Chapter 240
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Translated by Jinmu
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The Judge’s Mallet King Yama gave before leaving the Demon Realm.
Looking at it from the outside, it looks like an ordinary wooden mallet.
Of course, the wood itself wouldn’t be ordinary, right.
Seeing as it’s completely fine without a single scratch even after hitting the Sand Dragon.
If this mallet had come out of the tower, I would at least be able to see the item information.
Since I can’t do that either.
Anyway, the effects of the Judge’s Mallet.
First.
Restraining the target and making them vomit out their karma.
Actually, this is the core among cores.
It’s no exaggeration to say it’s the fundamental function.
Any judge would want it.
Not to mention fair trials, preventing falsely accused people from occurring, and being able to look into the minds of criminals too.
There are those kinds of people among criminals sometimes, aren’t there?
Bastards you can’t understand what in the world they were thinking when they committed such acts.
Did they do it knowing everything, are they stupid, did someone order them to do it.
If you beat their head with the mallet and say, “You shall confess your own sins!”, it would all be revealed in detail anyway.
And the second function.
Stained with King Yama’s hand marks, it’s an excellent weapon in and of itself.
If you designate a target and.
Hwi-ri-rit!
Throw it.
Ssyae-ae-ae-aek!
It flies like an arrow.
Peo-eok! Kwa-a-a-a-ang!
Inflicts tremendous impact.
In terms of physical force, even the Sub-dragon Sand Dragon, which is said to be stronger than an adult dragon, is in a near-death state in one blow.
And again.
Hwi-ri-rit!
It flies back to Joo-hyuk’s hand.
Chak!
It’s fun.
It’s even more so because it’s ranged, not close-combat.
Take one more hit, you bastard!
Hwi-ri-rit!
Ssyae-ae-ae-aek!
Peo-eok! Kwa-a-a-a-ang!!!
The dismantled Sand Dragon.
The mallet returned again hwi-ri-rit, chak!
Two-hit kill!
[Sub-dragon (亞é¾) Sand Dragon Eradication 1/1]
[You have succeeded in the 88th floor mission.]
I was scared for nothing.
To think it’s something that would end by just carelessly tossing the mallet from this far away.
Jjak-jjak-jjak-jjak-jjak-jjak-jjak!
The summoned entities sending enthusiastic applause and looking at Joo-hyuk with pleased expressions.
“You threw it, sir. Just how clever of Young Master are you, sir?”
“It is safe if he throws it.”
“He threw it. There is nothing to worry about now.”
“Ayu, would the greatest genius Bong Summoner-nim fight closely attached no matter what, sir?”
“Eng? When did you come again?”
“I came immediately after seeing the mallet fly, sir.”
“Is that so? Hahaha.”
Joo-hyuk also smiled while looking at the laughing and chatting summoned entities.
I guess I don’t need to eat the Great Demon heart?
* * *
If we go up just 5 floors, full clear.
From the 96th floor to the 100th floor continuously in one sweep.
Because we don’t know what kind of bullshit tricks the Black Tower will pull again.
To do that, preparations must be thorough and.
The Magi-Engineers trio gathered and began researching combat equipment.
Rajix selected the supplies necessary for the clear and organized the subspace.
And the summoned entities consuming the enhancement elixirs made with the Great Demon hearts.
Cossack, Gobang, Bardin, Diamart.
Geppetto is not yet.
After his dispatch duty in the world of souls ends.
Joo-hyuk has work to do as well.
Securing Topmost-Grade magic crystals while going back and forth from the auction house.
The uses for Topmost-Grades are very numerous.
They’re immediately used for Magi-Engineering ingredients, and same goes for the permanent residency tickets.
Usually, the items registered in the auction are electronic devices, mounts, media outlets, etc., things that uniquely exist only on Earth.
Since I put them up frequently, the winning bid prices gradually dropped.
Shall I put them up leaving a little interval?
However, I decided not to do that.
When they want Earth items this much.
What does it matter if the prices drop a bit?
Then a chance to buy might even arise for people without top-grades.
In the midst of that, an auction item entered Joo-hyuk’s eyes.
One of the items boasting the highest price.
Namely.
– Divine Artifact : Godslayer’s (神殺者) Long Spear.
– Current Bid Price : 2,500,000,000 kg Topmost-Grade Magic Crystals
Wow!
2.5 billion.
It’s 500 million more expensive than the World Tree sapling.
If it were the past, it’s an item I wouldn’t have even glanced at, but.
Perhaps that might be more urgent than the World Tree sapling.
Because we might have to face a God (神).
‘…Wait a minute.’
The Godslayer’s Long Spear is a Divine Artifact.
Meaning it’s a God-class item.
