NOVEL WEB Chapter 234: Floor Before Big City
Aerith and Gerard arrived at the place after teleporting between dimensions. Aerith made it clear that the distraction war was over, and she was ready to help Aaron complete the floor boss challenge.
Aaron was grateful, Aerith's presence would definitely help him a lot this time. He looked to the side, seeing Gerard who was still standing beside Aerith.
Although he had helped Aerith, it was certain that his condition was quite messed up. He was injured and his clothes were damaged, his energy was drained to nothing. Aaron knew exactly what kind of condition Gerard was in.
"Thank you for helping me," Aaron said, Gerard nodded in agreement.
Aaron pointed his right hand forward, absorbing Gerard's body which was none other than his clone to return to him. Aaron smiled, Gerard's figure was no longer in that place.
"Then what are you waiting for?" asked Aerith, looking straight ahead at the boss room area.
Currently, the boss room door was closed tightly. Aaron wasn't unwilling to challenge the floor boss, but he was waiting until the floor boss challenger in the room was finished, so Aaron could walk up and register himself.
"There's another raid team doing a floor boss challenge. That team just walked in," Aaron said.
Aerith cleared her throat in agreement, understanding what Aaron was saying. Aerith tried to sit relaxed beside Aaron, while trying to catch her breath properly.
Aaron who was waiting could feel the sound of Aerith's breathing, sounding wheezy and labored like fatigue. He turned his head to the side, watching Aerith carefully.
"Are you okay?"
"I'm fine. I'm just exhausted from the war," Aerith replied.
"The higher the floor in the Dark Pillar Tower, it seems that we can no longer underestimate the power of the people. Right?" asked Aaron.
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Aerith nodded. There was a reason why Aerith felt exhausted like now. The woman's strength came entirely from the power of the Dark Dimension.
When Aerith fought outside her domain, the power she could unleash was not as good as when she was in the Dark Dimension.
The battle with Eliane was quite disturbing to her. Actually Aerith could defeat that woman, but that would take up a lot of energy in her and would need to take a long rest in the Dark Dimension.
The best option she could take at that time was to play Eliane, by not letting her win or die.
Aerith did so by continuing to defend against Eliane's attacks, while waiting for information about Aaron who was in the Dark Pillar.
Aaron reached out his hand to the side, rubbing Aerith's cheek and feeling the woman's sweat touching the fingers of Aaron's hand.
"I'm fine, you don't have to worry, Aaron," Aerith replied right after seeing the response Aaron showed her.
"You're not fine. You're exhausted."
"Go back to the Dark Dimension and rest," pleaded Aaron, softly.
"Then what about you?" asked Aerith.
"I can handle this floor boss. That monster is no match for me," said Aaron.
Seeing the seriousness shown by Aaron made Aerith melt. Admittedly, her body did feel weak and powerless, the impact of the war earlier.
However, her little heart really wanted to help Aaron, no matter what. However, because Aaron had said so, Aerith could only obey him without arguing.
"Alright. If you really believe you can defeat that floor boss, then I won't mind resting in the Dark Dimension," Aerith replied, obeying Aaron's words.
Aaron smiled widely, nodding his agreement as he thanked her. He allowed Aerith to rest because it was important for her body and energy to be rested.
For the floor boss? Aaron didn't need to worry about it because he could match the monster's abilities. He would meet Aerith if he managed to defeat the floor boss.
The dimensional crack opened again, Aerith said goodbye to Aaron. The woman stepped into the dimensional crack and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Now, that left Aaron alone in front of the floor boss room. He got up when he saw that the door to the floor boss room had opened, it seemed that Jonas and his raid team members had defeated the floor boss.
"Alright. Now, it's my turn to defeat the monster."
***
Three Months Later.
49th Floor Dark Pillar.
[CONGRATULATIONS!]
[You have successfully completed the Dark Pillar's 49th boss challenge]
[The next floor of Dark Pillar Tower has been unlocked]
[Floor Access Privilege: 50th]
[Want to go to the next floor?]
