A Wimp’s Strategy Guide to Conquer the Tower (Novel) - Chapter 141
Chapter 141
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Translated by Jinmu
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The 80th floor where Tiamat’s copy exists.
First of all, there were no summoned entities who knew this place.
Because it was the first time on the 80th floor for them too.
They said they had heard about it through the grapevine from other souls, but they couldn’t remember the truly important parts.
[Entering the 80th floor of the South Korea Black Tower (NO.2).]
The environment is an ordinary forest.
A beautiful full moon was floating in the night sky.
However, after receiving the mission,
The moment he took a step forward!
‘…Eh?’
The environment surrounding Joo-hyuk changed completely.
‘Suddenly?’
It was a familiar place.
A classroom of the high school he attended in the past.
Students wearing school uniforms and immersed in studying.
Joo-hyuk was sitting at a desk and chair.
It was the seat he used to always sit in.
‘It’s been a while.’
Actually, he didn’t feel very good.
A feeling of displeasure was already rushing in.
To Joo-hyuk, what were his high school school days?
Ostracization and bullying.
A loner who not only had zero friends but also ate school lunches alone.
Even so, was it only painful?
Like sweet rain in a drought, there was joy as well.
‘Jin-sook.’
Oh Jin-sook.
The female student Joo-hyuk had a one-sided crush on.
Of course, he couldn’t even attempt something like a confession.
She was a girl who played around a bit.
A female student who was called a so-called iljin (delinquent).
Jin-sook, who dragged her slippers around in a short skirt and would tap him on the head as she passed by when she was bored.
‘…But I still liked it.’
His heart would pound heavily at the sight of her smiling slightly after hitting his head.
But if you ask why he thought of Oh Jin-sook of all people…,
She was right in front of Joo-hyuk.
Upturned rolled hair, downy hair on her pure white nape.
He could tell just by looking at her back figure.
At that moment!
Oh Jin-sook turned her head and looked back.
And then, giving Joo-hyuk an eye smile,
“Joo-hyuk-ah.”
“…Eohm? Me?”
“Yeah, want to go to a karaoke room after class ends?”
A karaoke room, you say,
Is she really saying that looking at me?
Seu-euk!
Jin-sook approached closely.
To the point her breath could be felt directly.
“Let’s go and sing songs. Dance too, and you know I dance well, right?”
Of course I know.
Since Jin-sook is a regular at the school talent show.
Ah-ah-ah!
Lips and lips are too close.
To the point a sweet scent is felt.
“Shall we buy a glass of beer too? Ay, seriously, I get drunk from drinking just one can, and when I get drunk, I just take off my clothes anywhere recklessly.”
“…”
Kong-dak-kong-dak, a pounding heart.
He wanted to throw away his studying and go outside right this instant, but…
‘No!’
A sense of incongruity blooming in a corner of his heart.
‘There’s no way.’
The school’s most popular ultimate queen bee Oh Jin-sook is crazy enough to talk to him?
Above all, one fact that diverges drastically.
From Oh Jin-sook’s mouth, rather than a sweet scent like this…,
‘It should smell like stale cigarettes.’
Jin-sook-ah.
You without the smell of cigarettes are a fake.
Then he realized.
That he was in the middle of climbing the 80th floor.
‘It’s Tiamat.’
The mastermind who brought about illusions to him.
‘Well, although it was brief…,’
I was happy to see you again. Jin-sook-ah.
I must break free now.
“I’m sorry! Jin-sook-ah!!!”
Cheu-pit!
Joo-hyuk struck Oh Jin-sook’s head just like that.
Chal-ssak!
“Kkyak!!”
Euing?
What is this matter?
A real sense of impact is felt on his hand.
Could it be real?
“Y, Young Master!”
Heol!
It was Gyeon Dal-rae.
She, struck on the head by Joo-hyuk’s hand and with her eyes opened wide.
Aigo,
“A, are you okay?”
“I am perfectly fine. I was merely surprised a little.”
Thank goodness.
It’s a relief because he didn’t hit her strongly.
“However, who is this Jin-sook…?”
Uhm.
“J, just an alumni.”
“Aha! Is that so?”
There couldn’t be a more embarrassing moment.
Anyway, it’s definitively the doing of the 80th floor boss Tiamat, but getting caught without even resisting?
“I’m embarrassed.”
“Please do not blame yourself.”
“But…,”
“Except for me, Sir Gwangma, and Sir Gobang, everyone else is still within a dream.”
