Located deep within a forested region, set against the backdrop of a cliff adorned with numerous faces, a large village sat isolated and hidden away from the rest of the world. Though it had been more than a year since the end of the war, a tense atmosphere could be felt throughout the entire village. Nobody knew why, but, on …

Teleporting from the barren trial chamber, Vahn found himself in a circular room connecting a total of sixteen different corridors. He noticed roman numerals above some of them while others showed various different symbols that denoted things such as anvils, shields, needles, apples, or beds. Understanding the symbols to denote the types of facilities found within each corridor, Vahn briefly …

Though the interior of the Rice Pot hadn’t seemed like anything special, Fenrir soon found herself ‘sinking’ into a seemingly infinite abyss. It was a sensation similar to sinking into an ocean trench, and, as if to demonstrate this was the case, the surrounding Shinsu grew progressively denser until it had a similar viscosity to water. Fortunately, though it seemed …

After checking the red and blue teleportals and finding nothing but isolated colonies of Shinheuh, Vahn was starting to think his ‘instincts’ had triggered for no reason. Fortunately, he hadn’t gone senile just yet as the green teleportal ended up leading into a massive chamber, much larger than the two preceding it. The walls were lined with countless metallic cogs, …

Thirty minutes before the Hell Express was scheduled to depart, stairs, seemingly materializing out of thin air, began to appear from one of the many doors lining the monstrous locomotive. It was a rather magical sight, but, as he could see the flow of Shinsu around the Hell Express shifting, Vahn was able to understand the mechanism at a glance. …

Seeing one of the most famous Ticket Hunters eliminated without even being able to put up a fight, most of the knowledgeable Regulars immediately set out for the 36th Floor. Their teams were a lot weaker than Aka’s, so, if they were to have any hope of boarding the Hell Express, they would need to do so from a higher …

As the interior of the Hell Express was supposed to be a compressed spatial dimension, even those with the ability to teleport through space would find it remarkably difficult to enter without one of the 100 Express Tickets issued each year. The Laws of the Tower prevented these tickets from being sold, so, unless you participated in one of the …

Realizing it might not be the smartest idea to stick around on a Floor that had just experienced a cataclysm, Vahn promptly abandoned the idea of securing the second Thorn fragment. He currently lacked the power to defeat a Floor Ruler, and, even if he was tempted to try, both the Jahad Empire and FUG were guaranteed to send powerhouses …

With the day of the Final Round arriving in the blink of an eye, Vahn was made to gather with his team onboard the Archimedes as the latter performed a ‘Warp Jump’ to the hidden Tournament Island. This brought them to a large volcanic island that, from above, greatly resembled an almond-shaped eye. From there, they were assigned to one …

Though the teams participating in the Final Round had been designated high-class pavilions to accommodate all sixteen of their members, there was no rule requiring everyone to share the same residence. As a result, Arusha and Arryn effectively ghosted their teams throughout the entirety of the preparatory period. After all, they didn’t really care about the items provided by the …