Sylas kept waiting for the pressurized wave to come, but it never did.
He found himself walking, and walking, and walking, down an endless corridor that didn't seem to have any intention of ending…
Until it abruptly did.
A set of three wide stairs appeared before him. Upon it, there was another glass platform.
Sylas looked back with a questioning gaze to Voxena, but she was looking at him with trembling pupils. It was clear that even she didn't understand what was going on. In fact, even the silent Tongue'Head found itself shaking, a light of excitement in its eyes, but for some reason, it still didn't dare to speak.
There was a flash and the eyepatch-wearing man appeared again, this time behind this final stage.
"You've received the highest honors. Please place your palm on this platform."
Everything was happening too fast and Sylas didn't like not being able to analyze the situation he was in. It felt like too many outside factors were driving him.
He had come here for the sake of buying and trading for things, but now he felt like there were too many external forces he didn't understand at play here.
He almost didn't want to put his hand forward at all. But in the end…
He took the three steps and placed his hand down.
It was already too late to take things back now. If he had known that he could freeze time entirely, he would have just taken Szorn with him. Then maybe he could have avoided a lot of these things.
He felt like something had plucked at a layer deep within him.
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[Sylas Grimblade - Breath Rune Master No.341]
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The eyes of the man narrowed.
Vonexa also seemed to finally understand. The Rune Master under-50 list… it was probably the hardest of them all to get onto. To be a Rune Master required strong Will, strong Mental stats, and strong comprehension abilities.
While many of the Rune Master lists would tend to be on other lists, especially those on the Flesh Master or higher hierarchies, the reverse wasn't true of most.
When Sylas asked to be brought to the Beast Master region in specific, she assumed that he was on that list alone. That was because anyone knew that this entire tower… was known as the Rune Tower.
The glass platform trembled and notifications began to appear for Sylas.
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[Trial of the Beast Master Tower Cleared]
[Rewards Received]
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[Rewards]
[Will Blessing of the Beast Master]
OR
[Ticket to enter the Beast Master Garden]
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Sylas took the second option after a glance. He really hated outside things influencing his Will. It didn't feel good and it almost felt… fake, somehow.
He didn't know what the Beast Master Garden was, but it was probably better than this.
"What is the Beast Master Garden?" Sylas asked.
"Responding to young elite, the Beast Master Garden is one of the few places where it is possible to progress your beasts easily. By killing the Astral Beasts inside, the Aether can be applied directly to your beast's levels.
"The Garden opens once every ten years as it takes a very long time to trigger. The next opening is three years from now and many will be waiting to use this chance as an opportunity to help their beasts to cross into the E-Grade."
A thought came to Sylas' mind. "How does this compare to the Mancer Scape?"
Astral beasts… that sounded a lot like the situation the Madness Key described for the Mancer Scape, the treasure he was banking on to complete his Legendary Class evolution down the Path of the Mancer.
He wasn't thinking of using that space to level up his beasts. But Vonexa's words seemed to open up that door.
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