[Yes] [No]
Completing the 49th floor was easy enough, though Aaron needed to do some attacks using his talents.
Aerith was quite helpful to Aaron, though the man requested that Aerith leave the last hit for him. Aerith didn't mind at all.
The monster boss of the Dragon race was defeated by Aaron. Even so, Aaron had no intention of making the dragon a servant of his mythological race.
Aerith stepped close to Aaron, just as the man was performing extraction from the soul essence orb.
That said, the amount of soul essence she obtained was much greater, as Aaron killed many monsters along the 45th floor up to the 49th floor.
"How are you, Aaron?" asked Aerith, looking at Aaron with a smile.
"I'm fine. Probably, just tired," Aaron replied.
"Of course, you immediately joined the monster raid on this floor after arriving from the 48th floor. You'd be exhausted," said Aerith.
Aaron nodded. What Aerith said was probably true, his physique was too weak from fighting so much today.
He and Aerith went straight into a monster raid upon their arrival at the 49th floor. Aerith originally asked Aaron to rest for a while, but Aaron insisted because after the 49th floor, there was Noah City on the 50th floor.
There, Aaron and Aerith could rest comfortably. Apart from being a big city full of complete facilities, the security in that place was also well maintained.
Aerith listened, after all, the 49th floor didn't have a city in it. It was natural for Aaron to think so because maybe Noah City was much better than the 49th floor.
"You wait for me there. I'll teleport first."
"Alright, Aaron," Aerith replied.
Aerith tore through the dimensional boundary and revealed a dimensional crack. She stepped inside leaving Aaron who would go to the next floor utilizing the teleportation feature after defeating the floor boss.
Aaron confirmed the teleportation, bringing up another panel that appeared in front of his face.
[Teleportation to the next floor confirmed]
[Destination: 50th]
[Initiate teleportation to destination in five minutes]
[00:00:04:59]
The boss room door opened, the people outside looked into the room. How surprised they were to witness Aaron defeating the floor boss single-handedly, without being significantly injured.
"Wait! How can he kill that floor boss all by himself?" asked another person.
"This is impossible. How strong is he really?" asked another raid team member.
"Best not to mess with him if you don't want to die."
Aaron stepped out while waiting for the teleportation countdown to finish. His body was already glowing blue, a sign that the moment of teleportation between floors was about to take place.
They gave way to Aaron, none of them dared to challenge Aaron, not even ask. His flat demeanor made them seem reluctant.
The door closed again, the registration panel appeared and allowed other teams to register immediately.
However, it was different with Aaron. He chose to sit under a shady tree while waiting for the countdown that had 2 minutes left.
The people in front of Aaron began to discuss, considering the possible power of the floor boss. Aaron opened his eyes and spoke out loud to them.
"The floor boss is named Fire Dragon Knight, level 280, and has fire element and lava talents. His ultimate attack is called the Dragon Judgment Meteor, you can avoid it by scattering to the farthest place," Aaron explained.
This surprised them. Not a few of them were grateful for the information Aaron conveyed. They also began to venture further questions, but Aaron refused.
"The rest, you have to find out for yourself.
The countdown ended. Aaron immediately teleported from that place to the light stone on the 50th floor. They couldn't hold Aaron back, so they allowed him to go to that place.
Aaron's entire body completely teleported and disappeared from the 49th floor. When he opened his eyes, he saw that he was already in that place.
Several mages were walking towards a large city on that floor. Coincidentally, the location of the stone of light was close to Noah's city gate.
There, Aaron saw the gate open freely for anyone. They were welcome to enter without the need to show their identity.
As long as they were harmless, the detection system at the gate would not detect the background of any visitor to the city.
Aerith saw that Aaron was already in the place. She quickly tore the dimensional boundary and brought up the dimensional crack, again.
"So, this is Noah City? A beautiful city, more beautiful than Lilith City."
"Of course. This is the city where the officials of the three major groups live. Of course it will look this grand," Aaron said.
"Come on, we should go in there and rest."
"Sure, Aaron."