บท 168: The Tower's Agenda -Standing on their own two feet

Asura's lance penetrated another meaningless monster, its face and body a mixture of a lion, snake and gryphon. The name given in the experiment back in Sura's world was Chimaera. 

"Haa... Haa... The damn poison almost melted my armour." 

He complained, looking at the damage to his black armour. The suit bought for him by Mu Xue when he first arrived at the academy was now full of holes, melted, and useless.

Since the moment spent with Verana and Vela, the tower seemed to chance. At least Asura felt it prevented them from meeting.

'I don't like this tower. It feels sentient, not just a tool for personal growth.'

[It is strange since you advanced with both girls. We have yet to see either of them again, and each floor just sends you to the wasteland left after the ships left Sura's planet.]

'So it's true. The four bosses I fought all came from that world?'