15 Chapter 15: The Pillar (1/2)
Arnel and the others had also arrived in the Flinn Village. Just before the countdown ends, we took a meeting to discuss our plans on the Pillar event.
To put it simply, a pillar stays for seven days. It consists of thirty floors and each floor determines the level of the monsters that dwell inside. There is one catch though, that the Pillar system follows a special rule called Collective Rewards.
Collective Rewards Rule: While participating in the event, experience and battle loots collected will be stored instead and will only be given when the person leaves the event.
However, when you leave the event, you will obtain the collective rewards yet you cannot participate again. You will be forbidden to enter the Pillar and a barrier will push you away when you step inside it.
Each person that enters the pillar will be given an escape token. Since going down to the ground floor takes days, the pillar provides you an item that lets you escape the Pillar and lets you receive the rewards. There is one disadvantage also... You cannot use it if all the monsters lurking on that floor haven't been taken down yet or simply, you haven't killed them all.
On the 30th floor, the Pillar Boss floor, there is a sacrificial pit found inside. It is a large hole found on the floor and on the bottom of it are spikes made of large rocks. If you luckily weaken enough the boss and push it there, All the items and skills of the pillar boss will be rewarded to you. Talk about a very worthy reward.
So that's where our plan is. We were to weaken the boss and I'll support the rear guard which is Elena. Ymil and Arnel will lead the attack and Ayumi will use stealth attacks to deal lethal damage. Once the boss had weakened, we will push it back into the sacrificial pit. Its stats and items will be rewarded to us, gaining all its belonging.
The pillar is a race though, may the first adventurer arrive first.
We were gladly preparing our selves. The dozens of daggers that Ayumi had bought was for this day. I was inside the comfort room, relieving myself when a sudden earthquake hits the ground.
”Ah!” I fell on my back.
Good thing I finished pissing. Imagine that I was still doing it then I fell on my back, I would be drenched in my own piss.
I stood on both of my feet and went out. I could hear screams from the village and shouts.
”It's here! The pillar has fallen! Evacuate!”
”Let's go!”
”This way! This way!”
I forgot to mention. If we failed to clear the pillar, a miasma of monsters would terrorize the nearby village.
I went back into the room and they were all prepared. They hid their faces in hoods and steadied their grip on their weapon. Ayumi hid her face from me. All I can see is herself biting her lips.
Koneko was sleeping by the bed, I was already accustomed not being with Koneko for a couple of minutes.
Arnel raised his hand clenched into a fist then shouted.
”Let's do this!”
”Right!” We screamed in unison.
Koneko jumped down from the bed then hovered on my shoulder. Her eyes were energetic and her ears and tail were wagging. She was excited to fight monsters.
We ran out of the inn and as we left, the Pillar was already noticeable from afar. It's height reached the heavens that have been covered by the night. It was towering the skies and extended like a mansion.
We ran through the fields together with some adventurers. They seem excited but as they spot us, they stopped on their feet.
I heard one saying:
”Tsk... It's them again...”
Why are they so afraid of us?
The pillar gate was now visible and knights riding horses surrounded the pillar.
I could see adventurers complaining at the knights guarding the entrance to the pillar. They seemed to forbid them to enter.
”That's not right! Everyone should be able to participate!”
”Silence scum!”
The knight kicked him away and he reeled off the ground.
As we arrive near the entrance, the knights crossed their spear.
”None shall enter.”
Arnel took his hood off, revealing his face. The knights suddenly withdraw their spears and made a way for us. Just how well known are these people?
I passed by and got a glimpse of a knight smiling as he looked down on me.
What's wrong with these knights?
We walked in somewhat of a hallway and as we arrive on the door a notification popped up.
*Escape Token Received*
Suddenly our body shimmered a flickering spark and took us off into a different floor.
It seems that if your level is high enough, the pillar would teleport you to a recommended floor. It made it easy for us since climbing each floor would take days.
We found ourselves standing in an altar and the floor was adorned with marble and carvings.
*Floor 29*
Just one more floor and its the boss already? Just talk about inconvenient. And here I was, excited to climb dungeon floors. This team is basically a cheat.
The floor was covered by mossy cobblestone walls and there were cobwebs everywhere. The room was gloomy and torches were the only source of light.
There were monsters swarming the floor. I could identify each of them thanks to my system.
Level 29
-Skeletal Knights-30
-Skeletal Archers-25
-Skeletal Mages-25
-Giant Skeletal Warriors-4
The 29th floor was a skeleton-based monster floor. The knights were wearing full armor and wielded shield and sword. The archers wore nothing except a bow and quiver to load their arrows. The skeletal mages were wearing tattered robes. And lastly, the Giant Skeletal Warriors, who wore a helmet and a breastplate, wields humongous scimitar swords.
As soon as we arrived, they launched their attacks.