[Klunor Sapher - Level 135]Standing before him was Klunor Sapher, the Dark Elf general Sora had faced in the war in Sweden. Back then, he had been Level 127, meaning he had gai levels in just the past month.

  He remembered the Dark Elf’s words before he raised the White Fg to surrender... In his own way, it seemed he had warned Sora that this world was not what it appeared to be. Despite being on opposite sides, Sora had a good impression of the man.

  Musing over the man's words, Sora remained silent, abs the new information. All fas apparently had access to the Assion Tower, yet, for some obscure reason, Emily hadn’t warhem about something so important. 'Maybe she did not know?' he couldn’t help but wonder. 'I'll colleformation on my own from now on. Living with such limited information is really holding back my growth. I need a way to access reliable information, any time I .'

  The dwarf spoke , his voice steady, “Human, not everything is bck or white. Let’s put aside our enmity and work together ihis tower. This pd its opportunities are rare, and we should make the most of it.”

  The Dragonborn nodded, her melodic voice firming to Sora that she was indeed female as she spoke. “The Dwarf is right. You’re the Team Leader, after all, and that earns some respect... So, what do you suggest we do?”

  Sora thought carefully before answering. “It looks like we’ll be heading out soon. Depending otle format—whether its team fights or duels—we’ll need a strategy to match. Knowing each familiar’s strengths and weaknesses will help us prepare.

  Klunor nodded, summoning his familiar. “I agree. And to add to the dwarf’s words, demons are an exception. I’ve yet to meet a demon who isn’t a bastard. Don’t expect them to align with your cause. Enough talk; let’s see everyone's familiars.”

  Sora looked up at the colossal figure that emerged in front of the Dark Elf —a t [Spectral Dragon - Level 145]. The dragon flew up silently, its massive translut scales seeming to absorb all surrounding light, casting a dark aura over the space. Its intelligent eyes locked onto Sora, assessing him.

  Activating his [Mana Eyes], Sora sensed a unique energy surrounding the creature, an essence he had never entered before. His [Mana ization] skill kicked in, guiding him to uand the strange, intangible force emanating from the dragon. 'This feels like the opposite of life-force… Could it be… Death?' he wondered, curious about this new energy form. 'Is it an energy or a? I want to copy it a it myself!'

  He focused ily, analyzing the flow of the energy, how it formed, how it moved, and the effects it had on its surroundings, feelied at the idea of stealing this new energy and its skills.

  Sora's thoughts were interrupted by the Dragonborn summoning her own familiar—Another dragon.

  'Is everyone choosing dragons? Hinal...' he thought sarcastically as he identified the creature: a level 145 [Ice Dragon].

  With a sigh, Sora summoned [su], his phoenix, hoping to match the others' dispy of impressive beasts. As the Phoenix appeared, Sora facepalmed, taking in the sight before him.

  There was su, casually sitting, with cards stuck between his feathers, looking absurdly pleased with himself.

  'The others are showing off incredibly majestic beasts, and here I am, making a fool out of myself, summoning a week-old gambling addict,' Sora thought, gring at su. Through telepathy, a skill he’d “borrowed” from su at level 30, he sent a pointed message, 'Stop fooling around and look up, or I'll fe your body for a whole day.'

  Surprised by the summon and scared by Sora’s threat, su quickly burhe cards and straightened his back, feigning innoce.

  Sing his surroundings, su noticed the two powerful dragons h above. Brimming with excitement, he stared at Sora and asked through their mental link, ' I py with them?'

  'Don’t attack them, or you’ll get your master killed…' Sora sighed, watg his Phoenix’s excitement, like a parent watg a child eager to py.

  With a powerful cry, su soared into the sky to greet his new “colleagues.” Both dragons flinched, momentarily losing their bance midair from the force of the shock waves his voice created.

  su's aura surged with sutensity that the air around him trembled, and his movements were so fast, he was almost like a blur to the onlookers. The overwhelming pressure forced the twons to retreat, scared by the powerful phoenix.

  Saddened by the sight of his new "friends" flying away, su floated back down and sulked, sitting behind Sora, his head hung low.

  Klunor and the Dragonborn started, visibly shaken by the dispy of power. It seemed that their dragons were quite weak pared to this phoenix...

