Chapter 249

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Translated by Jinmu

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The end of the Black Tower, 100th floor.

The true identity of that place is the Administration Room.

At least the Earth No. 675 Black Tower was like that.

“The 100th floor of our Earth No. 1,001 Black Tower will probably be an Administration Room too, right?”

“Looking at the entry method, it seems so.”

“This girl’s thought is also the same. Our Earth probably won’t be different either.”

From the 91st floor to the 99th floor of the Black Tower.

The environment of each floor was a type of waiting room.

A place to stay before crossing over to another dimension.

However, here on the 100th floor, there wasn’t even a message asking if we would cross dimensions.

Immediately the mission area.

“Is that modern building the Administration Room.”

“It is truly modern, sir. The architectural style is Earth-style, sir. It looks like that in the eyes of the last place in the popularity vote, sir.”

Good grief!

He’s been going on about popularity vote, popularity vote continuously since earlier.

Anyway, a curious point.

The Earth No. 675 Black Tower is only one.

So it’s natural that there’s one Administration Room but…….

What about Earth No. 1,001’s Black Towers where the number of towers is 146?

Will an Administration Room exist separately for each tower?

146 Administration Rooms too?

“It probably isn’t that. They are guys who connect and string together spaces arbitrarily anyway. Coming up to the 100th floor from any tower will probably lead to the Administration Room.”

It seems like that.

In short, the 100th floor is an integrated common space.

“We should do an initiation ceremony (declare our presence), right? That we came.”

“This old man will voluntarily report it.”

“Yep! Since you are someone one rank higher than the last place in popularity vote, you will do well, sir.”

“…….”

At any rate, Cossack seems firmly sulking.

‘Tteut-tteut.’

Was the shock that huge just from one popularity vote?

The story of the popularity vote will probably keep coming out for a while.

What can be done?

We just have to endure it.

The Mad Demon stepped forward.

U-u-ung!

The Crescent Moon Sword Aura flying fiercely while causing a whirlwind.

Tseu-pi-ri-ri-ri-rit!

However.

Seu-reu-reut.

It ended up disappearing without a trace near the Administration Room building.

“Eung?”

The Mad Demon tilting his head.

“…Why is this?”

Did he aim wrong?

How could he!

So he swung his arms walking with long strides toward the hill where the building was located but.

Kkul-leong!

He bumped into some elastic intangible membrane.

Raising his hand and feeling here and there.

Kkul-leong, kkul-leong, kkul-leong.

“…It’s a protective shield. Almost like a balloon.”

It wasn’t hard, and was soft and squishy.

Close to the side of absorbing external shocks rather than repelling them.

“A membrane that absorbs shock, huh. Let us see if it absorbs this too.”

The Mad Demon drew up the internal energy from his elixir field to the utmost.

U-u-u-u-ung!

The Mad Demon’s body glowing red.

It was the Blood Jade Astral Aura that smashed whatever it touched into pieces.

Jeo-beok-jeo-beok.

The Blood Jade Astral Aura Mad Demon stepped forward.

However.

Kkul-leong, kkul-leong, kku-ul-leong!

The intangible membrane blocking his advance.

“…Kkeu-eung.”

He couldn’t even take a few steps.

“Huu, in all my life, it’s my first time seeing such a body-protecting membrane.”

The protective shield was soft and thick.

Just in case, he drained all his strength and walked slowly, but it was exactly the same.

“Ehew, old man Gwang, please step aside, sir. So what if you received a few more votes in the popularity vote, sir? When your skill is like this.”

“This bastard…….”

Ji-ing!

Cossack took out his dagger.

Spot!

Approaching the transparent shock-absorbing protective shield with Shadow Step and.

Seo-geo-geo-geok!

He swung the sword but.

Kkul-leong!

Cutting water with a knife.

There was no stroke form (no damage/impact at all).

“…Eo-eum.”

“Tteut-tteut, foolish guy! There was a reason you were last place.”

