Once again, I ask all of you to comment on the paragraph if you see that its wrong since I'm now on the Google Docs' gang.
And, about the release rate, it will now turn into 1/2 chapters a week since I'm quite busy with RL matters.
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Half an hour later, the blood-red cocoon enveloping Garam receded. But before that, Hazuki made sure that she's covered on all sides. After all, Urek is here.
Who knows what could've happened if Garam was seen by everyone naked. Furthermore, if she saw Urek's wide eyes as he stared at her.
It would be a miracle if she didn't gouge out his eyes and walk away from everyone, never to show herself again due to shame.
"Ah!" Garam's high-pitched shriek was heard all over the place.
"Miss Garam, quickly wear clothes! We will be waiting here outside." Hazuki said.
While Hazuki said that, Ying Yueru was looking at Urek.
Urek was currently staring intently at the walls Hazuki made as if his eyes wanted to penetrate the barrier between it and the wonderful view he yearns.
Yuri, who's beside Ying Yueru, immediately noticed her glance and stared at Urek too. "You bastard! You really never learn, don't you?! Hey, why are you closing your eyes?!"
Urek, who's at the receiving end, replied nervously. "I can open my eyes! But, Yuri, can you please put the Black March and Green April down?! We can talk this out!"
"Oh hell no! I have to gouge out your eyes right now to save people!" Yuri snarled as she smacked Urek's back with the Black March and Green April.
Of course, Urek wasn't hurt even a little bit since Yuri wasn't even infusing Shinsu on the weapons.
A few seconds later, Garam walked out of the destroyed walls. Her skin became even smoother and her hair suddenly grew a little bit longer.
Urek's eyes were instantly glued at her figure, stunned. He looked at Hazuki then shook his arm a bit. "Hey, Bro… Is what I am seeing true..?"
"Of course, dumbass!" Yuri shouted but her eyes instantly went back to admiring her sister's new look.
Even she was stunned when she first saw the changes in her appearance. After all, there's no girl that doesn't love becoming even more beautiful.
Garam, who's sensing the change in her body, suddenly looked up and glared at Urek. "Hey, Shit-face. I heard what Yuri said earlier."
Urek's body started trembling and he looked around nervously, only to encounter Baek Ryun's consoling gaze. His eyes also met Hazuki's and swear to god, Urek could see the 'Fend for yourself' type of expression on his face.
He sent them pleading gazes but they all suddenly turned their heads away, not giving him any assistance.
Garam then continued. "From what I heard, it looks like you tried peeking on me, huh?" Her smile was twitching and Urek could even imagine a Hannya mask behind her.
"No! Of course not! I didn't even know that you are naked there!" Urek reasoned.
"Shit-face freak you'll die today!" Garam suddenly lashed out at Urek. She immediately disappeared from her spot and she reappeared in front of Urek.
Her right hand was already raised to the limits and Garam brought it down on Urek's head.
*Slap!!* A devastating head slap was delivered on Urek's head, causing his face to be embedded on the hard ground.
"No one said that I was naked in that wall!" Garam added.
Urek extricated his head from the ground and hurriedly replied. "No, no! I only heard it earlier when you are talking to Yuri! I promise I didn't see anything!"
"So you finally admitted that you tried to peek on me?" Garam said with her arms crossed in front of her chest. Her glare was practically saying 'you're so dead'.
Urek immediately recognized his mistake. Due to panic, he didn't even notice that he bargained too early. 'Damn..! I should've insisted stubbornly that I didn't do anything! But if I did that, Garam would surely threaten me with rejection…'
Urek could only sigh and he gave up even trying to reason. 'Wait, I didn't stand a chance in the first place! In front of unreasonable women, resistance is futile!'
Ah, Urek's thoughts are quite misleading one way or another…
He raised his hands up and looked at Garam pleadingly. "I tried but I didn't see anything, okay? Garam, forgive me please?"
