A Wimp’s Strategy Guide to Conquer the Tower (Novel) - Chapter 153
Chapter 153
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Translated by Jinmu
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Joo-hyuk was issued 12 occupancy right cards using 12kg of Highest-grade Mana Stones.
11 cards in total combining the catalog summoned entities including the Blood Wolf, and Turncoat Defector Tiamat, and 1 spare card.
The funny thing about this is that they are physical cards.
A stiff plastic material like credit cards.
So, since they could be lost by mistake, he also went to the thousand won shop in front of his house and purchased employee ID card case necklaces for office workers.
Finally, he can grant the occupancy rights.
Then they’ll be registered.
Gathering all the summoned entities who were scattered about resting in one place.
“Everyone, attention! I have something to distribute to you.”
“A b, badge, sir? Is my artistic soul being recognized through the Beijing explosion short film, sir?”
“That’s for later. …And LSSR folks, let’s exercise some self-restraint. Eh? The SSR folks need to attach badges and upgrade their skills too.”
“…Yes, sir.”
As Joo-hyuk took out one card from his inventory.
“Ta-da! It is this.”
The summoned entities whose eyes all opened wide.
“Heol, a corporate card? Can we just swipe it wildly, sir?”
“It’s not a corporate card, it’s an occupancy right.”
Occupancy right?
The clever Gyeon Dal-rae quickly caught on, raised her hand first, and,
“Young Master, if you say occupancy right, could it possibly mean the White Tower…,”
“Yes, an occupancy right to the 17th floor of the White Tower.”
“Ah!”
“Euing?”
“Wow!”
The summoned entities’ expressions filled with anticipation.
They had only heard about it in words all this time.
That Summoner Bong-nim erected communication towers, constructed power plants, established housing complexes, paved roads, and did everything there…, but they couldn’t enter.
They were extremely curious.
The souls in the other world didn’t know the existence of the White Tower either.
It was truly a mystery.
An unknown world.
But an occupancy right to that place?
Can they hold it in?
“Please get in line. I will hand them out one by one.”
U-reu-reu, people flocking.
Spot!
The swift Cossack stood at the very front.
“I am first, sir. Am I not a founding contributor, sir.”
At that, Gyeon Dal-rae’s stern scolding.
“Sir Cossack! Know shame! Do you not even know manners? How can you have no sense of shame in the Eastern Country of Politeness! Yield to Sir Gwangma.”
“I am not from the Eastern Country of Politeness, though, sir?”
“Th-th-that man, only keeping his mouth alive…,”
At that moment! Gwangma pushed Cossack aside and came forward.
“Heol, cutting in line.”
“This old man’s unsummon time only has a few minutes remaining. So please yield a bit.”
“…Eumm.”
Cossack’s eyes rolling around dwing-gul-dwing-gul.
Ji-i-ing, the black crescent moon sword aura rising on Gwangma’s hand.
Can he help it?
“I, I will let it slide just this once, sir.”
“Yes, you thought well.”
It’s actually true that Gwangma doesn’t have much time remaining.
Among the summoned entities, the people with the shortest incarnation periods are exactly Gwangma and Mari.
They might automatically unsummon soon.
Let’s give to them first.
Joo-hyuk directly hung it around his neck after putting the occupancy right into the employee ID case to make it easy to hang around the neck, and,
“Sir Gwangma, congratulations on becoming a resident of the 17th floor of the White Tower.”
“Heo-heo-heo, thank you.”
At that moment!
Cheu-cheu-cheu-cheu-cheu!
The card vibrating inside the case.
Then,
Seu-seuk, seu-seu-seuk, seu-seuk,
Letters were engraved on the back of the card.
In Korean, of course.
– White Tower Resident : Gwangma –
“Oh! Fascinating. It is like an identification card.”
And,
Tti-ring!
A message popped up.
[Achievement : You have registered a resident for the first time.]
‘…Another achievement?’
Is the White Tower an achievement pit?
Achievements bring about achievements.
[Reward : Sub-items have been added to the Register Resident menu.]
Sub-item addition.
‘I can just enter and check this later.’
Next is Mari-ssi.
Hastily running to the room where the corner room alchemist Mari is,
“Please accept your occupancy right.”
Opening the door just a crack and slipping it through the gap.
Seu-seut!
A pure white hand came out and took the occupancy right.
Right at that moment!
Spot!
[Gwangma has been unsummoned.]
Gwangma reversed summoned because his time was up.
Following behind beyond the gap of the room door.
Spot!
[Aliamari has been unsummoned.]
Mari also returned to the other world.
They just need to be summoned again in 3 hours.
‘It should be fine to take my time now, right?’
Since I now have leeway in the number of simultaneous summons, let’s call the Blood Wolf too.
