A Wimp’s Strategy Guide to Conquer the Tower (Novel) - Chapter 231
Chapter 231
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Translated by Jinmu
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The ten-day Grand Journey.
However, the time that flowed on Earth was only exactly the moment we entered and exited the 91st floor.
Even the auction was exactly as it was ten days ago.
The bidding was only just starting now.
Time didn’t flow, but the ten days of suffering were real.
So it’s only natural to be fatigued, but we weren’t at all.
The same goes for the summoned entities who transcended LSSR, and my body is one that took a whopping Enhancement Elixir.
Resting at home and then to the White Tower.
Geppetto just has to go on dispatch duty from the penthouse to the World of Souls and.
Geppetto who was already anxious to go anyway.
He experienced a bizarre and extraordinary mission.
A whopping Dimensional Energy Storage destruction.
Just how many stories would he have to unravel?
Anyway, the first stage mission of the Grand Journey ended safely.
If I settle the rewards received so far.
First, 2 Tower Mission Save Tickets.
Let’s stockpile them in the inventory.
I had no occasion to use them now because it’s the first stage, but they might become lacking later.
What about the Platinum Badges?
The accumulated badges Joo-hyuk gathered so far are 250.
I haven’t even checked the 250 accumulated perks.
To gather them and do it all at once.
The physical badges are 77, after deducting 10 for Ten Thousand-Year-ie’s summoned entity Catalog registration fee from the initial 87.
And the 32 badges received for the EX grade clear this time.
If I combine them all?
282 accumulated.
109 physical.
The scheduled perks are… a total of 7 times.
‘Check them right now?’
No.
Let’s gather more.
If I do an EX grade clear one more time, I receive 32 more.
If that happens, it becomes an accumulated 314, so I can receive perks 13 times.
Gather them and open them.
Among them, a Trait Enhancement Rune will probably come out at least once.
A Skill Reset Ticket is fine too.
In the meantime, the summoned entities whispering to each other while watching TV.
Did something happen?
Currently, the most top news domestically and internationally is none other than about Joo-hyuk.
His name became known, and on top of that, the world announcement of the 91st floor Grand Journey EX grade clear success must have been delivered too.
“Is there some interesting news?”
“Bong Summoner-nim, you appeared on the news, sir.”
Since when is that anything special.
My name is already known.
“It is a middle school graduation album photo, sir.”
What?
Spot!
When I hurriedly ran to the front of the TV.
“Heol…….”
A photo of a middle schooler with an innocent and naive impression full of acne was filling the screen fully.
It’s me.
Middle schooler Bong Joo-hyuk.
‘Just how did that leak out?’
It’s not that I didn’t expect it.
Because as long as my name is known, my face being revealed is a matter of time.
An announcer was conducting the news while pointing at Joo-hyuk’s middle school photo with their hand.
– This is a photo presumed to be the middle school appearance of Bong Joo-hyuk-ssi, the world’s top player. According to the testimonies of alumni who attended school with him, as the owner of a righteous personality who usually had a firm resolve and couldn’t hold back upon seeing injustice…….
Where did they get such fake news.
I had a personality that held back as much as possible even upon seeing injustice though.
“Ayu, you look cute, sir. You must have been very popular with female students, sir.”
Not at all though?
“It is the young days of Young Master where a truly magnificent spirit can be glimpsed, Young Master. You are truly majestic.”
Magnificent spirit my foot.
“You should be careful when going outside, sir. Making sure to use a Ring of Form Alteration or Polymorph magic.”
I was going to do that even if you didn’t say it.
‘Eohyu.’
An exhausting future is vivid before my eyes.
I won’t be able to go to the coffee shop in front of my house freely from now on either.
If they recognize my face, people won’t leave me alone.
For example, going to a coffee shop and.
One Iced Americano, please, if I order.
E, excuse me, are you Bong Joo-hyuk-ssi by any chance?
Yes, that’s me.
