Time passes by...
The [Abyss Tower] event has caused Trinia a mass amount of problems for months, even after entering the next year.
Now it's 2022. Earth Year. (1.111th/Current Timeline).
At first, the [Abyss Tower] was said to have no danger whatsoever in the whole country, but the officials were wrong as the Tower not only summon hordes of monsters outside but also, slowly withered the plants in the nearby Districts and polluted the water there, an effect even the gods didn't expect or prepare for.
They thought by sacrificing some disposable Hunters may do the thing, even assigning the likes of Battle Maiden there*. But sadly, things don't go smoothly for what happened inside there is out of their control for the gods were blind to guess the condition inside the freaking Tower.
Feeling uncomfortable about the unpredicted outcome, the other divine gods from other Pantheons begin to sue Olympus and Asgard for not being serious in dealing with this problem. But still, the two Pantheons still tell their other brethren to stay calm for they already working on it, ASAP.
" Hephaestus, progress...? " Zeus asks as he entered the god of blacksmith's forge room to forge a large weapon.*
" Already near done, Allfather, just a little- "
" I don't care if you don't take a little touch or whatever producing nonsense you have, you better finish it now! dammit! " Zeus went angry on Hephaestus.
" Geez, so slow, no wonder Aphro decide to also cheat on you, freaking retard! " Zeus mocks Hephaestus for his work.
" Dammit, where is Hermes? is he near Olympus right now!? " Zeus asks the nearby Olympians and he then was shocked to see the god he searched for is already behind him.
" Already present, Allfather, the things nee- "
" Give it to Hephaestus, slowpoke..., hurry! " Zeus tells Hermes to do faster.
" We need to deal with this s**t before Asgard or any other Pantheon finish this mess instead of us! do you understand!? " Zeus grumps while thinking to himself.
" Hope Artemis can stall our time, by bringing more mortals on this. "
" And I hope, she'll be too kind to keep those things out of the specific range from that cursed Tower. "
" Also, it seems I need to rethink the chance my deal with the Asgardian Allfather will fail..., otherwise, shit, why those barbarians were the richest of all of us!? " Zeus cursed at the Asgardian wealth that also shared into his own Pantheon from material resources to armies.
" Dammit! "
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[ District T, where the Current Abyss Tower is located. ]
" So that's the Abyss Tower, it's really huuuge! " Arnold Krueger says as the very Tower.
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[ Name: Arnold Schwert Krueger ]
[ Age: 16 ]
[ Birthday: July 30 ]
[ Sex: Male ]
[ Gift: Sword Summon ]
[ Gifter: Loki ]
[ Core Tier: 4.5 ]
[ Job: Hunter ]
[ Rank: S ]
[ Rank Place: 7 (In Trinia) ]
[ Rank Place: 2 (In Germany) ]
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As Arnold see the tower, he was getting excited, but he couldn't hold himself to it.
" Hey guys, look at it! look! "
" The [Abyss Tower] looked huge and horrific, so awesome! " Arnold says as if there's no fear in his eye for he just laughs, seeing the tower from the air transport's window.
" Lady Yukino, why is he so excited about this...? " one of Yukino's female accomplices, the one who is always with the young lady herself asks her.
" Hmm... " Yukino responds as she sees Arnold excited with her cold gaze.
With her cold gaze, Yukino sees Arnold while her accomplices felt her radiating cool aura.
"( Lady Yukino is so gorgeous when she's serious. )" she says to herself and Yukino then sees her, to confirm her question.
" Hmm..., it seems I can answer your question, Kyoko. " Yukino says to the accomplice, calling her by her name which made her feel honored.
"( Did the young lady just call my name? oh...! )" Kyoko says while also recounting in her mind about Yukino never once call her accomplices by their names and just calls them by hand gesture whenever they were available besides her.
But this time, once in her very life, she calls someone below her, like Kyoko, by her name, calling her like a person for the first time.
