"Heh.. so the peasant finally couldnât continue? I knew it was just a momentary fluke.."
The blue haired Thaddeus Calder sneered as he watched Danteâs name stop progressing after hitting the
7,000
points mark..
"70th floor, heh.. watch me surpass your blustering lead.." his pride, wounded after being dusted for so long by some no name from who knows where, finally seemed to have been satiated...
"Take me to the next challenge tower"
His voice sounded out as the tower teleported him to the next floor...
He appeared within a downtrodden cave, the air smelled of mold and wet fur.
The floor was a carpet of chewed up bones from some animals he was too disoriented to care about..
The slow dripping sound of water from deep within the massive cave giving the place a deep unsettling feeling.
But nothing felt more unsettling than the massive blue skinned creature that lumbered from within the cave..
Standing at over 8ft tall, with gnarly muscles, wearing only a piece of a flimsy loincloth, its red eyes seemed to glow a menacing red as it spared Thaddeus a hard glare, the massive club in its hand promising nothing but pure carnage..
{ELITE}<Dire troll(C)>...
"Shit.. just my luck, these things are a pain in the ass" Thaddeus muttered, a hardened expression appearing on his face..
Trolls were notorious for their regenerative abilities and uncanny strength..
He didnât doubt it one bit, one strike from that massive club was enough to put him out of commission permanently...
Luckily, they were slow as hell so he could still do this whilst preserving his strength..
"Heh.. tower, trying to slow me down wonât work. This mustâve been what happened, that wimp mustâve gotten easier challenges." His fragile ego couldnât help but come up with some convoluted conspiracy theory..
If he had any idea just how petty the tower could be, he wouldnât be saying such things..
Luckily, the tower seemed super chilled at the moment, and so, his battle began...
.......
"What the fuck is this??"
"Booooo....bring back the excitement.."
"Whatâs with this amount of coddling??"
The watching audience seemed irate at what they were seeing...
What were those "normal" looking monsters? Whatâs with the basic abilities they were seeing?
Where was the energy reflecting cyclops? Whatâs with that shit final lizardman king that guy was facing?
"Booooo....Boooo..." once again, the tower seemed to have incurred public outrage...
"This..."
The supervisors stood rooted, awkwardly scratching their cheeks in embarrassment..
They had no control over what the tower spawned, so they could only take the publicâs outrage with awkward and embarrassed expressions...
After seeing unique, dangerous and impossible circumstances throughout Danteâs trial, the audience seemed to have been so desensitized that seeing monsters theyâd consider deadly on any other day were now "boring" "normal" looking creatures...
If Micheal or Thaddeus could hear the crowdâs reactions, one could only wonder what their expressions would be like...
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"Aunt V"..
"My God.. little D, you almost scared me to death..."
Finally arriving at our designated resting area, I took a bath, got into my bed and made a call..
My auntâs worried and exhausted voice coming through the other side..
My heart sank a little hearing her tired voice..
"Iâm sorry aunt v, I didnât think they were going to be that troublesome.."
"You just saw two creatures leaking death essence so pure it seemed to compose their entire being, yet you thought a punch would fix it all".. her voice seemed to have taken on an outraged tone..
I didnât even bother wondering how she knew it was death essence the two were channeling, it was clear enough by now that my sexy aunt was anything but normal, didnât matter though, I was in for a hazing and I knew I couldnât get out of it unscathed..
Though to be honest..
I couldnât blame her,seeing the menacing aura the two men were giving off, what could I possibly have been thinking to believe a punch would solve my problems..
"In my defense , I thought it was just a hulking pile of junk metal that would come loose with a single blow"
"Yea, and it decided to let you take the first strike, whilst placing an arm behind its back, Iâd think your years of trolling others in a fight would make it easier for you to recognize when youâre being baited"..
Her reply made me lower my head in embarrassment..
I hadnât even thought about it that way, but that bastard really did just do to me what I did to others..
"Damn..."
"Yea damn, you blubbering fool" Aunt Ravenâs fear seemed to have turned into boiling anger at this point..
So, I did the only logical thing here, I stopped the futility of trying to plead my case and instead resorted to good old bribery..
"So how do I make it up to my lovely and beautiful aunt.." i cooed softly..
"Donât try to weasel your way out of this one.."
"So a night out with just the two of us, doing whatever it is you want to do wonât cut it... sigh.. I tried.."
...
...
"I can make an exception just this once..."
I smirked...
"Too easy...."
"But as punishment, you wonât be allowed to do anything extra during that date"
My smile faltered immediately..
"Aunt V.. letâs not do anything we might regret.."
"Humph... thatâll teach you to give my heart such a nasty scare" her words silenced me..
It seems I was taking her fears for granted a tad bit too much...
"Alright aunt v, whatever you say... Iâm your sugar baby after all.."
"Humph..." I could hear tone improve..
Seems I finally earned a smile from her..
The rest of the day wore on, I didnât bother checking out whatever it is the others were doing..
I had this nagging feeling that I would just be upsetting myself more if I did...
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A/N: Iâm going to make adding an authorâs not a must, even when I didnât have anything to say, kinda just like right now.. hehehe..
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