Guild Wars

d over within the black fire, before Draco roared and swung the sword down, bringing himself and all the demons down crashing to the ground. 

BOOM! 

The places exploded in a black light that reached the sky, carefully bypassing all the humans and allies of Draco.
When the effects subsided, Draco walked away from the spot with Dragorugio placed across his shoulder. 

Behind him, there was a crater filled with nothing.
Everything that had existed in that spot was vanquished minus Draco. 

Seeing him come out unscathed, the wind blowing his now white hair which had returned together with his Ultima Sunt abilities, many felt their hearts beat.
Eva and the other ladies gave a thumbs up, Zaine directly putting her hands in her lower garments. 

The two Princesses had a look of infatuation on their faces.
All of this was fine, a normal response to a handsome hero vanquishing evil and bringing peace to the land. 

However, what made Draco shiver from head to toe were the guys who had hearts in their eyes as they gazed at him.
Burly men big enough to beat a bear like it was their son looking at you like that… how would you feel? 

He released them from their gravity bindings, but before they could move, Draco had scurried over to hide behind his wives, not even daring to come out.
The Four Beauties covered him behind them protectively, trying to stifle giggles at the same time. 

The two Princesses shared a look and also smiled.
They found Draco cute, and their anxiety towards his existence diminished and was replaced by a strange fondness. 

The field had already been cleared by the Destruction Energy, clearing all the waste and horror.
The men who were locked in the rictus of battle soon came down from the insanity induced high, feeling tired and groggy. 

Many outright fainted, drained of energy to continue even thinking.
They would likely be unable to fight for a very long time in the future.
That was not accounting for any PTSD that might arise out of this event. 

Hikari saw this and hesitated before clapping her hands together.
A whitish fire emerged in between her palms which Hikari merged with copious amounts of Creation Energy.
She then cast the fire out, which passed through everyone, purging a certain viscous darkness that was present in all of them minus the Morningstar Group and the two Princesses. 

Heartfire! 

｢Active 1 – Heartfire: Expel all the negativity in a target ’s heart and body, bringing about perfect mental and physical stability.
Cooldown: 20 hours.｣ 

This was the only active skill of the Purefire that Hikari integrated, and its use had been obscure until now.
Thanks to Hikari ’s thoughtfulness, the various curses, negativity, and possible heart demons that anyone here would suffer were destroyed, burned to ash. 

Now, they were clean or heart, mind, and soul, ready to fight again at the drop of a hat for justice and honor.
The rebels rose to their feet and exulted the Princesses and the Morningstar Group, while the Royal Guards did the same. 

The two Princesses walked over to Draco and his wives shyly, Aliza hiding behind Jenna like a young maiden.
Jenna didn ’t know whether to laugh or cry, but could only wear a stoic face. 

…truth be told, she also wanted to hide behind someone! 

Jenna bowed before the group.
”Noble Gods/Demi-gods, thank you for your assistance in purging evil.
As the Crown Princess of the Ordelia Family, I would like to host you in a celebration of your valiance and benevolence upon the mortal world. ” 

Draco and co could only share wry looks.
Such potent praise… jeez! Young Miss, are you adept in the Dao of Bootlicking? How can you make us feel like we are floating on cloud nine with just a few words? 

”No problem.
Please lead the way. ” Draco replied with a smile, guessing that this must be part of the floor ’s story. 

At this moment, while the two Princesses were still bowing and the fighters were cheering and celebrating, the floor began deconstruction itself.
Everything pixelated and disappeared as it started from the horizon to where the Morningstar Group was standing. 

The warriors had been long gone, but just before the two Princesses could be sucked away, Zaine ’s eyes flowed with an evil light. 

”Draco, capture the two of them!! ” 

Draco was surprised by this request, but didn ’t waste any time.
He knew Zaine the genius would have her own reasons for doing so, so he captured the two of them with his Telekinesis and sent them to his Inner Universe. 

