Luca, Ben, Eddie and Lena got teleported away and they were now standing in a white room.
"Hey, why didn't we get teleported back to level two?"
"I don't know, maybe it is a system error."
A being completely in white light was standing before them, the being was even whiter than the white room. It was clear who that being was, it was the system but just as they thought there was only one being, another being appeared. This being was completely black, the darkest black to ever exist.
The group was overwhelmed by the second being, whom they had never seen or talked to before. And they got curious about who that being might be. But they didn't want to offend the being and asked a perfect question.
"Who are you both?"
The white being answered Lena's question first, there was a little pressure left in the voice but the four of them could handle it. Then the black being opened his mouth.
They all passed out after the 'system that shadows' talked, even when it said the first word their minds had gone blank, but an unknown force kept them awake until the 'system that shadows' finished his introduction.
The 'system that shines' was surprised by its partner, but its partner didn't answer its question.
When Luca opened his eyes again he could see that he was still in the white room and the two different 'systems were still standing before them. He looked behind him and could see his friends already awake and watching something on a tv.
"Ah, Luca you are finally awake, now the 'systems' can finally tell us the rules and we can go back to level two"
Ben came over to Luca and helped him up, and then the 'systems' came over to them and the 'system that shines' began to talk.
The 'system that shines' made a little pause before continuing, to check if they understood that.
< Now about the levels, there are normal levels, mini-boss levels, and the 10 boss levels. The normal levels are the numbers 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9 and the mini-boss levels are always the 5th level. The final boss levels are always the 10th levels, so for example level 10,20,30 usw.>
The system made another pause and looked at the group to check if they had understood it or if they had any questions. To its surprise someone raised his hand, it was Luca.
"So are the levels with the mini-boss and the boss harder?"
After the 'system that shines' finished with its sentence, Ben asked a question.
"Ok is that all?"
They were confused, they had never heard of a tower till now, what did that even mean? But before they could ask anything, their bodies turned into light particles and the 'system that shines' said its last sentence.
When they could see something again, their view had changed from the white room to the front of their house. Suddenly all of them felt the fatigue of the fifth level, they had tried to fix their bodies too much with all the mythic power crystals and the cultivation method they learned from...
Yeah, who did they learn it from again? They all couldn't find an answer to it, so they went inside their home while feeling a sense of guilt lingering inside them.
"Ben, let's build the nest for the baby dragon"
"Oh, yes I nearly forgot about him."
Ben pulled out the dragon egg he hid under his clothes. The egg shimmered in two different colours, blue like the ocean and golden like heaven.
"Luca, I am sorry but I have to go to sleep. I will leave the materials here with you ok?"
"Yeah go and sleep, Ben and I will do it. You don't need to worry about it you were great in the level."
A small smile appeared on Lena's face and she went upstairs.
"Luca, I will also go to sleep."
"Ok, Eddie you"
Eddie stopped Luca from speaking any further.
"Luca you did also great, so don't worry too much and also go to sleep. I am proud of you"
After saying that he looked over to Ben and smiled.
"Ben, I am proud of you too and congratulations on becoming a father"
Eddie chuckled a little bit while saying that and Ben's face got a little red. After Eddie finished speaking he went upstairs and entered his room.
Now it was only Ben and Luca standing in the living room, Ben was holding the egg and Luca was picking up the materials for a nest which Lena had left with them.
"Ok, so where do we build the nest? Inside or outside?"
That was a good question and Luca didn't know the answer to that question.
"I don't know, but I guess that you can answer it"
"What are you talking about Luca? How should I know where a dragon's nest needs to be?"
"Ben you have a connection with the dragon baby, you can feel its emotions. Maybe it will tell you where a good place is."
After that, the two of them walked around inside the house, but there wasn't any signal from the baby dragon.
"Ok, there wasn't any reaction, so let's go outside Luca."
"Ok, let's do that but before can I maybe hold the egg for a second."
All this time there was something that bothered Luca, why did the dragon look at him when they swam past it? It bothered him the whole time, was it just because he had the element water and the dragon's element was also water?
A little note about the dragons, they get their elements from their parents, and the elements are shown in colours on the egg. When dragons grow up the stronger element will become their only element.
That is why they need both parents when they grow up, to have a fair chance in the element fight, if that condition isn't given and the baby dragon has only one parent it will die in its young years.
Luca had also realised that, and when he touched the egg, its blue colour started to glow. Ben noticed that and spoke in excitement.
"The same thing happened when I held the egg in my hands."
He heard Ben talking but couldn't understand his words, he suddenly felt a warmth in his body and something was wrapped around his heart. It was a bond to become a parent of the dragon when he realised that something happened and he could hear a gentle but strong voice.
[Please take care of my baby in my stead]
Luca realised who the owner of the voice was immediately it was the water dragon.
«Of course, I will raise it as my if it was my child»
[Thank you very much, as a reward I will give you and your friend Ben some of your lost memory, I hope that it will activate soon]
«What lost memory?»
The dragon didn't answer and Luca woke up again. Ben looked him in the face, a smile could be seen on his face and he opened his mouth.
"Luca, you are its mother"
"What, no I am not, dragons don't have a gender."
Ben looked confused and Luca explained again.
"I told you in the volcano and on the ship, dragons don't have a gender and don't mate with each other, they reproduce on their own"
"Ah ok, so we are both father and mother at the same time, that's cool"
Luca was a little surprised by Ben's answer, he didn't think that Ben would understand it so fast. But as they were talking about the dragons, they felt something coming from inside them it was a feeling of security.
It was obvious whose feelings they were, it were the baby dragon's feelings.
"Oh, it wants to be inside the house"
They began building the nest and laid the egg in the middle of it, when they finished Ben asked Luca a question.
"How does it wake up?"
"It normally wakes u when it feels ready. But we have a big task to do now, when a dragon is still in the egg it needs the mythic powers from its parents as food and element source."
"So, what you are saying, is that we should pump our mythic powers into the egg every day?"
"No, you will start tomorrow and I will do the next day and so on"
Ben nodded and they both looked at the egg before they also went to sleep. The fifth level really put them at their limits and they now needed a long and healthy sleep.
A level beneath them, a lone warrior was fighting against a dragon, this dragon fought back and didn't stand around like the dragon in their level. No, this dragon was mighty, it wasn't one of the top dragons it was a smaller one and it never expected to fight against anyone on the first level.
That was why it went back to the first level to die in peace, but this little insect came day after day and challenged it to a duel. Even after a whole month of defeats, the little insect didn't give up, no it was the other way around, with every defeat the insect got stronger and stronger.
The dragon began to ask itself why someone like him was still on the first level, it tried to ask the insect many times but the only answer it got was 'I am forgotten, what else should I do'.
The dragon was confused by that answer because it could clearly see the insect before him and after two months it found out the name of the insect and what happened to him.
[Your name is Anton, and your existence was deleted from this universe, so how are you still alive]
When the insect heard that he stopped his attack.
"How do you know my name?"
The dragon chuckled and answered the little insect.
[I will tell you that if you become my student]
"And why should I become your student? I don't really need to know how you know my name so that is worthless to me"
The dragon was a little surprised but regained his composure and smiled in an evil way.
[Its because we have the same goal, we both want to die and destroy the system]
The little insect looked at the dragon and an evil smile appeared on the insect's face.
"Ok, I am in"
The dragon laughed in a dark way and gave the insect a new name.
[From now on your name isn't Anton, you shall be known as 'Apostle of Death' and feared by everyone in this dammed tower]
There were a few eyes watching them, and without them noticing it, these eyes thought that it will become fun from now on.