Chapter 56：Tower of Will (2/2)

”Oh, really? I never expected that. I don't think there is not much to talk about me.” Sam replied. And they made small talk. Hawk was polite all the time. He observed that Sam is a guy with cold personality and is not one to make friends easily, so he also kept his distance and just talked with him normally. They talked about various things and when Sam learned that Hawk is a formation master, they had some more interesting things to talk about.

”Candidate Yash. Twenty floors. Failed in twenty first floor. Twenty points.”

The announcement put a brake to their conversation and they looked at the candidate curiously. He is a young man with a peculiar around him, wearing black. He is a seen with another two people having same aura as him in the Falcon Cliff city team.

”Your team seems to having some good contenders.” Sam noted as he observed the trio with peculiar air. He felt that something very familiar from them, but wasn't able to put his finger on it and went into deep contemplation. When he finally made a guess, he was shocked. The peculiar feeling is blood lust. He looked at the boys in their late teens, they are at peak of Acolyte or initial stage of Novice, but the blood lust from them is not something that normal amateurs will have. They are used to killing and the body count must be high for their age.

Sam thought and looked at the trio for a while before directing his gaze towards another participant who just finished his test.

Time slowly passed by and only three people left from the Falcon Cliff team. Hawk and the other two from the peculiar trio.

”Candidate Yaar. Twenty-one floors. Failed in twenty second floor. Twenty- one points.” After another forty-minute time one of the guys from trio completed his test. Time passed.

”Candidate Yuv. Twenty floors. Failed at twenty- first floor. Twenty points.” Finally, Hawk's turn came.

”I will see you later.” Hawk said to Sam and Kelly and went inside the tower.

The first floor of the tower dimly lit and with in a few seconds it illuminated brightly. Hawk completed the first trail faster than anyone else. He proceeded to the second floor and in the same way, he completed that in a very small time. Sam looked at the tower with an amusing smile. Hawk climbed the tower until he reached the tenth floor in no time. At tenth floor, he took some time to pass.

Even though the time taken to complete the floors increased significantly. His completion time is way faster than other people who participated before. With in twenty minutes he reached twenty-first floor. This surprised everyone at the venue. Even though they felt surprised at the performances of the trio who made to the twenty floors, the time they took was rather high compared to Hawk.

Just as they were discussing in whispers another floor illuminated brightly and Hawk entered the twenty-second floor. Another ten minutes passed; another floor lit up. Everyone burst into uproar and the crowd looked so excited. They wanted to see someone set a record from their city.

Count Falcon is grinning ear to ear at his seat.

”your son is truly good.” Castor said from side.

”He still has ways to go, to be as great as me.” Count Falcon said in a serious tone, but his grin clearly told that he is proud of his son.”

Then crowd shrieked again as they another floor illuminate. Hawk passed twenty-second floor and climbed his way to the twenty third floor. Until now, this is the best performance. They were eagerly waiting but they were disappointed when tower returned to normal and Hawk came out with a bitter smile.

”Candidate Hawk. Twenty-two floors. Failed in twenty third floor. Twenty- two points.” Crowd applauded for the young man.

Even though they were a bit disappointed as they had high expectations on Hawk, the competition has to go on. And the candidates from the next group went forward.

Starwood City was last on the list and they have to wait until every other candidate is done with and within that group Sam is the last candidate. So, he stood there and waited patiently.

Even though there are some significant results in the next candidates, there are nothing remarkable. Only one person achieved a result of twenty points from other cities, before the turn of Starwood city came at time of sun set.

Kelly entered first to the tower as the rest of them waited for their turn. Kelly got 18 points which is not bad. The remaining teammates like Freya, Haley scored around 12 to 15 points. Just as crowd gave up. Jack entered the tower and gave a huge shock to everyone.

His speed his comparable to Hawk and he didn't seem to stop at all. He cleared the floors after 10th level even faster than Hawk. Hawk was staring at the tower with a surprised expression, but with in the surprise there is a competitive spirit burning making him excited. When Jack arrived at the twenty third floor where Hawk failed everyone became silent.

Five minutes passed

Ten minutes passed

Twenty minutes passed. To everyone's shock the floor illuminated brightly. Just as they thought that Jack would go to twenty fourth level. He withdrew.

”Candidate Jack. Twenty-three floors. Withdrew from twenty fourth floor. Twenty- three points.

Jack's face doesn't look good, even after he came back. His face was pale and his eyes are blank. The test almost broke him apart.

There are only two candidates left. Philip and Sam. Sam helped Jack to take a seat and passed him some water as Philip entered the tower.