What do you desire?
Honor and pride?
Power and influence?
Money and riches?
Revenge? Or...
To transcend all such things?
For what do you risk your life to climb the tower?
I...
Whatever you desire, you will find it here.
Welcome to the Tower of God.
Climb the tower, and everything will be yours.
At the top of the tower exists everything in this world,
and all of it can be yours.
You can become a god.
This is the story of Rachel, the girl who climbed the tower
so she could see the stars,
and Bam, the boy who needed nothing but her.
Their end and their beginning.
I'm sorry, Bam.
Where are you going?
Forget about me.
No!
I'm sorry. I'm climbing the tower.
Don't leave me!
I'll follow you until I die!
Pray for me.
Pray I'll be born again.
Rachel!
The answer can always be found at the top of the tower.
Test 1
The White Steel Eel and the Ball
Where am I?
All visitors are welcome here.
I am Headon...
The caretaker of this tower.
Tower?
Tower? This is it?
It's a pleasure to meet you, Master Bam.
How do you know my name?
Her...!
You spoke with her?
I followed her here!
The answer can always be found at the top of the tower.
The top of the tower?
At the top of the tower...
Rachel's there.
Will you take the test required to climb the tower?
What test?
The rules are simple.
You will enter the cage.
If you can break that ball while avoiding the White Steel Eel, you pass.
Will you take it?
If you wish to turn back, now is the time.
The tower is dangerous.
For someone like you, death is...
Marvelous.
Atuna oniana jakabu! (What are you, stupid?)
Isanu ketta, amairui! (Wait for me, Yuri!)
Usedun nianete jutaga botoku. (He doesn't understand us.)
You understand us now, right?
Y-Yes.
That high-quality Pocket is too good for you.
Pocket?
It's not just a translator.
It's also our lifeline in the tower.
Face the Pocket and say, "Invisible mode."
I-Invisible mode.
Don't be so shocked.
By the way, if you say, "Visible mode," it'll revert to—
I knew it. You're a Non-Regular.
A Non-Regular?
An outsider who entered the tower by opening the gates on their own.
Anyway, you look pretty weak for a Non-Regular.
What are we doing getting involved with a Non-Regular?
You're saying you don't care if he gets swallowed by the White Steel Eel?
You may be Yuri, Princess of Jahad,
But...
but if the king learned of this, you would be executed.
Am I wrong?
Only if you tattled to the king.
Lady Yuri!
I devote myself to maintaining order in the tower
and ensuring the royal family's prosperity.
So I am simply doing my job.
Then why give him an unfair test?
Even guys on the 20th Floor
have trouble handling that eel covered in steel scales.
Unfair?
He's a Non-Regular.
As a Navigator, do you sense any hidden power in him?
Does he seem like he'll suddenly transform?
He does seem agile.
See? Even Evan says so.
Look at how small and weak he looks.
Well, if I had to say...
...he's a little bit handsome.
Couldn't you drop the level of his test, Headon?
I am the caretaker of the tower.
It is necessary to determine if he is worthy of the tower.
Yeah, but—
I'll be fine.
What?
I don't know who you are, but I appreciate your consideration.
You don't even recognize a Princess of Jahad?
You're trying to climb the tower when you're that ignorant?
Are you trying to die?
It's better than giving up here.
If you're so determined to have him climb the tower, Princess Yuri...
...why not lend him the Black March?
Depending on who wields it, that legendary sword of Jahad
can be a lump of lead or a blade that cuts through anything.
Absolutely not!
Only a Princess of Jahad can wield the Black March!
If word got out that another wielded it, execution would be—
Arms Inventory, visible mode.
Lady Yuri!
I'll let you borrow this, since you've got a cute face.
Lady Yuri...
But it's an incredible weapon.
Don't you want to climb the tower?
I can't believe you really let him borrow it.
What? You're the one who told me to!
I'll return it as soon as I break the ball.
You should start by focusing on defending your own life.
Got it.
Lady Yuri...
Have you fallen in love at first sight with that boy?
Ow!
Shut up!
