Chapter 403: Riya!? What are you doing!? Part-1.

Chapter 403: Riya!? What are you doing!? Part-1.



Spire of Ascension, Floor 78.

"These familiar corridors... these familiar walls made out of mithril and adamantine..."

Looking around him, Rio could already sense significant similarities.

[Ding! You have entered the Spire of Ascension!]

[Ding! Your destiny intertwines with the summoner of the Spire of Ascension!]

[Ding! You must reach Floor o to leave!]

'My destiny intersects with someone? No... It's perhaps the strings of destiny attached to this body and the original Rio, not the actual me...'

Although his soul has entered this world, it doesn't belong here and is a foreign object after all; the rules of this world and the strings of destiny in this world can't govern over it.

For them, he's completely nonexistent.

'The biggest problem is... that my 'True Immunity' skill failed to stop this from happening... Something interfered with it, and I was forcefully teleported here...'

Rio placed his hand on the wall and sighed.

'The structure, the magic circles, everything is the same... This place is literally the exact copy of that 'prototype S16ir112' place...'

'No... In fact, the place I visited before was named 'prototype' because it was the copy of this 'Spire of Ascension' instead! This one is the real deal!'

Rio contemplated in his mind for a while, and a thought came to his mind,

'Wait! The number 16 refers to 'P' in alphabets 1 is for 'A' and 12 is for 'L'... If I put them in 'S16ir112' the word becomes 'Spiral'!'

'In other words, that prototype 'Spiral' was basically a practice ground for this actual Spire or Spiral of Ascension!... the clues were in front of me all along!'

Rio rubbed his temples and felt a bit idiotic thinking about it.

The clues were in front of him all along, but he never saw them and never thought deeply about them.

That place they visited before clearly had 'Prototype' in its name as stated by that 'Practice Trail', which means there will definitely be the real thing out there if there's a prototype.

'But how did I end up here? How did that portal suddenly open below my feet? Everything is still mystery... And what exactly is the purpose of this thing?'

'The name of this place is 'Spire of Ascension'; don't tell me that it helps people ascend to higher realms when you reach floor o or something...'

Rio has a vague feeling; this place is definitely much worse than that mere prototype.

'To get the answers for questions, I will need to descend deeper...'

Although Rio doesn't know which floor he is on right now, he can find out about it after reaching the stairs of this floor.

'Let's follow the same method I did before...'

[Sword Intent!]

[Elemental Sword Art: Miasma Type: Empty Stance!]

Rio donned the shadow robe again and covered himself in miasma to follow the same method that he did before in the prototype version!

'This time I have more proficiency, and I also replenished my mana potion reserves yesterday...'

Rio always likes to be combat-ready at every moment; thus, the first thing he did after coming back home was replenish his mana potion reserves.

'Moreover, now I have thought of a method to counter...'

After Rio got that 'second fragment', he felt that his 'Will' had become stronger and his control over 'sword intent' finally reached 90%; thus, now he has more abilities in his arsenal.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

and started to pour massive amounts of healing elements inside the hall.

A look of panic appeared in the eyes of the demon after seeing such a scene.

"This!? Wha!? Such insane concentration of healing magic!? How is this possible?!!"

For humans and other creatures, healing magic is gentle and warm; it heals them, buffs them, and protects them, but for demons, healing magic is a literal poison!!

Unless a healer purposely makes their healing magic enter a neutral state, making it harmless for demons, pumping healing magic in demons is similar to pumping massive doses of poison into someone's body!

Riya's strategy might not be effective on other creatures, but it's super effective on demons. Looking at the panicked look on the demon's face, Riya smirked a bit and spoke in an amused

tone.

"Thirty seconds! You have thirty seconds at max; after thirty seconds, this entire hall will be filled with such an immense amount of healing magic that even SS-rank demons will have difficulty breathing in here..."

"Usually, it would have taken three minutes, but I am in a bad mood right now, so I am using my maximum output right now... The strategy is kind of inefficient, but it's good enough for

you at least..."

A look of fear appeared on the three faces of the demon, and Riya seemed more like a demon

to him instead!

Her amused smile seemed like that of a real demon instead.

'She's mocking me! She's purposely trying to torture me to death!! I must escape!! This girl is

a monster in human skin!'

Demons have no dignity or honor; they run at a moment's notice when the situation seems

unfavorable.

The demon flapped its wings and flew towards the exit like a rocket, but to his surprise, the

magic circle immediately became even stronger in the place where he was trying to escape. The moment his hand touched the door, massive amounts of healing magic poured into his

body, and his entire hand burst apart like a balloon!!

"Twenty Seconds..."

The demon glanced to his side with a look of horror and found Riya sitting on his left shoulder

with a massive smile on his face.

"Ah, I forgot to tell you, this is 'My Territory', so it follows 'My Rules'; I can teleport here..."

Riya patted the other party's head with her hand gently and poured a massive amount of

healing magic into the other party's head.

*BOOM!!*

Its entire upper body blew apart like a watermelon being hit with a bullet. Blood splattered everywhere on the ground, and Riya withdrew the massive healing field.

She waved her hand, and the body of the demon started to compress; it compressed in a small

bead.

She used her healing magic to purify it and turned the demon's corpse into a purified healing potion, made up of immense life force and healing powers.

"Hmm... this potion looks a bit paler... I guess I purified it a bit too much, perhaps..."

"Next time a demon appears, I will throw this at them; that would be more effective..."