Garam stopped glaring at her and suddenly smiled brightly. Then she turned her head and looked at Yuri behind him. "Sister Yuri, you know what to do."
Yuri grinned back and stared at Urek with evil intentions written on her face. She stored the Black March and held the Green April aiming towards Urek. "Ignite."
Suddenly, the Green April on her hand elongated and tried to wrap around Urek.
"Hih!" Urek immediately felt chills down his spine as he saw Yuri immediately igniting the Green April just to catch him. So before the Green April could even bind him, he immediately jumped up.
Yuri didn't relent and continued brandishing the Green April to catch Urek.
Of course, Garam didn't dawdle and immediately tried to restrict Urek with her newfound powers.
This can be considered as testing out her new powers since Garam was indeed trying her best to capture Urek.
But even though her abilities were enhanced due to absorbing the benefits held by Hazuki's blood, she was still inferior to Urek even with him only using a certain percentage of his strength.
The chase continued for a few seconds before Urek decided to swoop down and hide behind Hazuki. As soon as he arrived behind Hazuki, Urek immediately clutched his bro's shirt, unwilling to let go.
"Bro, help me please! Can you please restrain your tigress?!" Urek only whispered the latter part of his words, afraid of getting heard by Yuri.
With Hazuki on the way, Yuri and Garam halted their actions. They landed in front of Hazuki and smiled at Urek behind him.
"Hazuki, for the sake of the people's security, we must capture that freak hiding behind you." Yuri said.
"Yeah, please leave us that shit-face because he must face some punishment to appease the masses' complaints." Garam chimed.
Urek, hearing their words, couldn't help but be annoyed. "For the sake of security?! How could you say that when you are waving that dangerous weapon around?! And Garam, the masses don't have a complaint about me?! How could they complain about 'me'?!"
"Shut up!" Yuri and Garam snarled in unison.
Ying Yueru was already laughing her stomach out in the bed due to their interactions. Who knows where the bed came from.
Hazuki, in the middle of their battlefield, chuckled in amusement. "Haha. Okay, that's enough Yuri and Miss Garam. I guarantee you two that Urek didn't see anything."
"How?" Garam stubbornly asked.
"Well, I can guarantee you because even I couldn't see through that wall with my current strength." Hazuki said. 'Current strength', Hazuki talks about his current shown strength.
He made that wall himself so how could he not see through it? Hazuki just didn't want to see through it since it's basically like peeking at the girl of your friend and that would be distasteful for Hazuki.
Not only Garam, even Yuri and Urek suddenly looked at Hazuki strangely.
"Why do I feel that something is suspicious here?" Garam looked at Hazuki strangely.
Yuri also commented. "Hazuki, you made that wall yourself so how could you not see through it? I mean, who are you kidding?"
"Bro! Tell me the truth!!" Urek was practically like a cat that had its tail stepped on.
Hazuki smiled wryly. He couldn't believe that by mediating between them, he dragged himself into the mess.
"Yuri, what do you mean 'who am I kidding'? And Urek, can you not be so paranoid? I didn't see shit you little piece of shit!" Hazuki said.
Then he looked at Garam and said. "You really don't believe me? Here, I'll give you some of the 'Authority' now and I will let you see for yourself.."
Hazuki placed his hand atop of her head. Suddenly, a glow emerged from Hazuki's head and traveled in his arms before transferring over to Garam's head.
That was the process of Hazuki granting Garam the 'Authority' over the floor through imprinting his soul aura on her soul.
The people here don't know about soul force and almost 99% of them don't have access to it. Hazuki, who's almost an expert on the soul, can do that fairly easily.
With this, the Shinsu on the floor would recognize Garam as the 'Floor Guardian', who is originally Hazuki through the aura he left on her soul.
Of course, this 'Authority' isn't absolute since the Shinsu on the air would always be on Hazuki's beck and call. Only if Hazuki doesn't do anything will the Shinsu obey her.
A second later, Hazuki removed his hand atop of her head.
After feeling the absence of the hand on her head, Garam opened her eyes and felt whatever changes might've happened on her.
