Chapter 146: The Second Tower (1/2)

Ed read the code once more, afraid that he didn't understand it. The Code read 'to leave the floor stand on circle. to go to the second tower, change the code.'

'I didn't mistake it after all,' Ed was now confused. Only one tower existed in this world. All the other four continents didn't have anything resembling the Tower of Strength.

”What's wrong?” Everyone noticed that Ed was thinking deeply about something, so they asked him.

”It says there is another tower,” Ed told them exactly what he knew.

”We still have some time, so we can check it out.” Ed had told every new member about the problem with the Blood sect. seeing that a little more than a month remains before the year ends, Ed wanted to check the second tower. The twelfth floor barely gave him any Exp since his level up. Even the Dragon only gave him 3.000.000 Exp points and two Gacha tickets. If he could level up to Heavenly Establishment level 7 or 8 in this month, it would be perfect for him.

”We're going,” Ed told them and approached the circle. He used his KI and Programming skill to change the code of the circle. Now it only read 'Go to the second tower'. The previous white color of the circle changed into a black color, making everyone feel ominous. Everyone stood on top of the circle, teleporting at the same time.

The new place was horrible. Everyone felt the same when they were teleported. The air felt disgusting, and everyone had a bad feeling in their stomach. The surroundings were gloomy and dark, similar to the outside of the mountain on the eleventh floor. Only that the clouds weren't the ones blocking the sun, it was gone altogether. This made the floor almost freezing. Ed and the others weren't bothered since they were all Heavenly Establishment beings.

Suddenly, grey worm-like creatures emerged from under the ground. Hundreds and hundreds of them got out and attacked Ed's group. Ed scanned one of them, and the result didn't bring him any comfort.

Name: Parasite.

Cultivation: ???

'Are they stronger than me?' Ed remained calm and asked the system. He could feel that their QI was not higher than his. They felt that they at most Heavenly Establishment level 7 monsters.

[It doesn't feel that way. This whole place is weird, unlike the other floors. I'll have to scan this entire place, which should take about a month] the system's words gave Ed a fright. If the system needed that long to scan something, then it meant that it was that complex.

[Don't worry, my functions and I will remain. I'll be scanning it while we stay here]. Just as Ed was about to ask the system if he would need to disappear like before, he was reassured. Ed planned to stay for only one month, so the system scanning this place would benefit him in case he ever comes back.

Ed and the others killed the parasites. They were especially weak to Merry's Light magic. As well as Suika's White magic. Ed managed to get two Gacha tickets from all the ones they killed. Before they could take a breath, a frightening aura surrounded the place. Ed and the others could tell that the origin of this aura was a couple of kilometers away, yet they could feel it. They didn't know what the origin was, but one thing was clear. It could kill all of them. Ed could feel it approaching at an insane speed. He didn't even have the chance to create a pocket dimension.