The Tower Association building stood tall and imposing, made of blackened steel and polished glass that reflected the gleaming spire of the Tower beside it. The building was several stories high, with wide, arched windows that let in the sunlight, and a grand entrance that was flanked by two massive stone golems. As Neo approached the building, he saw that it was bustling with activity. Elves, dwarves, humans, and other races bustled in and out, carrying scrolls and books, or engaged in animated discussions with each other. A pair of centaurs stood guard at the entrance, their equine bodies and manned heads towering over the visitors. As Neo walked into the building, he was struck by the stark contrast from the outside. The lobby was clean and modern, with sleek metal surfaces and glowing panels on the walls. At the center of the room was a large circular desk, behind which sat numerous receptionists, each busily typing away on their holographic keyboards. To the left of the lobby
A powering sensation took over him as he roared and punched again. Boom* Boom* He punched a hole in the wall, giant enough for him to pass through. Blaze's grin got wider, his eyes flashed. "Let's get more powerful and fast." Blaze then activated [Rune Fury] and [Dash of the Wind]. His muscles bulged, and he looked as time passed . 『 00:00:20』 "Let's go" Neo blasted through walls as Blaze looked around for traps and such. "Bolt, hang on tight." Neo said as he dashed through the hole that he created and punched the wall in front of him and dashed again. Boom* Boom* Boom* {Jump} Neo did as told and jumped high as he kicked the wall in front of him and kept ongoing forward. Boom* The booming sound echoed as Neo blasted through the wall and entered from one side of the wall and came out of the other side, his face covered in dust and rubble. Bolt shook its body and all of it got transferred to his body as well. There were many traps and pitfalls in there and if not for Blaz
『 Calculation complete, Congratulations on completing the trial.』 『 +20 Strength points, +5 Chaos Points.』 {Guess 20 is the cap} Neo nodded and then saw that the Chaos points were higher than the amount rewarded from before. He felt a boost as energy coursed through his muscles, strengthening them. 『 Third trial [Trial of Finesse]』 『 Reach as far as you can.』 The white room disappeared, and Neo discovered himself standing on a steep hill. He looked down and found nothing but darkness covering the whole area. He then looked forward and saw a rope attached to the end of the hill and moving away from it, its other end, unknown. Neo gulped and started thinking before saying to Blaze, "Wasn't I a master of control and such" {Well, I didn't know I was, but sure, I got precise control over myself.} "Just handle this one." Neo said as he let Blaze handle this who grabbed Bolt under his arm. "Let's do this." As if it was not dangerous enough, Blaze activated [Dash of the Wind] and
Neo waited for the weather to clear a little, as it was snowing heavily. After waiting for half an hour, the snow stopped falling and winds also slowed a little. He started moving again and this time he could cover 3 kilometers before stopping again. The higher he went, the steeper the mountain became, and he had to climb up. He used [Authority of the Armament] and created small blades, curved so that they don't end up becoming the cause of his death. Blaze gripped the blades and plunged them into the mountainside, the blades cut through the frozen snow and Blaze then dragged himself up with that and again created another blade while using the other blade as a foothold. Blaze found that every creation of this blade cost him 5 energy points, Nether or Divine, depending on the type he formed. Seeing the steepness reaching 100 meters up, Blaze went with only two blades and not make any more than the Tower might not regenerate this energy, and he'll be helpless in the next challenges t
There was no more time to think about it as he found himself teleported to the center of a lava mountain, which looked like it was about to explode. Bolt growled as it felt uncomfortable in this extreme heat and he disappeared the next second. Neo was stunned by this, and he hurriedly looked around, but found no traces of it. He opened his panel to see and found Bolt's name and its panel was still there. "Phew." He heaved a sigh of relief and thought that the Tower might have teleported it away. He didn't have the time to be concerned about Bolt and could only hope that it was alright. 『 Conjure a fire shield or gain a high Fire resistance.』 『 Intelligence x 50』 Neo was stunned as he didn't know M about magic, and he was suddenly told to create a fire shield, but then Blaze interrupted his thought process. { [Authority of Flame]} Neo slapped his forehead as he forgot about this ability. {Idiot, Same brain but different usage method.} He ignored that and activated [Authority
"Damn you!" Blaze cursed, but found many stares landing on him as he found himself in the middle of the street. {Just handle it. I'm too angry and might end up cutting someone.} Neo looked around and found that he had arrived at the first floor of the tower, and was greeted by a bustling city. The buildings here were made of stone and reached high into the sky, with carved pillars and arches decorating their entrances. The streets were wide and paved with cobblestones, with vendors selling their wares on either side. The people here were a diverse mix of races, each with their own unique features and clothing. Some were tall and muscular with green skin and pointed ears, while others were small and nimble with furry tails and cat-like eyes. Many of them carried weapons and wore armor, suggesting they were skilled players. As Neo walked through the city, he saw groups of people gathered in taverns and shops, sharing stories and discussing their adventures. He also noticed a few pla
