Aitofel descended the stairs and reached the floor of Pride, a floor just below Lilith's room.
A marble floor previously untouched by dust, now covered with corpse and blood of the mercenaries and the royal knights.
Right in front of the staircase leading to Lilith's room is a throne made of gold. This floor is certainly meant for someone that thought they were above everything and everyone, but Aitofel doubt that because of the tower structure, where the Pride floor is below Lilith's floor.
Prideful hearts lead to arrogance.
Aitofel walked around the throne and observed the Pride Floor.
"This floor sure is like when I'm in the grand hall, noblelike and a bit of pressure, I can feel it. Where's Pride?"
"The one who hides in the corner."
A voice suddenly appeared behind him. He can guess why Pride calls him that because he's literally hides in the corner the entire time dueing the raid.
"Oh, are you Pride?"
A woman with long blonde hair that are taller than Aitofel sitting on the golden throne.
"Hmm? You seems to not be bothered by the fact that you're facing the one who killed you before."
Aitofel put his right hand on his hips and shrugged. "Lilith-"
With an intense killing aura, Aitofel suddenly froze instantly when he sees Pride icy glare.
"I'm Lady Lilith's slave, so I guess we're comrades now?"
"If you think you're worthy enough to be my comrade, then have a duel with me, prove it to me that you are worthy enough to become my comrade with that new vampire strength of yours."
"Uh, can I refuse?"
Then suddenly, Aitofel body were split into half, separating his torso with his right arm and lower body.
The sudden impact caused his torso to fall backward together with his lower body.
"Ugkh! W-what the hell...?"
Blood quickly coming out of his separated body parts, surrounding him in his own pool of blood.
"Can't even survive for a second."
Aitofel breath became erratic, he's sweating profusely.
"D-dammit... Am I going to die and got revived again? My life is too tough!"
"Relax, that vampire regeneration of yours is going to kick in any second now."
True just like what she said, the blood surrounding Aitofel started to enter his separated body again, more accurately, return to his body again. It was as if time were reversed to when he didn't get cut in a half yet.
"W-whoa...."
After a few seconds, the blood started to rejoin his separated body, connecting his torso with his right arm and lower body.
After another few seconds, his body healed completely, as if his body were never separated.
"I-is this the power of a vampire?"
"Yours were more special."
Aitofel raised his eyebrow at hearing Pride statement, "What do you mean, "More special" ?"
"Although vampires do have the same regeneration such as yours, you were more special."
"How special?"
"Other vampires require to drink blood to regenerate, you don't have to."
"That's... Kinda neat actually."
Aitofel raised both of his hands high into the air and shouted, "All right! I'm Immortal!"
"Don't act all high and mighty just because you can't be killed instantly, you're not immortal. You can still be killed if the damage is too much for your regeneration to handle."
Aitofel then lowered his hands and put his chin between his right thumb and index finger, striking a thinking pose.
"So I can still be killed huh? What is something that can kill me?"
Pride then returned to her throne and grab a tobacco pipe and lit it up then resumed to inhale it.
"I don't know."
Aitofel stared at Pride and looked somewhat confused.
"You know, for someone that rules the Pride floor, you're quite friendly, except for before where you split me into two. I thought you would act arrogant and hated me for ambushing you before."
"I've learned to become a humble and amicable person. I decided to become better for Lady Lilith."
"That's... Admirable."
"Though, I still hate you for ambushing me. If someone wants to be friendly with me, they either have to be stronger than me or an acquaintance of Lady Lilith."
Pride exhaled and let out a puff of smoke. Aitofel then accidently inhaled some of it, causing him to cough a bit.
Aitofel took a step back, evading the smoke, "Kh! What the hell is that? Poison?"
"You never seen this before?"
"Nah."
"This is a tobacco pipe, you put something called tobacco in here and lit it up, inhale it, then exhale it. It's quite relaxing, want to try it?"
"Nah, I rather not, I refuse."
....
"What's your name kid?"
"I'm Aitofel, a lowly mercenary that turned into Lady Lilith slave after being killed by you."
"Heh. I'm Superbia. The guardian of the floor of Pride. Just call me Bia."
"Well, nice to meet you, Bia. See ya later, I'm going to greet the others."
The scene changes and Aitofel descended to the floor of Envy.
The floor was made with obsidian, mirror as the walls, and whisper kept coming to Aitofel ears. The whispers kept comparing him with the others he has met so far, "Look at how rich he is, why can't you be as rich as him?!", Those kinds of whisper keep coming.
"Boy, the first time I reached this floor, this whispers keep coming inside my head! I could go crazy if I'm here any longer."
Then, behind a pillar, a woman with long purple hair appeared.
"Ahaha, I'm sorry if my ability annoys you, I can't deactivate it, but I can reduce the sound of the whisper."
True as she said, the whisper become distant, not gone, but smaller and distant.
