Dragon the Princess Snatcher Chapter 2

Ryan Li carefully looked at the thing in front of him: it looked like a rough clay sculpture, with only a basic human figure and no facial features, and God knows where the sound came from.

Ryan Li didn't understand what was going on for a moment. He stared at the thing blankly for a second, and couldn't help but say, "Stand up."

The sculpture stood up as instructed.

Ryan Li finally reacted. This thing seemed to recognize him as its master and would faithfully obey his orders.

"Are you the housekeeper here?" Ryan Li tried to ask the sculpture.

"Yes," the sculpture replied.

"Do you recognize me?" Ryan Li confirmed with the other party.

"You hold the Book of Authority. You are the undisputed master of the Endless Tower." The butler responded respectfully.

The Book of Authority...The Endless Tower? Ryan Li glanced at the book in his hand.

Ryan Li realized that this dilapidated tower did not seem to be an ordinary relic, and this book was the magic book that operated this tower.

Whoever holds this book will be recognized as the owner of this tower.

"Then what should I call you?" Ryan Li asked.

"I am just a part of the Endless Tower. As the master of the Endless Tower, you can call me anything you want." The butler replied.

"Then from now on you can be called Sh!tou." Ryan Li said casually.

He didn't have the time to specially name a stone man. Since it was a stone man, he might as well call him "Stone".

"I understand." Stone accepted it in a voice without any intonation.

"Shi Tou, I want to ask you a question now. Is there any way for me to go to other worlds here?" Ryan Li asked the other party.

Since this guy is the steward of this tower, he might know some useful information.

Rather than researching this heavenly book like a headless fly, it is better to directly ask those who may know about this book and this tower.

"Excuse me, do you want to use the 'plane travel' function of the Endless Tower?" Stone retrieved possible answers like an artificial intelligence.

"Can that function be used now?" Ryan Li was excited.

Plane shuttle, the name of this function sounds somewhat related to time travel. Even if it is different, it should be a space teleportation ability, at least it can be used for escape.

"According to current monitoring, the Endless Tower is currently severely damaged, with more than 90% of it disabled. The permission for 'plane travel' has been locked and cannot be used for the time being." Shi Tou answered in a tone that was calm and almost indifferent.

"What conditions need to be met to use it?" Ryan Li asked.

"We need to rebuild the ninth-floor teleportation array and provide sufficient magic power source. Currently, neither condition can be met." Sh!tou replied.

Nine floors?

Ryan Li quickly searched Drake's memory and found that this broken tower did not have a ninth floor at all. The sixth floor had been broken.

"Is there no way?" Ryan Li asked.

The stone stood there in silence for a while, as if searching for something, and finally gave an answer: "Under the current conditions, no effective repair solution has been found."

Ryan Li glanced at the clock anxiously. Ten minutes had passed and he still had no idea how to travel back in time.

"My lord, have you encountered any troubles?" Sh!tou noticed Ryan Li's anxiety and asked actively.

"In less than twenty minutes, this place will be attacked by the enemy. Do you have any way to deal with it?" Ryan Li asked casually.

"In fact, the Endless Tower has a very complete defense system..." Stone replied.

"Oh?" Ryan Li perked up again.

"But according to current monitoring, the Endless Tower is currently severely damaged, with more than 90% of it disabled, so most of its defense functions cannot be activated," Sh!tou added.

Didn't I just say that? Ryan Li thought.

"When you say the vast majority, do you mean there are still some that can be started?" Ryan Li asked with a glimmer of hope.

"It's me, Master." Sh!tou saluted Ryan Li.

"Let me ask you, what can you do?" Ryan Li looked at the stone man in front of him.

Even if he changed into human form, this thing was still only half his height, and it was hard to see how useful it would be.

"I can help you drive away rats and wild dogs now." Stone replied, "Of course, if the number of wild dogs exceeds three, I'm sorry, I can't do anything."

The expression on Ryan Li's face gradually became serious, and even his eyes showed a fierce look.

He didn't know if it was because he had turned into a red dragon or because his death was approaching, but he felt that his temper seemed to have become a little more irritable than before.

He took another deep breath and used his human rationality to suppress the urge to swing his dragon claws to smash the stone man.

"Thank you for wasting another minute of my precious time. I have to leave now. You just stay here and fight the invaders. Come on!"

He had to hurry up. He didn't want to be forced to abandon his base and wander the outside world, but it was better than staying here and losing his life. No matter what, he had to survive first!

"Have you decided to abandon the Endless Tower and escape?" asked Stone.

"Is there any problem?" Ryan Li glanced at him.

"It is recommended that you do not give up the Endless Tower easily. It is detected that your soul and the root array at the bottom of the Endless Tower have formed a symbiotic contract. If the intruder enters the Endless Tower and causes large-scale destruction, damaging the root array at the bottom..."

Stone paused here and said, "Your soul will be destroyed on the spot."

"What!?" Ryan Li frowned.

"If the Endless Tower is destroyed, you will die." Stone repeated briefly.

Is this guy lying to me?

Ryan Li had a moment of doubt, but he immediately remembered the letter of authority in his hand that allowed the tower's steward to recognize him as the master, as well as the chain in the book that connected him to the tower, which seemed to indicate that he had some kind of connection with the tower.

He traveled into the body of the red dragon with the memory of Helganorn being killed, and also carried a magic book that proved that he was once the owner of the tower - this arrangement obviously had a purpose, which was to bind him to the tower.

And he remembered that there seemed to be a strange magic circle under the treasure piled by Drake in the cellar.

If you think about it this way, what the stone man said might be true.

The tower is there, the people are there, the tower is gone, the people are gone. Did I come here specifically to play tower defense? And I was given a broken tower without any defense power, and I can only use my body to resist it?

Does this script really require him to die as a villain?

"Please explain to me in detail what the symbiotic contract is." Ryan Li asked seriously.

"Okay, as I said before, if the Root Array is destroyed, your soul will be destroyed. Similarly, if your soul is destroyed, the Root Array will be permanently disabled. Once the symbiotic contract is bound, it cannot be dissolved. The Root Array will recognize you as the sole owner of the Endless Tower, allow you to use all the authority of the Endless Tower, and do everything it can to ensure your safety." Stone replied.

"From what you're saying, I can't even run away in order to ensure that I won't be buried with it? I really don't see how this thing can guarantee my safety!" Ryan Li's voice was filled with obvious dissatisfaction.

"Please believe me, the contract is two-way. If you die, the Root Array will disappear, so the Endless Tower will automatically eliminate all existences that pose a threat to you within the range. In addition, if your physical body dies, the Root Array will activate the [Rebirth] function, open the space gate to recall your soul, and use all means to reshape your body and revive you." The stone replied.

"So if I am killed now, can I be resurrected?" Ryan Li raised a little hope again?

He could feel that he must have inherited Helganorn's power. If he could be reborn once or twice, it should be enough to deal with two groups of invaders.

"Unfortunately, although this permission has been opened, the conditions for activation are currently not met. According to monitoring, the Endless Tower is currently severely damaged, more than 90% of it---"

Sh!tou was halfway through answering when Ryan Li interrupted him impatiently: "That's enough. I don't want to hear this for the third time!"