"Naeva, this is information about the 2nd floor ascension exam."
That one sentence caught Naeva's attention. Naeva thought that maybe this little girl named Ophelia Calliope would be more helpful than she thought.
That night, Ophelia spent her time explaining the information about what kind of exam they would face along with the strategies they would use. Of course, Naeva denied some parts of the strategy that she thought were deviant or useless.
After midnight, their meeting ended. The two girls who seemed to be the same age went back to their respective beds to rest.
The Floor Ascension Exam was held once every half year. And coincidentally, the 2nd floor ascension exam would occur in less than a week. Generally, a new Conqueror would choose to wait for the next exam time to take a break from Tutorials. But such intentions did not cross Naeva and Ophelia's minds.
In the week before the exam began, Naeva spent her time teaching Ophelia how to use the Calliope Pen. The girl was a fast learner, it didn't take her long to master Naeva's teachings. Naeva was satisfied with that. For her, if she had to teach someone, that someone should be a genius. Because she wouldn't have to spend much time and energy teaching them. And of all the people Naeva had taught, Ophelia was probably the most genius right now. But there was one thing Ophelia didn't know. What Naeva had taught her so far, was only the basic use of the Calliope Pen. Naeva had not taught her any advanced or secret uses. At least, not now.
Time passed so quickly. The day of the Floor Ascension Exam had arrived.
All Conquerors who want to go up or down a floor, must enter an "elevator". This elevator was different from the usual elevators in the buildings of the Naeva world. The elevator in the Tower is more like a luxury building that is like a station. But instead of containing a train, it contained two large rooms with magic circles engraved on the surface. Conquerors would enter one of the rooms to go up or down a floor. Of course, using the elevator was not free as it consumed quite a lot of resources. The Conqueror would spend about 1000-1,000,000 Carmela for one floor.
As explained earlier, Conquerors can only enter floors that they have conquered. As for new Conquerors like Naeva, she can only enter the elevator ride to go to the 2nd floor. However, she will not be sent to the 2nd floor, but rather to the 2nd floor ascension test location.
That's how the ice princess and her new partner entered the elevator ride that would take them to the test location.
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Character Information
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Name: Naeva Winter
Nova: X Platinum
Race: Ice Princess
Age: 30.000+
Status: Irregular
Affiliation: None
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Name: Ophelia Calliope
Nova: II Orange
Race: Unknown
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Age: 17
Status: Lady of the Calliope Family
Affiliation: Calliope Family
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Naeva's body felt strange and twisted. Actually, rather than an elevator ride, it was more like a teleportation. And people who have never been or are not familiar with teleportation between worlds, will definitely feel a little nauseous.
"It wasn't like this before."
"Are you okay?" asked Ophelia.
Although it wasn't very noticeable because Naeva's skin was already pale from the start, Ophelia noticed her friend was feeling a little queasy.
"Should we sit down and rest first?"
Naeva shook her head. She just needed to squeeze her head a little and let the cold flow through to get her head back to normal again.
Ophelia let out a small sigh.
"The exam hasn't started yet. Let's take a break and see what happens."
Without asking or asking Naeva's permission, Ophelia took the girl's hand and walked towards a long chair. Ophelia sat Naeva there and then sat next to her.
Neither of them said anything. Their eyes were focused on observing their surroundings. Surprisingly, the two of them were not conspicuous at all even though quite a lot of people were gathered there. From other people's eyes, the two girls sitting on the long chair were just a faintly visible white-haired girl and a hooded girl whose face was invisible. Gloomy and isolated. That was what they had in mind, not realizing that there was an extraordinary beauty hiding inside.
The location where the rookie Conquerors were gathered was a large road at the edge of the forest that looked like a medieval European road. Several long chairs were arranged on the roadside under the lamplight.
There were exactly 390 Conquerors in the end. Their races were all diverse and Naeva noticed that there were many people with unusual physical features. As the last Conqueror entered the test site, the magic circle at the end of the garden disappeared.
"Exactly 390 Conquerors, huh... Not many. It's only the second floor promotion exam after all," said Ophelia.
Naeva glanced at Ophelia.
"How many is it usually?"
"Usually? Ah... For the other floor exams, especially the 20-40s, the number can be hundreds or even thousands at a time. Maybe it's because the majority of the Tower's residents are on those floors," Ophelia replied.
"Moreover, the territories of the 7 Grand Families and the headquarters of the 5 Big Guilds are also around those floors."
"Hmm..."
"They set the territory on a floor that is neither high nor low. If the floor is too high, members who have just become Conquerors will have difficulty returning to the territory or may not be able to return. If it's too low, the territory will be full of low-level Conquerors as well," Naeva thought.
"Most of them would be blue-green nova."
"Naeva," called Ophelia.
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"I know you're strong. And I'm also sure I'm stronger than any other Conqueror on this same floor. But... Are you sure we shouldn't have more partners? This exam is testing cooperation, isn't it?" asked Ophelia to be sure.
Naeva didn't seem to care.
"Don't get me wrong. Working together and carrying a load are different."
"!"
Ophelia gasped slightly. The girl leaned back in her chair and looked away from the crowd of people who were busy with their own business.
"You're right. I'm sorry," she smiled.
The crowd of people Ophelia noticed did not interest Naeva in the least. The reason was, none of them were already in Nova Jingga. That was natural. Normally, the Orange Nova began to be often found after the 10th floor. It was precisely seeing 3 Orange Nova Conquerors on the 1st floor that was unnatural.
"The dark elf boy and the big guild boy are not here, huh."
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The heavy footsteps heard from afar sent chills down the spine of the examinees. A middle-aged man with bluish-brown skin and long ears appeared. The man wore beach sunglasses while grinning slyly. He was wearing a long-sleeved striped shirt complete with a belt.
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"Tacky," Ophelia and Naeva thought to themselves.
"Hmm... looks like you're the current examinees. So many... There are 390 of you."
The wet hoarse voice somehow sounded unpleasant.
"Welcome to the 2nd floor ascension exam, newbie Conquerors! I, Grosfier, am the examiner for this exam. Please don't think the exam in the Tower will be as easy as the tutorial."
With a sly grin, Grosfier warned the novice Conquerors there. Many Conquerors didn't pay attention to Grosfier's warning due to overconfidence. Many also looked scared because of the warning.
Grosfier's attention was drawn to the two girls sitting next to each other on the lawn chairs. Unlike the reactions of the other Conquerors, the two girls were very calm. Grosfier's eyes did not pick up any overconfidence in them like some of the other novice Conquerors. Things like fear, tension and worry did not radiate from them either.
"Excessive self-confidence is arrogance. Confidence without evidence is bragging. Confidence with conviction is pride."
Grosfier's grin turned even more sinister.
"Which one do you think you are?"