Eh?
It wasn’t just me?
It was then.
“Ho-ek! Hoo-e-e-ek!”
Kwak-kwak-kwak-kwak!
Right next to Joo-hyuk, Rajix continuously striking down with his pickaxe with bloodshot eyes.
And then he picked up a simple stone that came out of the ground,
“Ho-e-e, Rune of Trait Enhancement, 3 badges…,”
He is acting like this.
Veronica was,
“Uhm-nya, I don’t have night watch duty today. I’ll kill you if you wake me up.”
Dozing and sleep talking while lying down with a happy smile.
“Light!!!”
Bardin is in the middle of praying while tightly clasping his two hands and streaming tears.
The vampire Geppetto was biting Gobang’s forearm and sucking blood that wasn’t even coming out.
‘This is driving me crazy.’
Even the dog seemed to be dreaming.
The Blood Wolf was chewing a branch it picked up from somewhere like a bone.
Then what about Cossack?
He is sleeping curled up like a baby, what kind of dream is he having?
“…Father,”
Ah-ah-ah!
I see.
It was his father.
How much must he have missed him?
When he’s his biological father connected by blood.
Tears welling up, his nose tingles.
It seems he’s conversing with Hartmann in his dream.
“Father, how is Sergeant Bae, sir? Eng? She’s ordinary, you say?”
Uhm?
“To say Princess Dal-rae is far better, you have no eye for seeing, Father. You seem to not know well about our Sergeant Chul-leong Bae, but your mind will change if you see her fire a large-caliber bullet, sir. I will soon show you her figure wearing a bikini too, sir.”
Good grief.
“Ayu, daughter-in-law, what are you saying. Which of the two? …Heok! Both of them, you say? Aha! A hero takes three wives and four concubines? A harem is good, sir. He-he-he-he.”
Cossack having a good dream.
“…I wish to send a curse of death upon him.”
“Send him flying right now.”
Before he knew it, Gwangma approached Joo-hyuk with a satisfied smile.
“As expected of the summoner. You woke up the fastest.”
“…I did?”
“That is correct. The dream domain spread by the incubus is impossible to resist. How quickly one wakes up is what’s important.”
Ah! So it’s something one cannot resist.
Hearing the story, Princess Gyeon Dal-rae woke up first.
As soon as she was caught in the dream, she judged that it wasn’t reality and opened her eyes, and seeing the copy Tiamat flying towards her, she hurriedly sent a Demon Warding Talisman flying and chased her away.
“It’s scary.”
A completely different type of tower floor boss.
“Shouldn’t we wake these people up?”
“I have already tried waking them. But because they wouldn’t budge.”
“Leave them be. They must overcome the dream domain themselves personally.”
Tsk tsk, can’t they tell it’s a dream just by looking?
“The presence of the wicked bitch is felt over there, so this old man will go catch her.”
And then.
“Heavenly maiden, you stay by the summoner’s side.”
“Will you be alright?”
“Hmph! Could she dare to intrude upon this old man’s mind with such dark sorcery? Even if she did intrude! Stupid bear! You follow along too.”
“Understood. The warrior will go too.”
Spot!
The two people disappearing.
A short time later.
Kwa-kwa-kwang!
Peo-peong! Peong-peong-peong!
Roars echoing loudly on the 80th floor.
“Kkya-a-a-ak!”
Screams were heard too,
“You damn monster bitch! How dare you!”
Ultimately, Tiamat being dragged along with her hair grabbed by Gwangma.
‘So she was Tiamat.’
A woman in an almost naked state.
Cute horns attached to her head.
Black hair and black pupils.
She has wings attached, and a tail too.
“She was a succubus queen. With this, how could one resist the dream?”
Tiamat looked at Joo-hyuk with a pitiful gaze.
What do you want me to do looking at me?
“Her dark sorcery is scary, but her actual physical strength was weak. Well. I don’t know about the original, though.”
Gyeon Dal-rae approached Tiamat.
“It is you bitch. Let us share a conversation together.”
The task of activating the Tracking Talisman.
It’s practically almost done.
Since she has seen her appearance and experienced the dream domain.
“Heavenly maiden princess, are you done?”
“It is sufficient.”
“Then I will dispose of her.”
U-deu-deuk!
Gwangma twisting Tiamat’s neck.
[Elimination of Lord of Magical Beasts Tiamat (Copy) 1/1]
[Reward : Mana Stone 80kg / Tiamat’s Eye]
[World Notice : You have achieved the 80th floor clear grade S+++ of Black Tower (South Korea).]
