Chapter 143: in floor


    After getting down the trapdoor and a few stairs steps, they stopped to take a break. They ran almost nonstop, other than stopping to replenish the Enchantment.


    The next floor would be a in field, which simrly they had to search for the stairs and face creatures that had pieces of a map for their location.


    The monsters there would be just a bit more powerful than the Sea Creatures of the Merefolks they just faced, but still manageable.


    As they were in the middle of their rest, Shingi read an unexpected System Notification.


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    Conditions to earn ss <strong>TRUE SORCERER</strong> were fulfilled. Will you start the ss update?


    <strong>YES / NO</strong>


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    Shingi didn''t expect to get this message that soon, as this meant that the current <strong>TRUE SORCERER</strong> didn''t exist anymore.


    Dormon was way weakerst time he checked on him but still was a <strong>TRUE SORCERER</strong>. So there was a significant chance that Dormon was dead.


    Shingi had to wait for his <strong>SCRY MODE</strong> to be active again to see if he could use it at him and, if so, to find out what happened.


    Shingi didn''t ept to unlock his ss fully yet, as he should do it somewhere open space. He didn''t know what changes would happen, if any, at his body this time, so he had to make some preparation first. But he needed some space to work.


    He needed to improve everything mage-rted to the max he could, as this could give him some extra benefits when finishing earning his ss.


    Most of his Spell had reached their limit, but he still needed to master <strong>FIRE SLASH</strong> and earn and master <strong>LIGHT SLASH</strong>. The rest of his Spells and Mana Skills had reached their bottleneck.


    He knew that this ss would increase his power manifolds, especially his Spells, and finally, he could level up once more. He got restricted in thest few battles from the System, reducing his damage output, making him use all his big moves, but if he could level up, those restrictions would vanish at a point.


    Since he didn''t know how long it would take him for the System to give him his ss, he had to do it in a safe ce that they could camp for some time. The only ce like that would be one of the Ruin Cities floors, and since going back wasn''t suitable for them, he had to wait until they reached the next one on floor 22.


    When an NPC not designed with a ss took a ss was like a Tower Monster evolving, but only if the ss was a special one. NPCs could earn regr sses without going through that type of change, but Shingi''s ss was far from ordinary.


    "That''s weird." [Mizuneko]


    Everyone turned towards theirpanion, who was checking one wall on the sides of the stairs.


    "Did you notice something?" [Little Phoenix]


    "For a moment, there was a weird movement on the wall but wasn''t part of the wall that it moved. It seemed to be some Water Mana mixed with what I assume is this special Energy Shingi mentioned. It is the first time I could detect it, but itsted for a second. I think because it was mixed with Water mana, I could notice it, though." [Mizuneko]


    Shingi had noticed nothing like that, but even if his <strong>MANA SENSE</strong> Skill was more potent than Mizuneko''s, in reality, Mizuneko''s was better to detect his Elements, water, and air.


    He tried checking his surroundings once more with Mizuneko, but nothing out of the ordinary.


    "If you see something like that again, let me know. The same goes for you. Things have changed in the Tower, and there are a lot who don''t want us here so they could have ways of monitoring us." [Shingi]


    "Wait do you think this was something the Dark Guild made?" [Hineko]


    "Their resources are extensive, but I don''t think they can control the Tower''s energy like that. It should be someone else." [Mizuneko]


    "They have done things we didn''t expect, so everything is possible. But to tell the truth, I don''t think it was them. If really someone was behind it and wasn''t just a random event of the Tower, there is only one individual I can assume that would be behind it." [Shingi]


    Everyone knew who he referred to; Mikhail, his sister''s kidnapper.


    Shingi had shared with them what he knew about Mikhail and what he learned he nned. He didn''t share with them his ability to <strong>SCRY</strong> on Annoue or Dormon or that his ss was Dormon''s ss. It was safer for them to assume that he had a special ss but not a unique ss.


    "We need to hurry to the second Ruin City. We will make a camp there as I have to focus on my ss as Ipleted the requirements." [Shingi]


    Everyone was excited hearing of this splendid news.


    "Why don''t we make a camp earlier on. Why should we do it there? Won''t more Dark Guild members be stationed as guards there?" [Hineko]


    Everyone nodded, as it made sense. The higher to the Tower they got, the greater the chance to meet them as they would have more people stationed there for gathering resources or looking for clues of unique quests.


    "You will understand when we get there. But for now, let''s focus on getting there. We still have a few floors to clear." [Shingi]


    They continued resting when, after a few seconds, Little Phoenix noticed something.


    "Wait a second. You said we are going to clear the floors? As we are going to look for the boss actively?" [Little Phoenix]


    They looked back towards Shingi as everyone wanted to know if that was the n.