Eomeomeo? Tremendous activity, I’m continuously cheering for you.
Haha, it’s nothing great.
Here’s your coffee.
Thank you, and when I receive the receipt, on the back is 010… a phone number.
Ah-ah-ah!
Is the life of a popular person like this?
What should I do?
Should I at least practice my autograph in advance?
“…Bong Summoner-nim?”
“Yep?”
“Why are you grinning broadly (he-beol-jjuk), sir?”
“Eueung, a, I was agonizing over h, how to navigate future tower climbs.”
“Kyaa! As expected of Bong Summoner-nim, sir. Just how much you suffer, thinking about tower climbing asleep or awake, sir.”
“…….”
Now that it’s mentioned, let’s do a check.
I must resolve my curiosities about future tower climbs before going.
So Joo-hyuk decided to enter the tower.
Not that I’ll actually raid it.
First.
“Let’s repeatedly enter No. 1 Tower 91st floor. Because we have to check if it proceeds with the exact same raid.”
“Yep!”
Usually, when you clear a unique tower mission, a message saying it was replaced by such and such monsters normally appears, but since there’s no word right now.
So re-entering No. 1 Tower just to check.
Spot!
[You are entering the Republic of Korea Black Tower (NO.1) 91st floor.]
The background didn’t change.
A white room.
But then?
[It is an already cleared floor.]
[Repeated clearing is impossible.]
“…Ah!”
Repeating is impossible.
Done with one time.
“It is rather a good thing, Young Master. Since the rewards are also shabby compared to the effort put in, there’s no reason a repeated clear would be necessary.”
That’s right.
They barely gave one save ticket.
Next?
No. 2 Tower.
I just plan to take a look at how it is here and come back.
Actually, I’m the most curious.
The tower is different.
Isn’t it an uncleared upper floor climb.
Spot!
[You are entering the Republic of Korea Black Tower (NO.2) 91st floor.]
What about in No. 2 Tower?
If it’s normal, a message saying Grand Journey blah blah should pop up.
And if I accept the mission, we move to the world where the Dimensional Storages are.
However.
Tti-ring.
[A clear record of the first stage of the 91st floor Grand Journey already exists for the player.]
[No-clear mission success is acknowledged.]
Euing?
Mission success even without clearing?
[The clear grade is determined equally to the first clear.]
Oh-oh!
Then?
[World Announcement : Black Tower NO.2 (Korea)’s 91st floor clear grade EX has been achieved.]
Yes! (As-sa!)
Isn’t this completely totally sweet (gae-ggul).
Thank you.
Of course, indeed it is so.
Is there a need to do a clear that’s already been done once twice?
When it’s obvious I’ll succeed again anyway.
Simply closing your eyes and acknowledging it is right.
[EX Clear Reward : 2 Platinum Badges are awarded.]
“…….”
What?
Did I hear wrong?
“How many badges did it say it gives?”
“…It is 2, Young Master.”
Why?
Shouldn’t they add 30 and give 32?
Then this is not EX.
It’s just S+++ grade.
“It seems the additional badges are applied exactly once regardless of the tower, Young Master.”
This son of a bitch!
“They’re operating the tower like shit (Xgat-i ha-ne)!”
“They are very bad guys, sir!”
“It is a mess. I did feel something was strange starting from the 91st floor.”
“We must protest, sir.”
“To where?”
“Ah, anyway, we must not just let it slide, sir.”
“Hey, dog bastard chicks!!!”
“Hand over the 30 badges!”
“Make 146 storages! I’ll destroy them all!!!”
Spouting a round of curses and.
After calming my mind a little.
“…Still, there won’t be any problems with other towers’ 91st floors.”
That’s right.
Towers in other countries will probably be applied identically too.
No-clear mission success.
Clear acknowledged just by entering.
Although they only give 2 badges.
‘Still, 2 is better than nothing, right?’ (Still, where is 2?)
