Admission is a one-way
street (19) Lesson 5. The tower is a one-way street – 2
“Why are there so many people staring at me?”
On Friday morning, Lucille, who was struggling desperately to salvage something that resembled indescribable coriander on top of rice noodles, suddenly trembled and muttered:
Ban Yu-Won kindly replied, extracting from Ruchel’s rice noodles every concept of fragrance she was uncomfortable with.
“That’s because our channel grew into a major channel that a third of the people at the academy watch in two days.”
“A third?”
Like Lucille, Light, who was at a loss for the scent of the rice noodles, murmured in fright.
However, Light had a taste for teasing him, so he left his bowl for now and answered his murmur instead.
“Yes, 500 in numbers. Awesome isn’t it? In fact, the plan is progressing ten times faster than I thought. Everyone is distracted by a different kind of stimulation. There will probably be far fewer fights like the last time during lectures in the future. Other people notice, so you can’t fight.”
Ban Yu-won’s plan produced results that far exceeded his expectations.
Perhaps the reason is that the appearance of the members is exceptionally good even in this academy, where giraffes of all dimensions gather.
In the first uploaded video of Dokgoyeon and Light’s sparring, the fact that the two showed off their splendid and terrifying power, which is hard to believe that they are freshmen, is a big part of it.
But it was never just because of that.
A video of everyone eating together.
A video of the class.
A video of Banyuwon gathering after taking a shower after dinner and playing board games brought from Earth (this was a huge hit).
Above all, it was also important to make the video of drinking tea with Professor Yumina, one of the influential people in the academy, much more fun than the original by mobilizing Ban Yoo-won’s media editing skills.
“It’s fun to pull it and make it stick. I can’t believe that this kind of medium could be so quick and dramatic in my hometown. That’s a really interesting result.”
“I promise you, it will be more fun in the future. We will get more attention.”
In fact, their videos were gaining more and more explosive popularity outside the academy.
Although there was no rule prohibiting it from the beginning, the academy students had never thought of taking a video of their daily life and publicizing it to the outside world.
But suddenly, four pretty boys and girls got together and uploaded a video of them living in the academy, so it couldn’t help but become a jackpot.
“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.. But…”
“Get used to it, Lucille.”
And at this point in time, it was Ruchel who received the most attention.
Dokgo Yeon and Light, as well as their looks, are outstanding, but their skills are so overwhelming that if you feel a little distant, it’s because Ruchel has only shown a puppy-like side so far.
…beautiful and her physical condition is overwhelming.
“I didn’t agree the day before yesterday… Huh? Now the noodles don’t taste that weird soap! Half thanks…!”
Ruchel, who frowned as she felt the eyes pouring from her surroundings, reflexively scooped up the pho soup and ate it, her eyes sparkling with joy.
Ban Yu-won laughed, but Dok-go-yeon, who was slowly savoring the rice noodles next to him, chewed it thoroughly and swallowed it, then scolded Lucille with a snort.
“Weird Soap Taste? It’s like you don’t even know how to eat. This scent is what keeps the food alive.”
“Dok-go-yeon, you know something.”
Ban Yu-won gave the concept of fragrance extracted from Ruchel’s rice noodles to his bowl and Dok-go-yeon’s bowl.
It was the first time he had shown the concept of language so openly, so Dok-go-yeon looked at him with his eyes narrowed.
“Are you okay?”
“Can you see?”
“No at all.”
“It is not something that can be hidden. Did you get an answer now?”
“Excellent. Concealing while revealing is the ultimate in concealment.”
Dok-go-yeon, who finished the ‘satisfied evaluation with a look down from above’, which she had become accustomed to for the past five days, sipped a glass of pho soup and muttered a satisfied exclamation.
“That elixir was made like this…”
“Although I added one process.”
“That half.”
While everyone was satisfied with their meal, Light carefully held out a bowl of pho to him.
“Can you take some out of mine too…”
“What?”
“This strange soap…”
When Dok-go-yeon glared at Wright at the part called soap, Wright pouted his lips and protested.
“What if it smells like soap!”
“Whoa, you didn’t know how to respect and accept cuisines from various cultures, and you thought about rejecting them unconditionally. It is deplorable.”
“You also threw away the potage that came out last time.”
“At that time, the level of chefs was just poor.”
Because it’s fun too
Ban Yu-won also ignored the two people who started fighting, and pulled out only the concept of the scent he hated from Light’s bowl.
“half…!”
It was a look at the savior without adding a single lie.
“But maybe you should try a little at a time? It’s not like the academy serves various types of cuisine for every meal.”
“Ugh, that’s right. I am always learning from you.”
