A Wimp’s Strategy Guide to Conquer the Tower (Novel) - Chapter 198
Chapter 198
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Translated by Jinmu
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The Black Tower is heterogeneous.
A structure harboring an energy that originally did not exist on Earth, magic power.
From Earth’s perspective, the tower is no different from viruses, germs, and imperialist invaders that came from the outside.
Of course, they say it’s contributing to scientific civilization and economic development with a new energy material called the mana stone, but that is nothing compared to the danger the tower possesses.
A tower that has already risen cannot be eliminated.
There is no choice but to merely prevent the tower from collapsing.
The Black Tower is on Earth, but in reality, it’s an isolated space.
A place where the rules strictly of the Black Tower apply.
Therefore, one must receive permission to enter and exit the tower.
Only a small number of awakened players can climb the tower floors, carry out missions, and bring back mana stone rewards.
Then, are players limitlessly free?
No.
They must also abide by the rules.
For example, things like entering once a day.
The inventory ability is like that too.
The player’s universal skill, Inventory, has the modifier ‘Tower-Exclusive’ attached to it.
The things that go into the inventory are solely items that came from the tower.
Earth’s items do not go into the inventory.
There are some exception clauses though.
For clothing, shoes, or small items that can be held in the hand and fit in a pocket, it is possible to bring them inside the tower after being judged as personal belongings.
Because of such rules, bringing Earth’s weapons of mass destruction inside the tower was blocked from the very beginning.
Since they can’t be judged as personal belongings, nor do they go into the inventory.
But what is this?
The managers of the Earth No. 675 Black Tower still could not accept this fact.
[…A nuke detonates? Why?]
A nuke detonating, that is not an extraordinary event either.
The world war that occurred on Earth No. 675 in the past.
Just how many nukes did they exchange among themselves.
Probably the number of humans who died from nukes would be greater than the number of humans who died by monsters that came out from the tower.
However, the one that detonated this time was not outside.
It detonated inside the tower.
The destruction of the tower’s rules.
Something that should absolutely never happen.
However, the method was thoroughly appropriate.
A summoned entity summoned by the Summoner player’s trait, brought in the nuclear bombs from the outside with his own intrinsic skill.
[That hamster beastman, just what on earth is that scrub?]
Even when he took out and put in the Magnus Gigant, they weren’t shocked to this extent.
Isn’t the Gigant a tower item anyway?
Merely feeling, wow his subspace is vast.
They had merely thought of it like this but.
[Should we insert a clause banning gunpowder reactions, nuclear fission, and nuclear fusion into the system? We can execute it immediately once they exit.]
The Earth No. 675 Black Tower Designer thinking for a moment at the Engineer’s proposal.
[Rather than that, what is the method to sanction that beastman worker?]
[As of now, we cannot touch that scrub. Because no matter how much it’s the system, we cannot intervene with a summoned entity’s intrinsic skill.]
That’s right.
If that had been possible, he wouldn’t have even possessed such a skill in the first place, presumably.
[It is the sole choice we can make. A gunpowder reaction prohibition patch.]
It’s disgraceful.
It’s akin to whining, ‘Don’t hit me with that from now on? It hurt a lot,’ without even dreaming of retaliation.
[…Yeah, start the patch immediately once the scrubs exit.]
[Got it.]
Setting that aside.
[Have you found an 89th-floor free agent contractor?]
The Demonic Dragon Karatos was extinguished, making the person in charge of the 89th floor a vacant seat.
A floor currently replaced by Dragon Tooth Warriors made from dragon bones.
[Currently recruiting an appropriate Dragon.]
[Do it quickly. Since they might climb up to the 89th floor.]
[I think we can take our time. Since clearing the 86th floor will be difficult anyway.]
[Right. The Phoenix is unfazed even by nuclear weapons. As the highest-ranking Fire Spirit, if a nuke is detonated, wouldn’t it become even stronger rather?]
However, he feels like they will clear even the Phoenix.
If they succeed even on the 86th floor, the 87th and 88th floors seem like they would be over in no time.
He suddenly becomes curious.
Did that scrub clear the Phoenix of Earth No. 1,001?
[…Are you still unable to contact the managers of Earth No. 1,001?]
[Yeah, they’re not answering.]
Fuck!
Sons of bitches.
However, it can’t be helped.
Earth No. 675 and Earth No. 1,001.
Even if they’re both Black Tower managers, the territories they’re in charge of are different.