Of course, a question point still remains.
What if it’s another player aside from me?
In what manner will the remaining 91st floor Grand Journey mission be given to them?
But since it’s something I can’t know as of now.
Now the last one.
A world other than our Earth.
Earth No. 675 Black Tower 91st floor.
How will it be there?
Will the clear record be acknowledged?
“The world is different, sir. We will probably have to clear the 91st floor anew, sir.”
“Probably so, right?”
But it won’t be difficult.
Because there’s only one tower.
If it’s as expected, there’ll be one Dimensional Energy Storage too.
In that sense.
“Let’s ride the elevator and go.”
To world No. 675.
* * *
[You are entering Germany Black Tower 91st floor.]
How will it be?
Even if Earth towers are like that, this is another world.
Surely the clear record won’t be acknowledged again, right?
Tti-ring!
The ringing system message.
[91st Floor Mission : The Grand Journey Towards Completion – First.]
Nothing changed.
Normal mission assignment notification.
“The mission popped up.”
“It popped up, sir.”
“It popped up.”
“It popped up.”
“It popped up, Young Master.”
“Ho-e-e.”
And.
[Will you accept The Grand Journey Towards Completion mission, that first stage?]
What should we do?
If we accept here, we’ll move to the place connected to the 91st floor, right?
The place where Dimensional Energy Storages are gathered, that is.
‘Accept?’
First I’ll ask for opinions and then.
“Since we already experienced it once, it doesn’t seem like it will be difficult, Young Master.”
“That’s right, sir. Even if the way to go get the mission is a bit far, we can go taking our time and playing, sir.”
“Because the Black Tower on Earth No. 675 is only 1 anyway, if so, the possibility of there being 1 Dimensional Energy Storage…….”
“Although the monsters guarding the storage bother my mind, we can sufficiently handle them.”
“Ho-rat!”
An atmosphere where everyone wants to enter.
Joo-hyuk also has a similar thought.
Since we came, we can’t just leave.
Since we also have 2 save tickets, we can use one if push comes to shove.
“Good. Let’s go.”
So.
“Accept!”
Hwa-a-a-at!
Clusters of light floated up and.
Spot!
[You have arrived at the starting point of the Grand Journey.]
Entered the mission area.
But then?
“Um?”
“Uh?”
“Hmm.”
“Ah…….”
“What is this?”
“This place is?”
It’s different.
A completely different background from our Earth Black Tower’s Grand Journey mission area.
There, outer space was the background, but here…….
A gloomy sky.
A dreary atmosphere.
And a pitch-black earth.
There were identical parts too.
Namely, the path stretching straight in a line.
It was a blue path before.
Now it’s a yellow path.
The mission?
[Mission : Confront the Demon at the Crossroads.]
[Completion Time Limit : None.]
[Completion Reward : Mission Save Point Designation Ticket.]
‘Demon at the Crossroads?’
Before, it was simply telling us to arrive at the crossroads though.
‘Demon, you say.’
It was so.
Telling us to meet a demon.
Did the genre change to horror?
If it’s demons, there’s a person who knows them well here.
Joo-hyuk asked while looking at Diamart standing with a blank expression.
“Diamart-ssi.”
“Euum, yes yes, Master.”
“Do you know what kind of place this is by any chance?”
“T, that is…….”
He looked around once more at Joo-hyuk’s question and then.
“This seems to be the Demon Realm.”
“The Demon Realm?”
“Yes, where the demons live.”
I see.
To think we’d even come to the Demon Realm.
“About the Demon at the Crossroads?”
“It’s monarch class, like me.”
If it’s a monarch.
“Are monarch classes the strongest beings in the Demon Realm?”
“Not at all. There are things like ranks here too.”
“If you explain a little more in detail…….”
Diamart nodding his head.
Ggol-ggak, after swallowing his saliva.
