NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 40: Elvan, The Solo Adventurer
Having enough to advise Aaron, Aerith left the place by bringing up a dimensional rift. Alisha and the others focused their eyes forward, watching Aerith leave the place.
Aaron fell to his knees again, trying to catch his breath properly. Isabella stepped over unsteadily, not having had time to drink the HP Potion to restore her condition.
"Who is she really?" Isabella asked.
"How should I say it, huh? More like a person with power in another dimension," revealed Aaron.
"Power in another dimension? Does she have anything to do with your talent?" asked Isabella.
Aaron responded by clearing his throat. He took out the HP Potion from his digital storage and gulped it down without a second thought. Slowly, his energy and HP recovered to normal.
[HP +3000]
[CONGRATULATIONS!]
[You have successfully completed the Dark Pillar's third-floor boss challenge]
[The Fourth floor of Dark Pillar Tower has been unlocked]
[Floor Access Privilege: 4]
[Want to go to the next floor?]
[Yes] [No]
After all the members had completely recovered, a panel notification was present informing everyone that they had floor access privileges up to the fourth floor. Alisha smiled happily; she could not hide her excitement.
Everyone else felt the same way, except for Alpha. His mind was still overwhelmed by the moment of Alex's death that was clear in his eyes, where he couldn't do anything when his best friend was burned alive.
Alisha said earlier that she needed to tell Leon about her current situation.
She opened the message panel and sent information that she was about to go up to the fourth floor, which made Leon have to carry out an important task as the leader of the Dimension Justice group on the third floor.
"I'm gonna go to the fourth floor. What about you guys?" asked Alisha, curious.
Isabella and Lorelei turned to look at Aaron. They couldn't decide whether to go up the floor or not. The decision was entirely in Aaron's hands.
With great confidence, Aaron stepped closer to Alisha. He said obviously that he planned to go up the floor, too, which made Alisha both relieved and happy.
"Alright. If you want to go up the floor, we should go up together to prevent anything bad."
"Do you mind?" asked Alisha, Aaron shook his head without any objection.
Alpha and another member decided to stay on the third floor. Alpha wanted to bury Alex's body with honor, while the other woman wanted to stay here until she was completely confident in her ability to ascend the floor.
[Teleportation to the Fourth floor confirmed]
[Destination: Fourth Floor]
[Initiate teleportation to destination in five minutes]
[00:00:04:59]
Another panel appeared before Aaron and the others, showing an inscription about the countdown of teleportation to the intended destination, which was the fourth floor of the Dark Pillar Tower.
The Dark Pillar gate opened, a sign that the floor boss had been completely defeated. Alpha and the woman used this chance to leave the place immediately.
"I leave Dimension Justice to you and Leon, Alpha."
"You don't have to worry about them. Leon and I will guard that place," Alpha said, suddenly relaxing Alisha's heart.
Slowly, Alpha and the woman waltzed away from the place. That left Alisha and the others in the room, four people waiting for the countdown to be over.
"Is the mysterious woman coming again?" asked Alisha.
"I don't know, I can't tell when she'll come. She's really mysterious," Aaron replied.
Alisha cleared her throat. It was undeniable that the existence of the mysterious woman was quite surprising to her.
Besides being powerful, she seemed to have a special close relationship with Aaron until Aaron couldn't do anything before her.
Liel had seen the woman, once. At that time, she came to heal the symptoms of an illness that had relapsed on her.
In her opinion, that woman was completely good as long as there was Aaron's role in it. Otherwise, she could kill Liel and the others in a single attack.
The four people were still waiting for the countdown to finish. There were a few minutes left before the teleportation between floors began.
According to his calculations, it hadn't been a month since Aaron arrived at the dark pillar tower, but he was already on the fourth floor fast.
For some adventurers, reaching the fourth floor took at least six months to a year if they practiced hard and always participated in monster raids.
That's because the capacity of the monsters on the third and previous floors is quite strong, stronger than the average monster in Earth Core Tower.
[Initiate teleportation to destination in five minutes]
[00:00:00:05]
Five seconds into the teleportation, Aaron's body and the others began to glow brightly in blue light. Slowly, the light particles evaporated into the sky into blue beads of light that rose up. Aaron sensed that the teleportation was about to take place.
The four people in the boss room were immediately teleported to the fourth floor, precisely at the Stone of Light located outside the gate.
Aaron's eyes opened, watching him outside the dark pillar gate according to the destination on the teleportation panel.
Alisha saw several adventurers coming out of the dark pillar with their groups, having finished the Monster Raid.
As she expected, many of them came out with their bodies full of wounds. The monsters on the fourth floor didn't seem as easy as those on the previous floors.
"Where are we going now?"
Just as they were taking in the surrounding area, Alisha's eyes caught sight of a man she knew. They had been together on Dimension Justice's Third Floor in the past, but he chose to leave and become a solo adventurer.
Alisha had to admit something; his strength exceeded the strength she had now. According to her, her strength might almost match Aaron's.
"Elvan!" called Alisha.
Hearing his name being called made the man named Elvan gasp. He glanced to the side, squinted, and looked surprised when he found out that Alisha was on the same floor as him.
"Alisha? I didn't know you were here," Elvan said.
The man stepped closer, standing right before Alisha with a slightly shocked face. Aaron glanced to the side, seeing Alisha's face turn red when Elvan approached her.
'Looks like she has a crush on that guy,' Aaron said.
"It's time for me to go upstairs. What about you? I heard you wanted to go up to the tenth floor quickly. Why are you still on the fourth floor?"
"Actually...."
Elvan unhesitatingly showed the system panel bearing his floor privileges. Alisha and the others moved their faces forward, clearly seeing the numbers written beside the panel.
"Y-You've reached the 11th floor?" asked Alisha.
"That's right. I went up to the 11th floor three months ago. I came here to look for a hidden artifact in the Dark Pillar," replied Elvan.
"Artifact?"
Aaron reflexively asked because he had never known anything like that before. Elvan turned sharply, stepping towards Aaron with an expression full of seriousness.
He asked Alisha about Aaron's identity. Alisha happily introduced Aaron and the others to Elvan. The woman also said that Aaron was an adventurer with the element of darkness.
"The element of darkness? Is he the fool who ate the fruit of Aranth?" asked Elvan rudely.
"What did you say?!" asked Aaron, sternly.
Elvan turned his head again, watching Aaron carefully. His eyes narrowed as he watched a faint white pattern appear on Aaron's forehead through Elvan's eyes, which felt familiar.
"Master of a servant."
"What do you mean?" asked Alisha.
The man pointed forward, at Aaron. He asked Aaron to call his two servants to confirm something. Aaron was confused at first, but Alisha responded by nodding.
In the end, Aaron agreed to what Alisha wanted. He began to summon Jack and Rasputin from his body, appearing with his body straight in front of Aaron. Elvan smiled bitterly, clapping his hands occasionally.
[Servant:]
[Servant Activated]
[1. Jack the Ripper]
[2. Gregori Rasputin]
[MP -24000]
"This is interesting," Elvan said.
"What exactly are you trying to say?" asked Aaron, confused.
"Do you want to join me in exploring the depth of the Dark Pillar on this floor?"