Actually, Joo-hyuk possesses an item similar to this as well.
A Divine Artifact, that is.
‘Its value?’
Let’s try putting it up once.
Since I can just register it and then cancel it.
When he placed King Yama’s Judge’s Mallet in the locker registration slot.
Tti-ring!
[You have applied for an auction.]
[Please set the initial bid price.]
[If you do not set a bid price, the auction house will arbitrarily estimate its value. Do you agree?]
Auction house arbitrary value estimation.
The initial bid price is set differently depending on the item.
Then how much will this be priced at?
Seu-reu-reu-reuk!
[The auction item has been registered.]
“Check auction status.”
Summoning the menu and.
Touching to check.
– Divine Artifact : The Great King of Hell’s Judgment Mallet.
– Auction Starting Price : 5,000,000,000 kg Topmost-Grade Magic Crystals
“Heol.”
A whopping 5 billion.
Double the Godslayer’s Long Spear.
‘Who would buy this?’
Still, since there might be a crazy senior who actually bids on it, quickly cancel registration.
[Canceling The Great King of Hell’s Judgment Mallet. Because it is within 1 hour of registration, a cancellation fee does not occur.]
Seu-reu-reuk.
The mallet appearing in the locker again.
Quickly put it in my bosom and.
Thank you.
King Yama-nim.
Even though I only gave you a few packs of cigarettes and flimsy Earth items.
To readily give me such an amazing Divine Artifact.
Joo-hyuk returned to the White Tower.
Planning to crack open the perks now.
128 Platinum Badges obtained from the simultaneous Demon Realm clear.
Thus, accumulated 442, on hand 269.
Including the existing ones, 26 perks alone.
The White Tower’s White one is probably involved in the perk system as well.
Then give me something good.
Since the Black Tower broke the rules, let’s properly counterattack.
“Confirm!”
Tti-ring! Tti-ring! Tti-ring! Tti-ring! Tti-ring! Tti-ring…….
The endlessly floating perk messages.
I don’t even pay attention to the trivial ones.
Things I absolutely need right now.
With items absolutely necessary for this clear.
While doing that.
Tti-ring!
[You are provided with a Summoned Entity Penalty Removal Ticket to the tower-exclusive inventory.]
“…Eung?”
What’s this?
Tti-ring!
Again.
[You are provided with a Summoned Entity Penalty Removal Ticket to the tower-exclusive inventory.]
They came out consecutively.
Tti-ring! Tti-ring! Tti-ring…….
Two, three, four… a total of five.
Effect : Immediately removes penalties and status ailments inflicted upon 1 summoned entity.
Limit : Death penalty removal is impossible.
“Why are there as many as 5 of these… Ah!”
I think I know.
The use of these tickets is one.
Complementing the drawback of the item received as an achievement.
The Summoned Entity Latent Power Explosion Whistle.
An item that makes the abilities of 1 summoned entity explode for 10 minutes.
If this is used, a penalty occurs where they are forcibly unsummoned after 10 minutes and designated summoning is impossible for 10 days.
However, with these tickets, the penalty is removed immediately.
‘You did well. Our White one-nim.’
I should use honorifics for it.
When it’s making efforts like this.
Let’s continue to do well together in the future.
Time flowed quickly.
And an incident capable of shocking the world erupted.
A single video was fully released.
On the Korean Awakening Management Administration’s Nutube channel.
It was the clear footage Joo-hyuk had handed over to Jeon Gwang-il.
* * *
It was a video where several parts were edited and spliced together into one.
Taking out what should be taken out, and putting in what should be put in.
The scenes where the Sword Immortal and the Great Sage, Heaven’s Equal Golden Monkey clone appeared were excluded.
Of course, King Yama too.
Since Immortals have portrait rights too.
I can’t just carelessly post them without permission.
Although Sword Immortal-nim also seemed to like taking videos using his earphones as well, but…….
Taking them and distributing them are separate matters.
The video was spectacular from the start.
To the extent it would chew up and swallow any passable blockbuster movie.
Look at this.
These kinds of things also happened in the tower.
Not just giant, but it says 5 super-giant beasts came out?
What are those things?
Why are 5 giant beasts coming out gathered together?
It says Extreme Hell Mode in the subtitles.
There was a difficulty mode in the tower clear too?
Is it related to the S+++, EX grades?
Just how does he plan to catch 5 of them all at once?
Don’t worry.
Because we melted them all cleanly with a nuke.
Gigant Unit 1 dispatch.
The blooming mushroom cloud.
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwang!!!
A nuclear explosion?
Ha! A Gigant walking holding a nuke and self-destructing, what is this?
Running with a nuclear warhead held in both hands is unnecessarily innocent.
Seriously, a nuke exploded in the tower?
