Chapter 69: A Missed Opportunity
William Oh is The Tower’s greatest detective. He holds everything he has perceived in mind simultaneously, matching facts together unconsciously at an unbelievable speed to puzzle together the past, present and future.
No secret, no hidden motivation or buried desire can remain concealed from him.
The most famous examples are when he used this potent gift to unravel mysteries, topple dictators, or the uncover the nature of The Tower itself.
Usually it’s just used on tarts, though.
- Jason Salazar
“Its technology surpasses anything I’ve ever seen, My lord. At first glance it appears to be based on my own research, but I do not know how…half of it works. Asking me to fix it…I could take it apart and learn a thousand thousand things, but I could not fix it in this lifetime.”
Stephan Akul eyed the mummified corpse dressed in decayed silks and loose-fitting gold Relics, like an emperor buried with his wealth from days long forgotten.
His tinkerer was a man with powerful abilities specialized in repair and invention. He had made things that the Baron couldn’t even understand, that drew power from the omnipresent Miasma that flooded every Floor.
The new wave of the future, Allen called it. A power source that will revolutionize…everything.