Just then, the world completed crumbled apart and the rewards panel was displayed. 

｢Congratulations on completing: Tower of Babylon Tenth Floor 

Time elapsed: 0:17:38 

Objectives complete: All 

Assessment: EX+ 

Reward: 

14,000 Score Points 

1 Treasure Selection Reward – Peak Bronze Grade｣ 

At this time, the Four Beauties were whisked away into the Inner Universe automatically as they returned to the castle in which Draco resided.
He was still in his seat where he made his executive decisions, and decided to open the floor-specific rankings. 

1st – Draco Morningstar: 14,000 Points. 

2nd – Gavin Guy: 1,498 Points. 

3rd – Dorothy Keel: 1,495 Points. 

4th – James Luster: 1,492 Points. 

5th – Mandingo: 1,324 Points. 

6th – God ’s Son: 1,315 Points. 

7th – Dark Lord: 1,300 Points. 

8th – King ’s Return: 1,286 Points. 

9th – Helia Nuer: 1,244 Points. 

10th – Makinsser: 1,237 Points. 

Well, it seemed like floor 10 had been a respite for everyone despite the difficulty.
After all, now that all their abilities and equipment had been released, and they had automatically been sent to level 100, which was their full power, they had finally been able to go all out. 

It was actually quite disgraceful that they could not score more than 2,000 points.
In fact, with each floor, their scores got worse and worse by comparison.
Just look at how the total increased. 

How could you score 1,400-ish when the total was 14,000? That was barely 10% of the total score! How badly did you do that you scored so low?! 

Well, the problem laid with Draco.
Before he came, their scores had been regarded as the standard, as they had been the highest.
In a school of idiots, the standard for what was smart was different from a school for geniuses. 

But now things would change, which was what everybody thought.
The foundational floors seemed to have favored Draco due to its storyline, but other floors going forward had fewer generic storylines and featured issues that would take days if not years to solve. 

This was what the rest were hoping would stump Draco, so that he would be unable to climb and reach the top.
After all, if he actually cleared floor 99, none of the others would get that free chance to explore floor 100. 

Everything would become Draco ’s spoils as he was the only one who would be able to pass.
There was no second place prize, only first place for the winner.
The thing with getting time to browse the top floor for a period of time for the top 3 was basically a consolation prize. 

However, whether or not Draco would be ’stumped ’ especially since he had his Four Beauties with him, was yet to be seen. 

Hehe. 

Anyway, Draco checked the overall rankings. 

1st – Gavin Guy: 71st Floor, 102,000 Points. 

2nd – Dorothy Keel: 71st Floor, 101,500 Points. 

3rd – James Luster: 71st Floor, 100,000 Points. 

4th – Mandingo: 70th Floor, 96,000 Points. 

5th – God ’s Son: 70th Floor, 94,700 Points. 

6th – Draco: 11th floor, 93,350 Points. 

7th – Dark Lord: 69th Floor, 92,300 Points. 

8th – King ’s Return: 69th Floor, 91,010 Points. 

9th – Helia Nuer: 69th Floor, 90,200 Points. 

10th – Makinsser: 69th Floor, 88,230 Points. 

After the ninth floor, he had reached 79,350 points and had occupied 17th place from the previous 44th.
Now that he had cleared the tenth floor, he had broken into the top 10 like a wrecking ball.
Hugo Mori, who had been the former 10th place, was coughing blood in his mansion as he fainted. 

God ’s Son and Mandingo were currently squirming in their seats, trying to hold back the bomb that was poking at the tip of their butts, as they were inches from shitting themselves due to fear and despair. 

As for James Luster, he had spent the past few days staring into the sky, his eyes blank and his soul lifeless.
He was a man broken and beaten, wondering about the meaning of life and what the Dao truly was. 

As for Draco, he grinned ruthlessly as he pictured their expressions, then realized not much time had passed still.
As such, he decided to do some other stuff while in his Inner Universe especially craft some more.