All Chapters of Scaling the Tower of the Forsaken: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

10 Chapters

Chapter 1

Headlines of a missing young woman dominated the news. She had chosen to go hiking in the mountains to avoid the holiday crowds.Her family members looked haggard as they cried their hearts out in front of the cameras, praying to anyone and everyone to give them a clue of her whereabouts.The search and rescue team scoured the mountains for days, but they couldn't find the woman.She had ventured into the mountains alone. She had been missing for a week, and there were wild beasts prowling around the forest.Unless there was a miracle, it was likely that tragedy had befallen her.…I noticed that I had lots of notifications when I logged into my social media account.Everyone had tagged me, asking me to locate the woman's whereabouts.I was slightly stunned as I stared at the sprawling mountain range in the video. I then did a quick divination to determine the woman's location.Unfortunately, she had already departed from this world as I'd expected, but I was still able to loc

Chapter 2

I never thought I would return to that place again, but the world was a small place.I took a late-night flight to the town where Soleil had gone missing. I would still need to be on the road for about half a day before I reached the mountains.I arrived at the foot of the mountains at 12:00 pm.It was a wonder that Soleil had managed to find such a remote place to go hiking.There was a tent set up near the foot of the mountains.A man and a woman hurried toward me when they spotted me and politely shook hands with me.The search and rescue team had given up. Only Soleil's parents, Charlotte Clark and Ashton, were still determined to find her and bring her home.The man who'd come out to greet me was Ashton. He had cut a piece of Charlotte's clothes as I instructed."Thank you so much for your help, Ms. Clearwind. We'll definitely pay you handsomely if you can bring Soleil back to us."I didn't care too much about the compensation. I just wanted to do the right thing.I tuck

Chapter 3

The search and rescue team had only seen the skeletons on the outside. They had no idea that there were countless baby spirits in the pit. The villagers had abandoned all their unwanted baby daughters there over the last few years.Not wanting the abandoned babies to take revenge on them, they built a small tower and carved runes all over it to suppress the spirits. However, the villagers' fear of vengeance also prevented the innocent babies from being reborn.The tower lost its power after it was destroyed, so it was nothing more than a pile of broken bricks now.No one could see the babies' spirits traversing gleefully all over the mountains, playing pranks on everyone who stepped foot into the area.I kneeled down next to the broken tower and asked, "Can you let me take Soleil home?"The babies' spirits giggled eerily as they floated around me in a circle.I knew what they were trying to tell me. "No, Mommy will get angry."They were more willing to listen to their "Mommy" th

Chapter 4

My hand shot out as I smeared some magic-imbued blood on Soleil's forehead.At the same time, Soleil's swollen stomach began moving wildly, as if something was about to burst out of it.The thing inside her immediately calmed down when I pasted a suppression talisman to her stomach. Feeling worried that a single talisman wouldn't be enough, I attached another two talismans to her belly and used a roll of red rope to tie her hands.Soleil's black nails slowly retracted.Fortunately, I had brought a piece of Charlotte's clothes with me. Soleil managed to snap back to her senses for a brief moment when she recognized her mother's scent.It was a good thing that Soleil had grown up in a loving family, or the situation would be even more troublesome.The ghost mother was currently at her weakest because she had become a corpse baby. There was still a chance for me to turn the situation around since she hadn't been born yet.When I led Soleil out of the pit, Ashton's eyes widened in s

Chapter 5

I was immensely frustrated by the situation. "I already told you that no living being must approach it. Who touched the casket?" I asked, clearly irritated.Charlotte wasn't around.Ashton lowered his head, looking as if he had just been caught red-handed with his hand in the cookie jar."It was Charlotte. She thought that Soleil looked so pitiful being nailed up, so she removed the nails when I wasn't paying attention."Charlotte just wanted Soleil to feel better, but she was gone by the time we woke up this morning. Charlotte fainted on the spot. Please help us, Ms. Clearwind!"Charlotte had been hit with a wave of resentful energy, leaving her unconscious as she lay on a bed in the hospital.It was pointless to say more since the situation had already escalated to this point.I sighed as I gave Ashton a resentment banishing talisman, telling him to burn it and mix the ashes into a glass of water for Charlotte to drink.I then pulled out a spirit-seeking compass and began my