    "We aren''t still at the point where the monsters will be close to your level, and thest boss fights had benefited our teamwork. But we need to level up forter, and also, from now on, we mighte across some interesting materials from the monsters. Could use the exp too for my ss." [Shingi]


    He didn''t have a level to use the exps he received, but part of those exps remained in him for when he earned his ss and could level up when he fully earn the ss just by this amount of exps finally put in use. He had killed two Bosses, one of them being an Evolved one, as also a lot of minion monsters, but those wouldn''t be enough for him to get at the level of his Students right away.


    Through his studies, he found out that if an NPC started as an Apprentice, the more levels he got when fully earning his ss, the more benefits he would get.


    There was even a Special Title he wanted to unlock, but he needed to get at level 20 or more when fully earn his ss just from the stored exp.


    Each ss needed a different amount of exps for each level, and since he had a <strong>TRUE</strong> ss, the amount for each was manifolds up from the others. So he had to kill many monsters to have enough exps to get level 20, and he was getting only part of the exps since he was a recruited member of a party, and only part of that exp got stored.


    Clearing the rest of the floors, including the bosses, till floor 22 had a chance of giving him enough exps, including what he had. He couldn''t see how much he had stored or how much he needed to go at level 20 if he had his ss fully earned.


    He had to hope for the best.


    After a few more minutes, they ended their rest and continued the way down the stairs.


    Going through the portal that existed at the end, they got teleported into the in field floor. The grass was tall, to be a little over the knees of the party.


    Looking around, they detected no creatures nearby.


    Some of the creatures here were experts to hide in the grass, but many of the creatures here were aggressive against strangers and attack on sight.


    As Merefolks existed on the previous floor, here there was a different Race; the Centaurs.


    There were different varieties of Centaurs, with the main one to be the one Half Human Half Horse, with the human being the upper part. The variety was in the lower part, as the upper remained human-like.


    Other than the horse''s lower part, there were also tiger, wolf, lion, and different beasts'' bodies. There were even some with cows as their lower part, but those weren''t fighting.


    The Centaurs also had a town like the Merefolks, but magic hid their vige.


    Most of them were Warriors and could unlock Warrior-based ss or Rogue-based ss. But a few were trying to go for a Mage-based ss but was more difficult as Centaurs weren''t one of the race that had innate Mana Pool, so they had to start from zero.


    They mostly tried to learn different buffs to help their allies or even know some curses to weaken their enemies. There also existed those who could call the spirits to help them, simrly as the Boss Spirit Bandit had done.


    Centaurs moved in groups of five at least, so Shingi and the rest should be careful, even if they had the advantage of numbers.


    They had to find their base, where the boss would be, and where most of the Centaurs would also be.


    There were some mutated monsters other than the Centaurs that they had to be on guard against


    Soon Shingi and the rest heard some noise close to them that came behind a big rock. It sounded like a battle, with one side being a pack of wolves.


    They carefully approached to check the situation, and they didn''t expect to see what they saw.


    There was a small young girl with a pair of butterfly wings attached to her back and wearing a one-piece dress that seemed to be a significant white flower upside down. Her skin was blue, and her hair was red, while her eyes were green.


    This was a Nature Fairy, which wasn''t rare to find in an environment like that, but Shingi didn''t know how it got here as the Tower couldn''t create it.


    On both sides of hers, there were somerge bald humanoid creatures. Their face wasn''t somewhat primitive, and their stomach was signs of eating a lot. There weren''t wearing any clothes other than a simple leather loincloth to hide their private part, at least if one wasn''t too close or didn''t focus his or her sight there.


    Their size was even more significant than Volig''s average size, being almost twice as big. One was thin and fit, while the other one was obese.


    They both had their back on the Fairy, like they were protecting her, as the wolves had surrounded them.


    They didn''t have any weapons, but it was clear that their strength wasn''t normal.


    Some of the wolves made a coordinated attack on both and bit them, as they weren''t too fast. But since the wolves bit them, they were close enough to attack them, so they punched and smashed them up.


    The battle didn''tst long, as the wolves ran away when they lost a few more members of their pack.


    The giant creatures, which Shingi knew were Ogres, had gotten injured a bit, but nothing serious. They went towards the Fairy, who seemed terrified during the battle but now that the danger ended, she had calmed down.


    "Druk, are you ok? Let me heal your wounds. Krud, you also sit nearby and rest. Will hear your injuries too." [Fairy]


    She headed towards the fat one, who they wounded the most as he seemed to be the stronger of the two and the slowest.


    A bright ball of energy started gathering in her hand, as Shing could see with his <strong>MANA SENSE</strong>, that she put together a part of the Tower''s energy and used it to heal the Ogre in front of her.


    <em>''How is that possible?''</em> [Shingi]