Chapter 4: What An Airhead
A massive gate standing at over dozens of meters high, made purely out of a black, metallic material complementing the light gray tall walls of the outer city's perimeter, said gate adorned by engravings of gold twisting and turning to create what appears to be a mural of a tower piercing through and reaching a greater sky, a higher heaven, a brilliant monument seen everyday by the people who braved the peril of the tower.
"Damn! That's one hell of an artistic piece, pity I don't dabble with art too much"
"Well, even those like us can tell its value outside of being a gate, there's a shit ton of gold there after all"
"Hahaha, that's true, I wonder what that illustration there means"
"I heard it's the purpose of the Ethereal Tower, something along the line of growing with its ascenders beyond the limits set by the heavens"
"What an ambitious meaning, hahaha"
Entertaining themselves as it appears that there are still a few more minutes before the gate opens, the beginners who are just about to go outside for the first time, along with some more amiable experienced ascender mingled with each other, with the experienced ones one-sidedly teaching the beginners about all sorts of things regarding the first floor of the tower and just the tower in general.
As this type of conversation continues, time flows at an unnoticeably fast rate, causing those conversing to feel surprised as they heard a clanking noise followed by a ray of light coming out from the middle of the gigantic gate, a hint of excitement gradually welling up in the beginners' hearts as they saw the gate gradually opening up to reveal what is outside this city, the smiles on their face that of a person who couldn't wait for something to happen.
It doesn't take too long for the gate to completely open, and with it, the outside was completely revealed to the beginners, who are all equally shocked with what they saw, it is just that their expression of this shock differs from one another, some staring at the distance dumbfoundedly as if they just saw something their eyes couldn't believe, some with their jaws hanging down as their mind struggles to take in the view, while some other starting to shiver in either terror or curiosity as they saw the appearance of the creatures roaming around the outside.