Floor 18
Max."All right were in the lead".
Rex:"Yeah but from now on it´ll just get harder and harder".
Dr. Z:"So what with my immense brain there is not a chance in hell that we can lose".
Rex finds the next note and reads it "I crawl on the earth and rise as a pillar what am I".
Dr. Z:"A shadow".
"Correct you may move on".
At the Hotel
Zoe:"Why is Max taking so long".
Zoe is looking at the current positions of the teams.
Zoe:"Max is in the lead but the other teams are just behind them. Huh I hope Max comes home soon".
Floor 22 30 minutes later
Max read the riddle "the one who made me did not want me. The one who bought me did not use me. And the one who uses me cannot see me".
Rex:"Well I don´t know what you make and don´t want".
Max:"Well maybe a tree. The one who planted it shoved it away. So maybe".
Rex:"But who buys a planted tree. And how can you use a tree and not see it"?
Max:"True".
Dr. Z:"A coffin. The man that made him sold it, The man that bought it bought it for a dead person so he doesn't use it. And a dead person is dead so he can´t see it".
"Correct you may move on".
Floor 30 an hour later
Rex and Max look around. They see the two other teams waiting in the room. A man is standing in the middle of the room.
Man:"Welcome to the first challenge". The man steps aside revealing a small table. On the table there is a aquarium. Inside the aquarium there is a small cup floating on the surface. "The rules are simple. Every team takes turns putting a coin inside the cup. The team that makes the cup sink wins. The winning team is allowed to jump up to floor 35 while the other teams have to take the strait way. First up is team Repower since they came here first. And the team Prairie".
Sodino walks over and puts a coin inside the cup making it tilt a little.
Tiger (that is unable to pick up a coin with his paw since he walks on 4 legs so instead he uses his mouth) picks up a coin and places it in the middle of the cup. However it does not tilt much.
Rex turns his hand into a talon and places a coin in the cup. The cup goes underwater but there doesn't come any water inside the cup. Max looks over and sees Castacien and sees that his eyes are glowing blue. Max whispers to Rex "They´re cheating".
Rex:"I know. But I have a plan".
Castacien walks over and puts a coin inside the cup. He looks shocked when the cup doesn't submerge.
Leon (Just like tiger) puts a coin in the cup and walks back.
Max drops a coin in the cup. And it sinks.
Man:"Team Shard Hunters win".
Stairs open up to the 35th floor.
Max whispers:"Rex how did you keep them from cheating"?
Rex:"I used my Frigate demon powers to make a invisible string. I then shot it up in the ceiling and tied is around the cup when I put a coin in".
Max:"So you cheated".
Rex:"Well they started so it´s okay".
Max:"I guess so let's get on to the top of the tower".
35th floor
Max read the riddle "A chicken says that all chickens are liars. Is it telling the truth"?
Dr. Z:"Well um that's uh".
Renitsune materializes.
Renitsune:"That's a weird question. I mean chickens can´t talk".
"Correct you may move on"
Max:"Good job Renitsune".
Renitsune:"What".
36th floor
Renitsune:"I´m telling you I didn´t know the answer I just said that chickens don´t talk".
Max:"Of you are so modest but now we need to solve this puzzle".
Man:"If you solve this riddle you can jump to 40th floor. If you are wrong two of you will have to stay here". The man began telling the riddle"A man was to be sentenced, and the judge told him, "You may make a statement. If it is true, I'll sentence you to four years in prison. If it is false, I'll sentence you to six years in prison." After the man made his statement, the judge decided to let him go free. What did the man say"?
Rex:"What".
Max:"How do you even find things like this out".
Dr. Z:"Even I don´t know".
1 hour later
Zoe:" I got it. The man said that the judge will sentence him for six years. If it was true the judge would make it false by giving 4 years. But if it was false the judge would make it true so the judge would have to give him 4 years. So instead of having to confront the man with his promise he let him go".
Man:"I am sorry but that is correct".
The stairs opened to the 40th floor.
On this floor a man is standing in the middle of the room.
Man:"You must wait until the other contestants have arrived.
2 hours later
The two teams arrive.
Man:"This is the last challenge in the tower. The winner gets a head start of 30 minutes. The challenge is that each team has to take turns stacking blocks on top of each other. The one to make the tower fall wins the challenge. The team to last has placed a block when the tower falls is eliminated from the challenge. First up is the team to get here last Team Prairie. Then it is Team Repower and lastly the Shard Hunters
Tiger took a block and placed it on the corner of the table.
The Nocturnia placed a block right on the edge of the tower.
Dr. Z put a block on the other side of the stabilizing it.
Max:"Why did you do that"?
Dr. Z:"If Leon had placed another block it would have held but when Castacien had placed his it would fall. And since we had placed the last block we would have been eliminated".
Leon had a hard time placing it since he had to use his mouth but managed.
Castacien put the block on the side. The tower did not fall.
Rex placed his block. The tower wobbled but it did not fall.
Haikou put his block on top (by jumping). The tower fell.
Man:"The winner is team Prairie. You may move on. Team Repower I must ask you to take these stairs down".
Some stairs downwards appeared. The team walked down the stairs in a very fast tempo.
Man:"As for you. You will have to wait for 30 minutes before you may head on".
30 minutes later
Man:"You may go know. Team Prairie is currently at floor 43 so I would hurry if I was you".
Floor 41
Rex read the note "I am what you have but only others can see. What am I"?
Dr. Z:"That's easy it´s your face".
"Correct you may move on".
Floor 42
Dr. Z read the note:"Johnson has a collection of rare stones. All are diamonds but two, all are ruby´s but two, and all are sapphires but two. How many stones does he have"?
Renitsune materializes:"Max can´t we three hold a brake, I'm tired".
"Correct you may move on".
Max:"Renitsune how do you even figure things like there out"?
Renitsune:"Say what".
Floor 43
Max:"Where on the same floor as Tigers team now".
Rex:"No according to this map their on floor 44 now".
Renitsune:"Then we just have to hurry what's the riddle doc".
Dr. Z:"That's Dr. Z not doc and the riddle is "Bastian does is double as old as Cary if he was one year older. How old is he and Cary"?
Rex:"I´ve heard this one. Their 5 and 7".
"Correct you may move on".
To be continued
Note from the writer hello guys I'm sorry that I haven´t released any chapters this weekend but I had a good reason. I didn´t want to. Just kidding in fact I've been sick for a while know. Yeah that's it I wasn't goanna do any stupid nigahiga reference but anyway Review and I will try to release chapters more often. And review. I mean it review.