As Noah began climbing the Tower of Champions, a great deal of things were occurring in the background within the Academy City.
Since the entrance of the 5th Ethereal Princess, many more powerful figures from surrounding cities had descended onto Academy City behind the dark and openly!
Their goals were unknown, but the status of an Ethereal Princess meant many important figures would swarm towards her wherever she was.
Maybe it was her suitors from the Imperial Capital, maybe it was other beings that had their own intentions!
But each of them began to appear silently in the Academy City as enormous vessels began to permeate through the skies.
The knowledgeable powerhouses within the Academy City that were within the Silver Rank either curried favor or stayed clear of the new visitors, knowing that the personages from the powerful cities brought opportunity as well as dangers.
And neither of them wanted to be on the side of danger when it came to these beings!
In an extravagant establishment where only the most important beings could reside, the figure of the 5th Imperial Princess could be seen as she was listening to a report from one of her trusted guards.
"No others have entered the City?"
"...no, Princess. Aside from some trashy nobles from the Imperial City and a few other Cities, we haven't seen any others that arrived here publicly."
The Silver Rank Guard replied carefully while glancing at the solemn 5th Princess not too far away. This female guard was one of the beings closest to the Princess, and even now she had slight hesitation on her face as she seemed to want to ask something!
"No need to hold it in, Natasha. Speak your mind."
The voice of the Princess rang out as the guard nodded while hesitatingly asking.
"Princess, if I may ask...why did the Crown Prince send you here at such a time?"
She worded the question carefully as she made sure to ask nothing out of bounds, the 5th Princess adopting a saddened expression as she replied.
"It is a test. I am merely a tool that my brother is using to sound out our enemies. Sending someone of Imperial Blood relatively unprotected in an average sized city…"
She looked outside the window of the grand room she was in as she continued.
"...it is to test whether the Will of the Ethereal Emperor is still respected by our enemies, or whether they have grown strong and confident enough over the years."
…!
Alarm rose on the guard's face as she didn't expect such a shocking reply.
"But...what about your father? What of the Ethereal Emperor?!"
"Father, huh…" The 5th Princess had a distant expression as she replied blankly, seemingly lost in thought as the guard stopped asking questions.
Under the vibrant and peaceful Ethereal Realm, undercurrents were waving in the dark as all was not what it seemed!
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Meanwhile, a certain transmigrator was passing his time in the Tower of Champions as he put in some work!
Noah delved into the Tower as some time passed, the high battle power of his summoned Rift Bosses being able to easily clear the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th floors of the Tower with ease as only variations of 50 Undead were present on each floor.
Passing the fourth floor granted Noah plenty of treasures as he was able to achieve 100 Random Iron Rank Unit Shards from the 25 of each level, as well as obtain a total of 2000 Unit Upgrade Crystals that meant he could enhance the Verdant Treant to the Peak of Iron...then gaining the ability to fuse it to the Mammoth to make a Bronze Rank Rift Boss!
RUMBLE!
Noah wasted no time as he gave the command to combine the 100 Random Unit Shards into a Unit, a shining light erupting from the waiting area that held the portal to the 5th level waiting- a new unit appearing in front of Noah's eyes.
It was something unique he hadn't come across before, his eyes opening wide as he saw the appearance of a...Sunflower!
[Golden Sunflower] :: A mutated Dimensional Beast that is proficient in recuperative and healing abilities. It currently has the [Heal] and [Detoxify] skills in its arsenal.
A swaying sunflower about 1 meter in size appeared in front of him as Noah nearly laughed.
He was more joyful as a pet with a skill set to act like a priest was extremely rare, this one having two skills just for that purpose!
He nodded towards it as it swayed happily behind him.
His eyes then focused on the Frost Mammoth and Verdant Treant on the side that had their bodies shining with a bright gray glint!
They had both reached the Peak of Iron Rank as they now fit the requirements to be fused together to evolve under the system.
In just days after awakening his Idle Gaming System, Noah was now about to get his hands on a Dimensional Rift Boss a level higher than himself!