"Challenging the floor boss?" asked the girl before Aaron, she was Naura.
"That's right."
"Only by defeating the floor boss, then we can go to the next floor."
[ANNOUNCENT!]
[Monster Raid in Dark Pillar Tower will open soon]
[All adventurers are requested to prepare]
[Countdown until Monster Raid Gate opens]
[00:11:59:43]
A notification panel appeared before Aaron and the others, saying that the monster raid would open in 12 hours. That ans the dark pillar gate will open when it is 9pm.
Naura and Naufal got the notification panel. Aaron just realized that the two of them were family, siblings. They were not born in this place, but trapped just like Aaron.
They have been here for three years and Naufal always protects Naura, no matter what. Their purpose was only one, to live long until they had a chance to leave this cursed place.
Naufal doesn't mind Aaron's suggestion, fighting the floor boss can make them go up the floor easily and quickly. But, it's different with Naura.
She was a little afraid of the floor boss, the reason she heard that many adventurers died while trying to challenge the floor boss.
"I-I don't know. I think—"
"Sure. We will challenge the floor boss," revealed Naufal, speaking firmly as he interrupted his sister's speech.
"Alright."
[Create Party]
[Initiate searching for the nearest system watch user signal!]
[System Watch User Signal discovered]
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[Number of users: 2]
[1. Naufal Jackson]
[2. Naura Jackson]
[Invite users to party:]
[Yes] [No]
The party formation panel appeared before Naura and Naufal, right after Aaron's system watch detected their presence. The two exchanged glances for a mont, then respond by nodding quietly between them.
[User has agreed to join the party!]
[Party Details]
[Party Na: Aaron Party]
[Party Title: -]
[Leader: Aaron Lewis (Lv. 325)]
[mbers:]
[1. Naufal Jackson] [Lv. 85]
[2. Naura Jackson] [Lv. 75]
[Party ssage]
[Party Mission]
[Leave Party]
[Disband Party]
From the latest panel that popped up before Aaron's face, he could see the levels of Naura and Naufal. That said, both of them were at the Interdiate Sage mage tier.
Even so, Aaron's main purpose in participating in this activity was solely to get the complete map. If there is no map, it is impossible for him to form a party with them.
Naura and Naufal gasped. He was absolutely sure that Aaron was soone with a mage tier equivalent to Senior Sage. Yet, what appeared on the party details panel said otherwise. Aaron's true level was 325, the highest they had ever seen.
Even more surprising, the woman beside Aaron was not in the party details. Naufal suddenly asked why she didn't join the party.
"You don't need to worry about that. Most importantly, you can help defeat the floor boss," Aaron explained, firmly.
"Do you understand?" Aaron asked them, Naufal and Naura nodded yes.
Aaron told Naura to go tell the Sky Sword staff that he had ford a party. Not long after, a female staff mber dressed in a white and blue Sky Sword uniform ca to the place.
She t Aaron, Aerith, Naufal, and Naura. Aaron beca the party leader and the woman handed him the 27th floor Dark Pillar map slip.
"Alright. What is your objective?" asked the woman.
"We're gonna go challenge the floor boss," Aaron replied, holding the map slip in his hand.
"Is that so, huh? I'll give you a few details about the floor boss on Dark Pillar 27th. I want you to listen carefully, it's for your success in this event."
The woman in the Sky Sword uniform explained the floor boss's characteristics. The floor boss was from the monster race, taking the form of a large eagle bird with sharp claws and wing feathers sharp as knife blades.
Its base elent was wind with the floor boss' level at 165. The monster had three signature attacks, it was a good idea for adventurers to prepare themselves with trapping magic to make it difficult for the eagle monster to move.
Valuable information according to Aaron, but since the level was still relatively low, Aaron didn't really question the power of the eagle monster.
He turned to Naura and Naufal. Naufal seed to have a serious expression with both hands clenched tightly, in contrast to Naura who trembled with fear after hearing the explanation from the female staff from Sky Sword.
"That is the information I can give you. Your safety is in my hands."
"I will be outside the floor boss area to keep an eye on you. So, you have nothing to worry about."
Aaron and the others seed to nod with what the woman said. She asked Aaron's party to arrive at the Dark Pillar's outer area 1 hour before the gates opened, to ensure their readiness.
