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- Tower Climber
- Jakob Tanner
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“This hereditary ability is called blood eyes,” said the boy. “And it’s why the Archer family will one day rule this city.”
The boy was about to stab the man once more, when his phone began to ring in his pocket.
“Shit,” hissed the boy. “Right now?”
He stabbed the man right in the heart, twisting the surgeon’s scalpel.
He then walked away from the alley, answering his phone as he did so.
“Yep?”
“We’re having a family meeting in half an hour,” said the stern voice of his father on the other line. “We’re discussing the next phase in the plan. You’ll be expected to be there.”
34
The rest of the week at the climber academy was significantly less stressful than the first day. A lot more teaching and learning, and a lot less fighting for one’s life.
The firebringer instructor walked them through the signs of the endless forest and showed them the route to the departure teleporter.
There were more defense climber guards hanging out there, guarding the teleporter. The instructor showed the students how to get there, but threatened expulsion to anyone who tried to go any floors above the endless forest.
Max didn’t mind such a rule. As curious as he was, with a mana affinity stat of 4, he wasn’t going to get very far before he got tower sickness and potentially died.
He was content with just being able to visit floor-2 for the time being.
Finally the week came to an end and, for the first time in what felt like forever, Max actually had time off. Free time.
What the heck was he going to do?
He thought about it Saturday morning over a cup of instant coffee and decided he was going to do some life admin and research.
He went to get his mobile phone, which he hadn’t touched in a few weeks to see if he had any messages from Sarah back in the outer-rim.
He took the phone out of a cupboard where he stored a few of his things and powered the device on.
He couldn’t wait to tell Sarah about some of the stuff that had been happening to him since he had entered the tower-zone. He’d keep the assassins and murderous psychopaths to himself and only mention the good things, like, magic powers or ramen with magical creatures from higher floors.
Yet when the phone powered on, the whole screen lit up and the words “ERROR” flashed over and over again.
“Huh?”
Sakura stepped out of the bathroom at that moment, covered up with a pink towel. She was smiling, feeling refreshed from the long hot morning shower.
“Whatcha doing over there, Max?”
Max turned to her glumly. “My phone doesn’t work.”
She walked over and bent down to take a look at Max’s mobile phone.