A Wimp’s Strategy Guide to Conquer the Tower (Novel) - Chapter 194
Chapter 194
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Translated by Jinmu
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Director Antonio and Player Gerald, who departed from Washington Airport in the US in the evening and arrived around the afternoon.
They immediately visited the Awakening Management Agency and met with Commissioner Jeon Gwang-il.
They couldn’t endure it because they were curious.
Just what on earth is the giant monster section clearing method?
A weapon?
Or drugs or magic scrolls like the dream resistance kit?
However, it was something they couldn’t even imagine.
“…A gun?”
“A gun, you say? That thing you pull the trigger to shoot?”
Well, for something like a handgun, you can carry it inside as it’s judged as a personal belonging but.
“You’re going to clear the Behemoth with a gun?”
“Yes.”
What utter nonsense.
Earth’s guns are completely unhelpful for damage dealing other than for ranged pulling purposes.
Moreover, right now, due to the prohibition of gunpowder reactions inside the tower, even ranged pulling of monsters is only done with crossbows.
“It is not an Earth gun but a specially produced item gun. Because the player’s magic power is needed, we named it a magic gun. As for how it works…….”
They are listening to the explanation all the way through, but honestly, they found it unreliable.
How do you catch that massive Behemoth with this rifle that looks like a toy because the muzzle is so big?
“We also went through our own testing. Also, you will know once you go inside directly yourself.”
That’s right.
Has there ever been a time when they suffered a loss from trusting the Awakening Management Agency?
Also.
“Is this Player Bong’s work?”
“Of course.”
Then it can be trusted.
“We intend to proceed with this through a rental method like the Holy Sword. In order to use the magic gun, you must visit Korea directly yourself.”
“What about the rental fee?”
“It is free.”
Eng?
Free, you say.
They were shocked.
Commissioner Jeon, who reliably collected even the Holy Sword rental fee at ten million dollars each time?
“Instead, you will have to purchase the bullets. One million dollars per round.”
Jeon Gwang-il opened a large box and showed the huge bullets contained within.
“They are called awl delayed-explosion bullets, you cannot catch it if you don’t have this.”
Ah!
I knew it’d be like that.
Is there any way it would be free?
“Is it possible right now?”
“Enter and try using it. How many bullets shall I give you?”
“…With how many rounds can it be caught?”
“It is a minimum of 10 rounds. If your skills are good and you hit the vital spots, you might be able to save one or two rounds.”
“Hmm, do the bullets go into the inventory as well?”
“They do. They are not bullets made of gunpowder.”
Gerald pondered.
How many rounds should I buy?
What’s difficult about shooting a gun?
It’s a Behemoth that is so large I feel like I’d hit it even if I shoot roughly.
‘Since I have to clear 2 towers anyway.’
10 rounds each.
“Give me 20 rounds.”
“Yes! It’s 20 million dollars. The deposit is…….”
From now on, it’s a time for negotiation.
Director Antonio.
“Commissioner-nim.”
“What is it?”
“We are old friends, aren’t we. Right?”
“Privately, yes.”
Director Antonio furrowed his brows.
As expected, he’s not easily pliable.
“Wasn’t there originally an early adopter benefit?”
“Hmm.”
“Cleanly ten million! How about it?”
Jeon Gwang-il with an absurd expression.
“Man, bargaining should be done in moderation. You’re trying to slash it to half price.”
“It was like that during the Holy Sword too, wasn’t it. Furthermore, the budget hemorrhage was huge from buying the magic power sealing scrolls.”
“…….”
“Somehow please… if only for my sake.”
“Ehew.”
Gerald interjected.
“Director-nim, a person should know grace. It’s money going to Player Bong, isn’t it. We should be short even if we bought it giving double.”
“…You stay quiet for a bit.”
Alright.
I’ll discount it.
Since they came running first.
Actually, knowing Antonio would come out like this, he had talked with Player Bong in advance.
