Episode 93. Passer on the 20th floor
“Senior.”
“uh?”
“Is it okay if you don’t prepare, senior?”
I, who was in the lab, raised my head at Lucia’s question.
It’s already been a week since the midterm evaluation started.
In the meantime, the evaluation of other subjects had already been completed, so it seemed that I would get a moderately bad score this time too.
Perhaps what Lucia is asking now is the joint evaluation with the Faculty of Engineering.
It must be the Tower of Modras.
“uh. I’ve studied all the strategies.”
“If it was something that could be climbed by studying the strategy book, everyone would have been able to climb it.”
There was no right word to say.
And in fact, the fact that he studied the strategy book was a lie, so it was ambiguous to answer.
“Nowadays, Diene sunbaenim doesn’t come because of that, but it’s strange that sunbaenim is so relaxed.”
“You’re right, but on the contrary, being impatient doesn’t change anything that shouldn’t be done. I just go there and do the best I can.”
Due to the nature of breaking up groups of 10, Diene was right in front of me in group 88.
And I was planning to go in soon.
“Don’t do that, let’s go watch our senior Diane climbing.”
“for a moment.”
I checked the tablet.
I was able to confirm that all of the preceding 71 to 80 groups were over except for one group.
“okay. let’s go.”
I was curious too.
The current Diene has achieved more overwhelming growth than ever before.
How high can you really go?
‘I’m sure it won’t go all the way.’
If that happens, the hidden piece will be taken away.
I’m a little anxious.
For reference, the 1st grade trio finished the evaluation with compliant grades.
It was, of course, Louis Atman who climbed the highest floor, and he went up to the 15th floor.
This was by no means a low number of floors.
The 10th floor was a section called the devil’s realm, but this was a kind of boss floor.
Most of them drank the hurdle of elimination on the 10th floor, but even if they passed the 10th floor, it would be very difficult to climb one level higher due to the difficulty that rapidly increases by 10th floor after that.
‘The highest record in the history of the academy is the 24th floor.’
The 20th floor was not a realm of demons, but a realm of heaven.
There have been several people in the history of the academy who have reached the 20th floor, but only one has broken the 20th floor. One of them was a man who raised the hurdles to the 24th floor at once.
Now it was a monster that was making a name for itself as one of the strongest on the continent.
‘Maximin Cronel.’
As one of the Aura Masters, his monstrous skills were at the highest level among Aura Masters.
He is one of the graduates of Rodlen Academy and is now in his 60s.
And he was a wandering idiot, ignoring the title given by the empire with an eccentric temper like an Auror Master.
‘If Master feels like a hermit, Maximin is a living disaster.’
Anyway, even for such a person, the 24th floor was the limit.
Of course, the opportunity to challenge Modras Top is given once in the 1st year and once in the 4th year, so by the time Louis is in the 4th year, he will probably be able to break Maximin’s record.
‘I have to assume that I have grown up properly, but… ….’
I’ll have to give Lewis a direction before the senior year.
I left the lab with Lucia and walked in the direction of the Tower of Modras.
The area near the Tower of Modras was filled with people, and it was overflowing with people who came to see it even though they were not in the grade to evaluate it.
“Senior Diane!”
Lucia spotted Diene in the distance and sprinted away.
Then, Diene, who was waiting, also greeted Lucia with a bright color.
“You’re here to see Lucia.”
“I came to see you, sir.”
It’s more polite than when you treat me.
Feeling a bit disappointed, I said to Diene.
“What’s next?”
“uh. I’m waiting and looking forward to it I’m going to break the record.”
“yes. I look forward to it.”
“You remember our bet?”
I smiled and nodded at Diene, who was looking at me with a slightly elated expression.
“Sure.”
“Be prepared to grant my wish.”
“I have no intention of losing either. I will be nervous.”
At that time, I saw the last remaining student in the Tower of Modras drop out.
Then, the waiting assistants immediately called in the later ones who were waiting.
“Come in from 81 to 90.”
At the sound of her calling, Diene waved at Lucia and me once and entered the Tower of Modras. Lucia clenched her fists and cheered for Diene as she entered.
“Did you hear about the bet between Lucia Diene and I?”
“yes! That’s why I hope Diane sunbaenim will do better.”
Not on my side. Not on my side.
No matter how good I try, it’s useless.
I stopped the useless sentiment and looked at Diene through the screen.
As if they had planned a strategy in advance, they could see the freshmen from the Knights Faculty surrounding Diene and other wizards in a circle.
It was the most common camp.
All of these camps could learn from the academy.
‘It’s an acceptable choice, but did Diene really think about that?’
Diene was no ordinary person.
There must be something hidden like that.
“Oh oh!”
“You couldn’t have imagined something like that?”
The first layer was a simple layer to break through the traps.
However, it was a space where the location and type of traps changed each time.
Diene cast a space distortion spell on the Knights Faculty students surrounding her and connected them.
Then, a kind of barrier was formed in a round shape.
Papabak!
Traps were triggered and arrows rained down.
However, the arrows flew past the students in front and flew behind the students behind.
As long as there were only traps on the first floor, it was an operation that showed great efficiency.
Of course, the traps weren’t the only traps that flew projectiles, but those traps were moving forward after Diene figured out the space itself with space magic in advance.
‘It’s a kind of map hack.’
The trap could do no harm to Diene.
The place where she struggles is probably the floor where she has to deal with monsters.
However, as much as Diene was the winner of the tournament, her combat power was terrifying.
“Already on the second floor!”
“Hey, is this a new record?”
