The small group of people who had been traveling for years for a small chance of normal life inside the Tower was stopped in the middle of the road.

The one who stood before them was not a human, but he didn’t look like a beast either. He was more like something in the middle.

The group was sure that this person was an enemy.

The winged man gazed back at the mighty tower in the distance as hate and anger flashed in his eyes. Seeing the humanoid beast distracted, someone from the small group tossed a Grande at the man, taking advantage of the man’s distraction

The grenade landed before the mysterious person who heard the sound of something falling near him.

Boom~

He gazed back toward the crowd, but before he could react, the grenade exploded.

The small group of seventeen people sighed a breath of relief. They believed that the man was gone. They continued to escape only to freeze in place. The person was still standing on the ground. There was not even a single scratch or wound on his body.

Let alone his body, even the clothes of the man were still intact.

Everyone in the group started firing at the man as they stepped back.

The bullets did come out of the guns, but they didn’t reach the man in the distance. It was as if the bullets were hitting an invisible wall that was between the two sides and couldn’t penetrate the wall.

“Big mistake.” The mysterious man flashed a bright grin in response. His figure flickered. He disappeared from everyone’s sight as if he was never there.

“Where did he go?”

The group took their positions once again, hastily covering all the directions.

Arghh~

A loud noise came from the group. Everyone looked at the man who had yelled, only to find that his hands were missing. Both his hands were lying on the ground along with the gun as the man roared in pain.

Thud~

Another man dropped to the ground. A big hole could be seen in the chest of the young man who dropped dead.

No one could see that mysterious person anymore, but they knew that it was his doing. How was he doing it? That too without getting close to them?

Everyone kept firing at random directions, wondering if the man had gone invisible, but that didn’t appear to be the case either. No matter where they fired, no bullet seemed to hit anyone. Instead, it was their group that had their numbers reduced.

In less than a minute, twelve out of the seventeen remaining people had been killed despite the rain of bullets.

The others came to the conclusion that they couldn’t do anything about the man! If they stayed there, they were all going to die.

The young woman came up with an idea as she roared. “Everyone, run in different directions and look for a place to hide! If we stay together, we will all die!”

“Argh!” One more person dropped dead before the woman could even finish her sentence.

That left only four, and each of the four took the advice and ran in different directions.

The Woman ran north, away from the tower of heaven, while one ran south to the tower. The other two also took different directions.

The person who ran towards the tower dropped dead. His head dropped to the ground before his body followed suit.

Another man was running east. There was a belt of grenades around his waist. He didn’t even realize as the pins of his grenade flew off on their own. Within seconds, all the grenades exploded, killing the middle-aged man.

The third man ran south toward the finding ahead, but before he could even open the door, his body froze in place as he held his chest. In his heart, he could feel that something was wrong. His heart was aching a lot.

Before the man could realize what was happening, his heart exploded. His nose and eyes started bleeding as the man’s lifeless body dropped to the ground.

Only one person from the group was left… The young daughter of the old leader. She had managed to hide inside a dumpster while the others were being killed.

Unfortunately, she couldn’t hide from the eyes of that mysterious person…

She was discovered. The man grabbed the throat of the woman with his left hand while holding her gun with his other hand. He snatched the gun from her hand and tossed it aside.

“Who… Are you…?” The woman struggled to breathe as she felt she was being choked.

Despite coming so close to the tower, she had failed. She had lost everyone close to her and all for nothing…

Her weak eyes became blurry as she gazed at the tower in the distance. She believed this was as far as she could get.

Just as she was about to lose consciousness, she heard the grim voice of the mysterious man. “Don’t worry. I won’t kill you. I still need you for something really important. You wanted to go inside the tower? I’ll make it happen.”

A bright smile flashed across the face of the young man as if he had already made some plans for the young lady who had already lost her consciousness by now.

“You will bring the downfall of the Tower of Sin! You will make it happen for me…”

The man placed his right thumb on the forehead of the young lady. A strange mark appeared on the young woman’s forehead, which was revealed only when the man took his hands off.

The man released the unconscious woman to the ground before glancing at the tower as well. “If they think they succeed in what they want to do, they can’t be more wrong….”

*****

Back in the Tower of Sin, no one was aware of what was happening in the outside world.

For the people inside the Tower of Sin, the outdoor world was already gone. They didn’t believe there could be anyone in the outside world who was still alive. This tower was their only world now.

The people on the Ground Floor had many screens before them, all of which showed the trials of the Tower.

They noticed the King of Wrath entering the Valley of the Dragons all alone to kill the Dragons.

On another screen, they saw the other Kings and Lords doing their missions. Despite so many things going on, most of the people here were only focused on one screen ahead.

The screen was showing the happenings on the Second Floor.

They had already seen the second floor being cleared a lot of times, but this time it was different. They wanted to see Azekiel in action! The King who had managed to slay another King!

“What is the King of Greed doing? He is leaving the battlefield to sneak inside the Castle?”

“Yeah, but he doesn’t know that King Azekiel is inside the castle as well. This will be interesting. We will finally see the battle of two Kings. I am really excited.”

“Hmph, Azekiel will die. That man has gotten too smug just because he managed to kill King Michael due to some trick. King Elijah will teach him a lesson!” A young lady exclaimed. She was still feeling salty that she had been rejected by him.

Creek~

As everyone was immersed in what was happening on the screen, they heard the sound that they thought they were never going to hear again! The sound of the doors of the Tower of Sin opening!