A Wimp’s Strategy Guide to Conquer the Tower (Novel) - Chapter 164
Chapter 164
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Translated by Jinmu
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Anyway, passing the buck failed.
Tch! This is why quick-witted summoned entities are troublesome.
‘Aiy, I’ll just open it.’
I’ll hear criticism if I step on a landmine, but isn’t Cossack a guy who has trained his endurance with countless curses all this time?
Also, is there a law that says one must unconditionally step on a landmine?
Rather, the probability of that is low.
If he draws something good, it’s an opportunity to receive praise.
“I will n, never open it, sir. Please…….”
“I won’t ask you to take responsibility. Do you not trust me?”
“The other summoned entities will not stay still, sir. Look at those glaring eyes, sir. If I get cursed at again this time, I will get trauma, sir.”
Jjeop.
Joo-hyuk acknowledges that too.
Has he only experienced it once or twice?
Actually, he could force him to open it.
If he puts in just a little more will, the absolute obedience principle will likely activate.
But demanding absolute obedience just for opening a box seems unnecessarily stingy and petty.
“Why do you not open it yourself, Player Bong-nim?”
“Because my premonition isn’t good.”
“It is the same for me as well, sir.”
Oh really? Then…….
“What about our reliable Gobang-ssi?”
“Summoner.”
“Yes.”
“Spare me.”
“…….”
What can I do?
He asks to be spared, so I should spare him.
“What about Gwangma-nim?”
“…This o, old man has carpal tunnel syndrome, so I cannot straighten my fingers.”
“Ah, yes yes.”
Carpal tunnel syndrome for the Unrivaled Mount of Corpses and Sea of Blood Gwangma, my foot.
Next is Gyeon Dal-rae.
As a fairy, wouldn’t she have a method?
“It is only natural, sir. All this time, Gongja-nim has been riding the luck of great fortune. However, great fortune cannot continue eternally.”
So?
“The direction of the great fortune has twisted for a moment. It would be wise to accept the misfortune; you just have to consider it a step backward for better luck, sir.”
So accept the misfortune now?
So that great fortune will come next time?
“What if we slap on a ton of luck talismans?”
“Eumm, it seems difficult not only with talismans but also with a prayer ritual, so… waiting until the flow changes could also be one method, sir.”
Waiting, she says.
So around when would that be?
I want to open it quickly.
To a loser man, immediate profit right before his eyes is more important than the future.
“Fairy Dal-rae-nim should open it personally. If a fairy opens it, it would surely differ…….”
At that moment!
Gyeon Dal-rae’s eye corners trembled pa-reu-reu.
“Aheug, suddenly feeling dizzy…….”
She slumped over teol-sseok.
“Princess Dal-rae!!! What should we do!”
Veronica, who was next to her, quickly supported her and hoisted her onto her back.
“I will support her and escort her inside the house.”
“…….”
Bardin also feigning surprise.
“Heok! I, I will assist you. Let there be light!!!”
“…….”
Three people ran away at the same time.
Tsk tsk tsk, their coordination is perfectly in sync.
Then who’s left?
The extremely extroverted magic tower master who loves stepping forward.
How hungry for attention must he be?
Since he’ll receive everyone’s praises all by himself if he succeeds, let’s shine the spotlight on him and have him open it.
However…….
He’s not here?
“Where did Mackenzie-nim go?”
“He already fled. With blink magic.”
“…….”
No, fleeing without even a pat-pat sound?
Is it a silencer blink?
It’s a chance to receive attention, so why?
It’s not just Mackenzie.
Geppetto and Tiamat also ran away.
Anyway, there’s no one helpful at the crucial moment.
How nice would it be if someone raised their hand and stepped forward saying, I’ll open it!
Tti-ring!
Just then, a tablet message notification sound.
Right!
There was Mari-ssi.
: Please do not come to me.
‘…….’
Huu,
Of course, there are those who didn’t run away.
The Blood Wolf sitting demurely next to me, sticking its tongue out, panting hek-hek.
‘Should I make the dog do it?’
As Joo-hyuk’s eyes turned to it, the Blood Wolf whined kki-i-ing, tucked its tail, and backed away hesitantly.
Even the dog says it won’t do it.
In the midst of that, Rajix looking at Joo-hyuk with an innocent expression.
“Ho-e?”
Oh! Our universe’s great farmhand.
However,
‘…Not Rajix-ssi.’
I don’t want to taint him with dirt.
What if he gets cursed at for drawing something bad?
It can’t be helped.
I have no choice but to open it personally.
Joo-hyuk reached out his hand towards the box.
Still a bad premonition.
It was almost certain.
If I open it now, it’s unconditionally the Multinational Tower Trial Ticket.
