Monarch of Gluttony: System of Sin

"Who made the Tower of Sins..." Azekiel repeated, but he just shook his head. "I don't know who made it."

Even though Azekiel was telling a lot of things about the future, which seemed impossible yet believable at the same time, which Raphael trusted, he still thought that Azekiel wasn't telling the entire truth.

All the Stories about the future and him failing on higher floors, that matched what he heard on the second floor. At that time, he didn't understand what it meant, but now he understood everything.

Still, he was sure that Azekiel knew more than he was telling. The information about Alion not knowing him in the future? If that was the case, Alion didn't need to be so hesitant. He could've continued lying and made up a story about why Azekiel was dangerous in the future. Instead, he just refused to say anything.

If he was lying, he could've lied about anything instead of trying to hide the information. That would've been more convincing as well.

It seemed more like Azekiel was telling the truth about most of the things, only removing the things that were related to him. He just removed his presence in the future. Unfortunately, there was no way for Raphael to be sure that Azekiel was hiding things. It was just a feeling in his heart and nothing more.

"So if we are in the past, that means our future selves will also be inside the Tower?" Lia asked. "Wait, doesn't that also mean there are more than seven Kings! Won't that mean there are also Kings from the future who are going through the tower?"

"In this timeline, I'm not sure. Anything is possible. Even Alion didn't manage to understand the tower to this extent, but from what I can guess, it's highly unlikely that we are going to meet your future selves now that you are in your spiritual forms. It's more like the future, and the past is merged to make a completely new world inside this tower."

"So it's quite possible we will meet Kings from the future and things even worse but meeting you? That's quite unlikely," Azekiel answered. "Then again, anything might be possible when it comes to this tower."

"Why was Alion trying to go back in time?" Raphael asked. He claimed he was going to achieve something important. What could that be?

"He wanted to go back to the time when the Tower was first created," Azekiel answered. "Unfortunately, he failed his calculation. He didn't even know if the tower was made in the past or in the future. In his confusion, he ended up here, wasting the Stone of Time."

"So he wanted to kill the person who made the Tower before the tower could be made?" Raphael muttered. If Alion was so sure that the tower was made in the past, Raphael felt that there must be a reason. To him, Alion didn't seem confused.

He was only disappointed that he couldn't go far enough with his stone of time. It was as if he knew exactly where the Tower was made, and by whom.

"That's all I can tell you for now in basic terms. Because honestly, even I only understand that much. The Tower is just too hard to understand," Azekiel added. "Still, if you two have any questions, you can ask. I will answer only one more question while we are here. Because I don't want this topic to be raised again. From here on, we'll be focusing only on our missions."

"We need to get to the top of the tower, which will only be harder from here on since we really underestimated what this tower was actually about."

"I have one question," Raphael chimed in.

"Go ahead. Ask."

"Was there really nothing in Alion's memories about you? Not even a single thing?"

Azekiel smiled innocently. "Why would there be? I didn't even exist at that time."

"Because the tower links the past to the future, so it's still quite possible for you to be in the future while being in the past. I'm just curious."

"You're still wondering if Alion told you the truth about me being a Demon in the future?" Azekiel asked. "Though I'm sorry to disappoint, but I wasn't as cool in the future. In Alion's memories, there was nothing about me. Not a single mention from anyone."

"That's why forget what he said. He was just playing with your mind. Even after he is dead, his words are still haunting your mind. The faster you remove those words, the faster you can get back to your real self. Don't let an enemy manipulate you."

"Anyway, that was the last question. How we won't be talking about the future. Let's focus on the present." Azekiel placed his hand on the wall before him.

He had finished the quest. Now all that was left was to collect his final reward, which was an entry into the eleventh Floor.

"I know your mind is still overwhelmed by the confusing information, but I think the eleventh Floor would be the perfect place to help you understand. Only after you see the eleventh Floor with your eyes you'll be able to grasp what I was saying about this tower being in multiple spaces and times simultaneously."

A new portal opened before Azekiel, right beside the portal of the first floor. The new portal was almost the same size as the other floor, but the color of the portal was slightly different. The portal was much darker and had more energy in it.

All the people on Floor Zero stared at Azekiel, who had been talking to himself all this time. It was strange, but what was even more strange was a second portal opening before Azekiel as soon as he placed his hand on the wall, as if it was a secret entrance to some place.

Azekiel entered the portal with Raphael and Lia. As soon as all of them entered, the portal closed.

Curious, more people came to that spot and tried placing their hands on the same spot to see if they could also open the portal, only to fail.

In another place, Azekiel came out of a portal.