Our Rajix, he is his soul companion.
But can the Blood Wolf be registered as a resident too?
It probably can.
Since the condition for a resident is an existence with a soul.
“Blood Wolf Designated Summon!”
Spot!
“Ho-e!”
“Keong-keong!”
Rajix cheered hurrah and welcomed the Blood Wolf.
The Blood Wolf also wagged its tail like a pinwheel and licked Rajix’s face frantically.
At some point, the summoned entities lining up.
I don’t need to hurry from now on.
The incarnation period of the remaining summoned entities is at least 1 hour or more.
‘Hmm, who should I give it to first?’
Since I need to find out how the occupancy right granting operates.
So.
“…Princess?”
“Did you call, sir.”
“I will attach it for you first.”
Ignoring Cossack grumbling ‘I got rejected again’,
Joo-hyuk attaching the occupancy right necklace to Gyeon Dal-rae’s neck.
Cheu-cheu-cheu-cheu-cheu!
Seu-seu-seuk, seu-seuk,
Letters being engraved.
– White Tower Resident : Gyeon Dal-rae –
The 3rd resident registration.
“Since you became a resident, try entering the White Tower. Princess.”
“Eum, what do you mean by how, sir?”
“Nothing comes to mind? Like how to use the occupancy right.”
“There is nothing, sir.”
If so…,
“Try shouting it once. ‘Enter White Tower 17th Floor’.”
Just like entering the Black Tower.
“I will try it, sir. Enter White Tower 17th Floor!”
“…”
But nothing happened.
Do you have to shout it in a different way?
“Enter! White Tower 17th Floor, Enter White Tower! At the 17th Floor, Enter 17th Floor! White Tower….”
All of them don’t work.
‘Huu.’
What is the system doing?
It should at least let us know how to enter.
“By this lowly girl’s shallow guess, I suppose whether I would enter together as well if Young Master enters, sir.”
Is that so?
Then again, entering the Black Tower is also like that.
Tseut! How bothersome.
If it gave resident authority, it should have made it so they can enter and exit freely as well.
“Understood. Let’s try entering together.”
Joo-hyuk quietly mumbled.
“Enter White Tower 17th Floor.”
Spot!
[You have entered the 17th floor of the White Tower.]
He entered.
However,
“Eng?”
He was alone.
Gyeon Dal-rae did not follow him in.
Could it be she wasn’t registered?
Joo-hyuk touched [Resident List] on the menu that popped up before his eyes.
[Currently there are 3 residents.]
[List : Gwangma/ Aliamari/ Gyeon Dal-rae/]
All 3 were registered.
No, I granted the occupancy right card, and they were registered normally like this, so how are they supposed to enter?
‘Do I have to summon them inside this 17th floor?’
Right then.
Tuk.
“Summoner.”
“Ah, fuck, you startled me!”
Joo-hyuk thoroughly startled jumping back.
Someone suddenly called him and placed a hand on his shoulder.
In a place where no one should be…, heok!
“…Sir Gwangma?”
“That is correct. It is me.”
No, why is this person coming out from here?
“Y, weren’t you unsummoned?”
“That is correct. Therefore I wondered if I was returning to the Infinite Prison, the soul world, but it seems I was moved to this place. Because I cannot even go outside, I was exceedingly flustered just now.”
Unsummoned, yet he’s here.
“By the way, here…, is this correct that this is the 17th floor of the White Tower?”
“Yes, …where is Mari-ssi?”
“She is over there.”
“Ah!”
Mari crouching in the corner of the housing complex.
She didn’t cross over to that world either.
What happened?
Gyeon Dal-rae couldn’t enter, but why them?
Could unsummoning be the method to enter the 17th floor…, eum?
‘Could this perhaps be?’
Let’s check,
Joo-hyuk immediately exited from the 17th floor of the White Tower.
Spot!
“He came, sir!”
“You went alone, sir.”
“This lowly girl did not enter following you, sir.”
“Could it be a scam, sir?”
“The trickery of the despicable administrators is…,”
Calming down the summoned entities who were asking questions clamorously one after another.
“Unsummon Gyeon Dal-rae.”
“…?”
Spot!
Gyeon Dal-rae disappearing.
And entering the 17th floor again.
“Ah, Y, Young Master, what on earth is this…,”
Gyeon Dal-rae was there.
Now it became clear.
“Your home changed. From the Infinite Prison to the 17th floor of the White Tower.”
“Yes?”
“Heo-eo.”
That’s right.
They are summoned entities.
The place where they originally stayed is the Infinite Prison over in that world, the world of souls.
However, they received an occupancy right.
They moved.
The soul itself.
From the Infinite Prison to the 17th floor of the White Tower.
In a word, address change registration.
