A Wimp’s Strategy Guide to Conquer the Tower (Novel) - Chapter 138
Chapter 138
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Translated by Jinmu
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80th floor climbing decision.
Then I must climb up from the 77th, 78th, and 79th floors.
What would the mission types be like?
Would the summoned entities know?
They are ones who have experienced the towers of other worlds.
As long as they weren’t restricted by geas, they know practically everything about the clear information of each floor.
However, they did not know the information of the 77th floor.
Because the missions of the 70s floors are not fixed.
The missions change depending on the summoned entities called out by the summoner.
For example, if Joo-hyuk had not summoned Gobang, the 71st, 72nd, and 73rd floors would have been completely different floors.
Because Gobang was there, because Gyeon Dal-rae was there, the tower’s missions were custom-designed.
So the 77th floor also has to be climbed to know.
Whether it is indeed a summoned entity theme mission, or a completely unrelated place.
Then what about the 80th floor?
There was no one who had climbed up to the 80th floor.
They had already been ruined before then.
“For us, there was no problem climbing at all.”
“Then?”
“The signs of destruction appeared in other nations.”
“Ah!”
Gwangma continued his words with a sorrowful expression.
“The tower is not just one. What use is it if only we do well? The problem is not inside the tower but events erupting outside the tower, and though this old man also tried his best, there was a limit.”
Wars erupting everywhere.
Would players be safe?
The collapse begins from the towers of weak nations.
“The towers collapse in a chain reaction. They pierce the surface of the earth like giant nails and lodge themselves deep into the ground. And once they are sufficiently lodged…, the world changes like a tower.”
He had heard it from Cossack.
Collapsed towers terraform the Earth.
Then the boundary between the world and the tower disappears.
In other words, players become able to use their power in reality even without the Rune of Liberation Necklace.
Because the world is soon the tower.
“Monsters manifest and pour out, players die in droves inside and outside the towers…, what use is it if new players awaken? When their levels are low.”
This is the reason Gwangma recommended world conquest.
Let’s finish it before the towers collapse.
“Soon circumstances may arise where we have to use the Tower Forceful Occupation Proclamation Megaphone frequently, so we must prepare. This old man will offer his life to help.”
If things go wrong, Earth could also meet the same fate as other worlds.
The reason Tiamat manifested outside the tower.
Though he doesn’t know well, would she have come for no reason?
She doesn’t intend to do anything inside the tower.
She is likely scheming outside the tower.
Taking care of Tiamat is essential.
The original, not the copy, that is.
What use is taking care of the copy and climbing to the 81st and 82nd floors?
The original would still remain somewhere on Earth, outside the tower.
“Let’s climb.”
Let’s find the original through the copy.
“I shall prepare.”
“Once we only catch the original Tiamat, we will rest comfortably from then on.”
Cossack also continuously nodding his head.
“That’s right, sir. Please do not do anything, sir. You must not do randomized summons either, sir.”
This time he intends to climb the North Korean tower.
Since they have cleared up to the 74th floor, starting from the 75th floor.
Also to obtain Platinum Badges.
106 accumulated badges.
After pinning 3 badges on Cossack a while ago.
17 on hand.
Not many left.
At this rate he won’t even be able to do badge awarding ceremonies.
Be that as it may.
“Princess.”
“Please speak.”
“We will clear the 75th and 76th floors again, but… you may rest. We can just do it among ourselves.”
Because she has to face her painful past again.
However,
“Because of Young Master’s generous consideration, this girl does not know what to do with herself. However, even if I face the already passed past again, it will have no influence.”
Ah-ah!
Our brave Gyeon Dal-rae.
“Rather, it is the fastest for this girl to step forward. Please do not worry.”
Right.
Let’s leave it to her.
To the Reu-seu-seu-al heavenly maiden.
Clear personnel, a total of 10 people including Joo-hyuk.
The corner Alchemist Mari-ssi is excluded for now.
Explosive Homunculi haven’t been replenished yet.
He should at least get some medicine and go in.
Joo-hyuk climbed the North Korean tower.
[Entering the 75th floor of the South Korea Black Tower (NO.2).]
75th floor.
A place he had already experienced.
The palace of the ruined Cheon Empire.
The soldier and warrior earthbound spirits wandering the nine heavens,
And the Commander of the Guardian Army Heuk Chi-su and the Preta Gyeon-sul who committed high treason.
It’s a floor Gyeon Dal-rae carried alone.
Even before the grade breakthrough.
Since she has now returned as LSSR grade.
Gyeon Dal-rae advancing, seu-reu-reuk, while floating in the empty air.
The low-grade earthbound spirits couldn’t even run away and were annihilated.
Commander of the Guardian Army Heuk Chi-su too.
‘Princess? Really…?’
