The last climb

“We are back for one final time.”

“That went a lot faster then I expected. This time it only took a little over a year for the follow up.”

“Indeed Gina. We are now covering the last part of Yulia’s long journey.”

“Huh. I almost feel nostalgic.”

“If it makes you feel any better, we still have 122 chapters ahead of us.”

“...nevermind.”

“Well, technically, 123, because...”

“Ugh...the sluts returned, haven’t they?”

“Naturally. And their criticism has devolved even further into mundanity.”

“How so?”

“They are mostly just lusting after you.”

“EXCUSE ME?”

“Yes, Gina. I do not get it either. They should start doing some reviews again to get back into the swing of things. Zeebop is just clamoring for somebody reading his work.”

"Let me sum it up for you... Lehe has a pregnancy fetish and wants to do a fucking Boruto style thing in the future," Dahlia summarizes.

“I noticed.”

“I can sympathize. One of these days I want children of my own to continue my legacy.”

“I dunno Marcie. Engin gets her kicks from the impregnation, the pregnancy and definitely the birth giving but I doubt she cares for actual brats.”

“I see. Well, on a less disturbing note, there will apparently be sharks on the next floor. Good for you, Gina.”

“The next floor is a desert!”

READING IN PROGRESS (BGM)

“We last left off when Yulia and friends had just conquered floor eight. They are now moving on to the penultimate floor. A vast desert.”

“Ugh...”

“You do not seem very enthused, Gina.”

“I don’t like desert themed stuff.”

“Because the sand is rough and coarse and gets everywhere?”

“Yeah, reminds me of you. And you know what you don’t find in deserts? Sharks. And no, Sand Sharks are not living in the desert!”

“Ehem. Well, it is certainly an inhospitable place, full of Mummies, Lamias and all manner of bugs fighting each other.”

“Bleh. This is the exact same shit engin did last review! Except with less water.”

“Somewhat? Only now matters are even more convoluted. First order of business for our heroes, save the Lamias from a curse that was cast upon them by a few rebels lamias.”

“That went over obnoxiously easy. Yulia just destroys the rebel leader with facts and logic and then recruits/abducts her. At least Talwa is cute.”

“Oh, I had no idea you had a thing for snakegirls too, Gina.”

“It’s more the nerd aspects, Marcie. I want to bully that snake.”

“Right…well the true ringleader was actually the new Archdemon of Lust. Since Yulia did not want to take the job...”

“Which is fucking bullshit.”

“Since Yulia did not want to become a demon, the tower just created an evil version of her. A Wayulia if you will. Or Malia, because engin is lame like that.”

“Oh, yeah. The fuck even happened with this bitch?”

“Yes, it did not appear the voices cared very much for that plotline or the second Archdemon on the floor. Hence, it went mostly ignored. That is the drawback of this style of storytelling, I suppose.”

“I hope the voices realize that this means we missed out on Yulia fucking her evil twin. Useless fucks.”

“On the upside, the voices also discovered an exploit that essentially gave them unlimited items.”

“For fucks sake! Engin, you stupid masochistic slut! Stop letting the voices walk all over you! Just tell them to fuck off, especially when they come up with some retarded nerd bullshit like that!”

“Gina, please. This is engin. It will never happen.”

“It pisses me off that you are right. Ugh! What now? Are we talking about the bugs?”

“Ah yes, the final obstacle of this penultimate floor was a tribe of scorpions that have enslaved a hive of wasps and tarantulas, which given the solitary nature of scorpions is rather silly.”

“Get to the point.”

“Ever pragmatic, the voices decide to help the wasp stage an uprising to escape to the next floor in the ensuing chaos.”

“Good, because I’m sick and tired of this floor.”

“Really, Gina? What about Beck?”

“Wow. You really want to go there?

“Gina?”

“The fucking voices completely ruined her!”

“Oh!”

“Beck was a badass huntress! She would have been a great addition but then the voices made her drink bimbo juice and now she’s a bimbo! You stupid fucks!”

“Well, she was an enemy.”

“And now she’s a Bimbo! You stupid fucks!”

“Hm, rather then Bimbo, brain dead would be a more apt description. Engin really did not seem to know what exactly to do with the fallen huntress. In addition, I also feel it important to note that Gambio thought through the entire remainder of the run that Beck was a Wasp, instead of a Scorpion. How embarrassing.”

“I don’t give a shit. What’s actually important is that Beck is completely useless for the rest of the story!”

“Well, she is fairly useful mannequin for more exploits involving unlimited items...”

“…”

“On second thought, I see your point. Anyways, with that the group has conquered yet another floor. Time to move on towards the...”

“Where are my sharks?”

“Ah, crud.”

“I was promised sand sharks, Marcie. Where are the sand sharks?”

“I suppose the voices just missed them?”

“How the fuck can you miss sand sharks in a fucking sand desert!”

“Can we move on?”

“No! I want my sharks!”

“Gina, please.”

“I am not letting this go, Marcie. The amount of stories I read that did not feature any sharks despite having a very easy time to fit them in is already staggering. But at least smug shits like selfie didn’t fucking promised me sharks just to cockblock me like this lying painslut!”

