Exiting the portal, what greeted me was a dark cavern surrounded by only the green lights hanging on the walls that gave illumination inside.
*Shaaaa
With azure light, an Odachi with a silver blade accented by a golden cloud pattern appeared on my right hand, and with a practised movement, I swung towards my left where a figure of a War Shadow appeared, and with my slash, its existence dissipated in modes of light.
With a grin on my face, I started descending the floors, with azure blurs appearing and disappearing towards the monsters, absorbing excelia from monsters on the way.
Falna is the ability to level up, garner exp, and grow stronger, and excelia is released by the monsters when fought and slain. Falna is also a blessing given by the gods and goddesses that they had chosen as Familia members that fight and slay monsters in the tower of Babel.
Looking in front of me, a minotaur with the face of a bull and a huge towering body tried to punch me. Contracting my muscles, I pulled the minotaur's fist and yanked it, bashing the poor monster on the ground, followed by a pop of light; it disappeared.
Clenching my fists with powerful shockwaves, I punched a hole in a minotaur that was trying to stalk from behind. "This isn't enough; I need to vent more." With those thoughts I descended more of the floors until a scenery of stalactites and a wide cavern greeted me.
Putting my sword in my dimensional storage for the moment, I looked at the towering giant figure slowly spawning with modes of light in front of me. "Just in time, a Black Goliath it is." With a feral grin, I readied my body for the incoming clash.
"Body Reinforcement". With only a single reinforcement spell, I waited until the Goliath was ready for the fight.
Slowly the body of the Black Goliath emerged, with the buffed naked body of a man and a towering height of 25 feet. It looked towards the single figure in the vicinity and focused its clouded vision in my direction.
*RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
With a battle cry, the giant ran towards me with great momentum andair pressure, and with cracked floors that it stepped on, it raised its arms with the intention of giving me a punch that most of the adventurers within the tower can't handle.
"HAHAHAHA! This is it!" Shouting in excitement, I also readied my right arm, and with a crack, the floor that I was standing on shattered with the collision between a towering figure and,contrast to the goliath's height, a white-haired warrior that seemed only a 12th of its height met its punch.
Accompanied by every blow, the surroundings are getting destroyed by the shockwaves that the two figures are producing.
"More! More! MORE!" With the adrenaline that's running through my body, I twisted my body, contracting every muscle in my upper body, generating shockwaves, and emanating an azure aura from my body, I punched the towering figure in front of me.
*BOOOOOOOMMMMMM!
Putting almost all my raw physical power into that punch, leaving the huge cavern of stalactites with broken debris that will eventually recover.
Looking at the once mighty, strong, and towering figure now punctured with a large hole from its right chest to its right arm. I muttered to myself please with my performance, 'Well that's a lot of damage.'
Finally satisfied, letting out some steam that I had amassed, I summoned my Odachi, swinging it at the still-trying-to-struggle Goliath.
*Swish
With the slash, the Black Goliath's towering figure dispersed in modes of light, leaving a large magic stone behind.
"Haah." Exhaling and inhaling a mouthful of air, I shook off the adrenaline and excitement from fighting a suitable opponent, readying myself to exit the tower.
"It's time to go back to the manor; it's been 3 days here for them since the last time I came back." Imagining the faces of my Familia members, I ascended the floors, defeating monsters and taking their magic stones to my storage with a gentle smile.
Ascending the floors, I can finally see some adventurers venturing into the dangerous tower with groups ranging from 3 to 6 persons per group. Noticing my presence, the groups of adventurers looked in my direction with strange gazes, but seemingly recognising my face, a hushed murmur erupted, followed by admiring gazes and wary looks.
"Is that the Silver Flash of the Loki Familia?" Pointing in my direction, an adventurer girl asked her teammates with excitement in her voice.
"Hush, stop pointing, and yes, he's him." A rugged-looking warrior berated his fangirling teammate, seemingly annoyed.
Hearing and watching them, I smiled towards the group, especially the girl, garnering hostile looks from the men in their group.
'Hahaha, men.' Laughing derisively at them inside, I walked past their group and continued on my ascension on the floors towards the entrance of the Babel Tower.
Taking 2 hours navigating the path on the way back, I was finally in front of the entrance of the Babel Tower.
Finally stepping foot outside the Tower, what welcomed me was a bustling hubbub of the adventurers coming and going to the Tower of the city of Orario, also known as the Labyrinth City Orario.
Turning towards the direction of the Loki Familia home, the Twilight Manor, I started walking, garnering the attention of the adventurers, especially those that recognised my appearance.
Disregarding the murmurs and pointing fingers of the adventurers towards my direction, putting strength into my feet and upping my speed, I disappeared in a blur, leaving the bustling adventurers in dust.
Appearing in front of a huge manor, I opened the gates and was met by the nearby Familia members' polite greetings and awe-filled gazes from the newer members.
Noticing someone in my peripheral vision, a speeding yellow-haired girl figure ran towards my direction with great momentum. Halting my steps and readying my arms to catch the incoming figure, I opened my arms.
*Clank
With the impact, a rattling sound was produced by the collision of two armours.
Holding a figure in my chest, a beautiful long blonde-hairedwoman with gold eyes wearing an armour breastplate looked at me with veiled excitement in her eyes and said, "Welcome back, Aki."
Looking at the emerging figures that accompanied the blonde girl and a goddess that's descending down the stairs of the building, I gently smiled first towards the girl between my arms, then at the coming figures, and said in a gentle voice, "I'm home."