blueteamnovel Chapter 1104: The First Rank Up Trial
Chapter 1104: The First Rank Up Trial
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"Welcome to the Tower of Trials, Summoner. I've been waiting for you."
Saying that I was startled after hearing that voice would be an understatement, I was shocked. Yet I kept my calm and remained almost unflinching. I had imagined the tower had its inner workings and mechanism, but a voice from within it was different.
It was as if the Tower was... somewhat alive? I just couldn't comprehend it well, for the first time, I couldn't really imagine how this was even made. Did the Ancient Gods even had the power to make this? I don't think so, right?
"You probably have many questions right now, isn't it? Why don't you step inside? The Trial won't begin until you agree to its terms after all. So let's talk, Summoner."
The gate in front of me slowly opened, the interior couldn't be seen, there was just white light at the other side. It was indeed strange.
"The door opened! What happened?" wondered Saphira. "Papa?"
"You didn't hear the voice?" I asked them.
"What voice?" Eleanora wondered.
"I see..." I nodded. "The Tower just talked to me and invited me to get inside. I suppose they just want to... Talk some more? It's confusing but might as well go and see what this is all about."
Without further ado, I stepped inside the tower.
FLASH!
The white light engulfed me, as I found myself within a vast white and gray colored hall, with many windows that led to white light.
"Hm? This place..."
There was no ceiling, only leading to more white light, and aside from the beautiful ceramic, there was a single door at the end of the circular room.
"Is this indie the Tower of Trials?"
"Precisely."
The voice reverberated again, coming from above.
Amidst the white light, something descended, or someone.
It resembled a person; they had the same female voice as before.
Once they reached the floor, their body could be seen completely.
They were made of gray and white light, both colors constantly mixing. They had a single red eye in their head, and their "hair" were a series of long, thick tentacles made of their light bodies.
"Welcome, Summoner. You're one of the few in the World of Spiritias that has reached the necessary threshold to step into this tower and do its trials," she said. "You might be surprised over my appearance. As you can see, despite my voice, I am not human. And also I am not speaking physically, but into your very mind."
"So that's why my spirits can't hear you," I nodded.
"So it's talking again?" Eleanora wondered.
"Oooh, she's bright!" said Saphira.
"Indeed. I am this Tower's Spirit," she explained. "I go by many names. My original given name was 0-10. But you can call me Oten."
And when I finally opened my eyes, I found myself standing in the middle of...
Some sort of spaceship.
"What?"
I looked around, there were many other humans like me, wearing space suits and carrying laser guns and other high-tech weapons I've sometimes seen before.
Aside from that, smaller flying machines were moving everywhere. Some small, made to carry things, and others big, carrying giant weapons and holding humanoid shapes, made for combat.
I noticed my clothes had changed, as I was wearing the same skin-tight space suit as the rest of the humans here, it was of blue and white color, showing golden stars and saying [Star Union of Galactica] with big letters.
When I took out my ID, attached to my suit, it said [Machine Warrior Pilot: Blake Goathorn (Rank F Pilot)].
"Hm..."
And then I noticed something, right behind me, one of such gigantic machines was waiting for me.
It looked older and more worn down than the rest, I was certainly of a lower class than the other pilots.
Then, someone bumped with me and almost made me fall.
I glared at them; it was a blonde man with a cocky smile.
"Watch where your steps, country bumpkin."
"What?"
Before I was to retaliate and cut this man in half, suddenly...
[WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!]
[Sudden Xenoid Raid in Progress! Sudden Xenoid Raid in Progress!]
[All Pilots please ride your Machine Warriors and prepare for battle.]
[Estimated Time Until Imminent Battle: 73 Seconds]
"This is...?!"
I looked into outer space through the huge spaceship.
There was something approaching, a huge cluster of...
Red flesh and tentacles.
So this is how this Trial is going to be, huh?
Interesting.
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Author's Note: And now it begins! This'll be an amazing new arc full of new things for this novel, so be prepared!