Climbing up to the second floor, passing through the maze-like layers at once, killing the popping goblins in an instant.
The speed was overwhelming enough to be called phenomenal.
“3rd Floor!”
“Other teams are still on the first floor.”
A mixture of cheers and screams of horror echoed around.
Perhaps this could be the moment when the new history of the academy was being written, so this reaction could have been taken for granted.
“Are you okay, senior?”
Suddenly Lucia looked worried.
He had been cheering for Diene before, but he seemed worried when he thought I was about to lose.
“Why are you worried?”
“No, not like that…. Of course, I think it’s only natural that Diene-senpai wins, but it’s just because he doesn’t care about anything.”
“I win.”
It may be slower than Diene.
However, the content of the bet is who will rise more.
If Diene didn’t break the 30th floor, he was confident that he would win unconditionally.
‘There is always a floor that cannot be climbed without knowing the gimmick. Perhaps Maximin, who went up to the 24th floor, couldn’t go any further because of that gimmick.’
Seeing my meaningful smile, Lucia tilted her head.
* * *
It’s already the 11th day since the midterm evaluation started.
Louis Atman headed to the Tower of Modras as soon as the lecture was over.
Serena was with him for the first time in a long time.
“Is it 4 days?”
“Today takes four days.”
The third day since Diene Alven entered the Tower of Modras.
In the meantime, all of her members had dropped out and she was the only one left in the tower.
“Finally, I will go up to the 20th floor today.”
“huh. But can Diene-senpai break the 20th floor?”
When the prominent figures who are now known throughout the country were students at Rodlen Academy, all of them collapsed on the 20th floor in the throes of defeat.
As such, today all the academy students’ attention was focused on Diene Alven.
“It’s amazing that you’ve already gone up to the 20th floor.”
“Should I say the winner of the tournament?”
To Louis, who only reached the 15th floor, Diene, who reached the 20th floor, had no choice but to look amazing. Since I had already experienced the 10th floor, I felt the number of the 20th floor distinctly.
“Now, when Diene-senpai comes out, it’s Adrias-senpai’s turn. Even Adrias-senpai can’t break Diene-senpai’s record, right?”
Lewis remained silent at Serena’s question.
To be honest, he didn’t think Adrias could surpass Diene’s, but he couldn’t be certain.
What he has no choice but to do is that Adrias is a Duel Class.
As much as using magic and sword at the same time, the probability of creating a variable was high.
“I’ll have to wait and see.”
“I now know that Adrias-senpai is amazing. I can’t help but know because I’ve been through sparring myself. But no matter how great Adrias-senpai is, can he go up to the 20th floor?”
While talking, the train arrived near the Tower of Modras before I knew it.
When I got off the train, I could see that a huge number of people had gathered near the tower.
“Aren’t there only students?”
As Serena said, not only students, but also professors, heads of departments, and even famous outsiders who could be known by name were seated and watching the screen. The screen was made huge through magic separately so that everyone could see it.
“Wow!”
“I did it! You did it!”
Suddenly, a huge cheer erupted, and Louis and Serena looked back at each other and ran straight to check the screen.
“ah…!”
On the screen, Diane, who had broken the boss on the 20th floor, was shown exhausted.
It was the first case of passing through the 20th floor after 42 years since Maximin, and the first case as a wizard.
The area in front of the Tower of Modras became a melting pot of cheers and astonishment, and even the outsiders who came to see it were amazed.
“Congratulations. Master of the Magic Tower.”
“How wonderful! The wizard of the century has been born!”
“Heung Diene, this much was nothing.”
Numerous people congratulated Bahat Alven, who was just there.
Bahat responded to the congratulations in a cold tone, but he couldn’t stop the corners of his mouth from rising naturally.
Unfortunately, Diene’s journey ended on the 21st floor.
Since the 20th floor is a boss stage, it could be considered that the difficulty level was higher than the 21st floor, so Diene, who had already exhausted all her strength in all floors, was eliminated on the 21st floor.
“Wow!”
“Diene! Diene!”
However, no one gathered here said that they were sorry to see Diene leaving the tower.
Diene Alven had already succeeded in writing a new history just by breaking the 20th floor.
“Student Diene Alven! Just a few words, please.”
“Passed the 20th floor after 40 years! That’s a first for a Magic Faculty student!”
Among the outsiders, there were also employees from newspapers, so they were extreme to win interviews.
After coming out of the tower, Diene stared blankly at the scene with a tired look for a while, perhaps not expecting so many people waiting, then turned her gaze in one direction.
As she turned her gaze, all the people gathered also turned their gaze toward that direction, where the next waiting group was waiting.
Diene ignored the questions flying at her and walked away, stopping in front of someone.
“Adrias Cromwell.”
click! click!
With the sound of a picture being taken, Diene and Adrias stood facing each other, staring at each other.
“I’m sorry, but I think I won this time too.”
Diene’s provocative words made the surroundings buzz.
From what she said, I was able to infer why Diene approached Adrias.
Adrias looked at her with an expressionless face and smiled softly.
“You worked hard, Diene.”
“Are you admitting defeat?”
“Diene.”
Adrias calmly called Diene by name.
Then he slowly opened his mouth again and declared.
“I will conquer the Tower of Modras.”
For a while, the surroundings became quiet.
It was the right expression to say that the atmosphere became chilly after hearing such an absurd story.
But Adrias did not stop.
“This is just a passing process, you have to aim for the real thing.”
The real thing he refers to must mean the ‘tower’ in the imperial palace.
The hands of the reporters at the newspaper became quicker at that maddening statement.
“Diene Alven I will take this fight.”