  "What did you feed your Phoenix?" Klunor asked, uo hide his disappoi. “My tier 3 [Spectral Dragon] feels dht ckluster now. Thanks for ruining my mood.”

  The Dragonborn’s [Ice Dragon] dropped to the ground, trembling as it hid behind her. “My Ice Dragon did even worse,” she admitted, casting a g su. “It seems the tiers really do matter. I’m only tier 4, after all.” She eyed her dragon with a mix of skepticism and , almost doubting its proud lier seeing the phoenix’s strength.

  The dwarf sighed at the dispy. "Looks like my familiar might be the weakest here… e on out, Bagra."

  A massive [Bck Tortoise - Level 145] materialized before them, its dark shell looking sturdy and a. Sora studied it closely, reizing it as anendary being from Eastern mythology.

  'A Bck Tortoise… I remember reading about creatures like this back when I’d read novels in css,' he thought, feeling familiar with a beast he had never seen before.

  All eyes then turo the tier 2 pyer from the Demon Race, expeg him to summon his owure. Instead, he igheir stares, sat down, and closed his eyes, showing no iion of joining in.

  Sora exged gnces with the other three pyers, and together, they tio discuss their familiars' abilities and strengths in the remaining time. Their versation was interrupted as a notification fshed before them:

  [Your first oppo will be team 17]As the walls of the massive waiting room faded away, Sora's group took in a vast, gcial world stretg endlessly before him.

  Uheir feet, a ndscape of ice stretched out beyond the horizon. The beauty and scale of the icy expanse left him speechless—it was as if he’d stepped into a frozen world suspended in time where the ground reflected the blue sky above.

  'It feels like a different world... I’ve never seen anything like this, not even in the North of Sweden,' Sora thought, excitement growing in him. He was beginning to enjoy disc new ndscapes, since he started traveling, and this pce felt like the perfect setting for the battle to e.

  As Sora looked around, he soon spotted anroup standing a few kilometers away.

  This time, he wasn’t surprised to see a team posed of pyers from various races: a human and a Dragonborn, along with a Werewolf, a Beast, and an Orc.

  Werewolves and Orcs were powerful races who had utacks on Southeast Asia and Russia, respectively.

  The Beast Race trolled the ti with the greatest diversity, with thousands of species and a dozen main sub-races with superior bloodlines and intelligehat led the lesser races.

  Among the oppos across from Sora stood one such creature, with the body of a lion, a human-like face, and a scorpion’s tail.

  It was a Manticore.

  Sora’s focus ged when a notification appeared in front of him.

  [Battle Format: Best of Five][All familiars will face each other in duels within their same tier, from weakest test. The team with the most wins out of five rounds will be victorious.]“We’re battling pyers of the same tier? Why even bother making teams then?” Klunor remarked, clearly surprised by the format. “They could just have us fight oppos in our tier and be doh it. There’s no need for teams, strategy or teamwork if it’s just duels of simir-level familiars.”

  The Dragonborn nodded in agreement. “There must be a reason. The system rarely assigns poiasks or rules.”

  Sora thought, 'Maybe teamwork isn't expected during the teamfight but before or after?' Familiar with the system’s patterns by now, he suspected, 'There's a secret to making the team format advantageous; I just o find it. And I feel like lower tiers don't mean necessarily weaker familiars... My Phoenix isn't strong because of its growth, but because of the way I trai, after all.'

  As the Dwarf sent his summoned [Bck Tortoise] to face the enemy, Sora closely observed, dising why it seemed weaker thaher four familiars. The tortoise was rather slow-witted and uo perform difficult skills or follow plicated orders from its master who was growing frustrated.

  'How did he raise this familiar? Did he max its growth, using the remaining time on [Train] but its intelligehat’s a poor approach,' Sora thought. 'It relies too heavily on instind own bloodline skills. Training a beast with low intelligence dimihe effect of [Train] over time.'

  As he noticed a simirly raised Golden Dragon on the opposing team, he watched the dull battle unfold. The Golden Dragon and Bck Tortoise cshed for half an hour before the dragon finally fell and dissolved into light, returning to its master, an Or the opposing group.

  The fight was s that Sora decided to try trainisu with his [Nurturing] skill.

  him, the others found his behavior intriguing and began training their own familiar. However, they quickly noticed that, unlike on the previous floor, their familiars had stopped leveling up entirely.

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