Tower Ascension - Chapter 66

On another side of the dungeon, Alexa was standing on the stage and singing. It was her first time singing a song on the stage. And, this was her first try. Her heartbeat was increasing rapidly.

The song that she sang was ‘Something just like this. She finished the entire song and waited for the result. This is the only song she remembers. Her grandpa had gone out of the tower and brought a music player for her a year ago. But, she had never tried to become a singer.

After all, her goal was to climb the tower. Even so, she does listen to this music player most of the time.

[Congratulation on passing the second level. Please head to the third level!]

When she saw the message, she sighed heavily. Although there was no one in front of her, it was still hard for her to sing. She had to gather a lot of courage just to do so.

After taking a long breath, she walked away as the stage around her transformed into a lane. As she kept walking, she reached in front of a strange place.

Peter and John walked towards the third stage. While walking, Peter asked, “Do you have any idea about the third level?”

John nodded his head and spoke, “We are already in the third level.”

“Huh! What do you mean? The message didn’t appear.” Peter asked him with confusion.

“Look around us! What do you think about this place?” John extended his hand and spoke. Peter followed him and looked around. When he saw other lanes, he got confused.

‘Wait, the old man mentioned the maze. Is it the third level?’ When Peter saw the different paths following a different route, he immediately remembered the old man’s words. He found other lanes are also connected to this maze.

So, he decided to wait. After ten minutes, he gave up and decided to enter the maze. There were two paths from outside, one from the middle, three from the left, and three from the right. If he wanted to complete this maze, he must choose the correct path.

But, he had no idea which path to choose. After all, there were nine starting points.

“I think no matter which path you choose, you might need to make turns otherwise you might be able to reach the end.” Suddenly, John suggested which startled him. But, when he deeply thought about it.

If maze was just about luck then it wouldn’t be that hard. Not to mention, he might face some monsters or difficult situations if he chooses the wrong path. After thinking for a while, he decided to go with the straight middle.

After all, it was the only logical choice for him since there were so many other starting points. After walking a little bit inside, he discovers three paths. One straight to the middle, one to the left side, and another to the right side.

Discovering this, he decided to leave everything to luck. He turned around and stared at John.

“Rock is left, paper is right, and scissors are straight. If both of us vote in the same direction then, we will choose it. But, you are not allowed to make my previous sign on your next. But you can do it on the next after that.”

Hearing his words, John looked at him with confusion. He truly didn’t understand what he meant. But, he still raised his hand alongside Peter and shake it.

“Rock! Paper! Scissors!”

At this moment, Peter made the scissors while John made the rock.

“Again! Rock! Paper! Scissors!”

Peter made the rock while John made the paper.

“Again! Rock! Paper! Scissors!”

Peter made the paper and John also made the paper.

“Shit! I am not allowed to make your previous sign. Let’s do it again!” Only then does Peter realize he made exactly what John made previously. So, he asked for the rematch.

“Rock! Paper! Scissors!”

This time Peter chose Scissors and John also chose the same. Seeing this, Peter sighed with relief.

“Since it is scissors, let’s head straight.” Peter walked the straight path. But suddenly, he found this path was totally dangerous.

In front of him, everything changed into a deep magma river.

“Seriously! What the heck, tower? Are you going to give every single challenge on a single floor?” Peter couldn’t help but raise his head and shout. He truly didn’t understand this.

“I think this floor will be full of challenges like these. I bet there will be very less fighting.” John suddenly spoke as he looked deeply at the magma.

“Damn! Let’s cross this freaking magma river.” Peter shouted while walking towards the raft made out of the stone that wasn’t melted by the magma. He knew the tower wanted him to use this to cross the magma river.

It wasn’t much harder especially since he had an extra pair of hands now. After crossing the magma river, they came across another three paths junction. Once again, they played Rock, Paper, Scissors and made the decision.

This time they walked to the right since it was Paper. This was a little surprising but they didn’t face any challenges. But soon came across another junction. After moving forward, they climbed a one-mile tall hill without any climbing equipment.

One after another, they came across several junctions and several challenges until they finally reached the middle. After reaching the middle, a message appeared in front of them.

[Congratulation on crossing the third level. Please proceed to the fourth level!]

Seeing this, Peter and John continued on the lane. But, this time it was a little surprising. Because when they came out, they met Alexa, Alice, and Zhao Ming. It seems everyone was waiting for him. But, when they saw two identical Peter, they got confused.

But, suddenly a message appeared in front of them.

[Congratulation on making it to the fourth level! Please clear this level to complete the dungeon!]

Before they could even figure out anything, the surroundings around them changed. Their powers instantly returned back to their peak.

Thud!

“Roar!”

In front of them, a group of monsters appeared. They were a strange group of monsters with tiger-like heads, elephant-like bodies, and lizard-like tails.

“These are Mammoth Tigers. I didn’t expect them to be a group. This is going to be difficult.” As soon as they appeared, Alexa looked at John and shouted.

“Hey, I am Peter. This is my clone.” Peter slapped the air and introduced himself. Hearing his words, Alexa looked at him with confusion. John raised his hand and smiled while saying hi.

“He is right. The clone doesn’t have even have level one power.” Zhao Ming looked at John and spoke with narrowed eyes. He feels the same life as Peter from the clone but he doesn’t understand how Peter can create such a perfect clone. It’s like having two lives.

“Alright everyone, we will talk about my clone later. First, let’s finish this floor and also protect my clone.” Peter clapped his hands when he saw those monsters rushing towards them. He knew this was the time for the battle.

Whoosh!

Without giving them a chance to respond, Peter pressed his foot on the ground and rushed towards the group of monsters.

Bang!

When he appeared in front, he raised his fist and smashed through it. His power sent dozens of them flying but there were hundreds of them. And, a big boss was waiting at the end. Peter instantly took out his swords.

“Fire Dragon Cleaving Claw!”

Holding two swords in his hand, he slashed tens of them with his claw. The flames burst out in the shape of a claw but when struck by it, those flames exploded.

Boom! Boom!

From behind, Zhao Ming rushed towards the group of monsters at the side with his spear. The blue flames spread out from the tip as he thrusts it forward.

The flames spiraled around the tip and burst out with intense ferocity. The flames took the shape of the lotus as they burst out.

“Blue Lotus Burning Heaven!”

Boom!

The lotus flew out with a crazy spin and reached the middle of those monsters.

“Basic Sword Skill- Supernova!”

As soon as it exploded, Peter made another attack. His internal energy and mana burst out. The fire mana compressed into a thin layer of coating outside the sword but it also got coated with the internal energy.

After all, it was internal energy that pressed the fire mana into a thin layer. The sword in his right-hand swing from top to the bottom with extreme speed, colliding against the monster.

Bang!

The monster got smashed to the ground. When Peter saw that, his eyes shrunk. Originally, he thought he could slice them in half but it didn’t happen. The defense of these monsters was terrible. Suddenly, a smile appeared on his face.

He instantly released his sword energy and coats the dark internal energy with the red coating.

Splash! Splash! Splash!

Without waiting for a second, he swings his body and the sword slashed the neck of three monsters. At this moment, Alexa and Alice blinked their eyes and looked at Zhao Ming and Peter fighting the entire group without letting them help.

“Sigh!”