A Wimp’s Strategy Guide to Conquer the Tower (Novel) - Chapter 234
Chapter 234
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Translated by Jinmu
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Korea Awakening Management Administration.
Commissioner Jeon Gwang-il and Team Leader Lee Min-ah conversing.
“This is the list of countries and players who reserved magic guns.”
“Is that so? Hand it here.”
Jeon Gwang-il discovered something while reading the report.
“So Japan also applied for a magic gun rental reservation for the 81st floor.”
“Yes, it seems they succeeded in clearing the 80th floor this time.”
“Euum.”
Pondering for a moment and.
“Hold off on Japan. Notify them that the reservations are fully booked for 3 months.”
Where are they trying to brazenly borrow magic guns?
I coddled them, and now this.
With Bong Player’s 90th floor clear this time, the grace bestowed upon India and Japan filled the holes caused by the tower collapses.
Everyone knows.
That Player Bong Joo-hyuk did that.
Isn’t it basic to repay the favor.
But they only held a press conference saying thank you and.
They plan to end it with lip service?
It seems they’re trying to smoothly slide over it.
“China handed over Baekdu Mountain, in comparison to that.”
“Japan, well, they originally are brazen kids, aren’t they.”
If there’s no repayment, there’s no magic gun rental either.
The same goes for India.
Perhaps they think the Awakening Management Administration is a pushover.
That is a big illusion.
“And about the cylindrical rods Bong Player gave. Did you hand them over to the lab?”
“Yes, I commissioned the Daejeon Research Complex.”
“What about America?”
“I plan to hand over 10 to the US military base in Korea. They decided to transport them to the US mainland from there.”
The items Bong Player commissioned for research.
I heard they might be batteries storing energy.
Also speculation that they’ll be related to the identity of the Black Tower.
Then we should research it as the top priority.
Asking America too and.
“Ah right! Are the cars ready?”
“You mean the off-road electric vehicles?”
“Yeah.”
“I did prepare them in the warehouse, but what about registration? We didn’t get insurance either.”
“It’s fine. There’s no need for that. I’m not purchasing them for driving purposes.”
Originally, processes like acquisition, registration, and insurance subscription should happen simultaneously when purchasing a vehicle, but I skipped that.
Because Bong Player will come and take them away if I leave them in the warehouse.
“But Team Leader Lee.”
“Yes, Commissioner-nim.”
“Do you have any thoughts of trying a new experience by any chance?”
“…A new experience?”
Jeon Gwang-il coming close and whispering secretly.
“Living in a tower for a month.”
Did I hear wrong?
“A tower?”
“Yeah, a tower.”
“Euek, what are you saying? How can one live in a tower for a month?”
“Not a Black Tower.”
“Yes?”
“I mean the White Tower.”
Team Leader Lee Min-ah had an expression of not understanding the reason.
What is a White Tower?
Words heard for the first time.
“It’s because it’s difficult to explain with words. Because this is something you only know by receiving a residency permit and experiencing it directly.”
What’s a residency permit again?
Jeon Gwang-il continued his explanation.
“In our Awakening Management Administration, I am the only one who knows of the White Tower’s existence. Of course, I alone am sufficient, but still, I thought it would be good to have one more helping hand.”
“Just what in the world……?”
“If you have the thought, just say the word anytime.”
“…….”
“However! You’ll need to prepare your mind firmly. Once you know this, you can’t quit the Management Administration until you die.”
“Ah, understood. I’ll think about it.”
I already finished discussing it with Bong Player.
Since it seems good to open the White Tower up to at least Team Leader Lee Min-ah.
Because she’s a competent employee I can trust and entrust with any work during my absence.
When even North’s Chairman Kim In-joong is receiving a Monthly Rent Ticket, Team Leader Lee Min-ah is sufficiently qualified.
* * *
Dimensional Traveler Exclusive Auction House.
There is probably no time in the auction house’s history where it has been as active as it is now.
Almost all dimensional travelers were hanging onto the auction status board.
The cause was exactly one.
Due to the items the Earth dimensional traveler puts up.
The bidding competition was not just hot, it exploded.
Watches, laptops, tablets, gaming consoles, smartphones, etc.
Miracle items that can never be found in other dimensions, nor anything similar.
Everyone wished.
Please, let me be able to win the bid.
However, the winning bid price is the problem.
A minimum of between 800,000 kg and 1,000,000 kg of Topmost-Grade magic crystals.
How many dimensional travelers are there who can handle this staggering amount?
There is no one besides the veterans (go-in-mul).
So the dimensional auction house was a league of their own.
Actually, there is no space where dimensional travelers can communicate, but…….
Still, hypothetically assuming there were something like a free bulletin board?
Conversations would probably go back and forth in this manner.
– Fucking bastards, please don’t place higher bids on my item.
