249. Necromancer (2)
The moment you cross the ordeal entry portal on the 21st floor.
In an instant, everything that came into view changed.
The wind that swayed against the skin of the sunlight that came in between the leaves, covered with leaves. The sound of birds chirping on the vegetation.
Before I knew it, I was in the middle of the forest.
“…”
Since it was the first floor I entered after coming to the 20th floor, I thought that a fierce battle could happen right away…
I never thought the 21st floor ordeal stage would be such a lively forest.
To be honest, it felt like I was at a resort, so somehow I felt like a part of my heart was being purified.
However, there was no time to feel that deep emotion.
That should be the case…
「Enter the 21st floor of the Tower of Trials.」
「Difficulty – Difficulty」
「The subject of the ordeal is ‘Necromancer’.」
「I hope that the challenger will have a satisfactory result at the end of their choice.」
Before I knew it, a system message announcing the start of the ordeal appeared in my field of vision.
「The trial on the 21st floor begins.」
「Time remaining – 1 month」
「Trial break condition – Despair, fall, and kill the apostle serving the god of madness within the remaining time」
「Trial failure condition – death of the challenger or the remaining time The moment when I read all the system messages that popped into my view within the
“
End of the trial” “Reward for breaking through the trial – the scabbard of a swordsman who pursued mystery (SS-)”
“Penalty for failing the trial – death” .
“Now, can individual trials be assigned to something like this…”
Looking at the phrase written in the contents of the ordeal, I calmed my eyes coldly.
It was worth it.
It’s nothing else…
because one of the ancient deities was entangled in this personal ordeal on the 21st floor.
That’s very important too.
‘An apostle who serves the god of despair, fall, and madness…’
The first candidate selected by the Tower.
Beginning with the final layer of the giant tree labyrinth, a being that constantly shows hostility toward me.
There are many other words that could describe this ancient deity, but
one thing was certain.
“It will be an ordeal where you may really die.”
It means that at the current growth rate, it is an opponent that can never be defeated.
Of course, the content of the ordeal was not to deal with the god of despair, fall, and madness, but to deal with the apostle of the ancient deity…
Still, the personal ordeal on the 21st floor could not be underestimated.
It was confirmed in the Giant Tree Labyrinth that the Ancient Goddess could fight even the poorly ranked Godheads.
‘Aria, the apostle of the god of darkness, also won a landslide victory against the incarnation of the god.’
Perhaps the apostle who served the god of despair, fall, and madness had power comparable to that of a god.
So, it must have been assigned as a condition for clearing the individual trials on the 21st floor.
Continuing my thoughts like that, I soon stepped away, grabbed the sword wave of the Blood Heaven Demon Sword, and spoke.
It was because he thought that maybe Dam Chun-wu knew something.
“Come to think of it, do you know anything about the Apostle of the Ancient Godhead?”
Even though he is currently nothing more than a soul ego dwelling in the Blood Demon Sword, he is a challenger who has climbed beyond the 40th floor.
Considering the condition of information disclosure in the tower, which became somewhat lower as you climbed the floors, there is a possibility that it could tell you something.
Soon after, I looked down at the Blood Heaven Demon Sword with eyes filled with anticipation, and soon the blade rang and the answer came back.
– Do you know to some extent? I haven’t seen too many of them, so I can’t say for sure. It will serve as a reference material.
“The tower has put restrictions on that part…”
―No. Perhaps you thought you deserved this much information. It won’t do much harm to me if I reveal this.
“Is that so.”
At least it was good news.
This means that you can gauge the opponent’s strength in advance through a conversation with Damcheonwu.
Knowing even a little is the difference between not knowing at all.
It would be of great help if you could learn about the Apostle of the Ancient Godhead before the battle.
I smiled lightly at him and immediately asked a question.
“Well done, then. Apostle of the Ancient Godhead. How strong are you?”
―It depends on the grade. As you know, the ranks that determine the rank of an official apostle range from 1st to 4th. I have only seen a level 2 apostle.
“If that is fine, please let me know.”
And…
―…I had encountered an apostle of a demon before. The official apostle rank was 2nd grade. I can roughly describe the power he possesses.
next moment.
―Enough to destroy a planet at the end of a fierce battle.
Hearing those words, I could only stop and be stunned.
***
“….”
The moment I heard that the power of the apostle of the ancient deity was enough to destroy the planet after a fierce battle.
