A Wimp’s Strategy Guide to Conquer the Tower (Novel) - Chapter 158

Chapter 158

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Translated by Jinmu

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Mackenzie Dronac.

The Master of the Ruby Magic Tower, an extremely extroverted 9-circle attention seeker magician full of desire for recognition.

That’s right.

Attention seeker.

An extremely fitting catalog title.

He proved it with his first summon.

After making the living room dark and announcing his presence with miniature fireworks, floating two spotlights.

The show was continuing.

The main characters are Joo-hyuk and Mackenzie.

The rest are bridesmaids.

Kkwak!

Mackenzie hugging Joo-hyuk who was standing blankly.

The two spotlights merged into one.

Grand background music flowing out at the same time.

Jjan-jjan! Jja-ja-ja-ja-jan… jja-jjan!

A truly perfect stage.

The rose petals invoked through illusion magic covered the entire living room.

It was a spectacle.

“Thank you! Truly thank you! No, just saying thank you is lacking, to pull me out of hell.”

“Ah, yes yes.”

“We are truly a match made in heaven. I felt it as soon as we met. Don’t you think so too, Summoner?”

A match made in heaven is a bit…….

A strong hug containing sincerity.

Perhaps finding that sight sickening to look at, Gwangma finally saying a word.

“Damn attention seeker bastard, I’m worried, I’m worried.”

At that, Mackenzie glaring at Gwangma with a chilly expression.

“What? Are you jealous?”

“What jealousy? Would this seat feel jealous of the likes of you?”

“Then why are you picking a fight?”

“I will say just one word. If you do your meteor summoning bullshit outside the tower this time too, you will die by my hands.”

“…….”

Did he touch a sore spot?

Mackenzie’s expression twisted in an instant.

And.

Hwa-a-at!

Flames blazing up from behind his back.

Pa-chik, pa-chi-chi-jik!

Electrical sparks flying from the tips of his bristled hair.

What is this?

It’s not threatening.

It’s not hot either.

It’s just a visual effect expressing that he’s angry.

‘…He’s a living animation character.’

It seems to be magic that is unconsciously manifested according to Mackenzie’s emotional lines.

“Damn it! Why mention that?”

Hwa-reu-reuk! Pa-chi-jik!

“Do not act out. If you show even the slightest sign of meteor summoning magic, your head will fly off immediately.”

“…Hmph! How dare someone of your standing? Do you think it’s possible?”

“When did this seat say I would do it alone?”

“If you’re not alone…….”

At that moment!

Mackenzie realized that there were other guys glaring at him.

Ssu-u-uk!

Gobang expanding his body through gigantification.

Syu-syut, syu-syu-syut!

Cossack stepping with frivolous steps while making wind sounds with his mouth.

Seu-seut!

Gyeon Dal-rae slipping a talisman taken out from her bosom between her fingers.

Chwa-reu-reu-reuk!

Aliamari’s homunculus wrapping around his lower body before he knew it.

‘Hmm.’

Pi-si-sik!

The visual effect of the flames behind his back diminished.

The hair that stood up causing sparks also laid down.

Kkul-kkeok.

Gulping his saliva once.

“…I haven’t done anything yet?”

“Because it seems like you will. So please act out and go around. So we can finish you off cleanly.”

“Kill me? Is it even possible? The Summoner will also not stay still.”

“The three rules, article 3!”

“…Fuck.”

Seu-woong.

Mackenzie’s figure becoming dull.

The flashy visual effects were nowhere to be seen.

He just became pitch black.

It was as if he was painted over with black.

‘Wow!’

The more I see it, the more interesting it is.

To think there’s a summoned entity who directly shows off different special effects for each emotion.

A true man torn out of a comic book.

‘He’s a precious gentleman.’

Mackenzie’s background explanation.

His magic also boasts extremely flashy effects conscious of people’s gazes.

‘This was what it meant.’

Even now Mackenzie was being dyed black.

Not a metaphor, but real black color.

“Do not look down on Earth. Especially here!”

“…….”

“I’ll say it again, meteor summoning outside the tower is absolutely forbidden.”

“…….”

“Answer!”

“…Got it.”

Joo-hyuk just watched quietly.

It was fun, but it also seemed like Gwangma and Mackenzie had their own history with each other.

‘They’ll work it out on their own.’

By the way, meteor summoning.

Is that even possible inside the tower?

“Then since Mackenzie-ssi has also become our family member, the White Tower 17th floor occupancy right…….”

“W, wait!”

Eng?

Mackenzie raising his hand with a flash.

Hwa-a-at!

Shining radiance.

Falling spotlight.

Eou, how chaotic.

Becoming black, then shining.

“I have a favor, Summoner.”

I think I know what it is.

