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The mont they cleared the first floor, a tallic door appeared before them and they walked through it and appeared before another flight of stairs.
They didn’t hesitate and climbed it.
Another door welcod them and when they entered, the lancholic voice resounded in their heads once more.
[Welco to the second floor]
[Clear the puzzle before you may pass through]
[Ti limit: twenty minutes]
And just as the voice said, a long bridge stretched out before them, with multiple tis outlining its surface.
On the other side of the bridge stood another large door.
"So we just cross the bridge," Lucius said, already stepping forward.
"Wait—" Damon exclaid, but before his words could reach Lucius’ ear— he stepped on one of the tiles and a huge wave of energy slamd into him, sending him flying backwards.
"Why are you always so hyperactive," Damon face-pald. "If you had just waited and listened, you wouldn’t be on the floor."
"Well how was I supposed to know," Lucius stood up abruptly, dusting his body.
Reed stepped forward and squatted in front of one of the tiles of the bridge.
Closing his eyes, he let his essence flow out of his body and into the surrounding area.
"These tiles react to essence and weight too—" Reed muttered.under his breath.
"I see," Damon’s eyes narrowed beneath his circular glass fra. "So basically we need to regulate our essence in a way that would influence our weight."
"And how do we do that?" Lucius walked over, a small frown on his face.
"Like this—"
The essence in Damon’s body suddenly dropped to such a level that it almost felt like he had run out of essence.
He stepped onto the tile except this ti, he wasn’t sent flying.
"Hmmmmmm! Let give it a try—" Theon said, walking forward, his essence already dropping.
He stepped onto the tile and just like Damon he wasn’t sent flying as well.
The rest of them followed suit.
It took them about ten minutes to cross the bridge since there were so tiles that required them to increase their weight.
"That was annoying," Lucius muttered under his breath as he stepped down from the last tile.
"You should be grateful that it wasn’t sothing difficult." Damon replied.
"That’s enough," Amy’s voice suddenly resounded.
"Yeah, let’s move on— we are wasting to much ti." Reed agreed already walking forward to push the door open.
Theon stared at them quietly. Soone might have asked why he was so quiet.
Well, it was simply because he saw no need to talk, and arguing with soone like Lucius would just wear him out. Right now, he was trying to preserve his ntal health.
Who did he learn this from?
Reed of course.
The guy was always silent and Theon could see why now.
Because it seed like since they stepped into the second phase, Lucius hadn’t bothered him as much as before.
The door soon swung open and the lancholic voice sounded in their heads again signifying that they had passed the trial.
Like so, they continued to clear the trials with ease. Though after the tenth floor, the trials started becoming progressively harder.
In so they were required to fight hundreds of F rank beasts— in so it required them to use their heads but they mostly left that to Reed and Damon.
Soon, three hours passed and they now stood in front of a door that seed much larger and majestic than all the other doors they had co across.
The door swung open and the voice resounded in their heads once more.
[Welco to the 49th Floor]
[Objective: Defeat the enemies before you]
[Ti Limit: Thirty Minutes]
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anwhile, within the Arena, multiple students could be seen gathered within the center of the Arena.
Countless murmurs could be heard, mostly from the first years who stood at the center of the arena.
"Hasn’t the second phase ended, where is the instructor to call an end to this."
"Yeah, I an at this point all the students have already been eliminated."
"No! There is still one group of students within the Tower of Trials."
"What? How? Even Claire’s group was Eliminated at the 36th floor."
"Well, the Star Goddess’s group is still within and they’re at the 49th Floor now."
"That’s impossible—"
"See for yourself." The student gestured towards one of the screens that displayed Theon landing the finishing blow on a large behemoth type beast.
Lightning and darkness erupted as he slashed at the beast multiple tis in succession before landing a safe distance away from the beast.
He sheathed his sword calmly and the beast’s body dissected into multiple pieces before falling to the ground.
Gasps of shock erupted in the crowd. No. The crowd has been gasping the mont they saw the rate and speed at which Theon’s group had been clearing the floors.
Multiple of the special guest had already cented Theon’s face to their mory. With everything he had shown them today, it was clear he was a genius.
"This boy keeps dropping surprises after surprises," The director whispered to himself. "Perhaps I should’ve listened to Rebecca that day."
A deep feeling of regret hit him knowing that Rebecca has already claid rights over him.
If it really was possible that he had a second awakening, then it would an having him in his family would be of huge benefit to him.
"Sadly that woman already claid him," The director sighed then, like a light bulb appearing over his head, a thought passed through his head.
"Maybe there is another way to bring him into my family— but I can’t be sure yet. He still hasn’t shown enough to guarantee that he deserves to be at the top."
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anwhile, back in the Tower of Trials.
[Welco to the 50th floor]
[Objective: Find the One truth. Only one path leads upwards. Three wrong choices = failure]
[Ti limit: One hour]
"The last floor huh?" Theon whispered. "Let’s get this over with."
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AN: Sorry for the suboar writing once more. Experienced a writers block but I hope you enjoyed the Chapter
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