chapter 22

<Location tower>

Looking through the place he is astonished by the variations in species along with the lack of violence as they seem all to live in balance and harmony making the beasts lack the normal aggression seen in others

He found a home that looked like someone said 'what color' and they said 'all of them' it was a mash up of so many colors it was hard to look at and not wonder if the person was color blind but as I stepped into there I discovered that the energy concentration here was the largest location meaning this is most likely that gods home within his realm.

Meaning the best and most dangerous items will be hidden here, he stepped in with a deep breath and saw it filled with books along with a blacksmithing station making me curious which being it was.

Many famous weapons exist within the tower, and this is most likely the forge for at least one of them.

I continue to search as I am sure there must be some kind of hidden stash inside here and if I'm taking this type of risk, might as well go all out with it.

Entering the room that looked like someone didn't even bother to try and make the colors match unlike the rest making it seem like the outside was actually decent compared to this something I hadn't realized was possible till I was faced with this, walking through the room i find many books and weapons along with eggs but nothing that stood out as a being above the tower like one would think making me wonder if there is another place.

I search through until I find a spot in a floorboard that is slightly off, I move it and see a staircase leading down into a basement, this is the true stash.

Entering the dark energy is heavy to the point my skin stings simply from being in here though it isn't completely tainted it was without a doubt not a place one would expect in a being like this home, I see books that are full of energy along with eggs so potent they might as well be mythic creatures.

Simply being in this room was nearly making me unable to stand or breath, I wonder how powerful the being who built this was now but that is simply an impossible thing to touch so I shake my head free of the thought.

I look for anything that catches my attention and while many are incredible none seem to sing to me like he expected as although anything in here could make a mythic powerhouse drool none were what he wanted as he simply searched for something most compatible with the path, he envisioned for himself.

He spends hours searching until only an hour remains for him, yet nothing is chosen, and he is running out of time making him worry but he searches through the vast catacombs that is the basement.

And as he reaches the end, he sees a room like a study with a bookshelf and items all over and staring at them something in me urges me to take them, the energy would make one think this is merely nothing but junk yet the book sat on the desk and the small tiny pebble like object sitting on it like a paper weight made him think they were something more important he picked the book and pebble up and felt info flood his mind that this pebble was actually an egg.

I had my choice for the book and egg, but the armor and weapon were missing with only ten minutes left I search this study for them, but nothing really clicks like these two did till I search just on top of a bookshelf during the last-minute countdown and find a pitch-black spear and set of wrist guards that were also pitch black.

Grabbing both he felt himself yanked from the location back into the tutorial, he looked at the four items that looked like something from a junk yard rather than a great being's treasure chest he second guessed but shook his head as he already made his choice and listened to his instincts something he was told to always do when in the tower as sometimes a being will lead one to the best option without us realizing though how these are the best choice was missing from me till I chose to appraise them.

-chaos monarch butterfly fairy-

-When consumed one will perfectly merge another attribute talent based on the egg consumed of this species, advise one to be careful they dislike others consuming their young.

I look at the action and immediately reject the thought as although it isn't human eating another intelligent race was still horrific though he knew many lacked the hesitation when power was involved the warning was enough to make me have no doubt consuming one would be a horrific action.

I look at it and wonder what to do with it since I wouldn't consume it and decided to simply keep it nearby while I turned to look at the book which even after a bit no screen appeared meaning one thing, appraisal failed.

Groaning as two of the things I chose where useless I look at the weapons and nearly scream in aner at the description.

-unnamed chaos spear-

-requires chaos energy to be able to use.

-unnamed chaos wrist guards-

-requires chaos energy to be able to use.

All the objects I chose were useless to me as I wouldn't be consuming that egg though it was certainly tempting now that I know about the items, I chose but still something told me not too, so I stayed my hand despite the unstoppable anger coursing through me.

I have done all I wanted in the tutorial and reached the max of what can be done in the tutorial without wasting time.

I put everything into a bag I brought with me along with making sure my chest plate and spear are ready before deciding to advance to the next floor, I appear in a town like everyone and prepare to look around when I feel something connect to me and know one of my items have changed.

Renting a room at an inn I get the items out of my bag and see the book now slightly changed from its decrepit look to one that has been read many times, older and clearly worn but loved in its own sense.

I hold my breath and open it where I read the words.

'I have lived longer than any being at my stage should yet the time my own world has spent in the tower makes it but a fledgling as I have spent my entire time in the tower amongst the tutorial stage and for the one to read this know it is the best and most horrific and greatest regret of my life as even now I feel like I have lost who I once was due to the actions I have taken. So, to the person reading this the only way one can make use of it is if they are on the first floor, have not consumed their egg, and have chosen both a weapon and armor that doesn't match your element under the urging I left behind. This proves you listen to your instincts enough to not lose connection with them a useful thing for cultivating even if few could understand why. This book is a guide to the ones that follow behind me as to help you advance through the tower without making as many mistakes as others and to allow you an opportunity anyone would beg for as the cultivation method will be based on the egg and items chosen, for you who has chosen the chaos egg have an opportunity beyond anyone out there but beware once discovered the being in the tower will see you dead.'