There was a reward too.
Tiamat’s Eye.
But?
‘Eu-eu…,’
It really was an eyeball.
A round, circular eyeball.
‘Why give something like this?’
Effect : It is a material item.
It’s a material.
I can just hand it over to Mari-ssi.
Let’s postpone tracking the original Tiamat until tomorrow.
Since I might have to use the Ring of Tower Exit anyway.
Preparation is also necessary.
Though they fell helplessly like this into the dream domain spread by the copy.
‘What if it’s the original?’
Gyeon Dal-rae, Gwangma, and Gobang could also be put in danger.
They must go catch her after preparing countermeasures.
A shabby restaurant in Beijing, China.
A place frequented by many Chinese government officials because it is close to Zhongnanhai.
Douzhi, a soy milk made by grinding beans, and youtiao, a fried bread, are famous.
Originally a place run by an old couple, from a short while ago a woman in her 30s named Lingling had been helping out with the restaurant work.
The taste of the food is one thing, but there are also secretly many customers who come to see Lingling.
It’s not an exceptionally outstanding beauty, but a smile that makes people feel good, she does the hard restaurant work smoothly, and she’s kind to the customers.
So it was packed with people even early in the morning.
“Welcome.”
“Ah! Lingling, the usual.”
“Yes, please take a seat.”
A middle-aged man with more than half his hair gone sat on a chair.
“Deputy Director, you are a bit late today.”
“I had a huge fight with my wife at home before coming. Because of my son’s issue.”
“Oh my? So that’s why your complexion wasn’t good.”
Lingling with an expression saying it’s pitiful.
“Was it? Anyway, my son asked to be sent to study abroad in South Korea, but how could I? The atmosphere is not good this way and that way.”
Lingling patted the Chinese government official’s shoulder with a gentle smile.
“Everything will turn out fine. Please do not worry.”
“Ha-ha-ha, thank you, Lingling, I only have you.”
Right at that moment!
[World Notice : You have achieved the 78th floor clear grade S+++ of Black Tower NO.2 (South Korea).]
“…Eng?”
“Ah!”
A world notice that rang out abruptly.
“It’s driving me crazy. Hearing it when eating, hearing it when sleeping, at this point it’s noise pollution. Isn’t that right, Lingling?”
“That’s right. Just when I think I’ve gotten used to it, I get startled whenever a notice is heard.”
The people inside the restaurant also clamored and threw in a word each.
“78th floor, huh, damn it! Starting again today too.”
“If it’s South Korea’s number 2 tower, is it North Korea?”
“The North Joseon bastards must be happy. Because they’ll have no occasion for their tower to collapse.”
“Do our great nation’s players lack talented personnel that much?”
“Even putting aside tower clearing, if only they could win a soccer match…,”
“But 76th floor was the last one yesterday. But it’s starting from the 78th floor? What about the 77th floor?”
The world notice is heard by everyone.
Earthlings, without exception.
Even if not an Earthling, one could hear it.
For example, Tiamat who polymorphed into the Chinese woman Lingling.
‘Eu-heum, come to think of it, his consecutive S+++ clears stopped.’
He skipped a floor.
It should ring from the 77th floor, but the current world notice is the 78th floor.
‘What was the 77th floor again?’
Lingling, no, Tiamat recalled about the 77th floor mission.
‘There’s nothing special, is there.’
It wasn’t difficult.
A floor that belongs to extremely easy missions.
The ultra-high difficulty is also easy.
A matter of merely taking care of an all-but-dead Sword Master bound in chains.
‘Well, I guess he made a mistake or something.’
Anyway, it’s a good phenomenon.
He probably wouldn’t have received badges, and he’s taking a loss on privileges as well, so.
And the 79th floor, the path to the 80th floor.
A time attack mission unfolding in the Baratheon Empire’s Imperial Palace.
‘He won’t be able to do this one either. Even if he can do up to the high-difficulty optional mission…,’
The ultra-high difficulty will be absolutely impossible.
The clear target Kalios is hiding in 1 of the 100 rooms of the detached palace.
A maze and a time limit.
Until now, there hasn’t been a single player who succeeded in the ultra-high difficulty clear.
‘He won’t be able to receive badges this time either.’
A smile leaking out slightly.
At that, all the customers in the restaurant stole glances at her.
Who could dare to resist the succubus queen’s charm?
