Eldritch Creature's Guide

In reaction, he instantly erected a wall of ice, as he blocked her spells and shot several crudely made Ice weapons at her, each one comparable to 1st Level Spell, albeit a weak one, but still... They were too many of them, and they were very fast for an average warrior to dodge them all without any problem.

Yvraine swiftly dodged every one of them as she landed on the ground, which Samiel instantly froze as she fell onto her butt. While this situation reminded him of some unsuccessful comedy or anime, he still tried a lot not to laugh out loud.

With this, the battle concluded as Samiel went to her and helped her to stand up, and to his surprise, she just took his hand and stood up. While Yvraine was very acrobatic and fast, Samiel used the moment when her balance was a bit off to freeze the grounds, which resulted in her slipping down.

Though as a part of the aftermath of their spar, they were forced to change their hideout, as this one was entirely frozen. Not to mention, it suffered various degrees of damage during their fight, so it was no longer a suitable living place... if it could be called that way even before.

Unfortunately, the entire 2nd Floor was like this, apparently not only because of the constant fights and battles, but some members of the Asura Tribe, like the Elders and Patriarch, liked the appearance of the 2nd Floor to have the apocalyptic vibe.

During the way, as they searched for a suitable ruin resembling an ordinary building that won't fall apart, they started strategizing for the Trial and Quests. Here was the place where everything was falling apart, as they were in the desolate wastelands of the 2nd Floor.

"Yvraine, aside from collecting these Tokens to pass the Quest and climb the Floor, do they have any other function?"

Samiel then asked the question that had been bugging him for a longer time, especially when Yvraine told him that some people spent even centuries on this Floor, and even some descended from the higher Floors to participate in this Trial once more to gather more Tokens.

So it wasn't uncommon to see powerhouses coming here and there. Apparently, on the higher floors, the Tokens from the Slaughter Trial could fetch a nice sum of Mana Crystals if sold to a suitable buyer.

"Yes, there is."

She answered while playing with her Token.

"To motivate people to kill each other, you can exchange these Tokens for something from the Asura Tribe. Of course, the good items on the list all have outrageous prices on them, numbering in tens of thousands of Token. Though some of those things in there would be tempting even to Transcendents, not to mention to mortals."

She then paused in midway.

"One person spent more than a thousand years in this Trial; with his special clone ability, he was able to have clones in all areas and kept killing contestants for 1,788 Years until he gathered more than 20 million Tokens and exchanged them for Drop of an Immortalis Iniquus Sanguis. After disappearing, he appeared several centuries later and became a Transcendent by descending into some amalgamation of Godhood related to Blood and Daemonhood."

She made a pause as Samiel wondered about the power of such a thing.

'So the things that Akashic Records offered me as a reward for establishing the connection on my own do exist even in the Tower... I wonder if I can get my hands on something similar to research it and possibly exploit it in some way.'

His brain wheels were working as his memory drifted to that fateful day when he entered the Tower by establishing the connection with the Akashic Records on his own, though he still didn't really understand how exactly it happened.

While he didn't want items like Transcendence Seed or Immortalis Iniquus Sanguis for him, but rather for his future "underlings" so he could cultivate Transcendent Level servants for himself, in the future far away.

"On top of that, his Transcendence was extremely powerful and attracted the attention of many beings. On the day he Transcendened, he killed several Transcendent Level Devils and Daemons, and a few Gods, and that day is commemorated as the birth of the Sanctus Immortalis Daemon."

Asura Tribe, while a mortal faction, had produced plenty of Transcendents, so it was no wonder they had some unique and precious things in their possession. Some of these items were really peculiar and powerful, while some were unassuming at first glance but contained a tremendous amount of power.

Though Samiel was shocked that someone was able to gather such a staggering amount of Tokens, he knew that if someone kept on killing for almost 2 millennia in all three areas, it should be possible. However, it was probably worth it several times over for such results.

The entire 2nd Floor was divided into three areas.

1st Area was for Iron-Tier to Bronze-Tier combatants.

2nd Area was for Silver-Tier and Gold-Tier combatants

3rd Area was for Legendaries.

It was impossible to go from one Area to another, as Asura Tribe separated the continent with mighty and powerful barriers, and the borders were patrolled by the Legendary warriors of the Asura Tribe. Not to mention, they were even using some sort of Tower's Suppression to ensure their measures were perfect.

Of course, Samiel and Yvraine were located in the 1st Area, which was the largest one and with the highest number of participants. That was because most of the participants in the Slaughter Trial came from the 1st Floor or from some random worlds that were connected to the 2nd Floor and had low Tiers.

"Even the cheapest thing on the list costs 1,000 Tokens, but if possible, even I want to gather several thousand Tokens to exchange for some precious things. Asuras are adamant about this, as they don't trade them, and you cannot buy anything from them; you need to exchange it with Tokens. There are even times when they connect the Second Floor to some world or dimension, where they force everyone to participate. Unfortunately for us, we missed such an opportunity, as that happened only once in a while, and the last time it was around 300 years ago."

Complained Yvraine, as Samiel agreed with her because if an entire world was forced to participate in this death game, it would be much easier for them to gather a few thousand tokens, maybe even a few tens of thousands, under the nose of mighty Legendaries and other strong Professionals who would rush here to participate.

As they talked about the strategy at first and then various other things, suddenly Yvraine's ears perked up as she heard someone was nearing their position. It was rather cute as they twitched whenever she heard something in the distance, he thought.

"Three people are headed this way."

Said Yvraine, as Samiel immediately woke up from his one personality and switched to battle mode.

"We need to hide and ambush them in a case they are more powerful."

He stated as Yvraine agreed with him, as they quickly hid in near ruined building that appeared to remain from some kind of Tower, probably destroyed Mage Tower. Rather be better safe than sorry was what Samiel thought.

After they hid, Samiel and Yvraine saw three people approaching. It was apparently an adventurer party, as all of them were just Steel-Tiers. One of the more standard lineups for adventurers, one Swordsman, Wizard, and Archer.

Either that or some unlucky climbers that entered from another world, because nobody sane who knew about the purpose of the 2nd Floor and its conditions, would never walk so leisurely through it. Even Legendaries watched their back every second they spent on the 2nd Floor in case of unforeseen circumstances.

When Samiel saw them, he released his Undead to make short work of those three before resurrecting them as Undead. The fight didn't take even 2 minutes before his Undead smashed the head of a crawling wizard whose legs were turned to meat paste by Warhammer of one Undead.

[You have obtained Trial Token x5.]

Samiel heard the message from the Tower System, as the Tower System automatically transferred the Tokens. Because he was the one who killed the three human adventurers, he got their Tokens.

"We got the first 5."

He grinned as he said that to Yvraine, who just nodded, as they just started and already got the 5 Tokens, but that was not enough. Though, it was a good start and better than nothing at all... in the end, everybody must start somewhere.

Even though the 1st Area was collective for the Iron-Tier, Steel-Tier, and Bronze-Tier, in fact, only the latter two were present. At the same time, most of the Iron-Tiers never made it past the 1st Floor and usually were killed by Orks after the Orks took control over the 1st Floor.

The entire 1st Area was bigger than the 1st Floor, so even though there were probably hundreds of thousands of people in this Area, it was still hard to come by more than a bunch of people per day, due to the large size of the Area.

Fortunately, they had Samiel's Undead, who could do the scouting work, as he could send a few of them in a different direction and then just let them scout the Area, looking for any participants to kill.