Aitofel let out a breath of relief, "Ah, this is much better."
The purple haired woman said with a smile, "You're welcome."
"So, you must be the same as Bia, right? You're some kind of konster like Bia that can turn into Human. I guess every guardian of the tower is a monster that can turn into a Human, I guess."
"Yes, you're right. Allow me to introduce myself." She bowed slightly at Aitofel.
"I'm Livvia, the guardian of the floor of Envy. Nice to meet you, Little Aitofel."
Hearing the word little made him rised one of his eyebrow, "Little? Are you that old? You don't look like old though?"
Livvia chuckled, "Ahaha, are you offended? If so, I'm sorry. But yes, you are right again. I'm old. I'm over a thousand years old actually."
"Thousand years old?! Damn, you're a hag!"
"I beg your pardon?"
Aitofel suddenly felt a sharp killing aura directed at him, causing him to tremble a little.
"Nothing. I apologize."
Livvia smiled at him, "Is there anymore question?"
"Nothing. I'll be on my way to greet the others."
Right before he's about to walk to the staircase that lead to the floor of wrath, he stopped and turn around.
"Ah, I haven't introduced myself yet."
Livvia waved her hand, "That's not necessary. Every guardian on the tower already know your name from Lady Lilith."
"Ah? That so? Well, I'll be going."
The scene changes to when Aitofel descended into the the floor of Wrath.
Just as he immediately take a single step on the scorched floor, his head was bashed by a blunt weapon, immediately shattering his head and decorating the walls with his blood and parts of his smashed head.
But Aitofel body is still moving. His body tries to reach for his head, but it realizes that its head isn't there.
"Die!"
Aitofel's body were kicked into the ribs by an unknown man, the force of the kick sending him far and causing his body to collide with the wall.
The man rushes toward his body, but then his head regenerated.
"Wait, Wait, Wait!"
His head were smashed again, again, and again, not even giving Aitofel a chance to talk.
"Hahahaha! Die!"
After what seems to be his 13th times being smashed to the head, Aitofel give up. He lowered his hand and lay it down, tired of even trying.
"Hah! Can't even fight back? Weak!"
After that, the man stopped. Aitofel head regenerated again and now he seems tired.
'Gah... I'm feeling really tired. Is this the effect of constantly regenerating?'
Aitofel let out a small and tired voice, "Haaah... Why did you suddenly attacked me?"
His expression is filled with extreme exhaust and fatigue.
"I just can't help it when I see you step into my floor! When I saw you human, I was filled with anger, I wanted to kill you again and again for trying to rais this tower!"
Upon closer look, the man has a tanned skin and muscular body frame with a towering height and a young face. His long, wild and unkempt red hair reaches his back.
Compared to Aitofel who is thin and much more neatly styled, the comparison is like comparing barbarian with a noble.
"Still, you don't have to attack me...."
"Right now, I want to hit your face more than I want to kill humanity, but I hold in the urge because of Lady Lilith."
"Oh thank god, Lilith."
The red haired man pointed his right thumb on his own face and shouted, "I AM THE GUARDIAN OF THE FLOOR OF WRATH, INFERNUS! IF YOU DARE TO DO ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS AROUND ME, YOU WILL BE CONSUMED BY MY WRATH!"
Aitofel covered his ears, his eras complained about the almost broken eardrum by giving him a ringing sound inside his head.
"Ugkh! Do you really have to shout like that?!"
"If you don't like it," Infernus clenches his fist in front of Aitofel, which causing him to step back a little. "then show me if you're stronger than me!"
"If you can't handle my strength, Get Lost!"
With that, Aitofel walked away.
'Dammit, if I'm strong enough, I make your ears ring by having me scream right beside your ears!'
With that, he descended again.
The scene changes to when Aitofel descended to the floor of Greed.
This floor were surrounded by gold and other treasury, Aitofel can even see a legendary looking sword on the corner, a mountain of golds, and golden armory.
Aitofel sunk his hand inside the mountain of gold, only to be his hand sliced and sending it flying.
"Don't touch my treasure with that dirty hands of yours, you dirty slave."
"Ah shit, here we go again."
"You may be Lady Lilith's Slave, but a slave is still a slave, the only thing that differentiate you between a normal slave is the ownership, and a slave are not allowed to touch even a finger on my treasury."
The man with golden body isn't wearing any tops, revealing his well refined body and shining torso. His lower body is consisting golden leg armor and belt with the insignia of a lion. The golden man was sitting on a golden throne, resting his face with one hand.
"I think Pride suits you better."
The golden man eyes wanders around, not looking directly at Aitofel, "That's what I thought when I was created by Lady Lilith. But, slave, when did I allow you to speak?"
Aitofel kept his mouth shut.
"I knew the quest Lady Lilith have gave you, so, rejoice! For I shall let you know my name."
