"Who ever finds my treasure... may you die a painful death as thieves! if you find yourself worthy... come to the temple at the end of the world." Is what the quest screen said.
I sighed.
"So we need to find this guy's treasure? at the end of the world huh?" I asked as Haruki nodded.
I began thinking about where the end of the world could be.
"I speculate that it's at the end of this floor we find a temple. one of many others." Tsukasa suddenly said as I smirked.
"Yeah you're probably right, However I think we can find things easier from here." I point at the opposite direction.
"Huh? what does that mean?" Luna eyed me up suspiciously.
I had sources from someone that there are exploits to this Tower.
"Just trust me." I said as I looked at them.
"I'm here to help you after all, and also... I'm here for a mission myself." I said as I read it out.
"Fight Sasaki Kojiro on the 50th floor." They had a shocked expression as I read it out.
"I can't afford to slow myself and must beat Kojiro before he grows stronger." I said as I then remembered something.
"Oh right Haruki was it? Someone wanted to kill you. I found him somewhere in 1999. He kept saying your name like a crazy mad man." I said as I then gave the man's name to Haruki.
"Kaito Kirishima, I killed him." I said as his eyes widened.
----- Haruki's Pov ---------
Kaito was dead? Does that mean there are no other descenders? What was going on?
"I see.. So no humans are left?" I asked as Musashi shook his head.
"I'm a descender." He said as my eyes widened.
"Y'see I kind of had to reincarnate as a human to be here, otherwise I'd have been just a higher being watching." He explained.
With Kaito being dead, I was feeling a bit relieved yet lonely too.
I Just hope... No one else enters or feels the suffering I'm feeling.
I'm growing tired each day and yet I must keep going...
I hope I can have a happy ending.
------- end of POV ------
After explaining it to them I told them I'd head that way whether they followed up or not.
Some were skeptical with me and some were willing to trust me.
And thus... we split into two teams.
"So Emi and Tsukasa will go with me?" I asked as Haruki nodded.
"Yeah and Na-eun and Luna and Sin will go with me." Haruki said as Sin then interrupted.
"Nah I'm going with Miyamoto Musashi." He said coldly and walked to my side.
"You sure you'll be okay Haruki?" I asked as he nodded.
"Yeah I'll be fine, Luna is plenty strong already and Na-eun can actually heal." He smiled and then we parted ways.
I looked at Emi who seemed to be excited venturing with me.
"So... Mister Musashi... May I know more about you? I-I mean! I-" She was stumbling on her words and seemed too excited, it's like a kid meeting their idol.
"Sure just ask me anything and I'll answer." I said smiling. as we began our journey.
We were entering through the jungle while the others went the normal road, I chose this way due to Arua.
"S-So how was your childhood like?" She asked as I replied.
"Nothing much, Parents split, I was all alone and had a bad condition what was it called...? Ecezma i believe. I was all alone and thus trained myself and then went on many duels and became a famous samurai!" I said laughing
"I see.. You really are him!" She said as she began blushing.
She really was a fan of my stories.
I just hope I don't disappoint her.
We walked for what seemed like three hours in the jungle until we reached it.
the wall signaling we reached the other side.
"So... What now?" Sin asked as I looked at him, I knew they were growing suspicious on why I brought them here.
It's like one of those crime shows where the drug dealer find a traitor and takes them to the desert to kill them all alone where no one will find them.
But I'm not like that at all.
"Well... Emi was it? You can use magic right?" I asked as she nodded and then pointed at the wall.
"Shoot your magic at the wall." I confidently said as she complied and shot a ball of darkness at the wall.
I looked at the wall as It began vibrating as if it was water being touched.
"It's a secret portal. Let's use it." I said as They seemed skeptical at what I just said as If I told them to go and die.
"How do we know it's safe?" Emi asked as I walked up to the wall and then put my hand inside and outside.
"See? I'm fine, So come on." I said as I then entered.
As I entered I experienced a headache caused by the portal.
"Gosh I hate this." I mutter as I looked around... I was alone? Had they not entered the portal? Or did the portal split us at random places? I had no idea.
One thing for sure is that I found the temple.
it seemed old as If no one had come to it for a long time. It was in a sorry state.
As I walked closer to the temple I saw a familiar face sitting there.
She was a beautiful girl, sitting in the middle of this run down temple. her beauty shined brightly.
That girl was Arua.
"Arua? What are you doing here?" I asked as she smiled and approached me. with each step she takes it feels as if the world will end and it will just be the two of us together.
"I'm observing you... and also..." She comes closer to my ear as she whispers. "You're being watched from behind you... on top of that tree. a Man with glasses is watching your every move." She said as I then keep calm and act unphased.
I know that if the person is watching me he can't hear or see Arua so it seems like I'm talking to no one.
"I see.." I replied with a whisper unheard by anyone except for the one obviously in front of me.
"I'll deal with him.. You may go now." I said as she nodded and left.
within my heart I wanted to tell her to stay with me until the end of my journey but I can't do that.
I turned around and saw the tree and found him.
Tsukasa.
"So I guess I wasn't alone in this place." I looked at him as he then jumped from the tree and onto the ground. Once he landed, He smiled at me.
"Well I'll be damned. You found the temple." He said as I replied with a smile.
"I told you guys I knew a shortcut." I said as he nodded.
"Well? How about we find the rest before we enter?" He suggested as I nodded.
Shortly after we began wandering around the temple looking for Emi and Sin, Until we heard a scream. It sounded like Emi was in trouble.
"Let's go." I said as Tsukasa nodded and then we followed the sound.
There we found Emi at the edge of a cliff scared as in front of her was a giant spider.
"Emi calm down!" I said as I then began slowly approaching the spider from behind but it seemed to have heard me and began looking at me instead of Emi.
"Tsukasa. Save her I'll deal with this." I said as I then looked at the spider in the eye.
The spider began speaking in a different tongue... It was Archonic tongue?
"Kelaktu tiah sharti kwabu." Is what it said as I understood what it meant.
"Shilakti seekka krota watikiti sektu." I said as It seemed scared and then jumped to attack me.
In that moment I slashed the spider in half.
"What was that?" Emi asked as she seemed scared on what I just said and why I had conversed with the spider.
"It was speaking Archonic. I luckily had a fellow teach me Archonic in this tower from the Tepes kingdom." I explained as we then began walking back to the temple.
Once we reached the temple we found Sin there.
"Oh you guys made it too." He said as the other two nodded while I looked at him and replied.
"Well we did also fight a giant spider to save Emi here." I said as we then began discussing what we should do.
"I say we enter the temple." I said as the others were against it.
They wanted to wait for Haruki and the other two before we enter.
"Hmm.. I know! How about I go inside with Emi? You two can wait here." I said as I looked at Emi who had instantly blushed at the comment.
"J-J-J-Just the two of us?!" She asked as I nodded.
"Well I'll fight and you'll provide me with support." I said as she then nodded in agreement.
"Alright, You two go inside and be careful okay?" Tsukasa said as Sin then looked at me.
"If i see as much as a scar on Emi I will kill you." He still didn't trust me.
We entered the temple and the first step we took inside it seemed to activate a mechanism because....
We ended up in a cell.