As the afternoon sun dipped toward the horizon, marking the transition into evening, the front line Ascenders allowed themselves a moment of respite. Several shed layers of their heavy armor, seeking relief from its confining embrace, while others abandoned their posts in favor of an early dinner, eager for a brief escape from the tension that filled the air, while a few found solitude on the periphery, engaging in the humble task of digging holes in the earth to attend to nature's call. Despite their preparations, the anticipated monster raid had yet to materialize, casting a shadow of uncertainty over the camp. Maybe the raid began tonight, maybe it did not, however, the wait was definitely taking its toll on everyone. "Alright, it's already 6pm, we can make a quick rotation of everyone getting four hours of sleep if we start now. Who wants to go first?" Paladin Vance asked, as he found two men within his party of twelve who were ready to sleep early and granted them the luxu

Rhys's POV Unlike other newbies, Rhys was unaffected by dragon's fear as he gazed upon the flying beast undeterred. Of all the myriad species present within the tower, Rhys was the most curious about coming face to face with the dragon species one day. As the two bone dragons emerged out of the tower and took to the sky. Rhys realized that the size of each bone dragon was like that of a ten storey building as those things were absolutely massive. *SCREECH* Instead of a true dragon's roar, a visceral shout that could induce fear in those who heard it through voice alone, the bone dragons could only produce ear numbing screeches at best, however, even those screeches made many Ascenders go white with fear. On-top of the two bone dragons were dragon riders. High level undead troops whose strength was equivalent to a floor 50 Ascender. Coupled with their formidable mount, they were entities that could destroy entire armies alone. *Prrrrrr* Unfortunately, the two bone dragons wer

When the camera cut to Rhys fighting, for a moment, the whole Earth was mesmerized by his fighting style. Since they could not see God Caden simulating the fight for Rhys, to earthlings it seemed like Rhys was moving on his own instincts and were awestruck by how beautifully he moved. Chopping up one undead before transitioning to kill another in what seemed like an effortless movement. Whether it was dodging, counter attacking or pacing his attacks, Rhys did not seem to miss a beat as every action he took seemed to be important and leading to the death of an enemy or a chance to kill another enemy. Officially Rhys was not even a Floor10 Ascender. He was a floor 4 Ascender with strength estimated to be barely better than an average human. However, with his racial enhancement, his strength was akin to a peak floor 29 Ascender, but it was all in the form of untapped potential. Rhys still did not understand how to make the most of his strength, nor did he have any experience on how

Sylas waited eagerly for the Lich's attack to materialize, as he gathered his own Divine Essence in response.Divine Essence was a magical force that could be only wielded by lesser gods and beings stronger than lesser gods.It was like mana in terms of its constitution, but much more potent in use, as a normal spell powered using divine essence instead of normal mana was at least 1000 times more powerful.Not only could mortals not handle divine essence, as having divine essence flowing through one's mana pathway could lead to permanent damage.Their bodies were not receptive to the flow of divine essence either as mortals did not have the ability to naturally tap into the flow of divine essence.When one transcended from becoming a mortal to becoming a lesser god. They developed a special organ called the sea of consciousness that could tap into the flow of divine essence in the universe and store it as small droplets within the organ.When in battle, it was this store of divine ess

Rhys's POV Rhys noticed the loud noise coming from the tower entrance.With all the bright attacks and strong shockwaves, it was hard to miss. But he couldn't let himself get too distracted as he had to mirror the God Caden, which was his top priority."Quick revision boy, what was the second rule?" Caden asked Rhys, and without missing a beat Rhys replied "Battlefield Awareness."Grinning, Caden threw him a thumbs up sign as he was happy with Rhys's response.This was the first time that Caden was interacting with Rhys and although he was only demonstrating and restricting his movements to a fighting style that Rhys could mirror, he also acknowledged the fact that Rhys was doing a good job keeping up with the pace he set for him.9999999/10000000 warrior's would have failed to keep up with the pace War God Caden set for them, however, Rhys was special.Having spent a few minutes with him, Caden began to feel as if choosing him as a champion wasn't all that bad of a choice either."C