“I am convinced. It was that kind of method. Heo-eo, now I have become unable to return to that side.”
“…Are you sad?”
“Not at all! You say sad, this is no different from soul liberation.”
Gwangma’s face flushed red.
“Summoner, do you know whether this is an enormous matter?”
“W, well.”
“You saved this old man. From that terrible world, from the prison where I did not want to stay even for a single hour, I finally escaped. Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!”
Gwangma burst into refreshing laughter.
And then grabbing Joo-hyuk’s hands,
“What would I have done if I had not met you? Thank you. Thank you truly. Please accept my bow.”
He fell flat on his face and bowed.
“Oh my, please get up quickly.”
On one hand it is understandable.
The soul world where the five senses are blocked.
It must have been extremely painful.
However, they don’t have to go there anymore.
Gyeon Dal-rae also seemed extremely joyful.
Also bowing as if she could fly away,
“The Young Master’s boundless grace, this lowly girl, will always live keeping it engraved in my heart, sir. …I do not know what to do with my body at such a, such a tremendous favor, sir. Thank you, sir. I am grateful, sir. I am awestruck, sir.”
Ehew.
Why are they being like this, making my face hot?
Mari must be joyful too.
Although she wasn’t showing her face, the emotion of joy seemed to be transmitted as is from her trembling back figure.
Anyway, since I understood the situation, the other summoned entities too.
Spot!
Going outside to let them know what the benefits of the residents are.
“…Yes, sir? Did I hear wrong, sir?”
“S, Sergeant Veronica Caliber, I heard wrong, sir.”
“The warrior still does not know what it means.”
“M, My Lord! Because it is such a tremendous story.”
“Master? Master? Once more slowly…,”
After explaining it in detail, they finally realized the situation.
“R, really?”
“…Uh-eum.”
“Aaah,”
“Then without returning,”
“Oh my god!”
The summoned entities all know that the summoner has no reason to lie.
However, because it was such an enormous story, everyone was in a dumbfounded state.
You say we don’t have to return anymore?
Parting ways forever with the sickening Infinite Prison?
Everyone’s emotions surged.
“Summoner-nim, heo-eong,”
“I, I really don’t know h, how I should express my heart.”
“D, don’t cry, heong-heong-heong,”
“Commander-nim, Ce, Certain Victory!”
“Hoo-e-e-e-e….”
It was a sea of tears.
Tears not of sorrow, but shedding because they were so happy.
Ay, why are you crying?
“…Please get in line. I will grant you occupancy rights. Sir Cossack? Our Minister of the People’s Armed Forces. Come quickly.”
But?
“Eumm.”
Cossack hesitating while dawdling.
That gentleman, why is he like that again?
“E, excuse me Summoner Bong-nim.”
“What is it?”
“Occupancy right granting, can we do it later, sir?”
“Later when?”
“After unsummoning and returning from the Infinite Prison…,”
Euing?
You’re going there again?
You don’t have to go.
“If I receive the occupancy right now, does it not mean I can never go there again, sir?”
“Right.”
“The souls over there will not even know that we moved to the 17th floor of the White Tower, sir.”
“So?”
“I cannot brag, sir. Even if I go when I go, I must brag that I changed my address before going, sir.”
“Ah!”
Cossack continuing his words while smiling hee-juk.
“Teabagging is essential, sir. If they hear this, the soul world will be turned upside down, sir. It is vivid in my eyes, sir.”
“…”
Teabagging.
Provocation and humiliation surpassing simple bragging.
– Me! I’m moving?
– This beggar-like neighborhood, I’m never coming back.
The listening souls will go crazy with envy.
In addition, they’ll burst with resentment.
Meaning Cossack will go and enjoy that.
‘Wow! This evil…,’
It’s an extremely natural action for Cossack.
He wouldn’t be himself if he missed this opportunity.
Well, let’s grant his wish.
It’s not anything difficult.
“Understood. I will give you the occupancy right next time you’re summoned. Then what about the others?”
Silence.
No one raised their hand.
Eng?
What’s this?
Could it be?
“Everyone’s saying they want to receive it next time they’re summoned?”
Nod, nod.
“Do you want to brag?”
Nod, nod.
“…”
It can’t be helped.
I have no choice but to do as they wish.
Unsummoning all at once.
Spot! Spot! Spot! Spot…,
Brag diligently and come back.
Anyway, it’s a reward vastly more tremendous than expected.
Now the summoned entities became able to wait comfortably in a space almost no different from Earth.
However, a remaining question mark.
What about ordinary people?
Do they also completely move?
Then forced address change?
‘That’s a bit unfavorable.’
I can’t even try out an experiment somehow.
For now, I shouldn’t let ordinary people move in.
Because they could be trapped on the 17th floor from a single mistake.
Joo-hyuk entered the 17th floor of the White Tower again.