The golden man stood up straight after sitting on the golden throne and spread his arms on the side.
"I am the guardian of the floor of Greed, Lendario! The one who shall obtain everything, and the one and only, my beloved Lady Lilith."
Lendario extended his right arm forward, "Marvel at my presence, slave!"
"Dang, that's actually kinda cool."
"You have no need to introduce your name, slave. Because I will never call you by your name and will only address you as slave." Lendario shooed Aitofel away, "Now, begone and embark on your journey."
Aitofel turned around and descended the stairs.
The scene changes to when he reached the floor of Lust.
The floor was filled with the color velvet and faint smell of perfume.
When Aitofel reached this floor with others, the one with the weakest will suddenly attacked the others, as if they were charmed by something and were told to attack the others.
This floor has the same whispers like the floor of Envy, except this one seduces you and gives you hallucination.
"Damned Lust...."
Aitofel hold his head with his hand, the image of a little girl laughing and smiling at him appeared before he dismissed it as illusion.
"She's already dead...."
"Reminded of something?"
A playful voice comes from behind the velvet mist, and a beautiful woman appeared from the mist.
Aitofel glared at her with a fierce gaze. By the look of it, he seems to be slightly angered after looking at the beautiful woman
"Don't look at me with such terrifying gaze. After all, I'm only trying to give you comfort~"
The beautiful woman approached Aitofel and comes closer to his ear and rubbed his chest.
"Just tell me your name already."
"Right, right~"
The beautiful woman backed away.
"I'm Camellia, the guardian of the floor of Lust. Nice to meet you handsome~"
Aitofel turned around and descended the stairs quickly.
With a cold tone, "Nice meeting you."
"My, how cold~"
The scene changes to when he reached the floor of Gluttony.
When he and others first arrived the floor, the one in the front were immediately got eaten by the guardian of this floor, a giant ravenous rabbit that moves really fast.
And just like before where his body got attacked immediately, this time, its his leg.
"Goddammit! Do I never learn my lesson?!"
Aitofel grabbed his leg, which regenerated back.
"You taste good."
A little girl with a rabbit ears while eating his leg showed herself. Without any guilt and remorse, she chewed at his leg voraciously. His leg was gone in an instant, hidden deep inside that stomach of hers.
The rabbit girl approached him with blood covered mouth, "Can I have another one?"
"Hell no!"
The rabbit girl stopped and looked at Aitofel with deadpan eyes.
"What's your name first?"
The rabbit girl looked down for a second that looked at Aitofel, meeting his gaze.
"I'm Pixia."
"Good, see you later. You gluttonous rabbit."
Just as he was walking to the stairs, Pixia chased him!
"Give me a hand!"
"No!"
After reaching the bottom floor, the floor of Sloth, Aitofel managaed to run away with only his head and his legs, leaving his arms get eaten by Pixia.
"Sigh, I hope this guy doesn't attack me."
But unlike before, he doesn't lose his head nor his limbs, all of his body parts are still intact.
"Holy shit, I'm not being butchered immediately. That's a relief."
Aitofel looked around, "But where's the guardian?"
When Aitofel and the others first arrived the the tower and entered the floor of Sloth, no one appeared, it was empty.
The floor of Sloth resembles those of a prison, imprisoning people who were trapped in this tower. There are even a fossil of a person in one of the cell.
"Hellooo~, anyone here?"
Aitofel walked around and found a man with similar build as him sleeping on the wooden platform which are hanging on the wall with chains.
"Hey, wake up. I need you to introduce yourself."
"Hrm..."
The man only roll himself to the other side, allowing him to face the wall.
"Ey, come on... Just introduce yourself and I'll be gone in a flash!"
"Sloane..."
"Nice to meet you Sloane."
Just then, a flash appeared inside Aitofel mind.
"I see you have completed your task of knowing the name of others. Head outside, I'll be seeing you off."
"Well, see you later Sloane."
Aitofel walked toward the tower's exit. With his enhanced vampire strength, he easily pushed the large metal doors with just one hand.
On the outside, he saw all the floor guardians standing in a row, seemingly waiting for him.
"How did you guys get here faster than me?!"
"I teleported them outside."
Aitofel walked forward, "So, what now?"
The seven guardian each raised their hand and opened their hand at Aitofel, as if they were trying to bless him.
"During your hardship, we will bless you with our power, by the permission of Lady Lilith."
Lights coming out of their hand, showering Aitofel with hidden power.
"Woah, I... I can feel something powerful inside me!"
The seven guardians then disappeared, they returned to their own floor.
"So, should I go now?"
"Yes, you may go."
....
"That's it? No other things to tell me?"
Lilith took a step and stopped right in front of Aitofel.
She put her right hand on his chest.
"May you have a safe journey."
Poof!
"Are they not gonna prepare me a weapon?"