‘…Hold for now.’
Fortunately, there’s no condition specifying when it must be opened by.
Let’s unbox it slowly.
For now, I should pay attention to bracelet production.
Are there no effects yet?
Chairman Kim In-jung and CEO Jeong Dong-hoon, I mean.
* * *
U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Tower Climbing Bureau.
Secretary Macmillan, Bureau Director Antonio, and Player Gerald were watching the information footage of the 83rd-floor monster sent by the Korea Awakening Management Office together.
“Now it’s even a giant spider… this time there are subordinates too.”
“Damn it! It’s a situation with no answer even if just one appears.”
Antonio asking while stealthily stealing a glance at Gerald.
“Gerald, what do you think?”
“About what?”
“The 83rd floor Arachnoid.”
“It’s big. Gross, and there are baby spiders too.”
“Is that all your impression is?”
Gerald shrugged his shoulders and answered.
“Then what more should I say other than that? Since it’s already decided that the 83rd floor is impossible to clear anyway.”
Gerald’s current level is 81LV.
In other words, it means he cleared the 80th-floor monster, the Nightmare Black Horse.
It was a result obtained by breaking through the relatively easy 70s floors entirely and using the Dream Resistance Kit purchased from the Korea Awakening Management Office.
The 80th floor cleared like that.
The highest unique ability possessed by the Nightmare Black Horse is making players fall into dreams, but since that was blocked from the start,
After clearing the 80th floor, Gerald developed confidence.
Entered the 81st floor with a swollen heart, but exited as soon as he entered.
81st floor giant monster Behemoth.
Just facing that guy made his mentality crumble.
An enormous physique that makes one unable to even think of the concept of clearing from the start.
My goodness!
If it were somewhat similar, he would have at least tried rushing in.
In front of Behemoth, his sword was as insignificant as a toothpick, and his magic as faint as a firefly.
“The 81st floor is impossible too. Likewise the 82nd floor; that’s a fact that applies not just to me but to all players.”
Gerald’s self-deprecating voice.
“Except for only that person, my lifesaver and the best player in the world, that is.”
Macmillan and Antonio fell silent.
Since they were feeling it sufficiently even without Gerald’s confirming shot.
“Meaning the limit ordinary players can reach is up to the 80th floor.”
“Yes, unless a miracle happens.”
“Haa,”
Starting from the 71st floor up to the 80th floor.
A total of 10 floors.
Assuming they clear them all, the overlapping collapse time limit is 60 months.
5 years.
After 5 years, the towers worldwide might collapse sequentially,
Except for the 2 Korean towers.
* * *
There are 2 Escape Obesity Bracelets made as prototypes.
One was worn by North Korean Chairman Kim In-jung, and the other was delivered through Jeon Gwang-il to Rajix Trading Corp CEO Jeong Dong-hoon.
Before I knew it, about two days passed.
Mackenzie said the body’s changes could be noticed even after wearing it for just one day.
‘Is it still too early?’
At that moment!
“Player Bong-nim!”
Cossack, who was in North Korea and automatically unsummoned, appeared in the White Tower.
“Welcome back.”
“Chairman Kim lost weight, sir. After weighing, he lost more than 600g in two days, sir.”
“Oh! Is that so?”
600g in two days.
Well, it’s not a lot lost.
The important thing is that he only wore the bracelet and did nothing else.
Yet he lost weight.
What about CEO Jeong Dong-hoon?
He has mild obesity compared to Kim In-jung.
‘Said the effect is better the more severely obese one is,’
Has he not seen the effect yet because he’s only mildly obese?
At that moment!
Ji-i-ing!
The smartphone ringing inside the White Tower.
Answering the call.
– H, hello? It is Jeong Dong-hoon.
“It’s Bong Joo-hyuk. CEO Jeong-nim, have you been well?”
– Yes yes, th, thanks to you; actually, I contacted Ex-Director Jeon-nim first, but Director-nim told me to call Player Bong-nim directly so.
“Ah! I see.”
Jeong Dong-hoon’s continuing words.
– That bracelet, it had an effect. In two days, there was a weight change of about 300g.
“You didn’t make any attempts to lose weight?”
Jeong Dong-hoon’s increasingly heightened voice.
– I did not. Rather, the opposite. Since I was hungry at night, I ordered and ate late-night snacks.
Nice.
If there’s an effect, there’s no need to wait.
“Does Rajix Trading Corp have a distribution department that handles precious metals or accessories?”
– Of course. Although it has ‘trading corp’ in its name, the main division is the fashion line, after all.
That’s good.
Let’s start production.
Before that.
“CEO-nim, if you aren’t busy, would you like to come to my house? I have something important to discuss too.”
– I will go right away.
