"I never really knew my parents"
"But I know they were the best people in the Tower"
"Look honey Cinister is trying to bite his finger" Slax said
"Oh come on Cini don't bite your finger" Zann quickly pulled out the finger away from Cinister's face
"I don't really remember my childhood"
"Cinister wanna come with us in the winter event" Slax said as he prepared his two claymores
"No way! The Winter Event is one of the most dangerous events." Zann quickly rejected his offer
"Aw come on I'm the strongest in this Tower what could go wrong" Slax replied as he put Cinister on his shoulders and went out
"I swear if even a scratch is on his face I will kill you" she said jokingly
"I still don't remember clearly but what I do remember is this"
A man with black clothes, a scarf, short black hair and a scar on his lips with a sword and dagger in his belt, is running with full speed away from an immense aura while he is carrying Cinister through the rough snow
"Dammit! Commander Slax! Please be okay!" the man shouted as he continued running
"A man was carrying me away from my parents or should I say my dead parents"
Slax and Zann were out cold on the snow slowly spreading a deep red color across it under their bodies
"Grow up strong Cinister" a red haired woman was standing over their bodies with her bloody daggers
SLASH
Kaecha sliced Cinister right leg making him fall to the ground
"Are you okay?" she said as he crouched down to look at him "You seem zoned out"
"Yeah I'm fine just tired from practice" Cinister replied as he healed his wound with [Ashen Veil]
"Well we could take a break but only this time cutie~" she said as she hugged him
"No!" the man that was sitting on the chair got up and closed his book "I thought you wanted to get strong and the tournament starts in 3 days you don't have time"
"Oh it's the weird silent kid" Cinister said as he looked up at him
"My name is Luck so use it" he said as he entered the arena and grabbed his sword "I'm willing to fight you"
"Hmmm?" Cinister thought to himself "Nah I'm chilling"
Luck grabbed his collar and yelled at him "Are you mocking me!"
"No it's just that I can barely keep up with Kaecha when she is holding back so against a serious you I would be like a coughing baby"
"Wait! I got an idea" Kaecha zoomed towards the weapon rack and grabbed shackles "Okie!! Just wait a second Luck"
"What are you doing Kae?" he said as he stood still
Kaecha put shackles around his feet and hands "These will bind all your stats like speed, strength etc."
"Fine I guess I can abide by these condition so raise your hands boy" Luck said as he got into a stance and pointed his weapon towards Cinister
"I swear I met 3 of you Student Council members and all of you are mentally ill" Cinister put up his hands
Luck quickly slashed towards Cinister but he just started dodging them barely
"Dammit even with [Zero Delay] I'm barely keeping up but I guess he is one of the big dawgs" Cinister said as he jumped back
"Not even gonna try to fight me, huh?" Luck said as he prepared his weapon
"I need to see your Nexus first before I decide to do my move" Cinister stated as he casted [Double Fire Ring]
"Nexus, huh?" he smirked gently "I think it's overrated"
Luck then charged up his sword and ran towards Cinister
"Shit! He is a Curse user and I only have time to block" Cinister said as he put up both of his hands to block
"Too bad for you!" Luck sliced up as Cinister's left hand was sent to the ceiling
"Damn" Cinister grunted as he healed up his hand with [Ashen Veil]
"You don't deserve it but I will tell you my curse" Luck voiced as he put his sword down "The more I move in the same direction the stronger my slash becomes"
"Tell me something Luck" Cinister said as he ate a gummy from a stash in his shorts "While I was fighting Kaecha she helped me understand something"
"What is it?" he replied as he picked his sword up
"He's gonna do the thing!!" Kaecha said as she took a sip of her Cola
"I'm a support which means I need allies" Cinister said
"But in situations where my allies aren't there"
"What is he blabbing on and on" Luck thought as he charged sword
"The only ally I need" Cinister said
"IS ME!!"
Cinister cast [Vex Flame mastery 2]
In a blink of an eye ten clones that surrounded Luck appeared and this time every single clone matched Cinister perfectly.
"Tell me Luck how would someone who can attack in one direction" Every Cinister said in perfect tone "Be able to defend himself if his allies falter in combat"
Luck looks around at the different clones and sighs
"I will defeat you, Cinister!"
We cut to Ragna who is in The white haired man [Mixed Nexus] which is a misty island with campfires surrounding the land.