“Please unsummon me right now.”

I’m right.

“Please give me about 10 hours. It’s a bit tight, but I will quickly brag and come back.”

I understand.

How can a soul starved for attention and thirsty for recognition miss out on bragging.

‘But just how much bragging are you planning to do that 10 hours is tight?’

It can’t be helped.

I should grant his wish.

“Yes, I will do that for you. Go and brag.”

“Thank you. Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!”

Mackenzie floating up into the sky.

Wi-i-i-ing!

Nine circular rings shining all over his body were spinning endlessly like hula hoops.

‘…….’

Special effects whenever there’s a chance.

I don’t know how he is inside the tower, but there’s no doubt he’s a significantly interesting person.

“Mackenzie Dronac, unsummon.”

“Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!”

Spot!

Thus Mackenzie returned to the Infinite Prison again as soon as he was randomly summoned.

Anyway, I’m saying this because he disappeared, but.

“Isn’t that too much? He’s a Legend grade after all, talking about killing or not is a bit.”

“Not at all! He’s a guy who you don’t know where he’ll bounce off to. You don’t know what kind of accident he’ll cause if you let your guard down.”

No, is it that bad?

The person seems fine.

He’s a person who expresses his emotions simultaneously minute by minute with special effects like that.

Tti-ring!

: If he does any nonsense, I will burst him with my homun.

Even Mari seems fully on guard.

“To think he’s a guy who puts the three rules, article 3 into practice with a bizarre justification……. Brace yourself, Summoner.”

“The warrior will monitor him well from the side.”

“You must not let your guard down even for a moment, sir.”

What about yourselves?

Seems like they’ve completely forgotten their tadpole days just because they became frogs.

Let’s go meet Director Jeon Gwang-il.

I have a few things to ask too.

‘Ah, right! Rajix-ssi, we need to do the badge awarding ceremony.’

Let’s do that later when everyone is gathered.

* * *

A storm of great chaos was swirling in China.

The Continent Crisis Management Headquarters explosion terrorism.

It was an extremely serious incident to begin with.

The previous President death incident that happened before.

The causes for all of them were revealed.

Lin Chaoming was from a heart attack, Wang Yuan was by Bailong.

However, this time, the President Liu Zhao and Standing Committee members bombing death incident was entirely in a thick fog.

The crime’s purpose, method, suspect… they couldn’t even find the corpses.

All the deceased were the heads of each political faction in China.

Their absence incited secret power struggles everywhere.

Is that all?

The complaints of the Chinese players also boiled up boisterously.

Actually, the treatment of Chinese players is almost at the lowest level in the world.

Inside China, they are treated as neighborhood drums at the slightest provocation.

That’s the case even though it’s the country with the most players.

Even for this incident, public security officers rushed in saying they were going to hunt down the terrorists and demanded to open all inventories, what their alibis were at the time of the explosion, whether they harbored impure thoughts towards the Communist Party government; they tormented the players every single day.

State-nurtured players are somewhat better off.

However, the discrimination against ordinary Chinese players was extreme.

They couldn’t endure it anymore.

They judged that they couldn’t be subjected to this as is.

So, centered around several players, they founded the tentatively named ‘Chinese Players Association’.

They induced membership registration through social media and rapidly expanded their influence.

The first move of the Chinese Players Association.

Immediately stop the player oppression currently happening.

They warned that if their demands were not accepted, they would not hesitate to refuse the sale of High-Grade Mana Stones to China, and even halt tower climbing.

Did the Chinese government accept the association’s demands?

Not a chance.

The Chinese government defined the Chinese Players Association as a rebel group, declared strict investigation and punishment, and immediately set out to hunt down its leadership.

At this rate, will tower clears even happen properly?

Of course, if they only care about state-nurtured players, it won’t collapse.

The problem is the resources extracted from the tower.

A red light turned on in the Chinese tower materials market.

Ordinary Chinese players refused to climb the tower.

Even if they climbed, they didn’t sell the High-Grade Mana Stones to the government.

The conflict was gradually becoming more serious.

On the other hand, what about the other countries excluding China?

The scientific paradigm is in the middle of changing.

In the 70s floors of the Black Tower, humanity faced a revolution.

If there’s no worry about collapsing, isn’t the tower a High-Grade Mana Stone mine.

However, not everything is smooth sailing.

The identity of the 80th-floor boss revealed by the Korea Awakening Management Office.

The Nightmare Black Horse, Nightmare.

Very dangerous monster.

Skill that puts players to sleep.

If you fall into a dream, you suffer without being able to do anything.

Not falling asleep is important.

Then what’s the countermeasure?

Are there no items like the Holy Sword that was the key for the undead section in the past?

Why or why not!