“…….”

“The public’s choice is always correct.”

“Hu-e.”

“1st place please be quiet!”

“Can’t be helped. The leader of the bottom ranks, this Mage, must step forward.”

Hwa-reu-reu-reuk!

Mackenzie’s fireball flying toward the protective shield.

However, kkul-leong this time too.

It had no effect whatsoever.

“Move aside! A warrior goes.”

“Oh-ol! 3rd place in popularity vote!”

Ssu-uk!

Increasing his body size with Gigantification and.

Kung-kung-kung-kung!

After running lightly.

Ssyae-ae-ae-aek!

Charging at a frightening speed.

Peo-eok!

Gobang pushing in despite his speed decreasing after bumping into the protective shield.

Jju-u-u-u-uk!

He goes inside.

The protective shield was still there, but without caring, he pushed straight toward the building.

However.

Tu-ung! Eventually bouncing off from the protective shield’s elasticity.

Syu-u-ut!

Kkwa-dang!

He was thrown backwards.

“Eu-he-he, that is 3rd place, sir. 3rd place, what did you say? The public’s choice is correct? Princess Dal-rae, please tell me once again, sir.”

At this level, it’s madness.

Anyway, the protective shield was quite strong.

Bardin’s Shield Bash, El’s Destruction Ray, Gyeon Dal-rae’s talisman, Geppetto’s blood fog, etc., nothing worked at all.

What if Man-nyeon mobilized?

Together with Baek Dan-ah.

“Kkya-reu-reu-reuk!”

“Man-nyeon-a, go together.”

The twins running lively.

However.

Kkul-leong, kkul-leong.

The cold energy disappearing as soon as it touched the membrane.

“It doesn’t even freeze.”

“We are at a loss.”

“What about striking at a fast speed?”

“Major Veronica Caliber! Order received.”

The final challenger Major Vero.

Cheol-keok!

“Sub-light speed bullet 1 round loaded, selector set to single shot.”

Jji-i-i-i-i-ing!

Ppa-jyu-jyu-jyu-jyu-juk!

Chu-ul-leong!

The ensuing aftershock.

Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa!

As expected, peok!

Kkul-leong!

The protective shield absorbing the shock completely.

“Eu-he-he-he! Popularity vote 2nd place…….”

Cheol-keok!

“Try saying one more word.”

“…….”

Cossack silent.

Anyway, how do we release that protective shield?

This made it certain.

The Black Tower bastards absolutely do not want the tower to be cleared.

If it’s going to be like this, why did they make tower missions?

They could have just collapsed it.

‘A bastard called a God acting childishly.’

That’s right.

That is the power of a God.

The one who made the protective shield is the alien God who sent the Black Tower here.

God, huh.

Are you the only God?

There is a God on our side too.

Let’s try it.

‘Which God’s power is stronger.’

Joo-hyuk took out the Judge’s Mallet given by King Yama from his inventory.

Holding it up high.

When he threw it strongly toward the Administration Room building.

Hwi-ri-ri-rit!

Peok!

Ti-dik!

The sound from the start was different.

Hwi-rit!

The mallet returning.

At the same time.

Tti-di-di-di-dik!

The membrane discoloring white centered around the spot where the mallet hit.

The thing that was soft and squishy began to harden stiffly.

“Oh-oh-oh!”

“As expected of the Summoner!”

“It is amazing, sir!”

“Ho-e!”

Did you see?

I am precisely the Prince of the Netherworld, Bong Joo-hyuk!

Jjak-jjak-jjak-jjak-jjak-jjak-jjak!

Enthusiastic applause.

One more time.

Hwi-ri-ri-rit!

Peo-eok!

Tti-di-di-di-di-di…….

Protective shield property transformation.

The thing that was soft and elastic became hard.

Then?

“Volley attack!”

The protective shield that hardened.

Tseu-chi-chit! Kwa-kwang! Pa-ju-juk! Peo-eok!