The only person who can move the Gigant is Bong Joo-hyuk, isn’t it.
That’s why the nuclear fission prohibition world announcement popped up.
How did he even take a nuke inside the tower in the first place?
86th floor firefighting clear.
The approaching Phoenix.
Facing it, the fire trucks lined up in a crane wing formation (hak-ik-jin).
Wait, are my eyes acting weird right now. There are fire trucks inside the tower.
Because it’s not the tower. Look at the letters written on the fire truck. It says Seoul Fire Department.
That’s true. It’s not the tower, huh.
A Phoenix is coming out though?
We decided to call that CG.
The screen zoomed in.
People were seen.
People with strange appearances and clothing climbing onto the fire trucks and aiming the extinguishing agent launchers.
The fire extinguishing agents sprayed in unison toward the Phoenix.
The reactions?
Not the Phoenix clear, but the impressions of seeing the ‘people’.
Ehew, I knew it would be like this. It’s fake, fake.
They cast actors and filmed a movie.
CG? I concentrated and watched for nothing.
Why did they film such a scene?
Does it mean Bong Joo-hyuk caught the Phoenix in that kind of way.
A fire truck clear, my foot, it makes no sense.
The summoned entities earnestly showing their figures.
Look at that. It shows they’re in costume. They’re all actors.
Are they rookie actors?
Eung? Cutie hamster!
There’s no way it’s real, cosplay? CG?
Cutie hamster is such a popular figure anyway, so they probably put it in.
That giant, he’s imitating that person from the hotel terrorism.
But who is the actor with wings and a tail?
I didn’t say it earlier, but did you see the sniper female actor pulling the Phoenix?
Eou-ya, sleeping is out of the question tonight.
Capture. It’s my wallpaper.
Me too, capture.
Honestly, who would believe this video is the truth?
It’s unconditionally not a tower clear video at least.
Why?
Because only 1 player can enter each tower floor.
It’s the principle and common sense of tower climbing.
Therefore, the video is probably a deepfake.
It’s probably an AI video.
Anyway, it’s a fabricated manipulation.
People thought like that and watched the video.
So no matter how bizarre and extraordinary the content was, they just found it entertaining and fascinating, not particularly shocked or anything.
Even when the pyramid-shaped dimensional energy storages appeared.
Even when the bizarre monsters guarding that place appeared.
Entering the latter half.
Even when the Demon Realm clear appeared.
Even when a dragon flew and spewed breath.
Even when flashy fire magic poured out.
Even when the Demon Realm army was comprehensively massacred.
They made it well.
It’s entertaining.
It must have cost a lot of money to film.
Only these kinds of reactions.
Even when the existence of another Earth in a parallel universe appeared, they just accepted it as so.
Even when the explanation about Earth No. 675 that popped up as subtitles flowed on and on.
While thinking it’s probably the story of a common movie.
And the Manager.
That guy’s identity.
The video that floated behind him as he was subdued,
The content depicting the destruction of Earth No. 675.
The Black Tower’s purpose.
Dimensional energy.
Archangel.
God (神).
This is fucking random.
Did they bring in a web novel author to write the scenario.
Why is the ending like this?
Anyone who understands the story?
It means the Black Towers were created because of the God (神), and eventually we’ll be ruined.
Why is the plausibility like that.
They keep saying they’ll kill the Summoner, does it mean that Summoner is Bong Joo-hyuk?
The video ended.
The ending credits rolled up.
The names and photos of specific individuals too.
Probably the actors who appeared until now.
Adept in literary and martial arts Cossack, Meat Shield Gobang, Guardian Mad Demon, Holy Knight Bardin, General Manager Gyeon Dal-rae, dimensional farmhand Rajix, Film Director Mackenzie, Baek Dan-ah, Ten Thousand-Year-ie, Diamart, Crackus…….
Wa, wait! Rajix? The hamster’s name is Rajix?
That Rajix of Rajix Corporation?
Why attach a company name to our Cutie as they please?
The giant’s name is Gobang, I remember. That time during the hotel terrorism incident, they said one of the two was Gobang.
They say that anti-Korean protester true-education grandpa in Japan is the Mad Demon.
Wait! Are they perhaps not actors but real people?
And the movie’s background is really inside the tower too?
I have absolutely no idea what’s what.
The ending credits completely rolled up and.
What was left was the cookie video (post-credits scene).
Commissioner Jeon Gwang-il appeared.
With a very serious expression.
– The video you have seen so far was filmed directly inside the tower without any processing or manipulation.
– It was provided by the world’s best player, Bong Joo-hyuk-nim, and the Korean Awakening Management Administration guarantees it. Everything is the truth.