Of course there is.

The Korea Awakening Management Office homepage.

As soon as you enter, a large banner popped up.

The items scheduled to be sold at the player shop in the future.

The Dream Resistance Kit for clearing the 80th-floor boss monster Nightmare Black Horse, Nightmare.

The product composition is one bottle of and one piece of Evil-Warding Talisman.

Two in one set.

The price is one million dollars, 1.3 billion won per set.

A product sold targeting state-nurtured players.

It’s the 80th floor anyway.

Ordinary players can’t even go up.

As soon as it popped up on the banner, pre-orders flooded in.

Almost all countries clearing the 70s floors sent inquiries to the Awakening Management Office.

For America, Director Antonio called personally.

– Hello, Director Jeon.

“Ha-ha-ha, have you been well? Director.”

– Well, I’m always free. By the way, Director Jeon, you must be busy. You have to level up as a player, and you have to handle the Director duties.

“Even without that, it’s to the point I regret awakening as a player.”

– Ha-ha-ha, you’re exaggerating too much. Even with your outstanding talent.

What talent.

Anyway, about pre-ordering the Dream Resistance Kits.

“How many?”

– 30 sets for now, will there be enough stock?

“It’s possible, but you’ll have to wait a little. We’re still only taking pre-orders right now.”

– I can wait as long as it takes.

“I will prepare them with special care for you.”

– Oh, right! About the attempted terrorism incident in Pyongyang.

“…Yes, what about it?”

– There’s a rumor that the mastermind is China.

“Well. I am not too sure, but the North Korean government would know.”

– Then is it completely unrelated to the Beijing bombing incident?

“I told you, didn’t I? I have no knowledge of it. And that is also a matter for the Chinese government to reveal.”

– Ah! Yes yes. I understand.

“Then if you’ll excuse me.”

Ttuk!

Director Jeon Gwang-il hung up the phone.

“Where are you trying to sell drugs?”

Of course, Jeon Gwang-il was aware.

Who the Beijing Continent Crisis Management Headquarters bombing incident in China was related to.

America seems to know too.

But they will never be able to know for sure.

They shouldn’t try to know either.

Honestly, just 7 people dying is not enough.

No matter how much they were the highest people in power.

‘Those dog-like Chinese bastards.’

In his mind, he wanted to blow away the entire Zhongnanhai in China.

At that moment!

Tti-ring!

The ringing smartphone message notification sound.

Checking it.

“Oh!”

It came from Player Bong.

– I’m thinking of visiting the Awakening Management Office today, is your time okay?

Of course it’s okay unconditionally.

I should meet him even if I have to cancel all my schedules.

Jeon Gwang-il hurriedly sent a reply.

– Please visit anytime at your convenience. I will be waiting.

* * *

The Infinite Prison.

The sorrow of the remaining people.

It’s already sorrowful enough not being summoned.

『I really wasn’t lying and was just doing heigh-ho!, but what do you know? With a feeling of my body floating up, my five senses just came alive. So I opened my eyes, and an old man who looks like Gwangma, a hamster beastman, and the Demonic Empire’s Magic Gunner were right there tteok!…….』

『…….』

『…….』

『…….』

『My first impression of seeing the Earth’s summoner… how should I say it, my soulmate? The two sides of a coin? The two poles of a magnet? You guys know it too, right? The truth that extremes connect with each other.』

『…What about the White Tower?』

『You didn’t go in there?』

『If I receive the occupancy right, I can’t come here again. So I asked him to unsummon me right away. I wanted to at least say goodbye to you guys before going.』

『Go.』

『Go quickly!』

『Shut up.』

『Stop it now.』

『Huu, it’s hard to endure so get lost.』

『Fuck, bastard.』

『No, why are you guys being like this? You don’t know how much I shouted heigh-ho when you guys were praying. It worked. Ha-ha-ha-ha!』

This damn attention seeker magician.

The souls were going crazy and losing their minds.

They had to listen to bragging for a whopping 10 hours.

And as time passed.

In the soul world that had quieted down with envy, jealousy, disappointment, and anger, someone sent telepathy.

『…Heigh.』

At the same time.

『Ho.』

『Heigh.』

『Ho.』

『Heigh.』

『Ho.』

It wasn’t a strong shout, but it was extremely desperate.

* * *

Korea Awakening Management Office Tower Materials Warehouse.

Joo-hyuk met with Director Jeon Gwang-il.

They had been busy and only talked on the phone recently.

“Player Bong-nim, it’s been a long time.”

“Ha-ha-ha, have you been well? I don’t know if you’ve leveled up a lot.”

“Eumm, I haven’t had time to enter the tower.”

“Oh my!”

In my mind, I want to enter the tower together and carry him like a bus.

