Chapter 3 : Freedom?
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Anthony sighed, with no sign of happiness on his face, as if, to him, the Gem in his hands meant even less than dust.
"This ain't the one ?" Engulfing the red gem, Budd asked curiously.
A part of Budd's slimy body streched down touching the dead body of the dragon. With in a blink, Budd's slimy body spread like a sheet and engulfed the dead body without even leaving behind a mark of the dragon's existence.
Turning around, Anthony looked at the blue screen popping in front of his eyes, [ The final stage has been cleared. ]
[ Permission to proceed to the rewards ...]
" No need, add all the rewards to the inventory... "
Looking at the blue sky that lacked a sun, Anthony's Eyes were blank.
My name is Anthony Ironheart, and I am a dead man, walking in the Prophet's Tower.
Just like every other child or may I say just like any random teenager or maybe it would be okay to say just like some adults have a dream, I too had many dreams that I wanted to achieve.
And when I was just a kid I had a wild dream, a dream to be the saviour of this world, this world which was just like a prison, I wanted to be the most free man in this world, I wished to be a saviour.
No, I wished to be THE SAVIOUR. And now look at the irony, I have been stuck inside this Tower, for who knows how long.
With no record of whether it's a day or a night, I have been living in the dark.
The sunless sky slowly began to turn dim, as if it was going to be evening without a sunset.
Just now I cleared the Tower for the 40th time, and in all the previous 39 clears this is how the Tower forced me to Reattempt the Tower all over.
The previously blue sky was now completely black, with no vision, it was pitch black. The only thing that was visible to Anthony was the blue panel hanging in front of his eyes.
[ Anthony Ironheart, you have now completed your trials. ]
'Huhhh.. what.. what...? This is completely different from what is showed the previous 39 times '
His eyes bulged out as he tried to grab the blue panel with his own hands, but he failed to do so.
[ Requesting permission from the host to exit the Prophet's Tower ? ]
' Budd... Are you also seeing this...'
Budd, the mysterious slimy black creature is a being who can communicate with Anthony's onciousness.
Unbelieving his own eyes, Anthony continued to question 'could it be, I am having hallucinations...'
'he he he...' Budd's smirk revealed his white teeth. Even in absolute darkness his teeth were glowing like they themselves were some precious Gems.
Looking at the panel in front of him,
" permission to proceed, is granted "
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Victor Calanthor, stood at a distance from the towers grand entrance, his gaze fixed on the Tower's gate, yet he was lost in his own thoughts.
The Catastrophic Tremors generated by the Tower is a sign, a sign of two things.
First, when a team of challengers manages to clear the final stage of Tower's Trials.
Secondly when an individual challengers or a team of challengers fails to clear the final stage of the Tower's Trials.
The tremors are the warnings by the Tower.
Every time a Tremor of this magnitude is recorded something is thrown out by the tower.
If the Final stage of the tower was cleared then the challengers are safely sent out.
But if they failed in successfully clearing the Tower then that means, that all the challengers on the final stage are dead and the monster that killed them will be unleashed out in this world.
From the 136 catastrophic tremors that were felt this year, only 30 of them were for celebration, 99 were a bad news, every time a monster from the final stage walks out, this city has to pay a price.
The rest 7 tremors of this year are still a mystery, but... I wish this 137th tremor is a celebration.
9 red colored armored bus, loaded with all types of automatic machine guns and powerful ballistic missiles at the top of bus, ready to be shot, stopped just behind Victor.
All the ammunition were targeted towards the grand entrance of the tower, A bald short man in his 40's with a voluptuous tummy, dressed in a modern red colored battle armor, ran down the bus towards Victor.
" Sorry Cheif, we are not that late are we..? "
With tensed eyes, Victor looked at the bald man, " where is your capta..."
[Wooooooosh.... Dhaaaammm]
Even before he could have completed his sentence, something landed just Infront of him.
The landing shattered the ground, as if a bomb had just landed there.
Waving his hand the bald man cleared the dust, " haaah.. here she comes..."
" Cheif, did you miss me? "
An alluring voice, that of a young woman.
As the dust settled, a fine beauty with milk like skin and thick thighs, as tall as Victor himself, with long black hairs and golden eyes, dressed in a red colored tight armor suit appeared.
In such a tight armor her voluptous melons were quite distracting.
Victor himself stood there unfazed, his eyes still fixed on the Tower's entrance.
" Now, now don't ignore me.. I am not that bad of a person am I ?" In a flirtious way, she presented herself.
Ignoring all her actions, " Miss. Marisa, Captain of the Red fort Army, , you have failed to report on time for your duty, I shall meet you, once we are done with the issue Infront of us. "
Unable to control her anger, she bursted, "you, you, that is the reason why you are single.. "
" You idiot of a man, who has no idea how to talk to a women."
While boasting her seductive look, she continues, "here I am happily throwing myself on to you, but you idiot, all you care about is duty.."
The veins on her forehead were about to burst, " I am a woman, I need to get ready before I go out, it takes time... Aaaaaaah.... You won't understand.... Fine do whatever...."
Even before she could complete her sentence, Victor turned towards the bald man, completely ignoring her, " vice captain, are you men ready and in position..." Victor asked the bald man, scanning the area.
All the buses were encircling the Tower's entrance, while more than 100 men and women dressed in red armor, stood right behind Victor.
With his chest puffed in pride, the bald man began explaining " All the preparations are done, we have formed a perimeter encircling the tower and all the snipers are in position. Not even a mosquito shall escape our eyes."
[ Crack..... ]
As soon as the vice captain completed his sentence, the creaking sound of the Tower's entrance sent a powerful air shock in the area.
The Entrance of the Tower opened slightly.
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"Take you positions, Aim, and if it's a monster, shoot....."
It was Marisa, as the Captain on Ground, she took charge and ordered her men to be ready to face all threat that might walk out of the Tower.
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Please Be generous! Don't hold back your power stones and Golden tickets.