The rain was pouring down the glass. There was nothing to see in the sky but grey clouds. Although it was still morning, the streets were almost empty. Even the poor and hungry did not want to go out today to eat or earn money. It was so cold it was utterly stupid to walk the streets without wearing a few coats of fur.At this time, in one of the chairs outside an inn, a middle-aged beggar and an old beggar were drinking the worst wine the inn sells. The middle-aged one had black hair and, despite being younger, looked dirtier than the older man before him. Although the old man had a few hairs on his head and only three teeth in his mouth, he looked more handsome and tidy than his counterpart.“I got your drink. I filled your stomach. Tell me, who is this boy?" The old man gestured to a shivering child in a thin outfit in a small clearing between two houses, twenty meters away. The boy looked 12-13 years old and his hair was as white as snow. There were cuts on both eyelids. His wound
Several weeks had passed since William had first sat down by the spirit fountain. He had completed the ritual in two weeks and reached the middle level, but he had never thought that reaching the top of the silver level would be this difficult.Even with the aid of the spirit fountain by his side, after weeks of meditation, he had not yet reached the peak.Every time he closed his eyes and looked into the qi pool, he was faced with an immense qi pool that was difficult to fill. The metal pool he created was not only large but deep as well. Right now, if this pool were in the real world, a person could easily swim in it.Another thing William realized was that getting to the gold rank would be much more difficult for him. He couldn't imagine how many months or years it would take to purify this huge pool. The path to the gold rank was a bit more complicated. If he wanted to become the gold rank, he had to purify and cleanse all the qi in the pool.For a moment, he thought that just as
A few hours later, Comrade arrived and William stopped his training. Because there was a mental connection between the two, they were much more effective when they fought as a duo. But the trials were a little different. The two of them might not be able to resist two hundred creatures at the same time. For this, William offered to divide and help each other only when necessary. Otherwise, a few of the hundred creatures attacking him might attack the Comrade, and vice versa.William wasn't worried in the least for himself. He was confident that with his sword, he could easily overcome this difficulty. After all, even the name of his sword was 'perseverance' and that was one of the things William was best at.Before the day was over, William and Comrade swept away everything they could find in the tens of kilometers around the valley of the wolves. These included herbs, ores, and some valuable trees. William had exaggerated the job so much that, just in case, he had collected enough lo
William and the sword 'perseverance' in his hand, along with his Wind Blade ability, chopped the Ugly Spiders like a meat grinder. Every few seconds, another spider was disappearing around William.Half an hour later, more than seventy were dead. Taking a deep breath, William took the opportunity to look at Comrade.Unlike William, Comrade had not yet learned the Wind Blade skill. It could be seen from his body movements that he was having great difficulty. William had never seen him so slow in battle. Even if his body had the strength to take it, he could feel himself weakening as he swung his claws at the Ugly spiders. He was now too tired to cut a spider in half with a single blow of his paw.William hurried. He thought of finishing his work here at once and helping Comrade. He didn't think he would get tired so quickly. Or rather, he was wrong about his own body. He had a body strong enough to withstand hundreds of Ugly Spiders and a huge pool of qi. So it was very comfortable rig
William turned his head and defended his sword with tremendous speed, with the recklessness of anger. He cut the creature that had pierced his back in a way that would make him regret it. He didn't stop there after that, and after fending off two of the three legs that sounded like a spear in one blow, he grabbed the third creature's spear-shaped leg in midair with his left hand.The spider wanted to hit William's hand with the remaining two legs to fend off, but it met William's right hand with 'perseverance'. A magnificent green colour emanated from the sword, and suddenly appeared in front of the creature's head. It instantly split in two.William could not see the two spiders above his head, as he did all these movements in midair and recklessly.“Ding!” “ Booomm !!”Although he was able to switch to a defensive state with his sword, he struck the ground like a meteor with the force affecting him in the air. The drop from a height of several meters hardly affected him, and he stoo
After the gruelling and difficult battle, he took out a drop of potions from his dimensional bag. He drank quickly and expected a miracle. Of course, this miracle did not come. The effect of this one drop quickly healed the bruises on his body and several cuts and punctures on his back, but the healing speed of his left hand was very slow. It's too slow to be seen with the naked eye. With this speed of recovery and the strength of his own body, William thought he could recover within two days if he had adequate nourishment. It was unfortunate that he didn't have a healing mage with him now.He took out several white ironwood sticks from his dimensional bag, and after cutting the size to fit his fingers, he carefully tied the sticks with a leather strap on his fingers. Now his left hand looked like it was plastered. He then lay down and began to rest. This war was over very painfully for him. He couldn't understand why the last creature had suddenly risen to the top of the gold rank. T
“I am writing this in case one of the residents of this island comes here in the future…”“Here is the part that interests me.” William smiled slightly and after thinking aloud continued reading.“If you've made it this far, congratulations! You did it! It can be said that you are one of the best among your peers. The array in the room is called the 'Multi-Array'. It's an array for warriors, not mages. It requires Qi energy to set up. The function of this multi-array is to keep the 'Dragon Gate' active and nourish the protection array while absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy. If one of the three functions of this sequence is impaired, the others may also be affected.”William raised an eyebrow and continued reading.“This array certainly doesn't interest you. Your reward is in the tower outside. This tower is built similar to the mage tower, but it is not a mage tower. Although I tried to pass the trials many times, even though I tried hundreds of times for four hundred and fi
After another five hundred meters of walking along the bridge, William came to the gate of the tower. This tower, which looked small from afar, was actually gigantic, giving the appearance that it had all the requirements to be a mage tower. Even though William didn't know what it took to call a mage tower a 'mage tower', he could see that it was nothing short of a mage tower.When he went around the tower, he saw that it was at least two hundred meters in diameter. It was a sign of tremendous manual labour. Most of its windows were floor-to-ceiling, made in the French style. The glass used, although occultly transparent, did not reveal anything inside. All he could do was get in through the front door. When he came to the door and looked up, he saw a sign with faded gold letters. It was very important to name things in this world. Most buildings had a name of their own. This tower also followed this tradition.“The Lonely Tower.” William read aloud. The name suited this tower perfect