Chapter 1242 - The War Tower
Chapter 1242 The War Tower
When Greem and Billis got off the carriage, they were instantly stunned by the sight of the majestic tower before them.
Bold, magnificent, mysterious, and profound.
Countless words of praise rushed through their minds, surging through their bodies as a warm rush. They could feel their hearts cheer and their emotions soar.
The Tower of Observation’s walls glowed brightly under the warm sun. The tower’s structure wasn’t the traditional cylindrical shape, but a complex, multi-structure configuration consisting of many other, smaller ‘towers’ that split off from the main body.
Many large runic stones covered in intricate magical lines floated high in the air, orbiting the tower along mysterious paths. The unique, green-golden material refracted the sunlight into gold, deep-blue, violet, red, and many other fantastical colors.
Several rainbow bridges that looked almost solid connected the various sub-towers. A terrifying amount of energy surged within these rainbow ‘bridges.’
The central tower connected with these smaller towers through countless air corridors and flying discs. Countless small balconies and gardens were also scattered across the Tower of Observation exterior, all of them covered by an invisible barrier.
It wasn’t exactly small, however. In fact, it would be considered a sizable adept tower if it were built in Zhentarim.
The Tower of Observation had a total of seven hundred and seventy-seven levels.
The base of the War Tower split off of the one hundred and thirty-sixth level of the Tower of Observation.
Thus, when the flying disc slowly landed on one of the War Tower platforms, they were already thousands of meters above the ground. Clouds could be seen leisurely drifting by, making this place seem as if it was heaven itself.
The platform wasn’t large; it was only about a hundred square meters in size. Four five-meter-tall metal golems stood there.
When the flying disc landed on the platform, colorful light shone from one of the metal golems’ head. The other golems stood forward, raising their heavy metal swords and going on alert.
However, when the first golem’s scans reached Horner and sensed the unusual energy flux, all security measures were dispelled.
The metal golems returned to their place and became unmoving statues.
“Let’s go! I will show you around the insides of this place!” Horner walked ahead of them and stepped onto the stone path that led into the tower.
At a thousand meters in the air, it was an incredibly high altitude. Strong gales wailed all around them. Ordinary people would have been scared limp walking on this seemingly unsupported stone path that was only five meters wide.
However, a high-grade adept like Greem could walk calmly and naturally on the path. In fact, he even had the mood to admire the scenery below while he walked.
At the end of the path was a bright door of light that perfectly separated the inside of the tower from the outside.
Passing through here obviously required extremely high clearance, but this could not stop Horner, who was an elder.
The three adepts appeared in front of the door of light, and three holes that were approximately their size opened on the door. When they walked past, the door of light quickly shut again.
The interior of the War Tower was a vast space in every dimension. Metal platforms hovered all over the tower, and a door of light opened onto every one of these platforms. Meanwhile, bright, glowing runes formed rows of numbers above each of the doors.
“…an intermediate rebellion has occurred in Plane JY0367. Reinforcement request has been received. Batserpent Squad, please prepare for battle. The next teleportation shall begin in 25 seconds.”
Greem heard a crisp, female voice reverberating throughout the tower the moment he set foot into the room. A squad of eleven adepts appeared from somewhere and stood on one of the metal platforms.
A large mechanical arm lifted the metal platform through the tower, past countless portals and platforms, and finally stopped at a platform labeled JY0367.
The adept squad, fully equipped, moved onto the metal platform. They stopped for a while before entering the portal in an orderly fashion, led by their leader.
Apart from these sudden teleportations, there were countless mechanical arms in the War Tower that regularly lifted these metal platforms up and down. Adepts could always be seen on these platforms.
When they reached the portal that they wanted to travel through, they would take out a golden bade and press it against the door of light. The door of light would then glow brightly. Once it had wholly stabilized, the adepts would make their way through and vanish.
“This is the War Tower of the Adept’s Association. Every single portal corresponds to a lesser plane we have conquered. Any adept can freely travel to a lesser plane to explore and adventure once they put in an application with the Association. All their spoils will belong to themselves,” Horner proudly explained to Greem.
Greem looked across and was mildly stunned.
There were four or five hundred portals just within his vision.
The size and ferocity of the Adept’s Association potential for war were on full display!