Chapter 3: Going Out
Towering buildings scraping through the skies, partnered with the busy atmosphere that surrounds everything in the vicinity, add to that the highly developed and urbanized look of this place, with paved roads wider enough for multiple lanes to exist, a well-organized traffic system, along with the advanced technology that one can see wherever their eyes go.
It doesn't stop from that as diverging from the usual billboard screens used for advertisements that one can often, if not always see whenever they are going outside, this highly advanced city utilizes a different technology to inform the people passing through, with light projections creating three-dimensional image of whoever it is that is being projected into this city's skies, making it appear more realistic and convincing.
If one were to allow their eyes to roam around, they can easily see the name of this lively, and clearly technologically advanced place, a name that one will often see in the signages of directions and other information, said place's name being Crimson Red City, a place that is located just a few minutes of travel away from the Initus Sanctuarium, a massive, sacred and indestructible mega structure that serves as all of the beginner's entry point in the tower.
Said beginners can often be seen coming out of this structure, then heading out to one of the seven starting cities that is waiting to teach them in order to prepare them for the most awaited moments of each and every single person that enters this place, performing the missions issued to them, conquering the trials on each floor and ascending to higher floors to chase for even better rewards, riches, glory and power.
"Man~~ seeing these kids rush towards those training facilities sure bring me back~~" watching as clear newbies were rushing towards what is known to be the 'bonus stage' of the starting cities, the young man who just left his home said with a reminiscing smile on his face, the owner reaching something from the shelf just in front of her looking as she hears the young man's remarks, smiling before handing him a vial that holds a thick, bright red liquid in it.
"You make it sound like you're way older than them when you're just a couple of years older than them kid, it makes me feel like such an old hag hearing you speak like that, hohoho~" looking at the young man in front of her, the lady owner of this shop said with a clear smile plastered on her face already adorned with wrinkles here and there, making her appear quite mature rather than reducing her charms, charm that is obviously quite great when she is younger than she currently is.
"Aunty Eri, you sure have your way of fishing for compliments, don't you?" hearing these words from the lady for almost every single day already, the young man pointed out causing the lady to smile even wider as she waves her hand dismissively, knowing that this young customer of hers had already caught on to her little tricks.
"Thanks for this, Aunty Eri, by the way, you doesn't look old at all, in fact, you look more like a sister than an aunt~~" the young man said with a smile on his face before he starts walking out of this small shop seemingly catered for the needs of people like him, taking one last look at the thick red liquid swirling around the small vial before he carefully placed it on the bag he is carrying, the expression on his face changing as he closes the door to the shop.