Although Sail figured such a thing was likely, watching his body get massacred in such a way sure sent a chill down his spine. Though what was worse were the eyes filled with questions that were staring at him.

  'The head was really severed....'

  "Gastin what...what...you....you??"

  "I don't know..."

  The lifeless body of Gastione was the focus of the frame for quite a while. This playback skill certainly knew what it was doing...

  The body suddenly pulsed with a bizarre light. The head was pulled back with fleshy string and snapped together with the body. The whole process ended incredibly fast with his entire being healed of all wounds. The body then sat unconscious on the carpet.

  "A revival skill". "Must be some sort of resurrection skill", "A skill huh?", "A new type of skill" "Post mortem skills..."

  People filled in the gaps quite quickly with the word skill. Perhaps anything can be gotten away with by calling it a skill... But an equal many were perplexed by Sail. He was about as suspicious as it got. Sail watched intently as the corpse was instantly healed and looked at the moment his soul was brought inside it. His segment of the film was commencing...

  Now about explaining this....

  "You had a revive huh...this is how you lost your memory then?" Shilling stared with a hand on his chin studying but not getting very far.

  "You then were given an A rank skill....Which is now double S..... Hmmmm. You think... Its like a rebirth bank?"

  "A what?"

  "Maybe...your skill was something like this..You go through life and earn points in your memory bank. When you die all your memories are turned into power. You kinda withdraw all the life as currency. Such currency is now in skills. You pay for it with your existence.."

  Sail wasn't sure if Shilling was Smart or foolish. It reminded him a bit of himself. Always quick to try to get ahead but instead, such extra steps sometimes were straight of a cliff.

  "I mean. Sure. Could be. That's quite specific though.."

  "...yeah....im just thinking....because the memory loss must have been written in its description...and its a clear one use skill..."

  "Lantern, did you see such a skill in him?" Match asked quite firmly.

  "....oh......."

  ".............."

  Sail turned to Lantern and was close to giving a slight nod. But with Match looking straight at him he quickly discarded the idea and just stared into her eyes hoping to get some message across.

  "......yes.......a....revive....."

  ".....he......asked.......me........to......not say......."

  "Not say huh? What rank was it and what did it say? If he had another skill above C rank you should have let us know. You probably caused many deaths by not doing this"

  "...A rank......'existence catalyst'....it......was....activated........on death.....anyway...."

  "And it was single use?.. A third... a hidden A rank.."

  ".......yes....."

  Match wasn't impressed. His mood had soured at being uninformed. But the conversation soon stopped as he stared back at the screen. This was now all new content for him.

  ////

  "My... my mana..."

  "Ok, ok. Its done and im here now. Alas my mana is gone.. Damn, Whatever! But skills. Skills.! Open my skill tree. Open my skills?"

  ///

  "Like magic??", "What's mana??", "Of course.. mana", "Like wizards?", "Why are you acting like you know anything?",

  The audience was now greeted to Sail's endeavors. After listening to himself back, a part of Sail figured this was a great time to test his new B rank Mad Dash and run away. Doing so would likely launch everyone in his path.

  'Man....take better note of your words.......all these secrets.....how annoying'

  After his talk with miss Lantern he had reached a real understanding with her. He had basically explained everything except certain specifics such as this being his second shot at the reincarnation business. She seemed very relieved after their talk and was happy to not let such reincarnation knowledge be known. Sail himself was happy he had someone to confide in about the whole thing.

  'Wander had threatened to kill her over such information after all.. She must be managing a lot. Explains how she's quite the quick liar. Well... actually, she's still quite slow. Maybe i should speak slower to think over my words in the future as well...'

  ///

  The signature orb ghoul arrived to greet Sail onto the 26th by licking him all over. Although his body was a strong rocky black at the time so he was likely quite tasteless.

  ///

  "You said you didn't know of a gacha machine but.." Sail pointed at a wall of gacha machines in the window of a shop down the way.

