Chapter 233 - City Lord Garry's Orders

When there is a serious threat looming outside for the Star Tower Participants. Unaware of it, those students begin to stay inside the Westword city after they have done participating in it. Some even  tried to go out of the West Word City, but they were soon blocked by the City Lord's Patrol Guards. 

Upon strict vigilance done by City Lord Garry, from time to time they find traces of forces gathering outside. After noticing the movements, He gave instructions to further tighten the measure.  He has nothing to do outside. He doesn't have jurisdiction over that. All he can do is to maintain law and order inside the city. 

At this point of time,  Crimson Hall 's last member also entered the tower.  They too have noticed the recent changes in Leaderboard Ranking. They came to know that Zack exited the tower. So, his record of 18 floor clearance has set a benchmark for the rest of the participants. They are very eager to compete and improve their standing in the ranking. 

The only candidate that has come so far close to Zack's standing in leaderboard ranking is Martin Dyers.

LEADERBOARD RANKING

[  Name, Place – Floor – Clearance Time – Rank ]

[ Zack Lockwood, Hansen –  18 - 1 Hour 10 Min – 1st ]

[ Martin Dyers, Wiscount – 12 – 2 Hour 16 Min – 2nd ]

[ Darius Case, Crimson – 11- 30 Min – 3rd ]

[  Maria Robert, Azure City – 10- 40 Min – 4th ]

[ Ella Downs, Crimson – 9  - 15 Min – 5th ] 

[ Sallie Mills, Crimson – 9- 16 Min – 6th ]

[ Bradley Reese, Crimson – 6– 5 Min – 35th ]

[ Austin Boyer, Crimson – 5 – 1 Min – 36th ]

[ Robb Williamson, Crimson – 4 -20s – 37th ]

There were a large number of participants in the same ranking. But so far none of them reached above 15 Floors. 

…

Inside the City Lord Garry's cabin, 

"City Lord, There were groups of people lurking at the border of our City" City Lord's subordinate said in a hurry.

Hearing that City Lord Garry stopped doing his current work and looked at him. He said, "Brief me on the specifics."

After hearing his words, the subordinate begins to explain the entire situation. It took quite a while to explain it clearly. Time to time, the City Lord would interject and ask him for further clarification.

A few minutes later, City Lord begins to ponder about the situation. He believes that none of the forces have the guts to infiltrate into our city and do it (Killing) inside the city. He also knows that forces have tactical understanding between them. So, they won't easily expose others' whereabouts. 

He also got help from Star Tower officials. In case of emergency he can contact them and get their help. Then he made the decision. He looked at his subordinate and ordered, "Send Captain Miles' team to oversee the situation there." 

The subordinate left after receiving the order. On the other hand, City Lord begins to contemplate, Captain Miles's team consists of Trainee Warrior and Captain Miles himself is an initial – Elite Warrior. So, they can handle any unforeseen situation that arises from there. Then for the time being he doesn't have to worry about that Eastern Border.

…

The West Word City is a special city, Since it's the base location of Star Tower.  It became the central attraction for warriors. The City is surrounded by neighboring cities on four fronts. One has to reach the West Word city through any one of the cities by Rail Transport. 

Each city belongs to different forces. The Star Tower can't exercise their power outside of the West Word City. So, it's usual for various forces to be involved in intercept and killing for decades. And this time was also not so different. As many strong warriors from different forces  gathered outside of the borders in disguise. 

At this point of time, Outside of the Eastern border of the West Word City. 

A team of six trainee warriors disguised in black. All of them were males. They are here to complete the mission given by their organization. 

"Team Leader, Look. The brat from Wiscount institute got second place in the leaderboard ranking." A brawny warrior said to his Team Leader. He is also Vice leader of this small team. 

"Harumph"  The Team Leader snorted, hearing that immediately. 

"Their organization is a prime rival to the Wiscount institute. For this exact reason they have been sent here to kill that kid. And in this way, the Wiscount institute will lose face and their reputation will further plummet." He sneered foreseeing the future of that kid. 

The Vice Lead, Palmer understood seeing the team leader's reaction."  The Team Leader doesn't want to hear anything about that organization. " He thought to himself.

On the other hand, The Team Leader looked at him and said, "Palmer, Get ready! Once the brat comes out of the city. We will deal with him quickly and go back to our place as soon as possible. " 

His face frowns a little, recalling the recent movements from City Guard's patrol team. He hopes that their team won't attract much attention from them. Otherwise, it will be hard to change the plan. Their team is just one of the four teams. To kill that kid his organization has sent three more teams covering the entire border.

But this matter is only known to Team Leaders. Rest of the members were unaware of it. Then he and his team were hidden once again.

…

(From MC Perspective)

I woke up some time later, After having strong coffee. I decided to call Elder Thornton. But as I try to connect the call. It wasn't successful. I felt he must be on his way. 

Ever since I came out of the tower. My mind is occupied with so many things.  I didn't even look at the leaderboard ranking. But now I feel little interest in seeing other strong contenders. If not for my body and essential strength it's impossible to reach the 19th floor. So, I like to see if there are any other warriors beside me worth watching.

I opened the alliance network and viewed the Star Tower's leader board ranking. My lips curved a little seeing my number one ranking in the leaderboard. Then I stared at the following rankings below. "Hmm" My eyebrows raised in surprise, as I noticed the  people from Crimson Hall also managed to get some good rankings. 

"Their level must be at Special Trainee" I mumbled under my breath. 

Shaking my head, I closed off the page. Then I prepare myself to cultivate a little. Since I have a promotion pill in my hand. I don't want to waste any more time. If I cultivate a little longer and shorten the time of reaching the limit. Then I can use this pill to get breakthroughs. I don't know what sort of trouble awaits outside of the border. If I can add a little more strength to myself then it will be more helpful.

After sorting out my thoughts, I begin to cultivate.

…

Inside the Star Tower,

Darius Case appears on the 15th floor. "Damn it, I can't hold on any longer." He said to himself. It took him a great deal of work to eliminate those Four Mid Level- Class 1 Monsters. Now, he knows this time he will fight against Five - Class 1 Monsters, adding one more due to this floor.

Just as he is wondering, Five Fire Elemental Class 1 Monsters appear quite a distance from him. 

"Crimson Bull – Mid level – Class 1 Monster"

Seeing those fire elemental monsters his face distorts in frustration. He really didn't expect this situation,  Elemental Monster at this level can compare to Peak level monster. But now with five monsters it's not very difficult for them to fight against the Special Trainee Warrior. 

For a moment, He didn't take the initiative to attack. Since it's the elemental monsters they have elemental abilities like him. What's more frustrating for him is that those monsters also belong to the fire elemental category. If it were real, he would have  acquired those elemental monster cores to cultivate. But sadly, he knew these were just phantoms.

While he was waiting, the Crimson Bull Monsters didn't hesitate, they had already smelled the taste of fire element energy from his body. One by one each monster begins to dash towards him. 

On the other hand, Seeing the Monster coming towards me. I made a huge Flame ball and threw it at the incoming monster. I hope to see whether it will cause any damage or not.   

But when the crimson bull came into contact with the Flame balls. It didn't stagger backwards or fell over. Instead, the flame ball didn't even cause serious inflictions. It only caused superficial damage, But with it's tough skin it didn't feel anything. Once it's power dissipates the Crimson Bull felt even more angry by this attack. It rushing towards him in amazing speed.

"How come?" Darius Case was taken back. He feels stupefied. He knew these monsters were strong. But at least he hopes to hinder their movement.. Gritting his teeth he flew backwards to maintain some distance from those monsters.