Tower Ascension - Chapter 83

“So, what kind of hotel do you think thing would be?” Peter turned his head at Zhao Ming and asked.

“If you want me to bet, then I am not following you.” Zhao Ming answered after he saw through Peter’s intention.

“Hehe! I was just kidding.” Peter laughed and opened the door. As he walked in, he found few peoples inside but unlike outside, this place was calmer than he could have expected it to be.

There were few people sitting on chair, the wine and meat on the desk. They were chatting with each other while eating. The room was pretty wide open and there were few wooden supports at the top.

In front of the door, there was a huge desk with a lady behind it. The lady was making the drinks. Her eye turned its way to Peter as they walked towards her. Since she was the counter lady, she should be the one who knows a lot about this place.

As a reader of several novels, Peter knew this very clear and had kept this in his head. Both of them reached in front of the counter, and seeing her skillful hands, he couldn’t help but say “Two normal please!”

He didn’t know what kind of wine or alcohol they sell so he had to use normal as the reference.

“How about having the best?” The lady smiled and asked.

Peter rolled his head and asked “Wouldn’t that cost too much?”

“But, you will also enjoy as much.” The lady answered with a beautiful smile on her face.

Peter sighed and nodded his head. After getting his approval, the lady started her job.

“So, can we rent a room for a few days?” Peter asked as he placed his forearm on the table.

The lady nodded her head and spoke “But, it will cost a lot here. Two hundred mana coins a day but you will also get protection from the hotel. As long as you are inside the hotel, nobody will try to hurt you.”

“I see! That’s why they’re such a peace inside.” Peter nodded his head and turned his head, Zhao Ming.

“Alright!” Zhao Ming nodded his head and replied.

Getting his reply, Peter turn back and said “Alright, I will book a room for three days.”

Hearing his words, the lady looked at him with wide eyes. Two people for three days would be a total of six hundred mana coins. Normally, a person only books her hotel room for a day.

These people come to her hotel and normally eat and drink. But, this keeps them safe so they usually stay the entire day here unless they are powerful to feel safe.

“Alright, here are the keys.” The lady didn’t even hesitate to take out the keys for him. After all, it was a huge profit for her.

Peter grabbed the key and spoke “What do you have for food?”

“We have special lunch and dinner package for the guests. It only costs five mana coins for each meal.” Hearing her words, Peter’s lips twitched. He still remembered when he tried to use mana coin for the meal.

At that time, it didn’t even cost a single mana coin. But now, it costs five mana coins. It was truly expensive.

Of course, he agreed to it. He could easily afford this. So, he had no hesitation.

“Do you want to visit your room? Your wine and the food will be delivered in the room.” The lady asks.

Peter thought for a moment and nodded his head. The lady called out a young girl who showed them the way to their room. The room was quite spacious but it only had one bed. There was also a table and a chair.

“Bring one extra chair!” After entering the room, Peter instructed the little girl. She nodded her head and left the room. After a few minutes, she returned with the chair.

While she came, Peter had his eyes focused on his status.

[Climber- Peter Johnson

Age- 21

Level- 31 (EXP- 25/2400)

Trait- Adaptability, Stone Heart, Mind of a Hero, Triple Personalities

Talent- Mana Body

HP- 165

MP- 155

Internal Energy- 155

Genetic Power- 80

STR- 405

AGI- 416

VIT- 351

STM- 351

Passive Skills- Greed (Lv.1- 50%), Dying Divine Breath (Lv.2- 30%), Iron Body (Lv.21- 20%), Energy Absorption Skill (Lv.2- 80%)

Active Skills- True Sword Skill (Lv.1- 70%),  Fire Dragon Skill (Lv.9- 90%), Greater Demon Transformation (Lv.9- 90%), Spirit Assimilation Skill (Lv.6- 80%), Sky Shooting Arrow Skill (Lv.4- 50%)

Stat Points- 30

Fame Points- 680

Items- Healing Potion*15, Sword*3, Bow*1, Ring*6, Passive Skill*1, Armor*2 Active Skill*1, Wooden Arrows Skill, Mana Coins*4165, Key of Guardian*1, Trident of Destruction, Mana Crystals*16500]