She then tried gathering Shinsu on the top of her palm.
*Swoosh* Suddenly, the surrounding Shinsu scrambled to gather atop of her palm, startling Garam.
In an instant, she was able to conjure a 10 meter tall Shinsu orb.
'What is this power…!' Garam was shocked after experiencing this phenomenon. If the past Garam tried to create something like that, then she would have to waste at least 5 seconds before she could do that.
But now, she made it in an instant. So how could she not be shocked at the disparity between the past and her present self?
Garam immediately tried to do whatever she wanted. Testing how many Baangs could she create, creating a natural phenomenon such as a tornado and of course, trying to hurt Urek with it.
"Hey, what was that for Garam?!" Urek shouted as he felt a pricking sensation on his butt. He looked behind him and saw that his pants had countless needle-size holes on it but his bottom wasn't pierced or anything. The only thing he felt was the sensation of needles pricking his skin.
Garam grinned and she thought that she could finally get back at Urek. After all, Urek bothered her for a few years in the past and was still continuing to do so.
Well, she also knew that it's only temporary since they will be going outside. And that's why she wanted to do everything she can in order to satisfy her vengeance.
Hazuki then created another wall, similar to what he made to cover Garam earlier. "Now, with your 'Floor Guardian' powers, try to peer inside that wall."
Garam tried her best, but she couldn't see anything behind the walls. She was shocked, 'Even after becoming a Floor Guardian, I still couldn't see anything behind it?!'
That's because while she was inside those walls, Garam tried to peer outside to test if the people outside could see her. But she couldn't see outside.
Still, that didn't make her comfortable since the people outside are all stronger than her, excluding Evan and Yuri.
But now that she tried it with her floor guardian powers, she was finally relieved. After all, she, a person recognized by the Shinsu as the floor guardian, couldn't see through it so how could they?
Garam then stored her Blue August and smiled. "Thank you, Mr. Hazuki." Then she looked at Urek behind Hazuki, who's face looked as if he was saved from a death sentence.
"And you, shit-face. I'll forgive you for now."
"Thank you, Garam! I love you!" Urek suddenly pounced and dived towards Garam, attempting to deliver a kiss.
"But." Garam slapped Urek's face away.
"That's only because Mr. Hazuki proved your 'innocence'." She added.
"So if anything like this happens in the future, you should know what would happen."
Urek scratched the back of his head and nervously laughed.
Hazuki chuckled as he chimed in. "Don't be like that, Miss Garam. How could you expect Urek not to try that kind of thing, considering his feelings for you?"
Hearing his words, Yuri suddenly went in front of Ying Yueru and grabbed her shoulders. "Sis Ying! See?! Because you let Hazuki mingle with that freak, he's now defending him even though Urek is clearly on the wrong side! Sis Ying, you should've listened to me when I said that it's no good trying to make acquaintances with this freak!" She said with 'worry' written on her face.
Urek's lips twitched as he heard Yuri's words. "Hey, Yuri! I didn't even do anything wrong! And what's wrong for my bro to try defending me?! You wouldn't know what I'm feeling since you are a girl and you can easily get on Hazuki's pants---" Urek only whispered the latter part of his words, but it was clearly heard by Yuri's keen senses.
Before Urek could even finish his sentence, Yuri's sole suddenly appeared in front of his face. It was almost instantaneous and he really couldn't react to her kick.
Yuri's face was red and her brows were twitching in irritation. "You b*startd…! What are you talking about, huh?! Do you really want to have Sister Garam hear the things you did?!"
Urek held his cheek and pleaded. "Yuri, I'm wrong okay?! It's just a slip of the tongue and I won't do it again! Let's just forget about this and return to the headquarters, okay?!"
"Looks like you're forgetting something, shit-face. You're not the one on the top of the deal, it's me, okay?! And if you want to request something, you have to ask me 'politely'!" Yuri declared with her arms akimbo. (Her hands are placed on her hips.)
