Tower of Mad God
God Qi?
"Life Qi is not necessarily a God Qi, but Death Qi shall Always be." Death said.
Leon was confused, he wanted to know more about these Qi's but now was not the time.
"Tread carefully, some unknown dangers might be lurking inside." Death warned.
Leon also understood the seriousness of the matter, so he alerted his senses and went in.
He suddenly found himself in the darkroom, but his new ability allowed him to see clearly the everything.
It was a cube-shaped room and made by stone walls, there were strange circular runes on each wall, even the ceiling and floor had one.
Suddenly, he heard vibrations and the door behind him closed, completely trapping him in the room. Before he could think of anything, runes lit up on all six sides and he disappeared from the room.
....
A large tower was floating aimlessly in the middle of an unknown space, suddenly, a young man appeared at the base of the tower.
What happened? Where am I? What is this place?
"We have been teleported to this unknown place." Death replied.
"Welcome to the Tower of Kronos." A hoarse voice echoed.
Suddenly, a large ten feet creature appeared in his front. It was a humanoid creature and its entire body was covered with scales, it completely looked human shaped dragon.
"A demon?" Death thought.
"Who are you?" Leon was shocked and asked nervously.
"I am the guardian of the tower. You can call me Dracul." He said.
"What is this place?" He asked again.
"This tower was created by the Mad God Kronos, for those who seek his treasures. One must face the trails of Mad God, only then one can get the treasure he desires". Dracul said monotonously.
"Trials created by gods are very dangerous, don't get blinded by greed." Death strictly warned him.
Do I look like an Idiot, I almost lost my poor life a couple of times.
I don't care about any damn treasure, life is more important, besides, I am very satisfied with my new powers.
"Hm Hm! Lord Dracul, I accidentally came to this place and don't want to participate in the trail, can you send me back?" Leon coughed and said, respectfully.
He was worried that this Dracul guy might not send him back.
"I can't! Why do you think Kronos was called Mad God?" Dracul refused then asked.
"I don't know." Leon said.
"Kronos was very powerful and eccentric god, he would abduct anyone and do research on him. Gods, demons, divine beasts and even mortals, he spared no one, the entire universe was terrorized by him." Dracul said.
"Finally, Gods could not tolerate his evil deeds anymore, and went to a Primordial God to seek for help, finally, Kronos was chased down and hid himself to an unknown place." He continued.
"Kronos was badly hurt and his soul was dissipating, he knew, that his time had come to an end. So he created this tower and placed his most precious treasures in it. Then he created six portals which led to six different floors of the tower, and only after passing the floor trail, they can claim the treasure and go back." He explained.
But that was only half the truth, the reason he was chased down because he created an ultimate cultivation method, that could help gods to reach unattainable realm.
After his death, gods found the first portal and came to challenge the trial but all of them died. After losing thousands of gods, they finally decided to seal the portal, so no one else can come here and get the treasures.
"I have been wondering, how did you get here? Those portals are sealed and only gods can open them." Dracul asked.
Leon didn't want to reveal his secrets, so he made up a story and said that the door was already open when he got there.
"If you want to leave this place, you must pass the trial. Only after completing the trial, you can claim the Mad God's treasure, and the find the location of the second portal." Dracul said.
"When you are prepared, summon me and I will appear." Prepared to leave, Dracul said.
So I am trapped here.
Damn, why I always have bad luck.
First, that two father and son and now this Mad God.
"Death, what should I do?" Leon asked.
"We should get more information about this place, before making a decision." Death advised.
"Yes." he agreed.
Looks like this Dracul guy has been here for a long time, I should use my communication skills and get some information from him.
"Um Hm! Lord Dracul, how long have you been here?" Leon asked.
Dracul who was prepared to leave stopped. He had not seen another soul for a very long time, and he too wanted to talk to someone.
"It's been many eons, I don't remember exactly. I was caught by Mad God and placed here by him." Dracul sighed as if recollecting the past memories.
He was a small shadow demon, one day he was grabbed by Mad God, and was experimented by him. Mad God fused dragon blood and soul with him, finally, turned him into a humanoid dragon. Mad God bound his soul with the tower and forced his will upon him.
Mad God, you have tormented me when you were alive, and now you still haunt me even after your death.
'Hum Hum!'
Leon broke the silence.
"What kind of trial is it?" He asked again.
"It's simple, you must defeat ten copies of yourself to successfully pass the trial," Dracul replied.
What?
Are you kidding me? defeating ten of me, barely defeating one is hard enough.
And you call it simple?
"Lord Dracul, how many people have faced this trial?" he asked.
"Over thousand, and they were all gods," Dracul replied.
"And how many have succeeded?" he wanted to know.
"None!!!"