A Wimp’s Strategy Guide to Conquer the Tower (Novel) - Chapter 137
Chapter 137
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Translated by Jinmu
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When humanity climbs to the 71st floor of the Black Tower, changes occur in many aspects.
Especially the benefits given.
A reward celebrating the hard work of overcoming the 70th floor’s curse of the average and climbing up to here, perhaps.
High-Grade Mana Stones, increased item reward probability, significant drop in tower clear difficulty, tower collapse deadline overlapping.
Thus, the world becomes a little safer.
The abilities of players also become increasingly stronger.
However, another purpose of the tower.
Trials for the world and the players.
If there are no trials, there is no value in the tower’s existence.
It makes players climb to the 80th floor and unleashes Tiamat upon the world.
Succubus Queen, meaning the lord who rules over the incubi and magical beasts.
As incubi are, Tiamat is different from other lords.
She is an intelligence character, not a physical character.
Cunning, selfish, and skilled at scheming.
The trial of infiltrating the world, alienating each nation to provoke wars, reducing the number of players, and finally leading to the collapse of the tower.
It makes them step on the 80th floor as quickly as possible.
Because in the world, there exists a player who becomes stronger as time passes.
That kind of player who calls his helpers one by one every month, raises their grades, and monopolizes all sorts of items the tower gives.
They must quickly open the door to the 80th floor before he becomes any stronger.
For this purpose, two items were scattered as tower rewards.
The items’ performance is simple.
By deluding the player’s mind, they create a plausible belief and will that they absolutely must climb to the 80th floor.
They won’t even know they are being brainwashed.
Because it infiltrates covertly through dreams.
Tiamat’s Right Arm and Left Arm make tower clears succeed under any conditions and lead the player to the 80th floor.
And the moment they climb to the 80th floor, Tiamat’s Right Arm and Left Arm are automatically destroyed.
The climbing was successful.
Tiamat observed the world through the memories of the player who climbed to the 80th floor.
And the very first thing she did after slipping out of the tower was polymorphing to look exactly like a human.
And then she searched for a place to hide and stay.
A large city would probably be better.
A place where many people live, if possible.
‘I must stay quiet for the time being.’
Why?
Because now is not the time to act.
As a result of observing the world, the situation was the worst.
If she rushes in hastily, she’ll be done in without even being able to try anything.
‘If I get caught, I’m finished that very day.’
Information within the memories of the player who climbed to the 80th floor.
She found out where the summoner player of the current world is, and what activities he has done so far, but.
‘Crazy. He’s a crazy summoner!’
My goodness!
To think he’s a player who achieved the highest clear grade on the Black Tower’s 76th floor consecutively.
How many Platinum Badges must he have acquired alone?
What is the number of privileges he received?
At this point, the people he calls out must be minimally 6 or more.
And one of them might be of the same grade as her.
That’s what he had to do to make consecutive highest grade clears up to the 76th floor possible.
‘You’re telling me to handle that guy all by myself?’
No matter how she thinks about it, it’s impossible.
Honestly, she didn’t even want to go out.
However, according to the laws of the tower, she had no choice but to manifest outside.
‘Stupid administrator bastards.’
Just how did they manage the tower.
Raising the player practically into a monster and telling her to give him a trial?
Is a trial even possible?
Should have told me beforehand.
Truly shifting the cleanup to her when they are the ones who made the mistake themselves.
First, she will endure while keeping as quiet as a dead mouse.
Even if sanctions come in from the tower, it can’t be helped.
It’s better than stepping up rashly and getting discovered.
‘As slowly as possible.’
Tiamat quietly closed her eyes.
And she ruminated on the information she had obtained.
No matter how she thinks about it, he’s a crazy player.
Highest grade clears not only for his own tower but even for the towers of other nations.
He even bypassed Kavalan’s curse, which had acted as the cause of destruction in other worlds, with minimal damage.
He even succeeded in a forceful occupation of a tower peacefully without war.
She doesn’t know exactly who he is, but anyway he lives in a country called South Korea.
Then where should her base be?
Conditions must be met.
A country where it’s comfortable to hide.