Chapter 6

I hadn't expected the ghost mother to be so crafty.I backpedaled to the ward where I had heard the voice come from. I was just about to open the door when it slammed open.The ghost mother bumped into me, causing me to stagger backward a few steps. Although her stomach was heavily swollen, her steps were lightning-fast.A middle-aged woman stepped out of the ward. She looked like she had just seen a ghost as she asked, "What's that smell? Why would someone as young as her be so unhygienic?""It's the smell of a corpse," I answered quietly.Ignoring the woman's horrified expression, I chased after the ghost mother.The ghost mother had reached the elevator.I tightened my grip on the talismans, planning to strike the moment I blocked the surveillance cameras' view. However, seconds after I raised the sword, I noticed that there was a doctor in a white coat in the elevator as well.The ghost mother stood in the corner of the elevator, glaring at me with resentful eyes.The doct

Chapter 7

I just didn't understand why the scent of blood clung to Emilio. If he hadn't taken anyone's life, he shouldn't smell like blood.But it was fortunate that Emilio wasn't working with the ghost mother. I would simply have to deal with them one at a time.I descended to the basement where the medical waste storage area was located. The hospital staff members would leave the medical waste there every day.The negative energy was extremely thick.A dark shadow pounced on me seconds after I stepped through the door.My senses were immediately permeated with the pungent scent of a corpse. I grabbed my blessed sword with one hand and pulled out a suppression talisman with the other.The ghost mother shrieked as the smell of charred flesh wafted through the air. She had burned her hand when she grabbed the sword.My teacher, Zack Waters, had carved the sword from a thousand-year-old peach tree after it was struck by lightning. He had ended up giving the sword to me instead of Gabriel, w

Chapter 8

The blessed sword was broken, but I still had a few soul suppression nails in my bag. They were the same ones that I had used to seal the casket. I had stuffed them into my bag before I left the morgue earlier.I had to figure out a way to immobilize Soleil's body. I still had a chance to turn things around since the fetus wasn't ready to be born yet.I shot a few talismans at the ghost mother.The ghost mother swiftly scrambled to her feet and dodged out of the way, contorting her body into bizarre shapes.I plunged a soul suppression nail into her arm while she was distracted with the talismans. Using a strengthening talisman, I drove the nail right through her arm and pinned it to the wall.The ghost mother glared at me hatefully with her pitch-black eyes. Her free arm shot out toward me, clawing at my neck.I pulled out another soul suppression nail and pinned her palm to the wall.I thought that I was on the brink of success since I had immobilized both her hands. I didn't

Chapter 9

The corpse baby let out a pained shriek before it also broke away from the fight.I snatched the demon-sealing sword out of Gabriel's hands and hurled it at the corpse baby, pinning it to the wall."At least this one is dealt with."The corpse baby looked rather shriveled up, as if someone had drained every single drop of its energy. It dissolved into a pool of blood when I stabbed it with the sword.The lights in the hallway flickered.Gabriel grabbed me by the scruff of my neck and dragged me away from the room as fast as he could.I was genuinely surprised that he hadn't just abandoned me at such a dangerous moment. I was grateful to him, but I would never ask him for help again.A figure swayed from side to side at the end of the hallway.Emilio didn't chase after us. Instead, he stood rooted to the spot as he watched us leave without saying a word. His red eyes glimmered with a bewitching glint. An inexplicable emotion shone in his dark gaze.Blood dripped from his sharp

Chapter 10

ExtraI was abandoned on Mt. Ghost Maiden when I was only a few months old.There were many other children like me in the cave. After I got tired of playing with them, I wailed loudly because I was starving.I crawled deeper into the cave until I made it to the tomb. Eventually, I fell asleep in the tomb owner's arms.The villagers thought the tower used to suppress the deceased babies' spirits was unlucky, so they never ventured further into the cave. As a result, they had no idea there was a massive tomb at the bottom of the pit.They were also clueless about the fact that an ugly zombie lived inside the tomb.Of course, no one knew that the zombie was good-natured despite his fierce appearance.For example, he would simply close the door when the babies' spirits were causing trouble in his tomb. There was also a ghost mother living right outside his home. Although she was secretly absorbing his energy to strengthen her own power, he didn't expose her and let her do as she p

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