Episode 151. Masquerade (1)
[Video plays.] I didn’t expect
that short sentence…
…to come so desperately.
Baek Jin-ho looked at the screen with a white face.
“This can’t be…”
A low voice escaped his lips.
What appeared in the video was truly shocking.
“omg!”
“What kind of ice trolls are those?”
The Dangun Guild players who were watching the video with Baek Jin-ho also screamed.
I knew at least that ice trolls belonged to the strong axis in the lower floors.
However, the guys Jang Eun-seok was dealing with were very different from those he knew before.
The feeling of pressure that goes beyond the video.
…strong.
And among them, one of the bigger trolls was completely different.
“Oh my God, even with that number of people, I can’t believe it.”
“It is not at the level of being pushed back. Completely…”
The woman who was about to say something soon blurted out.
It’s because I couldn’t bear to say ‘I’m playing with it completely’.
But who can blame her?
Even in the eyes of everyone, it was obvious that the Dangun Guild’s raid was being smashed without even a slight resistance.
however.
The real problem started right here.
Even though the ice troll, who is supposed to be the chieftain, doesn’t kill the players of the Dangun guild.
Rather, Jang Eun-seok caught the child of a young ice troll and threatened him.
-Bright hair Ann: Is it a true story of Inseong?
-Mom eat ashes: Well… Winning is important. Because the success or failure of the raid depends on it.
-KKK1004: Omg. I get it, but it doesn’t look good. Do I really have to stop being pushed behind in my skills?
-Bug-sucking player: What are you talking about? Nothing is more important than winning. Don’t be clumsy. If you die while seeking fame, will you guys take responsibility?
-Mawang-nim leveling up with martial arts: It seems to be a difference in taste. but not good for me I didn’t know that in the third-class guild, but I didn’t know that in Dangun. 1st place should taste like 1st place.
-Ureuk-ah Why-wooreok: That’s right. I think that if you are the best in Korea, you should not cross the line even in unfavorable situations.
The world’s 7th largest guild. And the undisputed No. 1 in Korea.
Carrying this title required a lot of responsibility.
Even if it is considered unreasonable, it was the weight of being number one that had to be embraced.
But that fool had destroyed the tower he had worked so hard to build.
At this level, it’s not that they’ve been dishonored, it’s just that they’ve been completely trashed.
Because of this, Baek Jin-ho couldn’t control his anger and ran wild all the way.
“Aaaaaaa!”
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa!
With a heavy roar, the entire stalactite was cut off.
“Huh. Huh Eok. Huh Eok. I… kid. Send the kids right now to catch them. It doesn’t matter if it’s not on the 7th floor, but at the top of the tower, so grab it right away!”
Baek Jin-ho shouted like crazy, but no one tried to move.
“Hey you bastards, just say my words…”
“Tongue hyung…!”
The man who was watching the screen swallowed dry saliva.
“This… look at this bar.”
There was a very familiar man at the place where the finger pointed.
Only then did Baek Jin-ho realize the situation.
“I wonder if you uploaded the video for this…”
The nightmare isn’t over yet.
It’s just just getting started.
The screen has been switched.
It was Jinhyeok who appeared.
In an instant, Jin-hyeok, who overpowered Jang Eun-seok, started a meeting with the chief.
“Oh, that’s great. shit. You just used some paint.”
“A human can move like that?”
“To fight alone when all raids shouldn’t be able to attack…”
Exclamation burst out.
The fight between the chieftain and Jinhyeok is truly a dragon and a tiger.
In everyone’s eyes, it was a close match in which a single mistake made the difference between winning and losing.
However, only one.
‘no.’
Even when Baek Jin-ho saw the same scene, he exclaimed a completely different kind of exclamation.
‘Where on earth do you see that it’s boiling?’
It seems that most of them didn’t notice because the editing technique was used so cleverly.
Baek Jin-ho, a top-ranked player, realized the gap between the two after just looking at a few moves.
A cat enjoying entertainment and a rat struggling desperately.
that it is a relationship between the two.
And as if supporting that expectation.
As time passed, Jinhyeok began to press the chief.
Of course, he did not forget to satisfy the five senses of the viewers with a suitable sense of directing and splendid performances.
Proof that every movement and even every line of dialogue is a perfectly calculated script.
-Bright hair Ann: Wow. bored Korea’s best!
-Mom, eat ashes: Korea’s strongest? Even if you search all over the world, there is no ranker that can fight like that.
-KKK1004: Yes. I’m a big fan of Kang hyung’s videos and he was ridiculously strong from the start, but what’s even more surprising is that he’s become much stronger when I see him when the next video is updated.
– Player sucking bugs: But really, how many floors did rotten water go up the tower before?
-Mawang-nim leveling up with martial arts: According to current known information, the highest climber is said to be around the 20th floor. Maybe that’s it.
– I’m Park Hyeokgeose!: That’s just a rumor. Look at the level of players now. Doesn’t it seem like a miracle to get to the 10th floor?
– Hair Salon Gidometa: Well, I don’t think even the top ranker could have passed the 20th floor.
-Saeyeong Eonhwan: Well. If it was Kang Jin-hyeok, he might have gone further than that.
-Howl’s Moving Castle: It’s clear that he’s an expected player anyway.
The temperature difference between the video uploaded by the Dangun Guild is extreme.