Shocked at the power that seemed to deviate from common sense, he asked Dam Chun-wu again.
About whether what I just heard is true.
But…
“…the power of a 2nd-class official apostle is enough to destroy a planet?”
The expectation that it might have been misunderstood soon collapsed like a sand castle.
―That’s right. At that time, I killed the devil’s apostle. However, the dimension that served as the battlefield collapsed as it was. It’s also very miserable.
“…”
―It was not a power that mortals could handle. It was definitely a power that touched the realm of divinity. In fact, we also dealt with divine powers.
“What is that…”
I was dumbfounded.
To be honest, I can barely comprehend that it would destroy a planet.
Despite being an apostle, it is difficult to understand that he is dealing with divine powers that can be possessed by a god.
That would be the case too…
“An apostle is not a god. There’s no way you can handle divine powers, right? It doesn’t even have a unique divinity.”
Divine power is to deal with the inherent divinities in the heart.
Even if I have used divine authority by using apostle painting before, it is always because I originally had a unique divinity.
Divinity < Death > and < Immortality > are only my own unique divinity.
But, how could such divine authority be used by a mere official apostle?
It was understandable that it was difficult to understand.
But…
-Yes. An apostle is not a deity. But to put it the other way around, isn’t it true that even an apostle can use divine authority if he touches the realm of divinity?
“…”
―The apostle had already escaped mortality and was clumsily constructing a divinity for himself. He just claimed to be an apostle even though he met the qualifications to become a god.
“…At least, the apostles of the ancient deities are beings close to deities.”
I felt my head pounding and started walking again.
‘…This is not an apostle at all, but a deity.’
As befits an individual ordeal on the 21st floor, the difficulty level had risen to an absurd level.
This is what I felt when I battled against the usurper before….
I thought that perhaps, by the 30th floor, I might even compete with the incarnation of an ancient deity.
It was worth it.
Even though I had just reached the 21st floor, the ordeal level was so crazy that I was running rampant.
‘Still, I think I can win… but I’m not sure.’
But it never occurred to me that I couldn’t win.
No matter how powerful he is, his enemies are only apostles.
Even if it is an apostle of an ancient deity, it will be the one who wins the battle at the end of the battle.
There are still many cards hidden.
‘If we fight later, we’ll know more accurately.’
As I was walking down the street, organizing my thoughts, I suddenly felt a strange energy.
It’s nothing different….
The land that was full of life suddenly became a dry land beyond a certain section.
That wasn’t all.
“What is this again?”
magic.
The energy that can only be felt in places where monsters live began to be felt all over the place.
It’s like the demonic scene seen in < Savior of the End >, the alternative ordeal quest on the 16th floor.
Of course, it hasn’t completely encroached on the forest yet, but it’s clear that the situation isn’t very good.
It was then.
「Satisfying special conditions.」
「※ Facing a special situation, the provision of information to challenger Han Seong-yoon is permitted.」 「
※ There is a point where you can create a special task beyond 100km.」 「
※ When you clear the special task, the 21st floor is a trial. It is possible to obtain information related to.」
「※If you do not reach the special task creation point within 10 minutes, the special task creation point will disappear.
」
But since I’ve been in this situation a couple of times, I’m not embarrassed.
Instead, I quickly read the system messages and finished assessing the situation.
“It’s been a while since a special task was created…”
Of course, strictly speaking, it’s still before the special task has been created… But
anyway, it’s possible to create a special task when you reach beyond 100 km, so it seems like a special task has already been created. It’s no different.
At that, I raised the corners of my lips and gave a small smile.
Even if it wasn’t, a special task appeared appropriately at the time when it was necessary to acquire information about the 21st floor ordeal.
‘Still, the Tower doesn’t have no conscience at all.’
Thanks to T.O.P’s consideration, not consideration, there is no need to bother playing detective.
In response, I immediately kicked off the seat while activating various skills.
very quickly too.
Paaang-!
The body accelerates in the blink of an eye, and the scenery changes in less than a few seconds.
The moment they arrived at the land stained with rotten energy, even the vegetation disappeared.
I could see why it was said that if I didn’t come here within 10 minutes, the creation of the special task would become impossible.
Kiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-!
A rogue bird with a size that exceeded 10m was screaming and running amok.
“To rot…! Does this worm-like monster ignore even those who serve death!”
“Heh heh! keep up! Only by protecting the shrine maiden can we keep the prophecy of the clan!”
