Tang Shaoyang blinked his eyes, surprised at what was in front of him. The moment he tapped yes, he was teleported. He was now on the top of the stone platform, inside a building that was similar to the temple. He assumed the temple because he saw people dressed as priests, many of them. Their appearance attracted the attention of the priests in the hall for a moment before they continued whatever they were doing.

“Welcome to the City of Tarkon, Player from outside the tower,” A priest with a white robe and three red stripes on his waist approached and greeted them with a slight bow.

“How do you know we are players?” Tang Shaoyang returned the greeting with a question. He could be the native too, but it seemed the priest was prepared with the question.

“Because, we, the natives of the tower, could not move between the floors unless the players brought us with them. So, only the player can move between the floors.”

The priest answered patiently with a smile on his face, “Do you have more questions, Sir?”

Tang Shaoyang felt weird about the way the priest talked to him. His tone is calming and pleasant to hear. That weirded him out for sure, “No.” His answer was short yet clear.

The priest nodded his head, “Then I will lead you to the temporary lodging until you find your place to stay, please follow me. Tarkon City….”𝗈𝒱𝓁xt.𝔠𝑂𝔪

The priest told them what kind of place Tarkon City was. The city was known as a battle fortress because the city was neighboring the Territory of the Beast Kingdom and also the Demon Kingdom. The human had been in a war with the two races. It was just the three-way wars, human, demon, and beastmen. The war had been ongoing for almost two hundred years, and they were in a war until now.

The priest then explained how the Players could climb to the thirteenth floor, the most important the priest told him so far. There was a system called Tower Coin. He could gain Tower Coin by killing the Beastmen and the Demon. One million Tower Coin for access to the thirteenth floor. Of course, access to the thirteenth floor was not the only thing that could be traded with Tower Coin, but many other things.

The priest told him about the resources, artifacts, and more. The resources, he or his faction could not buy the resources permanently, but they were given a certain amount of time to access the resource. For example, Tarkon City has a Grade IV Iron Mine, and they could exchange the Tower Coin to have their people mine the iron for a certain amount of time. Or the faction could also buy such a war mount. The Tarkon City bred a war mount called Steel Horse. As its name implies, the horse had a steel skin which boosted the horse’s defense. And more things could be traded with the coin.

The war mount was indeed quite tempting for the factions to build up their army. Of course, fighting the demon and the beastmen was not the only way to earn Tower Coin. There was an organization called Player Guild. The players could work there to gain Tower Coin as the native often posted a request, from menial requests to escorting requests posted by the native merchant.

There was a whole system established on the twelfth floor, much more organized than the first floor. The introduction here was also very clear. The priest explained the thing they needed to know as they arrived at the house.

“The temple will provide free lodging for seven days, that’s including your three meals a day. After seven days, you have to pay for the lodging and the food,” The priest added as he unlocked the house with the key.

“Is there a chance for us to be teleported to the beastmen territory or the demon territory?” Tang Shaoyang asked. That was important for sure.

The humans had been at war against those two, and if they were teleported there, that was the same as a death sentence. That meant he needed to find a way so his people could be teleported to human territory. He would forbid them to go to the twelfth floor if that was the case until he figured out how to be teleported to the human city.

“Ah, don’t worry about it, Sir. It’s the war of the native, so they will not attack the players on their own unless you attack them first. We are aware of the consequences of angering the players, and we don’t want to attack the players. So if the human player gets teleported to the demon territory or the beastmen territory, they will get the same treatment as you, Sir. We will also give the same treatment to Demon Player or Beastmen Player that come to our city.” The priest entered the house and handed the key to Tang Shaoyang.

“However, you still must be careful even if you are in human territory, Sir. While we, most of the natives have accepted the tower as our home, not all of us have the same idea. There is a group that still wants to get out of this tower, and that group might be hostile toward the players. You should be careful of that group, Sir.”

“Do you have more questions for me, Sir?”

Tang Shaoyang shook his head, storing the key in his inventory. The key was not that important because he saved the valuables in his inventory. He did not need to worry about the thief.

“Then I will take my leave. If you have more questions, you can find me or ask the other priests. Enjoy your rest, Sir,” After that, the priest left the house.

Tang Shaoyang was relieved that the native was not hostile to such a setting. He had encountered the same setting before in the first ten tutorial floors, minus the Tower Coin. There was also a hostile group against them, so it was not a surprise for him.

However, there was a fishy thing behind this war. The demon and the beast welcomed the players regardless of their race, but there was a big chance that there would be a clash between the players. Especially when the players chose to enlist to fight in the war. The easiest way to obtain the Tower Coin was by killing the native, after all.