Episode 724. 50th floor ‘Palace of Azathoth’ (1)
Tiring!
[You have reached the most dangerous and secret place in the tower for the first time.]
[Special quest will be activated!]
[Enter ‘Azathoth’s Room’.]
Difficulty: Unmeasurable
Contents: A huge room where Azathoth sleeps. Go inside and secure the ‘flower that cannot bloom’.
Reward: ‘A flower that cannot bloom’ and ‘8 water drops’.
On Failure: Azathoth awakens.
Do you want to accept? Y/N
The status window blinked continuously.
Contains very interesting content.
“This is something I didn’t expect….”
The price is not simply our death.
‘extinction.’
The Tower of Trials, of course. It could have a ripple effect that could cause even modern times to disappear entirely. It is said that the world will end with just one mistake.
however.
‘The compensation is ridiculous.’
The flowers that cannot bloom are from the guy’s personal collection in Azathoth’s room. It is a flower known to be literally impossible to bloom.
Of course, that is what was known among the ancient beings. Actually, just one thing. There was a way to make flowers bloom.
This is how to use the ‘8 water drops’ that Elder God has.
‘I haven’t even been able to bloom that one yet.’
I’ve had quite a few challenges in the past, but I’ve only been able to achieve one of the two. I couldn’t get my hands on both.
But I never thought I would get a chance to smoke that.
I couldn’t even guess what kind of reward would be given.
“Hehe. You’re not going to do it, are you?”
Chungha asked with an anxious expression.
“Yeah. I won’t.”
Jinhyuk traced his lips with his finger and was lost in thought.
“Why are you looking worried when you say you won’t do it? Huh? Why are you making such a face?”
“Try to be quiet.”
Squeeze!
Jinhyuk pushed away Cheongha who was trying to cling to him and counted the number of cases.
Originally, the plan was to steal mainly saplings and seeds from inside the palace. Focusing on the bare minimum needed to conquer the 50th floor and occupy the base with Eden.
If I were to be more greedy, the maximum I could think of was to install some devices that could suppress Azathoth’s abilities.
However, due to the quest being too tempting, the existing plan had to be drastically revised.
The worries didn’t last long.
Responding quickly to anomalous situations was one of my specialties.
“Okay, I’ll accept it.”
[You have accepted the quest!]
[Due to a member’s acceptance of the quest, the remaining members are also forced to receive the quest.]
“Nooooo!”
Chungha’s mournful cries rang out.
It was a truly light-hearted outing. Now it was like getting on the hell train with the survival of the clan at stake.
Jinhyeok, who decided to do it or not, moved quickly.
‘It’s too much with just this number of people.’
A worthy helper is needed.
Trustworthy, loud-mouthed, and capable.
‘It’s just one person… .’
Due to current system manipulation, the number of people allowed on the 50th floor has been adjusted to 3. You can bring one more person by activating a separately prepared ‘Summon’.
‘Fortunately, it seems that Ellis, who was inside Braham’s ring, was excluded from that number.’
Just in case, I checked my entrance ticket after Chungha and I came alone… .
[You can bring 1 additional person.]
Considering that the number of people listed on the pass was still 2/3, Ellis was not included among those 3 people.
In other words, you can bring in another person.
[Ask for the subject’s opinion.]
Jinhyuk omitted anything important to the person he wanted, wrote only the positive aspects, and then sent the person a note.
And of course.
[The subject accepts your call.]
An innocent lamb who knew nothing joined hell.
***
Ugh!
The last person arrived on the 50th floor with a bright light.
“It’s been a while! I missed you so much hehe!”
Andrea came running, smiling brightly.
“How have you been?”
Jinhyuk hugged Andrea, who ran into his arms, and asked how she was doing.
“Of course! Just like Jinhyuk said, I trained every single day to become stronger!”
Andrea clenched her fists.
It looks like he was trying his best to be of any help. In fact, the quality of magical energy flowing from the body was completely different from before.
‘With this level, I can open the fox bead to the final stage.’
I debated between Pesis and Andria until the very end, but decided that Andria’s abilities would be a better fit for this job.
Jinhyuk took out a bead with a mysterious light flowing through it from subspace.
It was stolen from the Awakened Association’s safe some time ago… No, it was created by fusing the given holy relics and materials.
[Blue fox beads]
Difficulty of obtaining: SS
Contents: This is the oldest fox bead and has the ability to recreate the origins of the nine-tailed fox. It is one of the ancient relics and if used by someone with the power of the nine-tailed fox, it has the additional effect of increasing all stats by +20%.
“Waaah!”
Andrea couldn’t hide her joy after receiving the gift.
The reason why even though personal growth was overwhelming, it was inevitable that it would be relatively undervalued. This was because I had to stay on the lower floors and couldn’t get my hands on top-quality items.
However, thanks to Jinhyeok’s support, the story changed completely.