As the summoned entities’ attacks were inflicted.

Wa-reu-reu-reu-reu-reu-reu!

It crumbled down futilely.

“Now! Let’s go in!”

“1st, 2nd, 3rd place please take the lead, sir. The last place in popularity vote will go in lastly, sir.”

Ah geez!

* * *

Earth No. 675 Black Tower Administration Room.

[He came.]

[He came.]

That guy finally climbed up to the 100th floor.

We wished he absolutely wouldn’t come but.

[Designer, wake up! I’m telling you he came.]

Designer without an answer.

[Why can’t you wake up? I’m telling you to open your eyes!]

Soul collapse state.

The same as death.

[What do we do?]

[…What can we do? We have no method.]

[Damn it!]

It’s a barrier God made for us.

There is no way it will break.

It must not break.

However, the anxiety striking us.

It feels like it will break.

Because he has always been like that.

Just as we thought ‘surely not’, as expected.

Wa-reu-reu-reu-reu.

[…….]

[…….]

All methods were blocked.

There is no choice but to sit and wait.

Who knows?

Maybe the Summoner will show mercy.

* * *

Joo-hyuk and the party went inside the modern single-story building.

There wasn’t anything like closed doors.

A wide-open passageway.

Tti-ring!

[Final Mission : Make contact with the Earth No. 675 Black Tower Crystal Core to acquire management authority.]

[Completion Time Limit : None.]
[Completion Condition : Acquire Black Tower Crystal Core management authority 0/1]

Eung?

Crystal Core?

What is management authority?

“It is a mission to take over the Black Tower.”

“Would it not be the natural sequence. Since you cleared it, you should take it.”

“Our Bong Summoner-nim, are you becoming a Manager, sir?”

That’s a bit…….

What would I do managing it.

Still, I probably have to do it, right?

Joo-hyuk and the party went straight into the inner part of the building.

Then a round circular room that entered their eyes.

In the center of it, a black-colored crystal clump the size of a small mug floating (dung-dung).

In addition, 3 chairs placed centered around the crystal.

The people sitting on the chairs.

They were familiar appearances.

White-skinned humans with bald heads and no eyebrows either.

Not holograms, but the actual bodies’…….

“They’re the Managers.”

“They’re Managers, sir.”

“Keul-keul-keul, the moment I dreamed of even in my dreams has come. To think a day like this would really come.”

“I think one is already dead though?”

“You bastards! You spied on the world of souls all this time and laughed at us, right?”

The Managers didn’t retort anything.

Merely shivering (ba-deul-ba-deul).

I was curious from before.

The guys I always met as holograms.

Just what level is their actual combat power?

“You don’t need to pay them any mind. Because they don’t seem like they’ll be a threat at all.”

Joo-hyuk agreed too.

They looked weaker than a Goblin.

“Disappointing.”

“It’s a level slightly better than an ordinary human.”

Meanwhile, Gyeon Dal-rae carefully examining the Managers’ bodies while narrowing her eyes.

“It is a very familiar feeling.”

“How?”

“Their bodies are not of an ordinary human. They are manufactured bodies.”

That means?

“That is correct. They are very similar to the flesh of us, in other words, the summoned entities.”

“Ah!”

Originally, summoned entities wait in a soul state.

Then when the Summoner calls, a body is generated and they come outside, like that.

Gyeon Dal-rae’s opinion that that manufactured flesh and these Managers’ flesh are similar.

“If we judge by rank, it’s Normal, sir. They’re worse than the last place in the popularity vote, sir.”

In short, X-bap (weaklings/scrubs).

They posed no threat whatsoever.

Let’s just leave them be.

I have to focus on the final mission.

‘The final mission was making contact with the Crystal Core, right?’

Joo-hyuk approached toward the Crystal Core.

Then the Managers freaking out.

[P, please!]
[…Do not do it. You must not do that.]

I’m going to though?

A person’s heart is wanting to do it more if they are told not to do it.

