Chapter 14: Floor 2
Author: josh cifelli
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Chapter 14: Floor 2!

Poko opens his eyes to see a giant colosseum. He is up very high looking at the distant stage. As he looks around he notices there is rune like object on what looks like an entrance way. But on the other side of the entranceway is the colosseum below, walking through the entrance would lead to falling a good 40 feet and hitting the stands beneath, not even reaching the stage.

To his left and right the building circles around but to his right there is a stand and a pretty women behind it smiling at him.

"Welcome! Touch the rune to start the challenge whenever your ready, you can have up to 6 people for this challenge."

Oko: "Are you a contestant?"

Lady: "Nope, I'm a local of the tower. We locals live in the tower, some of us taking jobs helping the tower. Most you can find when you reach the subfloor."

Oko: "Oh, do you also climb the tower?

Lady: "No we don't have access to the towers system. We cannot even enter the tower much less gain stats and learn skills."

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