Verion stepped slowlyinside, observing the surroundings. Lucius came out, "These statues are giant," Lucius said. He flew in front of one of the statues and knocked on its forehead twice.
The statue moved. "?! H-hey, why are you moving!"Lucius panicked. Suddenly, other statues did the same thing. Verion screamed, "Lucius! What did you do!" Lucius replied, "I-I don't know!" He flew towards Verion, hiding behind him.
The statue stepped forward. "We have to fight these living statues! If not, we won't be able to move forward!"Verion said, pushing Lucius, who was gripping his shoulder. "A-ah!" Lucius uttered. Verion ran toward one of the monsters and said to Lucius, "You fight the others too!" Lucius grumbled, "Damn it! Why did you have to move, though!"
Lucius kicked the skull monster's head, causing its head to spin and its body to tumble backward. Verion ran beneath the monster's body and dodged the monster's sword attack. Verion slashed one of its legs until the monster fell to its knees. "First, find this monster's weakness!"Verion said. Lucius jumped and threw many punches at the monster's face.
The monster's head shattered and fell. "Hahaha!" Suddenly, the monster woke up again headless. "Ha?! H-hey! Why are you still alive!"Lucius was shocked. The monster swung its sword. Lucius dodged, jumped, and threw a punch at the monster's chest until it fell again to its original position. Lucius in the air prepared to kick.
Lucius kicked the monster's chest like a spear of light. Lucius's kick grazed the monster's chest and slowly destroyed it. "Perish!"Boom! An explosion occurred. The monster's chest was hollowed out, and finally, the monster vanished into several pieces that slowly disappeared. "Finally, you're gone. Turns out your weakness is the chest, huh. Verion, the statue's weakness is in the center of its chest!"Lucius yelled.
Verion slashed the skull monster's arm until it was severed and fell. Then, he jumped onto it, slashed its shoulder, spun his body, ran behind the monster, creating a large, shadowy slash from the sword he held with both hands, and then launched a strike to the back of the monster's chest, causing it to fall and pierce the floor. "One more!"Verion said. Lucius prepared to jump. His reflection appeared in the air toward where he was about to jump.
Lucius quickly jumped toward his reflection that appeared before he jumped, forming a net. Then the monsters simultaneously fell and vanished. Lucius's speed could not be seen or imagined by creatures slower than him. Verion jumped, coating his sword with emerald energy. He jumped quickly and sliced the two monsters in an instant.
Dar! There was a booming sound ahead. "What was that sound," Verion said. Lucius, "Let's go there." Lucius's self-reflection appeared in stages toward the sound, and Lucius ran toward his reflection, with a trail of light left behind like gold dust. "?! You're so fast!" Verion was surprised.
Verion used the Omni technique. His body launched quickly, then bumped Lucius from behind, causing both of them to fall and pile on top of each other. "Hey, control your speed!"Lucius said, annoyed. Verion, "Yeah, I'm sorry, I thought this corridor matched the distance of this technique." They both got up and saw a terrace upstairs ahead, where a person was fighting below.
Verion peeked. "That person... is having trouble fighting the lizard dragon man." Lucius also peeked. "Their strategy is ruined, they need help." Lucius intended to jump but was held back by Verion. "Wait a moment, don't be reckless." A swordsman stepped forward against the lizard dragon man. The swordsman parried claw after claw and chased the speed of the lizard man. "Damn it! He's fast!" The lizard man attacked from behind, reflexively seeing, the swordsman was clawed on the face. "ARGHHH!" The lizard man then kicked the swordsman, sending him flying against the wall.
A female healer was healing her friend who was wounded on the shoulder. "Hold on a moment!" The lizard monster attacked the healer but was thwarted by a wizard who conjured water magic from his staff. He quickly protected the healer with a water barrier circling around her. Then the wizard conjured water balls that could be launched like bullets. "Taste this!" The lizard man ran, quickly dodging, while parrying some of the water balls with his tail and hands. "You intruder," the lizard man said. Then he caught the wizard's staff and hit the wizard hard on the head with his staff. The wizard was thrown far and fell, bleeding from his mouth.