"P-please…?"
"I can't hear it!"
"P-p-please!"
"Good boy. Now, don't try to do anything funny with me around, okay? If not then you can only blame yourself because of what you've done."
Hazuki, on the side, couldn't help but smile wryly at Yuri's excessive bullying of the pitiful Urek. Well, he knows that Urek considers Yuri as a friend, that's why he doesn't fight back. And he's also sure that Urek doesn't really mind since her antics are harmless.
"Shall we go back now?" Hazuki said.
"Bro, wait a minute!" Urek replied hurriedly. "I still have something to say." Then he turned to Garam and said. "Garam, I know that you are still annoyed at me but I will say this one more time again."
Suddenly, Urek's pocket appeared and a bouquet of roses appeared on his hands. "Please accept my love!!"
On Garam's head, a bulging vein suddenly appeared. She then said while smiling. "Okay, I will also say this once again."
"Screw off you freaking Shit-face!" Snarled Garam.
"He he... " Urek could only scratch his head as what Garam said was exactly the same words she said the first time they met. Then he looked at Garam with satisfaction and he said. "I'm relieved to know that you still remember our first meeting, Garam. Ehe Ehehehe."
Due to his creepy chuckle, Garam felt shiver down her spine. "Huh?! What remember?! I say those words to every shit-face I encounter!"
Urek nodded with a 'I know, I know.' kind of expression. But his look irritated Garam even more.
*Kick!* Garam then kicked Urek on the back before completely ignoring him.
"You done?" Hazuki asked Urek, who's laying on the ground.
"Yeah. I feel great, Bro." Urek then let out a smile full of joy.
"Wait, don't tell me, you are an 'M'?" Hazuki asked as he looked at Urek strangely.
"What 'M'...? Oh hell no, I'm not! I'm just happy since Garam doesn't mind my presence on this floor anymore!" Urek reasoned.
Garam heard his reason and she interrupted. "Did I allow you?! You're still forbidden to enter this floor!"
Hazuki chuckled while Urek nearly fell down.
"Wait, Garam! Didn't you already forgive me?"
"That's for your earlier actions, Idiot! I still don't want your shitty face around this floor. Moreover, now that Mr. Hazuki gave me administrative powers, you wouldn't be able to sneak around so easily. So think wisely before even trying to stalk around."
"Nooo!"
-----A day later.-----
Hazuki, Ying Yueru and the others were already back at the 77th-floor. Yesterday, after saying everything he wants, Urek finally decided to let go and return.
Once they got back, they immediately went to their respective rooms. Urek went to his room almost instantly as they returned. Baek Ryun went to his office, maybe trying to deal with the matters he left behind.
Yuri and Evan also went to their room with Yuri dragging the pitiful guide.
Right now, All of them are gathered in Baek Ryun's office. That's because Urek will finally accomplish his end of the deal by giving Hazuki his core technique.
Hazuki, Ying Yueru, Yuri, and Evan were seated on the same couch while Urek and Baek Ryun occupied the other.
Suddenly, Urek let out a smirk and this was definitely not unnoticed by Yuri and Ying Yueru.
Ying Yueru smirked back while Yuri fumed. She couldn't do anything since Urek wasn't saying anything. Furthermore, they are talking formally about Hazuki's deal with Urek so she could only restrain herself and save her wrath for later.
"Now, as what we have agreed on earlier, I'm now giving you my treasure, Bro." Urek said with a slightly formal tone.
"Well, you're quite lucky, Bro, since I still have my copy when I entered the Tower." Urek added.
"Urek, don't play your word games now. I need the technique, not your ramblings." Hazuki rolled his eyes at Urek's 'try hard to be formal' attitude.
Urek laughed and he replied. "Straightforward indeed! Should I actually copy your attitude when I'm chasing after girls? After all, that attitude seems to have a large impact on the art since you even caught a fish without having to prepare a bait."
