567 Armoured Titan

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'Rumble'

'Splash'

All walls that were already destroyed by Twilight started crumbling and fell into the lava.

"What is happening? Is there a real guardian hidden in this hall?"

Lately, he had been received more shocked from the battle tower and since he didn't get any system notification informing the clearance of the hall, Ajax assumed that there might be a real hall guardian hidden inside the hall.

'Wait a second. Are those walls that thick?'

All of sudden, Ajax noticed that the walls were continuously crumbling without stopping which made Ajax wonder about them.

"Roar"

Since all the walls were falling, Twilight tried to fly in the air; however, after reaching a certain height, it was obstructed by something and could not fly past that region.

"Now, I understood what it is,"

With that incident, Ajax understood what was happening and thought in his head, 'The hall itself is the guardian and it is burying Twilight alive.'

That's right! Twilight had nowhere to escape from the hall and continued to use the 'Dark energy bust' to stop the rocks that were falling on it.

'Twilight. Endure it,'

Looking at the holographic screen, Ajax felt his heartache and worriedly thought in his heart.

The only way to get out of the battle tower was to either have the participant have to be killed or they must have cleared a hall to come out of the battle tower.

Moreover, Ajax had no way of contacting it and sighed while praying that his dragon would endure the pain.

'Rumble'

Just as the dragon continuously sent the flying rocks away from it, the rate at which the hall collapsed was increased.

'Thud' 

However, the dragon could not keep up with the rate at which the hall was collapsing and directly fell to the ground.

'Swoosh'

'Rumble'

As soon as it fell to the ground, Twilight used its two wings to cover its head and used, 'Scale hardening' while enduring the pain that came from the falling rock.

'Silence'

After a few minutes, the rumbling stopped and the dragon's entire body was covered by many rocks. The entire hall fell into a silence.

'Please be okay, Twilight,'

Ajax, who was watching the silent hall on his holographic screen prayed for his dragon to be okay because it had endured so much pain and used all its power in the process. So, if it was still alive, it would be worth it.

'Rumble'

Soon, there was a slight rumbling sound in the silent hall as the rocks on the dragon's body started moving.

'Ding,

'Phew...it's alive,'

Ajax heaved a sigh of relief and at the same time, he was excited because he got the system notification.

Soon, he opened the inbox to see the system notification.

'Ding,

'Ding,

The participant has received a special reward.

'Ding,

Do you want it to proceed to the next hall? Or summon it back?

There were three new system notifications which surprised Ajax.

'As expected. Clearing this hall will definitely give the reward' 

When he saw the reward system notification, Ajax was not surprised much because he already expected if his dragon cleared this hall, it would definitely get a reward.

'It is not a regular hall that anyone can win,'

Because Ajax guessed that this hall which was named as 'Magical Hall' was definitely the most difficult hall (leaving the one that Cerauno instantly got killed).

'It is already tiring for it. Let it rest,'

Looking at Twilight's state, Ajax knew it could not battle anymore. So, he summoned it back into the inner world.

'It is really magical that the participant who was severely injured in the battle tower comes back without a scratch on their bodies,'

Ajax always felt that the entire battle tower was very magical because there were no injuries on Twilight after it returned back to the inner world or even the one that died in the battle tower could be very much alive.

"Phew... anyway, I wonder what it had received by clearing the 'Magical Hall',"

Taking a deep breath, he looked at the holographic screen while thinking about the special reward that his dragon had received from clearing the hall.

However, soon his attention was distracted by the Three-eyed ghost fox in the battle tower.

'Cool'

Unlike other spirit beasts or elemental spirits, Ghost used some kind of technique to open the huge doors without touching them.

'Tap' 'Tap'

After that, he lightly hopped into the hall as though he was going for a picnic.

'Is he really that confident in clearing the hall? Or is he just taking the hall very lightly?'

Ajax didn't know what Ghost must be thinking but he felt funny by its actions and continued to watch it.

"Haha...a small fox? I can kill it with my finger,"

Soon, a loud voice resounded in the hall that made Ajax raise his brows.

'A talking guardian?'

This was the first time Ajax heard the hall guardian talk with the participant. So, he carefully looked at the source of the voice.

'An armoured Titan?'

Ajax was shocked to see the hall guardian, who was shining in golden armour with around 10 meters tall.

Titans were one of the most powerful races that were said to be ruling the greater worlds. So, Ajax was shocked to see there was even an armoured titan's protection stored in the battle tower for his training. 

'System, who are you really? Where do you come from?'

Even though he knew that the system would ask him to wait until he became powerful, he once again asked about its origins when he saw another powerful race being in the battle tower.

'...'

As he expected there was no reply from the system and he didn't bother about its origins because he knew, he had to become powerful to get the answers from the system.