However, can he just discount it easily?
Pretending to do them a favor.
“Hyuu, alright. I will do it at half price. Because Player Bong told me to do so.”
“Ayu, as expected of Player Bong-nim!”
“However! There is a condition.”
“Please speak. Anything I can grant you, as much as you want.”
“Please record the successful clear video with a bodycam and disclose it. Well, mixing in appropriate comments as well.”
At that, Gerald.
“No problem. I’ve tried it once already. I will do it coolly with my best effort.”
Chak-chak-chak-chak!
Jeon Gwang-il taking out 20 bullets from the box and placing them on top.
Seu-seut, seu-seu-seut.
Gerald put the bullets inside his inventory.
“They really go in.”
“Because it is not gunpowder. Then, good luck!”
“I will be back.”
Spot!
Antonio and Jeon Gwang-il remaining in the office.
As they shared this and that conversation, 1 hour had already flown past.
Antonio was slightly anxious.
Will Gerald really come out safely?
It’s fine even if he fails, so if only he comes out alive in one piece…….
Right then!
Spot!
“Heok-heok.”
Gerald who appeared with an exhausted expression.
“Gerald! Are you alright?”
“Haa…….”
“How was it?”
“Only, exactly 1 bullet is left. Because it was hard to aim due to the vibration.”
Did he fail to overcome the vibration in the end.
Failed?
“…But I succeeded. NO.1 Tower is completely cleared, wow, the performance is really killer. To think it’s a bullet that explodes inside the Behemoth’s body.”
“Oh!”
“I think I need to purchase about 20 more rounds, to clear NO.2 Tower.”
“…….”
Although he hears the sound of money leaking smoothly, still, a bright complexion returned to Antonio’s face.
The tightly blocked giant monster section climbing is finally pierced through.
*
Joo-hyuk was on the 81st floor too.
Earth No. 675’s 81st floor, I mean.
He had waited.
The most anticipated clear.
The showdown between the giant monster Behemoth and the giant golem Magnus Gigant.
“I have to film this.”
How could I endure?
Even if I film it roughly, it would become a video that slaps the cheeks of blockbuster movies.
“I’ll film it realistically, sir.”
“You have to capture it well.”
Cossack grinning (pi-sik).
“Who am I, sir? The master of camera work brimming with a sense of speed, highly realistic action compositions, is it CG or reality? Directing without NGs, breathtaking immersion, if I film it, it immediately becomes art. The maestro of commercial films, the ten-million-viewer director, it’s me, Cossack, sir.”
He’s right.
Is there anything Cossack can’t do.
However, there was a competitor.
“Even so, it’s nothing more than ground filming.”
Mackenzie challenged Cossack’s stronghold.
“It is a clash of giant monsters so large that one must raise their head and look up. Without aerial filming, the sense of realism will inevitably drop. However, this Magician…….”
Seu-reu-reuk!
Mackenzie floating in the sky with Fly magic.
And then looking at Joo-hyuk.
“Filming from the air is possible. From the ground, from the sky, short-distance, long-distance, a video crossing back and forth freely, right now is the era of drone filming. Would the truly prepared director of photography not be none other than this Magician.”
Oh!
Sounds tempting?
Right.
There’s a limit to only ground filming.
“Magician Mackenzie-nim, please take the trouble.”
“Ha-ha-ha, do not worry, I will put in my best effort and capture an awesome video.”
Mackenzie smiling broadly.
On the other hand, a sullen Cossack.
It can’t be helped.
When filming once, we must film it well.
Just how much money does it cost to maneuver the Gigant.
Ssu-u-u-u-uk!
The Gigant slipping out of Rajix’s subspace backpack.
Tti-ring!
Receiving the mission and.
Kung-kung-kung-kung!
The Gigant leading its massive body advanced towards the Behemoth.
Shu-u-u-ut!
Mackenzie started filming while following the Gigant holding the latest model smartphone too.
