CH 50.1

Before Julia had gotten off Bero’s back, she glanced at the time bar that was just at the top of the window.

0 minutes and 26 seconds. Bero had already climbed up at a tremendous speed, but it seemed like it would still be quite difficult to get out safely with just one or two skills. Therefore, she decided to trust her own mental strength and eventually used her skills once again before setting her foot on land.

“Oh, my God……”

Her eyes, which staggered with a slight tinge of dizziness, became wide open. If she hadn’t actually seen it, she wouldn’t have believed that a place like this could truly exist within the tower.

As she looked closely, the waterfall was actually made up of several flows—not just one. And each flow was a little different in color as if it had been painted before blending into the lake and it was shimmering under the beautiful aurora light.

As though she was being possessed, Julia gradually walked into the thick mist. However, just as she was about to sit down by the lake, a red burst of magic flashed again behind her. Her dimly dilated pupils suddenly returned to their original light. Her toes were already on the verge of toppling into the lake.

‘What was that just now?’

She was taken aback, but due to her skill’s time limit, she didn’t have any time to think about it for too long. She quickly turned her body away and saw that there was a small cave right at the base of the waterfall. And at its entrance, a circular magic circle that could be seen during the beginning of the first quest was shining brightly.

Stepping on the portal had made Julia’s eyes turn all white.

[▷SYSTEM

Command system has been activated.]

[▷SYSTEM

Main Quest. Secret of the Tower.]

[Completed.]

Right after her vision had returned to normal, she looked back at the scenery that was no different from earlier to her. She didn’t really expect anything special, but she thought that they would at least let her know about the results of the said investigation. However, all that ever happened was that the portal had eventually disappeared along with an information window that popped out while announcing that she had completed the quest.

“Could it just end like this?”

She looked around, but in vain. The entrance to the cave was only big enough for her to stretch out her arms to the side. She even thought that it would be more appropriate to call it a den rather than a cave in itself. The deeper it got inside eventually turned dark and invisible.

And right above her head, the skill termination countdown had already begun.

[▷Resistance Transition Lv.2

Time limit is 0 minutes and 05 seconds]

“Kiingg…”

“Ah, Bero!”

“Kiing kiing.”

“I’m sorry. I’m all fine now.”

Bero, who had been restless ever since they arrived on this floor, bit onto Julia’s skirt. She hurriedly used her skill once again before she got dragged out of the cave by Bero’s power.

“Yes, I guess it was too much with those three times.”

[▷SYSTEM

The remaining HP is already less than 10%. All skills have been disengaged except for those that are essential to life support.]

The edges of her vision turned blood red for a few seconds before it soon returned. Julia leaned against Bero’s back while enduring such extreme dizziness.

She wanted to check the inside of the cave even more, but it was definitely difficult to do in this state. Her remaining SP was insufficient to reuse the skill and above all, her HP was almost at the rock bottom already. As it sensed that Julia’s condition had become rather strange, Bero restlessly twisted its body to glance back at her.

Julia muttered weakly while still holding on to Bero’s back so that she wouldn’t have fallen off.

“Let us return to the castle now.”

“Woof, woof woof!”

Bero quickly ran down the steps. Julia, who had been restless as she thought that her skill might terminate on the way out, was finally able to close her eyes before passing out only after she had reached the hallway on the very first floor.

* * *

Julia, who had disappeared without a trace all morning, eventually came back on the wolf’s back while having lost consciousness. Kimaris blamed himself as Agares was furious and even the brothers; Barbatos and Lerazier, couldn’t hide their surprise at all.

Only Julia was able to slowly calm the overturned Demon’s Castle. All of the demons were waiting with bated breath for her to wake up before the anxiety of those high-ranking demons could reach the sky.

Meanwhile, Julia had luckily opened her eyes before the day was actually over. She felt like she had a very long and sad dream, but unfortunately, she just couldn’t remember anything when she finally opened her eyes.

“I  really am fine. I didn’t even fall down, I just fell asleep instead.”

She waved her hand as she saw the demons had already lined up before her eyes. Still, Agares had thought differently in exchange.

“Little key, I don’t usually describe it as sleeping when you won’t even wake up when shaken.”

“That’s right. Not waking up to a bunch who was crying out—that is not merely sleeping.”

“You too, had made a lot of fuss out of that surprise.”

“What nonsense? When did I—do you even have any proof?!”

Lerazier, who was simply wandering around Julia’s bed, yelled out loud. He shook his head as Agares glared at him, but he still didn’t leave the bedroom and instead, he sat cross-legged at the tea table.