Chapter 71: Secret of the snake-men

"So what's it going to be Nagini? Peace or War?" Liam asked, presenting the floor 54 master with an ultimatum.

*Hisss*

"You really have a foul mouth on you Liam, it's a wonder to me how someone hasn't already buried you 6 feet under" Nagini said as Liam shrugged his shoulders and pointed at the specters floating around the room.

"It's not like people haven't tried....." he said, as Nagini chuckled at his response.

"You- Champion Of Gemini, tell me something..." Nagini said, turning her attention towards Rocky.

"If Floor Master Kartikeya doesn't help me, will you swear on your honor to retrieve our family jewel when you are in a position to barter with him?" Nagini asked, as she decided to put her faith behind Rocky and his honor.

" If you don't mind, your highness, can you please elaborate on what's going on? I-I actually have no idea.

I was sleeping a few moments ago, now I'm here, I don't know why at all ...." Rocky said, as he threw Principal Liam a nervous glance.

"Oh?...." Nagini said, as she alternated her gaze between Liam and Rocky and understood the whole situation within a few seconds.

*Sigh*

Looking at the expressionless Liam, Nagini felt the urge to smack him, but she knew it was useless.

That man had truly lost his mind just as the rumors suggested.

"Do you know the purpose behind the Tower Of Ascension?" Nagini asked Rocky, who shook his head in denial.

"Well, everyone climbs the tower for the same reason. Longer life, more power, eternal youth, etc.

Roughly climbing every 10 floors can be considered as improving by one major realm. We, the snakemen, like to call it a tier.

You, right now are a tier0 weakling, a trash at the bottom of the climber hierarchy, however, if you pass floor10 you will become a tier1 trash.

Passing floor twenty means you will have surpassed your racial limits, becoming stronger than anyone ever born naturally on your planet.

Passing floor forty means you are no longer a human, but a demi-human, a one man army that can alter the terrain of entire planets.

But I'm considering his offer, because of how desperate we are to grow" Nagini admitted, as Rocky finally understood the full picture.

"Is the treasure really that magical?" He asked, wondering just how strong it could be, as Nagini laughed hysterically at his question.

"Is it really that magical? Hahahahaha, Liam, do you really not educate your students at the university at all?" Nagini said, as Liam frowned at the jab.

"A warrior's potential is limited by factors like birth race and talent, however, the treasure of the snake-men race allows you to transcend those limits.

Imagine that you have one square meter of land to build a tower, the constraints are decided by factors like your birth race, your hardwork, etc etc.

Just how high do you think that tower can go?

At some point you will run out of space and won't be able to build higher, however, if you could widen the base to two meters, you can probably now build it up much higher.

What the snake-men treasure does is that it widens the base for you, giving you power akin to a tier2/ floor 21 climber while being tier0, making your future potential much better than it is at birth.

Magical is an understatement to describe it.

It's literally a treasure that can make mortals lesser gods and lesser gods monarchs.

Basically, it's the single greatest thing to exist within the tower" Liam said as Rocky felt like his jaw was about to hit the floor.

Liam really brought him to try something this magical? And Sophia actually missed out on this?

This was quite literally a chance of a lifetime for him as although he had no idea of who Kartikeya was or when he would be in a position to barter with him, Rocky decided to do whatever it took to get this chance today.

"Your highness, I swear on my honor, to help you regain your family jewel whenever I have the chance.

You have my word" Rocky said as he felt something mystical constricting around his heart.

"Break that word boy and you die-" Nagini said, as she placed a seal of honor around Rocky's heart.

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/// A/N - Mass Release Chapter 1 of 8, it begins! ///