Ash was reluctant but nodded as he knew that he'd only be a burden if he followed Neo. Neo smiled and ruffled his head before following the bloodied footsteps. The settlement was outside the city, so the monsters could be seen roaming around. Neo used [Inspect] and found most of them were level 5 and 6. {Ptui. Weak.} Blaze complained because even if he killed them, it'd only give him one or two experiences and with the way his experience was behaving. Let's forget about it. He followed the steps, which started fading, so he had to look for other things, like dragging marks, broken branches and such. He followed the traces for a while before arriving in front of a cavernous opening surrounded by jagged, menacing looking rocks and an eerie glow coming from the cave. "Well, the dungeons and I must be long-lost lovers." Blaze commented as his mouth arched up. 『 Entering the Vindicor's Den.』 『 Difficulty: Hell.』 "I wouldn't have it otherwise." As he stepped into the dungeon, he w
"The [Inspect] skill is a cheat." {Look alive, the big guy is coming.} Neo got ready as he saw the monster coming at him. He grabbed the axe of the Goblin King ready for it. The monster opened its mouth, and he used this chance and threw the axe at him, and grabbed the Nether swords and went after it. The monster got hit by the swinging axe just when it was about to use [Demonic Roar], interrupted by the flying axe that made it take a step back, but it didn't have the time to recover when [Whirlwind] landed on it and a string of damage appeared. -500 -500 -500 The monster opened its mouth to roar again, but Bolt got it covered as it shot it with its lightning attack. This gave Neo a little time to get to the axe, which he again threw toward the monster. The axe again was about to kiss the monster's face, but it used its claws and hit it away with its claws, but it left it open as another swirl of [Whirlwind] hit the monster, and it lost another 1500 of its health bar. The mon
He strolled with Selene, empty streets, crickets chirping, a peaceful wind blowing and the stars and moon in the sky gave the whole stroll a romantic feeling. Neo and Selene kept walking as he held her hand, a sweet smile on Selene's smile, which could melt even the Nether Iceberg. Neo felt a strange peace and said to her, "Thank you." They arrived at a small hill, waves crashing against its foot. Selene used her hand and slowly put the waving hair behind her ear, asking, "What for?" "Everything." "Didn't you already thank me?" "But it's still not enough." Neo sat down. Selene followed as she grasped his shoulder and put his head over her lap. A smile followed as she used her hand to massage her head. "You charmed me with this." A small chuckle left her mouth as she laughed lightly. Selene was a person who was conservative and that followed with her emotions as well, as she showed too little of them to anyone unless she was alone with Neo, as a smile could always be observed wh
"Kyrie, we need some information." (A/N Kyrie [Κύριε] means sir in ancient Greek.)"What would you like to know about?" Nikolaos asked as he took them to his house. His wife was preparing a meal for them as they sat down.Selene offered to help with preparing the meal, but Nikolas’s wife refused to let her do by telling them that making the guests work was frowned upon in their custom, which let her stop insisting."Is there any ship that sails to the depths?"Nikolaos smile vanished when he heard that and looked at Neo with a creased forehead, lines forming over it. He wanted to ask if Neo was joking, but seeing his calm face, which showed no lack of confidence; it showed no sign of any joke; he was serious."I don't think any ship here would even think about going to the outer circle, let alone the deep.""Why?”Neo asked; he became curious now. There were a lot of anomalies here, like everyone he met or saw till now were non-evolvers. Even the guards patrolling the area were only o
"Man, it's been over a year now." "Well, that's to be expected from that kind of difficulty." "Still, to challenge 10 Fables and still survive till now is unbelievable." "We are talking about the White Devil. He's bound to be that powerful." The blond guy with a giant sword on his back took a drag as he puffed the smoke out and said, "He wiped an entire household in one night. Staying alive should be easy-peasy for him." "I don't understand. From what the reports and news says, he is only a first rank evolver." "And?" "How can someone who just started learning the ropes could kill people from the family that have evolvers of stage 3 and 4 protecting them?" The other guy, who was wearing a hood and a pair of daggers on waist, said as he took a sip from the bottle. He still felt that the story was full of holes. "I don't know, man, but I heard he had an item that could change the shape of his weapon on his command plus the skill that caused white and red smoke coming out of his
