Tower Climber (A LitRPG Adventure, Book 1) Jakob Tanner (reading comprehension books TXT) 📖

for even a moment. Enough time for the woman to catch her breath. Maybe even free herself.

He held his fist up and suddenly a yellow glow surrounded his arm and hand similar to when the minotaur had attacked him.

What’s this?

He didn’t dwell on it. There was no time.

He slammed his glowing fist into the minotaur’s leg.

“ARGGGHHH!!”

The minotaur shot across the park. The creature flew with such force in the air, it smashed through trees, breaking down the trunks.

With the lower half of his body limp and still bleeding out on the ground, Max stared at his fist. The yellow energy still burning off it.

The minotaur was stunned across the park.

I...

Max couldn’t believe it.

I...did...that?

6

Sakura sucked in air as soon as the minotaur was no longer pinning her down beneath the tree trunks.

She held the pile of logs up, giving her more room to breath. She needed a second to catch her breath and regain the strength to slice through this pile of trees holding her down.

She then looked at the stunned monster across the park.

Did that kid really just send that ruby-ranked monster across the park in a single punch?

Who the heck was this kid? Did he have some kind of bruiser ability?

She took the kid in. Shaggy red hair. Blue eyes.

He looks like...

No... she thought. That climber didn’t have any family as far as she knew.

The minotaur rushed forward towards the boy.

Both of its arms glowed yellow as it readied another powerful punch attack.

Does this kid even know what he’s doing?

The kid raised his own yellow glowing fist and collided it with the minotaur’s.

SMASH!

The minotaur didn’t hurl across the park like last time, but it did get pushed back. Its clawed feet left a trail in the dirt.

So the dumb kid was somehow more powerful than the minotaur? How was that even possible?

The minotaur swung with its other hand and the boy met it again.

SMASH!

The minotaur was pushed back, but not as far this time.

The kid had used his ability three times now. Even with the strength he was displaying, she found it hard to believe this kid was more than E-rank. That meant he could seriously injure himself if he used that ability for a fourth time in such close succession.

The minotaur rushed at the kid once more.

The teenaged boy readied his fist once more with the glowing yellow aura.

Idiot!!

The two fists collided and the minotaur was sent back, less than a meter.

The kid on the other hand collapsed on the ground. Unconscious. Maybe dead.

With the kid indisposed, the minotaur turned back to Sakura now.

It took a step towards her.

“Try and suffocate me again, jackass,” she said.

She had to use all her power here.

She triggered her slice ability.

The beam of energy stretched out, zooming across the park.

The energy blade moved so fast, the minotaur didn’t have time to dodge or even block the attack.

The beam of energy pierced the skull of the minotaur, ripping through its hide.

“Argh,” said Sakura, gritting her teeth as she pushed the energy blade deeper into the creature’s skull.

The energy blade broke through the second wall of defense and sliced through the creature’s brain.

The minotaur’s glowing red eyes faded to a subdued black.

It then collapsed on the ground.

The body of the monster glowed silver until it shrunk down to its red-hued monster core, leaving a few coins behind as well.

Sakura quickly glanced at the core.

Ruby core just like she thought.

She picked up the monster core and coins and tucked them away for later.

She hurried over to the kid and picked him up.

The idiot needed medical attention as soon as possible.

She ran forward, carrying him in her arms.

She hoped it wasn’t already too late.

7

An hour later, Sakura stood over the resting boy in the hospital wing.

He was sound asleep, hooked up to different monitors, checking his heartbeat and mana meridians.

“Sakura?”

A young man entered the hospital room. It was the city climber she’d spoken to after arriving at the hospital and letting the healers take over on mending the kid.

The man gripped a folder with a few documents enclosed.

“I drew up as much information as I could on the boy,” said the man, handing the folder to Sakura. “You might want to take a look.”

Sakura thanked the man and then quickly flipped through the file.

Max Rainhart...16 years old...citizen of the outer-rim.

“He’s from the outer-rim,” said Sakura. “How did he end up over the wall?”

“We’ll have to look into it,” said the man. “I held back on alerting the police climbers in case you wanted to look into it yourself.”

“Good thinking,” said Sakura.

“There’s more in that file that raises eyebrows,” said the man. “Look at the analyst and medical records.”

The woman flipped the page. Her eyes bulged with shock when she read it.

“This...is...incredible,” she said.

She then promptly closed the file and turned to the man.

“Do you smoke?” she asked.

The man looked at her confused. “Yes, but I don’t see why that matters right now?”

She held out her hand. “Do you have a lighter on you now? I’d like to see it.”

The man ruffled through his pocket and then handed her a lighter. She triggered the flame and then set the folder on fire.

“What are you doing!?”

The file went up in flames and then Sakura threw it on the ground and stomped it out, leaving a pile of ash on the floor.

“You’re going to keep this file between us for the time being, got it?” said Sakura. “If this kid’s file has already been uploaded to the climber database, I’d like you to go and remove it.”

“But—”

Sakura cut him off. “That’s an order from a superior-ranked climber. Now go.”

The man nodded and hurried off.

Sakura turned back to the boy.

Max Rainhart.

Where did you come from?

Sakura sat with Max, trying to figure out what they were going to do with him, when an older man walked into the hospital wing.

She immediately stood at attention.

“Climber president,” she said.

“Sakura,” nodded the man with a familiar tone. “I hear the tower-zone has received its newest citizen from beyond the wall.