Episode 55. The end of the third floor, an army without a heart (1)
“Oh no… no. please please…!”
Jinhyeok left the screaming Alex behind and went back to the back of the amphitheater.
Because there was no reason to watch until the end.
Patter!
coo kung!
Debris fell irregularly due to the aftermath of the magic melting furnace.
It’s not threatening, but I didn’t want to cover it with dust.
[Lv2 ‘Ice Sculpture’ is activated.]
Parts!
A round layer of ice spread around Jinhyeok’s body.
An ice shield with a snowflake design bounced off falling rocks.
Jinhyeok’s eyes turned to the people lying on the floor.
Consciousness has not yet returned.
This is because of the great physical and mental damage.
‘Thanks to that, I’ll be able to earn a decent amount of additional income.’
In a situation close to disaster, there would have been no time to take care of the winning auction.
The treasures of the 175th round under the rock fragments. Whoever picks it up first wins.
Jinhyeok walked among them and started farming leisurely.
‘Since he saved my life, of course I should pay this much.’
Rather, it is the same as making it too cheap. Because they only paid a few tens of billions of dollars for their lives.
Of course, there may be people who ask me to hand over the bundle after I rescued him from drowning.
Does not matter.
‘When I wake up, I’ll be on the plane to Korea.’
Most of all, he passed out, so how could he know who the culprit was?
At most, it would be the best they could do to point the arrow of blame at the demons who caused this disaster.
Lulu Lala.
Jinhyeok hummed and rummaged through the rubble.
Quite a few treasures were damaged, but fortunately the best ones survived.
‘It feels like I’m completely inside a treasure dungeon.’
The most popular items of this auction, ‘Heart of the Fish Dragon’, ‘Unknown Iron Ore’ and ‘Safe Made by Michelangelo’ were also obtained.
The crown that Ellis submitted was also recovered.
good.
That’s enough.
Jinhyeok took out an old piece of paper that he had put in his arms.
It was the ‘sub-space inventory combination book’ obtained from the corridor.
The materials that exist besides the replica or top won’t come out to the level of platinum or diamond, which stores more than a few tens of tons, but
‘it can prevent the inconvenience of having to carry around right away.’
That’s enough.
[‘Heart of the ichthyosaur (A)’, ‘Unknown iron ore (B)’ and ‘Safe made by Michelangelo (C)’ were used as materials!] [Successfully combined a large-capacity sub-space inventory (gold
grade +5000kg)! ]
A yellow subspace inventory appeared with a dazzling light.
I can finally shove the cumbersome stuff in.
But just then
rustle.
I felt popular among people.
“…!?”
Jinhyuk quickly turned his head.
‘Is there someone who’s already sane?’
The moment I thought so.
In the pile of rubble, I encountered a rabbit with wide open eyes.
was a young boy
She was frightened, but somehow, for some reason, she had eyes full of admiration and emotion.
‘…was it a child.’
Jinhyeok let go of his guard.
“I’ll take it out, so stay still for a moment. Don’t move.”
“yes? yes.”
The boy nodded.
That moment.
Awesome!
The blue dagger cut through the pile of rubble at once.
After calculating the angle at which the cut fragments collapsed, the boy was safely rescued without any injuries.
“Thank you. brother.”
“What have you got?”
Jinhyuk laughed as if it was nothing.
“You’re the one who killed those monsters and the bad guys, right?”
“huh?”
“I saw it earlier before I passed out. Just like in a Marvel movie. It’s really… it’s really cool.”
It’s a Marvel movie.
Did you think of it as the Avengers fighting Thanos?
Well, it may look like that in the eyes of children. Wiping out dozens of undead must have looked like a scene in a movie.
“I also want to become a strong player like you someday and climb to the top. So, when bad guys kill people, he shows up like a hero and saves them… I want to be like that.”
Mmm. It’s a little embarrassing to hear it so openly.
Maybe it’s because he’s pure, there’s no filtering in his emotional expression.
It doesn’t feel too bad though.
Because expressing my sincere gratitude didn’t involve any calculations or pretense.
‘Sometimes this isn’t bad either.’
Jinhyuk smiled and stroked the boy’s hair.
I had to stop going now, just in case someone else woke up.
one thing before that.
“Um, can you keep it a secret later when people ask who did it?”
Jinhyuk gently spread his little finger.
“I will never tell you. A hero shouldn’t be exposed!”
The boy also smiled and put his pinky fingers together.
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On the 3rd floor of the Tower of Trials, there are two places that players have not yet been to.
One was the boss room on the 3rd floor that guarded the way to the 4th floor.
Another one right here.
It is called the ‘Cathedral of Hate’ and is a labyrinth that has brought countless raiders to despair.
but.
Contrary to its notoriety, in fact, this labyrinth had been overrun a long time ago.
Just by the magicians.
“Damn, why is the security here so tricky? This is going to kill us too.”
A woman with a slender body grunted.
There was a lot of irritation in the tone of the conversation.
That’s right.
Layers of barriers and traps were installed to prevent players from approaching.
In addition, numerous high-ranking undead monsters made it impossible for even the demons who were familiar with the geography of this place to relax.
“Stop complaining, Melena. It’s because I’m already in a bad mood because of that stupid doctor.”
An Asian man walking next to Melena clicked his tongue.
It wasn’t huge, but the cold aura it exuded from its body was no less than that of a large monster.
“Richao. Do I even have to pay attention to whether you feel comfortable or uncomfortable?”
