Finally I stood right before the statue, just like I did in the vision.

"Are you ready to face the final boss of the tower?" The Statue asks.

"I'm ready." I reply without hesitation.

After that a strange bright light engulfs the entirety of the floor, including me. Within a few moments I find myself standing in a completely different place with no idea of what is going on.

I'm standing in the middle of a wasteland with destroyed buildings all around me, almost like I was taken to a random destroyed city. Dust was all around me with some random pieces of debris scattered around.

[The Final Floor. 150.]

I am still completely by myself in this final battle as well but I'm confident that I can handle the fight. That's what this has all been building up to, at least that is what I would expect at this point.

Why else would I be brought to a final floor like this and asked if I'm ready?

I start to walk forward while keep my guard up for anything that may happen while I'm in here. The further I got, the more silence I was met with. It was as if no one else is here but me.

There wasn't even the slightest feeling of a threat on this floor which surprised me in a lot of ways.

But after a bit of walking I finally reached a bit open area where I could see a man sitting at a throne in the distance. He looks a lot like me but doesn't seem to have the same kind of clothes.

He also looks a bit crazy with the big smile he's got across his face.

Is the final floor a fight against myself? I don't understand how that could even be possible or how the tower would be capable of making it happen.

"Isn't it crazy how these towers work?" He speaks up, loud enough for me to hear.

"The tower is crazy in a lot of ways. What exactly is your point?" I question while getting a few steps closer.

"You absorbed me but yet I'm here. It is almost like the tower wants to make us fight." He answers.

Reaver? I did absorb him so this doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me but I think he is onto something. The tower seems like it wants us to fight against each other.

I don't really know what it gains from seeing me fight a version of myself but I feel like there won't be much of a choice here.

"Reaver, I had to do it though. I'm also thinking we won't have a choice but to fight." I say with a serious tone.

"I'm not mad. I've been given a life of my own in a way but it won't matter since you are the superior one." Reaver replies with a bit of anger in his voice.

Not mad as the anger is clearly in his voice.

"Life isn't fair. You know that since you are the reason I could be the way I am now." I say while looking right at him.

He's the version of me that I kept locked away for so long so he would know that the world is unfair. The version of me that kept getting stronger and stronger because of how shitty everyone is.

But he is also the reason I could power through all of those floors on my own.

I was able to push through because I realized that I needed to be merciless against those that opposed me. Killing them without hesitation made it easier to progress through the floors.

Making it to the final floor in the first place.

"Yet, it seems like I have been given an opportunity to be the one and only Rokuro." Reaver responds while standing up from the throne.

"Fighting is necessary but do we really want to give the tower what it wants?" I ask while cracking my knuckles.

I could feel my scales form instantly and the wings were already on my back so it didn't take much for me to be prepared for this fight. My new clothes also seem to be capable of adapting to my power which is nice.

Something that I didn't have with any of the previous clothes I had.

But I watch for a moment as Reaver also forms scales along his arms, the horns from his head, and even the wings on his back. He has a lot more scales along his body than I do.

Fighting myself might be a bit of a problem since the power will be so evenly matched... I'm not sure what to expect or how to get ahead of him.

"The tower is trying to give me a gift. I'm not going to spit in its face by listening to what you want." Reaver says with an even angrier tone.

Seems that I won't be able to reason with him which makes a lot of sense since it is... The ruthless version of me.

I somehow managed to get back just in time to see you fighting against yourself.

Rika? I really didn't think you'd be returning any time soon, especially not during this whole thing.

But I guess it is better late than never to return. I'm surprised that I wanted to try and reason with myself like this but it wasn't going to be the case.

Yeah I could've told you that it would be dumb. You'll push through this and win, in confident in your abilities Rokuro.

I appreciate that Rika. I'm sorry that you'll have to see how ruthless and merciless I've become over the course of the last few months.

I don't know the exact amount that passed but I know it was a few.

"Then there's no reason to delay this fight any longer." I reply with a serious tone while lifting my fists.

The techniques I learned will help me greatly in this fight. Maybe.

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