How long have I been in this world? Maybe 2 weeks? Anyway, time passes very slowly when you have nothing to do.

After the day I fought against that armadillo, I decided to give up practicing these martial arts.

So, I had nothing to do during those days, besides taking care of the garden.

I don’t quite understand what Suzy has been doing theses days, as she just sat on her bed.

Anyway, the big day has come.

I have the impression I will end up dying.

It’s the first thing I think of as soon as I see the crowd of people entering the tower.

I’m extremely weak and my partner doesn’t seem to know how to use magic, so I feel a great danger to both of us.

One thing I noticed is… No many people own an animal.

Looking from a distance, I realize only the minority owns an animal. Those who are dressed luxuriously are going without one.

I wonder why that is… Well, anyway, I need to stay calm.

After everything I experience in this world, I believe this tower will have many difficult battles.

So, the best thing I can do at the moment is to calm down and hide behind Suzy.

She must be able to protect me… Suzy is shaking.

Observing the color around her is a shade of purple with dark green, I can deduce she is probably tense, anxious or nervous.

It must mean something like this since purple is something like insecurity or caution.

I may not know the meaning of all colors yet, but I understand them better every day. After what happened to her mother, Suzy was a little isolated and her usual energy is lacking.

I wonder if she can make it through this tower…

After all, she seems to be the only one who is not confident of herself in this crowd.

While I’m thinking, we approach a gate at the end of the tower’s ground floor. Behind the gate there is a staircase leading to the next floor and a deep voice, which seems to be of an old man, speaks from time to time.

- For everyone who came to take the challenge tower test, please give your ticket to our attendants in front of the gate and then you can go up the stairs.

As if it were an entrance to the cinema, two people stood in front of the gate, validating tickets that I didn’t even know existed.

… I feel all the tension I felt is gone… And where did this gate come from?

Another question has no answer.

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After climbing the stairs, we went out through a pile of rocks and arrived on a huge plain.

No matter which side I look at, it seems to have no end. Above us was the blue sky and the sun shining.

But ho is this possible?! Aren’t we inside a tower?!

Some participants, like me, seem confused about this place and why we are here.

After a while, the rocks we left close and the old man’s voice, which we heard downstairs, says.

- Good day to all the crazy people who came to participate in this tower.

Aah… I already want to leave…

- For obvious reasons, the tower is much more challenging than last year, so we changed the style of the challenges to get rid of the excess.

As soon as he said that I started hearing complaints from people around me.

Why do these people complain so much? In the end it’s the same.

From the beginning, we should face challenges, so type doesn’t matter.

Wait, if everyone is complaining, it means… The challenges of previous years were all similar?!

I looked at Suzy, who was still a little anxious.

So the reason others are not anxious is because they knew what the challenge would be like…

As Suzy only focused on training, she probably didn’t seek to know about the tower herself.

- I know many tried to get spoiler of the challenges occurred last year, but it is a pity that all will be different! Hahaha…

This old man is having a great time watching the suffering of others… I feel I would get along with him.

Anyway, changing the challenge has benefited us, since we will no longer be the only ones who don’t know the challenge.

- The challenge of this floor is simple, so simple that those who do not succeed should just be stuck here for eternity.

Isn’t this too exaggerated!?

- Well, the challenge is…

At that moment, some drums started to sound in the background.

This man has nothing else to do with his life…

- Escape!

After saying that, a beep sounded and there were no more words said. Looking around, everyone seemed to be lost too.

Following what he had said earlier about getting stuck and his last word, I could only come up with a single answer.

… He confined us on this floor!!