Challenging the Tower of Growth wasn't a prerequisite for sothing else. It's the reason why Elizabeth and Rumia, as well as their party mbers that belong to the A-1 class, had postponed accessing the mysterious Tower. Although the two princesses were special and unique, their party mbers understood that they needed to proceed with what was supposedly done, if not for the System Reboot.
In the colosseum, the princess of Etheria, Elizabeth, was cautiously staring at the man who was standing across from her. This colosseum was mainly used for training purposes by the security personnel or players that were working in this place, one of the most secure prisons in this country.
The expression of the man was of that serene, seemingly accepting the impending death since escaping from such a prison was practically impossible — especially with the presence of the two rulers of their own respective countries.
The only people in this colosseum, apart from Elizabeth and the guilty prisoner, were Eliana, Queen of Etheria; Rosalin, Queen of Nereia; Rumia, the princess of Nereia, and each equerry of the two queens.
"What's the sin that made you deserve capital punishnt?"
Elizabeth asked, curious. She and Rumia received beforehand the profiles of the guilty prisoners that were ant to be executed, on this day, as a form of their real-life training. The profiles only included the criminals' basic information such as their nas, ranks, and professions; their transgressions weren't included.
"I was a kidnapper, Princess."
Tightly gripping the Personal Weapon, White World (Legendary) in her hand, Elizabeth looked at the man, her light green eyes constricted.
"I see... You're nice enough to a–"
Without any warning, the guilty prisoner vanished from his spot. Elizabeth, who was visibly shaken for a mont, composed herself, perceiving the direction of the incoming, sudden attack.
Clang-!
The guilty prisoner or the man with short black hair, grey eyes, and a well-built body under the prisoner's orange uniform, appeared in front of the princess. Elizabeth, being a combat-oriented woman as she was, anticipated the direction of the strike. At that mont, in only a few seconds, with the start of the execution battle, countless exchanges of strikes had already been made.
One, two. Nurous strikes were reverberating from the middle of the colosseum. Elizabeth looked at the man with cautiousness, scrutinizing his every movent.
With the nature of her skills, Space, after distancing herself from the guilty prisoner, activated the Macro-Teleportation, vanishing from her spot to widen the distance between them. This was the skill that she spamd using during her first Virtual War under Professor Murak's class, Player Physical Education.
Seizing the mont, taking advantage of the distance between them...
[Activating Skill: Blessing of the Space Overseer (SS)]
[Activating Skill: White Perception (SS )]
[Activating Skill: Weapon Space Coating (SSS)]
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[Blessing of the Space Overseer (SS)] Effect: Increases the player's overall stats by 150. Let the player float freely for 30 minutes.
[White Perception (SS )] Effect: Turning the eyes of the player into lustrous platinum white. Helps the player discern the "correct" space coordinates for 30 minutes.
[Weapon Space Coating (SSS)] Effect: Grants the White World a Spatial attribute, letting the player cut through space for 30 minutes.
The Skill: Weapon Space Coating was her most dangerous skill because if she cut through space with the wrong coordinates, unknown disasters would be invited. But this skill was in perfect harmony with her Skill: White Perception since it would help her discern to cut through the "correct" space coordinates.
But, at this mont, it wasn't only the above-ntioned "buff" skills she activated, just like she did during her first Virtual War. Instead, she activated the skill that she hadn't managed to use since the Virtual System Data didn't have a record of the origin of this skill.
[Activating Skill: Bacterium of the Vacuum (SSS )]
[The characteristics of the Space Species, Water Bear, have manifested in your body!]
[Your survivability greatly increases!]
[You will be immune to any Elental Attacks for 5 minutes.]
[You will be able to survive outside the world's atmosphere for 1 hour.]
[You will be able to auto-deflect 10 fatal attacks during the 1-hour duration.]
Under normal, ordinary attire, not an armor of sorts, a white aura emanated from Elizabeth's body, her light green eyes turned platinum white.
The guilty prisoner faintly smiled, looking at the princess with clear abnormal strength for her age.
"I am glad to die by your hands, but it doesn't an that I'll go down without a fight!"
He lunged forward, wielding his Personal Weapon, a pair of daggers that would be with him before his fated death.
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[You have arrived at the 3rd Floor of the Tower.]
[Duration: 29 minutes, 2 seconds.]
Russell, together with the party, reached the 3rd floor after a quick massacre of 250 Goblins from the 1st to 2nd floor. On the 2nd floor, they split into 5 groups since they surmised that the Goblins would be divided into 5 tribes, which turned out to be a correct assumption. Then, they discovered that each tribe had its own War Horn. Including the one from the 1st floor, the party now then possessed 6 War Horns.
"I think it'll be all Orcs from this floor to the next."
Jiho spoke, glancing around the area where they arrived at. The scenery was almost the sa as a clump of towering trees lined up in their sights. The only difference was that it was all forested; there wasn't a small green field similar to the 1st and 2nd floors.
"Let's split up again, but into two groups this ti."
Samantha suggested, no, more like ordered.
After dividing the groups, each of them went in two separate directions; Samantha's group went for the uncharted territory in the North, while Russell's group went in the West. They didn't use the War Horns which would certainly attract all the Orcs because it was highly dangerous, being sward at.
Running nimbly into the forest, Russell spoke, about sothing random. But he did it through telepathy so he would be heard clearly.
Ary, with her sword, not a Personal Weapon, in a scabbard hanging on her waist, responded.
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