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Chapter 21 - Heaven or Hell

The day of entering the tower is coming and they are excited to enter as they had heard of it and the fame and riches it brought to those who do well and go far enough, though few had the talent and potential for it.

Damien was far from the most talented with a basic fire mana type he knew he had limited future if he chose to go down the professional route of tower climber but none the less, he wanted to see how far he could go, like many others they knew the worth of the tutorial as earning coins there and buying things was pushed heavily along with the price gouging done past that floor.

They knew to look for opportunities wherever possible and to not sign any contracts with other species, those who had done so in the past now long since dead at the hands of their contractors or never heard from again a clear example to those who do.

They have been able to get to the 400th floor but although they can make a mythic cultivator their strength is much weaker than other species as they are unable to house all of their own energy in them, using living weapons as outsources to grow but leaving them not fully mythic level.

So, on their sixteenth birthday's they entered the tower some excited others just trying to see what they can get before they leave, a leg up is a leg up when it comes to money no matter what job one has.

He stood on the empty platform of the tutorial and has the spear in hand that they gave you for free when first entering the tower, it was nothing impressive just a simple spear along with a chest plate for some defense but overall, nothing impressive as it is the free stuff, he knew some rich and second-generation tower climbers had enchanted items and all that though nothing above the beginner stage as the one fairness the trial gives to newcomers.

He begins the process of killing goblins one by one going up until he reaches the 5th round and stops as he only has the basic attributes of 1 in all.

Status-

Strength -1

Speed -1

agility -1

endurance -1

intelligence -1

regeneration -1

Health -1

Mana -.5

-your mana type is fire

It is the most basic and average status screen out there with most species being better in attributes while at this level making him one of the people who prove the human trash stigma though they are better than some species since they can produce a mythic if only a half-step one.

Continuing he begins the process of killing creatures and buying food along with basic mana beast meat though it has little energy it is a leg up in cultivating here in the tower, so everyone is taught basic cultivation for their type along with when to advance.

They have learned how to make the most on each floor without staying on each floor for too long.

He kills the goblins, makes money, eats, cultivates and repeats as he builds a stable base for the next floor, he is on the ring one day when he gets to the mage goblin and fails to dodge getting smacked off the ring instead of dying and begins to fall but sees something on the side of the platform before dying to the mouth of a creature below.

Everyone knew that one can't go own from the platform without dying and yet he saw something down there, he wondered what it was and was determined to get it.

With a goal in mind, he killed and practiced getting himself to the peak of a non-cultivator before trying to get down slowly scaling down using daggers and rope, he sees creatures writhing below but they seem to know I am out of reach simply waiting to get me once I am close enough.

I see the small opening once more just below me, but it is also at this level they can get to me, I take a breath then rush down sliding in just as one of the things jumps past barely getting in.

I look at the barely able to fit a teenager tunnel and continue down while occasionally scraping my shoulder on part of the tunnel that gets too tight, but once I step through a thin light film everything changes as the sheer energy and purity of it hits me all at once with no warning.

The place is a blessed land for cultivation of any type as all the energy types are there in large amounts and from the mountain, he is on he can see the different regions where the energy is denser than others, even tainted energy has a place here.

He wonders if anyone else has found here cause if they had they wouldn't keep silent on it.

-Congratulations on finding the hidden land of the tutorial built by a being who lived on the tutorial floor so long they ascended from the tower, you are one of the first 100 people to find it and are granted the right to choose from the treasury left over from the being. You may pick one book, one weapon, one armor, and one egg.

He is excited as the treasury of a being able to leave the tower was the highest level one can achieve as it means the being is a half-step primordial at least now.

However, the statement next left him cold.

-Be careful in your choice as some items are more deadly then helpful, you only have 24 hours to choose and may not tell anyone else of this location.

Not only can he not tell anyone, but he is limited to 24 hours and can potentially get something that will kill him, it was a two-way street.

He could get something that changes his life forever and increases his potential to the limit of mythic or could get something he will have to throw away because once he leaves the tutorial it will kill him.

Either heaven or hell.