Tower Ascension

"Sir, I am not lying. If you practice that skill, the curse will surely haunt you." When the lady saw that smirk on his face, she gathered her courage and spoke.

Hearing her words, he looked at her with a weird gaze and asked "Yesterday, you were trying to kill me. Why did you suddenly become so nice?"

Peter could see the concern in her eyes and that's why he said that.

For a moment, she froze. The lady didn't understand why she was concerned about Peter. And, why did she try to stop Peter from doing what he was doing?

Soon, she found two reasons behind it. First, she and Peter had no enmity. She only used her information power because she was consumed by momentary greed. And, now, her mind completely accepted that greed wasn't worth it.

Second, she was afraid that Peter will try to make her a slave as well. And, once he makes her his slave, she will lose her mind, and even after his death, she will never get a chance to reclaim that consciousness. She will turn into a mindless living corpse.

These two reasons made her convince Peter. Unfortunately, she couldn't say that out loud. She gritted her teeth and said "Sir, I know I have made a mistake. And, I will do everything to cover for that mistake. Except for that, we don't have any hatred against each other. So, I was just trying to convince you so that you won't throw away your life."

"Then, do you think I am not throwing away my life by practicing Lucifer's skills?" Peter leaned closer to her and asked.

Hearing his words, she hesitate. After she hesitated, Peter asked again "And, you said you would do anything I want, right?"

Hearing those words, she bites her lips and nodded her head. There was a bit of unwillingness but she had already guessed what Peter was going to ask her.

"Anything?" Peter looked at her body. Suddenly, a trace of lust appeared in his eyes as he asked. Seeing those eyes, the lady took her time before nodding her head.

"Okay, just tell me where I can find that skill. And, also send my location to every bounty hunter with less than level ten after an hour." Peter nodded his head and the trace of lust disappeared from his eyes as he spoke.

The lady froze for a moment. She was even ready to tell the room and time. Unfortunately, Peter chose something else. But, she still hesitated before fulfilling his request. So, she asked, "Sir, why do you want those bounty hunters to know your location?"

At this moment, she had a bad premonition in her head. But, she only got the cold glare from him. Peter didn't speak or rather the words weren't necessary.

She silently passed him all the information he asked for including the name of the skill. Seeing the address on the paper, he smiled at her and left. While walking away, he suddenly remembered that he had to meet her.

'And, I also forgot to add her to my friend. System, can you scan the surroundings?' Peter asked through his thoughts.

"Scan complete! 143 Non-System User Found! Would you like to be specific?" A female mechanical voice rang on his mind.

'Scan Alexa Taylor!' Peter commanded in his mind. After a massive upgrade, his system was capable of a lot.

"No Alexa Taylor Detected!" Hearing the system's response, he sighed. The old man was right. He can only find them if they are near him.

'Alright, let's go that shop and then meet up with her!' Peter decided as he walked towards the northern part of the city. He had to walk for twenty minutes to reach that spot. There were lots of shops. The different shop was selling differently.

He looked at the name of the shop on the paper.

Shop of Cursed Items!

'I guess it will only make it easier to find.' Seeing the ridiculous name once again, he looked around. Before even he could see the name, he had already found the shop.

It didn't have a single customer. It was small and gloomy. More importantly, there was a lot less stuff than in other shops. He walks towards the shop and found the owner sitting on a counter. It was an old man with a short height of five feet.

He was wearing a purple t-shirt with normal shorts. When Peter walked towards him, he raised his head and glanced. There was no smile or will to entertain Peter but Peter didn't care about it. He walked to the shop and asked "I want Blood Slave Skill."

His statement made the old man raise his eyes and look at Peter. He stood up and walked to the back. After a few minutes, he came with a dusty scroll. After he removed the dust from the scroll, he puts it on the table and says "Ten Mana Coins!"

Peter didn't hesitate to take out ten mana coins and put them on the table. After that, he puts the scroll in his inventory. After that, Peter gave a silent glance at other items in the shop. There were some weapons, some more scrolls, and some clothes, armors.

But, Peter didn't buy anything. He knew it would cost a lot. So, he silently walked away. The old man gave a deep glance to Peter's back and then retreated his eyes. He had something on his mind.

Peter directly left the city. As he walked out, he saw Alexa waiting for him.

"So, did you find someone?" Alexa asked as she approached him.

"No, but I did gain a lot. For now, I have some plans. By the way, if you don't have a system, how can I add you to the friend list?" Peter has been confused about this for a while. He didn't understand how system user and non-system user communicates.

"Because when you add as your friend, I can get a part of your system's power. Originally, this wasn't used during the past since climbers feared their descendent surpassing them. But now, it is quite popular and also the best way to climb up to the tower."

"Team of four, three non-system users and one-system user. Once you add someone to your friend list, you can form a party with them. Once the party enters the dungeon, they can get an even amount of EXP and level up. Of course, once you separate from the party, we can no longer get those benefits."

"And, the party leader can even kick out his teammates after completing the raid and before getting the rewards. This has led to many battles and the early death of the climbers. After all, those who think they can reap benefit all by themselves will face the wrath of the entire group even before he could get the rewards."

"Of course, sometimes, those people succeed and move to the next floor. These are the advantage and disadvantages of forming a party with a system-user." Alexa nodded her head and explained.

Her explanation made more sense to Peter. Since all of them were inside the tower, it wouldn't be a surprise that they can be killed by the tower if they make a horrible mistake.

'So, this is the part of a reason why that old man asked me to take his granddaughter for the dungeon raid. Well, as he said I would need a team of four and there has been not a single climber who entered the tower within a month except for me.'

'Well, it doesn't matter. And, it also benefits Alice. Since that's the case, I shouldn't care too deep into this matter.'

"So, what's your plan for now?" Alexa asked curiously.

"For now, you need to find Alice. You can probably find her near the Hounds. And, once you find her, tell her that I sent you. She might not believe it so give this sword." As he said, he took out the Middle-Grade sword from his inventory and passed it to her.

Alexa looked at him and asked, "Do you have something urgent?"

"Yeah, I need to solve some people. I will catch up soon since I need to finish the quest within a day as well." Peter nodded his head and slowly walked away as she took the sword. He tried to maintain as much distance as he could.

But, there was a crazy smirk on his face. He was waiting and they were coming. As soon as Alexa disappeared from his vision, thirty men surrounded him. All of them were wearing a black robe with a certain symbol on their chest.

"I have to say you really planned ahead of us." One of them spoke as he took out a ring. He threw the ring towards Peter who caught it out of instinct.

"Do you think we would let you grow stronger?" Another man spoke as he threw a piece of black cloth. This time Peter didn't catch it. But, he could easily understand one thing. The lady from Information Office is dead.

"Today, you are going to die." All thirty of them spoke at once and rushed towards Peter. The red mana surges out of them.. In an instant, the ring of fire surrounded Peter.