Their goals are the same, but it’s not a vertical relationship either, nor are they that close, therefore there’s no feeling of obligation that they absolutely must cooperate with each other.
To tell the truth, they’re competitors.
It’s a relief if they don’t mock them.
[Huu.]
Only sighs come out.
How did such a bolt from the blue fall upon them?
[Anyway, since we can buy some time, let’s research a plan to stop that scrub’s climbing or something.]
Right.
Even if they can defeat the Phoenix, an incredibly long time will presumably be needed.
From what they’ve observed so far, no one equipped with ice-attribute abilities capable of extinguishing the Phoenix’s fire was seen among the Summoner’s subordinates.
The single Black Tower left in the world.
We must make it completely collapse quickly.
If only we could kill that player.
Because only then will the project be able to resume.
[Just how much will the magnitude of the rewards given to that scrub be?]
[We placed too many things on the scale. If we had killed him on the 85th floor, it would have just been smoothed over, but since we failed at that.]
The rewards will be more than what was contracted.
Do we have to watch those scrubs rejoicing?
It would be better to rather not watch.
[…Turn off the hologram video.]
Pik!
* * *
The 85th floor where the clear finished.
The aftermath of the nuclear explosion hasn’t subsided yet.
First of all, the mission succeeded and.
“It will still be hot outside, right?”
I think it should cool down a bit.
At that, Rajix.
“Ho-e.”
Seu-seut, seu-seu-seut.
He took out a few bottles of potions from his subspace backpack.
“Hum?”
Elixir of Fire Resistance.
Leftovers from preparing for the firefighting clear.
I think we can just drink this and go out.
“Please give it to me, sir. I will drink it and try going out, sir.”
Cossack gulped down the potion and then.
He unlocked the locking device of the air raid shelter entrance and opened the door.
At that.
Huk-kkeun!
The hot heat pushing inside.
“At! Tteu-tteu-tteu-tteu…….”
Cossack hurriedly closing the entrance door.
“Eu-a, I almost got burns, sir.”
It’s still hot, huh.
El who was watching that sight.
“Because I am a golem, it probably will not be hot. I will go out.”
“No, why didn’t you speak up earlier, sir?”
“Seeing you trying to go out first, I thought you were confident.”
“…….”
Right then!
Seuk-seuk, seuk-seuk-seuk-seuk.
Mari writing letters on paper and handing it over to Joo-hyuk.
– I will send the homunculi harboring Frost Potions outside first™ª™ª
Frost Potion homies?
When did she make those again?
Seuk-seuk-seuk-seuk.
– Since you said before that there is no ice-attribute summoned entity, to be of help even a little… it should be able to sufficiently cool down the outside heat™ª™ª
I remember saying it before.
We have a tanker, melee damage dealer, ranged damage dealer, holy attribute, fire attribute, and supporter-type, having everything, but we exclusively don’t have an ice attribute.
“Ayu, our Shut-in Alchemist Mari-ssi, I did well calling you.”
The Shut-in Alchemist Mari deeply bowed her head as if shy at Joo-hyuk’s compliment.
And after that, chwa-reu-reu-reu-reu-reu-reu!
She sent the frost homies outside the bunker.
Chwa-ra-ra-rat!
The homies lowering the outside temperature by spraying the frost potions they were harboring.
Let’s go out now.
El takes the lead and.
“I think it will be fine.”
Following behind, Bardin, Mackenzie, Cossack, Rajix, and even Joo-hyuk.
It’s still hot (huk-kkeun) but to an extent that can be endured.
Joo-hyuk gazed at the location where the nukes exploded far away.
It was desolate.
A large crater was also sunken deeply as if a meteor had fallen.
By the way.
‘What about the guaranteed rewards?’
At that moment!
Tti-ring!
[The guaranteed rewards are provided.]
I’m looking forward to it.
I did it spectacularly, didn’t I?
[1 Rune of Trait Enhancement is issued to the Inventory.]
First one.
Next?
[5,000 tons of High-Grade Mana Stones are provided.]
‘Um?’
They give more?
The contract was 3,000 tons, but 2,000 tons are a plus.
However, what I am curious about is…….
‘By what method are they giving this large quantity?’
It was then.
Ji-i-ing!
Something like a transparent door opened from the sky and then.
Tu-duk, tu-du-duk, tu-du-du-du-du…….
Twinkling, glowing stones continuously poured down.
“Iya!”
They give it like this, I see.
“Ho-a-a-at!”
De-gu-reu-reu, tae-aeng! Paeng-geu-reu-reu.