– As you have seen, Player Bong Joo-hyuk, together with his comrades, is silently advancing toward the Grand Journey, the full clear of the tower.
– I appeal to everyone around the world. I ask that you send heartfelt encouragement and applause to Player Bong Joo-hyuk.
Heol!
Eung?
?
??
???
???!!!
You’re saying every single bit of it is real.
Ey, surely not.
Commissioner Jeon Gwang-il directly said it though?
This is absurd.
My head feels blank.
I have to watch it one more time.
Phone calls rained down on the Korean Awakening Management Administration.
Content asking about the authenticity of the video.
The answer was consistent.
It was directly filmed, and it’s all real footage without CG.
Player Bong is currently climbing the tower with his comrades, and parallel universes actually exist.
The world was shocked.
It was turned completely upside down.
* * *
Korean Awakening Management Administration.
They didn’t just upload the video to the Nutube channel.
They also delivered it to governments around the world, attaching slightly more detailed content and explanations.
Additionally, along with requests as well.
The White House in America.
An emergency national security council meeting was held, presided over by President Lloyd.
“Are you saying something like a parallel universe really exists?”
“I asked them several times. They said they are willing to let us verify it if we want.”
“Verification, you say, does it mean we can go directly to the parallel universe?”
“Yes.”
“This is driving me crazy.”
A destroyed other Earth, you say.
Its name is Earth No. 675.
They say Black Towers existed exactly the same as our Earth, and it collapsed in the 70s floors.
The cause was Cavallan’s curse.
Because they couldn’t meet the average floor count, and they couldn’t catch the original either.
“If it weren’t for Player Bong, probably more than 100 towers would have collapsed on our Earth too, right.”
What do you mean 100?
It would have almost entered the procedure of destruction.
Like that Earth No. 675.
“And please look at this.”
Secretary MacMillan said while placing a long iron storage box on the table.
“What is it?”
“If you look at the video, the dimensional energy storage appears. You saw the subtitles, right?”
“That structure looking like a pyramid?”
“Yes, it is an item taken out from there. It is a thing like a kind of battery.”
“Heu-eum.”
“We are currently researching it. They did say this rod is the reason for the Black Towers’ existence.”
Just what in the world is dimensional energy?
To say they’re planting Black Towers into the ground and ruining worlds.
“Be that as it may, Commissioner Jeon Gwang-il’s request, what should we do?”
“…You mean the nuclear warheads?”
They say it’s an item needed for the Grand Journey.
They say they’ll use it in a completely different world, not Earth.
Of course, we want to cooperate as much as possible.
Since it’s for the full clear of the towers, is there a reason to refuse?
Moreover, if the intentions of the Black Towers, the managers, and the Outer God (外神) as seen in the video are also the truth?
It’s a matter the entire world must jointly respond to.
And yet we’re stingy with nukes?
However.
“The White House cannot decide arbitrarily. Because we have to receive approval from Congress, it will take quite some time.”
“How much?”
“At least one or two months?”
It might be different if America were a dictatorship, but taking national strategic weapons outside requires going through very complicated procedures.
“We will hurry as much as possible, so contact them to hold on a little bit…….”
It was then.
“President.”
A security aide raising his hand and speaking from the end seat of the conference room.
“Why?”
“The Prime Minister of India just held a press conference.”
“With what content?”
“Saying they fully trust Player Bong Joo-hyuk and send unsparing support.”
“Is that all? That’s what been done before.”
“There is more. He said they will load up nuclear weapons right away and send them to Korea.”
“…What?”
India is the world’s 6th largest nuclear-armed country.
It seems to be an intention to repay the grace of restoring the Mumbai sinkhole by providing nuclear warheads.
“Excuse me, Pakistan as well…….”
“Eung?”
“Likewise, they announced a statement saying they support Player Bong Joo-hyuk and will send nukes.”
India and Pakistan.
Countries that have continuously engaged in nuclear arms competition until now.
Now a nuclear leakage competition?
“They say the President of Russia is also preparing a press conference.”
“…….”
“He will probably express his intention to provide nukes.”
“Um.”
The situation is turning strangely.
If it’s like this, America will look like they’re stepping back.
Then that won’t do.
We have our face to save.
Even in supporting Player Bong Joo-hyuk, America must preemptively occupy the leading position.
“We will prepare a press conference too. We will get Congressional approval later.”
“Yes.”
“Tell them we will send them the biggest and hottest ones.”
Besides that, almost all nuclear-armed countries conveyed their intentions to provide nuclear warheads to the Korean Awakening Management Administration.
With this, Joo-hyuk came to possess the mighty firepower capable of obliterating Earth dozens of times over.
The world’s greatest nuclear possessor.
It was none other than Bong Joo-hyuk.