Seu-reu-reuk,
‘Kkeu-a-a-a-ak!’
There was no need to even converse.
A heavenly maiden manifested, so how dare a trivial ghost.
The Preta Gyeon-sul was the same.
Upon encountering Gyeon Dal-rae in the palace main hall,
Seu-reu-reu-reuk,
‘It’s my niece. Heok? …How? Wh, what in the world?’
Stepping back while frightened out of his wits, and then.
‘D, do not come closer! P, please…’
Eventually, pa-pat!
The Preta Gyeon-sul disappearing like sea foam.
[World Notice : You have achieved the 75th floor clear grade S+++ of Black Tower NO.2 (South Korea).]
Acquired 2 Platinum Badges.
And immediately.
[Entering the 76th floor of the South Korea Black Tower (NO.2).]
The most difficult enemies of the 76th floor are surely the twin Nine-Tailed Foxes Yeo-chi and Yeo-pae.
“Shall we summon the corner Alchemist, sir?”
“No. We will do it among ourselves. Because we have the Reu-seu-seu-al Princess, and Geppetto-ssi too.”
“Oh! Geppetto and Yeo-chi! They suit each other, sir. I will attach the bastard asking for Summoner Bong’s blood to the bitch asking for Summoner Bong’s liver, sir.”
When Cossack gave Gobang a look.
Ppeong!
Gobang kicking the blankly standing Geppetto’s buttocks towards Yeo-chi.
“Kek!”
Syu-ung!
Geppetto flying away.
Yeo-chi, who was lying down, sprang up and with her deep blue fingernails,
Cheu-pit!
Slashed down, but,
“Eu-hi-hik?”
Peong!
Geppetto avoiding her by transforming into a bat.
At the same time, the Three-Tailed, Five-Tailed, and Seven-Tailed Foxes jumped down from the waterfall.
Full-fledged battle starts.
“Gobang-ssi hold the subordinate foxes with Taunt, and the rest of us will crush Yeo-chi.”
He discussed it with Gyeon Dal-rae beforehand.
How to do the clear without the bomber maniac Mari-ssi.
First, focus only on Yeo-chi.
Then if Yeo-pae appears from the cave behind the waterfall?
Cheu-pi-pi-pit!
Ssائه-ae-aek!
“Ki-a-a-ak!!!”
A massive beast cut through the falling stream of water and appeared.
However, cha-ra-rat!
A yellow talisman shot from Gyeon Dal-rae’s hand.
Neither slowly nor quickly,
Flying in a bizarre trajectory, and.
Chak!
Stuck to Yeo-pae’s body like a magnet.
“Stay there without moving an inch!”
It was a Binding Talisman (拘æŸç¬¦).
An effect that makes the target unable to budge.
This is the talisman art of Reu-seu-seu-al Gyeon Dal-rae.
The effect is one thing, but the ability to stick the talisman right onto the target with a chak!
Is it only the Binding Talisman?
Three or four more talismans flew towards Yeo-pae.
Demon Warding Talisman (僻é”符)
A talisman for exorcising demons.
They also flew and stuck to Yeo-chi.
Yeo-chi being collectively beaten by the SSR summoned entities including Gwangma.
When Yeo-chi is finished, Yeo-pae, and the subordinate foxes.
The clear was over in no time.
[World Notice : You have achieved the 76th floor clear grade S+++ of Black Tower NO.2 (South Korea).]
Rajix and the Blood Wolf are not visible again, huh.
Did they mine a lot of High-Grade Mana Stones?
Tower entry 3 times a day.
The third is the 77th floor.
[Entering the 77th floor of the South Korea Black Tower (NO.2).]
Spot!
From here is the start of the full-fledged journey.
Today up to the 77th floor,
Tomorrow, 78th, 79th, 80th floors, finish them in one go.
Privileges will also be checked all at once like before.
What is the environment of the 77th floor?
Sswa-a-ak, sswa-ak.
A beach where a sandy beach was widely spread out.
It was a seaside with crashing waves.
“Oh! The smell of the sea.”
Feeling exactly as if he had come to a public beach.
Indeed, he should catch Tiamat quickly and go on a vacation.
“Let us also go to a public beach.”
“It’s a good idea, sir. We must buy swimsuits first, sir.”
Right.
Must buy swimsuits.
Joo-hyuk slipped his hand inside his clothes and checked his abdominal muscles.
A bumpy washboard was felt.
‘Not bad.’
The result of everyday breathing exercises.
At this level, there’d be no occasion to be embarrassed.
I can imagine it.
The summoned entities swimming, surfing, running around the beach, and playing while bouncing beach balls.
‘Hmm.’
I definitely must go.
Everyone buying swimsuits.
Anyway, let’s receive the missions.
Looking carefully, this place is entirely like an island.