– The veterans are the biggest problem. Only raising prices, are you telling newbies like us to just starve to death?
– What do you want us to do? Then if Earth items are cut off again, who will take responsibility?
– Right. You have to bid doing your best, thinking every moment is the last.
– No, I’m saying give us an opportunity too.
– Don’t worry. We won’t bid on the same item. Just wait.
– I mean, until when?
This time too, one electronic device was won at approximately 1,000,000 kg of Topmost-Grade magic crystals.
Newbies or dimensional travelers without money couldn’t even try pressing the bid button and.
But a completely new item appeared in the dimensional auction house.
Namely…….
– Mount : ZV 900 Electric Off-Road SUV Electric Vehicle.
– Auction Starting Price : 3,000 kg of Topmost-Grade magic crystals.
A car?
A real, rideable item, not a toy?
The first item of its kind put up.
Dimensional travelers who had only heard rumors that such Earth items existed, but had never encountered them even once, couldn’t help but be unfamiliar with it.
However, those who know, know.
People who experienced Earth media through tablets, gaming consoles, or laptops.
And the bidding competition began.
Centering around the veteran travelers who know what a car is.
* * *
White Tower 17th floor.
Joo-hyuk just took the elevator to the dimensional auction house.
He packed the successfully bid Topmost-Grade magic crystal storage tickets, and put up a new auction item too.
What he registered this time?
The latest model SUV electric vehicle that rolls well even in places with poor road conditions.
He used the Dimensional Traveler Exclusive Auction House Exclusive Storage Ticket received as a perk.
The usage method was simple.
First, approaching the car stored in the Awakening Management Administration warehouse and grabbing the storage ticket with his hand.
[Will you store the ZV 900 Electric Off-Road SUV Electric Vehicle in the ticket?]
Once the message pops up and you murmur inwardly that you’ll store it.
Seu-reu-reu-reuk – While disappearing.
Effect : A ZV 900 Electric Off-Road SUV Electric Vehicle is stored. If you tear it, the electric vehicle comes out.
Characteristic : Transactions are possible with just the ticket alone.
It changes like this.
After that, just put it in the ticket pouch, go to the locker, and register it, and you’re done.
This will probably be won at a decent price too.
Honestly, I thought it was impossible.
Planting a World Tree on the White Tower 17th floor once, I mean.
Isn’t it a whopping 2 billion kg of Topmost-Grade magic crystals?
By what means do you gather that?
However, now it seems possible.
It’s a matter of time.
‘Let’s share this joyful news with the summoned entities… Eung?’
Why are those gentlemen gathered together?
Cossack, Baek Dan-ah, Ten Thousand-Year-ie, and Rajix.
“Now, look carefully, sir. Dramatic direction is important, sir. If you recklessly take it out from the beginning, there’s no impact, sir.”
Cossack standing alone as if trying to show a demonstration of something, with exaggerated movements.
“At first, you just walk briskly (ddu-beok-ddu-beok), sir. Doing nothing, eh? Briskly.”
The summoned entities were sitting gathered together quietly while watching Cossack’s acting like that.
“Then the Great Demon will be flustered, sir. Uh, what? What’s this? Why is he walking over? What is it? Uh-uh?”
His unique one-man-two-role acting.
“After overwhelming their spirit like this, you thrust this out fully and shout, sir!”
Cossack’s resolute expression.
Putting one hand into his chest and then taking it out like lightning and.
“Grim Reaper appearance!!!”
Jjak-jjak-jjak-jjak-jjak!
The audience’s applause.
‘It’s that.’
The Netherworld Wooden Tablet received from King Yama.
Are they practicing possessing Grim Reapers now?
“Try following along, sir. Grim Reaper appearance!!!”
Then Baek Dan-ah.
“G, Grim Reaper, euum, a, appearance!”
“Eliminated!”
Next, Ten Thousand-Year-ie.
Spinning the Netherworld Wooden Tablet around and around.
“Ggya-reu-reuk, ggya-reuk!”
“Eliminated!”
Lastly, Rajix.
Tae-aeng! Paeng-geu-reu-reu!
Doing a somersault once and then.
Seu-seut!
In a hero landing posture, thrusting the short arm holding the wooden tablet forward ssu-uk!
“Ho-e-e-ek!”
Oh-oh-oh-oh!
‘C, cool!’
Admiration slipped out spontaneously.
There’s nothing our farmhand can’t do.
“You pass, sir!”
“Ho-e!”
Anyway, they sure play well, properly.
Perhaps conscious of Joo-hyuk, Cossack running over panting heavily.
“Bong Summoner-nim, what are your thoughts after watching, sir?”
“Hmm, it’s cool, but is there a need to necessarily do that?”
“Aigoo, this is all training, sir. You have to practice often to use it well too, sir.”
Still, it’s too excessive.
Well, given Cossack’s personality, it’s not like I don’t understand, but.