It’s been weighing on my mind for a while.
Rajix Trading Corp.
The company named after our universe’s great farmhand.
If you’re the CEO managing that place, you should at least know where the company’s roots originated.
Of course, it doesn’t matter if he doesn’t know, but there are also things to check while we’re at it.
* * *
CEO Jeong Dong-hoon, who received the call, arrived at Joo-hyuk’s house quickly.
“Pl, Player Bong-nim, I apologize, but since I came in a hurry, I came empty-handed.”
“Euhyu, it’s fine. Between a single family, what.”
Single family?
Jeong Dong-hoon feeling strange at Joo-hyuk’s words.
Doesn’t it mean he’s being acknowledged.
By the owner of Rajix Trading Corp and the world’s best player.
So his mood became slightly good.
“Excuse me, I have something to ask.”
“Yes, ask.”
“This bracelet, is it a tower reward item?”
“No.”
“Th, then?”
“It’s a manufactured item. The name is the Escape Obesity Bracelet.”
“Ah!”
Manufactured item.
I knew it would be like this.
The words Director Jeon Gwang-il said when handing over this bracelet.
That it is an item indeed, but not a tower reward; and that he should wear it and if there are any changes, to give feedback immediately, especially weight changes.
And the reason he called him all the way here.
If it’s a manufactured item, he must be thinking of selling it.
This extraordinary jackpot bracelet, that is.
Ah-ah-ah.
To think it’s a bracelet that makes weight control possible just by wearing it.
I can’t even dare to predict how much the demand will be.
This has a far stronger impact than tower leather products.
If mass distribution is possible, Rajix Trading Corp will rise to the ranks of the world’s top conglomerates.
“H, how do you manufacture…….”
Jeong Dong-hoon, whose body was heating up.
“It requires a procedure to show you that.”
“By procedure?”
“Security must be maintained as well.”
“Do not worry. I may not look it, but I am a tight-lipped guy.”
“Hmm.”
Joo-hyuk took out a piece of paper from his inventory.
White Tower 17th floor 1-day trial pass.
“This is?”
“Take it, then you will come to know.”
Jeong Dong-hoon with a puzzled expression.
What could be written on that thin piece of paper.
Anyway, upon taking it.
Cheu-cheu-cheu-cheuk!
Letters being engraved on the paper.
“Heok!”
– White Tower Visitor: Jeong Dong-hoon –
Tti-ring.
A system message rang in his mind simultaneously like a world notice.
[The target visitor is an ordinary person.]
[A temporary skill window has been activated. It is valid for 24 hours.]
‘What?’
Jeong Dong-hoon opening his surprised eyes wide.
Then.
[Temporary Skill]: Enter and Exit 17th Floor of White Tower (Valid for 24 hours).
“Is there anything that changed?”
Joo-hyuk was curious too.
Isn’t he the first ordinary person to be issued a 1-day trial pass?
“Th, there is; a temporary skill window appeared…….”
Jeong Dong-hoon told him about the message he heard and the temporary skill window that appeared.
‘Aha.’
So it was like this.
The skill window was activated for ordinary people as well.
Unlike players, with just exactly one skill item.
And even that is a temporary skill maintained only for 24 hours.
‘Then family members too?’
Inviting them to the 17th floor of the White Tower became possible.
‘I should give them occupancy rights.’
Since it’s a safety place even if the world perishes.
‘However…….’
Things that must precede that.
My true identity and the existence of the summoned entities.
‘Seems I’ll have to reveal it.’
Actually, it’s not a secret anymore.
Most people know.
Naturally, my family members should know too.
Let’s pick a day to reveal it sometime.
And introduce the summoned entities too.
Joo-hyuk looking at Jeong Dong-hoon again.
“Shall we enter?”
“…Uh, where?”
“You said it’s on the temporary skill window. 17th floor of the White Tower.”
“Ah, do I just shout ‘Enter 17th floor of the White Tower’?”
“Yes. You can exit like that too.”
Thus.
“Enter 17th floor of the White Tower!”
Spot!
Jeong Dong-hoon entered the White Tower.
As soon as he entered, a single structure visible to Jeong Dong-hoon’s eyes.
A massive high-rise building soaring straight up into the sky.
“Uh?”
What’s that?
It’s something I see a lot?
While commuting to work, that is.
‘Is this Gangnam?’
But it’s not?
In this place called the 17th floor of the White Tower, there was only one tall building like that.
The rest were all country houses.
And a facility looking like a communication tower over there.
“You’re surprised, right?”
Player Bong standing next to him before he knew it.
Of course I’m surprised, how could I be calm.
“Th, that by any chance?”
“That’s right. It’s the Rajix Trading Corp headquarters building. …You can consider them twin buildings. One in Gangnam, the other here in the White Tower.”
