Chapter One-Hundred-and-Eighty

Adam left the well and its secret chamber feeling somewhat disappointed. The tenth stage was likely to be the biggest hurdle in every loop going forward, given how its design took a lot of agency out of his hands.

From what Emelia had said, it was a series of connected towers, each belonging to a separate player. Every floor was a challenge and choice, which would affect whichever tower it was linked to, meaning another player could sabotage Adam’s climb if they so wanted, and he could do the same to someone else. There was no way to speed through it, fly around it, or otherwise cheat its design, and the Tome Keeper had confirmed as much.

That obviously doesn’t mean such a thing doesn’t exist, but only that he does not know of any.

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