'…3 hours passed already and I'm just standing here. This place is about to explode of people…Yet I there is no difference in oxygen levels!
But any more and I'm afraid this will get touchy… That I can't stand.' Says Levon in his mind.
Even Zephyr was annoyed by now. 'This is taking too long, I'm fucking tired of giving instagraphs to these people… I wonder if the band members are in the same floor as I am though.
Whatever… Bunch of unfinished creatures anyways.' it seems that he has some personal issues with them!
The only one who didn't mind all this waiting was again Valvesteen, even better they started walking and discovering the floor part by part collectively. They couldn't name any of the paintings and sculptures decorating the walls. At one point, somebody decided to make his presence felt.
"…It is truly eye catching, all of these works are without a doubt made with great care and level of expertise.
However, I find them to lack any sort of creativity and depth. They are just replicas of what already existed!". Everyone looked at this person talking. Then, the chatter voices begun to rise!
"Is that…The princess?"
"…That's Rosaleen!!"
"Rosaleen? Rosaleen Elisabeth?!"
She started walking confidently between the crowd, parting the sea until she stood right in front of Valvesteen! The latter didn't express any emotion or reaction, but he heard what she said earlier and replied.
"How do you know that those things existed?".
"Well you can just say that I know some things… After all I'm the daughter of the man who built this place." She replied with an arrogant smile.
She had plump pink lips, hard for anyone not to be focused on them, mixed with her white smooth skin and her round nose, her thick refined eyebrows and her long pointy eyes.
As all hybrids+, she had the heterochromia pupils. One being purple and the other sky blue! Her hair was as straight as it can be, only reaching her neck.
Her black fluffy dress highlighted every feminine aspect of her body. Which didn't really need any highlighting to begin with. But what was truly astonishing, was this magical piece of clothing tied to both her arms from the back and floating on the air on its own!
All in all, she truly had a look of a princess. Everyone who's looking at her now is mesmerized by her.
Everyone except Valvesteen! Who has a stone cold face looking at her
"I have to admit that I didn't expect your presence here." He says.
Rosaleen. "Is that so? Is it because you're afraid of being challenged."
"Wrong. I didn't say that I wasn't hoping you'll be here." He turns his back and walks away, then adds. "…Any challenge Is welcome."
The other artists were shocked to see how the two interact with each other. Only she can talk that way to him, and only her that he does not smile and express himself delicately with! An obvious reason would be that she's the daughter of the king as she said. But that only explains half the story.
Suddenly! The king himself appears once again on the screens, this time from within the tower.
"Aaaah! It must have been tiring for you all to wait this long. But it's only now that I got the news, the number of participants is finally complete!
Which means, we can finally begin our process.
In fact, the process begun the moment you entered the gate. This tower is the bridge between the previous world and the world we'll all be creating, together!
I hope you all enjoyed the items I've specifically placed in each floor, those are only a small sample of what you'll experience next. As everyone can see, there are portals attached all over the walls. Each door has a number on it. If you check again, you'll notice that the numbers in your cards have been all changed. That number now, is your portal's number!
This will take some time since everyone was moving around, so make sure to be organized. Any disturbance won't be allowed!
When everyone finds his door, stand and face it directly. The portals will be automatically activated. When that happens, enter the gate.
We'll directly meet there." The king's message ends here!
Everyone started quickly searching his door, the movement picked up so much and it made the floor look even more crowded, upon seeing that, Levon had no desire to enter in the midst of that, even before looking at his card.
In fact, he didn't leave the spot he was teleported to. The door he examined earlier was still behind his back, he turned to face It and checked the number.
"..517". Then he looks at his card. 517 as well!! "Oh.. What a nice coincidence this is! This is what they call luck…" He said.
One floor on top, Zephyr wasn't that lucky. He had moved around quite a bit, but he thought that the place he was teleported to must be the one that has his door. Using his strong memory he tracked the place back. After about 10minutes he got there, and just like he thought, his door was there. Number 359!
But that only meant that they'll be waiting for so long for everyone in the entire tower to find his.
It took another 2hours!! At last, while Levon was slightly leaning on the portal with his shoulder, he felt a sudden burst of energy!
He looks around, all the doors are getting turned on!! He quickly gets in front of his and stands with his back straight!
'..What in the world is this, I've never felt this energy before… '. The energy kept rising, and slowly a bright purple and pink light covered the whole portal from inside.
'…This must be what he talked about. I got to go in!'
Simultaneously, every human being in the tower made its steps towards the door. What was just now the most crowded building in history, turned into the complete opposite! Except for that man on top…
The king finally gets up from his glorious throne and walks towards the middle of his majestic room, then stands on top of a drawn circle in the ground!
"Finally! That took even longer than the whole thing. What was the last time I felt this way?" He asks himself, right away he answers.
…Yeah right, the day I knew that this is the destiny awaiting me.
Oh Father, I know I'm making you proud!"
Suddenly, Axel hits the ground he's standing on with his big polearm, which opens a portal from on top of him that swallows him whole.
Now, The Eraquest has officially started!!