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- Tower Climber
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“I’m ready,” said Max.
“The preliminary test is simple. I’ll leave the arena and open up that metal door which will send out a monster for you to fight. To pass the test you must defeat the monster by any means necessary.”
Max nodded. “Got it.”
The clerk smiled.
“Don’t be nervous,” she said. “We’ll be sending in a copper-ranked monster so it shouldn’t be too difficult for an aspiring climber to defeat.”
Max’s only experience with a tower monster was the minotaur from a few nights back and that creature had practically killed him.
He knew that the minotaur was higher ranked than copper, but that didn’t put his mind at ease.
“Alright,” said the clerk. “I’m going to leave now. The test will begin shortly after.”
The clerk walked out of the battle chamber, sealing the door behind her.
Max’s stomach lurched.
You can do this, he thought to himself. You agreed to do this. There are going to be challenges along the way and you won’t be able to take a shortcut every time. You need to do this. Plus, you have a unique trait. That must count for something.
The clerk reappeared on the balcony of the battle chamber alongside Sakura and Samuel Archer.
The clerk walked past them and went towards a control panel. She pressed some buttons and a loud alarm went off across the room.
The metal wall across the room began to slowly slide open.
“Good luck, Max,” shouted Sakura. “You can do it!”
Max gulped and nodded his head at her kind words.
The metal doors slid open further, revealing a shadowy dark chamber beyond.
What the heck are they about to send out at me?
The figure of a monster took shape and came out into the battle chamber.
“The preliminary test begins now,” declared the clerk.
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The monster entered the battle chamber.
The creature was a circular purple blob of slime with beady orange eyes. There was a crease beneath the eyes that had a smirking expression. That must be its mouth then.
The battle chamber was deadly silent. Everyone focused on the battle about to start.
Max took in the purple blob.
What the heck was this thing? He figured he should let it strike him first to gather more information on what the monster could do.
Max readied himself in a fighting a position.
The purple blob just stood there, smiling goofily.
“Are you aware that the purpose of the test is to measure your fighting ability?” shouted Samuel Archer from above. “You’ll have to do more than stand there, boy!”
Max ignored the man taunting him.
He had a point.
But Max was in a bit of a bind. His mimic trait was still currently attached to the mending skill of the healers. He had no offensive abilities to use against the slime right now.
He was woefully unprepared for this battle.