The lizard man approached the healer. "What is this shield, weak." He flicked his tail. The water barrier split and splashed upward. "?! Come on, hurry..." the healer said in her heart, hoping. Lucius, "Danger!" Verion said, "Let's help them." Then Verion jumped in front of the lizard man. He parried his claws. The healer was shocked, "?! Who..." Verion called Lucius, "Lucius!" A voice answered, "Yes!"
Lucius came out and placed golden shields on each injured person, including the healer. The barrier also served as a slow heal. Verion kicked the lizard man away. "Who are you again?" Verion was surprised the lizard man could speak. "You can talk?!" The lizard man advanced, clawing Verion from the left, but Verion parried him again. Lucius stepped forward to kick. The lizard man blocked it with both hands until he was thrown back.
"I've given everyone a shield," Lucius said. Verion nudged Lucius's shoulder. Lucius nodded. Verion ran, launching several slashes. The lizard man parried with his claws one by one. Lucius advanced quickly. He jumped and punched toward the left side of the lizard man's face, but it was blocked with a hand. Lucius kicked the elbow blocking him with his foot until the arm lifted upward. The lizard man threw a punch at Lucius with his left hand, hitting Lucius's chest and sending him flying backward.
Verion threw his sword and jumped toward his sword, which stood horizontally, pushing his sword to launch toward the lizard man's head. However, the lizard man calmly ducked his head, avoiding the sword and Verion. Verion saw for a moment, "?!" Lucius created a bow and launched 3 arrows from his power. The lizard man dodged and parried 1 arrow. He jumped and curled his body in the air. A flow of red energy flowed, forming a ball that trapped his body. A surge occurred. "Argh! Hahaha." The lizard man evolved, his body size slightly larger, growing horns, and sharpening his claws.
Lucius stamped his foot on the floor. Dur! Outside all that, the tower lifted into the air with the ground it stood on floating. Inside, the tower shook. All balance was out of control, but only the lizard man gripped the floor with his hands as a hold.
Lucius smirked. "Hehe! You... weird creature!" The lizard man was annoyed. "What did you say?!" He advanced, jumping, throwing many punches. Lucius did the same. They exchanged many punches with tactics. The lizard man was punched in the face. Lucius also experienced the same thing.
They both punched with the same hand, causing a wave of air that threw both of them backward. Verion ran to the back, intending to ambush. The lizard man realized it, jumped, and kicked Verion, but Verion successfully ducked, avoiding it while sliding.
Verion slowed his slide and jumped behind the lizard man... The lizard man's tail moved and quickly whipped Verion's stomach, sending him flying. Lucius advanced, running. "Hey, over here!" He quickly exchanged punches and kicks with the lizard man again until the lizard man twisted his arm and dropped Lucius's body beneath him. He prepared to smash Lucius's back with two hands like a hammer.
Lucius was hit by the lizard man, but Lucius transformed himself into a flowing, fragmented light energy. Verion ran, launching many intricate zigzag slashes. The light energy flowed like a skilled eel. The light energy reformed Lucius's body in a safe place.
The lizard man was slashed on his tail until it was severed and slashed on his horn until it broke. "Danger!" the lizard man said. Lucius advanced quickly and kicked the lizard man's lower jaw with his knee, sending him flying upward. Lucius jumped above him and kicked the lizard man's stomach hard downward. "Take that!"The floor was struck by the lizard man. Outside, the tower fell back to the ground in its original position.
Verion and the previous group experienced g-force, but the previous group was inside a shield, so they were not too affected. "Wo-woaahh!!?" Verion flew into the air, fighting gravity. He tried to "swim" on the ground. "Eh?!" But he fell to the floor. His sword was stuck. His head was bruised.
The lizard man punched the floor beneath him until he got back up. Lucius was already beneath him, kicking the lizard man's calf until it buckled and he knelt. "Look here!" Then he kicked toward the lizard man's head, but the lizard man punched in reflex. Time slowed down. A reflection of Lucius's body was created beneath the kneeling lizard man. Then Lucius quickly moved and kicked the lizard man's chest, sending him flying against the wall.
