Chapter 62: Furious Ronald

"You have done something very wrong, young man."

Elian stared at the huge figure before him, his whole body trembling. This was a man who had seen every one of the gods rise, seen every one of the great heroes die a painful death, created by the Creator himself to be a watchman, and fulfilled his duty.

This man was Ronald himself.

Ronald's eyes were different than they normally were, glowing with a crimson colour, the wrinkles in his face and the furrows in his brow told you how angry he was.

He grabbed Elian by the throat and lifted him upwards.

Elian struggled in agony and tried to break free from Ronald.

"You are lucky I don't have the right to kill you young man, I can assure you that if my creation had allowed it I would have cut out your tongue, ripped out all your fingernails, pulled out your teeth, gouged out your eyes and slaughtered you.

Not only that, I would do everything in my power and, with the help of Lady Leyla if necessary, I would revive you again and again with all your memories and repeat the process over and over again." seaʀᴄh thё NôᴠelFirё.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

After Ronald said these murderous and blood-curdling words, he threw Elian to the floor and then said, "Now get out of my sight."

Elian fled the room with fear and even left the arena.

There was only one reason why Ronald didn't kill him, and that was the Philosopher's Stones. Ronald and Leyla had thought about the possibility of such a situation in great detail, so they had agreed to give one of the Philosopher's Stones, which were limited in number even in their own hands, to James as a reward.

Philosopher's Stones were incredibly rare, and there was a reason for that: The living souls.

The only reason the Philosopher's Stones could be created was because of the deaths of players who existed inside the tower, or users born inside the tower. Since the tower's creation, over a million Philosopher's Stones have been created.

This may seem like a large number because the Philosopher's Stone is a stone that automatically activates when its bearer dies and miraculously brings that person back to life, but the stone has a test and the person has to pass that test.

For more than two billion years, only a little over a million Philosopher's Stones had been produced.

Almost all of these stones had been given as gifts to people with truly enormous potential, including Moros himself.

Ronald knew that the stone had already been activated because he had given him one of these gifts, so he let Elian go and let him go because even the tower itself knew that if someone Ronald and Leyla had set their eyes on together had been killed, the person who committed the murder and those behind it would wish to die, let alone live.

The existence of their creation and the urge to protect people would not give a damn about the rulers.

Someone who had chosen Nyx could not die so easily, which is why when there was trouble on the 9th floor, Leyla herself gave Nyx access to the floor so that Nemesis could come to help.

The administrators were giving him special treatment.

As Ronald slowly walked up to James, Leyla suddenly appeared, the two of them standing just in front of the young man, Ronald reached for the knife and the medallion, and without touching them, took the two items in a bubble.

Ronald then turned to Leyla and said, "We have to wait, it's up to him whether he comes back or not."

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"HUAH!!!"

James suddenly opened his eyes and jumped up. Suddenly he stood up and looked around him.

He saw the green grass stretching endlessly and a person staring at him from a few metres away.

When he went towards the other person, he saw himself and stopped for a few seconds and then said, "Ok that is the weirdest dream ever."

After these words, the thing or person standing in front of him suddenly said "This is not a dream, you are dead you know?" with the same tone.

James shook his head and stood where he was as if he didn't understand what was happening, as if he didn't believe what was happening, and then he sat down and asked, "And what are you?"

As soon as this question was said, James' copy was disfigured and suddenly took the form of a stone in the air, James instantly realised what was happening and then asked, "The Philosopher's Stone, is it?"

When the stone glowed with a bright light, James closed and opened his eyes and then asked, "So send me back, what are you waiting for?"

As soon as those words were out of his mouth the space around him changed, he found himself in an unfamiliar place, he was confronted with a strange sight, he was seeing people he expected to recognise.

"What's that?" asked James. He was frowning, clenching his teeth, even the veins in his throat were visible with anger.

"As you can see, your future is a future where you don't exist," the stone itself said.

James shook his head at the words and then grabbed the stone hard.

"If you are here for me, you must know me, didn't anyone ever tell you that I will destroy what has happened?" he suddenly said.

The stone disappeared from his hand and appeared on the other side of James, James was constantly looking at the images in front of him and his anger was increasing.

"It's like I told you, James. The Philosopher's Stone can see the past and the future, we are beings made up of millions of souls, we are used once and discarded, so what you see before you are the future."

The stone repeated its words again and then James shouted as if he couldn't take it anymore:

"HOW CAN A SCENE WHERE MY FAMILY IS KILLED BE MY FUTURE!!!"