. milord"

"Enough go..."

"Good luck, Milord."

{After all the decisions that he and I took, it was finally time to complete the final chapter of his life}

*****

"No, no, please...please...I have a family. Please."

"Death is only the beginning, [Eternal Damnation]."

"Nooo!!!..."

"..."

"Finally, mother, it's over."

{Indeed is over}

A bright light engulfed my sight, and when I recovered, I was back on the platform, and all the golem warriors were kneeling.

***********

"...."

[Congratulations! You passed the Test of the Heart.]

[Do you want to continue?]

"Why?"

[What is it, seeker?]

"Why did I pass? I lived his life for revenge and nothing else."

[It doesn't matter what your motives are to live, as long as no taboos are broken.]

"Taboos?"

[Soul corruption, necromancy, and dark rituals, to name a few]

{I see, he sees human life as an insignificant thing}

[Anything else, Seeker?]

"No, we can proceed."

[Understood, Initiating Test of Power]

*Boom* *Boom*

Two more warrior-like golems fell from the rooftop; they landed on the north and south of the platform, but they were a little bigger than the others.

Then all the other golems stood up from the ground at the same time.

[The test is simple; please eliminate all the golems on the platform.]

{Excellent, I'm a little upset after that test; let's blow up some steam} I pull out my staff from my inventory.

[3...2...1...begin] As soon as the countdown finished, all the golems launched themselves at me.

"[Boost]+[Repulsive Blast]" I aimed my staff to the left, blowing the normal golems backwards.

I used that gap to move out of the formation they had, and after gaining enough space, I finally started attacking.

"[Arcane Distortion]" pointing at the middle of the formation where I was, a miniature black hole formed, pulling some golems to it.

*Crack* *Crack* *Crack*

{This isn't over}

~{[Minor Protection (Self)]+[Stone Armor (Self)]+[Arcane Cloak]}~

"Let's try the boosted wind skill, [Wind Slash]." I made a horizontal cutting motion with my staff at the remaining golems that were charging at me.

*Zip* 

With a perfectly clean cut at the waist of the golems, the momentum of their charge separates the golems into two.

"They're still moving..." They were now crawling to my location.

{This was... underwhelming}

**********

[Congratulations, Seeker, you passed all the tests.]

Another bright light engulfed me, and then I was in another place. In an immense room to the right was a library, and on the left were many strange pieces of equipment.

[Now choo- Emergency! Emergency!unauthorized access detected, requesting assistance]

[Seeker the Tower requires your assistant; if you comply, a special reward will be given]

[Do you accept?]

"Yes"

~{Ah, I see the Arch-mage took the same tests, but he wanted something forbidden by the Tower; I'm assuming the Tower itself}~

[Transporting: please neutralize the treat to the tower by any means necessary.]

This time, the space and my surroundings melted, and when I came to my senses, I was in another immense room, but this time only a giant violet crystal was on a pedestal in the middle of the room.

I can also see my opponent, an old man with some expensive-looking robes and a malevolent-looking staff; he was chanting something to the crystal.

{I guess I need to interrupt that, whatever it is}

"Crackling Lance," thanks to the arcane cloak my skill was more powerful.

*Zap* *Thud* *Crack*

The lance was intercepted by a ward that he had but was not strong enough to fully stop it, forcing the old man to step aside, interrupting his chanting.

"This new youth really doesn't respect their elders." He turned around to see who attacked him.

The skin of the elder was dark red, and it had some protuberances on his forehead.

{Demon?}

"You have my attention, young one, now what?"His voice was raspy and low, very uncomfortable to listen to.

"[Hex]"

[Failed; target resisted the curse]

{What!?}

"Oh, I like you, kid, but someone needs to teach you a lesson about manners."

"[Dimensional Chains]" Violet chains pierced the space around me, then they tried to capture me.

"No, you won't." I circulate my mana through my index finger, and I used it to write in front of me the rune [Space] accompanying with the word [Lock].

"Oh, well done, kid."

The chains stopped only a couple of inches around me.

{F**k, he is more powerful than me}

~{How come this quest is for level 45?} ~

[Thank you for your assistance. The security protocol has been reestablished.]

A lot of portals started to open all around us, and from the portals, all kinds of golems came through.

(Sigh) "What a pain; I'm not that young anymore." He started to chant something really fast.

{My instincts are telling me to interrupt him}

"[Flame Pillar]" 

Once again, I interrupted him, and this time he was really upset.

"You really wish to die young, right?"

*Thud* *Thud* *Thud*

Unfortunately, he didn't have time to pay attention to me; the golems were charging at him, and I decided to support them.

"[Minor Protection]x10 [Stone Armor]x15"

"[Haste](Boost), [Boost]+[Hex]"

[Generating a Random Curse]

[Curse of Life Granted]

[Curse of Life: Every action costs 5% of the total target life force]

{Damn!!}

"You..." He quickly figured out what happened to him, but he could do nothing about it. The golemns were relentless; they came one after the other.

{The tower was going easy on the participants}

As I was whatching the old demon getting jumped by golems, some not-pure thoughts were circled in my head.

*Evil Grin*

{Target practice}

"[Flame Skull], [Fireball]"

"You!!"

"[Crackling Lance], [Ice Spear]"

"Stop!!"

"[Flame Pillar], [Arcane Distortion]"

"Stop, I said!"

"[Wind Slash]"

"Let's talk about this!"

*****

Finally, after two hours of me throwing spells and the golems getting destroyed, he died.

[The treat had been neutralized. Thank you for your assistance.]


