The Tower Of Destiny

Squads

"You guys have gained spirit power, please go up to the 1st floor tower."

"Floor 1? It's not the 1st floor, is it?"

"We're on the ground floor right now. The ground floor does not count as the floor of the tower. Here is the exam place that selects whether or not you deserve to ride."

Well, it looks like this trip will be stressful. The experience of risking their lives to pursue something somewhere, for Kei, is ridiculous. But whether it takes days, years, centuries, he will still look for Viole, because that's his promise to Viole's mama.

"Don't forget, after gaining spirit power, on the next floor you will choose a role that suits your strength. Please everyone stand in this circle."

I don't know since when Iliel has made a magic circle in the middle of the Proxius area. The circle has a complex pattern. He began to knock the stick with the same pattern, then the circle glowed.

"Alright, I give you five seconds to get into the circle area immediately. If you can't get in, it means you're not worth it."

Iliel started counting down. The five hundred newbies scurrying off the ridge to the area of the magic circle. Until Iliel ran out of numbers, he had said something strange.

"I hope that any of you will be able to reach the level of the world and repair the tower from the chaos wrought by the beta above."

***

Newbies get to the first floor. As Iliel said, anyone who does not enter the circle area is someone who is not worthy. From the calculations, it seemed like only about two hundred had managed to get carried away by the magic circle. The circle belongs to Iliel like a means of transport.

"I'm sure, all floor managers must have the same system or even cooler!" tukas a man pat Kei on the shoulder.

Kei turned his head, looking for the source of the voice. The voice did not belong to Rin. He wondered why the owner of the voice sounded familiar to him.

"Why are you beside me?" Kei put away the man's hand.

"Because he is my friend" replied Rin lightly.

"What's? So you made him a friend?"

Rin nodded.

"Hmm.he looks more careful. Well, no problem."

The yellow-haired man opened the monitor screen, choosing a list of friends. A second later, in front of Kei appeared a notification. "Newbie Yuki asks for friendship. Do you agree?" And underneath there are two choices, Yes and No. Just like social media in the real world.

Alright, without making small talk, Kei accepted it. Now on his monitor there are two names of friends. Kei and Rin. Kei has a desire to add more.

"O newbies, introduce. I'm Toka. I'll help you determine the role of a fighter. But, the first task you have to do is to create a group of five people. It cannot be more or less. Please open the monitor screen."

Without waiting for the command twice, the newbies opened the monitor screen. A new system was added.

"Under the 'friends' menu, there is a new menu, namely 'squad'. The squad is a team. Please click the squad menu. There are five slots. Your job is to add five people to your squad. All right, I'll give you a week to find a member and determine who the squad leader is. Good luck."

Plop! Sounds like water erupting. That woman named Toka disappeared from sight. The newbie started to be noisy, like a schoolboy when his teacher left him.

Some noisily about the impossible to find a team, some debating the events on the ground floor. Some can make friends easily like Kei and Rin, others are very difficult to do.

"Now we have three members. Less than two more. Suppose we could recruit that first newbie." Kei started talking, discussing this with Rin and Yuki.

"Should he?" Yuki.

Kei and Rin nodded at the same time.

"Actually it doesn't have to be him. But weighing the force, and referring to Iliel's statement at the last second, as well as --" Kei recalled the message in the obsolete book about risking his life in the tower. "Ah, the point is, it looks like this tower is a mysterious and dangerous place. The stronger our members, the better."

Hearing Kei's words, Yuki's face flexed. Kei realizes what he said might hurt Yuki, considering he is the only newbie who selected two spirits. He must have felt very weak, even the weakest.

"Yuki, the person Rin chose must have been great. I'm sure you're very talented. Look, you're the only one that the two spirits chose, you know."

"But according to Iliel, being chosen for more than one spirit is a weakness."

"No! Just think about it. You can use two elements. That's a great thing."

Yuki smiled. "You don't have to strengthen me, Kei. I accept it with my weakness. Precisely because of this, I must step forward, overtake you and become strong! Am I really welcome in this squad?"

Again, Kei and Rin nodded in unison.

"Alright, then-" Yuki's face began to sumringah. "put the girl's problem to me. I'll persuade him."

Rin's aghast. Considering Yuki's rather silly attitude, plus he is the owner of two spirits, it is impossible to approach the First Newbie, as well as the Strongest Newbie.

Kei and Rin sighed together. It seems like today they look very compact.

"Negotiation is threatened with failure."