Chapter 177 - Headon (1) (Patreon)

In some kind of cave or something, completely dark, without a speck of light. The entire atmosphere was very gloomy, devoid of life, devoid of light and devoid of practically everything.

The only source of light was some kind of stone door, extremely huge, several tens of meters high, with weird engraving upon it... On the top of the door, there was a huge engraving of the Sun together with several mythical beasts and creatures.

Still, the entire place was giving off unprecedented majestiness, and nobleness, the aurra of power was clearly unmistakable from the enormous stone doors.

Only when the Key appeared did the Doors start opening, and the light descended on the entire place as several figures entered through the stone doors, forward to the unknown.

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Somewhere on the other side of the same place, judging by the style of murals that were the same around the entire area, all of them depicting mythical beasts and various beings, a sole person or lifeform was standing and observing everything that was happening in front of the huge stone doors.

It had an appearance reminiscent of a white rabbit because of its long ears. In his hands, the being was holding a long yellow stick with two green balls at each end. 

"Oya... a new visitors... and five of them..."

The creature muttered as it observed everything happening, something which was possible as he belonged to one of the Administrators of the Tower; not only was he an Administrator, but he was also the Caretaker of the Tower.

There were many of the Administrators, one per Floor, but there was only one sole Caretaker of the Tower. He was the person who judged and administered those who entered the Tower by themselves, and he was also one of the most powerful entities within the entire Tower of God. 

As one of the beings created by the Outside God, personally handcrafted by him, Headon commanded unprecedented power that would rival and eclipse even some of the Axises of the Outside God.

It wasn't often that the Tower welcomed outsiders...

In fact, it was very rare these days that someone from the Outside of the Tower entered because to enter the Tower, one needed to have either a certain degree of Fate with the Tower of God, or he would need to be in the possession of the Key to the Tower. 

Either of those things was nigh impossible to obtain because having Fate with the Tower meant to be chosen by the Tower, while obtaining the Key was something where even many of the Tier 7 beings failed spectacularly.

Most of the people who attempted to climb the Tower were, in fact, those born within it, so for them, climbing the Tower was just a part of their life, something that was expected from them.

But sometimes, there were the lucky ones who found the paths to the Tower and entered.

And above them, there was a second category of the unknown people who entered the Tower of God. For those who had the Key to the Tower, such a thing happened only once with Zahard and his Great Warriors; they had the Key.

And now, another five people with the Key to the Tower of God entered and would bring great changes to the Tower. 

"This one for sure belongs to the Cats... they gave it to the outsiders?..."

Headon muttered as he observed the people who entered the Tower of God from the outside through the Key. He could sense to whom the Key to the Tower of God belonged originally, so he was rather surprised that the original owner actually parted with the Key and gave it to someone else.

There were five of them, while three of them clearly belonged to the same species, judging on their racial features. 

The fourth one looked... like some subspecies of God because she was giving off very strong Divine feelings and reeking of Divinity.

This wasn't the first time that someone with bits of Divinity entered the Tower of God, but not many managed to survive in the environment of the Tower where Divinities of all kind were rendered as good as useless.

The fifth one was like a hybrid of humans and wolves, most probably members of the Werewolf species. Headon knew that werewolves were similar to the canines that lived in the Tower, but canines were just poor compared to the true werewolves in terms of power and potential.

"Most interesting... maybe there is indeed the possibility that someone will climb to the top and fulfill the purpose."

As the Caretaker of the Tower of God and one of the lifeforms created by the Outside God, Headen was bound by a certain set of rules.

Set of rules that he couldn't breach as they were engraved in his very own fundamental existence. Due to those rules, even the mighty Administrators and even he, the Caretaker of the Tower were tied to its existence and purpose.

Unless someone fulfilled the purpose of the Tower, there was no way that he and the others would obtain freedom.

"Let's play..."

Headen could tell that the horned people who entered the Tower had a very special lineage, and a very powerful one at that... something that he hadn't seen for a very long time already. 

Even the lineages of the current people that "ruled" the Tower were not even a bit comparable to them. His narrow eyes shone in brilliant crimson color, when he saw happenings on the screen.

For Headon, what happened inside of the Tower was of no consequence, as long as he achieved his goals.

It was clear that their Master, Outside God, had most probably abandoned the Tower of God, judging based on the fact that nowadays, only the weakest of the Axis would come to check on the Tower once every few thousand years.

This time, he hoped that the Outsiders would give him enough entertainment and perhaps they would serve even another purpose aside from the entertainment.