Yet a country that can directly influence South Korea.
Let’s pick an appropriate place and prepare a hideout.
However, she will not start operations immediately.
Wait until an opportunity comes.
When the first world notice rang out, the world grew tense.
Everyone could not help but recall the curse of Kavalan.
It seemed that way.
The final world notice.
Manifestation of the Lord of Magical Beasts Tiamat (Original) outside the tower.
The boss of the 80th floor came out to the world.
Isn’t that fact alone the worst threat.
In what manner would it be?
A curse? Physical attacks?
However, nothing happened.
It remained so even as days passed.
Could it possibly end as just a happening?
The world was merely quiet.
Thanks to that, the United States narrowly escaped an crisis.
If anything had erupted, they would have been cussed out profusely.
Videos from the pseudo-organization threatening about climbing the 80th floor and so on were no longer uploaded either.
Joo-hyuk met with Jeon Kwang-il at the Management Agency.
“Director Antonio informed us that the US FBI has arrested the 80th floor climbing blackmailers.”
Wow!
The FBI.
“They say they back-traced the route the You-Tube videos were uploaded from.”
The Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States, which one can frequently encounter in movies or American dramas.
Certainly living up to its reputation.
“Did they say they were indeed a pseudo-religion organization?”
“Well. Because there are slightly strange aspects.”
“What is it?”
“They arrested 2 player suspects, but they say they have absolutely no idea how they cleared the tower themselves, or why they climbed the 80th floor. They say they can’t even remember,”
“They can’t remember? Clear information regarding the 77th floor or higher, or how Tiamat looks too?”
“Yes, everything,”
Hmm.
It’s one of two things.
Either they are feigning innocence and denying it, or they were really possessed by something.
“The investigation is scheduled to continue, so we will have to watch. Antonio said he will also share if there are any special matters.”
They’ll do well.
Since they are experts in that field.
Anyway, what to do about Tiamat.
If she did something called manifestation, shouldn’t she be taking some sort of action?
What if she’s secretly hiding and scheming?
It is extremely bothersome.
Feels like getting a boil on the buttocks.
Have to quickly pop it.
“Where would Tiamat be?”
“Since it’s an American tower, she’s likely in the US, but it couldn’t be that obvious, so still we are searching diligently. The US government is also keeping a close watch to see if there are any abnormal phenomena occurring.”
Well, it’s good if nothing happens.
“Right! What about the Rune of Awakening?”
“Ah, I’m embarrassed but I…,”
Mmm?
“Then is the Commissioner also a player?”
“Yes. And I also signed an elite contract.”
“Uh…,”
I don’t know whether I should congratulate this or not, but can I just gloss over it?
“Rajix designated summon!”
Spot!
“Ho-eng!”
Rajix greeting while raising one hand high.
“Rajix-ssi, they say our Commissioner has become a player.”
“Hoo-e?”
“So let’s give him a gift. You have items without tower-exclusive modifiers in the subspace backpack, right?”
“Ho-e-e.”
“Give him a full set. From the top of his head to the tips of his toes.”
Flustered Jeon Kwang-il.
“A, no, you don’t have to do this.”
“Eo-heo, just put them in your inventory. You have to climb the tower safely.”
“…Umm.”
The Commissioner is climbing the tower.
Make way! I wonder if a novel with that subject will come out.
Jeon Kwang-il also knows having become a player.
Especially since he’s a close-combat lineage, how important items are.
So he couldn’t refuse.
Today as well, Cossack went to work at the North Korean presidential residence.
Having a private audience with Chairman Kim In-jung,
“Chairman Kim, was there nothing the matter?”
“…N, not a big matter but.”
“What is the matter? Your expression doesn’t look good.”
“Those Jong-gan-na Chinese bastards are playing tricks.”
“What did you say?”
Cossack’s cold eyes.
Kim In-jung hastily continued his words.
“Today as well, the Chinese bastards threatened me saying to let them meet the Comrade Minister of the People’s Armed Forces, and that it would be better for me to stop the North-South unification work I am doing right now…,”
“Well now, their livers have swollen up. Got it for now.”
China, huh.
