Just call me Thor

Chapter 599: White dog



Time passed, though Mike couldn't tell how long. Outside, the sound of wind stirred.

The butterfly returned, looking visibly fatigued.

Clearly, suppressing the Supreme Demon God had taken its toll.

Apollo stood up, and Mike instinctively prepared to rise as well.

"Stay seated," Apollo said, walking forward.

He left the ninety-ninth floor.

Where he was going, he didn't say, and Mike didn't ask.

Mike yawned, feeling a bit drowsy.

In the distance, the sound of the Lyre echoed.

It was midnight, signaling the start of the Tower of Truth's challenges.

Normally, Mike would have entered the Tower of Truth to begin his attempt at an SSS-tier score.

Just as he was thinking about it, a new notification rang in his ears.

"Congratulations to participant [Apollo] for achieving an SSS-tier conquer rating in the beginner instance!"

Before Mike could even process what was happening-

"Congratulations to participant [Apollo] for achieving an SSS-tier conquer rating on the first

floor!"

"Congratulations to participant [Apollo]..."

In the blink of an eye, Apollo had already reached the tenth floor!

Mike: ???

Apollo was challenging the Tower again?

Wait, wasn't this speed a bit too fast?!

Before Mike could even react, Apollo had already reached the thirtieth floor.

Mike just sat there, listening to one conquer notification after another.

Apollo's approach to the Tower was unlike anyone else's.

Mike decided to call it "new-concept speedrunning."

In less than an hour, Apollo had cleared sixty floors.

In a way, he had regained the strength of a Lord-tier being.

And for Apollo, that meant he now had the combat power of a quasi-Supreme. Mike: ...

By the third hour, Apollo had reached the ninetieth floor.

This was typically the dividing line between Lords and Ultimate Lords.

For humanity's potential Supreme Beings, stepping into the Ultimate Lord tier was equivalent to wielding the power of a Supreme Being from other races.

In other words, Apollo... was a Supreme Being again.

Mike was completely stunned.

After the ninetieth floor, Apollo's pace finally slowed.

It now took him about ten minutes to clear each floor and achieve an SSS-tier score.

Before long, Apollo reappeared on the ninety-ninth floor.

Before Mike could stand to greet him, Apollo walked straight past, casually saying, "Stay seated."

He pushed open the door and entered the hundredth floor.

By now, dawn was breaking in the east.

As the first rays of sunlight touched Mike's face, a notification rang in his ears.

"Congratulations to participant [Apollo] for achieving an SSS-tier conquer rating on the hundredth floor!"

At the top of the Tower of Truth, standing on a white cloud, Apollo faced the wind, his Arcane Vitality radiating.

Beside him, the butterfly hovered.

He gazed into the distance.

And at that moment, the Supreme Demon God fell completely silent.

On this day, Apollo once again became a Supreme Being.

Back on the ninety-ninth floor, Mike stared at the returning human Supreme Being, Apollo, unsure of what to say.

Apollo sat back in his chair.

He looked outside. The mortal realm was still the mortal realm.

Apollo was still a Supreme Being.

And boring... was still boring.

At least before, Apollo had questions to ponder.

Now, he had resolved the most important one.

He even considered heading to the Supreme Abyssal to face the Supreme Demon God in a final

battle.

Apollo thought about it seriously but ultimately decided against it.

The time wasn't right.

Apollo's calculations were rarely wrong.

He turned to Mike, who was still seated, and said,

"Go to the ninety-fifth floor."

Mike stood up and nodded. "Alright."

The eastern sky was already bright.

By now, the challenge period had ended, meaning Mike technically couldn't access the

ninety-fifth floor.

But Mike, undeterred, marched to the entrance of the ninety-fifth floor and began pounding

on the wall.

"Open up!"

He shouted for a while, but there was no response.

He was even about to start kicking the wall when a grumpy voice rang in his ears:

"You need to enter the Core City of Truth first, you idiot!"

Mike: ...

He entered the Core City of Truth, summoned the Truth Core crystal, and finally arrived at the

long-awaited ninety-fifth floor!

Tower of Truth, Ninety-Fifth Floor.

[Wow! Ninety-fifth floor!]

[Feels like home!]

A notification popped up in front of Mike:

[Would you like to manifest the SSS-tier talent [Eye of Truth]?]

Without hesitation, Mike chose [Yes].

If he didn't strip away his SSS-tier talent, the ultimate fate of humanity's Supreme Beings

would be to become the next Supreme Demon God.

That was not a path Mike was willing to take.

The process of stripping the talent was quick. Mike felt a cool sensation in his eyes, and his

entire body felt lighter.

When he opened his eyes, the long-lost light made him momentarily uncomfortable.

To be honest, with Mike's current strength, being blind hadn't made much of a difference.

He could perceive everything around him clearly, even in battle. Morpheus's talent had turned into a remnant soul, becoming Shadow Nine.

Ares's talent had become a white horse.

Apollo's talent had become a butterfly. And Mike's talent... had become a white dog.

The white dog stood up, wagging its tail, and spoke in a human voice:

"What are you staring at?"

As it spoke, black subtitles appeared in front of Mike:

[What are you staring at?]

Mike grabbed the dog's ear and demanded,

"How are you even talking?!" Looking at the subtitles, Mike felt his temper rising. He rubbed the dog's head roughly and

growled,

"An SSS-tier talent, and this is it?!"

The white dog barked loudly, "Just wait a few decades! When I've awakened nine times, I'll

show you what I'm capable of!"

Mike casually tossed the dog back onto the ground and gave a bitter smile, tinged with

melancholy.

"A few decades from now, who knows if I'll even be around."

He sat on the ninety-fifth floor, looking around, lost in thought.

The pressure he had endured recently was beyond imagination. Humanity had been teetering on the brink of destruction.

Now that Apollo's situation was resolved, at least the immediate crisis was over.

Relieved of his burden, Mike fell asleep right there on the ninety-fifth floor.

He slept for an entire day.

At first, the white dog was lively, bouncing around excitedly.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

It even transformed into various forms, including the white horse Mike had seen before.

As an SSS-tier talent, the Eye of Truth was incredibly powerful-but only after completing

nine awakenings.

Once fully awakened, it could replicate anything it had ever seen, even turning illusions into

reality.

Of course, nine awakenings were still a long way off for the white dog.

Eventually, the dog grew tired and curled up beside Mike, falling into a light sleep.

After a day and a night, Mike woke up, yawning.

"Yo, you're awake?"

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the white dog wagging its tail in front of him. It was

clear the dog didn't enjoy being stuck on the ninety-fifth floor and wanted to leave.

"Before I take you out, I need to ask you something."

Mike looked at the dog seriously and asked,

"Is there a way to save Ares?"

The dog hesitated. "There is, but..."

"Good! Stop right there!"

Mike clamped a hand over the dog's mouth, cutting it off.

Whatever came after "but" didn't matter right now.

All Mike needed to know was that there was a way.

He decided to take the dog out of the ninety-fifth floor first and then figure out how to save

Ares.

As for Apollo... Mike figured one thing at a time, one person at a time.

"Mr. Thor."

The white dog followed behind Mike, wagging its tail with a fawning expression.

"Don't you think Tripod is... kinda handsome?"

Mike: ???

I went through all this trouble to get you out of the ninety-fifth floor, and this is what you're

focused on?

You're completely useless, and now you're trying to flirt with Tripod?!