Spot!
Gyeon Dal-rae and Gwangma wandering here and there, seemingly fascinated by the 17th floor.
Mari-ssi seems to have gone inside a house.
It is gratifying.
Because they became able to be together anytime.
Nothing changes.
Only the waiting room changed.
When summoned by Joo-hyuk, they clear the Black Tower or spend time in reality, and then.
When unsummoned or the incarnation period ends, they would return to the 17th floor and take a rest.
With this, the physical lives of the summoned entities continue to be maintained.
As long as they are with him, that is.
‘I should make it a more comfortable space.’
There’s a lot of work to do.
To cultivate the 17th floor, even more High-Grade Mana Stones are needed.
Oh right! What is the menu added as an achievement reward?
Checking it by touching it.
– Cancels the qualifications of registered residents and banishes them from the White Tower.
Hmm.
If I can banish them as well…,
Would an experiment targeting ordinary people also be possible?
An incident that once shook the Infinite Prison, the world of souls.
A massive protest rebelling against the administrators’ overstepping of authority and probability manipulation.
However, it was like a pot.
It boiled up fiercely and then cooled down quickly.
Will anything change even if they protest?
Merely waiting for the Earth summoner to secure the Catalog Expansion Ticket as soon as possible so random summoning restarts.
But?
『Hello. Have you all been doing well?ã€
It’s the assassin.
The guy who gained the summoner’s love and trust and recently ascended to the Legend grade.
『It is regretful, but I came to say my final parting greetings.ã€
Parting greetings, you say.
Did something break out on Earth again?
『Do you know about the White Tower? I remember asking before and everyone said they didn’t know. But the true identity of that place has been revealed. If you ask what kind of place it is……,ã€
The following explanation.
From the White Tower lotting-out to the granting of occupancy rights, and the words that when unsummoned, they won’t go to the soul world but to that place to wait.
They said they moved.
They said they changed their address.
Shocking words.
To the extent that they absolutely couldn’t believe it.
『I, is it true?ã€
『Yep! Now we have become completely able to leave the Infinite Prison, the world of souls.ã€
Words continuing one after another in a row.
『Certain victory! Sergeant Veronica Caliber, I received orders to transfer posts from the garrison. The duration is forever, bye! Everyone. I will be going now.ã€
『As expected, a summoned entity must meet a good lord. The Lord is my new god.ã€
『The warrior agrees.ã€
『If I wasn’t summoned…, eou, it’s terrible just thinking about it.ã€
『Fortunately, I rode the last train well.ã€
『As for me too, becoming a turncoat defector was a god’s move.ã€
『Ho-e-e-e!ã€
『Keong-keong! Keo-keo-keong!ã€
Teabagging start.
『Do not worry, everyone. Now if there is only a random summon, it is a prison escape.ã€
『When the catalog expansion isn’t happening, can there be a random summon?ã€
『Ah! I see. You will not be summoned.ã€
『Tsk tsk, if you’re not summoned, there’s no occupancy right either.ã€
『What use is a High-Grade? You cannot escape here.ã€
『Anyway, fare well. I do not know if we’ll have business to see each other again, but.ã€
『Bye!ã€
『Hoo-eng!ã€
The souls were silent.
Bafflement, absurdity, despair, anxiety, sorrow, frustration, various emotions swirled.
Then they exploded all at once.
『Hey you fucking bastards!!!ã€
『Son of a bitch, dog shit! Dog poop! Fucker!!!ã€
『I, if I go out, Assassin, I’ll kill you first!ã€
『Uwaaaah!ã€
『Kyaaaah!!! Kyak! Kyak!ã€
『What about me? Why am I? Me? Why m-e-e-e!ã€
『Let me out. I said let me out, or else I’ll kill everyone!!!ã€
『Damn-i-i-i-it!!!ã€
『Let’s die, let’s all die. What is the point of living in this fucking place?ã€
『Fucking fate, nothing goes right for me!!!ã€
Agonizing cries, a scene of chaos.
Yet as if trying to grasp at least a single strand of hope.
『Now, now, let’s not be like this and everyone cheer up. Someday there will be a day we too are summoned. If I say heigh! you guys say ho! and let’s try pulling ourselves up.ã€
『Heigh!ã€
『Ho!ã€
『Heigh!ã€
『Fuck! Heigh-ho my ass, I told you we’re all screwed!!! They said the catalog expansion isn’t happening.ã€
『What do you mean screwed! Quit the weak talk and all together, heigh!!!ã€
『Ho!!!ã€
『Heigh!!!ã€
『Ho!!!ã€
『Heigh!!!ã€
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『Heigh!!!ã€
『Ho!!!ã€
『Heigh!!!ã€
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『Heigh!!!ã€
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