The 21th Floor

{You passed the 20th floor test, you can go up to the next floor.}

Flashh

The voice rang once more, and a gigantic ladder appeared in front of them, looking up at the ladder Eduan asked.

"Is this the stairs to go to the next floor?"

"Yes, yes, let's go quickly, there is the 21st floor of the tower, passing through that gate of light, we will go up to it."

Kathleen, recovering from her shock, spoke in an excited voice and a smile on her face, climbing the stairs and entering the gate at the top of them.

Flash

Putting his hand in front of his face, to block the light, Eduan turns his head and sees himself, on a large platform with a large ladder going down, on the ladder there were thousands of people coming down.

"Come on, we're already on the 21st floor, below this stairs, there are stores and stuff, let's go down quickly."

Kathleen speaks quickly with an excited look on her face, as she starts to descend quickly, Eduan just nods and calmly descends, Maschenny was just with an expressionless face and started to descend beside Eduan, Filyus and Riozy followed behind.

As soon as they reached the ground, they saw a connection very similar to the 20th Floor, some homes, stores, establishments, and other things. Eduan turned his head to Kathleen and asked.

"Is there anything different from the 20th floor here? I don't see anything very exceptional here."

"Of course there is, every floor in the tower, there's always something special, at least that's what they say, let me see."

Flash

Calling her Lighthouse, she quickly starts searching, meanwhile Maschenny turns to Eduan and asks.

"Do you want to go somewhere? I don't particularly have any place I want to go, so will I just follow you, or maybe you want to go straight to the next floor test?"

Hearing his question, Eduan crossed his arms, and looked at the ceiling of the floor, they were equal to the sky outside, it was sunny, he thought for a moment and answered.

"I don't know, let's wait for Kathleen to do some research, if any place catches my or your attention then we'll go there, otherwise we'll go straight to the next floor."

Maschenny nods, Riozy who was on the side listening to everything, bowed his head slightly towards Eduan and spoke politely.

"Young Lord Eduan, I apologize for interrupting your conversation, but it is necessary to wait for 1 week to be able to go up to the next floor, all floors are like that."

'Oh yeah, I remember having something like that in the books.'

Eduan thought as he heard her, and Maschenny just nodded.

"I thought, here on this floor is where all kinds of sea monsters live, apparently where we are currently is just a big island surrounded by a big ocean, it's likely there are more of those Alakupa you've fought before."

Said Kathleen after finishing his research, listening to her, Eduan kept his eyes emitting a little more electrical sparks than usual, excited to maybe find some strong monster.

'I can use this opportunity to train ice, when fighting that guy I didn't have so many opportunities, since the difference between us was huge, I always had to go all out, this time I'll only use ice in the fights.'

Maschenny beside her put on an excited smile too, she was also quite fond of fighting, Eduan spoke quickly.

"Well, let's get something to eat, and then we'll fight these sea monsters, it would be boring to go there once we got here."

Eduan suggests, while Maschenny nods, Riozy and Filyus nod, Kathleen speaks with an excited smile.

"I thought you would suggest this, come follow me I know a good place, and on the way there there is a lighthouse shop, I can stop by and buy some more of them, with the money you pay me to buy at least plus 6."

Hearing this Filyus puts on a shocked look, as he knows the value of a Lighthouse, and it's not cheap, Riozy just nods without being too shocked, it wasn't very unusual for the Khun Family Heir to have so much money.

Walking forward, Eduan and Maschenny see many different people, some with tails, horns, animal ears, there were even half-devils with bat wings on their backs, even fallen half-angels could be seen walking calmly through the streets. .

On the last floor they didn't pay much attention, but seeing them now, they are a little shocked by the diversity of races that exist in this tower.

They arrive at the Forois store where Kathleen buys 3 more lighthouses, forming a team of 6 lighthouses, with a happy smile on her face, she guides them to the restaurant.

Once there, they order some things, Eduan only asks for grapes and wine, but he thought to see them deliver what he asked.

'Do they really give Wine to an 8 year old? Or maybe it's because there are a lot of people who use products to keep their age, and they thought I was one of them? Well whatever I'll just enjoy it.'

Sipping his wine calmly, he remembers something he's forgotten until now, and turns to Kathleen and asks her.

"Do you have any news of the other heirs of other families? So far I haven't heard anything about them."

