Episode 98. I climbed the stairs in front of me on
the 30th floor .
It was already the 29th stairway up and officially the last stairway.
‘Finally came up.’
30th floor.
The last layer where the screen is shared.
Hence, the layer known as the end.
The scenery you see as soon as you climb up is a green landscape with a gloomy atmosphere.
All kinds of plants and moss that you wouldn’t think were inside the tower were growing all over the place.
And in the middle was a huge tree.
‘Monster Tree Glacier.’
It was the boss of the 30th floor.
Its size was larger than Grani, the boss of the 20th floor.
It was difficult to kill at once because of its size, and it was the standard to attack step by step according to the strategy.
‘It takes too long to go to the standard way.’
The longer it takes, the more variables there are.
The standard wasn’t always the safe way.
I knew this would happen and there were things I had prepared from outside.
‘Single-use catalysts that I made while making Lucia’s cure.’
It was contained in a potion bottle, but it was clearly a catalyst used to make magic circles.
Catalysts don’t differ greatly from potions, so I quickly created them with my gifted potion talent. I guessed the size of the magic circle and made almost 100 bottles, but just in case, I made a little more.
that pole.
Noticing that an intruder had entered the room, Glasir awoke from a deep slumber and began to stand up.
– Oooh.
Glacier, who has a huge wooden body but a human-like head, announced in a low voice that he had awakened. At the same time, I could see his small roots stretching out in all directions, preparing to run amok.
I opened the lid of the potion bottle I had prepared and began to circle around Glacier while spraying the catalyst on the floor.
Whiiik-!
Chun!
The root came flying like a whip and attacked me.
I didn’t stop running and blocked it with my sword, continuing to spill the catalyst onto the floor.
Whirik-!
Whiiik-!
As the number of roots flew in increased, I burned the roots with sparks with an aura.
While spilling a total of 8 catalysts, I finally went around the largest outer circle.
The outskirts were easy, but the problem started now.
‘The closer you get to Glacier, the higher the difficulty will be. But to draw the magic circle, you have to go inside.’
Instead, victory was guaranteed the moment the magic circle was completed.
Since this method was devised in the game in the first place, it was a strategy that had been used continuously, so the performance was certain.
Besides, it didn’t matter if he was beaten according to the rules if things didn’t go well.
Since both magic and swords could be used, the option was not one.
phut! phut!
As I approached the inside, there was a sound of something exploding, and monsters began to emerge from Glasir’s body. The monster that flew like a spore was an annoying monster that stuck to it.
“Sigh.”
Kuaang-!
I fused the sword wind with the wind cutter and exploded it.
The sword wind that flew at an overwhelming speed swept away the flying spore monsters.
I couldn’t kill all of them, so some of them, who were just blown away by the wind, started crawling on the ground. The speed was slow, but the number was not negligible, so I moved my body diligently.
‘Is it a quarter now?’
Still, at this speed, it’s good.
I wanted to draw a little faster, but Glacier’s check was quite tough for that.
Whiik- Bang! Quaang!
Whirik – Boom!
As I got closer and closer, Glacier’s movement intensified, and dozens of roots brushed past me. I evaded most of the attacks while running and approached Glasire’s torso while occasionally waving my sword to block it.
-Kiririk.
Slowly, new monsters began to appear.
The greenish monster was the same size as the goblin, but it looked a little closer to a plant, and it came close to me and started to self-destruct.
Quaang!
I had already expected it, so I created an Earth Shield to block it, but I frowned when I saw the self-destruct monsters constantly being created near Glacier.
‘I have to overdo it a bit.’
Even the spore monster was cumbersome, but when the self-destruct monster joined in, he was distracted.
In addition, after a little more time, new monsters will be mass-produced, but before that, the magic circle had to be completed.
‘Once it’s completed, skip the 2nd and 3rd phases at once and go straight to the last phase.’
The final phase won’t be too long either.
It will probably be over with a few sword strikes and a few rounds of magic.
Of course you have to be careful.
– Oooh.
Glacier cried softly.
It sounded like a question, but it must feel strange.
In Glasir’s eyes, I’m just running around the outside of him and spilling a strange liquid on the floor.
Perhaps thanks to this, his root attack was gradually loosening.
‘I didn’t expect this.’
Of course, it was unexpected in a good way.
In the game, the attack gets stronger as time goes on regardless of my actions, but in reality, I can call off my guard like this.
Before I knew it, two-thirds of the magic circle had been completed.
This was the hardest part, but I had to stick to Glacier’s body.
―Ooh oh oh.
As expected, getting closer than this made even the vigilant Glasire nervous again. Glacier wielded huge branches that looked like human arms, which he hadn’t used before.
Whoops.
As if performing an acrobatics, sometimes I stepped over it, and sometimes I blocked it with Galaksur, and continued the magic circle.
I was distracted enough to lose my soul, but if I made even the slightest mistake, I would be eliminated, so I raised my concentration to the maximum.
―Kiririk!
Quaang!
Whoa-! thud-!
After breaking through all kinds of obstacles, the magic circle was finally completed.
Still, I succeeded by focusing only on evasion and blocking, but I wouldn’t have been able to do it if I had to attack Glacier in the middle of this.