Yuri was puzzled since this is the first time she heard such a shameless way of talking. After all, she's always been busy on Tower matters that's why she doesn't know much about social communication. Furthermore, with her straightforward personality, it would be rare for Yuri to understand idioms and such. "The fuck's this shit-face saying?"
"Princess, please mind your language! And Urek is just complimenting Mr. Hazuki's charm since he managed to become Miss Ying's lover." Evan said. He still couldn't help but lecture Yuri since he was uncomfortable seeing her cussing.
"Is that so?" Yuri said while looking straight at Urek's eyes.
As she saw that there's mischievousness in his eyes, she couldn't help but feel that something's not right. But even though she felt that, she decided to play dumb. "Yeah. Definitely much better than this guy's method, stalking."
"Hey, Yuri! I didn't stalk anyone, though?! My conscience is clean and I can say for sure that I didn't do that to anyone!"
"Lies! Just seeing your attire and people can already guess what kind of narcist you are!"
"Princess, please calm yourself. And Mr. Urek, please don't agitate Princess so much. Furthermore, by doing this, you are making Hazuki-san wait so please refrain from teasing Princess Yuri, at least not until the deal is finished." Evan said.
Baek Ryun, beside Urek, raised his thumb on Evan's action.
"Okay." Yuri grumbled.
"*Cough* *cough*. I'm sorry about that, Bro. Now, we'll get back to business." Urek said.
Then he manifested his Pocket and picked something inside it.
When Urek retrieved his arm, a scroll was already on his hand. It's a grand-looking scroll made of an unknown animal hide. "This is the scroll, Bro. But I think that you really don't have any use for it since it's a bloodline art." Urek said as he scratched his head due to embarrassment.
"Then why didn't you say so earlier?! That means that Hazuki's efforts wouldn't get compensated!" Yuri growled.
"I didn't know that it'd come to this, okay?! At first, I thought that Bro was just joking that he can go outside of the Tower that's why I dared to bet this technique on the line! But Bro accomplished it so I'm actually embarrassed to give this that's why I'm trying to stall for time…"
Hazuki was silent. Everyone is thinking that Hazuki might be disappointed but actually, the person in question was communicating with his system.
'System, is there an upgrade function that will allow me to sell items for system points?'
[There is. The upgrade price for this System Function is: 5,000,000 System points.]
'Please upgrade it for me.'
[Done. The System now has the new function, 'Item Recycling'.]
"Why would you be embarrassed? The deal was made single-handedly by me and you are somewhat forced in accepting it. So don't worry about it, I wasn't angry at all." Hazuki said. He bought that system function since it's really something he needs.
And now, if he deem Urek's technique to be useless, then he would recycle it to System points too. That way, he wouldn't incur any losses.
"Really? Thank you, Bro!" Urek nearly hugged Hazuki from the opposite seat.
Of course, Hazuki pressed his palm on Urek's face, preventing him from advancing any further. "So, give it to me now."
"Here." Urek passed it to Hazuki without a hint of regret on his face. After all, he already knows that skill like the back of his hand. There's no disadvantage at all by giving it to his Bro.
As soon as Hazuki got his hands on the scroll, he immediately analyzed it.
'It is indeed a bloodline art.. And who would've known that his family's patron beast is a Primordial Dung beetle that's said to be able to carry more than tens of thousand times its own weight. Well, Urek might be unaware of this so I better not divulge this to save him some face.'
'But, this might also be an explanation for Urek's shit personality, Haha.' Hazuki thought.
As Hazuki analyzed the technique, he gradually found out the effects of cultivating it.
The only requirement of using this skill is to have the 'bloodline'. By cultivating this skill, the practitioner would be able to gain enormous physical strength almost thousands of times his base physical strength. Well, that's only the minor-major completion part.
As soon as you step in complete accomplishment in this skill, the practitioner's physical strength would skyrocket and they could tear space with their bodies alone.
Well, cultivating this skill is everything but easy. After all, the practitioner has to cultivate his body in extreme conditions. Boiling temperature, freezing, fatal condition, etc.
