The Primal Hunter

Welcome to the Seventy-first floor of Nevermore: The Nine Towers

You have arrived on a planet long abandoned by those who once lived there. Yet artifacts are left behind. Nine massive towers are scattered across the planet, once part of a greater purpose, each holding secrets and power of the civilization that once was.

Your goal is to explore each tower and then ultimately decide if you wish to activate or destroy them. But be warned, for even if much time has passed, the defensive systems of the towers still remain, and who knows what entering them might lead to, much less the outcome of their activations.

Main objective: Activate or destroy the Nine Towers.

Bonus objectives: Discover the true nature of the Nine Towers.

Current progress: Towers activated (0/9), Towers Destroyed (0/9)

Note: More hidden events, achievements, or objectives may be hidden on the floor.

Current Nevermore Points: 1,242,425

It was almost nostalgic reading the long system message about the floor they had just arrived on. Jake would rate it just about as nostalgic as the feeling of the Golden Mark left by the Fallen King, allowing them all to stay in communication even when far apart.

The five of them had appeared on top of a small hill, giving them a pretty bad view of what they were dealing with. Jake, taking the job of scout as usual, quickly flew into the sky and scanned the area before he made a rough calculation of the curvature of the planet and ultimately concluded it was pretty fucking big. It was not as big as Earth after the system, but maybe about two-thirds the size.

“You see anything?” the Sword Saint asked when Jake landed back on the ground.

“Bunch of beasts, but they are all weak and barely in C-grade. Ah, but there are quite a few elementals here and there, all levels around 280. I also spot two towers, one over there and one over there,” Jake said as he pointed in two directions. The others could see one of the towers far off in the distance, but only Jake had the Perception to see the tip of the second.

These towers were all roughly ten kilometers tall each, looking like huge skyscrapers. One of the two Jake saw had a red crystalline color, while the second looked more yellowish. So, it appeared that the towers had been nicely color-coded, which was nice as it made it a lot easier to communicate about what towers people were at.

Jake also shared the size of the planet and other characteristics as the others listened. Once he was done with his explanation, Dina briefly shared that the plants around told her that this planet was rather special in that it had absolutely no underground nor any bodies of water any larger than lakes anywhere on the entire planet. It was definitely a weird place, but confirming those two things was helpful as it meant they wouldn’t waste any time looking for hidden achievements underground or underwater.

“So, I guess we all know what we’re doing?” Jake asked after they were done talking.

“Split up,” the Fallen King answered without any hesitation.

like the best way,”

“Ree!” Sylphie agreed.

fuck away because no one will be nearby,” Jake added with

Sword Saint said, seeming almost

to go, they all set off. Dina would take the second-closest tower, while the Fallen King would take the closest. Jake, the Sword Saint, and Sylphie would head off in three other directions to

off, Jake quickly used One

Jake suddenly found himself far beyond where he had

some estimations of how good his newly upgraded boots were, and concluded it was good but not overly impactful. That is until he took that very first step. He had traveled nearly twice as far as a usual One Step and consumed even

crazy part was how Jake felt space warp around him, yet he remained so utterly stable within this warped reality. It was like he was an untouchable entity within the fluid and warping space, as he only now truly realized the meaning when it said Jake would always find a solid foothold. What also surprised him was the concept behind this effect. It was pure stability. It was a slightly different concept from his arcane

space warped as it did was because the skill was getting pushed beyond what it normally allowed Jake to

To get good.

made movement skills twice as effective and barely cost anything. It was that Jake was horrible at using One Step according to the standards of the mythical boots. Making the baseline improvement from the boots incredibly

the locations of his other party members, he realized he was definitely

first, he wondered if she was using her sprinting skill and was quickly running out of gas. But she kept up her utterly ridiculous speed for hours as she moved far faster than Jake… no, not just Jake. The four other members

Golden Mark. “You sure

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ree ree,” she responded, gladly explaining how she had managed to drastically improve her

swooshyly” means, but if it works, it works,

he had gone to the closest tower. Right as he arrived, he contacted the

an upgrade to his Golden Mark skill, now allowing one to also send pictures. What the Fallen King sent couldn’t really be called a

of the tower was an odd shade of gray with weird lines going across it. He also saw what looked like veins running through the entire tower, as well as small wisps of energy in the ground and even some floating in the air all around the Fallen King. Because, oh yeah, the picture wasn’t exactly a two-dimensional one, but more of a semi-three-dimensional snapshot where what appeared in front of the Fallen King was far clearer than what was behind

Dina

to make it more interpretable to

sight was so odd. He viewed everything through some weird soul-sight or something at all times, which definitely had some advantages but also many disadvantages, as his view distance was

more as he entered the tower through a gate. Inside, the tower was clearly spatially expanded, and from what Jake saw in the limited vision pictures the Unique Lifeform repeatedly sent, everything was a mess inside. Nevertheless, he began exploring as

but it was clearly broken, and the Fallen King also quickly confirmed that breaking walls and ceilings wasn’t feasible as everything was incredibly strengthened. That wasn’t to say

Robot-like golems were stationed as guards on the second tower floor. Eight in total, with four of them patrolling, with four others sealed-off side rooms. Their levels were all 275 to 280, making them relatively strong… but far from strong enough. This was also where the King’s vision was good, as things like walls didn’t

Fallen King didn’t hesitate as he simply floated into the room with the four guards. He was instantly noticed by the guards, who quickly proved to be aggressive as they attacked on sight. The four of them charged at once as the Fallen King raised one

They all stumbled back, physically seemingly unhurt, but through the vision of the Fallen King, Jake

soon after. One of the four Soulshapes shattered on impact like it was made of glass as the golem fell dead to the