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The tower’s material was made of something that was simply impenetrable, however, the gates were not the same, this Primordial Ice within the Gates was controlled by the Dungeon’s prowess, so as long as I fine tuned it with my own powers taking over the Dungeon, which were only lasting about a few seconds… then!

BAAAAAAAMMMM!!!

I blew up the entire gate before it could close and not allow us to enter. Using my bare fists at that! The entire gate crumbled into pieces, opening its path towards its interior depths. We stepped inside, instantly feeling the chill of the Frost Tower of Skadi.

The first floor was, as we expected, completely empty. There were beautiful decorations here and there, and all, but no signs of actual life. Well, it wasn’t the same all the way above though, with a mere glance, I could sense that each floor was packed with higher level monsters.

And in the highest and last floors, the last Frost Generals were guarding the Frost Queen’s last stand, they were quite loyal, I have to admit it.

“It’s empty…” Jonathan said.

“Looks like it.” Partner nodded.

“I suppose the Frost Queen is preparing something in the upper floors.” Lucifer sighed.

“Should we take a small break?” Sighed Emeraldine.

“I guess it doesn’t hurt to rest a couple of minutes.” I nodded, as I quickly decided to assess my own things, swiftly deciding to change Job Class and Subclass.

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<Job Class Options>

[Tenebrous Nightmare Fighter: ★★ (Unique Grade)] [Cost: 1400000 System Points]

[Mind Bending Abyssal Seer: ★★ (Unique Grade)] [Cost: 2000000 System Points]

[Soul Shattering Black Knight: ★★ (Unique Grade)] [Cost: 3000000 System Points]

<Subclass Options>

[Dungeon Master: ★★ (Unique Grade)] [Cost: 1400000 System Points]

[Soul Bending Alchemist: ★★ (Unique Grade)] [Cost: 2000000 System Points]

[Dark Cleric of Death: ★★ (Unique Grade)] [Cost: 3000000 System Points]

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The options were quite limited as well, but I could tell how they were constantly branching into new forms of these powers, interesting. I do wonder if they are being influenced by my actions as well. Based on previous classes I had changed into before, I can tell that certain ones will increase certain Stats.

The Berserk line ended increasing HP and Attack only, but both by a whopping 50k, and Runic Blacksmith only Magic but by 30k, not bad, when both bonuses combined, the Abyssal Berserk feed me 100k of HP and Attack, which had made me feel tankier and stronger, while the Runic Blacksmith was 60k of Magic, the change isn’t as big in this one because my Magic is already very high, but it is a notable enhancement.

I can tell that the Seer is a Magic Class, and the Knight might be more centered in defense, fighter, could probably continue on the similar path as the Berserk… Also, when maxing Classes I get specific Class Skills, so it could be interesting to mix and match to see what I get. 

I don’t have to care too much about min-maxing anyways, when I am already very strong and possess tons of skills by default.

So…

Ding!

[You’ve exchanged 3000000 System Points!]

[Your Job Class has Ranked Up to the [Soul Shattering Black Knight: ★★ (Unique Grade)] Job Class!]

[Your HP, Attack, and Defense has increased by +40000]

[All of your Physical Skills and Body Skills have gained one Bonus Level.]

[You’ve exchanged 2000000 System Points!]

[Your Job Class has Ranked Up to the [Soul Bending Alchemist: ★★ (Unique Grade)] Subclass!]

[Your MP and Magic has increased by +25000]

[All of your Crafting and Alchemy Related Skills have gained one Bonus Level.]

[Your Class Level has been reset, and your Level Cap increased to Level 80!]

Good, as good as done now. With this, I shouldn’t be worrying about anything for now. And if the Level is now reset to 80, that just means I get to level up even more, it is a win-win situation.

As for the break, we all sat down and ended drinking some calming herbal tea, and ate something, mostly sandwiches to regain stamina and some vitality, it didn’t take longer than five minutes, I brought my Undead within my shadows, including the ten thousand skeletons from the Underworld, which were still summoned, alongside the one thousand Frost Monster Undead.

“Alright, we’re done here. Let’s go.” I nodded. “Everyone’s ready?”

“Yeah!” Partner said. “Never been so ready!”

“Let’s see what awaits us in the higher floors then.” Lucifer said confidently.

“I am still quite worried, but let’s do our best.” Emeraldine smiled.

“I’m ready for anything, Maria.” Jonathan nodded.

“Mama, when can I fight?” Arachne spoke through my shadows.

“Not yet dear, once we get to the top of the tower, I’ll let you fight.” I smiled.

“Oway!” Arachne nodded.

Swiftly, we moved upstairs through the spiraling staircases. This tower was made by a goddess herself, and as a result, it had a structure very similar to dungeons… meaning that it was like its own, pseudo dimension inside, where it could even harbor small pockets of space big enough to resemble gigantic landscapes in the outside world.

And right now, as we stepped into the second floor, we saw that. The second floor was an enormous landscape, of pure snow and ice, similar to the dungeon, but lacking trees or anything other than snow, and… a ruined village.

“W-What is this place?” Asked Emeraldine. “This tower is like a dungeon…?”

“More or less…” Lucifer nodded. “Seems like the second floor is a large landscape.”

“That village… Could there be Ice Giants there?” Wondered Veredorr, the Dhampir Frost Ghost, that I had brought with me. 

“I don’t know, but it is worth giving it a look.” I smiled, as we made our way to the ruined-looking village.

However, we were greeted with only silence, and the sound of the snowstorm… Everything was desolate, and we couldn’t find a single sign of life in it.

“T-This is… Everyone, come! Look…!” Emeraldine suddenly found something, shocked, she called for us.

And what we saw was… not something we expected.

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