Hearing him, Maschenny also remembers as he turns to look at Kathleen for an answer. Kathleen who was eating a pizza, stopped for a moment when calling her Lighthouse, searching quickly, she speaks.

"It says here that some of them have been on this floor a few months ago, some have been seen on higher floors, but there are some that have not yet appeared, for example the Yeon Family."

As soon as she finishes, she goes back to eating her pizza, listening to her Eduan put a grape in his mouth thinking.

'So we didn't come at the same time, some came before, while others didn't even show up, I hope to meet Hon again, I wonder who would win in a rematch between us.'

Bzzzzt

His eyes suddenly started to emit even more electricity, shocking Kathleen, Riozy and Filyus, only Maschenny knew he was only more excited.

"Are any of them on this floor? If you hear, let me know."

he asks in an excited voice, Kathleen just shrugged, shaking her head sideways.

"No, apparently the last one on this floor left a month ago, you're probably the only one on this floor."

Fuu~

Letting out a disappointed sigh, Eduan is a little dismayed, Kathleen seeing this quickly comments.

"If you're looking for a good fight, I hear the sea monster called Gyrados is south of this Floor."

'Gyrados? That name is a little familiar, well I must have heard it from somewhere, I not doubt my instincts.'

Eduan thought silently when asking.

"What kind of monster is this? Besides being a Sea monster of course."

"Um, let me see."

Calling the Lighthouse again, Kathleen starts searching, after a few seconds she speaks.

"Here it is saying that he is a kind of monster that was summoned by the former head of the family Lo Po Bia, it seems Gyarados has blue skin, and on top of them a kind of fin that resembles an anchor, his mouth is from the same color as your belly and has pink tongue, has blue whiskers if male, and has white whiskers if female, has two fins on its head, its long body in the belly part is kind of yellow and at the top it is blue with spots, it has scales on its back and it has a tail."

"He is a very powerful monster, who could be aware of the 30th Floor test, he has some draconic aspects, there are few of them in the Tower, it is said that they have an extremely violent nature, and are quite fond of wars, for example when a war broke out between two kingdoms that dominated the 23rd floor, Gyrados appeared floating in the sky and killed thousands."

She ends with a sigh, she was shocked that there was such a monster on the 21st floor, despite it being so dangerous. Eduan puts his hand on his chin thinking.

'Gryrados, Gyrados, where did I even hear that? Hmm, Ah!, I remembered, isn't Gyrados that flying water monster of Pokémon? Did the former head of the Lo Po Bia family summon you to this world? Now that I remember hearing something about summoning Palkia, but I thought it was a weakened version of it, because, what kind of abstract being, let alone the very concept of space being summoned by something that pulls monsters from other dimensions? '

'Apparently the Gyrados is with a strength equal to the Pokémon, will this Palkia too? Because if that's it, it's very stolen, if I remember correctly, in Pokémon it could even erase several Universes, and for the Lo Po Bia Family to have something like that... '

He gets a little scared thinking about it, although no one noticed he was a little scared, Maschenny who was beside him realized, she who has been living with him for several years already knows his fluctuations of emotion, she quickly holds her hands and looks directly into his eyes and speaks.

"What does Eduan hear? If you're scared of this monster, you don't need to worry, even if I'm weaker than you, I'll do my best to protect you."

She says with a fearless look on her face, Eduan seeing this, realized he was too lost in his thoughts and gave her a gentle smile and spoke.

"Don't worry about it Maschenny, I was just thinking about something that's out of my reach right now, but that doesn't mean I'll never get it."

"R-right, j-just know that I'll be here if you need it, you've already helped me a lot, I want to be able to help you with something too."

She speaks as she turns her face away blushing a little, Filyus hearing this was a little envious, while Riozy looked at it nodding, thinking they were good partners, only Kathleen was thinking darkly.

'It seems that they are much closer than I initially thought, doing that will be dangerous, once I do, I should hide for a long time.'

Eduan listening to her, he thought with a smile on his face.

'At least we're closer than before, but I'm right, no matter if what the Ló Po Bia Family has is a Palkia, I can reach it one day, just as Khun Eduan's Data said, there are no limits where can you go, with talent and hard work, they managed to tap into the rules and laws of the world with shinsoo, why couldn't I do the same?'

He clenches his fists in determination.