Adam did not care much about Zephiron's words. There was a reason why the Stream System existed in the first place.
The path to the summit of the Tower of Yxthar was never meant to be walked alone.
If reaching the summit could be accomplished by a single person, then sponsors, viewers, companions, guilds, and allies would never have existed.
The Tower itself encouraged connections and it rewarded cooperation.
It created opportunities for people to rely on one another. Thus, there was no shame in receiving help.
In fact, being able to earn genuine support from others could be considered a talent of its own.
If Adam had learned anything from his first life, it was that talent alone was one of the least reliable things a person could possess while climbing the Tower.
Some of the strongest individuals he had ever known had died before reaching the higher floors.
From heroes to geniuses and to people blessed by fate like the prophetess Leila.
The Tower had buried them all.