  "Oh... you meant the capsule machines..."

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  "..."

  "You know... haha now you mention it, the orbs do look a bit alike don't they ..with that shine across the centre... That might have cheered me up a little more if i actually understood it."

  "..."

  "You look annoyed"

  "Its nothing"

  "Anyway.. your really managing the orb ghoul like that huh. So close, damn... Its really going at you...its licking you.....How were your nerves? It inflicts fear."

  "...I see..so that was the case....Id say it was terrifying. Yeah, completely terrifying. Even without inflicting fear its not exactly cute. I think i was resistant while in obsidian but I got hit as soon as I first saw it"

  "Yeah.. I think its probably the light it emits.. Its probably still going about on the 26th right now..."

  "No, i exorcised it as well. Well i think so anyway"

  "Really? The orb ghoul is gone as well? What, did you exorcise them all??? But that ghoul was impossible to stop... Your really insane Gastin..."

  "It was just about smashing an item. It wasn't really much... At the end there, it was kind of like a freebee for getting so far. Well, i guess you'll see for yourself. It also means you lot would have actually gotten to succeed if you made it there... banking on such a thing was risky but it would have worked....."

  The movie played out and the audience watched intently. Constant discussions were being had and various reactions ensued from joy to tension to a lot of confusion. Mostly because this guys skills made no sense... he just had so many...

  Match especially got really fired up and was especially invested. At one point around the defeat of the velvet he smashed open one of his drinks and then quickly evaporated it midair before it could reach Lantern's face.

  He had not many expectations in actually watching a fight. It turns out this new SS skill in the tower had actually manifested before the clearing of the floor.. and he got to see it in action! Match had expected this to be a classic principle victory. Or conditional victory that the tower loved so much.

  The type of thing where you find a loophole or you speak to the ghost and win the day with words.. But watching a climb like this evoked something deep in him. It truly reminded him of all the times he had repeatedly watched Wander in his solo clearing of the 8th floor...

  The fact that Gastoine was even in the crowd sat leant against the Sawlons was only picked up by a small few people so far. Most were just invested in watching. Sail was currently wearing a baseball cap with his knees close, hidden by a shield of celebrities.

  Although, he felt the dam was about to soon break on him being recognised.

  ///

  The fight of the 26th got into full swing. Such swings were usually those of a spectral boxer with the occasional feint. An obsidian statue was being battered, battered some more and in general quite mercilessly beaten upon. Wailed on like aggressively punching down dough. It looked intense, perhaps even more intense then it felt actually being inside the thing.

  ///

  The crowd got more and more pumped up. The drinks were once more starting to be seen being thrown up above the horizon of the silhouettes. A bit higher maybe...

  Sail himself was surprised looking back at his work. All throughout he had various nit picks and expressed his annoyance at certain decisions. An annoying kind of viewing partner. He had truly become the horror movie character he always criticized... But overall, he was more satisfied and proud of himself then he showed.

  'A bit touchy with the mana mention there.. Wait. Shit...Will Wander watch this one day??.... That seems.... Ill have to think about it...'

  ///

  Sail shoved the bozu into the jack in a box and ripped his shredded hand out freezing his blood into obsidian. He smashed the photos upon the mantle and the movie jarringly ended. The credits rolled with all the actors. The all played themselves.. Though technically one didn't.

  ///

  A guy to the right of the one that had orginally thrown September the rifle reached to the sky and span his hands a little. The shattered glass slowly reforged and the light above the screen returned with a flicker signalling the movies end.

  Someone had yelled something about Shilling's location at one point and the onslaught of public reception begun.

  "GASTIN! or Gastione?", "HOLY", "What was that???", "OUR NEW CLIMBER!!!" "Why the hell did your eyes turn black?" "THE NEW NUMBER 1! WHO CAN DESPUTE??" "How longs the duration and cooldown of that rock skill?" "'sorry i skipped you'... so cool" "GASTIN!! CLIMB THE WHOLE TOWER FOR US! YOUR INVINCIBLE!"

