( Erin's POV )
Erin felt a lot stronger after completing his floor10 promotion, as his body no longer felt dizzy when he performed sudden movements.
Throughout his life, Erin had been suffering from a mild case of Vertigo, which made his head spin a bit from sudden movements, which was why he could never jump out of bed after 8 hours of sleeping and always needed to get up slowly.
When he began physically training his body after joining the university, his condition did get a bit better, however, only to the point where it was still just a minor discomfort, but still mildly noticeable.
However, after his tier 1 promotion, Erin no longer felt any physical discomfort from sudden movements, while the flow of mana through his body also felt a lot smoother.
Although the benefits that he received from his promotion were not as spectacular as what Rocky experienced, he was still very happy with how things turned out, as he finally understood why clearing the ascension floors was such a big deal for climbers.
Going past these major floors gave climbers a massive power boost, instantly setting them a class apart from the climbers just a couple floors beneath them.
Officially, only those individuals who had gone past floor10 were given the tag 'Climber', so Erin could finally call himself one after this promotion.
"Sir Rocky, I've successfully completed my first promotion-" Erin said excitedly upon his return, as he felt surprised to see Rocky already being in the room, having returned before him.
"Oh? Good job Erin, I have also completed mine-" Rocky replied with a soft smile on his face as Erin beamed brightly.
"I've got an S grade evaluation on my promotion, I'm not planning to tell anyone else, but I'm so happy with it that I'm telling you, Sir Rocky-" Erin said, as he giggled, causing Rocky to break out into a wide grin.
"Good job Buhara-" Rocky said as he shook the orc's hand, as Buhara tried to flex his new-found strength on Rocky, by trying to crush his hand.
There was a spark in his eyes as he initially tried to be mischievous, however, when Rocky did not even flinch and instead turned the tables on him, squeezing his hand so hard that he was forced to wince in pain, Buhara realized that he had picked on the wrong human.
"Puny human is so strong. Although Buhara is feeling much stronger than yesterday, the puny human is still much stronger-" Buhara commented as he blew cool air over his swollen hand, which was now throbbing in pain.
"Hahaha, of course. Humans are not as weak as you think my friend" Rocky said, as Buhara first looked at Rocky and then Erin and then decided to disregard Rocky's statement.
Other than Rocky, all the humans that Buhara had met seemed frail and weak to him, however, Rocky was different.
Tall, strong and built like an orc, Rocky was the ideal candidate to become an Orc Chief in his head, as if the two of them were back in his village, then Buhara would have already fought a traditional muggang to secure the right to make Rocky his Chieftain.
Currently, he saw Rocky more like an elder brother than a friend, which was also why he was subservient and accepting of his role as a group leader.
"Well, Buhara, Erin, guys, I have to ask you both a very important question?" Rocky said, his expression turning dead serious, as both Erin and Buhara looked at him with their eyebrows raised.
"I've been considering this for a while now, and I think I've come to a conclusion-" Rocky said as he looked individually into the eyes of both his friends, giving them a pleading look.
"We have been room-mates and team-mates in this university and although we haven't been together for too long. I feel confident enough in your character that I can trust my back to you-"
"I know that all three of us have the same goal, which is to safeguard our home planets and climb the tower to the very peak.
So I was wondering, if the two of you would like to officially join me, as a part of my Champion's Party once university ends?" Rocky asked earnestly, as he waited for their reply.