Arlon fell.
The fall lasted a long time.
Fifty… sixty seconds? Maybe more. He didn't check. He just kept falling, unable to see the bottom.
Then, suddenly—
He was on the ground.
Not a crash. Not a hard impact.
He was just… there.
It was unnatural. One moment, he was falling. The next, his feet were on solid ground.
Then, a sound whispered in his head.
So quiet.
Too quiet.
Even when he focused, he couldn't make out what it was saying.
Before he could dwell on it—
A notification appeared.
[Welcome to Floor ???]
Arlon frowned.
The usual welcome message. But the floor number?
"???"
Another bug?
It wouldn't be the first time. The Tower had been behaving strangely ever since he started interfering with its systems.
Especially when it stopped spawning monsters.
But this floor was… different.
He looked around, scanning his surroundings.
First, the ground was dirt.
Not the polished stone of the other floors. Just plain earth, soft beneath his boots.
