391 Back Into The ‘Darkness’ Of The Tower? (1/2)

'This place is…'

Looking around at the dark space I was standing in, I was instantly reminded of the mysterious room that acted at the Tower of Trial's actual entrance. However, this time, there was no glassboard or a line of instruction anywhere…

The 'socket' that looked like a small hole looked almost identical to the one that had my tag slotted in it, which in turn sucked the tome I held in hand at that moment or at least that's what it looked like then...

However, this time I was sure that the same occurrence had taken place when Blade put the tome in front of this 'socket', with the only difference this time being that there was no tag in it...

What followed wasn't as strange as it was only the opening of a trap-like door under our legs which somehow caused me to enter this place with no sign of Blade being around.

The situation was awfully strange as something that was supposed to only happen inside of the tower's virtual mental vision happened outside of it, but I didn't lose my calm as I quickly thought of various scenarios that might be the reason for this, but my line of caught was quickly cut as I heard Blade's voice calling out.

”Let him in.”

[ Acknowledged the unknown visitor as a guest. ]

[ Cancelling the waiting lobby's vision for the guest… ]

The voice that followed was undoubtedly the voice that spoke during the tower challenge as the darkness started to fade before I found myself in a big library-like room with Blade still standing in the same position he was in when we went through that ground door.

'That darkness is supposed to be a waiting lobby…?'

Thinking about how tasteless the designer could be to make it that way, most would probably rain zero-star reviews upon him if this tower was a game back in reality…

'Unless it's a horror game, I guess…'

”I should have probably told you about this, but I forgot how bad the experience can be for new visitors. Luckily, the tower operator is still alright…”

Remembering how I had already started to concentrate my 'Telekinetic Force' to forcefully break out from the darkness as I considered the chance that this was some sort of a trap, I scratched my head and put on a wry smile…

”Sorry about that…”

”Don't be, that was my fault anyway. I would have probably done the same, though not as fast…”