I'm a dragon, I only want to steal princesses

Chapter 2 Start a Tower
Li Yuan carefully looked at the thing in front of him: it looked like a rough clay sculpture, with only a basic human shape, no facial features, and God knows where it made its sound.

Li Yuan didn't turn his head around for a while, stared at this thing for a second, and said involuntarily: "Let's get flat."

The sculpture stood up as promised.

Li Yuan finally realized that this thing seemed to recognize him as its master and would faithfully obey his orders.

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

"Yes." The sculpture replied.

"You recognize me?" Li Yuan confirmed to the other party.

"You hold the book of authority, and you are the undisputed master of the Endless Tower." The butler responded respectfully.

The Book of Authority... The Tower of Infinity?Li Yuan glanced at the book in his hand.

Li Yuan realized that this dilapidated tower did not seem to be an ordinary ruin, and this book was the magic book for operating this tower.

As long as you hold this book, you will be recognized as the owner of this tower.

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

"I'm just a part of the Endless Tower. As the owner of the Endless Tower, you can call me whatever you want." The steward replied.

"Then you should be called Stone from now on." Li Yuan said casually.

He didn't bother to name a stone man now, since he was a stone man, he simply called it "Stone".

"Understood." Stone accepted it in a voice without any cadence.

"Stone, I have a question for you now. Here, is there a way for me to go to another world?" Li Yuan asked the other party.

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

Instead of studying the tome like a headless chicken, it is better to directly ask those who may know about the book and the tower.

"Excuse me, do you want to use the 'Plane Shuttle' function of the Endless Tower?" Stone searched for a possible answer like an artificial intelligence.

"Is that function usable now?" Li Yuan cheered up.

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

"From the current monitoring situation, the Infinity Tower is currently severely damaged, and more than [-]% of them are disabled. The authority of 'Plane Shuttle' has been locked and cannot be used temporarily." Stone replied in a calm to almost indifferent tone.

"What conditions do you need to meet to use it?" Li Yuan asked.

"It is necessary to rebuild the teleportation circle on the ninth floor and provide a sufficient source of magic power. Currently, neither of the two conditions can be met," Stone replied.

Nine floors?

Li Yuan quickly searched Helganon's memory. This broken tower does not have a ninth floor at all, and it has been broken since the sixth floor.

"Is there any way?" Li Yuan asked.

Stone stood there silent for a while, as if searching, and finally gave an answer: "Under the current conditions, no effective repair plan has been found."

Li Yuan glanced at the clock anxiously, 10 minutes had passed, and he still had no idea of ​​going back.

"My lord, did you encounter any troubles?" Shitou noticed Li Yuan's anxiety and asked proactively.

"In less than 10 minutes, there will be an enemy attack here. Do you have any way to deal with it?" Li Yuan asked casually.

"Actually, the Tower of Infinity has a very complete defense system..." Stone replied.

"Oh?" Li Yuan lifted his spirits again.

"However, according to the current monitoring situation, the Infinity Tower is currently severely damaged, and more than [-]% of it is in a disabled state, so most of the defense functions cannot be activated," Stone continued.

Didn't you just say that?Li Yuan thought to himself.

"You say the vast majority, which means there are still parts that can be activated?" Li Yuan asked with a glimmer of hope.

"It's me, master." Shitou saluted Li Yuan.

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

Even if he takes human form, this thing is still only half his height, so I really don't see how useful it can be.

"Now I can help you expel rats and wild dogs." Stone replied, "Of course, if the number of wild dogs exceeds three, please forgive me and I can't do anything."

The expression on Li Yuan's face gradually became serious, even with a fierce look in his eyes.

He didn't know whether it was due to becoming a red dragon or because his death was approaching, but he felt that his temper seemed to be a little more irritable than before.

He took another deep breath, and used the rationality of the human side to suppress the urge to smash the stone man with a dragon claw:

"Thank you for wasting another precious minute of mine. I have to hurry up and leave now. You should work hard to resist the invaders here, come on!"

He had to get oil on his feet. It was not his wish to be forced to abandon his stronghold and wander outside the world, but it was better than staying here and losing his life. No matter what, he had to survive first!

"Did you decide to give up the Endless Tower and escape?" Stone asked.

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

"It is recommended that you do not give up the Tower of Infinity easily. It has been detected that your soul and the root circle at the bottom of the Tower of Infinity have formed a symbiotic contract. If an intruder enters the Tower of Infinity to carry out large-scale destruction and damage the root circle at the bottom..."

Shi Shi paused at this point, "Your soul will be destroyed on the spot."

"What!?" Li Yuan frowned.

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

Is this guy lying to me?
Li Yuan had doubts for a moment, but he immediately remembered the authority letter in his hand that allowed the tower's steward to recognize the owner, and the chain connecting himself and the tower in the book, which seemed to indicate that he had some kind of connection with the tower.

He wore the memory soul of Helganon who was about to be killed on the body of the red dragon, and he also carried a magic book proving that he was 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 up by Helganon in the cellar.

If you think about it this way, what the stone man said is probably true.

The tower is alive, the tower is dead, and the tower is dead. I made a special trip here to play tower defense?What was given was a broken tower without any defense, and he could only carry it with his body?

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

"First, explain to me the symbiosis contract carefully." Li Yuan asked seriously.

"Okay, as I said before, if the root magic circle is destroyed, your soul will be destroyed. Similarly, if your soul is destroyed, the root magic circle will also be permanently disabled. Once the symbiosis contract is bound, it cannot be lifted. The root magic circle will recognize you as the only owner of the endless tower, allow you to use all the permissions of the endless tower, and do everything possible to ensure your safety." Stone replied.

"I hear what you mean. I can't even escape for my life to ensure that I won't be buried with it? I really didn't see that this thing was ensuring my safety!" Li Yuan's voice was obviously dissatisfied.

"Believe me, the contract is two-way. When you die, the root magic circle will disappear, so the Tower of Infinity will automatically exclude all threats to you within its range. In addition, if your body dies, the root magic circle will activate the [Rebirth] function, open the space gate to recall your soul, and use all means to reshape your body to bring you back to life." Stone replied.

"Then if I am killed now, can I be resurrected?" Li Yuan raised a little hope.

He could feel that he should have inherited the power of Helganon, and 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 cannot be met at present. According to the monitoring situation, the Infinity Tower is currently severely damaged, and more than [-]%—"

In the middle of Shi Shi's answer, Li Yuan interrupted impatiently: "Enough, I don't want to hear this a third time!"

(End of this chapter)