1 Prologue
Somewhere within The Spire.
A young man sits down with The Merchant, and listens to his story with his full attention.
"There once was a time, where a legendary hero managed to slay The Spire, he was a nice man." The Merchant narrates.
"Then where is he now?" William asks curiously.
"Sigh... No one knows, he disappeared completely." The Merchant sighs dejectedly.
"Oh... Thanks for the story! Kind sir!" William tries to cheer him up.
"No problem! And thank you for listening to my story." The Merchant thanks him back.
William stands up and as he's about to leave, The Merchant asks hurriedly.
"What's your name? Young lad." he asks.
Wiliam smiles and answers. "William... My name is William."
The Merchant pauses in thought as he walks away from him and onto the next floor.
Floor 99, the sign reads.
As he steps into the room, a growl booms through the halls.
He smiles and grips his sword.
a mechanical voice suddenly sounds.
[Battle Start! Final Boss!]
[Your Turn]
A list of skills and attacks appear in front of his eyes and the words read.
William
Class: Ironclad
HP: 108/108
Energy: 3/3
Gold: 162
Cards In Hand: Strike, Strike, Defend, Perfected Strike, Flame Barrier+
Current Deck: 26 Cards
Current Floor: 99
Current Potions: None
Current Relics: Burning Blood, Bottled Lightning, Ruby Key, Potion Belt, Omamori (1), Cracked Crown, Sapphire Key, Regal Pillow, Runic Pyramid, Emerald Key
View Map (Locked In Combat)
He looks over to the weird monster in front of him, a line of words appears under it.
???
Class: Boss Monster
HP: 300/300
Intent: Attack for 10x2 Damage
He checks his abilities and attacks.
Strike
Attack/Basic
Cost 1 Energy
Deals 6 Damage
Defend
Skill/Basic
Cost 1 Energy
Gain 5 Block
Perfected Strike
Attack/Uncommon
Cost 2 Energy
Deal 6 Damage
Deal an additional 2 damage for every Attack Card In Hand that contains "Strike"
Flame Barrier+
Cost 2 Energy
Gain 12(16+) Block
Whenever you are attacked this turn, deal 4(6+) damage to the attacker
He uses Flame Barrier+ and Defend and ends his turn.
Block: 21
Flame Barrier (6)
[Opponent's Turn]
??? attacked you for 10x2 Damage.
Block: 11
Flame Barrier deals 6 damage to ???.
Block: 1
Flame Barrier deals 6 damage to ???.
[Your Turn]
....
.....
...
He continues fighting with the Final Boss for a while before he finally manages to kill it, it's corpse falls onto the floor and he swipes his forehead full of sweat, he drags his sword with him up to the next floor.
Floor 100, the ancient sign reads.
He walks over to the gigantic heart of The Spire and suddenly feels dizzy, the more he gets closer to it, the more the effect.
He struggles for a while and finally collapses on the floor, the sword falls out of his grasp and he finally closes his eyes.
'It is still not enough... Have I truly tried my best...?'
'I can still only place my hope on the next cycle.'
'Neow...'
The voice replies.
[Contacting Neow...]
[Contact established, but it won't last long.]
(Hero... What is your last wish?)
'Give all of my power to the next cycle...'
(...)
Neow goes silent for a moment, before speaking again.
(You do know that only a small fraction of it can be given as a slight boon to the next cycle?)
'It is fine... Atleast it will help my future self... Even if it's only a slight advantage...'
(Very well... Your wish has been granted...)
[Beginner's Choice Bunus has been allocated to the next Spire Run.]
The voice hesitantly says for the final time, revealing it's emotions for a second.
[Goodbye, Ironclad...]
'Goodbye... Spire...'
