"What is this place?"
Eren found himself in a place far different from what he expected to get teleported to. He looked up and saw the night sky that was studded with glittering stars. But the sky was devoid of the moon.
Then he looked around and found out that he was teleported to a barren land above a mountain. A large and expansive platform was created. It looked like the peak was chopped off by sothing very sharp in one go, allowing for the creation of such an unnaturally flat platform above a mountain.
The wind felt cold. But it didn't feel like it was being influenced by the snow. Plus, it was too stable to be called a natural wind– considering the height Eren sensed he was supposed to be at.
Eren used his movent spell and moved over to the edge of the platform. He saw that the mountain he was on was one of many in the range of mountains surrounded by a dense forest. The platform was created when the mountain's peak was chopped. And yet, it stood taller than the other mountains in the mountain range.
"Wondering where you are? Let tell you that this place exists for real. What you see in front of you is a look-alike of the actual place.
But it's not in what you call the Edinburgh kingdom though."
Layla's voice was heard in Eren's mind. He thought to himself and concluded. The solo towers send their participants to field dungeons that are based on real places.
"What do I need to do?"
Eren asked while maintaining his vigilance. He couldn't see any opponents in front of him. But he felt that the wind was getting chilly by the second.
"Survive, Eren. Survive in this place for seven days and seven nights. We'll talk about the next step afterwards."
Layla said and stopped talking. Eren also sensed a fluctuation of mana right at the centre of the platform. He got tense and tried executing his spell combo in anticipation.
Sedated Perception
Stunning Speed
Blitz Bolt
….
…
'Hmm? There's sothing wrong with the ti-elent spells.'
Eren felt his ti-elent spells not getting activated when he was about to launch his combo. Alephee's voice was heard in his mind before he could try to cast the ti-elent spells one more ti.
'Ti-elent spells won't work here, Eren. At least not in the usual way. That's because the entire place is rendered on a ti-elent array. Rember what the caretaker told you. A few days could pass in here while in the real world it would only an you have spent a few hours inside.'
Eren furrowed his eyebrows after he heard Alephee's statent. He kept his eyes at the centre of the platform. A dium-sized, complex array was lit up on the ground– indicating sothing was going to appear from it.
'Can't you do sothing about it, Alephee? I an you created a miracle once when you sent to my past. Allowing to use my ti-elent spells shouldn't be impossible to you.'
Alephee replied soon after:
'It's not that I can't do it. It's the tower's chanism. It will sense that an anomaly has been created inside the ti chamber. We don't know how it will react to that anomaly.
So my suggestion would be that you drop the idea of using your ti-elent spells here. The risks might not be worth the advantage you seek in your battle.'
Eren heard Alephee say inside his head. He could choose to override the dungeon's ti-elent spell restriction with Alephee's help. Or he could drop the ti-elent spells from his spell combo.
Eren thought of sothing else as he was watching the array at the platform's centre getting brighter by the mont. He couldn't help asking Alephee about it:
'Alephee, your existence wasn't detected by the tower. So you are beyond the tower's fail-safe chanism. Is there any way you can help besides enabling to use ti-elent spells?'
Eren asked with hopes in his eyes. He needed all the help he could get from the looks of things. That's because the chilliness in the air has grown since the array appeared. He felt a strange mana signature in the surroundings that he hadn't felt in either of his lifetis.
The butcher had co to realize that he was going to fight off an unknown kind of creature. Not knowing about your enemies raised the difficulty of the battle.
'Sorry to burst your bubble, Eren. I won't be able to do much if you want to avoid the repercussions from the tower. Plus, I'd like my existence to stay hidden from the tower's chanism. For so reason, I feel that Layla isn't the only one keeping an eye on you.
But I can give you heads-up for your upcoming battle by making use of my soul sense. I'd have to compromise on being put to sleep if I tried to exert my consciousness like this. But your survival is more critical here at this point.'
'Do it.'
Eren didn't take long to reply. He had already been exposed to the potential of a soul sense application in battle. Alephee's tips were also welcoming. The butcher could trust her because their existences were interconnected.
Alephee spread her mana sense after she got Eren's confirmation and used it to scan the incoming enemies. Only a few monts had passed since the array appeared.
'Eren, I have bad news. Against your upcoming enemies, your lightning elent offensive spells will almost be of no use at first. Use all your fire-elent spells. Those would help you the most in dealing with their rotten bodies.'
Alephee inford Eren, who imdiately cast his spell combo. He didn't have the luxury of taking his ti and considering her suggestion.
Blitz Steps
Fire snake
Fireball
Breath of Fire.
Eren executed his spell combo that focused on his fire-elent spells. Imdiately, his feet were surrounded by tongues of lightning. His katars' edges caught fire as he tweaked the fireball spell to do so. And there appeared a bunch of fire snakes around him that all focused their gazes on their new enemies that had started appearing from the arrays.
"What the fuck are those?"
Eren couldn't help his shock when he saw his enemies. He soon heard two voices in his head, coming from Alephee and Layla at the sa ti, saying the sa word in unison.
"Wraiths."
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