While they are in that state, they have to forcefully absorb the energy in the air through their bloodline. As their bloodline is the Primordial Dung Beetle, the practitioner would have to devour the energy causing their bodies immense pain and disgust.
"Urek, when you practised this skill, did you always feel disgust?" Hazuki asked strangely.
Urek's eyes widened before he nodded repeatedly. "Yes, yes! How did you know?! Cultivating that skill feels like you're eating the worst food in the world! I asked my father about that feeling but even he doesn't know where it came from!"
Hazuki's gaze softened and he suddenly felt pity for Urek. 'Looks like he really is unaware of his own bloodline… Ah, I'm sorry Bro…'
"It's okay now, Urek. I'll accept this scroll." Hazuki immediately threw the 'amazing' scroll on the System's recycle function.
[Strength of the Primordial Dung Beetle technique has been detected. Does the Host want to recycle the Item? No/Yes.]
Hazuki immediately pressed the 'Yes' in order to liberate the world from such a balefully traumatizing technique.
[The Host has received 7,500,000 System Points in exchange for the 'Strength of the Primordial Dung Beetle'.]
[Total System Points: 62,102,236]
Even though he only profited 2,500,000 System Points, Hazuki doesn't know why he felt really satisfied.
"Let's forget about that technique, okay? From now on, no one should mention it." Hazuki stated.
Hearing his words, Urek suddenly felt rejected. 'Bro must be really disappointed in the technique that's why he doesn't want anyone mentioning it… I should repay my debts fully in the future…!'
"By the way, Urek. We will go to Jahad's Empire tomorrow, particularly in the Rankers Administration Office. So, would you like to come with me?" Hazuki asked.
Hazuki was now planning on finishing everything he needed to do inside the Tower. He was nearly full of Shinsu and he doesn't need to stay much further inside.
After receiving his sobriquet, Hazuki has to unseal 135th-floor and above and abolish the Jahad Empire. Also, Hazuki has to shut the 'FUG' up and have them stop causing havoc since they might act like the owners of the Tower once the Jahad Empire was abolished.
"Why not?" Urek was very excited as he knew that there would definitely be a fight. He was already itching to punch Jahad's face and increase his rank to number 1.
"We will go too!" Yuri chimed in while Evan nodded at her words, expressing agreement.
Baek Ryun also nodded and it seems like he wants to come with them too.
"Okay, you can all go with me. But, if something dangerous happened, you all would have to enter my personal dimension." Hazuki said,
"That's completely fine!" Yuri and Evan nodded.
Hazuki looked at Baek Ryun since the latter seems to disagree.
"Do I really need to? I mean, I can probably help you if something dangerous happened. After all, I'm the 9th-ranker and my rank isn't just for show." Baek Ryun replied..
"That's a no no since you aren't an Irregular, Baek Ryun. The fight will only be between the Jahad Empire against Me and Urek. Furthermore, the greatest danger is still hidden and I don't know when he will show up." Hazuki responded,
"Greatest hidden danger? Jahad?" Urek asked.
"No. Something on an entirely different level, the God of this Tower."
Everyone was shocked since such an abstract individual actually exists.
"Does the Tower really have a God? I mean, those are just legends aren't they?" Yuri asked.
The others were focused, evidently waiting for Hazuki's response.
"Of course, he's true. Furthermore, the residents of the Tower could recognize him quite easily. That's because the God of the Tower is the number 1 Ranker, Phantaminum." Hazuki dropped the greatest bombshell.
"!!!!!!" All of them are shocked by Hazuki's statement.
"Is… that true?!" Evan blurted in utter shock.
Indeed, he recognizes Phantaminum as the strongest being in the Tower but he didn't expect the man to be the Tower's God.
Yuri was silent together with Baek Ryun, who seems to be organizing his thoughts.
"Bro, is that true?!"