“Keu-reu-reu-reu…….”
The Behemoth that discovered the Gigant.
Revealing its hideous teeth and then.
“Keu-a-ak!”
Kung-kung-kung-kung!
It lunged while screaming a bizarre shriek.
– Combat command, combat type input, Behemoth annihilation.
And.
The animal-type giant monster and the machine-type giant monster clashed.
The Behemoth swinging its front paws like a bear and striking the Gigant’s abdomen.
Peo-eo-eok!
Flinch! It seemed to be pushed back, but the Gigant grabbed the Behemoth’s head with both hands just like that and pummeled it with a knee kick.
Peok-peok-peok-peok!
“Kku-e-e-ek!”
The Behemoth wasn’t an easy punk either.
It opened its large mouth, bit the Gigant’s left hand, and shook its head like crazy.
“Keu-reuk! Keu-reuk! Keu-reu-reuk!”
So what if it does that.
When the Gigant’s entire body is metal.
Only its own teeth would hurt.
The Gigant didn’t only have physical attacks.
With both eyes glowing red.
Chi-ji-jik!
A blood-red destruction ray accurately hit the Behemoth’s face.
“Ku-o-o-o!”
The Behemoth writhing in pain.
The punk’s eyes injured by the destruction ray.
– Combat command, combat type input, rush.
The Gigant, which had widened the distance, rushed towards the Behemoth whose vision was limited.
Sswae-a-ek!
Kwa-kwang!
De-gul-de-gul.
The Gigant and the Behemoth became one body and rolled (na-dwing-gul-da) on the floor.
– Combat command, combat type input, pounding posture.
After tossing and turning (eop-chi-rak-dwi-chi-rak).
The Gigant sitting on top pinning down the Behemoth.
– Combat command, combat type input, pounding punch.
Raising its right hand high and pounding strongly towards the punk’s face.
Peo-eok!
One more shot.
Peo-eok!
Continuing.
Peo-eok, peok! Peok! Peok! Peok! Peok…….
“Wow!”
“Heo-eo.”
“It’s crazy, it’s crazy.”
“It’s killer.”
Admiration naturally came out.
The Magnus Gigant moving according to El’s instructions.
While securing a pounding dominance with exquisite body movements, it was turning the Behemoth into a bloody pulp.
“Our Gigant is stronger.”
“How much is the floor difference, sir? That is 81st floor, our Gigant is 85th floor.”
“That is correct. It would be a different story if it was a Super-Giant Titan Behemoth, but just a normal Behemoth is, well.”
Come to think of it, I remember.
The Super-Giant Titan Behemoth.
The scrub that appeared in Hell Mode due to the manager’s trickery.
It was more than 10 times larger than a normal Behemoth.
Because it was like a mountain.
A normal clear was impossible.
Even a Gigant probably wouldn’t work.
We barely caught it by airlifting a nuke from the outside.
‘Hold on……!’
Nuke.
Joo-hyuk spoke while looking at Rajix.
“Rajix-ssi.”
“Ho-eng?”
“The thing I entrusted to you before? The handgun and bullets.”
“Ho-eng!”
The handgun and magazine he received from Jeon Gwang-il in the past saying to use it for self-defense.
To think he entrusted it to Rajix wondering if there would be a use for it.
“Give that to me.”
Seu-seut!
Rajix taking out the handgun and handing it over to Joo-hyuk.
There were bullets loaded in the magazine too.
Bullets fired by the power of gunpowder.
Cheol-keok!
Pulling the slide back to load it, and pointing it towards the sky.
Keu-rik!
Ta-ang!
‘…It fires?’
The gunpowder exploded.
The thermal weapon explosion reaction that is strictly restricted on our Earth, I mean.
The smoke blooming from the muzzle, the pungent smell of gunpowder.
‘Then nuclear weapons too?’
The 675th Earth Black Tower.
Meaning that it is possible here.
‘Alright!’ (Assa!)