The black-colored crystal still floating in the air.

First prodding it tuk-tuk with the mallet and.

‘Is nothing happening?’

Then lightly prodding (tuk-tuk) with his hand.

It’s neither hot nor cold.

‘Since I have to make contact for now anyway. Boldly…….’

Deop-seok!

Joo-hyuk tightly grabbed the Crystal Core with his hand.

Right at that moment!

Tti-ring!

[You have made contact with the Earth No. 675 Black Tower Crystal Core.]
[A portion of the Black Tower’s management authority is transferred to the player.]

Assa!

Mission success.

[As of this current time, all authority of the existing Managers is entirely stripped.]
[Designer, Engineer, Maker, the 3 Managers have been processed as dismissed.]

At that moment!

The Managers stiffening their bodies and rolling their eyes back.

[Kkeu-a-a-a-a-a……!]

[Keo-heok!]

“Uh?”

Seu-seu-seu-seu-seu.

Along with screams, they turned to ashes and completely vanished.

“…They died?”

“They died, sir.”

“They were annihilated.”

“Tteut-tteut, we sent them off too easily.”

No, they were just dismissed though.

It seems to them dismissal immediately means death.

And the acquisition of management authority.

Simultaneously, the Black Tower management menu floating in Joo-hyuk’s mind.

A few things that can be done with the Crystal Core.

‘So this is the core device managing the tower.’

The Crystal Core is like a central processing unit.

However, he could only exercise partial authority related to the Black Tower.

There aren’t many things that can be done.

Entry approval and restriction, collapse time limit maintenance and deletion, tower maintenance and extinction, power transmission maintenance and interception.

Still.

‘…Wow!’

This is good?

It’s worth receiving the transfer of management authority.

Among them, entry approval and restriction.

Menu regarding players’ tower climbing.

Collapse time limit maintenance and deletion don’t even need explanation.

Tower maintenance and extinction.

One can maintain the tower as it is, or completely eliminate it.

Not collapsing it in reality but safely dismantling it across the topological world.

What about power transmission maintenance and interception?

Menu related to dimensional energy.

The Black Tower as a tool that mines dimensional energy and sends it to a storage.

I must intercept this first.

[Will you intercept the dimensional energy transmission connected to the storage?]

No need to even ponder.

“Intercept!”

[The dimensional energy transmission has been intercepted.]

Where do you think you’re stealing from.

Next is?

Do I maintain the tower, or extinguish it.

A function that could make all the towers in the world disappear, leave only a few, or leave them all.

Although here on Earth No. 675 there’s only one tower anyway.

“Please eliminate it right away, sir.”

“We must eliminate it.”

“Dismantle!”

“Even one is a sickening Black Tower.”

The argument to eliminate it and.

“It seems fine to leave it exactly as is. Just please delete the collapse time limit.”

“It’s a good idea. Since it becomes a resource creation means if there is no collapse time limit.”

“If we just selectively eat up the topmost-grade mana stones.”

“Ho-e.”

The argument to leave it be.

‘Heum.’

This is an issue I need to think about.

What would be good?

I can’t make an answer right away.

“Let’s decide slowly.”

First of all.

“Collapse time limit deletion.”

[World Announcement: The collapse time limit for 1 unit of the Earth No. 675 Black Tower (Germany) has been deleted. The tower will not collapse even if the clear time limit is passed.]

The system message that rang out as a World Announcement.

The tower won’t collapse.

If the people of Earth No. 675 had survived, how happy would they have been to hear this message?

At that moment!

Tti-ring!

[Make contact with the Black Tower Crystal Core 1/1]
[You have succeeded in the final mission.]
[You have reached the limit level.]

‘Mission success?’

But then?

[World Announcement : The 100th floor clear grade EX for the Black Tower (Germany)… chi-jik! EX… chi-jik!]

‘Why is this acting up again?’

[Black Tower (Germany)… chik! 100th floor clear… jji-jik, EX… chi-jik! Chi-ji-ji-ji-ji-jik.]