“It’s easy if you compare it to a feudal rank structure. First, there are common demons. They are the concept of commoners, and above them are the nobles. Then monarchs, who are higher than nobles, put the nobles under their feet.”
Aha!
Commoner, noble, monarch in order.
“What ranks are higher than that?”
“The Demon Kings who command monarchs under them. Each of them rules over the 72 nations existing in the Demon Realm.”
Demon King.
Final bosses that appear often in subculture.
“Is the Demon King the highest?”
“No.”
“There’s an existence higher than a king?”
“Yes.”
“What kind of……?”
“Great Demons (대악마), Transcendents residing in the Demonic Realm (마경).”
Euing?
Transcendents?
Just how strong are they?
“Immortals who reign above Demon Kings, beings of absolute authority who they say… euum, tear even ancient class dragons to shreds.”
Fear lingered on Diamart’s expression.
It seems he’s terrified just speaking of them.
If I organize it.
Diamart and the Demon at the Crossroads are monarch class.
In other words, I can consider them LSSR and.
Demon Kings are stronger than LSSR.
A similar level to our current summoned entities?
And the highest Great Demons.
Transcendent class.
‘It’s chilling.’
The first mission is meeting the Demon at the Crossroads.
It ends simply by just confronting them.
But how could that be an easy task?
Actually, going up to the crossroads is also a problem.
While going, monsters would probably attack, we might encounter common demons or nobles, and Demon Kings blocking the path.
Even a Great Demon might come and say, Hello? How did you get here? You came at your own will, but you can’t leave that easily, this could happen too.
“What shall we do? Everyone, please give your opinions.”
Meeting started.
Actually, it wasn’t even much of a meeting.
Opinions unified into one.
“It’s better to run away, sir. Please abandon missions like this, sir.”
“Because it is Earth No. 675 anyway. It’s not even our Earth.”
“There is no immediate urgency. It’s not like someone is holding a knife to your neck and threatening you to clear it.”
“It is still unreasonable to deal with the transcendent class. Perhaps setting that aside if it were 1 or 2 years later.”
“It’s also a problem that we have to carry out a mission here in the Demon Realm. Because it’s a place where the demons’ power becomes stronger.”
“Let us wait until we reach the stage.”
Joo-hyuk also agreed.
That’s right.
Is there a need to necessarily raid it?
At best, it will end with 32 Platinum Badges and ringing a world announcement in a world with no one listening.
And the summoned entities’ abilities.
These people were developing day by day.
If only given time, the transcendent class is not a dream.
It won’t be late to decide after reaching the stage like that.
Let’s exit.
Safe tower climbing.
I must abide by the basic principle.
“Then we will abandon…….”
It was then.
Ku-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu…….
The ground of the Demon Realm shaking.
“Heok!”
Seu-sa-a-a-a-a-a…….
The atmosphere suddenly turning cold.
Ggwa-deuk, ggwa-deu-deuk, kwa-ji-jik, kwa-jik!
The surrounding background starting to distort.
‘What is it? What’s happening?’
Clouds gathered in the sky.
Beon-jjeok, ku-reu-reu-reung!
Striking thunder and lightning.
Did the world end?
Why suddenly…….
The summoned entities’ complexions also turned pure white, as if flustered.
However, no one could move.
Cossack too, the Mad Demon too, Gyeon Dal-rae too, Gobang too, Ten Thousand-Year-ie who was continuously smiling ggya-reu-reu too.
As if some power was binding their physical bodies.
The same goes for Joo-hyuk.
An irresistible mighty power was pressuring the entire space they were currently standing in.
Additionally, the emotion currently assaulting Joo-hyuk.
Fear?
No.
The feeling of not being able to do anything.
It was helplessness.
“A, abandon mission…….”
However, nothing happened.
It seems the flow of space and time itself has completely stopped.
‘Damn it!’
Right at that exact moment!
Jjeo-jeo-jeo-jeok!
The empty space splitting.
Seu-u-ung!
