Ascension to the Fifth Circle (1)

Dark Ancient Tower, Fifth Layer

In the depths of the Dark Ancient Tower, at its mysterious fifth layer, lay the expansive Million Mountains.

After sending the Mind Flayers back to the Minotaur Tribe, the Holy Infant returned to his secluded training ground. He took out the storage ring he had acquired from Witch Mary and broke the restriction on it, revealing its contents.

A cascade of Aether Stones spilled out, forming a mountain of sparkling gems. The Holy Infant counted them and discovered there were a million Aether Stones in total. It made sense that Witch Mary, being both an array wizard and an alchemy wizard, would carry such a large quantity of Aether Stones to facilitate her spell formations.

"Sixteen million Aether Stones," he murmured to himself. "Once I return to the Wizard World, I must quickly convert these into resources and combat power. I have no interest in money..."