Somersaulting Rajix.
He started sucking up the falling High-Grade mana stones without leaving a single grain using his vacuum cleaner subspace storage ability.
“As expected of our Dimensional Farmhand!”
“The suction power is no joke, sir.”
“It is practically at the level of a black hole.”
“He’s a summoned entity you can trust and use.”
“He’s not NO.1 for nothing.”
Following that.
[1.5 tons of Top-grade Mana Stones are provided.]
“O-ol!”
They give more topmost-grade mana stones than promised too.
A whopping 500kg more.
What is this?
With 1.5 tons of topmost-grade mana stones, it’s 1,500 White Tower occupancy right tickets, they are used as Demonic Sword enchant material too, and we can use Master Sergeant Be’s sub-light speed missiles without shortage too.
Whether it’s High-Grade or Top-grade.
Rajix entirely stored them in his subspace backpack.
Now the remaining reward is the badges.
With the S+++ grade clear being a given.
The contract was 20.
‘Just try not giving them to me.’
Tti-ring!
[World Notice : You have reached clearing grade EX for the 85th floor of the Black Tower (Germany).]
“…Um?”
Did I mishear?
EX grade, it says.
Then the reward is…….
[EX clearing reward : 20+30 Platinum Badges, 50 in total are conferred.]
“Heok!”
What is this?
20+30, plus 30.
No, they scoop it out indiscriminately like this?
“It’s 50!!! ”
“Nem? What is 50, sir?”
“The Platinum Badges.”
“Heu-ik? Really, sir?”
“Would I lie?”
Oh my goodness.
There was something higher above the S+++ grade?
Perhaps it’s natural.
There is nothing to be surprised about.
Is this an ordinary clear?
Blowing away 1 Giant Gigant and 3 Super-Giant Monsters in one shot.
“We should at least shout three cheers of hurrah.”
“We must definitely shout it, sir. Hurrah!!!”
“Hurrah!”
“Hurrah!”
“Hurrah for Rajix!”
“Hurrah for Gigant Unit 1!”
“Hurrah for Joo-hyuk!”
And.
“A silent tribute for our Unit 1 Gigant who bloomed its final spark and left.”
The summoned entities mourning Unit 1 together with Joo-hyuk.
Farewell, my first Gigant.
Now we received everything to receive.
An endlessly satisfactory clear.
He even felt a sense of gratitude towards the managers.
However, recognizing gratitude is recognizing gratitude.
The outrageous part cannot just be looked over.
Let’s say adjusting the difficulty to Extreme Hell Mode is what it is.
But attaching a midway abandonment prohibition condition?
“Damned punks.”
“They are extremely bad punks, sir.”
“Ho-rat!”
These No. 675 manager bastards are worse bastards than our Earth’s managers.
If we hadn’t brought nuclear weapons amply, 10 units, we would have been tied to the tower without a way out.
‘How to take revenge? I can’t just slap! them either.’
There is exactly one thing though.
The sole method to torment the tower managers.
Clearing the tower for them in an utterly unimaginable way.
If we add the EX grade clear to that?
It might be possible if we clear it faster than what we did on Earth.
“As soon as we return, let’s prepare the 86th floor firefighting clear and come back.”
“Yep!”
“I shall prepare.”
Seuk-seuk-seuk-seuk.
– I will help with frost homunculi too™¡™¬
“Thank you. Mari-ssi.”
[All guaranteed rewards have been provided.]
[The difficulty of the Germany Black Tower 85th floor has been changed to Normal Mode.]
[Exiting the Germany Black Tower.]
Spot!
* * *
Joo-hyuk and the summoned entities returned to the White Tower 1st floor.
When they finished the clear safely and returned, the other summoned entities waiting nervously (jeon-jeon-geung-geung) for Joo-hyuk rejoiced and welcomed them with a rapturous round of applause.
Jjak-jjak-jjak-jjak-jjak-jjak-jjak-jjak!
After doing so, explaining what happened on the 85th floor.
“Th-th-th, those scrubs who deserve to be fried in a dung water puddle to death.”
“Just because the rewards are good, you must absolutely not treat them generously, Young Master. Chastisement is required, Young Master.”
“The Warrior is curious where the managers live.”
“Me too, anyone know their address?”
“Would there be one, sir?”
“Ho-a-at!”
EX grade clear.
It was the best result of each superbly carrying out the role they were assigned to.
Cossack, who took over North Korea.
Thanks to that, we could obtain nuclear bombs without difficulty.
