126. Floor 16 of the Tower of Trials

126. Floor 16 of the Tower of Trials

I took off my armor for a moment, pulled out a clean towel, and wiped the back of my neck.

Cold sweat and blood had mixed together, leaving me filthy. Of all places, I had to end up like this on Floor 16, where finding lodging was difficult.

The indescribable pain had completely subsided, and my depleted MP had recovered as well. Everything else felt normal, too.

Damn it, I still had no idea what had happened.

It all began with a strange message that suddenly appeared after the pigeon monster and I fell through the map together.

‘[Higher Being: GM ■■■ blocks your vision.]’

Along with the message saying that a Higher Being, GM, was blocking my vision, the surroundings had been swallowed by complete darkness.

At that moment, I felt an inexplicable terror and resisted the darkness covering my vision as though I were having a seizure.

I had brushed against the brink of death countless times by now, but this was only the second time I had ever felt such terror toward something...