“Damn, damn, damn! At least protect Miko with corpses!”
Even against people in black clothes.
Each of them was holding a staff made of black wood, around which the undead were herded.
It’s probably a tribe of corpse masters…
Despite their excellent skills, dozens of corpses were destroyed at once with each blow of the rogue bird.
‘Is that why I said that you have to reach this place within 10 minutes to receive a special assignment?’
I rolled my eyes for a moment and looked at the monstrous bird, it doesn’t look like an ordinary monster.
Like the monsters that were baptized in the giant tree labyrinth, the rogue bird had divine power in its arms.
It is also a very muddy divine power.
I grinned at the divine power that reminded me of the despair, fall, and madness I had seen before.
I’m sure.
“I can get information about the 21st floor personal ordeal right away.”
If you save those local guides (?), you can learn about the apostles who serve the ancient gods.
In response, I jumped right away with my skills activated, and the moment I fired the spirit sword as it was.
Just like that, the monster’s body was cut neatly in half.
Chow-!
And at the same time, I landed where the rogue bird fell and took off the mask of despair (B+) from my face.
「Absorbed the command of the monster ‘Despairing Rimicar’.」
Although shock absorption and power efficiency increase are good items in their own way.
In this situation, isn’t it better to show your face to give people friendliness?
After the ordeal, there was nothing to see each other anyway, so there was no reason to hide their faces.
At that, I took off my mask and smiled and opened my mouth.
“hello?”
However, without knowing why, he smiled as much as possible to give a friendly feeling, so the enemies put more caution in their eyes.
That wasn’t all.
Unlike before, he seemed determined to die for real.
The corpse masters in black robes quietly manipulated the corpses and began wrapping them around them to protect themselves.
Seeing that, I squinted my eyes, and soon the Blood Heaven Demon Sword rang out.
―…You really didn’t think that if you greeted with a smile in this situation, the enemy would be less vigilant, right?
“…”
―Crazy man. Even Samcheok-dong would not think so. After climbing the tower for a long time, isn’t something in your head weird?
“…”
There was nothing to say after asking like that.
‘…He’s tougher than I thought.’
I could never have thought that seeing such a kind smile would inflate such vigilance.
Even though he appeared out of nowhere, he was the one who defeated the enemy and saved them.
The moment you seriously think about whether you should use a skill to raise your favorability.
Suddenly, a childish voice was heard among the corpse magicians who had formed a circle around something.
“Ah ah ah…! Uh, how can you have such a domineering aura…!”
and.
“Miss Mu? Dangerous! Do you know who that man is and say this!”
“That’s the one the predecessors prophesied about…!”
“yes? What is that… If that’s the case, isn’t that man…?”
“yes. So, everyone, please get out of the way. This is not a request, this is an order!”
There was a commotion for a while, and soon the corpses cleared the way.
In the meantime, a black-haired woman appeared, hiding her eyes as if she had just become an adult.
She suddenly looked in my direction and then shed tears and said tearfully.
“An aura like death itself… ah… you are the being of the prophecy.”
“…yes?”
“You don’t have to say anything. The clan’s prophet told me in the past.”
“…No, what is that—.”
“One day, when the end of the world comes, a spirit of death will appear to stop it.”
“….”
I was dumbfounded by that, so I kept my mouth shut and watched the situation, but a system message suddenly came to my mind.
「The special task ‘Savior of the Clan’ begins.」
「Currently, the Hermians who serve death are obsessed with the spirit of prophecy.」 「
They believe that the spirit inhabited by death will save the family and the world.」
「Here Be recognized by the Mian clan and be worshiped by them as a divine spirit.” “
When you achieve the goal of the special task, you will know where the apostles serving the gods of despair, fall, and madness are.” “
When you achieve the goal of the special task Additional settlement will be made for all types of breakthrough rewards.」
Then, after reading the system message in an instant, I finally understood the situation.
Prophecies of death, worship of divine salvation, etc…
After looking at the keywords, I got a sense of what to do.
Originally, I knew this because I had done this a few times.
“…You’re quick to notice. That’s right. I am the spirit of the Hermian clan.”
From now on…
“So, from now on, please rely on me.”
-her. Now you don’t even spit in your mouth and you’re cheating.
‘It’s a scam?.’
―…?
‘It’s true that I’m not a god, but a god. It’s right to save the world, right? I didn’t tell a single lie.’
―…
It’s not fair to refuse to put rice on a spoon.