“That would be good. If you don’t want to die.”
“That’s funny. Doesn’t it look like you’re stronger than me?”
Melena also received Richao’s gaze directly.
It wouldn’t be strange to take out a weapon right away.
“Both of you, just go there.”
A low, heavy voice interrupted.
a man wearing a black hood
Unlike Melina and Liqiao, she had a red inverted cross pattern on her right shoulder. And the Roman numeral VII was drawn over it.
“…All right.”
“Sheesh!”
The two of them reluctantly nodded at the order they dared not disobey.
Melena and Liqiao had been on missions together outside the tower for 10 years, but they always couldn’t eat each other.
Well, it might be a contradiction to ask the demons to get along well with each other.
Apocalypseists who fell into pseudo-religions, pleasure killers who became mercenaries to kill, monsters who would give up their humanity for money, etc.
It was a group formed by people who hated being bound by law and order.
“But no matter how bad Alex’s skills are, I don’t understand why he lost even when he had so much wealth.”
Richao opened his mouth.
“Well, Kang Jin-hyeok must be one of the deceased. Even so, it’s probably on the same level as the rankers out there.”
“Don’t be alarmed. Maybe he’s the one who went to a higher place than we did.”
At the words of the hooded man, empty air leaked from the two of them.
“Oh no way. The fact that the executives went up to the 20th floor of the tower was treated like crazy. Did you go higher than that?”
“I also think that the assumption is a bit excessive. We chose [Tower of Trials], a virtual reality world, as part of avoiding the prying eyes of Interpol and the CIA, so we know more about the tower than everyone else, but…” “That’s right
. Others don’t have a special reason like that, don’t they? There will be no need to hide in virtual reality from the eyes of the cops.”
It has been 11 years since [Tower of Trials] was released.
But most people quit the game within three years.
It’s a natural story.
Even people who enjoy extreme levels of difficulty couldn’t waste their time on things that went beyond the limit.
You need at least the taste of growing and improving to endure boredom.
Could there be an idiot who would throw his life away at the repetition of boredom without a purpose?
But why?
A strange expression of tension lingered on the man’s face.
The intuition and instinct that made him rise to the position of an executive in the Mine Association.
And beyond that, fear continued to send warnings.
You should never look down on Kang Jin-hyeok.
I don’t care about anything.
That’s what only the stupidest fools do.
In that case…
“The two of you go with Cedric.”
You just have to step on the possibility that there is one chance.
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The last gate on the 3rd floor of the Tower of Trials.
Jinhyuk stood in front of the only road leading to the fourth floor.
“Whoa…”
He took a long breath.
‘All preparations are complete.’
All the items requested from Lee Yu-ri were put in the sub-space inventory, and the physical condition and magic power were also in the best condition.
The only thing left is to open your own broadcasting channel before the boss battle.
‘Thinking about the future, I need to collect as many coins as possible.’
Due to the condition that only the first video viewed in 24 hours is counted, this bottom will soon become a serious red ocean.
It means that the good guys can sweep coins, but it will be difficult for non-named players to get 10 views even if they do it every day.
So, you have to set it up before then.
And you have to kick the ladder.
to keep competitors from stepping up.
‘Let’s suffer a little today.’
In this boss raid, he turned on the broadcast to attract people’s aggro, but Jinhyeok planned not to broadcast live as much as possible in the future.
This is because exporting the material as it is without editing was dangerous in many ways.
‘If I can clearly imprint it on everyone in the first broadcast, then it’s enough to replace it with uploading a video.’
It also meant that if you wiped the first one well, the next one would be comfortable.
But just then. While thinking about the name of the channel, Jinhyeok suddenly remembered a painful and painful memory.
‘Colonel Teemo can’t.’
That’s never going to happen.
I wanted to get out of that nightmare.
Jinhyuk bit his finger.
He prided himself on knowing more about the Tower of Trials than anyone else, but only one.
No matter how hard I tried, my naming sense did not improve.
How many minutes had passed like that?
A name flashed like lightning in Jinhyeok’s mind.
“…Unknown.”
Words that were mumbled.
OK.
[Do you want to change the channel name to ‘Unknown’?]
A status window appeared asking for confirmation.
“okay. I’ll do it with that.”
When you cleared the Ribarintos Labyrinth, the system recommended a code name of Unknown to protect your identity.
A word meaning ‘the unknown’.
At the time, I said it was because I liked it, but now that I think about it, it seems like a name I really like.
‘Actually, the main concept is to hide your identity behind a mask.’
[A personal channel has been created!]
[Channel name ‘Unknown’!]
[Broadcasting function is activated.]
[Real-time streaming is available only when fighting the boss monster on each floor.]
Current BJ Rating: Normal (90% commission applied)
Number of Viewers: 0/1000
Number of Subscribers: 0
Excitement! Throb! Throb!
Jinhyuk’s heart started beating fast.
“What is this, I am so nervous.”
In the past, the concept of real-time streaming was vague.
It was because the number of people playing [Tower of Trials] was so low.
In fact, the first live broadcast in life.
It would be a lie if I said I wasn’t trembling.
< Boss battle on the 3rd floor of the Tower of Trials: Today's broadcast will show you how to attack the dead person you raised for the first time . 'Then let's go soon.' Jinhyeok checked once again to see if the mask with the geometric patterns was properly put on. that buck And he moved his steps toward the other side of the shimmering gate.