I got a hidden card.
Perhaps this will also only be possible exactly once.
Because if the managers here find out that nuclear explosions are possible, they’ll patch it immediately.
‘Still, I should be able to use it once, right?’
Anyway, the battle came to an end.
The Behemoth pinned under the Gigant couldn’t escape the baptism of pounding punches and.
Eventually.
[Giant Monster Behemoth Defeated 1/1]
[You have succeeded in the 81st floor mission.]
[Reward : 81kg of High-Grade Mana Stones]
Hurry up and put the Gigant inside and.
“Ho-a-at!”
Seu-seu-seu-seu-seu-seut!
It goes in naturally without difficulty.
Now then, the next floor.
A Gigant isn’t particularly needed for the 82nd floor.
There’s also the point that a Gigant cannot be used because it’s a cave environment.
So what if there’s no Gigant?
It’s enough if the summoned entities just smash its skull.
Thus, the 82nd floor Apophis clear too.
[Giant Snake Apophis Defeated 1/1]
[You have succeeded in the 82nd floor mission.]
[Reward : 82kg of High-Grade Mana Stones]
Moreover, because we entered the 5-level difference.
[World Notice : You have reached clearing grade S+++ for the 82nd floor of the Black Tower (Germany).]
[S+++ clearing reward : 2 Platinum Badges are conferred.]
Heartbreakingly, it’s a destroyed world so there’s no one to hear the World Notice though.
Because daily tower entries increased to 5 times, up to the 83rd floor.
The Giant Queen Spider Arachnoid clear full of baby spiders.
Our 9-circle Great Magician of Fire Mackenzie-nim.
“Flare Storm, Fire Rain, Hellfire!”
Melting everything entirely.
[World Notice : You have reached clearing grade S+++ for the 83rd floor of the Black Tower (Germany).]
[S+++ clearing reward : 2 Platinum Badges are conferred.]
It’s effortless.
With this, 4 badges.
150 cumulative badges.
30 in-kind.
Ayu, badges are coming in smoothly (ssuk-ssuk).
Receiving special privileges too.
I really did well installing the elevator.
Now, before going home,
Checking the progress of the Germany Black Tower.
Tti-ring!
[Location] : Germany Berlin Black Tower
[Completed] : 83rd floor
[Progress] : 84th floor
[Time Limit] : 899 days 10 hours 15 minutes 34 seconds
It’s generous.
I won’t need to come for a while.
*
It was miserable.
The sole Black Tower in the world was being trampled over.
To a player who came from another world, at that.
And 5 times a day, on top of that.
Even an S+++ grade clear.
Self-esteem plummeted.
Now even the sound of “Uh?” didn’t come out.
[…Did you contact the manager scrubs of Earth No. 1,001?]
[We did share a conversation.]
[What did they say?]
[They said they tried hard too, even while violating causality.]
[Retards.]
[They even concluded a Hell Mode Equivalent Exchange Contract, but they said it was insufficient.]
[Ha!]
Only a laugh comes out.
If they were going to do it, they should have done it properly.
Hell Mode Equivalent Exchange.
A contract that drastically raises the difficulty of the tower according to the mutual agreement of the player and the manager.
Even after doing that, it was like that?
[Didn’t they say anything else?]
[They told us to experience it ourselves. Saying we’d find out then.]
[Good. Then let’s try it once too.]
[Try what?]
[The Hell Mode Equivalent Exchange Contract.]
[No, why deliberately?]
[There’s no reason we can’t do it. That punk will accept it too. Having tasted it once.]
[Even if we leave him alone, he’ll likely stop at the 86th floor Super-Heated Kalpa Fire Phoenix.]
[I agree too. The Phoenix is impregnable, isn’t it.]
[This is a matter of pride. I will definitely kill that scrub before he faces the Phoenix. On the 85th floor. Together with that Gigant they boast about.]
They will tear him into shreds entirely.