"Of course. Phantaminum is the God of the Tower since he dictates everything that will happen inside. It's like he's writing a story and everything in the Tower is the characters. He can erase someone's existence with just a thought and he can also erase the memory that this certain person existed. Everything in the Tower is dictated by Phantaminum's will." Hazuki explained.
Urek suddenly held his head in frustration. "Arrgh!! Why did I challenge the God of this goddamned Tower in the past?!" He said as he remembered the day he stormed the Ranker Administration Office. He demanded them to raise his rank to 1 and asked the person in charge about who would win if he and Phantaminum fought.
"Don't worry, he wouldn't be able to erase the existence of an Irregular. After all, Irregulars are not natives of the Tower so they aren't Phantaminum's creation. Well, that doesn't change the fact that he's omnipotent inside the Tower."
Suddenly, Baek Ryun interrupted their conversation with a panicked expression. "Hazuki-san, didn't you say that he controls everything in this Tower?! Then, isn't our conversation leaked to him?!"
Hazuki chuckled as he replied. "Don't worry. I made a barrier around this room similar to the barrier I made when Urek and I fought. He wouldn't be able to see through anything inside this since it's practically a separate space from the Tower."
Everyone heaved a sigh of relief as they suddenly felt more secured around Hazuki. They couldn't trust the Tower anymore since the God of it is actually controlling them.
Urek looked at Hazuki with nervous eyes as he asked. "Then Bro, do you think he will show up tomorrow?"
"Maybe or may not be. He might show up since I destroyed the story he's making or he may not if all of these are actually within his expectations. Only God knows whether Phantaminum will show up or not." Hazuki replied.
"That's a bad joke, Hazuki. He's the God so of course, he will know whether he will show up or not." Yuri said as she rolled her eyes to Hazuki.
Hazuki then laughed and the mood gradually lightened.
But even though the mood was lightened, they were still tense. "If he showed up tomorrow, wouldn't we get screwed?" Urek asked.
"That's why I said that you all would have to enter my personal Dimension. Once you are inside, Phantaminum wouldn't be able to reach you. Furthermore, after we got out of the Tower, Phantaminum could no longer use the power he can exercise inside his doman, the Tower. Considering that, I'm confident that Phantaminum wouldn't be able to beat me."
Everyone nodded and they finally agreed at once.
"So we would enter the personal dimension-thingy, huh..." Urek wondered absentmindedly.
"What do you mean 'we', Urek? You aren't going inside. As I said, you and I are going to storm Jahad's empire so you won't be able to rest at all." Hazuki said.
"Arrgh! Bro, are you kidding me?!"
"No, I'm not. Why, are you scared?"
"No!... I mean, just a little…"
Hazuki laughed as Urek suddenly took back his words. "Don't worry too much about him. Once we get outside of the Tower, he wouldn't be able to touch you all since the outside world has a different god."
"Wait, I suddenly remembered something, Bro." Urek's forehead was suddenly filled with sweat.
"If we're already exiting the Tower, shouldn't we get Garam now? After all, Phantaminum will know that she has connections with us and he might do something to her like erasing her existence... " Urek mumbled. As he imagined Garam dying, Urek couldn't help but feel like his heart was stabbed.
"Bro! Please, before we go, let's pick up Garam!" Urek pleaded.
Hazuki laughed at Urek's worried expression. "Don't worry so much about her, Urek. I gave her my blood, you remember? That can also act as a way to separate Garam's existence from the Tower. With that, her fate wouldn't be controlled by Phantaminum anymore. Furthermore, aren't you hurrying too much? Garam still needs to finish everything she planned for that floor."
Urek scratched his head and he felt that his Bro was becoming more and more unfathomable. First, he knows about the secrets of Jahad. Second, he knows a way out of the Tower. Third, Phantaminum's identity was divulged by him. And fourth, his blood does wonders and it can even separate a person's' fate from the Tower's God…
'Looks like I found someone that can become a rival of mine… Or maybe someone who can become the goal I have to catch up on!' Urek grinned as he thought of this.