Hundreds of comments per second made it difficult even for Baek Jin-ho to keep up.
‘Are you saying that even in raids where others risk their lives, they’re already arranging to upload a video and fighting?’
Baek Jin-ho bit his lip.
It’s a very hard thing to accept.
My stomach was full of jealousy and awe, but my eyes were unknowingly fixed on the screen.
because it was attractive.
And because it was so overwhelming.
They even forgot that it was a competitive relationship.
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While all guilds and people around the world are paying attention to a player named Kang Jin-hyeok.
Jinhyeok, who is at the center of the topic, is currently going through a painful time.
‘Why did I say that?’
It was good to part with the group and come out of the tower.
okay. Up to that point, the plan to relieve the travel addiction was perfect.
The problem is…
“Whoops. Indeed, this is a carriage suitable for this noble body.”
It is the giant mosquito with a smile on its face right in front of you.
Elise nodded as if she was satisfied.
Currently, she is riding an ‘Apollon IE’.
It was the only hypercar in Asia.
It’s a monster among monsters with a price of 3.6 billion, and since you casually threw a few jewels at it and bought it, there’s no doubt there’s going to be an uproar.
India and all other complicated procedures were all omitted with the S-class business card, so there is nothing to shy away from.
Elise was very happy with the newspapers she couldn’t have in the tower.
‘I had a hard time, so I shouldn’t have said it was okay to do whatever I wanted.’
I thought I wouldn’t do ignorant shopping anymore since I bought everything the other day.
It seemed that he looked too lightly on the greed of the head of Ataraxia.
“You… do you write down everything you bought last time?”
“Jim never wears clothes or accessories worn once.”
“For something like that, it seems like I wear the same thing every day…”
Jinhyeok’s words caught my attention. Suddenly, Alice opened her eyes wide.
“There are multiple pairs of the same thing!”
A voice that suddenly sharpens.
okay. You know, you know.
What a ridiculous amount of money this is.
“yes. yes. I’m sorry I didn’t see you. How about buying the country right now? Then everything in that land would belong to the noble Alice.”
“hmm. It’s a country… Well, it doesn’t make sense that an existence like me doesn’t have a kingdom. At this point, it wouldn’t be bad to set up a branch of the Ataraxia family in the human world as well. Namsan Tower is said to be high, so we built a castle there…” “
….”
At the point of serious contemplation on this, there was no reason to talk anymore.
Jinhyeok let out a small sigh and let Alice delusion for a while.
Alice, unaware that she was left alone, continued to fantasize about building her own kingdom.
But just then
Tring!
A status window appeared in front of Jinhyeok.
[An invitation has arrived from Rick Hennessy.]
[If you bring this invitation, you can participate in the ‘Masquerade’ held in the grand banquet hall on the 1st floor of the Tower of Trials.] [Masquerade
]
Details: The highest ranker designated by the Tower. It is a kind of social gathering for people. In addition to exchanging information with each other, various sub-events are prepared, so everyone is encouraged to participate. (Please note that the ball will be held at midnight today.)
‘Huh.’
Jinhyuk’s eyes narrowed.
If it’s a masked ball, it’s one of the event quests in the Tower of Trials.
I didn’t know that things that normally only happen on the 25th floor would pop up already.
‘Well, it’s still better to do it sooner rather than later like before.’
In the past, by the time Jinhyeok reached the 25th floor, only a handful of sand remained in the number of people playing the Tower of Trials.
I wonder if it was all that newbies who were curious about this game from time to time or BJs who were making a fuss about developing rare content came in from time to time?
Thanks to that, they said that the name was a prom, and the inside was decorated grandly, and firecrackers were set off, and all the fuss was made.
In fact, only one person came to the grand banquet hall.
Not three, not two, just one.
okay.
‘Damn me alone.’
In the end, I remember dancing alone in a mirror in an empty room and burning the entire ballroom down because I got mad.
Jinhyeok, lost in thought for a moment, shook his head.
‘Let’s forget about the dark history.’
The situation now is completely different from then.
This time, many players were climbing the Tower of Trials.
‘Plus, the fact that you can meet top rankers from all over the world is definitely an attractive proposition.’
I met Namgung-cheon at first sight on the 7th floor, but opportunities to get acquainted with up-and-coming stars from Japan, North America, and Europe didn’t come often.
Of course, the meaning of making faces here doesn’t mean laughing hahahaha and making friends.
Unique abilities and skills that make you want to look at them.
I mean I’ll put a spoonful of it on the finest buffets I can get it for.
The worry didn’t last long.
Jinhyuk hurriedly opened his mouth.
“Ellis.”
“huh?”
“Let’s do some shopping and get ready to go. We have to go back to the tower before sunset.”
“What? I still have a mountain of things left to live for!? And chicken, giblets, salmon, and beer, did you forget to eat them all?”
Alice was so startled that she almost broke the hypercar’s window.
I’m not kidding, the wings I hid behind my back are barely showing.
If it didn’t happen, the raids of large guilds nearby would almost come here.
“Be careful.”
“Be careful or whatever. What about my rice!”
“That’s right, I’ll buy it for you later. There are much more important things than that.”
Actually, there is one interesting point in this masquerade.
Of the two, no one knows.
A point that even one of the organizers, Rick Hennessy, didn’t know.