If we go inward from the beach, the missions will appear.
Just as expected.
Tti-ring!
Missions popping up, ju-reu-reuk.
[77th floor Basic Mission : Eliminate 24 Alto Island Prisoners.]
[77th floor Additional Optional Mission : Eliminate 11 Alto Island Long-Term Prisoners.]
[77th floor High-Difficulty Optional Mission : Eliminate the Alto Island Prisoner Boss Gillian.]
[77th floor Ultra-High Difficulty Optional Mission : Duel with the Ruined Sword Master Hartmann of Alto Island.]
It was an island.
And prisoners?
A prison?
“This place is Alto Island.”
At Joo-hyuk’s words, Cossack getting greatly startled.
“D, did you just say Alto Island, sir.”
“Yes. Do you perhaps know it?”
By any chance?
“Heol, Alto Island is a prison located in the vast open sea, sir. It is a place where only the most vicious criminals in the Empire are imprisoned. It is famous, sir.”
The meaning of Cossack knowing the place name is…,
‘From the 77th floor, it’s a floor for Cossack-ssi, huh.’
Cossack seemed to have realized it too.
While tilting his head.
“It is strange, sir. I have no special story, sir. Of course I was raised as an assassin, but it matched my aptitude well so I had no regrets, and well, though I died from stepping up unreasonably…,”
Cossack’s background explanation.
– John Cossack was a guild member who belonged as a nuisance within the Cruel Assassination Guild. ……His final end was a single failure. He tried to assassinate the Empire’s strongest Sword Master and died miserably.
Then?
“Is the person who killed Cossack-ssi perhaps Sword Master Hartmann?”
“Eng? How did you know, sir?”
“Because the ultra-high difficulty optional mission is exactly a duel with the ruined Sword Master Hartmann.”
“Heol! That’s a surprising matter, sir. That man, was once the greatest Sword Master of the Empire, sir. Why is he imprisoned here as a ruined man, sir?”
“I wouldn’t know either. Anyway, it says to duel him.”
Cossack slightly frowned and said.
“Though I did die to that man, actually I have no resentment at all, sir. It was merely an assassination request, sir. Accepting a Sword Master assassination mission in the first place was a foolish act itself, sir. It was all my fault, sir.”
No regrets and no resentment.
Then why is it popping up as a mission?
It was then.
People suddenly running towards the beach holding swords or spears.
Each has a name tag attached saying .
Their running body movements are not ordinary.
They looked stronger than the mercenaries met on the 71st floor.
“The warrior is curious. Why are prisoners kept alive?”
“Right. If they’re vicious, you can just execute them by firing squad.”
“It’s because they are nobles, sir. Under Imperial law, nobles are not to be killed carelessly, sir. So they’re dropped off here to die on their own, sir.”
Aha!
You’re saying all those guys are criminals of noble origins?
“Originally, nobles are outside the law, sir. But since they were imprisoned here, how bad of bastards must they be, sir?”
They look it.
Their eyes were different from the start.
“Meat has come. 10 people at that!”
“Th, there are women too.”
“Eat the women slowly.”
“No, you can’t eat the women.”
“Let’s catch the men first and grill them over the fire.”
“We must boil them to eat for a long time.”
What?
Eat?
“Are they talking about us right now?”
“It seems those bastards have become cannibals from staying on the island for a long time, sir.”
At that moment!
Something caught his eye on the beach’s sandy shore.
Human skulls, rib bones, leg bones, etc.
It seems they already caught and ate a lot.
Those crazy bastards.
“…Let’s hit them.”
“Yeap!”
As soon as his words ended, Sergeant Bae’s magic gun spewed fire.
Pa-juk! Pa-juk! Pa-juk!
Peok-peok-peok!
Accurate headshots!
Prisoners falling down.
“Wh, what is that? …A crossbow?”
“Dodge! Don’t clump together and scatter! Run in a zigzag!”
“Mage! Take care of that woman first!”
“Didn’t we say not to kill the women?”
“We can do it after killing them!”
Spot!
Cossack dashed out like a lightning bolt.
“Light!!!”
Ssائه-ae-aek!
Bardin followed behind.
“Ho-e!”
At Rajix’s command, the Blood Wolf also joined.
24 prisoners?
They couldn’t even run away.
They were cleanly taken care of in less than 10 minutes.
Basic mission completed.
Next is,
[Will you continue proceeding with the Additional Optional Mission?]
[If you refuse, you will exit the tower with a successful mission judgment.]
‘Continue proceeding.’
An old brick building was visible in the middle of the island over there.
Probably the place where the prisoners live it seems.
And the 11 humans who appeared.
Bastards even wearing armor and equipment.
Well, they seemed stronger than ordinary prisoners, but.
