Gi-Gyu found several odd things once the overwhelming sadness gave him a bit of leeway. 

“The Tower isn’t stupid,” Gi-Gyu stated. He resented the Tower for having so much power over Lou and El, but he had to admit it was always fair. Unlike when he passed the 30th-floor test, he got two diamond boxes this time which he put on the table. 

“Oh! So these are the infamous diamond boxes.” Old Man Hwang stared at them with interest, and Gi-Gyu opened the first box with a smile.

“I knew it,” he whispered as he picked up the content. Inside was a feather made of some never-seen-before metal. 

[El’s Token]

The pop-up notification proved that it was indeed one of the ingredients required for El’s evolution. This very reward was the reason Gi-Gyu found this situation strange. 

For El to evolve, he needed a bunch of stuff, including El’s Token. So why would El die in a test that rewarded Gi-Gyu with this Token? This didn’t make any sense. 

With this thought, Gi-Gyu opened the second box.

“Huh?” 

“This is…?”

Both Gi-Gyu and Old Man Hwang couldn’t hide their confusion when they looked at the box’s content.

***

When Gi-Gyu removed the items from the boxes, the diamond boxes disappeared. Looking at the badly damaged El, Gi-Gyu announced, “I am certain now that we can revive El.”

No, perhaps the word “revive”...