A pitch-black door that appeared out of nowhere in the empty space.
This is a big problem.
The Sword Immortal had appeared like that.
By tearing empty space with a sword, that is.
But that is quite different from the rift the Sword Immortal created.
The color of the door is deep black.
Surely…….
‘A Great Demon?’
At that moment!
Ssu-uk!
Someone emerging through the black rift.
“…Uh?”
With a good figure, a red jujube-colored face, it was a middle-aged man with an abundant appearance.
Joo-hyuk and the middle-aged man locking eyes with each other.
“Uh?”
At the same time, the sense of pressure disappearing like it was washed away.
The shaking ground also stopped vibrating, and the thunder and lightning also disappeared in an instant.
The middle-aged man with the jujube-colored face, taking note of Joo-hyuk, smiled broadly and said,
“My my, if it isn’t Great Hero Bong. Heo-heo, to think we’d meet here, I wonder if you remember me.”
“…King Yama-nim?”
“That’s right. It is precisely me.”
It was King Yama.
Who passed down the Memory Regression Magic to me.
But why is he appearing from over there?
“What brings King Yama-nim here?”
“I came to play around.”
“Ayu-u, you came to play.”
That scared the wits out of me (sik-geop-haet-ne).
I thought we were really meeting a Great Demon.
“But it seems you come here often?”
“Haha, I come occasionally, for exercise too, and to relieve stress.”
“Exercise is good. Also stress, that is the source of all illnesses.”
As expected of King Yama-nim.
Someone who comes to exercise in the Demon Realm teeming with Great Demons.
“I was very surprised. Because thunder was striking wildly.”
“Oh dear! I must have startled the Great Hero. If I had known you were here, I would have come quietly.”
Joo-hyuk and King Yama conversing without reserve.
However, the summoned entities couldn’t butt into the conversation.
Because they realized the moment they saw him.
Just what kind of existence King Yama is, that is.
A terrifying soul they wouldn’t even dare approach.
“But on what business did Great Hero Bong visit such an ugly and dirty place?”
“That is…….”
Joo-hyuk explaining the process of how he came all the way here.
Then King Yama.
“I see. You were still wholly absorbed in saving the world. It is amazing.”
“Aigoo, don’t mention it.”
Actually this world is already ruined.
Though they say it’s recovering.
“Anyway, the Demon at the Crossroads, huh.”
“Do you perhaps know?”
“I feel like I remember, wait a moment.”
King Yama placed his hand in the air and rotated it a few times.
Then.
Ji-ing!
A door appearing.
After that, he thrust his hand into the door, stirred it around hwik-hwik, and then.
Ssu-uk!
Grabbed something and pulled it out.
It was a demon.
A guy like that with horns on his head, that is.
A demon trembling ho-dal-dal with its horn grabbed in King Yama’s hand.
Wow!
He’s pulling out demons randomly from empty space.
I suppose so!
Because he’s the Great King.
“Is this guy the monster at the crossroads?”
Joo-hyuk doesn’t know either.
Would Diamart know?
So turning my eyes.
Diamart shaking his head left and right with a deeply scared expression.
“He says it’s not?”
“Hmm, then…….”
Taking the demon he was holding.
Hwik!
Tossing it over there and.
Ji-ing again!
Opening the door, thrusting his hand in, and pulling out one more ssu-uk, King Yama.
“This guy?”
Diamart shook his head again.
“He says this one isn’t either.”
Hwik!
Jji-ing.
Ssu-uk.
“What about this one?”
At that moment!
Tti-ring!
[You have confronted the Demon at the Crossroads.]
[A Tower Mission Save Ticket is provided to the tower-exclusive inventory.]
There was no need to ask.
“Oh! He says this is the right guy.”
“Heo-heo-heo, as expected it is Great Hero Bong, I shall give you all 3.”
“Yep?”
No, there is no need for that…….
I won’t take them.
It’s not a golden axe or silver axe either.