[Quest No.1- Kill Ten Humans

Time Limit- Three Days

Reward- 500 EXP, 5000 Mana Coins, 50 Stat Points, 100 Fame Points, and Healing Potion*3 (Rare Rank)

Punishment- Deduct 1000 EXP]

[Quest No.2- Kill One Hundred Humans

Time Limit- Seven Days

Reward- 1000 EXP, 10000 Mana Coins, 50 Stat Points, 100 Fame Points, and Healing Potions*6 (Rare Rank)

Punishment- Deduct 2000 EXP]

[Quest No.3- Kill Thousand Human

Time Limit- Two Weeks

Reward- 2000 EXP, 20000 Mana Coins, 50 Stat Points, 100 Fame Points, Common Treasure Chest*1, and Healing Potions*9 (Rare Rank)

Punishment- Deduct 4000 EXP]

‘What? The tower wants me to kill humans?’ Peter looked at the status with shock. Because he never thought the tower would ask him to do something like this.

Killing humans was something that never came to his mind. But, he didn’t immediately judge anything. Life is life. Even if it is the life of an ant or if it is the life of a human.

But, there is a deep difference made by the person himself. There was research conducted in the real.

If there are two groups in front of a train, a person will choose the group that he knows rather than the group he doesn’t know. This is human selfishness. They always want things for themselves or the people they know.

And, Peter was no exception. He can kill other creatures without hesitation, not caring whether they are good or bad. But, he can’t do the same with the humans.

But, the punishment of the quest is heavy as well. He doesn’t want to get punished.

“Hey, what happened?” Suddenly, Zhao Ming shook his shoulder and asked.

Hearing his words, Peter woke up from his thoughts and found Zhao Ming and the little girl staring at him with confusion.

“Nothing, just a troublesome quest came up!” Peter sighed and turned his head at the little girl.

“Can you leave?”

When the little girl heard his words, she got startled and instantly bowed down.

“I apologize for my actions. Please forgive me!”

Hearing her words, Peter couldn’t help but feel speechless. He didn’t know just asking her to leave would make her so terrified.

“You didn’t do anything wrong but now I have something important to talk about. So, can you leave?”

As soon as he finished his words, she instantly ran away while closing the door. Seeing this, Peter sighed and turned his head at Zhao Ming.

“Tower gave me some troublesome quests. I need to take to lives of thousand humans.”

When Zhao Ming heard his words, even he got froze for a moment. He stared at Peter and asked, “Are you serious?”

“Yeah, I must kill a thousand humans to complete this quest. Or, maybe even thousand one hundred and ten humans. I don’t know why the tower released this task. But, it seems to be quite normal. If it was just to test me, the punishment could’ve increased.”

“But, no, it is following the original rules. So, I guess tower doesn’t treat human differently.”

Hearing his words, Zhao Ming nodded his head and spoke “Tower doesn’t treat anyone differently except for the ten races. Dragon, Phoenix, Devil, Qilin, Mink, Soul Race, Gods’ Race, Giant, Vampires, and Elves.”

“According to ancient history, these races are treated a lot better than any other races. Of course, human is kind of a confusing race. Most of the climbers are humans. But, the humans that are born within the tower are completely normal unless their parents have something unique.”

“So, it is quite confusing. Because every other race even though they are not treated exceptionally well, are still given a lot of initiate power. You could have realized this after fighting with the monsters.”

Hearing his words, Peter nodded his head and sighed “It seems I have to be quite ruthless this time. Killing a thousand humans just for the quest isn’t going to be an easy task. But, I have to complete this. If I can’t improve, I will lose something more precious to me.”

“What about you? Do you want to accompany me?”

“I don’t mind but you should’ve planned for this, right?” Zhao Ming smirked and asked. He found Peter doing everything after planning it in his head.

“Have you ever heard of Hero Complex?” Peter asked.

Zhao Ming shook his head.

Peter cunningly smiled and said “Normally, when a person has a Hero Complex, he will even go to the point of setting a plan to make people suffer just so that he can save them. Of course, I don’t have such a plan.”

“But, don’t you think this place is full of scums?”

At this moment, a smile appeared on Zhao Ming’s face. But, inside his heart, he was very much shocked. Because he knew Peter had thought of this just now.

Peter nodded his head and spoke, “It’s time to clean up some scums from this place.”

“But first, lunchtime!”