The lizard man got up from the impact. He raised one hand and produced a tower artifact similar to the tower he was in. The artifact spun quickly, creating a red circle of light around it, circling the artifact. The tower vibrated. "Show me what you've got!" Lucius said. The artifact spun quickly like a saw. The circle circling it rose over the artifact as if observing the tower.
An abstract red Diagram of David mantra pattern was created on the tower floor, and subordinate monsters appeared. Lucius, "You brought an army? Hmm! Mutated creatures?" Then he advanced, running, kicking, and punching them one by one until they were destroyed.
The lizard man opened the top of the artifact, revealing a seafoam-colored glass ball. The ball emitted energy that flowed through his hand. The energy healed and regenerated the lizard man's body. Lucius was seen smiling happily while destroying the endless subordinate monsters. Verion shouted, "Lucius! Attack that lizard man! I'll distract these!" Lucius looked and gave a thumbs-up. Verion ran quickly, launching many complicated zigzag slashes until the monsters were cut into pieces.
Lucius reflected himself in front of the lizard man and moved with incredible speed. The lizard man realized Lucius was about to attack him. The lizard man threw a punch at the last reflection of Lucius's self at the very front, but his guess was wrong. Lucius's self-reflection reappeared beneath the lizard man.
Lucius quickly moved beneath him, like sliding, and briefly created a light-spear hunting spear. Then he stabbed it into the lizard man's chest until it was hollowed out. Lucius's self-reflection reappeared behind the lizard man and caught the spear he had launched. The lizard man's eyes were wide with disbelief. In his final moment, he shed a tear. The mantra pattern disappeared. The monsters were suddenly erased. The artifact fell to the floor.
"? This artifact... looks nice," Lucius said, then picked up the artifact. Verion stood, covering his face with his hood again. "What is it?" Verion said. Lucius approached him and replied, "This is that monster's treasure. It seems he was the owner of this tower." One person carrying a book, "Umm... excuse me, who are you? Why did you help us?" Lucius and Verion looked. Verion replied, "We just happened to be passing by, we accidentally saw you in need of help." One person carrying a sword came over. "I don't know who you are, but... I am very grateful for the help." He bowed respectfully. Lucius asked, "What are your names?"
The person carrying the book replied, "I'm Areli." The person carrying the sword, "Lean." The healer, "I-I'm Elis, nice to meet you!" The person carrying the shield, "I'm Baron." Verion opened with a question, "What are you doing here?" Lean replied, "We are after the treasure of this tower."Lucius was shocked. He immediately hid the artifact in his dimensional storage space. "? Eee- treasure? I don't see any treasure here." Lean was astonished. "Ha? Then what's that chest behind you?" Lucius was confused. He looked behind and couldn't believe it. "Another treasure?!"In his heart.
Lucius walked slowly to the chest. "Let's see what's inside that chest!" They all walked together, Lucius in front, then slowly opened the chest. White light came out and... there was an cute, adorable, funny baby girl playing with a small doll inside! "?! HAAA!"Lucius was surprised. Everyone was curious and looked inside the chest, then were shocked together. "Whose child is this!?" The healer was surprised. "There's a message inside!" The toddler, "Papa?" Lucius replied, "I'm not your dad!" Verion approached, "Aww, looks like you're a father now." Lucius, "Damn it!"
Lucius carried the toddler. "Hmmm... this child...""Papa!" The healer said, "Where are her parents?" Verion took a piece of paper containing a letter, slowly opened it, and read:
"Gahar, please take and look after this child. I am going to the upper world realm. I am worried it will take a long time to return. If this child asks where her mother and I are, tell her that her mother and I are on business and won't be able to return for a while."
Verion looked at the body of the lizard man lying on the ground. "... Gahar?" Then he approached the lizard man's body. Everyone was confused about what Verion was doing and what the message contained. Verion turned the lizard man's body over, tore his shirt, and a nametag appeared, reading "GAHAR." Verion was silent. He bowed his head to pray. "May you rest in peace." Then he returned to Lucius and the others.