“In that sense, Bong Summoner-nim.”
“…What is it?”
“Bong Summoner-nim also received a mallet from King Yama, didn’t you, sir.”
“I did, but?”
“You must try practicing, sir. You might not be able to use it when an actual combat situation arrives, sir.”
Hmm.
There is a point.
‘Come to think of it, I’ve never used it.’
Should I try using it using this opportunity?
Joo-hyuk took the Judge’s Mallet he was wearing at his waist in his hand.
“Please think of me as a Great Demon and try using the mallet, sir.”
Cossack made an arrogant expression with crossed arms.
“From now on, I am Great Demon Cossack, sir.”
Yes yes.
Great Demon Cossack-nim.
It suits you quite well.
‘But how do you use this?’
It’s King Yama’s mallet.
If so, imitating King Yama might be good.
Joo-hyuk raised the mallet towards Cossack.
And swinging the mallet through the air (hwik-hwik) while.
“You shall confess your own sins!!!”
How is it?
Was it a bit cool?
Right at that moment!
U-ung.
Joo-hyuk’s energy stretched forward forward through the mallet.
“Uh?”
The whitish energy escaping from the mallet sweeping past Cossack’s body.
“…Eu-hik?”
At the same time.
Pat!
An image floating up above his head.
“Ah!”
So this is how it’s used.
A function that shows the target’s sinful karma via video.
Additionally, it seems to have a binding effect.
“Euum, I c, I can’t move, sir.”
Let’s see.
Binding Cossack and the video popping up means he has committed a sin though.
‘Just what kind of sin did he commit for it to?’
The contents of the video.
The background was the White Tower 17th floor.
‘What is this?’
It seems to be something that happened last night.
When we were taking a rest after going to the tower.
The video played rapidly.
The Mad Demon pouring his own drinks (ja-jak-ha-neun) while watching a martial arts movie on a large monitor.
The alcohol is strong foreign liquor, the snacks are a few simple chocolates.
Next to him, Cossack chewing (eu-jeok-eu-jeok) popcorn while watching the movie together.
It was then.
Cossack stealthily reaching out his hand towards the Mad Demon’s chocolate snacks.
As if trying to steal and eat the snacks.
‘A snack thief? Is that a sin?’
It wasn’t.
The continuing video.
Cossack picked up a piece of chocolate and put it in his mouth.
After rolling it around in his mouth and sucking on the coated chocolate (jjok-jjok), he finally spat out a single almond.
‘Surely not…….’
Cossack stealthily placing the almond remaining after sucking off the chocolate back onto the Mad Demon’s snack plate.
“Heol!”
The heavily intoxicated Mad Demon picked up the almond on the plate with his hand and wa-geu-jak, wa-geu-jak!
‘Crazy. Completely crazy.’
It wasn’t even just once.
A crime committed aiming for the gap when the intoxicated Mad Demon was fully concentrated on the martial arts movie.
What do we do about this?
It’ll be a big problem if Mad Demon-nim finds out.
At that moment!
“Y, you bastard deserving to be beaten to death……!”
It was already too late.
Approaching at some point and seeing the video above Cossack’s head, the Mad Demon whose face had turned bright red.
“You punk (ne i-nom)!!!”
The summoned entities flocked over in a swarm too and.
“To commit such an unscrupulous act!”
“Without need to say two words, it is the death penalty.”
“I also agree with the death penalty.”
“Cut off his head.”
“How about burning at the stake?”
“Execution by firing squad is also prepared, with sub-lightspeed bullets.”
Cossack continuously rolling his eyeballs.
“He-he-he-he.”
Scratching his head as if embarrassed and then.
Seu-pa-pa-pa-pa-pat!
Fled at light speed.
However, he couldn’t go far.
The Mad Demon looking at Veronica with a chilling expression and.
“Major Bae.”
Cheol-keok!
The sound of Major Bae’s magic gun loading.
“I will fire a small paralyzing bullet. Guidance function activated.”
Jji-i-ing!
Pa-juk!
Chul-leong!
Peo-eok!
Hitting exactly on his back.
“Kek!”
Teol-sseok.
Cossack collapsing.
Gobang grabbing such a guy’s leg and dragging him over.
The Mad Demon glaring fiercely at Cossack and saying to Joo-hyuk.
“Summoner, please make a verdict.”
“…A verdict?”
“That is so. As a judge, please hand down a fitting punishment.”
A verdict.
What should I do?
This too, like King Yama.
“Sinner Cossack is…….”
What would be good?
To hell with it, I don’t know.
“I s, sentence you to a finger flick penalty (ddak-bam).”
At that moment!
Cossack abruptly springing up from being collapsed.
“…A finger flick?”
Gobang grabbing his head while cracking his fingers (u-deu-deuk)!
“W, wait! It’s a misunderstanding, sir. I do not remember, sir.”
