The group was quite easily able to leap across the platforms approaching the pyramid ahead, as they got closer, they noticed two things. There were other platforms adjacent to them leading to the same structure in the middle and the platforms were moving further away from each other.

As they moved Tisha took the time to look at her Soul Map.

Name: Robin (Tisha Marigold)

Artifact: Anak Orb

Armament: Red Thread

Titles: Originator, Monstrous

Attributes:

Strength

G+(+)

Toughness

G+(+)

Dexterity

G+(+)

Agility

G+(+)

Varos

G+(+)

Varos level

G+

Perception

G+(+)

Abilities:

Anak Orb: [Neuter Sensation] [Suspension – Tier 1/10]

Red Thread: [Claw Morph]

Skills:

[Varos Manipulation - Amateur] [Swordsmanship – Very Skilled] [Aurum Arts - Prodigy] [Spatial Sensing - Novice]

She felt that her Strength Attribute was close to reaching the F tier and both her Dexterity and Agility hit G+(+). Along the way she talked to the others. Olga had indeed increased both her Strength and Toughness to F- like she had suspected. Damon had gotten a (+) in his Toughness and Strength as well as finally gaining a new ability one that allowed him to draw enemy attacks to himself. He also gained a tier in his first ability allowing him to boost his Artifact even further than before. Mel had upgraded both her Varos and Dexterity to G+ as well as gaining a new ability just like Damon. According to her it was just a really powerful shot, Tisha was sure there was more to it but the woman’s cautious nature had still not changed.

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Finally, as she suspected Finch had indeed gained Spatial Sensing like she had, both his Varos and Varos level had gained (+) and his Perception which was noted by the system as something hard to increase in rank had become G+. His Summon Sword ability had also gained a tier allowing him to send blades in two waves. He had been paying attention to the Skeleton Mages and according to him they did not use Varos in the way the group did to do magic. This had been why they had felt a little off in her senses. The kid was a genius, his ability to figure things out on his own in this completely foreign world rivalled or surpassed hers, all he was missing was experience.

At about the sixth platform the familiar Skeletons made an appearance in groups, just the Warriors and Swordsmen with the occasional Mage in the mix meant they were easy to deal with but they were numerous meaning that it took some time to get through them. Tisha took this time to experiment with sending Varos on its own as its raw energy outside of her body much like the bear had done. It did not give as impressive an effect as the monster but she could feel some changes in her surroundings, Finch did the same as her as they both tried to affect their enemies but the best they could do was make said enemies feel slight discomfort if their movement was any indication. Which to Tisha was a success regardless.

However there were hundreds of platforms and Tisha could not help but wonder what this space was, it felt weirdly disconnected from the rest of the Tear but being its final floor that contained the Anchor meant that it had to be important.

As they continued on, eventually when it was Mel’s turn to leap, she had to be caught on the end by Damon. Finch had been made to go last with Olga going first every time, if she could not make it then none of them could and being the strongest meant that she could easily fight whatever was on the other side before receiving help. She leapt back over the now twenty-meter distance before grabbing Finch with her right arm and nodding at Tisha who nodded back.

“Wait, wha-” Was all he could let out before he was flung the distance screaming all the way before he was caught bodily by Tisha.

“Twas easy wasn’t it?” Olga laughed before leaping back over.

From then on Olga just went on to jump with both Mel and Finch being held under each arm like a pair of sports bags. It made for a ridiculous image especially considering their terrified expressions and yelps.The final jump was thirty meters, even Damon needed help at that point, resulting in him being thrown by Olga much to his embarrassment. Tisha did not catch him which saved him further shame. Olga’s sadistic tendencies came to light every time he was involved, making Tisha feel a bit bad for him, that being said there was not much of a choice in the situation they found themselves in.

Looking up at the pyramid she could see that it was huge. Easily over three hundred meters in height, a purple flame burned above it lighting up the surroundings. The Pyramid was on a large circular platform and the group was about two hundred meters away from a familiar set of gold double doors.

Their next move was obvious as they began to set out for the doors. A familiar sound, but one they had not heard for a short while reached their ears. The ground rumbled as boney arms clawed their way out of it. Twenty, Fifty, Eighty. The Skeletons were exploding in numbers easily going past the hundreds mostly Warriors and Swordsmen, near the back a few Mages and Death Knights appeared.

“Quite da welcoming party we’ve got here.” Olga sounded unperturbed, however Tisha felt a tinge of concern about the situation. Not for herself but for the less physically gifted of the group. That was a lot of enemies to go through and a stray shot could be damning for them. On top of that they had just under twenty minutes left, the good thing about this was that her Claw Morph was nearly back to being off cool down. The bad being of course that they were strapped for time.

“Us three’ll take most of the heat, ya two hang back and give us support.” The three obviously being Tisha, Olga and Damon with the two ranged users providing long ranged fire.

Olga bellowed before charging in Tisha by her side and Damon bringing up the rear.