There was no time to discuss it with Aelia. Alex took action immediately. He began to mumble some inaudible words under his breath whilst taking one step after the other out of the storage room. He placed his palms some distance away from each other, waving them in back and forth arcs, as though an invisible ball lay between them. The air got thick, red threads of mana sparking around him like electricity. The threads soon flourished into a dull red aura of magical energy around him. He had to keep the releases of his power to the minimum, or all eyes would instantly be on him—including the normal guards, who were weaker and less sensitive to mana auras. He could tell, his ears twitching to the constant shaking from Aelia behind him. She was already overwhelmed by such a small fragment of his full power. He continued reciting the spell in a whisper and the aura of mana around him flowed down his upper body, and up his lower body. It was as though the space between his open palms w
Alex carried Aelia again and hopped from rooftop to rooftop in a blur. It was the best way to avoid any confrontation with the guards below. He knew a fight with the guards at the dungeon’s entrance was inevitable, but there would be little to no repercussions from that. Not only would he take care of them quickly, no one would notice that the guards had been killed, since no other guard would patrol into the area. The recent guard shift made this a concrete fact. Besides, for those guards to be placed at such a volatile spot, they must be among the strongest, if not second to the Elite Guards. They got past the guards loitering the streets in over a minute and landed before the dungeon’s entrance. Alex dropped Aelia and immediately curled his hands to fists, a small smirk creeping at the side of his lips. Aside from his very short bout with Borg—the mercenary at the tavern—he hadn't gotten the chance to flex his body. And Borg was a disappointing opponent anyway. Feeling the sud
“Hm?” Alex knocked one of the standing guards down and half-turned towards Aelia. His eyes gradually dilated and he turned completely, appearing before the cell in a blur. Thick iron bars reinforced with runes of containment loomed like an unbreakable wall. The magic was palpable in the air, an invisible force that resisted their presence. Through the dim light, Alexander caught sight of her—Gaia, the witch of space magic, and one of his closest companions. She lay still on the cold floor, her vibrant energy suppressed, her body weakened from days of magical containment. "Gaia..." Alexander’s voice was soft but resolute as he knelt by the bars, his piercing red eyes scanning for any signs of life. Her breathing was shallow, her once brilliant aura now dull and muted. Without wasting time, he summoned Emberbane and created a scabbard with it, sheathing it by his side. “The prison is enchanted,” Aelia whispered, her eyes darting over the runes etched into the walls. “No wonder her m
The instant Gaia’s eyes flared open with an unnatural light, the prison cell dissolved into chaos. Alexander barely had a moment to brace himself before the ground shifted beneath his feet. The stone walls of the dungeon bent and twisted, as if reality itself was no longer bound by the laws of nature. Gravity became fickle—pulling in one direction one moment and then reversing violently the next. Gaia, now hovering above him, was a storm of pure, unrestrained magic. The air around her crackled with raw energy as she extended her hand, and the very fabric of space folded around them. Her voice, though once familiar, now echoed with cold malice. “You are nothing but an obstacle,” she hissed, her tone devoid of the warmth he remembered. With a flick of her fingers, the ground beneath Alexander’s feet warped into an abyss. The solid stone floor seemed to collapse into itself, pulling him toward the void. Reflexively, Alexander leapt to the side, Emberbane flashing as he slashed at the sp
“We won!”“We got to the last floor!”“Don’t be too excited about it tho…”“Come on bro! But we're literally here!”“Can you guys keep it down?”, a youth with curly hair and brown eyes took off his headphones as he gestured to the other bodies in the room to quiet down a bit, “If my mom wakes up, then it's game over.” “Right.” A girl in a yellow tank top and black shorts seconded. The two other males in the room nodded in response while the last girl could only remain silent while internally agreeing to the matter. “So, we are at the 100th floor, what's next?”, queried the girl in a yellow tank top as she laid her headphones on the ground. “We go through the gates and conquer whatever that's beyond it.”, The boy with curly hair retorted with a shard of determination. “I don't know about you guys but it would be kinda nice if we continued some other time.” Liam, the other boy in a blue hoodie voiced out a bit as his eyes read through the sms he received. “If I don't get going
‘ A slight touch and everything became completely void ’“Yo! What the hell just happened?!‘ Eternal Tower Online is no mere man Virtual Reality Game, it's something completely horrifying. ’ “Honey! The lights went out!” “It’s a blackout.” “When last did we have a black out?” “Crap, a blackout?!” Alex shook, “...and at the wrong time goddamnit!” He fumed upon overhearing the chatter going on outside. Alex groaned heavily and managed to get up and attain a lucid view through the window. Unfortunately, all that rained before him was ambient darkness. “Mehn, this wasn't so nice.” Abruptly, an ominous booming sound crawled out of the ambient darkness, an absurd power supply filled the globe and every TV screen turned on. Alex's heart snapped at first but he tried to remain cool when he saw his TV turn on, but it was red! “What the hell is —”Alex stopped talking as the news channel came alive. / Live // The Eternal Tower Is Before Us // It's been almost thirty minutes since
‘How do I tell them I don't even intend on recreating the guild in this situation?’“C’mon Alex, what's going on in that head of yours.”‘ I intend on doing this alone. ’‘ I want to know what happened to the other players after they went through the 100th floor, what conspired after that? ’‘ But…’Alex's eyes eventually rolled to the left, the black window still floating beside him. [ A Minimum Of 5 Members Is Required To Partake In The First Floor Raid ]‘ Tch, but I intend to solo…’[ Soloing The Tower Will Require The Death Of Other Guild Members After Reaching A Higher Level And A More Complex Floor ]‘ The heck is wrong with this thing!?’ “ Dude has been silent for over ten minutes…he's sure thinking deep.” Jason noted. Isabella frowned. “Alex!” she thundered, snapping him out of his reverie with his system. “Oh…” “Are we forming the guild, or not. We have no choice than to partake in the first floor raid. We know how to get past it, we have played it dozens of times, we
Everyone got transported to a respective area in the tower, guild members were in different rooms and were tasked with creating their avatar. Many went with their former avatars, it wasn't like those previous avatars had reached any promising height to begin with. The bellion Guild maintained their old avatars, so did the other top guild members and with that,Stats were displayed thereafter.No one wanted to do this, but they had no other choice, It wasn't something they could easily back out of if they wanted. Or could they?[ You May Proceed Into Eternal Tower Online ]The window popped up before the Bellion Guild as they waited quietly after creating their avatars. “Alright guys, let's take back our world!” Liam beamed with so much power chorusing through his words.‘ Something ist and right…’‘ Why am I suddenly having this feeling ’From the white hot room of designing their avatars, to entering what seems like a dark forested area that got hit by a wave of chaos. The unf