The country that hates the Korean Peninsula becoming one the most.
Naturally, they won’t just stand by.
He doesn’t care.
If they come at him, he’d rather be thankful.
The problem is Chairman Kim In-jung.
What if something goes wrong with this guy while he’s away from his seat?
All the works he has done until now will become bubbles.
“Do not worry. I will send you a bodyguard to protect Chairman Kim while I am away.”
“B, bodyguard, you say?”
“Right, one bat.”
A bat?
“I brought him along. Try opening that window over there.”
Kim In-jung half-stood up and opened the window.
Thereupon,
Pa-da-da-da-dak!
A bat flying into the room flapping its wings.
‘…Really a bat? That is going to guard me?’
It was then.
Pa-bat!
“Heok!”
Kim In-jung could not believe his own eyes.
The bat suddenly became a person.
It went pa-bat! and then transformed into a handsome man with a pale face, wearing antique Western-style clothes and even a mantle.
‘Wh, what in the world?’
Who is this person?
No, is he even a person?
“He looks like a human but he’s actually a vampire. He sucks blood like a mosquito,”
“Heok!”
If he’s a vampire, isn’t that a blood-sucker.
“Hey, Comrade Geppetto!”
“Yes…, why?”
“Say hello, this is the human we have to protect from now on.”
Geppetto sending a signal with his eyes.
Kim In-jung also bowed his head and returned the greeting.
“Therefore, do not recklessly suck his blood.”
“I won’t suck…, it. He looks untasty…, too.”
“Right. Even if I were a vampire, I wouldn’t suck it.”
Kim In-jung felt strangely offended.
What’s wrong with me?
“And I will send one other person as well, Sergeant Chul-leong Bae,”
Sergeant Bae?
“Is she a South Korean soldier?”
“A soldier is correct, but not a soldier of this world. Do not recklessly mess with her, as a hole might be drilled into your skull.”
“U, un-der-stood.”
“And the Minister of State Security seat is vacant, right?”
“Because I haven’t appointed anyone yet.”
“Seat our Sergeant Bae as the Minister of State Security. Then you will become safer.”
It seems they will have to work shifts.
It will probably be very bothersome for Summoner Bong, but it can’t be helped for the time being.
It won’t last long.
It should be fine once we overturn China once.
“You should always harbor a feeling of gratitude towards the one I serve. Because he is the one who told me to keep you alive, so you are being kept alive.”
“…”
The Minister of the People’s Armed Forces, and the old man he met that time, and the bat-human vampire he sees right now.
They were all dedicating their loyalty to one person.
He also knows the name.
If you don’t know it when they blatantly shout hurrah at the drop of a hat, you’re a fool.
Actually, it had been a long time since Kim In-jung’s desire for power disappeared.
If he wanted to try anything, he’d have to face these people.
Could he do it?
Not a chance.
He just has to follow as told.
That is the only way to prolong his life.
Joo-hyuk repeatedly cleared the 76th floor together with the other summoned entities.
By doing only the basic mission and exiting after Rajix mined High-Grade Mana Stones for a sufficient amount of time.
High-Grade Mana Stones seemed to be treated as treasure vault items too.
They didn’t respawn even if reset.
Well, it’s fine.
Because there is the North Korean tower.
Mining to their hearts’ content like that, 20 tons was quickly collected.
He also constructed a power generator on the White Tower 17th floor.
Now what remains is houses to live in and registering residents.
The corner Alchemist Mari entered into max-grade transmutation using High-Grade Mana Stones.
Cossack’s request that came in amidst that.
That there is a need to guard North Korea’s Chairman Kim In-jung.
So Sergeant Bae and Geppetto were put into shift work.
North Korea is North Korea, but where in the world is the manifested Tiamat?
Will it really just end with manifestation?
There’s no way that’s the case.
Time flowed quickly.
Now slowly,
‘It’s time for our Princess to return.’
And finally, that day came.
The catalog item Gyeon Dal-rae changed to summoning available status.
Joo-hyuk called out the summoned entities.
He also temporarily stopped the shift work and gathered everyone fully in one place.
“It’s time for the Princess to arrive.”
How would she have changed?