  Among the tide of remarks was Match who was equally in there somewhere.

  September was back on stage.

  "Well then, well then.. WHAT A CLIMB!! LET US OFFER OUR CONDOLENCES TO THOSE LOST IN THE EFFORT AND LET US PRAISE ALL OUR VALIANT VICTORS! ESPECIALLY SHILLING AND GASTIN! THEY SEEM TO BE WITH US RIGHT NOW!!"

  "You said we can teleport?... From anywhere?..." Sail was already scrolling.

  "...Yes.." Shilling leaned in and muttered "..go 15.." The new most popular people in the tower vanished.

  Sail arrived at an angular looking white beach with fellow white palm trees drooping for miles. The gap between the edge of the sand and where the sea met was a crater all the way across. A straight fall down to the ocean floor. Such a deep ocean floor immediately started exactly to the side of the last grain of sand.

  Alongside him was Shilling and...about 30 or so more who were teleporting onto the beach...They all began running down the beach and Sail wondered if he should make it in to a mad dash.

  'there are only 25 options i guess...'

  Sail stopped and turned around.

  "I'll talk later ok? I just need some space for now. Im exhausted."

  "But... but i have so many questions sir.. I also wanna see you turn obsidian..."

  "A lot of people have a lot of questions about a lot of things"

  "Did you really revive from the dead? Are you immortal?"

  Shilling suddenly summoned and lifted his bell. The various folk around quickly grasped there ears or shuffled back a little on the Sand.

  "Ill ring it if you don't leave ok?"

  "But... Your really gonna... what if i go deaf?"

  "Not my problem"

  "I don't think your really the type to..."

  Shilling rung the bell. Sail had granted this mans request by turning obsidian yet he didn't hear a thing.

  The man in front suddenly fell to his knees. But his ears weren't bleeding.

  "A silent bell?"

  Shilling gave a smirk.

  "Why yes, my lovely bell is a bit different now cant you see"

  "Not really. I never really got a good look of it to be honest.."

  "What? But the design is totally different. The design of the loop on the back is completely different with this new gold outline... It looks much more modern!"

  "So...It leveled up then?"

  "Yes, haha. I was waiting for Lantern to say something but she seemed preoccupied with you.."

  "So its A rank? With targeting maybe?"

  "Yes, yes!. The shrieking bell is now A rank screeching bell!"

  Shilling rang the bell again, Sail couldn't hear a thing but 2 more people were clearly effected"

  "Exactly! I can choose who hears and fine tune the potency! Im finally... finally useful in a team fight" He looked really moved.

  He dangled the bell in front of the remaining climbers. Some were apprehensive a few looked quite entertained.

  "And of course the general power has also been increased. I suppose we could show this of as well. The description says it pierces straight through souls, screeching inside the mind! First time properly using a new skill. I should test out everything while I'm here"

  The rest of the climbers teleported away. Though many more could still be seen forming on the far end of the beach. Before they began chasing them, the two men had already ran into the main island.

  "You like it here? Is that why you choose this place?"

  "Its quite nice yeah.. Its where us high rankers threw our afterparty last time."

  The palm trees parted to reveal a vast array of huts and bustling life. There were about 12 cocktail bars, a bunch of shops and homes along with another 100 or so food stalls. Most were themed or perhaps just made of abandoned shipwrecks, chests and the like.

  There was also a giant busy pool made from a sea shell embedded into the ground along with a massive line of log shacks all across the mountain in the distance.

  "Its also where Mr Denim lives.."

  "..who?..."

  "Moly Denim, i suppose he's something like a master to me?"

  "Why are we meeting him then?"

  "..."

  "Im joking... hes the guy you said made the bozu, right?"

  "your memory is quite good.. is that another skill you have?"

  "I just watched a movie on it.."