Since the rule of tower clearing is solo play, there’s no suitable method either.

They shared this and that conversation together.

Like the supply of Dream Resistance Kits for clearing the 80th floor, the clearing methods for the giant monster section from the 81st floor upwards, or the supply of tower materials.

“Director-nim.”

“Yes.”

Jeon Gwang-il and I are in a relationship where we know everything there is to know about each other.

For that reason, I should inform him about the existence of the 17th floor too.

There’s something I need to verify too.

“There’s a place I got lotted out.”

“If it’s lotting out? Is it an apartment? Where…….”

“It’s the 17th floor of the White Tower.”

“…Yes?”

What in the world does he mean?

Was there an apartment called the White Tower too?

“Rather than explaining with words, I think it would be better for you to see it yourself, but if you’re not busy…….”

“Ah-ah, I-I’m not busy.”

“Then here, please take this.”

Joo-hyuk took out a piece of paper from his inventory and handed it to Jeon Gwang-il.

The one issued on the 17th floor of the White Tower.

While the permanent occupancy right is a card, the 1-Day Trial Pass is a thin piece of paper that could easily tear if mishandled.

The cost wasn’t much either.

Just 1kg of High-Grade Mana Stones.

Jeon Gwang-il with a bewildered expression.

When he received the paper Joo-hyuk handed him.

At that moment!

Cheu-cheu-cheu-cheuk!

Letters were engraved on the paper.

‘What?’

– White Tower Visitor: Jeon Gwang-il

At the same time.

Tti-ring.

A message ringing in his mind.

[A temporary skill has been registered to your common skills.]

“…Uh-eo.”

Jeon Gwang-il’s eyes widened.

To think the status window changed.

Joo-hyuk had been curious all along.

If I give the summoned entities an occupancy right, they completely move in.

Then what about players?

If I grant them an occupancy right?

“By any chance, did anything change?”

“Y, yes.”

“What……?”

“The item added to the common skills…….”

Jeon Gwang-il’s status window changed, he says.

Like this.

[Common Skills]: Enter Tower (1 time per day) / Tower Exclusive Inventory / Enter and Exit 17th Floor of White Tower (Valid for 24 hours).

Players seem to get it registered as a skill in their status window.

Because it’s a 1-day trial, just for 24 hours.

“Would you like to try going in?”

“Where? To the 17th floor?”

“Yes.”

I should if he tells me to.

I’m curious too.

Jeon Gwang-il quietly muttered the 17th-floor entry skill.

‘Enter 17th floor of the White Tower.’

At that moment!

Spot!

The environment changing in the blink of an eye.

I was inside the Awakening Management Office warehouse just a moment ago.

‘Is this place… the White Tower?’

It must be.

Because it’s the place entered through the system status window common skill.

‘Ah-ah-ah.’

His open mouth wouldn’t close.

Houses built everywhere.

Asphalt roads laid between them.

A communication tower-like thing could be seen far away, and next to it was a building of unknown purpose.

My god!

What kind of tower is this place?

Right at that moment!

“Ho-e?”

One person, no, beastman, who appeared without him noticing.

Rajix riding a large red dog was in front of him.

“Ah, hello.”

“Ho-eng!”

“Keong-keong!”

Rajix wearing a card necklace on his chest like an employee ID.

Glancing at it, the words ‘White Tower 17th Floor Occupancy Right’ were written.

Moreover, the dog also had a card necklace attached shortly to the collar part.

‘Rajix-nim has an occupancy right. The dog too…….’

I only have a 1-day trial pass.

“Ho-e-e-e.”

Rajix gesturing as if telling him to follow.

Jeon Gwang-il quickly ran and followed the red dog.

Come to think of it, his body was overflowing with strength.

It seems player abilities can be executed inside the White Tower too.

Before long.

A group of people gathering from afar.

It seemed they were gathered closely together having a conversation.

“Oh! Director Jeon!”

“Welcome.”

“Have you also received an occupancy right?”

Jeon Gwang-il showed the scrap of paper he received from Joo-hyuk.

“…It’s not an occupancy right, but a 1-day trial pass.”

“Tsk tsk, I see. Ours is a permanent occupancy right.”

The people showing the plastic cards hanging around their necks to him as if bragging.

“You’ll need consistent effort from now on. The permanent occupancy right is not something just anyone can receive.”

“Wouldn’t I be able to receive it someday.”

“Ay, the occupancy right is not given to just anyone, sir.”

“Director Jeon isn’t just anyone.”

“Still, he feels slightly lacking, sir.”

“Ho-e!”

Jeon Gwang-il felt strange.

Somehow feeling like he’s being left out.

‘A permanent occupancy right, huh.’

What do I have to do to get that?