Lucius was seen with a grumpy face with the baby girl, who was riding on his head, playing with Lucius's hair. The healer laughed softly. Baron held back a laugh. Verion looked at him silently. Lean asked Verion, "What did the message say?" Verion replied: "Gahar, please take and look after this child. I am going to the upper world realm. I am worried it will take a long time to return. If this child asks where her mother and I are, tell her that her mother and I are on business and won't be able to return for a while." Verion said, "And that lizard man is Gahar, the child was entrusted to Gahar by her parents to look after her." Everyone was silent, looking at the lizard man.
"Uh... don't pull my hair, hey!" Lucius said. The toddler just laughed happily. Elis smiled softly, looking at Lucius's grumpy face. Baron approached Elis, whispering softly, "Do you like him?" Elis blushed and playfully hit Baron's head. "Ah! Don't be like that." Verion looked toward Baron and Elis. "Elis, are you having a fever? Why is your face red?" Elis immediately replied, "No." Verion replied, "Oh alright."
In front of Gahar's newly made grave, "Sorry, Gahar, we didn't know you were looking after this child. I perfectly honor and respect your loyalty." Outside, the fog disappeared. The area around the tower began to clear, but the natural conditions remained the same.
Elis, "Oh yeah, what's your name?" Verion, "Oh! I apologize for forgetting to introduce myself. My name is Verion, and the one next to me is Lucius." Lucius nodded with a flat face. "Lucius... uhm okay," Elis said. Lean said, "Nice to meet you, Verion. Where are you going next?" Verion, "I don't know, I think I want to travel. How about you all? You haven't gotten the treasure." Lean replied, "We have already gotten a treasure, a ceremoid white pearl crystal, it can be sold for a high price." Baron said, "Our purpose should be complete here. How about you?" Lucius replied, "We don't have a next destination yet." Lean replied, "It looks like you're adventurers? You can find other towers besides this one and conquer them. Inside, there's usually treasure depending on the tower's ruler." Elis secretly watched Lucius talk from behind.
Baron, "Okay, let's go Lean, Elis, Areli we're go-" They were shocked. The tower suddenly cracked and collapsed. Lucius blocked the smoke with his golden shield. "Gosh! Just startling us!" Baron said. The baby girl was scared and tightly gripped Lucius's hair. "Hey! Don't grip my hair so tightly!" Lucius said.
Lean said, "Alright, we'll part ways here" The baby girl, "Gagaga gugu!" Lean smiled. "Haha! Lucius, Verion, have you thought about naming this child?" Lucius and Verion looked at each other. Lucius said, "Ah... no, we haven't thought about it" Verion, "Wait a moment, this child has horns, pink hair with white patterns, and crystal orange eyes with a silver color gradation. Uhm... how about we name this child Vylette?" Lean, Baron, Areli, Elis were happy with the name.
Lucius, "That name looks good, it suits this child's cute, adorable, and funny appearance." Vylette smiled. "Gagagaa! Guga!" Baron, Lean, Areli, Elis laughed softly.
Lean, "Alright, we will part ways" Baron said, "We will go to the Kingdom of Macedonia. You can go there too." Areli said, "Alright, I hope we can meet again someday." Areli extended his hand to Lucius. Lucius shook Areli's hand. "Yes, stay alive." Elis, "Um... Vylette, I hope someday I can see you grow and develop into a great woman." Lucius looked at Elis. "Haha..." Elis blushed.
Verion, "Lean, be the one who always protects those behind them." Verion made a fist, offering Lean a bump. Lean accepted the offer and made a fist, then bumped. "Yes, you too, live according to what you hope for"
Baron, "Let's go." Lean, Areli, Elis, and Baron slowly turned around and left. Vylette's stomach growled. Lucius realized, "Ah! Vylette, are you hungry?" Verion said, "Let's find some food first, to tide us over." Vylette continued to ride on Lucius's head, sitting on his head.
Lucius said to Verion, "It's hard to get out of here, we should just run fast. Vylette, get down from my head, okay? I'll just carry you so Vylette doesn't fall off." Verion, "Okay, I'll just follow you from behind." Lucius prepared. Vylette held Lucius's neck tightly as a grip.
Lucius's self-reflection was created with Vylette. Verion prepared. Lucius began to move with his own speed. Verion ran, following Lucius's trail of light before the trail faded.
