Chapter 143: Plain floor (1/2)
After getting down the trapdoor and a few stairs steps, they stopped to take a break. They ran almost nonstop, other than stopping to replenish the Enchantment.
The next floor would be a plain field, which similarly they had to search for the stairs and face creatures that had pieces of a map for their location.
The monsters there would be just a bit more powerful than the Sea Creatures of the Merefolks they just faced, but still manageable.
As they were in the middle of their rest, Shingi read an unexpected System Notification.
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Conditions to earn Class TRUE SORCERER were fulfilled. Will you start the class update?
YES / NO
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Shingi didn't expect to get this message that soon, as this meant that the current TRUE SORCERER didn't exist anymore.
Dormon was way weaker last time he checked on him but still was a TRUE SORCERER. So there was a significant chance that Dormon was dead.
Shingi had to wait for his SCRY MODE to become active again to see if he could use it at him and, if so, to find out what happened.
Shingi didn't accept to unlock his class fully yet, as he should do it somewhere open space. He didn't know what changes would happen, if any, at his body this time, so he had to make some preparation first. But he needed some space to work.
He needed to improve everything mage-related to the max he could, as this could give him some extra benefits when finishing earning his class.
Most of his Spell had reached their limit, but he still needed to master FIRE SLASH and earn and master LIGHT SLASH. The rest of his Spells and Mana Skills had reached their bottleneck.
He knew that this class would increase his power manifolds, especially his Spells, and finally, he could level up once more. He got restricted in the last few battles from the System, reducing his damage output, making him use all his big moves, but if he could level up, those restrictions would vanish at a point.
Since he didn't know how long it would take him for the System to give him his class, he had to do it in a safe place that they could camp for some time. The only place like that would be one of the Ruin Cities floors, and since going back wasn't suitable for them, he had to wait until they reached the next one on floor 22.
When an NPC not designed with a class took a class was like a Tower Monster evolving, but only if the class was a special one. NPCs could earn regular classes without going through that type of change, but Shingi's class was far from ordinary.
”That's weird.” [Mizuneko]
Everyone turned towards their companion, who was checking one wall on the sides of the stairs.
”Did you notice something?” [Little Phoenix]
”For a moment, there was a weird movement on the wall but wasn't part of the wall that it moved. It seemed to be some Water Mana mixed with what I assume is this special Energy Shingi mentioned. It is the first time I could detect it, but it lasted for a second. I think because it was mixed with Water mana, I could notice it, though.” [Mizuneko]
Shingi had noticed nothing like that, but even if his MANA SENSE Skill was more potent than Mizuneko's, in reality, Mizuneko's was better to detect his Elements, water, and air.
He tried checking his surroundings once more with Mizuneko, but nothing out of the ordinary.
”If you see something like that again, let me know. The same goes for you. Things have changed in the Tower, and there are a lot who don't want us here so they could have ways of monitoring us.” [Shingi]
”Wait… do you think this was something the Dark Guild made?” [Hineko]
”Their resources are extensive, but I don't think they can control the Tower's energy like that. It should be someone else.” [Mizuneko]
”They have done things we didn't expect, so everything is possible. But to tell the truth, I don't think it was them. If really someone was behind it and wasn't just a random event of the Tower, there is only one individual I can assume that would be behind it.” [Shingi]
Everyone knew who he referred to; Mikhail, his sister's kidnapper.
Shingi had shared with them what he knew about Mikhail and what he learned he planned. He didn't share with them his ability to SCRY on Annoue or Dormon or that his class was Dormon's class. It was safer for them to assume that he had a special class but not a unique class.
”We need to hurry to the second Ruin City. We will make a camp there as I have to focus on my class as I completed the requirements.” [Shingi]
Everyone was excited hearing of this splendid news.
”Why don't we make a camp earlier on. Why should we do it there? Won't more Dark Guild members be stationed as guards there?” [Hineko]
Everyone nodded, as it made sense. The higher to the Tower they got, the greater the chance to meet them as they would have more people stationed there for gathering resources or looking for clues of unique quests.
”You will understand when we get there. But for now, let's focus on getting there. We still have a few floors to clear.” [Shingi]
They continued resting when, after a few seconds, Little Phoenix noticed something.
”Wait a second. You said we are going to clear the floors? As we are going to look for the boss actively?” [Little Phoenix]