‘Now I have to step back outside.’
The activation of the magic circle had to be done outside the magic circle.
It’s a matter of course, but if I activate the magic circle here and now, I’ll get caught up in it, and it’s the same as committing suicide.
Getting out was quick as it was enough to run in a straight line.
―Ooh ooh ooh.
Glasir let out a mysterious cry as he saw me barely approaching the torso and running away.
Don’t worry, I’ll make it hot soon.
When I stepped out of the magic circle, few roots reached me.
I lightly burned the roots with an aura of flame and touched the ground where the magic circle was drawn.
‘It’s a little big magic circle, but I’ve already practiced it a few times outside.’
It wasn’t that I was just researching a cure outside.
I was thoroughly preparing for the Tower of Modras.
I drew all the magic circles, but the arrangement of mana was another issue.
It was possible to deal with the spell with a magic circle, but since it was such a large magic circle, it took some time to arrange the mana.
Whiik-!
Pod!
A root flew in and scratched my cheek as I barely turned my head.
While arranging mana, there was no choice because it was impossible to move.
Even after that, small root attacks came in, but they stopped to the point of causing slight scratches, and finally the magic circle started to glow.
Weiying.
The activation of the magic circle was immediate.
Glasire, who was staring at the shining floor with a curious look, tried to move by shaking her body, as if she felt an unusual magical energy.
But it was too late.
The magic circle that covered most of the 30th floor built a simple but gigantic pillar of flame.
Aaaaang-!
Roaring!
―Ooh ooh!
Glacier’s shriek-like scream filled the cavity, and the magic circle, which had not lost its power, continued to emit pillars of fire.
‘The operating time of the magic circle is 30 seconds.’
28 27… …3 2 1.
Tardak.
I ran forward as soon as the pillar of fire disappeared.
I had to attack now, when Glacier was at its weakest, so I could clear it a little more comfortably.
‘I’m sure I won from the moment I activated the magic circle.’
I do not relax my tension even for the sake of unknown variables.
It’s a rule of thumb to stay vigilant until you achieve your goal.
Glacier, charred and disfigured, cried out in pain, unaware of my approach. Soon after, I rode Glacier’s body up, but he still didn’t seem to care.
I quickly climbed to the top of her head, stepped on the middle of Glacier’s head, and put an aura on my sword.
‘It explodes at once.’
The aura of Galaksur began to change.
It’s an aura similar to what Master once showed.
‘A sword that explodes.’
I haven’t even tried blowing the sword wind like Master did, but it was possible to drive it in and explode it in this state.
Kwajik!
The sword pierced Glasir’s blackened head.
Only then did Glasir, realizing that I had climbed onto his head, tossed over and extended branches to me.
However, it was already too late from the moment the sword was stabbed.
Kwaaang-!
The shock came with a huge explosion.
A huge explosion that even I, who use it, would be damaged by the recoil.
I was blown away by the impact of the explosion, but I was able to stop the fall by driving my sword into Glacier’s torso.
Looking up, I saw Glacier’s head, which had been slashed with the shifting sword, had been shattered in half.
It was easily broken because it was cooked to a crisp by the magic circle.
– Ugh.
Glasir died at the sound of that single desperate cry.
I came downstairs, gently wiping my bloodied face from Glasir’s attack and the impact earlier.
I saw a staircase.
‘I did it.’
Of course, I was confident because I challenged with higher specs than ever before, but it is also true that I was nervous because unlike the game, not a single mistake was tolerated.
I drank the rest of the potion and applied it to the wounded body.
I had no intention of delaying.
I immediately stepped on the stairs to the 31st floor.
* * *
“I woke up….”
“So what? Did you break the Tower of Modras?”
“Nonsense.”
The empty lot in front of the tower, where there was more buzz than cheer, was more cluttered than ever.
It would be correct to say that now there is no power to be surprised anymore. For those who initially thought that they would not even be able to break the 20th floor, the current situation was unbelievable.
Starting from the 20th floor, every time I went up one floor, I spewed out astonishment, but now it seemed like a strange phenomenon that didn’t even feel anything.
“Not bad.”
Minus’ sister, Greta Morhaime, who was looking at the screen, said with interest.
She was not in a good mood because she was forced to come and watch something she didn’t want to come, but he seemed to know why her brother had forced him to come.
“Still, I like someone bigger.”
“Let’s talk for a moment. I’m not forcing either.”
At Minus’ words, Greta nodded.
The 25th floor was the end of even Maximin, who was called a true monster.
If so, it is only natural that Adrias, who had conquered the 30th floor, would look forward to seeing how far he would grow.
As Minus looked around, the emperor’s men, the duke’s servants, and scouts from various groups came to his eyes.
‘Old Bahat is there, but Mr. Sinclair hasn’t come.’
I heard that people from other countries are also planning to visit, but there will probably be a decision by that time.
Even Minus himself had no desire to let go of Adrias.
“But why aren’t you coming out yet?”
One of the students raised a question.
Only then did people realize that Adrias, who had broken up to the 30th floor, had not come out.
And that fact has created certain assumptions in the minds of many people.
‘The 30th floor… …Isn’t it the end?’