Right at that moment!
Seu-pa-pa-pat!
“Loyalty! Have you arrived, Player Bong-nim?”
Cossack, who appeared quickly with shadow steps.
“Ah! Greet him. This is CEO Jeong Dong-hoon-nim.”
“Oh! Is that so, sir? I heard a lot of stories from Director Jeon, sir. I am Cossack, sir.”
“…Yes yes.”
Who is this?
Is this person a visitor too?
Looking at something similar to an employee ID hanging on his chest, it seems written as ‘Occupancy Right’.
His curiosity kept increasing continuously.
“Where is our universe’s great farmhand?”
“He’s cleaning, sir. Look over there, sir. He is cleaning backwards starting from the 61st floor and coming down, sir. Only the lobby is left now, sir.”
“As expected of LSSR cleaning skills.”
“There is probably nobody who can match our farmhand’s cleaning skills, sir.”
A farmhand.
It’s not the Middle Ages, but in the 21st century modern society?
Could this place be somewhere that kidnaps people and works them like salt farm slaves.
And,
Joo-hyuk shouting loudly while looking at the building.
“Rajix-ssi!!!”
Jeong Dong-hoon doubting his own ears.
‘Wh, who?’
Rajix?
I heard it clearly.
He said Rajix.
“Farmhand Rajix-nim, please come here for a moment.”
Right at that moment!
“Ho-e-e-e-e-e…….”
De-gu-reu-reu-reu-reu-reu.
A white cotton ball rolling towards this side like crazy starting from the lobby of that distant building.
“…….”
Jeong Dong-hoon, half out of his mind.
At last.
“Ho-eng!”
The cotton ball finally revealed its clear appearance in front of him.
‘…Hamster? No, human?’
Feels like I’ve seen it somewhere too…….
Ah! Was it the live real-time broadcast of the Pyongyang terror scene?
Joo-hyuk’s continuing words.
“CEO Jeong-nim, greet him. He is the root and founder, spiritual pillar, supreme dignity, universe’s great farmhand Rajix-ssi of our Rajix Trading Corp.”
Finally, Jeong Dong-hoon came to face that ‘Rajix’ of Rajix Trading Corp that he manages.
* * *
Originally, there are three managers of the Black Tower.
The planner Designer, system Engineer, item Maker.
Among them, the Designer’s status is the highest.
So only the Designer was replaced this time.
The Engineer and Maker were retained as is.
[Even Mackenzie Dronac has been drawn. Now he cannot be stopped.]
[It is a serious situation. With the alchemist already out there as well, the 9-circle magician Mackenzie has also joined.]
[The synergy effect will be beyond imagination.]
[That is right. Soon, manufactured items that affect tower clears might be released rapidly.]
A magician and an alchemist.
Their fields are different, but if the two cooperate, a tremendous synergy effect occurs.
[But isn’t Mackenzie’s attribute not enchant? The effect will be minimal.]
[No, Mackenzie is a genius. A trifling enchant magic like that, he’ll likely master it quickly.]
[Eumm.]
[Don’t tell me, if even a magical engineer joins at this rate…….]
[Shut up! Don’t even say such jinxing words. Do you want to be fired? Wh, what magical engineer!]
[…….]
If a genuine magical engineer is actually drawn too?
Then we probably won’t even be able to do anything about it.
At last, the new manager realized.
Why the previous manager took such an unreasonable move.
It can’t be helped.
He himself also has to do something.
[I should adjust the items.]
[Yes? Th, that goes against causality…….]
[Do not worry. I do not mean I will interfere with probabilities.]
[Then how?]
[I will adjust the direction of the rewards. By concentrating them on specific towers, the overall item reward probability will remain unchanged.]
[Ah!]
[Are there countries where the conflict between the government and players is severe?]
[A few, albeit small in number.]
[Concentrate the reward items towards them.]
[With what items?]
[Rune Necklace of Liberation and items without the tower-exclusive modifier, so that ordinary players can sufficiently possess them too.]
I understand the intention, but.
[However, the Rune Necklace of Liberation is an item that only drops from the 71st floor and above, so it will be difficult for ordinary players to access.]
[That is correct. Players level 71 and above are mainly those nurtured by the state. Since they are cooperative with the government, if a Rune Necklace of Liberation drops, they will definitely return it to the state.]
[Then make it drop in the lower floors too. In the section from level 30 to 70 as well, then ordinary players can also acquire the rewards.]
[…Will there be no problem?]
[When managing the tower, errors of that level happen frequently. It’s fine. It’s within a fully acceptable range. And it has nothing to do with causality either.]
[Understood.]
Let’s watch once.
How the sown seeds perform.