“Maybe there will be sharks on the final floor?”

“No, there won’t, Marcie. This can only end in one way. Disappointment.”

“Gina, I am sure engin will be delighted...err horrified if you punish her for this transgression. After we are done with this review.”

“Keh.”

“Returning to actual important matters, Yulia and friends have finally made it. They are at last at the final floor of the tower of voices.”

“Have I already said that this is a really stupid name?”

“Yes. On the very first line of this series.”

“Well, it’s still stupid!”

“Can we move on, Gina?”

“Fine! So what? Cum collection bonus?”

“To summarize for the sake of anyone besides TheLeherengin: Throughout the tower there was a long sidequest that involved collect vials with liquid from all the floor monsters.”

“It’s cum, Marcie. They collected cum.”

“If the obtain all vials, they complete the set and obtain a secret prize.”

“So get this: In order to get the final cum vial, they need to kill Alide, and the voices agree!”

“Very bloodthirsty. Because of that choice, Alide becomes a proper floor monster, making the final floor even more difficult for our party. And her sister Dahlia makes trouble too.”

“So the voices decide to first **** Dahlia before murdering Alide. Is it just me, Marcie or have they descended fully into bloodthirsty psychopaths?”

“And here I thought you’d like murderous females, Gina.”

“Only if the victims are male.”

“Right. Well, I do not think the voices are entirely to blame for that one, Gina. And, besides they did not actually kill Dahlia.”

“Yeah, just enslave her with a ring of permanent suffering. That’s so much better. Ugh, all this fucking pain sluttery from engin has made me numb.”

“With Dahlia as their newest and very powerful member, they finally confront Alide.”

“And **** the shit out of her. It’s even all tragic and shit.”

“Which does get somehow dampened by the fact that they bring Alide immediately back as a golem.” At least they did not get to resurrect the fairy.”

“Whatever. So...after all this shit, what is the reward they get? It better be sharks.”

“Well...”

“THEY JUST GET TO SEND SOME ITEMS TO THE NEXT CHOSEN! WHY THE FUCK WOULD THEY EVEN DO THAT?”

“To help the next chosen?”

“Screw that! I want a reward for myself!”

“Well, with Dahlia and Alide now also more or less part of the team, the group marches on through the final challenges.”

“This floor is kinda uncreative.”

“Hmm, it does lack a theme, does it not?”

“Yeah! It’s basically just a bunch of rooms! We had a giant city in the sky and an entire ocean before!”

“I personally liked the daycare themed rooms. And speaking off, Yulia ends up giving birth to some unholy monstrosity once more…”

"Chuck it in a fire!" Yulia screams.

“Ok, I never thought childbirth was funny, but Yulia giving birth is pretty fun."

“Oh and Sally ends up getting enslaved. But those are only minor hick ups to the swiftly approaching finale.”

“...”

“Which is of course something special. In fact, in order to conquer the tower, Yulia will have to singlehandedly defeat every enemy she lost to before.”

“Kinda weird way to end this.”

“You think, Gina?”

“I mean, what’s with all of Yulia’s friends? They don’t get to take part in the final climatic battle? And then they won and...the ending is very hohum and by the numbers”

“Hmm…”

“Maybe it’s because engin actually fucking finished a story for once but I think she lost interest in the end here. The last floor in general felt a bit dry.”

“I do think that the ending is missing a bit of flair. But then again, engin was doing this story for over four years.”

“Fucking hell. Imagine doing this shit for so long.”

“Indeed.”

“So, Yulia remains at the tower while a copy of her gets send back in the real world. Bit weird, but the voices are a bunch of weirdos, so it checks out."

“Any closing thoughts, Gina?”

“So, that’s really it, huh?”

“It is. Yulia’s long journey is at last concluded. Looking back on our first review, neither of us thought she could accomplish it.”

“Yeah, but it would have really sucked if she failed that close to the finish line. As lame as the ending was, I’m happy Yulia won.”

“You, Gina? Happy for someone?”

“Piss off. I will still never forgive engin for not putting the sharks in.”

“I see. Sharks or not, this was an extremely ambitious project. I think engin did a pretty decent job of keeping matters engaging for the 446 chapters this story took to complete.”

“Fucking hell. That has to be the longest ass story we ever read, right?”

“It is. At least until we continue with sechrima’s Harem Hotel branch.”

“Hah…”

“And should engin endeavoring to continue this series, there were a few lesson learned. Party Size should be capped at four or five members. Better integration of fetishes and inventory should be limited too, in order to prevent the infinite item exploit the voices discovered.”

“Sounds like dumb nerd bullshit, Marcie. How about engin just stops making everyone pregnant with disgusting monster babies all the time?”

“I believe that to be rather unlikely.”

“Yeah, yeah, so we done here? I have a slut to punish.”

“We sure are. This concludes our review series of tower of voices.”

“Good.”

“At least until engin writes another 400 chapters with a different protagonist.”

“Fuck!”