“Princess Gyeon Dal-rae, isn’t she going to become a Nine-Tailed Fox like her master?”
“Ei, no way!”
“Promoted from a Princess to a Queen?”
“Ho-e?”
“At the very least, she will appear having become the greatest shaman, a Grand Shaman.”
“It would be nice if her personality softened.”
“If we hear a scolding from an LSSR grade, blood will flow from our ears, sir.”
We’ll know when we verify it.
“Gyeon Dal-rae designated summon!”
Hwa-a-a-at!
Looking forward to it.
Grade breakthrough success?
Spot!
She appeared.
“Heok!”
“Eh?”
“…Hmm.”
“Oh!”
“Ho-e?”
Joo-hyuk opened his eyes wide.
“…Princess?”
Is it her?
It seems to be her…
She changed a lot.
Appearance, attire, and height too…
‘She got bigger.’
Originally, she was an absolute girl.
If you just put her in a school uniform, she was a high school girl of a South Korean high school.
But not now.
Her youthful appearance disappeared.
Gyeon Dal-rae who appeared in the form of a mature woman.
“We could send her off to be married.”
“…”
I don’t know if summoned entities can get married, though.
“Sergeant Bae must be nervous, sir. Our Princess is also formidable, sir.”
“…Still a long way to go.”
“A divine energy is felt. Almost on par with radiance, Light!!!”
– Name : Gyeon Dal-rae
– Grade : LSSR (Legend Special Super Rare)
The catalog name changed too.
From Top Shaman Priestess to Heavenly Maiden.
It looks certain she is a real heavenly maiden.
Because right now she is also floating about 30cm off the floor.
“Is she a ghost, sir?”
“But she’s a heavenly maiden?”
“Ah! It’s because of the winged robe.”
“If she’s a heavenly maiden shaman, she would be efficacious. I should ask her to read my fortune later.”
Nanda Dal-rae (Flying Dal-rae).
Levitating Gyeon Dal-rae.
A heavenly maiden in a winged robe.
Gyeon Dal-rae seemed to fly towards Joo-hyuk…, no, actually offered a bow while flying suspended in the empty air.
“This girl, has returned.”
“…U-uh, w-welcome back.”
Having returned as a mature adult woman, it wasn’t easy for a timid real man who has been single his whole life to treat her.
“Was, wasn’t it …h, hard?”
“Thanks to your concern, I have safely finished the breakthrough.”
Gyeon Dal-rae continuing her words with a mesmerizing smile.
“Also, I have become able to provide meaningful help, albeit meager, in Young Master achieving the great cause.”
Naturally.
Since she’s a Reu-seu-seu-al heavenly maiden.
“While this girl was reinforcing her soul, she came to meet someone within her consciousness.”
Who?
“Master Hae-ryeong who attained ascension to heaven and became an immortal, and another immortal.”
Another immortal, what.
“It is a person named the Dan-ju (丹朱) Immortal, and he imparted talisman arts to this girl.”
Oh!
A talisman art learned from an immortal.
How incredible would it be?
“However, while this girl went there to that world, was there nothing the matter in this world?”
“Why wouldn’t there be. Something absurd did happen.”
“What kind of…?”
Joo-hyuk explained to Gyeon Dal-rae all the events that had happened in the meantime.
“Tiamat, huh, a wicked creature that should be in the tower has come outside, so we must surely catch her.”
“But since we don’t know where she is.”
“This girl has one method.”
Method?
“Among the talisman arts learned from the Dan-ju Immortal, there is something called a Tracking Talisman (追跡符)…,”
Tracking Talisman.
A talisman art of the immortal realm that can find where a specific target is.
However, it is not omnipotent.
One must know about the target to be tracked.
At least their face, overall appearance, or personal details to some extent.
It’s even better if there’s a unique energy possessed by the target or a body part like hair.
If so?
“I’ll have to climb to the 80th floor. Because Tiamat’s copy will be there.”
“Truly you are sagacious.”
There is almost no difference between the copy and the original.
Activate the Tracking Talisman using the copy.
And if used outside the tower?
We should be able to find where the original Tiamat is.