Then do you truly believe an Non-Regular will change the tower?
Are you stupid?
You know I hate being bored. That's all.
The truth is, there's one way to pass this test.
What?!
That idiot! What is he doing?
If you provide any more assistance, he will fail.
You want me to watch him die?
It is the path he chose.
Move, Headon.
That's quite the way to speak to me.
Shut up. You may be the caretaker, but I—
Wait, Lady Yuri!
Let go!
He did the right thing!
What do you mean?
It's impossible to escape from that White Steel Eel.
So rather than fleeing, you must face it and leap into its mouth.
What?
Overcoming the fear of death is the answer to this test.
He entered its mouth and stabbed it?
If you knew the answer, why didn't you tell him?
Even if someone knows the answer,
usually they won't be able to do something so ridiculous.
But that boy had something greater than the fear of death.
That boy had something that let him face that fear.
What?!
Headon!
The test hasn't even begun yet.
What's going on?
Why won't the ball break?
I can't answer that.
What are you planning?
Break!
What are you doing down there?
W-Wait. I'm coming to you.
I see. So you don't remember anything.
That must be scary.
But it's okay now.
I'm here with you.
Break!
Break! Break!
Break!
I want to see the stars.
The stars?
At the top of the tower stretches this thing called the sky.
They say countless beautiful stars shine there.
They're just like you.
Where did you learn to say that?
Break!
Bam, I'm sick of being in this dark world.
Break!
Don't go, Rachel!
Break!
It seems he was a bit too loud.
That's not good!
Run, newbie!
Run!
Hurry!
Run!
Hey, newbie!
Speak to the Black March!
Ask it to lend you its strength!
Evan!
Are you insane? That sword won't even listen to—
Just do it!
Please grant me your strength.
No way.
Boy.
You wish for the strength to climb the tower?
No.
I don't care about the tower.
Please grant me your strength, so I can see Rachel again.
Such a boring boy.
However...
Since you have a cute face, I shall grant you my strength just this once.
What?
She never granted me strength, no matter how many times I asked...
Was it just because she prefers men?
That's right. Begone, woman.
So the tower's superstition was true.
I refuse to accept that!
It broke!
Huh? What's going on?
You mean you don't know?
He ascended to the next floor.
What are we going to do?
He still has the Black March.
We just need to go get it back.
What?
We're going after him.
But we're forbidden from entering the testing grounds for climbing the tower.
Shut up!
A life without anything interesting in it isn't worth shit.
Hurry up and do your job, Navigator!
Wait!
What a stubborn princess...
What an interesting gathering that was.
I'm interested in seeing what will happen next.
Even if you are reunited, things will never be exactly as they were.
When you meet her again, she will have lived for some time without you.
But first, sleep. The road ahead is hard.
Test 2
The Regulars
Test, test.
Hello, Regulars. Welcome to the second floor of the tower.
This testing floor will determine if you are
worthy of climbing the rest of the tower.
Let's get the first test started.
The rules are simple.
In total, there are 400 Regulars here.
Please reduce that number to 200 within the allotted time.
Use whatever methods you wish.
The moment that only 200 Regulars remain, the test will end.
Also, you can check the number of Regulars and time remaining on your Pocket.
Good luck, everyone.
Hey!
Stop, kid!
There's no point in running.
Please help!
Begging for your life? How impudent.
You're in my way.
In order to make it to the next floor, I have to survive.
Hey.
Why are you trying to kill me?
Whoever survives, wins!
Those are the rules of the test, fool!
I see. So you easily stoop to being controlled.
In order to survive...
To climb the tower...
I have no choice.
What was that for?
This is the hunter's position.
Don't be ridiculous!
Toss!
Shall I toss you away, too?
D-Damn it! You'll pay for this!
Now, then...
Any good prey?
What is it I sense?
This lizard? No...
That weapon?
Another formidable presence.
That weapon.
Found you!
I have to do it.
Don't bother.
With such weak knees, you won't catch even a single rabbit.
Shouldn't you be pointing that sword at the guy behind you?
Huh?