“Do you like it that much?”
“Of course! I can’t wait to try out my new abilities!”
How many different combinations and synergies with existing capabilities are possible?
Just imagining that made it difficult to keep still.
“Okay, okay. Since you gave me such a nice gift, Andrea can at least listen to my small favor, right?”
“sure!”
“Whatever it is?”
“sure?”
Andrea, who noticed something strange, took her eyes off the blue fox beads.
Then, the surrounding scenery finally came into view.
-contractor.
“응.”
-That child is crying too.
“It’s okay. Even nine-tailed foxes sometimes want to cry.”
With this, everything is ready.
Sigh!
Jinhyuk snapped his fingers.
[1,094 barriers are activated.]
Ugh!
Blue waves followed tail after tail.
Arrangements to increase the odds even a little.
Minimal safety measures were in place to enter Azathoth’s territory.
“Then, let’s go.”
Jinhyuk looked at the stairs that were several meters wide.
In burning purple flames.
The road to Azathoth’s palace has been opened.
*
How far did it go down like that?
When we reached the point where we could no longer see the road we came on, a long passage appeared. To put it simply, it was a huge space, spanning several kilometers at both ends of the passageway.
There are strange plants where the pillars should be.
The sounds of giggling and laughter echoed from all directions.
and. I felt something unidentifiable wandering between the pillars in the distance.
The floor is not just an ordinary floor.
The stones moving little by little were instinctively warning me not to step carelessly.
“Hey!”
“Ugh….”
Andrea and Cheongha hugged each other and their whole bodies trembled.
Although it was their first time meeting, their intimacy grew faster than ever since they were on the worst floor together.
“It’s a lot more dangerous than I thought.”
Jinhyuk wet his lips with his tongue.
At first glance, there seemed to be more than 10 fatal things. I easily passed over five or six things that I had never seen or whose identity I could not identify.
Meanwhile, the probability of delving into the deepest part without being discovered by Azathoth seemed less than 0.01%.
however.
There is no need to be too pessimistic.
There was a hidden piece that I worked hard to obtain in preparation for times like this.
[‘The Necronomicon’s Bookshelf’ opens.]
A strategy book on the 50th floor that was sleeping in the deepest part of subspace.
The time has finally come to use this.
[Decoding ability for ‘Lost Language’ increases by 30%!]
Barrier and interpretation skills acquired at the Arrogant Gathering Center.
Now is the time for all the hard work you have put in to shine.
***
Same time.
In Eden, on the other side of the Demon World, the final work for the siege was in full swing.
“It’s perfect.”
Raphael smiled with satisfaction as he looked at the endless castle walls and various water-based equipment.
I put everything else aside and poured everything into it.
If this matter is resolved well, the ancient dragons and the great beings above them will recognize complete control over the 44th floor of the tower.
This means that we will finally be able to end the long-awaited territorial battle with the demon world and take full possession of the 44th floor.
Is that all there is?
The 42nd and 43rd floors, ruled by Egypt and Olympus, which had dared to join the Corporation, were also scheduled to become Eden’s share.
‘The only regret is that I can’t touch the 45th floor where Cheonse is.’
Raphael glanced at the beings next to him.
The higher deities of the heavens, including Brahma and Asura, also resided here and were accelerating preparations for war.
Since they were on the great side, they too would receive a reward.
“What do you think I was promised?”
Israfil, the angel announcing the Last Crusade, asked from his side.
“Well, the most likely thing is that there is only one place.”
There is only one staircase on the top floor where the asymmetry of power is extreme.
The 47th floor is where the third force resides.
This is the staircase where one of the strongest absolutes, King Wonhu Son Goku, is standing.
It was a place with little merit because the stairs themselves were short on resources and the number of ruins and labyrinths could only be counted on one finger.
Therefore, the 47th floor was not targeted by other forces.
This is because the return compared to the risk was very disappointing.
However, if the balance of power at the top is completely changed, the 47th floor will no longer be a safe zone. No matter how low the merits were, the symbolic meaning of the 47th floor was not without meaning.
If that time comes… .
Son Goku or King Uma alone would never be able to defend against the combined attack of other absolute entities.
“Are you saying that you pretend to give us a lot of things, but you’re actually going to hand over the most important thing to Cheonsei?”
“The archangels will be more useful to Cheonsei than us, who are fighting in two, so we will try to take more care of them. It is also painful for us that the Asuras of the Demon Realm are collaborating with Cheonsei because of Kang Jin-hyuk.”
“Even though we know that, we have no choice but to remain silent and watch….”
“…….”
Raphael’s mouth was tightly shut at Israel’s words.
Of course, I had no intention of letting things go that way.
However, since there is no clear solution, we can just remain silent.
But right then.
“They were here.”
A third being that had nothing to do with Eden or the universe appeared.
“How could you…?”
Raphael raised his eyes as if he found it hard to believe.