"Dammit this guy has been buffed to the moon!" Ragna said as he wipes the blood from his cheek and points his sword at the man who has spawned 4 clones of himself
"Tell me traveler why did you kill those monsters who had families waiting for them" the man said as he prepared his claymore
"Because a monster doesn't deserve a family, a monster doesn't deserve happiness. A monster is a creature that prey on the innocent and I, Ragna Kuronze, will protect every innocent soul"
"Foolish boy" the man said as the clones jumped Ragna
One of the cloned struck Ragna with the claymore but [Bubble] was cast sending the attack back at the clone with 200% of his power
Two clones came from his left and right side but Ragna just used [Aqua Blades] to kill them and the last clone tried to kill Ragna from behind
"Found you" Ragna said as he used [Thunder Encloakment] to slice it into a hundred pieces
"Two Elements!" the man thought to himself
"A monster doesn't deserve a family in your eyes, huh?" the man said as he came closer to Ragna "This is what's wrong with the Tower and the World. Once you're tagged with the title [Monster] you deserve to die… But Ragna"
Then a flashback played in the man's head(Floor 7)
A young version of him how he extended his hand towards a woman who was leaving him
"You are a monster!" She said as she closed the door on him
"But it's not true I didn't kill him I swear" the man said as he cried on the floor
After a couple of days he decided to go to the shop to buy some food but all the people and aliens just looked at him with disgust
"Isn't that the man who killed —-?" one of the aliens whispered
"Yeah I heard he stabbed him 60 times without stopping" the other human joined in their conversation
"What was his name again?" the alien whispered
"Fery "The Monster" Abend" the person laughed as he said it
The man just went up and but his bag of stuff in the checkout
"200 gold coins" the cashier said as she blew on her bubble gum and looked at her phone
"But I'm sure it's only 100" Fery said
"For you it's 200" the woman said "Monsters shouldn't be allowed to eat so I'm being polite not to call the guards on you"
"I didn't do it!" Fery said as he put his hand on his chest
"Keep denying it, you lowly scum" she said as her gum popped
Then Fery quickly stole the food from the counter and started running
"Come back, you thief!" the girl said as she called the guards on her phone
After running to the 20th floor Fery fainted from hunger since no place wanted to sell him food
Once he awoke he was in a dark room tied up on a chair
"Hey! Where am I!?" Fery asked as he frantically moved around
"Calm down" a strange man that had an aura of death surrounding him "I have a proposition for you."
"What are you giving me to the police? You want to kill me?" Fery said as a tear formed in his eye
"Oh you don't know where you are?" the man asked
"Of course I don't" he answered
"Welcome to the Black Market where you can claim bonties! You can gamble with your heart's content and most importantly you are free to do whatever you want!" the man shouted
"So I'm not gonna die" Fery looked up with a bit of hope in his eye
"Yup exactly and even more you are welcome to eat, drink and sleep however much you want on one condition" the man voiced as he got serious
Fery's eyes gleamed when he heard about the food "So what do I gotta do?"
"You have to find the [Sword of Devotion] and bring it to me" the man said "And also I forgot to introduce myself"
"My name is Duvant" he said
"Thanks Duvant! I will bring you this missing sword for you" Fery said as he headed out
The traveller quickly focused back on the battle
"What if the monster was only a rumor, do they still deserve to die?" the man asked as he grit his teeth
"No!" Ragna fixed his posture and threw his sword at the ground "If you really aren't one then I won't fight you!"
"Wait, really?" Fery said as he came closer to Ragna and a tear formed in his eye "I never thought someone would say that"
Ragna offered a hug and Fery quickly hugged him back with pure joy
The atmosphere was so peaceful that it would make even the most bloodthirsty man to calm down
"But Ragna, may I ask one final question?" The man said as he looked at him
"Yeah of course I mean we are humans after all!" the Knight replied with an enthusiastic look
"Why did you lie to me?" The man said as he became serious
"Huh? What do you mean by th-" Ragna was cut off
THRUST
Fery's large claymore pierced Ragna's chest. The blood from Ragna slowly dripped down his chest onto his clothes and on the ground
"Why? I thought you weren't a monster" Ragna questioned his voice sounded shaky and unsure of what happened
We cut to the flashback
"Oh one more thing, Fery!" Duvant said as he placed his hand on his Fery's shoulder
"What is it, Duvant?" he asked
"I'm not sure if this information is valid but a girl told me that if you see a white haired man with glasses or a black haired man with a sword and he can use two elements" Duvant informed him "Don't listen to their nonsense and kill them no matter what"
"I won't disappoint, Master!" Ferry said as he headed out
Fery quickly had remembered the words of his quote on quote master
"I'm not a monster but my master is more important than some teenager who doesn't amount to anything!" Fery said
TOWER OF SCALING: ADDITIONAL FLOOR
"Cinister I thought that [Vex Flame mastery 2] can spawn only 1 clone that when he gets hit by something the next time the clone can dodge it" Ragna asked
"Well I realised making one clone with that ability is pretty handy but then I thought what if I disregarded that ability and focused on making more clones" Cinister explained
"So those clones can't dodge and will die in one hit?" Ragna asked once again
"Exactly right!" Cinister replied
"Man I wish my Cross Ragna was an ability" Ragna sounded sad as he looked at his sword
"Who knows maybe it will"