Chapter 45: The Tower (3)

I was back at the library and armory.

[Thank you, seeker, for your contribution in this emergency. As promised,  an additional reward will be given.]

"Thank you"

[Now, seeker, you can choose two skillbooks in the library to your right and two pieces of equipment from the armory to your left.]

"Ahm, what about the additional reward?"

[Originally, you would only be able to choose one from each side.]

"I understand." I moved to the library first.

On the bookshelves were many wierd skillbooks, for example, a skillbook called [Create Fogg]. As his name indicated, its only use was to create fogg.

So I searched for useful skills for me.

[Ghost Flame (Soul Damage, 3 Second Cooldown)]

[Grand me Strength (Buff Physical Strength by 50%, 10 minutes Cooldown, Duration: 5 minutes)]

[Solaris (Flame Damage, 4 Second Cooldown)]

[Aspect of the Dragon God (Buff Physical Damage, Magic Damage, and All Resistances by 40%, 5 Minute Cooldown, Duration: 3 Minutes)]

[Lighting Strike (Lighting Damage, 5-second Cooldown)]

[Dragons Roar (Stunn/Sound Damage, 5 Second Cooldown)]

[Blood Thorns (Physical Damage)]

{These are the ones that got my attention the most}

The most bizarre one was Blood Thorns with no cooldown whatsoever, but I suspect it has something to do with the name of the skill.

"I guess the first one I want to choose is going to be [Aspect of the Dragon God], and as for the second one, I'm torn between [Ghost Flame] and [Blood Thorns], hmm..."

~{I'm more intrigued by the zero cooldown skill}~

"Ok, [Blood Thorns], it is."

[Understood seeker, now please select the pieces of equipment]

"Got it." I grabbed the two skillbooks, and then I proceeded to the armory to the left.

Right away, I was blown away by the quality and design of the equipment here. As a fellow craftsman, I can quickly recognize really good work.

"Impressive collection you have here, tower..."

[Thank you, seeker].

{Hmm, what am I missing equipment-wise?}

I saw the racks filled with swords, wands, staffs, robes, and other stuff.

A few more rings and a pair of gloves will be good.

After a couple of minutes, I indeed found what I was looking for.

[Ring of the Lykan] (unique)

[Eternal Ring](Artifact)

[Ring of Shooting Stars] (artifact)

[Ring of Telekinesis] (unique)

{Hmm, I can't see a description, but I can imagine what their effects are.}

"Let me see the gloves too."

[Spellslinging Gloves](Unique)

[Sseeth's Gloves](Artifact)

[Gloves of Auras] (unique)

[Gloves of Subtle Casting] (Rare)

"Alright, let's pick the [Ring of Telekinesis] and the [Sseeth's Gloves]."

[Very well, seeker...]

The ring and gloves appeared before me, and suddenly I was transported somewhere else.

"Ugh, a little warning before doing that..."

I looked around me, and I noticed that I was in the previous room where that arch-mage was messing with something.

In the middle, I saw the purple crystal, but now it had little cracks all over the surface.

[I apologize, seeker, but there's something that needs your participation.]

{I know, after all, the last part of my quest isn't complete yet}

"Oh, and what could that be?"

[Due to the recent incident, the tower sustained serious damage. The dimensional anchor has been compromised, so I request your assistance]

"Hmm...sure, what can I do?" I looked at the purple crystal.

~{So that's the dimensional anchor}~.

[The tower has been left without a proper owner for about 2 thousand years, and without one, the tower relied on the dimensional anchor to not drift into the interdimensional planes, so please seeker become the owner, and you will be rewarded.]

{Good, this is better than what I imagined}

"Sure, tell me what I need to do."

[Approach the dimensional anchor in the middle and put your hands on it. After that, circle your magic through it.]

"Got it," I did as I was told.

The more I approached the crystal, the more I could feel the magic that this crystal contained.

{If this thing blows up, it could destroy an entire planet}

Finally, I reached the crystal, and slowly, I put my hand on it.

[Foreign object detected, analyzed...]

[Permission granted...]

[Bonding Tower of Knowledge to the User... complete]

I could feel something poking through my mind, and I saw the crystal being repaired quickly.

[Congratulations, Master, the link has been established.]

"So now I'm your master?"

[Correct]

{Good}

[Quest Complete: commencing transferring...]

From the ground, I saw the familiar door.

{Time to go home}

**************

When my vision recovered, I was in my living room, and in front of me was the quest panel.

[Dungeon Quest Complete]

[Capture or Eliminate the Arch-Mage 1/1] ✓

[Clear the Trial 1/1] ✓

[Decide the fate of Tower 1/1]. ✓

[Rewards]

[Personal Lvl: +3]

[Class Lvl: +5]

[Funds: 1, 000, 000]

[Skills]

[Aspect of the Dragon God: It creates an etheric dragonic armor that increases the physical and magical damage by 40%; it also increases the overall resistance by 40%].

[Blood Thorns: It allows the user to create thorns made out of his own blood to damage his enemies.]

[Equipment]

[Ring of Telekinesis: It allows the user to manipulate inorganic matter]

[Sseeth's Gloves: increase health regeneration speed by 100% (immune to poison)]

[Building]

[Ivory Tower: The mythical tower of knowledge that once educated the greatest mage's]

"That's some really nice rewards, but what about the tower? Where is it?"

[In the inventory, once the user has a destined place, you can place it there.]

"Oh, I see."~{the question is where}~

"Wait, can I move it afterward?"

[Possible]

"Good, then I guess I need to buy a plot of land, maybe even an island."


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