Until Lucius landed below a waterfall pool. Lucius created a golden cloth like a net to prevent Lucius from falling in with his right hand, which wasn't carrying Vylette. Verion followed, landing behind Lucius.
Verion, "Is there any food here? I'm going down to look." And he looked. Verion walked among trees whose trunks were rooted like tied ropes. Verion saw a glimpse of hope on one of the trees. "Those are apples, I'll take 5, 3 for Lucius, Vylette, and me, the rest as reserve." Verion hit the tree trunk until the apples fell. Then Verion picked them up one by one. "Gosh, they all came off, should I take 10 instead? Never mind, I'll just take them all, I'll collect them with my cloak." Verion took them all and returned to Lucius.
Verion called, "Lucius! I found apples for our reserve food, it's pretty good for the three of us." Lucius approached Verion, helping him carry the apples. Lucius created a golden bowl and put the apples in it.
Verion moved. "System, please open the mask." The system reacted. "Command executed: Mask opened, re-activate with the on button if you want to use it again." Verion removed his hood after the mask was opened. "Ahh... the air here is fresh." While shaking his hair to tidy it up.
Lucius took one apple, joined two fingers, channeled his power, and formed a small knife. "Wait a moment, Vylette, I'll peel this apple first and cut it into several pieces so you can eat it." Verion took one apple and sat down, eating it while enjoying the view of the waterfall in front of him.
Lucius had peeled the apple for Vylette. "Here, Vylette, take it with your right hand." Vylette took it and ate it. "Gagu gagu!" Verion looked at Lucius. "Lucius, eat the apple." Lucius replied, "I actually don't need to eat or drink, but I can eat by commanding my will to obey all my desires." Verion, "Are you a spirit? Soul? Or what?"
Lucius replied, "I am not any of that or a rational being, I am light, which is the main element in the formation of what exists in this life and gives light to the brightest things."
Verion just remained silent. "If that's the case, are you going to eat the apple or not?" Lucius replied, "I will eat it, to be able to eat with you and Vylette." Lucius took an apple, sat next to Verion on the right, and ate it. "That waterfall looks cool." Verion just replied, "Yes."
Lucius stood up and carried Vylette. He sat back down next to Verion and held Vylette on his lap. Verion looked at Lucius, who seemed like a father. "You're so attentive to Vylette, you're suitable to be her father." Lucius was annoyed. "He! Don't be ridiculous! I am only taking care of Vylette because I want to, not because I want to be her father!" Verion laughed lightly.
Lucius took an apple. "Verion, do you want to see something?" Verion replied, "What is that something?" Lucius held the apple in his right hand and coated the apple with his light... Boom! The apple became a glowing golden apple. "How is that possible?!" Verion said, astonished. Lucius replied, "This golden apple is 10 times better than the original ordinary apple. Do you want to try eating it?" Verion nodded. Lucius offered it. Verion accepted the offer and ate it.
Suddenly, Verion's body was covered in golden light! Verion's stamina skyrocketed. His body felt light and healthy, like waking up. All aches disappeared. Verion's body became more energetic and vigorous. His muscles tightened. His vision was 2 times clearer. His hearing was 2 times sharper. His breathing was very smooth. Verion, "This golden apple... is extraordinary!" Lucius explained, "If this golden apple is eaten excessively or without a 1-year break after eating it, you will have seizures until you faint. Your energy will flow out like leaking water. All your senses will be damaged. Your muscles will dry up and become weak, so you'll look like you haven't eaten for a week." Verion was scared. "Terrifying." Lucius replied, "Anything in excess is not good." Verion replied, "Then how long until the effect of this golden apple wears off?" Lucius replied, "1 week." Verion said, "Woah, that's a long time."
Lucius asked, "What are we going to do next now?" Verion thought, "Ugh, this is complicated, can we take care of Vylette while moving forward?" Lucius offered a solution, "I can make a double of myself with my light with the same nature and attitude as me. My double can replace me in taking care of Vylette." Verion replied, "Care for her where? Do we take care of her while carrying her?" Lucius and Verion were confused.