"( Why is she doing this? I hope..., I hope... )"
" What is it, young lady!? "
" That Arnold person, never sees such danger before...! "
" As expected for a new guy like him. " Yukino says, recounting her knowledge regarding Arnold she absorbed before even coming to Trinia.
Her words are true, Arnold Schwert Krueger is the newly appointed S-Rank Hunter just three years ago which means he is still new to all of the things that every S-Ranks do.
Besides that, Arnold is actually younger than even Yukino for he is just one year below her.
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[ Name: Fubuki Yukino ]
[ Age: 17 ]
[ Birthday: December 24th ]
[ Sex: Female ]
[ Gift: White Blizzard ]
[ Gifter: (?) ]
[ Core Tier: 5 ]
[ Job: Hunter ]
[ Rank: S ]
[ Rank Place: 4 (In Trinia) ]
[ Rank Place: 3 (In Japan, for she was the third Hunter who opened the Association's branch there.) ]
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Despite her saying that Yukino is actually quite young too for an S-Rank, she is also currently placed in the 4th position, which means she is also that strong for a human.
" It seems it's not wise to feel the heat of excitement despite our strength. " Yukino says as she looks out the window.
" For every outcome of the real battle is uncertain and will also result in our demise. " Yukino said wise words to her accomplices with her inside the air transport they were in.
" Acknowledged, my lady!!! " they all respond to her immediately after hearing it.
"( Of course, you all must've heard this, didn't you? )"
"( This is not the first time the advice being said to your ears... )"
"( For mother-Sama once told us all about this at that moment. )" Yukino says while her eyes are fixated upon the tower.
" Hmm... " she was surprised as she then sees a large amount of water pouring down from the bottom part of the tower.
"( What the..., how can there be large water pouring down from it? what happened inside there? )"
"( Is a new monster going to be spawned inside...? )" she thinks after seeing the very water and during her thoughts, she then felt a gaze again, as if she was watched by someone.
"( This feeling, I felt this before... )"
"( Back during our feast in that airport lobby made for us... )" Yukino recounts her memory.
"( Just who... )" she wonders while looking around, wondering if someone was looking at her from afar.
And she was right, she was being gazed at by a Spiritual Being that follows her by air, for he is not bound to earth anymore and can freely move without being noticed. A Spiritual Being that escapes the end of his very Timeline and the one that works his ass to prepare a way for him to fulfill his revenge against the gods behind the scenes.
" She's still sharp as ever... " Ragna Twelve says as he decides to slow his flight, in order for Yukino to lose his presence.
" Even back in the 12th Timeline, even when she's old, her instincts and senses still work flawlessly. "
" As if it stays like that without deteriorating for years. " Ragna Twelve says, recounting the Yukino he knew back in the 12th Timeline.
" Oh, how I miss you... "
"You're always like that, in every Timeline I traveled to... "
" For our entire existence is destined to meet, even if the [Universal Reboot] tries hard to change it, in every Timeline. "
" Oh how very joyful on this disastrous day! " Ragna Twelve says while smiling.
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[ Abyss Tower ]
" *Rachina... " Ragna Current calls his Black Shadow resurrected monster to him.
" Yes, my master. "
" What is your wish? " Rachina asks as she sees Ragna raising more dead monsters with his [Black Shadow Magic].
" After this, you will have more work to do... " Ragna tells her.
" But keep yourself and the other hidden while doing so, that is my order. " Ragna orders her.
< [Twelve Eye of Time] activated. >
" It's time. "
" I hope this attempt of mine work, or else... " Ragna says as the eye grants him a vision of the future that makes his skin shiver.
" Or else, we're all going to die. "
" All of us... "
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* Regarding why they also sent Battle Maiden | Read Chapters 114-116
* Regarding the Weapon Hephaestus Built | Read Chapter 131: Divine Dessert
* Regarding Rachina, Ragna's Black Shadow Resurrected Monster | Read Chapters 86-88
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Hello guys this is the first chapter of Volume 3: Towerfall. This will be the end of the long Abyss Tower Arc.