Swords & Sorcery: My Adventurer's Guide
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[Quest] Help Rafada reach the top floor of the White Tower in the center of Nittel Royal City. Compensation: one magic item. [Quest description] The Gods' game continued in dimensions unseen by mortals, yet the ripples of victory and defeat seeped into the Material Plane. Amid this game between deities, one legendary mage refused to accept his ordained fate. No one could steal his people's souls before Pure White's eyes, even if the thief was a Demon Lord who had destroyed countless planes. During that seemingly suicidal undertaking, a miracle occurred. The legendary mage succeeded: he reclaimed the people's souls from Orcus. He also failed: his entire nation paid a price that was all but irreversible. Now, the realm of white mist has appeared in the world once more, and a malicious deity within the web has turned its gaze upon this strange, looping domain. Please help Rafada pass through the mechanisms and spell traps on every level of the Mage Tower and reach the core on the top floor. Perhaps a faint chance to salvage the situation still remains there. Quest reward: 10,000 experience points.
Renato's gaze lingered on that final number for several seconds before slowly moving upward, scanning the entire [Quest description] from beginning to end.
The Gods' struggle, a Demon Lord, the legendary mage Pure White...
Any one of those terms alone was enough to send a chill down someone's spine. Now they appeared together in a single passage, clearly linked by a taut chain of cause and effect.
Renato's Adam's apple bobbed slightly as he involuntarily swallowed.
The [Adventurer's Guide] had never given him false information. Sure enough, more than an ordinary legendary mage was at work behind this bizarre demiplane. What Renato had not expected was that the mysterious, unfathomable Gods were
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