‘Looks like an error?’

Tti-ring!

Could it be?

[The judgment is being overturned. The player’s mission completion has not been recognized.]

Heol!

Judgment overturned?

This cheap bastard!

[Error: It is not the Earth to which the player belongs. You have cleared the tower with the qualification of a foreigner (outsider).]

Ha!

You say it’s not allowed because I’m an outsider?

Then block it from the start.

Now you say this?

“Hey you swindler bastard…….”

It was then.

Tti-ring!

【Re-requesting the mission completion judgment.】

“Uh.”

Suddenly intruding system message.

The sound is different from before.

Then perhaps?

【Basis : The records of nationality acquisition and inheritance from an Earth No. 675 player have been recognized.】

Oh!

【Therefore, the Earth No. 675 Black Tower 100th floor clear is legitimate.】

It’s our side.

It’s the White Tower doggy (whitey)!

However.

Tti-ring!

[The request will not be accepted.]
[Basis : Due to the absence of government offices in Germany on Earth No. 675, the inheritor’s nationality qualification has not been confirmed.]

Euing?

【Rebuttal : The Earth No. 675 Black Tower entry itself is precisely the evidence.】

Oh!

[Error: Backdoor entry records have been confirmed. It is not a normal entry method.]

Euing?

【Rebuttal : It was a formal entry up to the 95th floor. It is self-defense resisting the illegal entry blockage on the 96th floor.】

Oh!

[Error : The authority of an Outer God has been discovered from the player. It is a clear by expedient.]

Euing?

【Rebuttal : The Black Tower itself is an Outer God’s power though. Is there a problem?】

“…….”

These guys are fighting?

I don’t know who will win but.

The White Tower’s influence definitely got stronger.

To the point of engaging in a message offensive and defensive battle with the Black Tower.

“It is tight, sir. It is a fierce fight, sir.”

“We must win. Whitey-nim, please gather your strength.”

“Whitey fighting!”

“You can’t lose!”

Tti-ring! Tti-ring! Tti-ring! Tti-ring…….

The system message offensive and defensive battle was still continuing.

If the Black Tower comes out saying it cannot recognize the clear on the basis of errors, the White Tower’s rebuttal comes out immediately.

It’s formidable.

It seems both have the power to intervene in the system, but neither one was overwhelmingly superior.

Even putting the Black Tower aside.

What is the true identity of the White Tower?

Black and white.

One seems to want to destroy the world, and the other another seems to want to save the world, and.

“Do not worry, sir. Whitey will win, sir.”

“The basis for that?”

“Since you cleared the 100th floor anyway, haven’t you, sir? Since the result is blatantly right there, how could they deny it, sir? It is a fact even the last place in popularity vote knows, sir.”

True.

Anyway, it’s a floor that was climbed and cleared according to the mission conditions.

Then they should obviously acknowledge it.

[Recommendation : Suspend result judgment until the Earth No. 1,001 Black Tower is completely cleared.]

The Black Tower stepped back one pace.

Saying they’ll suspend the judgment.

【Rejection : Violation of causality principle. Basis for judgment suspension is invalid.】

The stubborn will of the White Tower.

Tti-ring!

【Order : Requesting Player’s mission completion judgment.】

One more time.

Tti-ring!

【Order : Requesting Player’s mission completion judgment.】

And.

Eventually.

[…Acknowledging… the Earth No. 675 Black Tower 100th floor final mission success.]

Tti-ring!

[World Announcement: You have achieved clear grade EX on the 100th floor of the Black Tower (Germany).]

[EX Clear Reward : Enhancing the player’s trait.]
[EX Clear Additional Reward : Bestowing 100 Platinum Badges.]

Eventually the Black Tower’s surrender.

“Hooray!!!”

“We won!!!”

“It has been acknowledged.”

“The White Tower did it.”

“I believed in it, sir.”

Our White Tower!

The influence is very robust!