The Gentleman at the End
Chapter 543 - 541 Between Towers

Chapter 543: Chapter 541 Between Towers

Even though Little Grape had just activated the second ancient corpse, when it vaguely saw the unknown City Lord between the towers, its survival instinct made it stop spying and only sent part of the image to William.

It could be certain that a rat person with silver-white fur was lying inside the tower,

because it had only glanced once, it could not confirm the other’s level, its exact form, or even whether it was alive or dead.

However, the image provided by Little Grape conveyed an important piece of information.

"The godless eyes flickered with darkness, perhaps the Abyss material resides within this City Lord? That could essentially prove that this City Lord from the Ancient Era is still alive, at least breathing.

Previously, when dealing with the Green Prime Minister Dugall, that guy was abandoned by the Abyss in his moment of despair. Moreover, looking at the whole situation of Rat City, the Abyss only infects rat persons above the Open Source level.

The Abyss affecting this area is a being with independent consciousness and even intelligence.

If the individual had died, and died a long time ago, the Abyss definitely would not continue to reside within."

When Jin heard this, he immediately made a two-finger gesture, "Yeah! I knew he wasn’t dead... otherwise, why would there be such a strong sense of oppression? Let’s go! I’ll break the door, William, you get ready to bring out your strongest posture.

I heard you had dealt with other Honored Tumor Knights before, this shouldn’t be a problem here."

Jin was about to step forward but was stopped by William, "Jin, stick to our plan... until we determine that the other party has completely lost control, I will lead."

Had it been earlier, such an interruption of Jin’s actions by William might have resulted in an attack, but now it was different.

"Okay~ show me what you’ve got."

Jin’s arms were folded behind his back, such an accommodating attitude was reserved only for his best friend.

[Dark Moon Tower]

This tower, built in the Ancient Era for the City Lord’s stargazing, had only one large door at its base.

In front of the tower’s main door, stairs were laid leading visitors toward the circularly designed Stone Door,

The material of the circular Stone Door, besides being mined from a dark stone, was also embellished with jade decorating stars, symbolizing the night sky, meaning that stepping into the Tower was like taking a step into the sky, allowing one’s mind to calm and continue towards the moon.

Ascending the steps,

When William reached the final step, he placed his hand on the unique round door and suddenly thought of something.

He did not use any method to open the door, but instead stepped back, retreating down the steps in reverse... until he had descended all the steps and returned to the ground.

At this point, William chose to sit on the ground.

Looking up along the angle of the stairs, he gazed at the door.

His vision gradually focused and filtered out everything except the door, and with the real Illusions provided by Madness Brain, he completely visualized the door as the night sky.

[Stargazing]

William’s pupils also emitted speckles like stars, and drips of Platinum Blood secreted from his covered abdomen, flowing from the Life gate.

This blood did not obey ordinary laws of physics, nor did it fall with gravity, but instead rotated regularly around the Life gate as the center, and if the motion were recorded, one would discover that these droplets followed Kepler’s third law.

William, as an Observer, just quietly watched the round door,

Suddenly, he seemed to feel something and stretched out his hands, his thumb and index finger forming a pinching gesture as if he were "plucking stars."

With the pinching of his fingers and the movement of his arms,

The circular Stone Door, set with steps, actually began to rotate, and the jades embedded in the door also started to shift positions.

"William, not bad~"

Jin rarely calmed her heart to sit at a half-meter interval, quietly observing William’s operation.

She felt that this was not simply teleportation from afar. Between William and the round door, there was no transfer of spiritual power, nor was there any medium bridging this process.

The sound made by the turning of the round door was loud, attracting a curious rat person to come over.

Soon, rumors of "someone is unlocking the Dark Moon Tower" spread throughout Rat City, attracting more and more rats from streets and alleys,

They couldn’t believe that the tower, which had been completely sealed since their birth and had never been opened, even the Acting City Lord couldn’t budge its massive door, was gradually being unlocked.

Keith White Teeth, who had previously led William, also arrived here,

He felt fortunate to have guided such a figure and, like the other gathering rats, bowed down in the most devout posture, head touching the ground, quietly waiting for the moment the door would open.

Half an hour passed,

After countless rotations and changes in the position of the jade stones, all of the stones finally converged in the middle of the door, shining like a bright, dazzling full moon.

"Done!"

William stood up, stretching his neck at the same time.

With a rumbling sound, the inside of the door rotated, sinking into the ground, opening the passage to the inside of the tower.

Due to being closed for so long, even though the stone door was fully opened, a thick, grayish-white fog gate, exuding an ancient aura, still lingered at the entrance.

The fog, flowing like water, spread along the staircase, seemingly pulling everyone below the stairs toward the ancient era.

"Jin, thirteen, let’s go."

Without any hesitation, William adjusted his tie with one hand and carried his briefcase with the other as he stepped onto the staircase again.

Just before stepping into the fog gate, he turned his head back.

A released aura woke all the kneeling rats, and through Madness Brain, he gave a forceful command for the group to leave quickly; what would happen next he did not know, the worst case could result in the destruction of the entire Rat City.

Hum!

Stepping through the fog gate, a short ringing in the ears followed by darkness and silence ensued.

Inside the tower, there was nothing superfluous, just a spiral staircase extending upwards almost endlessly.

However, the situation at hand didn’t call for climbing the staircase, as the ’City Lord’ they were looking for lay right in front of them, at the very bottom of the tower, at the base of the spiral staircase.

"Huge!"

If rats were about the size of humans, then the rat lying against the wall was about 3 to 4 times the size of a normal person,

Not only immense, aside from its fur and rat head, the City Lord’s physique was also quite perfect.

Its silver-white fur hadn’t fallen off due to time, not even a single hair on the ground; it remained sleek and tough, even slightly shimmering with silver light.

As it had maintained this posture for too long, the giant rat’s body was already stuck to the wall,

Such an interred rat, stuck between wall cracks and the ground, despite not sensing any life, gave William a great sense of danger.

After a brief observation, the most striking feature on the City Lord’s body was noted—’an exaggerated wound that crossed over its face’, presumably caused by participation in a war.

Just as William tried to get closer, wanting to see if the wound reached the brain,

An armored arm reached out, grabbed William’s shoulder, and in a blink, William was already behind Jin.

"Something bad is about to come out."

Hiss~

Dense, hair-like tentacles crawled out from the wound on the City Lord’s face, and instead of attacking the two, they wove a unique Abyss Mask that covered the entire rat face.

Having already slain the hotel owner and the Green Prime Minister, William could instantly tell that the ’Abyss’ quality was completely different.

If the Abyss gave the Acting City Lord Dugall a spoonful, the amount given to the real City Lord in front of them was a whole bottle, and a one-liter bottle at that.

"Jin, give me a minute! If it doesn’t work out, let’s kill this rat together."