*
Joo-hyuk returned to the White Tower 17th floor together with the party.
First, he took out the Gigant and stood it outside.
“Hyuu,”
It fought well, but his heart aches.
I didn’t notice it on the 81st floor, but taking it out and looking at it like this, there are many parts that are damaged here and there.
Starting tomorrow, I should bring a few more Gigants through repeated clears on the 85th floor.
One unit is insufficient.
I must secure spares, extra units.
It’ll be troubling if they do a surprise patch by any chance.
It wouldn’t do if they replace the tower monster.
I will bag them before they do so.
Since there’s enough space to stand them, the numbers should be generous.
At that moment!
Spot!
“Player Bong-nim.”
It was Jeon Gwang-il.
“Welcome. Commissioner-nim.”
“The magic gun rental ended successfully. Player Gerald purchased 20 rounds of awl delayed-explosion bullets and… Heok!”
Jeon Gwang-il who jumped in shock while speaking.
“Th, that, eum,”
He was pointing at the Gigant with his finger trembling.
“…Is, is that, the 85th floor Gigant, eum, c, correct?”
And.
Spot!
“Player Bong-nim, the mass production process for the escape from obesity bracelets in Pyongyang is finished…….”
CEO Jung of Rajix Trading too.
“Eu-hik? T, tower monster?”
Joo-hyuk smiled (hi-juk) and reassured them.
“It’s fine, it’s on our side.”
Our side, he says.
“Our Gigant even cleared the Behemoth.”
“Ah…….”
“Uh…….”
Ah right! Come to think of it, we haven’t checked the video yet.
“Magician Mackenzie-nim.”
“Yes, Summoner.”
“You have the video you shot on the 81st floor, right? Let’s watch it together.”
“Understood.”
Mackenzie connected his smartphone to the large monitor.
Then the combat scene of the Behemoth and the Gigant coming out in vivid and clear 4K video.
He shot it well.
From the air, from the ground, from far away, from up close, pulling it in with full shots.
It slaps the cheeks of Hollywood action movies.
Let’s leave the filming to Magician Mackenzie-nim from now on.
Jeon Gwang-il and CEO Jung were speechless.
Only staring at the screen as if wanting to pierce through it.
Well.
Where else would you see something like that?
It’s cool, right, our Gigant.
That was merely a warm-up exercise.
The ultimate target is a Dragon Killer.
Once it holds the Demonic Sword later, won’t it even catch Dragons for us?
“So there’s something I want to request from the two of you.”
“Wh, what is it?”
“It’s because I want to produce a sword body. In the form of a Bastard Sword, with the length being at least 60m.”
“…….”
Did they mishear?
Not even 60cm.
“…Did you say 60m?”
“Yes. As for the material, tower metal, Adamant would be appropriate.”
Is that possible?
A super-super-super-large 60m length sword?
“It is fine if you make it in divided sections and attach them together with welding.”
Jeon Gwang-il seems to know why Player Bong is asking them to make such a super-large sword.
It seems likely that he intends to let that Gigant hold it but.
“…W, welding is possible, but won’t the durability weaken?”
“It’s fine. We just have to enhance it anyway.”
With alchemy and magical engineering’s magic power circuits, and enchant magic.
“Do not worry about the money.”
Still, it’s too big.
Seeing Jeon Gwang-il agonizing, Joo-hyuk spoke.
“Seeing it on places like You-Tube, the Pakistani older brothers seemingly produced even car parts out of scrap metal from scrapped ships excellently, should we commission it to Pakistan?”
Not a chance in hell.
Would Korea’s steel technology be inferior to Pakistan’s.
Jeon Gwang-il nodded his head with a stiff expression.
“I will try making it.”
It is Player Bong’s request.
We must accomplish it no matter what.
You’re saying we can’t make a mere 60m sword?
Even if we have to pour in all the domestic steel industry’s know-how and skilled technicians entirely, we will successfully produce it without fail.