Elsword: I see an opening! Everyone ready?
Eve: This cave was surprisingly well connected. According to my calculations, the opening will lead us straight back to the tower.
Lu: I don't care who we have to face, as long as it doesn't handle fire. I am sick of smelling ashes and flames.
Ciel: That might be difficult. Look, the fire at the top of the tower... wait.
Rena: I got a bad feeling about this!
- Flash
Aisha: It's so bright! I can't see! What is happening?!
Ara: The fire from the scythe and the fire at the top of the tower merged into one!
Elesis: The energy is so potent. Everything is shaking!
- GRROOOOOWL!!
Elsword: Ugh!!
Chung: It's forming some kind of shape. It looks like the golem from earlier!
Eve: It may look similar, but the sheer amount of energy it holds is nothing like before...!
Eve: Be careful! Something's approaching!
- KUUUAAAAAH!
Zero: OIII!! ROOSE! You better not be knocked out!
Rose: Ugh...
Ara: Is everyone alright?! Uaaah?! There are rocks in the air!
Elesis: Agh, I'm still dizzy from the shockwave... Wait, are these?
Ain: Looks like floating stones. It separated from the ground due to the shockwave.
Ain: But... It doesn't look like it will be floating for long.
Raven: The floating stones might help to attack the enemies at the top. The distance is just close enough for us to attempt the attack.
Elsword: We need to defeat these again to get into the tower. Everyone, let's go!
Ara: The monsters are falling from the tower. Did we... defeat it?
Eun: Don't let your guard down, Ara. That is not a normal creature. It's going away for now because it used up all its power, but it will come back with vigor.
Ain: Looks like we bought us some time. We should try to get in the tower now.
Chung: This tower is strange. I don't see anything that can be considered an entrance.
Chung: As if it was created to imprison someone.
Lu: Hm... It's a common enough practice after a fight for victors to imprison the loser in a structure like this to humiliate them. With big and small fights happening everyday in the Demon Realm, it's not so unusual that we encounter such a structure here.
Elsword: Lu...
Lu: Huhu, no need to feel bad. It's all in the past. But more importantly, I can't even begin to guess who made this tower, or who is inside it.
Rena: Perhaps another Demon Ruler is imprisoned in the tower?
Eve: But the enemies we've fought so far barely had any demonic energy. Of course, we have yet to encounter what's in the tower...
Eve: If whoever is in the tower was controlling the monsters outside, the prisoner is either a demon who didn't use any demonic energy, or someone completely unrelated.
Aisha: A demon that can summon a monster that powerful without having to use their main power? That's disconcerting.
Raven: We don't know anything about this tower or the potential enemies within it. Whatever we encounter, the only thing we can do is fight to our best abilities.
Ain: Now, now, there's no use worrying about things yet to come. We'll be fine. Let's take this step by step.
Chung: Ain is right! If we work together, I'm sure we'll be fine, no matter how powerful our enemies are!
Elsword: Yeah. Let's think about how we're going to enter this tower first.
Add: Are you done chatting like old ladies?
Add: While you were enjoying your gossip, we were looking for a way into the tower.
Ara: And we have!
Elsword: Wait, what did you find?
Add: What we found is a destroyed wall that can act as our way in. If there is no door, find another way in, right?
Ciel: As you all know, this tower was near indestructible.
Rena: True, it's still standing tall after that battle we had, after all.
Add: Yes, it was. The keyword being 'was'.
Eve: I see, the tower is no longer the same as it was. The outer walls are of much lower density.
Aisha: You mean it's weaker?
Add: Yes, we don't exactly know why, but when we defeated that monster, the outer walls also became weaker. As if the sole purpose of the walls were to keep the monsters away.
Chung: You mean the monster from earlier was actually trying to break into the tower?
Add: I can't say for sure, but I have my suspicion. It was too violent to be a guardian of the tower. It was acting like it wanted to destroy everything.
Raven: You're right. The monster never really acted like it was trying to protect the tower.
Add: Whatever the case may be, the important part is that the walls are now weaker, and we've found one side of the wall with a huge openi...
Ara: Hyah!
- Crack!!
Rena: Ah.. Hahah...
Add: Ugh!! You're going to cause the whole tower to collapse on us, you idiot!!
Elesis: Oh?
Lu: Your thorny attitude is somewhat endearing now. You were worried about us, weren't you?
Eve: Indeed, how thoughtful of you, Add.
Add: ......
Elesis: Next time, please warn us before you do anything. Just in case.
Ara: Ooooh... I'm sorry.
Elesis: Haha, nothing to apologize for. You did open us a path.
Elsword: So, now we enter...
Ciel: Wait. We should be on our guard. I feel something dangerous lurking within the tower.
Lu: I sense powerful demonic energy inside... I will go in first and we'll advance slowly.
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