Chapter 566 - 512: Cheetah and Drake (1/2)
Ever since his reincarnation, the soul bound with Lucy vanished without any explanation, which made it harder for Arthur to locate his wife. Nevertheless, they'll surely find each other inside the Red Tower so he didn't worry that much. There were only a thousand participants so it shouldn't be that hard to locate her. The only problem was the floors, which were worlds of their own, unimaginably vast and inhabited by strong monsters and, supposedly, humans and other peaceful races.
Currently, at the top of the tower, the Joker helped Saly sit on an overly large chair before glancing at the quiet Leiu and saying:
”Who do you think will reach the top floor?”
It wasn't the youth who replied but the energetic Saly: ”My parents, of course!”
”Don't be so sure. The tower was built by the two of us but we cannot control it so we cannot do anything if danger befalls on them.”
Even after hearing that, the little girl remained cheerful while looking at the numerous screens displaying all the participants.
”Hm? Why can't I see mother?”
In response to this, the Joker and Leiu also looked at the monitors but found no signs of a silver-haired woman.
”Maybe she's didn't come or… in disguise.”-Joker
Although Lucy couldn't be located, the two brothers weren't worried and were, in fact, more interested in Arthur, who was standing all alone.
”I reckon that 10% will reach the top floor.”-Leiu
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”Welcome to the first floor, contestants.”
The robotic voice spoke directly inside the 989 people's head the moment they appeared inside the Red Tower.
”To proceed to the second floor, please eliminate the Earth Cyclops, Fire Python, and Wind Drake.”
The people who were grouped up before the competition got teleported into the same place, as for the loners, they appeared in a random place of the first floor.
Arthur was in a normal desert, where the temperature is higher than average and the sun was shining brightly. He didn't know how the tower functions and how could they possibly put a real sun inside, nonetheless, he didn't spend much time pondering over useless stuff.
The task seemed simple and as it's the first floor, it shouldn't be that hard. The moment the clearing goal was said, everyone started moving, some wanted to get rid of potential enemies as soon as the competition begins and others immediately started searching for the three targets.
”Master, Earth Cyclops are actually mutated versions of normal cyclops. They absorbed too much Earth Energy and adapted to their environment, they should not be too difficult to kill.”
Arthur listened to his Quad-Spirit, which gave him a brief explanation about the Earth Cyclops and its unique abilities. He was in a desert, which is, most likely, where the first target is. Moreover, he isn't the only one here and there'll be more people grouping up to clear the floor. However, he isn't either going to disguise himself nor group up, he'll try to finish things quickly and, hopefully, meet with Lucy soon.