Vylette raised both her hands. "Gagagagu! Gagu gagu!" Lucius just stared at Vylette without reacting and stroked her head. "We'll take care of her while carrying her. I will give Vylette extra and strict protection. I can use my other hand to move while my one hand carries Vylette. I can create another hand on my two shoulders." Verion said, "Hmm... up to you."
Verion stretched his arm muscles upward. "What will we do and what is our next goal?" Lucius replied, "Lean just told us about the towers. How about we explore many towers and conquer them one by one?" Verion, "That's a good idea... but that will be a long and dangerous journey. I also have a personal goal." Lucius asked, "What is your personal goal?" Verion replied, "To find a woman. I was separated from her." Lucius was silent. "Uh... I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you can find that woman." Verion stood up, wearing his cloak again. Lucius stood up, carrying Vylette in his left hand.
Lucius, "Ee... I will wear clothes so Vylette can hold onto my body." Lucius touched his chest with his right hand, and clothes slowly covered Lucius's body. The clothes were like a prince of heaven's light, white and gold with black, brown, yellow, and light blue details.
Verion walked, then put on his hood. Verion and Lucius walked beneath the shade of trees with towering root trunks. They walked far. Lucius was on alert. "Stop." Verion was confused, so he stopped. The wind blew strongly. In the sky, there was a red dragon circling in the air with someone standing on the red dragon's head. The person had his arms crossed behind his back as if observing what was ahead.
The person had long black hair falling down, wearing jewelry like a symbol of someone's rank, wearing a cloak like a general, and ruby red eyes. Verion and Lucius hid. Lucius held his breath along with Verion. "That person might not be a threat to me, but they could threaten you, Vylette, and your loved ones,"Lucius said softly, faintly.
Verion nodded, obeying Lucius to hide for a while until the person passed. The person felt something from below, the direction where Lucius and Verion were hiding, but he ignored it.
The person had gone far. Verion asked, "What about that person?" Lucius replied, "I know the difference between your power and that person's power is vast." Verion replied, "Why is that? Is the dark creature inside me not my strength to fight them?" Lucius replied, "Can you see what that dark creature is doing inside you? Can you ask it? Think carefully."
Lucius replied again, "That person is very cunning, sadistic, and smart at finding an opponent's weakness. I can feel it from his emotions." Verion understood. Lucius said, "Oh yeah, that tower artifact, I'll just give it to you. It's useless to me." Lucius pulled out the tower artifact from his right palm. The artifact spun slowly.
Verion took it with his left palm. "Hmm... this tower is sturdy. Alright, thank you." Lucius nodded. Verion just thought back to his previous goal, which was to learn about the new world. Verion said, "Lucius, is there any knowledge that can help me understand this world?" Lucius replied, "What do you mean by understanding this world? You're already in this world." Verion said, "Eee... no-no! I mean, is there any knowledge that can help me expand useful knowledge?"
Lucius replied, "I don't know for sure, but you can look for a book of knowledge in a tower after defeating its ruler, but that depends on what the tower's treasure is and can be random." Verion, "Alright, that means we have to explore many towers. We need a guide to the available tower areas. Where can we buy that?" Lucius replied, "In cities, villages, or adventurer markets, they probably provide and sell it."
Verion, "In that case, let's go find someone who sells a guide to the tower areas." Lucius nodded, and they both walked, far again.
Vylette fell asleep in Lucius's arms while holding his clothes. Mountains and hills towered high. "Why are there so many highlands? I always find them." Lucius replied, "Well, maybe it's because the geography of this continent is predominantly highland." Verion turned his gaze to Lucius, who was behind him. "Continent?" Lucius explained, "You were born and stand on the Hightor continent, which is the continent we are standing on now. There are other continents besides the Hightor continent."
"I just found that out. There are many large pointed trees here. Birds fly freely in the sky. Rainbows adorn the sky. Fertility and greenness adorn nature."
Verion found the village of Celestia. "Shall we go inside?" Lucius said. Verion replied, "Yes." Verion and Lucius walked slowly into the village of Celestia, passing through the village gate arch with Lucius, who was carrying Vylette, who was still asleep.