( Perseus's POV )Perseus received a report from Sophia after the first day of class.In her report she gave him details about life at the academy, about how much she hated the principal and wanted Perseus to kill him if possible and finally and most importantly about Rhys."The champion of Sol is very cunning, extremely strong and very cold to talk to.He is not easily influenced by charm or beauty and has the mature demeanor of a seasoned fighter"Was how Sophia described Rhys, as Perseus frowned reading this part of the letter.He knew for a fact that his sister was extremely beautiful, however, for her to fail in seducing him and to say that she could not beat him in combat, spoke volumes about his competency as a Champion."It seems like the champion of Sol is a more troublesome entity compared to his elder sister.Hmmm…. Sophia will need to work hard to get in his good graces"He said, as he continued reading the letter."Brother, I have thought about an elaborate plan to make hi

"Finally, a floor master is someone who has claimed the floor and its immense resources for himself/ his organization.Like I said, each floor is like a world of its own, so every floor has some unique resources, some unique monster life that's only available on that particular floor and hence the floor masters are beings who control these resources and monsters.Capturing a floor is like ascending to the heavens, as a full blown floor raid is a fight between the forces of the floor master and the forces of the challenger, where the floor master can call upon every single monster of the world to take part in the fight, making it next to impossible for one to capture a floor without possessing significant backing.As of today, there is not a single floor which is claimed by independent forces. The floors are either unclaimed or claimed by forces of tower gods, the only beings who can assert control over a floor.For you to survive in the tower, you must learn about which floors are con

In an unprecedented move, two boulders were brought into the swordsmanship training hall on the very first day of class, since there were two students that already possessed a complete understanding of basic swordsmanship.One glance was enough for instructor Mae to determine that both Rhys and Sophia did indeed have excellent technique as the cuts they left in the practice dummies were clean from edge to edge.To her it was clear that they were not achieved through possessing brute strength or a great blade, but because of perfect technique, which qualified them to move onto the next stage of assessment, the boulder slash.The boulder that was brought in was about 10 meters tall and four meters wide, being taller than both Sophia and Rhys, making it challenging for them to slice completely through it since they could not use an overhead strike.To slash apart a boulder this size they needed to have truly exceptional understanding of the sword as generally without the use of a special

The third day of University saw Rhys waking up at 5 am as he reported to practical combat class for the morning training.Somehow, his body had grown accustomed to training hard everyday and when he broke this routine, his muscles went into a sort of workout withdrawal where he received a weird itch that made him feel uncomfortable until he worked out.Professor Mave went in hard with his morning training for the students as well as he covered everything from running, to stretching and power poses that were sure to engage all the muscles in one's body and help build physical strength.Then, he made all the students repeatedly hit their shins and elbows against a semi-hard rock to improve bone strength of these vital areas.By the time the class ended, everyone walked out with swollen shins and elbows as they headed over to the breakfast hall to officially begin their days.*********The breakfast hall was where the practical combat students regrouped with the rest of the batch who had

The moment Rhys stepped through the teleportation gate, he found himself inside the first floor of the tower of ascension, finally beginning his journey as a Ascender.He was teleported in a random grassy field, with there not being anything much in the nearby vicinity, except ankle high lush green grass with a splash of weeds growing in between patches.Looking around, he immediately spotted a small village that seemed to be roughly 1 kilometer away.There was smoke rising from within the village walls indicating it was an active settlement, however, there were no loud noises or bustle of big cities coming out of the area.Overall the atmosphere was perfectly serene, with the sun shining brightly over his head and gentle breeze blowing past him, as Rhys smiled slightly at this pretty sight." The ambient mana here is slightly stronger compared to floor one, although the change is very slight, I feel like I can see and hear sharper on this floor compared to floor zero. Must be because