Tower of Truth, 28th floor.
After dealing with the Supreme Demon God’s projection, Mike took Nameless and Jeremy to a cafe to chat. After all, two out of the three of them were invisible to others.
Moreover, as a webnovel author, Nameless’s mental instability was practically public knowledge. So even if Nameless ordered three cups of coffee and sat alone in the cafe, talking to himself, the staff wouldn’t find it strange.
“Jeremy,” Mike asked, “you said earlier that you’re responsible for managing the floors below the 30th in the Tower of Truth?”
Jeremy looked at Thor cautiously and nodded carefully. “Yes.”
There was no need to hide his identity.
In fact, even if he wanted to, he couldn’t hide it from Thor’s eyes.
Mike gave a kind smile.
“That’s perfect. I’m going to challenge the 29th floor for an SSSS-level rating tomorrow. Can I summon you there?”
“I can, but…” Jeremy frowned. “But I don’t want to deal with you…”
“Why would you say that?” Mike’s face turned serious. “Didn’t I just save your life?”
Jeremy couldn’t deny it. “Yes.”
Mike patted Jeremy’s shoulder enthusiastically.
“Adding the two favors you owe me, plus this life-saving grace, we’re friends now!”
Jeremy was dumbfounded, caught in a loop.
“Wait, this is getting confusing.”
When did he owe Thor so much?!
“Seriously though.”
Whether Jeremy was there or not wouldn’t change the outcome for Mike to get an SSSS-level rating.
Bringing the topic back on track, Mike asked about Jeremy’s daily work.
Jeremy answered truthfully, “I only appeared here because of that hole. Now that the hole is fixed, I should go back to sleep.”
“May I ask,” Mike probed, “is there any difference between you sleeping or not sleeping? Does it affect you in any way?”
Jeremy shook his head. “No.”
Mike smiled slightly. “Let me tell you a secret. That dog hole-like breach, although it’s been patched up, it hasn’t been completely fixed. It could break open again at any time!”
“Ah, really?”
Jeremy’s eyes darted around, his face full of excitement. “So I don’t have to sleep anymore?” “Don’t say what’s on your mind.”
Mike chuckled. “Look, I helped you again. Now you owe me seven favors.”
Before Jeremy could refuse, Mike pointed at Nameless and asked, “This guy has been in the Tower of Truth for a long time, but he hasn’t awakened his talent yet. Can you help take a look?”
This time, Jeremy agreed readily.
“Sure!”
He stretched out his hand, motioning for Nameless to place his hand on top.
Nameless looked at Jeremy warily and whispered to Mike, “Thor, are you sure this isn’t a trap?”
Mike said in a deep voice, “Don’t worry, even if we get screwed, it won’t be me.”
Nameless carefully placed his hand on top. A flash of lightning, and Nameless’s talent awakened!
“Wow, it’s actually an SS-level talent!”
Mike raised his eyebrows slightly. With a casual act of kindness, he had helped the human race gain another Supreme Being seed with an SS-level talent!
Supreme power, truly living up to its name!
But when Mike saw Nameless’s SS-level talent clearly, he couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
“Hahaha…”
“Joseph, I found someone with a talent as weak as yours!”
Joseph’s talent was called Neverending:
[SS-level talent (Neverending): When fighting a single target, damage dealt increases by 10% for every 10 seconds the battle lasts.]
Joseph’s talent was the kind that looked very powerful.
However, there was an awkward problem.
Battles between top powerhouses were usually “one-shot kills, what’s there to talk about?”
Situations where they needed to fight for days and nights were rare.
Joseph’s talent was in an awkward position, not quite enough to help in times of need, nor strong enough to be the icing on the cake.
It wasn’t even useful for bullying weaker opponents.
But from the moment Nameless awakened his talent, Joseph no longer had to bear the title of “SS-level talent shame”!
In Mike’s vision, Nameless’s talent was revealed:
[SS-level talent (Two Worlds Travel): Can return to Earth from the Tower of Truth once a day, for a duration of no more than 6 hours and 10 minutes. Revives in the Tower of Truth upon receiving fatal damage.]
The only useful thing about this talent was the infinite revives.
In a way, Nameless was more like an NPC in the tower than a human from Earth.
“It feels like it’s reversed.”
Nameless scratched his head and said with a wry smile, “People on Earth can only climb the tower for 6 hours a day, and I can only return to Earth for 6 hours a day.”
Mike comforted him, “Indeed. On the bright side, you can also challenge the Tower of Truth during the other times.”
Then, Mike looked at Jeremy and asked, “Arranging for Nameless to challenge the Tower of Truth, that shouldn’t be difficult for you, right?”
Jeremy shook his head and added, “I can only manage the floors below the 30th, so he can only climb up to the 30th floor. Beyond that, whether my older brothers and sisters let him
pass is beyond my control.”
“Understood.”
Mike didn’t make things difficult for Jeremy and asked curiously, “The Tower of Truth, it has many Tower Spirits?”
From Jeremy’s tone, it seemed like different floors were managed by different people.
“No.”
Jeremy explained, “The Tower of Truth only has one Tower Spirit, but it doesn’t want to manage the Tower of Truth anymore, so it has granted us some authority. The Tower Spirit has its own things to do, as for what those are, I don’t know.”
Based on their previous conversation, Apollo was definitely not the Tower Spirit.
However, Apollo might have cooperated with the Tower Spirit back then, or even made some
deals.
This way, Apollo’s authority in the Tower of Truth could be explained.
In the early stages, Apollo might have needed the Tower Spirit’s help to obtain some
authority.
After becoming a Supreme Being, if Apollo wanted any authority, he could just take it himself.
Mike asked the question he was most concerned about, “Is the Tower Spirit at home, I mean,
in the Tower of Truth?”
Jeremy nodded affirmatively.
“Yes!”
“Then I’m relieved!”
Mike nodded with satisfaction. “Alright, I’ve pretty much taken care of everything.”
Mike clapped his hands, looked at Nameless, and instructed, “First, use your talent to return
to Earth, then go to the nearest Wolf’s Den, take this, and find a guy named Maxen!”
As he spoke, Mike used his Lone Wolf badge to stamp a piece of white paper. Handing the paper to Nameless as proof of identity, Mike continued, “After you find Maxen, explain what happened between you and Supreme Being Ares. Ares is Maxen’s Godfather,
he’ll take care of you.”
Nameless took the paper and nodded, indicating that he understood.
“Oh, right.”
Mike thought of something and added, “Actually, there are a few other people from the
Tower of Truth Otaku clan… ahem, I mean, Professor Gregory also lives in the Tower of Truth
now. You can visit Professor Gregory when you have free time.”
Nameless nodded. “Okay.”
After arranging everything, Mike waved to the two of them.
“It’s about time for me to leave. Goodbye!”
“Goodbye!”
After waving goodbye, Mike placed his palm on the Truth Core Crystal.
[Current Exploration Rate: 100%!]
“Calculating…”
“Congratulations to participant [Thor] for achieving an SSSS-level conquest rating on the
28th floor!”