The man said yes, he was quite experienced with all these things. So, he wouldn't feel awkward with all this. In fact, Aaron was probably much more experienced than the female staff.
The four understood what the situation was. They said goodbye and promised to et again outside the dark pillar area to join the monster raid.
Naura and Naufal stepped away from that place, as well as Aaron and Aerith who walked back to their inn.
Day turned into night, the scene in the city which was originally crowded with mages, began to grow quiet when one by one the mages left the place. They stepped towards the place where the Dark Pillar began.
Aaron and Aerith did the sa, they walked after the people with Aaron still wearing his fedora hat. It was useful for disguising his abilities from the others.
From afar, Aaron saw Naura and Naufal had arrived at the place. The two were seen talking to the female staff from Sky Sword who was Aaron's party ntor.
"You've finally arrived," said the woman, welcoming Aaron and Aerith.
"What's going on?" asked Aaron.
"There seems to be another party planning to challenge the floor boss," explained the woman, pointing to a party of five, four n and one woman.
They looked strong, from their appearance to the aura emanating from them. No wonder, they could probably defeat the 27th floor boss with ease.
"Oh, that's good. The more floor bosses are killed, the more floor boss items you'll get, right?" Aaron asked.
"That's right. I just don't want you guys to compete with each other," replied the woman.
"HAHA!"
"It's too early for them to compete with ," revealed Aaron, confusing Naura and Naufal.
[Raid Monster at Dark Pillar 27th Floor opened]
[Portal closed countdown]
[00:11:59:59]
The Dark Pillar door opened after the Dark Pillar opening panel appeared before them. Aaron smiled, and so did the others.
They ran into the place one by one to join the monster raid, Aaron didn't mind being the last to arrive.
"Are we going in?" asked Naufal, turning to glance at Aaron.
"Sure," Aaron said, glancing to the side and looking at Aerith intently, "You should do your usual thing, Aerith."
"I understand completely, Aaron."
With the power of maroon magic in her hands, Aerith broke through the dinsional boundary and revealed a dinsional rift.
This was quite surprising, because Naura and Naufal never knew that the dinsional ability actually existed.
Not only that, neither of them knew where the woman was going. Naufal turned his head, he asked Aaron because he thought Aaron understood the woman's abilities much better than them.
"Where is she going?" asked Naufal, confused.
Aaron smiled, he turned his head and patted Naufal lightly on the shoulder to calm him down, and not let him get carried away in his suspicions.
"You'll find out later."
Naufal and Naura looked at each other, curious about what Aaron ant. In the end, they nodded. They trusted what Aaron said while keeping their guard up.
They stepped together into the gate of Dark Pillar 27th with Aaron stepping first. Another panel appeared, informing sothing important for them, the mages intending to join the monster raid.
[ANNOUNCENT!]
[Dark Pillar Tower]
[27th Floor]
[Monster: Lv 155-160]
[Monster Boss: ?]
[Countdown for Closed Gate:]
[00:11:59:59]
Although the monster level was fairly high, it was worth the ability of the mages registered in the monster raid. They can definitely handle monsters with such a level range.
After finding Aaron inside the maze of the 27th Dark Pillar, Aerith again swung her hand to the side to split the dinsional boundary, again.
Dinsional rift appeared and Aerith appeared as usual, Naura and Naufal were still shocked at Aerith's sudden appearance.
"Are we gonna kill monsters like them too?" asked Aerith, appearing in the sky of the labyrinth and stepping down like she was walking down a ladder from the sky.
"I don't know. I'm not really interested in monsters from low floors," explained Aaron, taking off his fedora hat and showing his true abilities.
Right what they both thought, the fedora hat worked by closing Aaron's magic abilities. The hat worked as if holding Aaron's mage tier from Venerable Sage to Senior Sage, a fairly drastic amount of mage tier drop.
Aaron glanced to the side, looking at Naura and Naufal intently, "Do you want to kill the monster?"
Naufal nodded seriously, Naura responded the sa as her brother did. Aaron cleared his throat briefly. He said that he would help them defeat the maze monster.
"Alright. I'll help you two defeat them."
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