What’s there to say about Rajix?
If it weren’t for him, we wouldn’t have even thought of such a clear.
Besides that, El who piloted the Gigant, Mackenzie who protected the people in the air raid shelter, Bardin, Mari, everyone faithfully carried out their roles.
Now then, shall we tally up?
First, organizing the spoils of war.
“Rajix-ssi, let’s take out just the 1.5 tons of Top-grade Mana Stones.”
“Ho-at!”
Jwa-reu-reu-reu-reuk!
The pouring Top-grade Mana Stones.
They are dazzling.
So brilliantly radiant.
I won’t have to worry about Top-grade Mana Stones for a while.
And the Rune of Trait Enhancement.
I should eat it right away.
Kkul-kkeok.
[Trait] : Summoning (Simultaneous Summoning : 13)
Currently 13 people in total including the catalog summoned entities, and the turncoat defector Tiamat.
The number of simultaneous summoning personnel is also 13.
It matches perfectly.
It’s neat.
Actually, since the situation where Mari is summoned doesn’t happen often, you could say one spot is left over.
‘When is the next random summon?’
Still a long time left.
Well, it’d be nice if the Demonic Sword is made by then.
Drawing a new summoned entity and towards the upper floors clear.
If a Dragon appears, seuk-sak with the Demonic Sword!
Lastly, the Platinum Badges.
I received a whopping 50 in total.
The cumulative badges received previously were 150.
30 in-kind.
Right now?
Adding 50.
Cumulative badges 200.
80 in-kind.
So I opened the inventory to check if the badges came in properly but.
At that moment!
Tti-ring! Tti-ring! Tti-ring! Tti-ring…….
[A special privilege is provided for 155 cumulative Platinum Badges.]
[Special Privilege : 1 Multinational Tower Access Ticket is issued to the Inventory.]
[A special privilege is provided for 160 cumulative Platinum Badges.]
[Special Privilege : 1 LSSR Grade Guaranteed Summon Ticket is issued to the Tower Exclusive Inventory.]
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.
.
“…Euing?”
.
.
.
[A special privilege is provided for 195 cumulative Platinum Badges.]
[Special Privilege : 1 Tower Clear Mission Reset Ticket is issued to the Tower Exclusive Inventory.]
[A special privilege is provided for 200 cumulative Platinum Badges.]
[Special Privilege : 1 Additional Item Acquisition Ticket is issued to the Tower Exclusive Inventory.]
“Heol!”
What is this?
These special privileges?
“Cr, crazy!”
Come to think of it, they weren’t ordinary badges, right?
The official Platinum Badges given for clearing tower floors.
“This is really a jackpot?”
I received identically 50 Platinum Badges through the Lucky Random Box previously.
However, they were separate badges not included in the cumulative badges, and therefore special privilege acquisition was also impossible.
Of course, there was no problem in utilizing them for the purpose of conferring them to summoned entities to break through grades but.
However, the Platinum Badges received this time are different.
The Extreme Hell Mode mission strengthened via the Equivalent Exchange Trade with the No. 675 managers.
An EX grade clear success by detonating nuclear warheads.
Along with the promised 20, plus 30.
Badges received through clear success.
Naturally, the special privileges are also valid.
And they popped up 10 times at that.
“Crazy!”
The special privilege provision messages.
Items poured into the inventory uninterruptedly.
“Aigo, how can I be this grateful.”
I love you.
Extreme Hell Mode.
Right then!
[Achievement : You are the first across the entire universe to achieve 200 cumulative badges.]
“…Oh my?”
How could this be!
An achievement, it says.
I am losing my mind.
Gratitude! Overwhelming gratitude!
200 cumulative badges.
Yes yes, it’s not the first in Korea, nor the first in the world, the first in the universe is me.
[The achievement reward is provided.]
If it’s the first in the universe, the reward will also be different, right?
[A 1-time-use skill capable of summoning a Transcendence (Beyond) Summoned Entity precisely once is registered to your Status Window.]
“???”
[30 Platinum Badges are required to summon a Transcendence (Beyond) Summoned Entity.]
[The Transcendence (Beyond) Summon 1-time-use skill will be deleted from the Status Window after being used.]
[The manifestation duration of the summoned Transcendence (Beyond) Summoned Entity is 10 minutes. After 10 minutes pass, it is automatically unsummoned.]
Transcendence, Beyond Summoned Entity, you say?
Consuming 30 Platinum Badges?
Just what is this?
Is it installing an instant-kill skill?