『 Ninth Fable: The Fortunes of Serendipity.』『 Ninth Fable has been changed to: Deal with the Devil.』{I knew it, there really was something strange with that Fable.}『➠ The Serendipitous Invitation/Deal with the Devil [Complete: Grade AA+] 』『➠ A game with the Devil. [Complete: Grade AAA+]』『➠ A game against the Devil. [Complete: Grade AAA+]』『 Special Completion: Eliminate the Devil.』『 Special Completion: Connect the Veresa node to the Tower.』『 Final Grade +2』『 Final Grade: AAA 』『 Increasing the final grade by +2』『 Final Grade: S 』『 Contribution Points: +2,000,000』『 Current Contribution Points: 8,503,000』『 Special Reward: The Luck Arena.』Neo turned to his wrist and saw the value changing from 『 VIII / X 』 to 『 IX / X 』This was his first S grade Fable. His attention was quickly grabbed by the connection of the Veresa world, or the Veresa continent, whichever it was, to the tower.{I don't remember doing anything like that.}'Might be that the Tower used us to connect to tha
Selene looked at Michael's frenzied look and then toward Neo, who was also looking at him with furrowed eyebrows, and said, “This would’ve been me if you weren’t there.” Selene remembered Neo’s anger when he grabbed a person by the jaws and tore his lower jaw before grabbing his spine and tore it out of his body. She shuddered when she remembered the bloodbath that took place at the Oswald household. A hand grasped hers, and she felt a warmth spreading through her body and came out of her thoughts. "Thank you." A smile appeared on her face when she heard that. Bang* Michael was finally sent back as Gresda took hold of his fading consciousness and used everything to get him off of his chest and panted, his head regenerating back. Even if he was immortal, he still felt pain. "You bastard! How are you still alive?" He looked at Michael. That bullet could've easily killed him in a matter of seconds, but just like Neo, he was also alive, which was impossible as the bullet was infuse
“Papa!” A little girl with twin-tail hair, big doll-like eyes, adorable dimples, and a beaming smile rushed to her father, Michael. He, too, smiled warmly, reaching out to lift her off the ground and twirl her around, making the little one laugh out loud. Her infectious laughter filled the cozy little house as they shared this joyful moment together. They kept on going until he heard a rebuke from Emma, making him stop. A warm smile was present on Emma's face when she saw the father-daughter duo playing and laughing. She walked slowly toward them as she saw the little girl getting down from Michael's embrace, still dizzy, but then ran around with Michael running after her as her giggles echoed in the house. She then hid behind her as she laughed and looked at Michael sneakily, who also stopped before Emma and gave her a warm smile, Emma picked the little girl and brought her in front of Michael as she asked, "So how should we punish her? Should we summon the tickle monster?" "Noooo
Seated upon the broken throne was a man with golden hair and eyes that seemed to glimmer with an otherworldly light. He gazed around, his expression unreadable, as if contemplating the echoes of an era. "Ugh, why did I have to agree to such a long period? I was already done in the first ten." He sat there, looking at the monster moving around mindlessly. "I wonder how high my view count is?" After entering this world, not only was his level suppressed to Level 99, he also lost contact with the other side. He knew it would happen, but he was bored now because his competitor died the moment he entered this continent, while the other one could not wake up unless someone opened the box. He had put a formation in that box, so if anyone opened it, he'd know. "This is boring." He said, slumping down on the throne with a lazy expression on his face. "Oh really? Let's make it fun then." A voice came next from the throne. Before he could do anything, a foot landed on him and he felt som
Everyone was looking at the beauty that just killed the "immortal" like it was an everyday walk for her, along with the words that she uttered while doing so cemented this thought in their mind."Where is he?"Selene asked Kenneth, who was also looking at her, taking some time to close his mouth, that was opened wide, and this was the first for him. He reeled in his astonishment and knew what the lady was asking about. He pointed toward a carriage, and the next instant that carriage blew into pieces and a body appeared before everyone. It was Neo's body that was suspended in the air with an old man sitting next to him, who was just as confused and was about to take action, but stopped when he heard the beautiful lady’s voice."Thank you."Selene said as she put her hand on Neo’s body and could feel a pulse so weak that it felt like it would go out in the next instant.She smiled ruefully. One can see her hands twitching when she put them over his heart and could feel a bullet penetrat
A warm light embraced their lost companions as they started disintegrating, and the golden motes of light started moving up, dispersing into the air.Kenneth looked at the dispersion motes of light before moving away toward the gate. He put his hand over it, trembling a little. Even a sturdy tree would shake when the strong winds blowing.He took a deep breath and focused. He could feel a dense amount of death energy in the room.Likewise, he started mumbling as he chanted in a low voice, and after its completion, he could see what was inside the room.What he saw made him raise his eyebrow in surprise as the room was fully covered in ice, like they entered an ice palace and in the center of the room was an ice coffin. He tried looking into the coffin, but his spell couldn't penetrate it, but he found the thing that they were looking for."How is it?"Emma arrived next to him, followed by Maria, Seth, Michael, and others."The Lich is not inside."This made them heave a relieved sigh,