Rushing in all together, u-reu-reu,
Peok-peok-peok-peok!
Crushing them like beating dogs,
“Kkeu-a-a-ak!”
“Th, these guys!”
“S, spare me…,”
“Do you know who I am? I am the … of the Baron’s family, keo-heok!”
Seo-geok! Seo-geok! Seo-geok…,
Slashing their necks and simultaneously adding a ribbon to finish them off, Cossack.
“They’re cannibals, sir. Must be culled, sir.”
Rewards also popped up but they weren’t particularly good.
About the level of run-of-the-mill equipment items.
High-difficulty optional mission.
A tall giant came out from inside the building.
Name tag and information. Background explanation.
Grade is SSR++, Top-tier Sword Expert. Gillian was the third son of a Count’s family, but charged with raping and murdering numerous women, imprisoned on Alto Island, ate human flesh, and blah blah blah.
A bastard to incur the wrath of heaven and earth.
It’s certain he’s a quite strong guy.
His height easily looked to be 3m.
However, as Gobang enlarged his body with Gigantification and approached.
“Heok! W, wait! L, let’s talk…,”
Gobang’s fist plummeted toward Gillian’s crown like a thunderbolt.
Ppa-gak!
Peo-seok!
That was the end of it.
High-difficulty optional mission also completed.
What about the final ultra-high difficulty?
The party entered the building.
It was quiet.
Inside, there was nothing except household goods like beds, clothes, and human bones.
Where is Hartmann anyway?
“There’s a locked door here. It’s a sturdy padlock, sir.”
“Let’s open it.”
“Yeap!”
Cheol-keok!
Opening the door revealed stairs going down.
‘A basement?’
Gobang took the lead.
Gwangma following behind.
And Hartmann with a name tag was visible.
Half-naked state.
With his head deeply bowed, and both his arms chained and fixed to the wall.
Chain metal hooks hung from the ceiling pierced through his collarbones and bound him.
Blood and exudate flowing down from the wounds.
His legs as well.
Ankles and knees were also shackled.
The skin was already rotting.
It was gruesome.
To the point it looked like dying would rather be better.
– Grade : LSSR (Legend Special Super Rare)
– Type : Human (Knight)
Naturally LSSR grade.
What about the background explanation?
– Sword Master Hartmann enjoyed wealth and honor simultaneously as the Empire’s strongest swordsman. He entered a Marquis’s family as a son-in-law, married a beautiful young lady, and even had a son. He thought the happiness would be eternal.
– However, his misfortune began from then. His son, who was a mere 3 years old, went missing. Even though it was the heavily guarded Marquis’s mansion, he disappeared without a trace. He tried desperately to find him but it was in vain, Hartmann fell into despair, and from the shock his wife took to her bed, ailed, and died.
– His family ruined, Hartmann left the Marquis’s family and lived alone healing his wounds. Immersing oneself in work is the best way to overcome pain, so he participated in wars for the Empire, achieved successive victories, and elevated his name. 20-some years passed like that.
– Then one day, an assassin secretly sneaked into his bedroom. Has he experienced this kind of assassination attempt only once or twice? He cut him down with a single stroke. The dead assassin. But he looks familiar. Where had he seen him?
– Hair color and pupils the same as his own, a creepily resembling face shape, nose bridge and jawline, and familiar moles and scars on the body, …It can’t be. It must not be. Hartmann investigated the dead assassin. And he found out. The assassin was his son whom he had lost in the past. Hartmann became a ruined man that very day.
‘…’
Joo-hyuk doubted his own eyes.
‘What kind of nonsense…,’
Secret of birth?
I am your father?
Perhaps it’s another assassin, not Cossack.
However, scenes brushing past in his head along with the background explanation.
It is Cossack.
Hartmann’s son was none other than Cossack.
Wow!
His head went completely blank.
What should he say?
“Summoner, what exactly was the ultra-high difficulty mission?”
Joo-hyuk opening his mouth with difficulty at Gwangma’s question.
“…It’s a duel with Hartmann.”
“A duel, must we kill this person?”
“No! We must not kill him. Absolutely!”
“Eng? Why are you doing this, sir?”
“Th, that is…,”
What do I do?
Should I hide it?
No.
Revealing it is better than hiding it.
“Cossack-ssi.”
“Yep?”
“D, do not be surprised and listen to my words carefully. Actually Hartmann is…,”
Slowly, in detail, without leaving out a single thing, Joo-hyuk informing of Hartmann’s background explanation.
Cossack’s mouth gaped wide open as it reached the last part.
An expression of utterly not being able to believe it.
“I, is it a soap opera, sir?”
The other summoned entities also remained silent.
“Then this man is…,”
And Cossack’s lips opening with difficulty.
“…Dad?”
At that sound, Hartmann lifted his head.