Despite their stronger body, none of the people climbing the tower were climbers in real life, so they were taking a lot of time. Adding in their reluctance to climb the tower, and the ice parts Adam created, two hours after Adam reached the top of the tower the experts still hadn't reached him.
The ice hadn't melted because the higher one was, the stronger and colder the wind was, so the frost remained.
As for Adam himself, the position he was in actually allowed him to enhance his chances of opening the 4th Gate by a lot. This was because he was standing on something even smaller than his sword's handle, and he was very high. And the strong wind also helped a lot, although it was very dangerous.
If Adam's position wasn't perfect then he would fall to his death, from an outsider's point of view Adam looked like he was defying physics, ignoring the strong winds.
Despite making progress with his 4th Gate, there wasn't any indication of it starting to open yet, but the longer he stayed, the better his chances of opening the Gate were.
Another hour went by, and Sky Devil and the others had just reached the 400 meters mark. Despite their strong bodies, they were quite tired, and the higher they came, the harder it was to climb as the ice would cover a bigger part of the tower.
One of the Berserkers said "Can't we just shoot him down from here? I really don't want to climb those 100 meters."
Sky Devil replied angrily "How are we supposed to shoot him down with this wind!" Even Sky Devil, who usually was a calm person, was annoyed by the long climb.
But what he said was true, the wind was too strong. They were struggling to remain stuck on the tower, and to shoot him down they had to either be a mage or an archer.
Archers and mages had the weakest bodies, and they were the ones struggling the most. Archers would have to use both hands to shoot their arrows, but they knew the moment they took their hands off the tower they would be blown away by the wind.
As for the mages, their bodies were even weaker than the archers, and even taking one hand off would make them fall. Even if they decided to give up their lives, jumping to throw one spell at Adam, it would be impossible to hit him, their aim would be off, and even if they had a good aim the wind would deviate the strike.
And so as they looked up at the meditating Adam, they all couldn't help but gulp, thinking he was a monster. How could he do that?!
At the same time, they wondered why he was doing this. Was he showing off to them? They couldn't warp their minds as to why he would do that.
This was because none of them knew how to open the 4th Gate. This was a strictly classified information among cultivators on Earth, and usually only the top members of Super Guilds would know of this information.
Searing Light was an exception, because although he was only the head of a First Tier Guild, it wasn't just any First Tier Guild. Instead, they were head of a big alliance of First Tier Guilds who wouldn't lose out to a Super Guild.
Of course, his identity in the real world was also very high, and even the Guild Leaders of Super Guild would try not to offend him.
But none of the people here were in the know, so they couldn't understand. Another hour went by, and they had been climbing the tower for four hours now. The sun was already setting in the distance in this part of the world, and Sky Devil was 20 meters away from Adam.
Sky Devil was making a temporary stop, and seeing Adam meditating he cried "Valiant Heart!" The wind was so strong up here that it was difficult to hear anything, but Adam still heard Sky Devil since the later was shouting really loud.
But Adam was inclined on answering, the guy was trying to kill him, he wasn't going to break his perfect equilibrium state by answering. With how dangerous the situation, just talking would make him fall.
Sky Devil, after seeing Adam wasn't answering, gritted his teeth and decided to send a friend invite to Adam. Receiving the invite, Adam could help but be stunned.
Since it wouldn't harm him to speak through messages, he decided to accept. As soon as he did, he received a message 'I just want to explain myself.'
Adam said 'Do it then, you don't have much time left.' This made Sky Devil frown, he felt something was wrong. Still, he answered 'I don't want to be here, I was forced. Our orders are to attack you this time, but I hope that in the future we won't be enemies again.'
Adam said 'Who forced you?' Sky Devil replied 'The Super Guild above us, Heaven Abode. The one you killed alongside Blue Cemetery is the grandson of a powerful elder in the guild.'
Reading the message, Adam couldn't help but smile. That was the famous young master trope, he never thought he would experience it. As expected, those young masters could really be annoyingly obnoxious.
After a few seconds, Adam said 'What you want to say is that none of us should bear a grudge, no matter what happens?'
Sky Devil was once again feeling something was wrong, terribly wrong, but he still couldn't find what. So he said 'I hope we can remain on friendly terms.'
Adam asked 'So if you kill me, in the future we won't fight if we see each other. But if I kill you all, will you fight me when we see each other?'
Sky Devil was stumped, was this guy really that arrogant? But once again, his intuition was warning him. He didn't want to ignore it, but since he didn't know what it was warning him from he didn't know how to react. He said 'I promise on my honor that whatever the outcome of this battle, I won't try to take my revenge in the future.'
As Adam read the message, a bigger smile appeared on his face as he said 'Good, I hope your honor is worth something… No offense of course.'
Sky Devil was a little angry as he read the message, but he didn't say anything. He finished resting and looked at the area above him. The next ten meters were completely frozen all around the tower, so he had to melt the ice to pass.
A black flame appeared around Sky Devil and attacked the ice, quickly melting it and allowing him to pass. This black flame was a very powerful flame which Sky Devil had gained access to thanks to his Sovereign Class, the Purgatory Knight
Meanwhile, on top of the tower, Adam heard Neith's voice sound in his mind 'Everything is ready.'. Adam replied to her with a calm voice 'Now.'
Sky Devil, who was about to melt another piece of ice, suddenly felt a great danger. At first he thought Adam was attacking him, but then he realized the danger came from downstairs.
Looking down, he saw a scene he would never forget, for his entire life.
Starting from the ramparts, the city started crumbling apart. As if a Class 10 earthquake struck, the entire city began sinking! The 100 000 members of his guild, who had been waiting for more than 4 hours, were being buried alongside the city.
Soon, the entire city was buried, and only the tower remained, but not for long as Sky Devil felt a powerful vibration shake the tower, and it started to fall too.
Sky Devil looked up, at the silent, meditating young man on top of the tower, and muttered to himself "The crazy bastard…"