This restaurant is a place where not only low-ranking officials but also top-level executives of the Chinese Communist Party occasionally visit.
She will slowly seep into the Chinese power elite.
And later, she will completely control even the Chinese President.
A neighboring country close to South Korea.
What if she waits for an opportunity and drops even a single nuke on the city where that bastard lives?
Then!
Another notice being heard.
[World Notice : You have achieved the 79th floor clear grade S+++ of Black Tower NO.2 (South Korea).]
Tiamat’s eyes opened wide.
‘…What?’
79th floor?
What happened?
‘You’re telling me he found the Emperor and killed him within 10 minutes?’
By what means on earth?
It could be that he used a cheat.
But cheats should be blocked from the 70s floors.
That wasn’t all.
After time flowed.
[World Notice : You have achieved the 80th floor clear grade S+++ of Black Tower (South Korea).]
[World Notice : The Lord of Magical Beasts Tiamat (Copy) has been annihilated on the 80th floor of the South Korea Black Tower (NO.2).]
Tiamat had no choice but to abruptly stop dead in her tracks while carrying food.
‘…Up to the 80th floor?’
Even her copy died.
He certainly lives up to being a crazy summoner.
The hand holding the tray trembled, bu-reu-reu.
Even if it was a copy, it wouldn’t have been easy if he was caught in the dream domain.
‘Wh, what if he comes looking for me?’
No.
He will absolutely never find me.
Because the world is wide.
How would he know that she is hiding in China.
3 floors a day.
Moreover, all of them S+++ grade clears.
Naturally, there was an uproar.
80th floor!!!
Now that Tiamat is killed, is it over?
It’s a copy. Not the original.
Are there no things like special benefits this time?
Well, something will only come out once the original is caught.
What about the 81st floor climbing gift? You know that 4-piece set.
We’ll only know that by climbing too.
But why did they skip S+++ on the 77th floor?
It must be a difficult floor.
How difficult is it?
Don’t know, only the top player would know.
Someone go and ask him.
The South Korean Awakening Management Agency was likewise curious.
Just what is the 77th floor like?
So Jeon Kwang-il’s phone call came to Joo-hyuk.
It seems he was extremely curious.
– Player Bong-nim, it is me.
“Ah! Commissioner, you’re busy these days, right?”
– Haha, not at all. Compared to you, Player-nim, I am just at the level of playing and eating. Ah, right! Did you find any clues about Tiamat going up to the 80th floor?
“Well. I’m not certain, but I think I’ll have to climb a few more times to know.”
– By any chance, what type the Lord of Magical Beasts Tiamat is…,
Joo-hyuk explained in detail about Tiamat, whom he witnessed on the 80th floor.
A devil that burrows into a person’s consciousness and makes them dream, so the fact that it’s difficult to clear unless one has quite a strong mentality too,
– Then the original Tiamat too?
“Yes, she will bewitch people in their dreams.”
– …It’s a big problem. Ordinary people will unconditionally be mesmerized.
“I have to catch her as quickly as possible.”
A completely different type from the bosses of each floor experienced until now.
Actually, her physical strength was ordinary.
Well, a level where anyone who is a level 80 player could catch her even if they don’t necessarily have talent.
The problem is the dream domain Tiamat casts.
How many people could escape that?
– And it might be an awkward question, but how did the 77th floor…?
“Ah! The 77th floor?”
He seems to be saying that because we skipped the S+++ grade clear.
I should tell him in detail.
“It is difficult. It is truly difficult. Specifically, the final ultra-high difficulty optional mission is a duel against a ruined Sword Master, but…,”
– A, a Sword Master?
“Right. It was truly terrifying. You just die if you duel him. Our team members also looked down on him and attacked, but all ran away.”
– Ah!
“So spread it widely to the governments of each nation. To absolutely not carry out the 77th floor ultra-high difficulty mission. That they will die the moment they proceed with the mission.”
– Yes, I understand.
Actually, the opposite is true.
If you just eliminate the high-difficulty mission Alto Island Prisoner Boss Gillian, Sword Master Hartmann is a piece of cake.
He’s a person weakened from falling to his inner demons, so he’d pass away from a single skill strike.
You’re telling me to leave it like that for players to clear?
When he’s Cossack’s dad.
He can absolutely never leave it like that.
Anyway, he intends to catch Tiamat tomorrow.
Before that, enter the 80th floor and experience the dream domain a few more times.
He needs to build up immunity.
So that even if he gets caught, he will quickly come to his senses.