Dublin, 2130. 18-year-old James Ganner has nothing—no money, no future, no escape from the slums that killed his father and broke his mother.
Then the System activates.

[You have been selected. Choose your designation: Challenger or Civilian. Selection is permanent.]

James chooses Challenger. He enters the 72-hour Tutorial where 80% die. Against all odds, he survives and receives the rarest class in existence: Necromancer.

But survival was just the beginning.

[FLOOR 1]

[Mission Type: Kill 15 Hobgoblins]

[Failure Condition: Death]

James raised his hand, black energy coiling around his fingers.

[Skill Activated: Soul Drain ]

The dying hobgoblin convulsed as dark tendrils ripped the life from its body, feeding his mana pool.

[You have killed Hobgoblin Warrior]

[Progress: 1/15]

The tower doesn’t care about heroes or villains. 300 floors. No backtracking. No second chances. Death is permanent. Every floor demands blood, and James’s necromancy feeds on corpses—the more he kills, the stronger he becomes.

His goals are simple: escape poverty, punish the uncles who stole his inheritance, clear the tower, and uncover the truth behind why the towers appeared.

In a world where only the ruthless survive, can a slum kid with nothing but cold determination and an army of the dead climb higher than anyone before him?

The tower rewards only one thing: those who refuse to stay down.

The view stabilized around Team Zero standing at the edge of the Floor 9 battlefield. The viewer count was already high because the TRB had promoted the stream across all Challenger networks and public channels.


The public listing showed only Team Zero with no full names, no classes, and no personal information visible until the stream was live. Viewers immediately recognized the channel name because Team Zero had been rumored to be connected to the tower reset incident after Floor 5.


@DublinClimber92: Team Zero? Aren't they the ones from the reset incident?


@RaidStatsGuy: Five-man party. No priest visible.


@GreenTowerFan: This is already suicide.


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