Ding!

<You have cleared the 10th floor>

<You have been awarded 10k karma points as a reward>

<caluclating your contribution.....>

<you have the top contribution in your team>

<Extra 70K KP has been awarded as a bonus>

<A portal to the 11th floor has been opened>

The notification that represented that he had cleared the 10th floor came as Shiva and the only remaining member on the court except him, Siri looked at their respective notification windows.

Siri stared at Shiva but he didn’t bother to look at her as he turned around making his way out to the portal that had appeared.

"I don’t do any favors that don’t benefit me, so make sure you repay in full"

Shiva said not even bothering to look back and disappeared into the blue portal with his summons.

Siri who was still standing in the same place looked at the empty portal as she mumbled,

"I will make sure to repay it to the fullest!"

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Ding!

<You have entered the 11th floor of the Ruined Tower>

<A new challenge is issued>

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<Trial of 11th floor>

To climb higher in the tower you have to prove that you have qualifications! challenge any of the rankers from any affiliation under the watch of the tower, you will be considered as a clear if you can withstand his attacks for five minutes under restrictions.

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Shiva stepped out of the portal, he took a look at the trial of which he had been already aware of.

He brushed it off for now and looked around him.

The place he was teleported to seemed like a square of the city.

People were bustling around and a market seemed to present to his right.

He reminded me of an old game that he used to play when he was young.

’It was like I am playing the game again’

The scenery of climbers moving around, the bustling market area, the distant sound of hammering from a smithy, it all felt like he was playing a game once again.

Well, it is actually similar to a game, only that he was not going to revive from death that if.

setting the other matters aside, he thought about the things that he had to do on the 11th floor.

First and foremost is to get information about the place.

Now that Kaiser and the other two kids had not recovered yet, it is going to be a bit troublesome for him to get the information!

well setting that aside the next thing was to clear the second trial related to the Soul Stone!

He had that as a priority for now.

And after that, he had to look for capable candidates to recruit for the shadow group.

Since all except the three has died, he now had to start the group of shadows from start and this time he had to make sure to make it solid and completely loyal to him.

He had some plans to do that but he need some information for that.

Where would you go if you need information on this kind of situation?

Of course, it is for a tavern!!!

There was no way Shiva would not know this, so he went in search of a tavern.

"Let’s see...where is it again.....!"

He came to a halt as he saw a shabby looking name board,

’Moonlight Traven’

"found it!"

He barged in pushing aside the door,

and as accepted of a tavern, those who looked like absolute street thugs sat there, some putting their legs on the bench with a massive alcohol jug, and some others were wrestling with their hands.

Some looked at him who entered the Traven wearing a full black robe but ignored it soon as it was quite common here.

Shiva also didn’t pay any heed to them and went straight to the bar keeper who was cleaning a glass with a cloth.

He took out a high-quality energy stone and placed it on the table.

"I need information"

The eyes of the bartender widened in surprise.

It wasn’t because he was asking for information, sure there were quite some people who would ask for information daily but someone willing to pay such a price was rare.

He eyed Shiva who was covered in robes.

The red-eye sparkled as Shiva stared right back at him!

Chills!

The bartender felt a chill down his spine at his stare!

’He is no common person!’

The bartender himself was someone who had climbed the tower till 30 floors and to be able to make him shudder, he would be anything but normal.

And if he was willing to pay this much price then there was no way he was going to ask for some petty information.

’I can’t handle him.’

He decide as he took the mana stone and said,

’Follow me!"

he didn’t say anymore, as excepted by someone who was in the field for a long period and went towards a door leading to the backside of the Traven.

Shiva too followed behind him quietly.

The people in the Traven got a glimpse of Shiva but ignored it since they knew nothing good would come by seeking trouble with someone like him who casually took out a high-quality mana stone.

The bartender didn’t look back and just continued walking and entered the room.

It was a normal room with a bed bookshelf and a table.

He went straight to the bookshelf and took a bell that was on the backside of the books and rang it!

Ting! ting! ting!

he rang the bell three times and just stood there silently.

a minute passed but nothing happened.

Shiva who was getting impatient was about to say something when he noticed that the bookshelf started shaking!

He instantly became alert as he increase his focus.

"Please understand, It is all a procedure"

The bartender said as he noticed Shiva.

Well, it was quite normal from their perspective since there was no guarantee in the tower that a stranger would bust open to their base and cause an uproar.

Shiva calmed down hearing him and waited patiently.

Soon the bookshelf was divided into two as a pathway to the underground appeared there.

"Please follow me"

He said taking a fire stick that was hanging beside the opened path and moving forward.

It didn’t take much time as they soon arrived in a dimly lit room inside which there was a single table and two chairs and opposite positions.

One was already occupied as a woman wearing a veil was sitting there and the other seemed to be for him.

"Please take a seat, my lady will take it from here on"

The bad tender said as he bowed and left the place.

Shiva looked around himself and sat on the chair that was empty.

"pretty cozy, huh?"

He said looking at the woman whose face was veiled.

"What kind of information do you need?"

"Stright to the point! well, let’s see..."

He placed his hands on his chin as he continued!

"First, The location of all orphanages with poor management in nearby cities!"

He said raising a finger. It was the plan he had to recruit the shades with poor management, since thews, He was thinking of only taking in Orphans, it was the best way to avoid any form of conflict that may arise.

And even among them, he was only looking for ones with poor management as the children would be pretty desperate there.

He wanted to avoid any form of conflict so he was thinking of bribing the caretaker of some places where it was difficult to run the orphanage.

He was thinking of taking them under him with the pretext of adopting using fake people’s names and bribing the caretaker, no one would notice anything that way.

"Second, a way to get to ’ dungeon of Aqua ’ "

It was a dungeon that he needed to visit to unseal the 2nd seal on soul stone. He knew the location of it but didn’t have a way to get there because the dungeon was located in the middle of a sea!

Of course, he could fly on Ugram but from what he noticed from the previous dungeon on the 10th floor, it is very likely some strong monster would reside on the way there. so he was thinking if there was any safe way to get there.

"And thirdly, I want to meet your leader!!!" 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

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