I sat there staring at the book and wondering who the person was as to have spent so long in the tutorial they outlive most yet still have their planet only be a beginner one was indication of just how long in the tower they have lived without ever returning to their homeland, I wonder what it would mean if I did such a thing and nearly got sick at the thought.

Humans and most other species where social beings to go so long isolated and alone from all you knew was no different than seeking insanity and it sounds like the person was mentally unwell as he wrote this.

I take a breath to calm my thoughts then open to read more.

'Chaos energy is mix of all the energies with tainted energy as the binding force to prevent them from breaking apart or destroying each other, it is an impossible method theoretically but with the right means can be used to create a cultivation method so unique none could hope to understand or fight it. The first means to cultivating like this is in the egg you have that as long as you have not consumed can be fed your energy to make it bond with you then using it build the first core in the egg rather than your own body. The energy will take on chaos properties based on your birth alignment but no matter what the egg will act as a container and control method for you to utilize a nearly impossible to use energy as it will force the energy into a balance though be careful as once it is out of the egg for too long it will begin to break down.'

No wonder one needs the egg as without it they couldn't hope to learn the cultivation style, sighing I look to the tiny pebble like object and feel a certain joy at my moral code and the warning for not making me act rashly.

'Continue building cores until 100, you will get access to the rest of the cultivation method once you reach this stage. Next is the combat style for this which seeing as you chose the spear and wrist guards meaning it will be more focused on blocking and controlling the opponent, you will need extreme energy control for the method but as long as you follow the proper body and energy flow will never need to worry about another countering your energy.'

Don't just stop like this, I groan cause clearly this person wants to anger me, but I hold the cursing inside as one never knows if they are listening.

Leaning back in my chair I hold the pebble up to the light and still nothing truly interesting shows making me wonder if such a great being was pranking me, but I decide to do as they command and begin pushing my energy into the pebble like egg and slowly feel a sensation like a pull and my energy which was only a small amount leaving suddenly gushed like a stream and I dropped it causing the energy drain to stop.

Well thanks for warning me about that I think sarcastically as clearly, they didn't think to warn about that, I meditate taking in energy than making it into my own until the mana is back up to 50% the safe line, I had gotten all the way to 10% in mere seconds from the act of feeding it.

I sleep and give it energy once more making sure not to go below the 50% line this time before going to eat and look around the town, the tutorial is a 1 to 1 time ratio outside, and one needs to spend at least a week on the first floor before returning to their home world.

I spend the entire week feeding the egg and refilling my own only to drain it once more leaving me tired and unable to do anything though the coins I earned in the tutorial was enough to last me nearly a month without needing to earn anything else it was far from good to spend oneself to empty so early on.

By the end of the week the egg has changed drastically from an ordinary pebble to a small glass like egg with red coloring and pitch-black flame designs shining in it, it hasn't grown in size but the energy of it has continued to increase and something in me instinctively knew it would be ready for me to form a core within soon making me wonder if that being was influencing me or if this was the supposed instinct when cultivating they spoke of.

By the second week I am ready for the next step of forming a core within it, I take a breath and look at the diagram given in the book for how to shape my energy for the core which was a strange pattern.

It was two circles one up and down and another sideways, it says to spin both in opposing directions as quickly as one can.

I begin forming it inside the egg and the first ring is simple but as soon as the second ring tries to get added it goes out of control and disperses the core, again and again I fail to control the energy to form this strange pattern till I finally decide to change my way of making it by instead of doing one circle at a time I do both but don't even get one circle before collapsing as my energy control isn't enough for two opposing actions at once.

I use all my energy up over the next two weeks trying and failing to set up this basic core and wonder if they are simply trying for the impossible when finally, a small weak one is made, the two sides oppose each other weaking the energy and causing a slight tugging force due to repelling nature.

Sighing I look at the small core and egg and sleep, waking to my last day at the inn as I am now officially out of money, I set out to get some money and to learn how to use the energy of this core.

He leaves the town to find a small clearing to test things out while killing two goblins on the way earning a measly .2 coins truly proving how hard it is to earn coins after the tutorial and making my heart ache at the money spent on an inn without earning anything during this first month, I sigh as I look around assuring myself no one is nearby then I pull some energy into myself from the egg and direct it to the small bullseye I set up.

I feel the energy in my body feel like it was bubbling, and it trickle out like lava just before and eruption and erupt I did as once the fire lit something all my energy followed it out lighting the entire clearing on fire and if not for one's immunity to their own energy I would be burnt to a crisp.

The fire dies down and a dead land is left, trying to feel the energy I freeze as nothing is felt.

It was like being in the tutorial where the mana wasn't present and with this, I felt a guess on what my flame burned as I stared at the area in front of me.

My flames that looked like simply crimson flames burned mana itself; no wonder the people of the dungeon would want me dead if they learned of this as everything within the tower relied on mana to survive and me who burns it means no defense or protection methods could prevent my attacks.

I was literally the opposite of everything the tower stood for.