I’m sorry.
Cossack-ssi.
Why would you do such a thing.
“Hold him from both sides!”
“Eu-a-a-a! S, save…….”
He won’t die.
Our kind Gobang-ssi will control his strength, right.
Tta-a-a-ak!
Kwa-a-a-ang!!!
‘I guess not.’
It landed properly.
Gobang’s finger flick striking Cossack’s forehead with thick fingers.
An explosion sound ringing out on the White Tower 17th floor.
“Ggeu-ik…….”
Rolling his eyes back and falling backward like a log, Cossack.
Teol-sseok!
‘…….’
Ah-ah-ah.
I am sorry.
But why did you do that?
You could just steal and eat them.
Right at that exact moment!
Jeo-beok-jeo-beok-jeo-beok, jeo-beok-jeo-beok-jeo-beok.
Farmer Duu moving 3 legs alternately and approaching Joo-hyuk.
“Summoner. Crop status report. Immortal Peach tree. Soon blooming.”
“Yes?”
What does he mean?
Duu pointed at something with one of his 6 arms.
Joo-hyuk turned his eyes toward the direction he was pointing.
“Ah!”
“Oh!”
“Heo-heo.”
“Th, that is?”
“Ho-e.”
The Immortal Peach (仙桃) tree planted in the White Tower.
A miraculous and auspicious energy was wrapping around the entire tree.
Something was happening.
Approaching and examining closer.
‘Eung?’
Since when did it form, round flower buds had formed on the branches of the Immortal Peach tree.
‘Flower buds?’
Furthermore, they were gradually getting bigger.
Dozens of flower buds swollen fully.
They are flowers.
It’s preparing to bloom flowers.
Peach blossoms of the Immortal Realm, that is.
Just how beautiful would they be?
“Sufficient energy absorption, fruit generation expected after blooming.”
It is a fact unknown to the people here but.
The Immortal Peach tree is different from other trees and plants.
A tree that grows solely through the energy of adept energy (ì„ ê¸°(仙氣)).
And it blooms flowers exactly once throughout its entire life.
Joo-hyuk and the summoned entities staring at the Immortal Peach tree as if possessed.
Cossack, who had fainted at some point, also woke up.
At that moment!
One of the flower buds among them.
Got bigger ssu-u-u-uk, and then.
Pang!
Burst and unfolded beautiful petals.
And.
Seu-sa-sa-sa-sa-sa-sa-sa!
Intense waves of adept energy (仙氣) covered the entire White Tower.
“…Ah!”
It was so.
It was adept energy.
The adept energy waves created as the flower bud burst rushed into the bodies of Joo-hyuk and the summoned entities.
Thus, the energy of adept energy filling up fully inside their bodies.
It was to the extent of not being able to gather one’s senses at that mysterious feeling.
It was better than chewing and swallowing a single Immortal Peach.
A feeling of taking an adept energy shower over the whole body.
Even so, what burst was merely one flower bud.
Eventually.
Pang!
The second blooming flower bud of the Immortal Peach tree.
The spreading waves again.
An adept energy shower again.
Pang!
The third.
Pang! Pang! Pang! Pang…….
The Immortal Peach tree’s flower buds burst open in turn.
Adept energy rushed in like a storm.
The White Tower 17th floor filled up fully with adept energy.
Mari, who was inside the house, also came outside at some point to fully enjoy the energy of the adept energy.
All the summoned entities were letting out exclamations, experiencing an unexpected adept energy shower.
Pang-pang! Pa-pa-pa-pa-pang!
This much is identical to eating about 100 Immortal Peaches.
But in the midst of this, there was one person standing blankly, completely out of their wits.
“…Mad Demon-nim?”
There is no answer either.
Instead, swirling around him.
U-u-u-u-u-u…….
A vortex of true energy.
The Mad Demon having entered the state of selflessness.
With his eyes half-closed and his mouth tightly shut while sitting cross-legged.
U-u-u-u-u-u-u…….
The Mad Demon advanced forward.
To a higher stage, that is.
That wasn’t all.
With both arms spread wide, Mackenzie also accepted the dense energy of adept energy with a faint smile and.
Following him, Cossack too, Major Bae too, Gyeon Dal-rae too, Gobang too, Bardin, Rajix too, Crackus, Diamart, Baek Dan-ah, Mari, El, ggya-reu-reuk Ten Thousand-Year-ie, Duu… even the Blood Wolf.
Then what about Joo-hyuk?
He was no exception either.
Adept energy of harmony.
Whether it’s magic power, internal energy, aura, or demonic energy.
A mysterious energy that melts all types of energies into one.
Pang! Pang! Pa-pa-pang! Pa-pang!
Like that, the Immortal Peach flower buds burst themselves endlessly and continuously sprinkled adept energy.
Everywhere all around was adept energy.