Alex POV
[70th floor successfully cleared, please proceed to the next floor.]
It has been four and a half month since I had entered the tower and I have already cleared the 70th floor but didn't encounter the trial which I was looking for.
"Let's go Demion." I said and he followed me.
The 70th floor had unique war scenario based quest. In this quest we had to help a losing army and guide them to win without any type of physical intervention. It took us almost 10 days but in the end at the expense of huge loses on our side; we were able to defeat the opposing army.
This time I didn't took much help from demion but summoned him, so that he can do his own training both mental and physical. His opponent would be 1st leader who cannot be taken lightly and I wouldn't like if he loses.
"Yes my lord." He replied.
I stored him inside the space pocket and entered the portal. When I exited the portal a smile appeared on my lips, the trial I had been waiting for from the start was right in front of me. I was in the middle of a huge coliseum few kilometers wide circling around me.
There were no spectator but I was more than familiar with the challenge which I will face because I had completed one such challenge in the past.
[The following match will be 1v1 fight till death.]
[The participants have to mandatorily fight, the right to quite has been disabled.]
[Kill the opponent in order to proceed to next trial.]
[Please wait for the opponent to arrive.]
Looking at the familiar rules without wasting any more time I summoned demion and he looked around us confusedly.
[Another participant had been detected; Total number of participant has reached three.]
[Trial cannot be concluded based on current number of participant, searching for additional eligible participant.]
[Eligible participant found, please wait till the participant completes their active trial.]
The moment I stepped foot inside the portal my opponent has been selected as well as the format of battle which was 1v1 death match. One thing I have always noted in tower is that the predetermined rules cannot be changed.
If the situation arises in which the completion of trial becomes impossible or preexisting conditions gets violated, the tower acts on its own and adds new conditions. This was one of such instance.
Therefore the sudden appearance of demion was anomaly for tower, it cannot change the previously set format and selected opponent therefore it can only add new rules and opponent.
The selection of new participant was also due to the existing rule of tower. Once we kill the opponent we became eligible to proceed to next floor and tower cannot force us to fight another battle.
The reason tower didn't select demion as my opponent was also because demion didn't meet the tower's selection criteria.
I had the knowledge why I was facing this type of trial. This trial was originated due to someone's intense desire to kill me.
Once in the past I had entered the tower with few royal knights of king, one of them held a deep grudge against me for the reason I had forgotten, his desire to kill me was so intense that tower had arranged same trial at that time. I was given a handicap to fight him but nevertheless I won that fight.
"Lord, what is this trial about?" I looked at demion with a faint smile in corner of my lips.
"You were asking me previously why I asked you to imagine 1st leader again and again in your every opponent, let me ask you a question which will give you your answer."
"Have you ever thought how tower allocates quest?" I asked him.
"No, aren't they random?" He replied me with another question.
"Yes they are random but not all of them, the tower always try to assess the person capabilities and his desire."
I explained to demion how I have faced the same trial in the past and we being here means some idiot was hell bent on killing me, it would be none other than 4th leader Lucius whom I had intentionally provoked in the meeting.
I am not certain about who will fight demion but the most likely candidate is 1st leader because I had told demion from the first floor to show his desire and killing intent toward 1st leader.
"So that is why you told me to show my desire to kill 1st leader so that tower can understand it and arrange it for us." Demion understood my plan to draw out 1st leader and 4th leader beforehand and deal with them.
I too had some desire to kill king but there was very slim chance that king would come out of that portal. Also the level of difficulty would rise to another level. It was also impossible for us to fight as long as the soul contract exists.
But if king stepped out of the portal and leaving here was not possible things will work out pretty good for me.
"I was not sure whether tower will work the way I want it to be but it would be worth the effort if we could draw out even a single leader and deal with him." I said.
"Yes, it certainly will be." Demion replied.
We waited at the far edge of the coliseum for the leaders to arrive but even after waiting for 3 days not a single leader stepped out. On the afternoon of 4th day portal flickered uncontrollably and 2 figures stepped out from it.
The first Dragon to step out of the portal was a young looking male dragon with Grey hair and dual tone pupil with combination of white and black color. His body was 14 feet tall in his humanoid form and he was covered with blood from head to toe. He was none other than 4th leader Lucius Kapri.
The second dragon had red hair with combination of yellow and crimson color pupil. His appearance was that of a muscular old man with the height of 18 feet, he was taller than me.
"I thought we would separate after entering the portal and what is with this bizarre trial conditions." 1st leader Morris feuer said to Lucius.
"Does it matter what conditions tower put up, we will just have to massacre our way through 99th floor and then it would be that bastard guardians turn, I can't wait to torcher his soul once I kill him." Lucius said licking blood of his lips but 1st leader morris ignored him and looked around suddenly sensing presence of 2 Dragons nearby.
"Why wait till 99th floor to kill me, when you can torcher me now and that is, if you have the ability to back your words." I said appearing in front of both the leaders with demion by my side.
Both of them froze in their places looking at me and a familiar holographic screen appeared in front of us.