Gaming Sword Magician

Chapter 166: Rewards

In the world of flame sprites, ruled by Lord Agni, a young boy and a young girl moved side by side and returned to the human fortress established in that world.

The young boy with golden hair and long ears suddenly spat out a dumbfounded chuckle from his mouth.

"What happened?" The young girl with cat ears asked.

"Let's head to the lower floors," Sem said before he headed towards the teleporter established at the very start of the floor he was in.

"Ehh, just what are you trying to accomplish by getting to the bottom level? Sem, Sem, Please say something!" She asked, her ears perked up due to curiosity.

"An E-ranked newbie has cleared the Ruler test of the Zero floor and has become a low-rank Ruler with the authority of gravity. I am interested in meeting him. Furthermore, there are high-ranker killing newbies on the lower floor, and I received a quest from Jafar to teach them a lesson." Sem replied while heading towards the portal inside the fortress which connects to the 37th floor of the Monster tower.

"What? A newbie cleared the test on the first floor? Is this for real????" Neko shouted in disbelief while following behind him.

"Yes! Lillia personally watched and confirmed it and sent the recording of the video to me." Sem replied.

Lillia is Sem's eldest sister and also the darling of their family.

"Finally, a monster like Darkin has come to the tower but he belongs to our human race! Ah, just the thought of them fighting is making me feel climatic." A playful look appeared in her eyes.

A battle between Life Taker and Darkin was what Neko was anticipating in excitement. 

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"How peculiar... Maybe he has a unique body or spell that can absorb the essence of life. I wonder what exactly you will bring to the tower child", Jafar said inwardly as he descended and landed right before Whittaker.

Though Jafar gazed at the contestant with calm eyes, deep down inside he was affected by what happened and his heart was in turmoil. Why was a E-ranker able to release such a powerful attack? What kind of ability he has to absorb the essence of life from others. Does he not fear or face the repercussion of such actions? It's a well-known fact that each living has a unique essence of life, and others can't absorb it even if they have a method to otherwise they will start breaking down. 

Absorbing other's essence of life is like injecting the genes of animals into a human body or feeding poison to a healthy baby.

"Umm, why are you not allowing me to absorb their essence of life?" Whittaker inquired confidently. He was certain that Noah's existence has not been exposed.

"Boy, I don't know how you were able to but I can't allow you to absorb the essence of life from the beasts or humans you kill in this tower as it would cause massive unrest to the rest of the inhabitants of the tower. The essence of life is what sustains this tower and keep it functioning, and I am tasked to protect it. As the spirit of the tower, I must maintain the rules set by the creator and I hope that you will promise and won't absorb the essence of life willfully otherwise, I can't allow you to enter this tower and you will have to return the authority core." Jafar stated as he calmly watched the young boy who was pondering on his words with a thoughtful look on his face.

When a person dies in the tower, the tower absorbs their essence of life and respawn them nearby the respawn statue by using the same essence of life. But this won't be possible if Whittaker absorbs their essence of life. They would really "die".

'Noah, is it possible to not absorb the essence of life from the beings that I kill in the tower?' Whittaker questioned while gazing at the spirit silently.

Yes, I can make it a possibility. As long as the Guardian is in the tower, Noah will make sure to deactivate the spell matrix so that trouble won't come your way Noah replied internally.

"Alright, I promise to not absorb the essence of life from others. Now, can I get my rewards?" Whittaker excitedly said while his grip on the core of authority tightened. 

"Well, I suppose I'll just have to take your word for it, young man. As for your second question, yes you can and the reward is in the corpse of the Wind Drake. I believe there's no need for me to tell you what they are, you can check it out yourself, honored Ruler. " He said majestically before performing a curt bow.

Whittaker collected the loots from the corpse of the 0-floor boss, Cloud Bone Wind Drake with a beaming smile on his face. Whereas his S-ranked sword, Blood Drinker released a stronger suction force to absorb the blood of the dead beast faster than before. 

The first loot he got was a bone shining brightly in green. It was covered in powerful magical rune designs.

[Emerald sky bone

Description: An epic crafting material with wind type magical rune designs inscribed on it.

Effect: A material necessary in creating elemental Dragonfly Wings.]

"Noah, what other materials do I need to craft the wings?" Whittaker asked before cleaning the blood off this precious crafting material and storing it in his spatial treasure.

The Guardian needs 11 more wings bone Fragments from flame, wind, light, or space elemental dragon-type creature before you will be able to craft it with the help of a forger Noah replied.

Inscriptionists weren't necessary as the bones were already decorated with magical rune designs, and only a forger was needed to smelt the bones and combine them into a single wing type equipment.

Right after, Whittaker picked up another loot dropped in the middle of the blood puddle he created by slaughtering the massive beast.