“Heung is different from you who are swung by the sword.”
“Why are you proud?”
In the end, even if you remove the incense, there will be a fight.
Do you know if you know that you have to eat and enter the tower soon, or rather, you should say that it is fortunate that you are maintaining your normal condition.
At this point, Ban Yu-won neatly gave up the intervention and decided to eat rice noodles or something delicious.
To be honest, from the point of view of the anti-yuwon, I could only think of the benefit of being able to eat many countries’ cuisine for free.
Of course, this entire breakfast was also being recorded.
* * *
“You know, right? Today is the day to enter the tower.”
Yumina, who summoned the members of class 11 to the doorless classroom, spoke with a smile on her lips.
“In fact, the entrance itself was being made from dawn. The 5th grade students, who are in their senior year, entered the store in turn, and now the 2nd year students are entering.”
“Of course we must be the last among the first graders, right?”
“no.”
In response to Ban Yu-Won’s question, Yu Mina smiled at him and shook her head.
“The anti-yuwon student’s ploy worked well for the faculty. I made a proposal to let you, who are attracting attention within the academy, into the first year of your freshman year… Surprisingly, it passed.”
“I love you, Professor.”
Yumina giggled as if she liked Ban Yuwon’s finger heart.
Next, Ban Yu-won asked an important question.
“Is it possible to take pictures inside the tower?”
“I’ll just check, but you know that cameras break quickly inside the tower, right?”
“Yeah, I know.”
But he also knows how to keep those machines from breaking down in dungeons and towers.
He is accompanied by Tike, a drone with a camera that was created after Eve and Lilith!
After Eve and Lilith, I can’t think of a plausible name, so I don’t accept tackles saying that I brought it up with something else.
“It means you made something up again. So that’s the answer to your question, but it’s not prohibited. In the first place, the tower is a place where the internal structure changes every moment, so filming is meaningless. If there is no meaning, there is no need to stop it.”
That was a point I had already confirmed while preparing to enter the tower for several days and reading the basic data.
The interior of the Tower of Babel is a space similar to a dungeon.
There are monsters and traps.
At this point, I feel like I want to call my ancestors and ask them what the heck did they do to make the price of the building fall, but unfortunately, that was the reality.
However, the Tower of Babel was completely different from the dungeons that Ban Yu-Won had explored over the past few days.
The key is internal volatility.
The inside of the tower changes its structure every time, and you can never reach the same place twice.
Once you pass by, you can’t go back no matter how much you try to go back.
Of course, the composition of monsters and traps is constantly changing, and naturally, the level of difficulty is slightly different each time.
‘It’s the perfect condition to test and grow humans.’
It may seem that the conditions are too harsh for explorers, but it is not necessarily so because the tower is filled with mysterious energy and does not die even if it dies.
To be precise, in ‘most’ areas, the challenger does not die even if he dies, but returns to the entrance of the tower.
That is why the students of the academy can continue to attend the academy and challenge the tower without being killed in droves.
“Everyone should have their student IDs, right? It is not only the ticket to the tower, but also a sign of how deeply you have explored the tower, so you should never forget it.”
After listening to her words, I took out my student ID card, and the number 0 appeared in it before I knew it.
The new function of the student ID was opened ahead of the entrance to the Tower of Babel.
“As everyone knows from class, this is an indicator that tells you how deep you have reached the tower. It starts with Room 0 and the count goes up one by one as you progress through the tower.”
“Room….”
The unique structural change that occurs in the tower is called shift, and the more shifts you experience, the deeper you penetrate into the tower.
And the unit room written on the student ID goes up one by one every time you go through this shift.
“Do you know the best record, Professor?”
In response to Ban Yu-Won’s question, Yu Mina nodded with a satisfied expression.
“Sure. The all-time high is 561 rooms. Was it helpful?”
A group of people who are stunned by an unbelievable record that pops out of nowhere.
Among them, Ban Yu-won raised his hand again and asked a question.
“Room 561 is not a depth that can be explored in 3 days and 2 nights.”
“As long as you don’t die in the tower, the challenger can record the position he has reached. And the next time you enter, you can start from there. Right now, through the student ID cards that you are wearing.”
“So this was essential to climbing the tower…”
After all, this academy was crazy to distribute an item with teleportation function, key function, and save function to all students for free.
But more than that, the thing that surprises the anti-yuwon now is…
‘This is just a roguelike game with a mid-save function.’
Although, of course, the conditions are somewhat stricter than the games he played.
The map changes every time, and the monsters change too.
If you die, you have to start all over again.
Rather, I didn’t know that it was better than the game because the ability was not initialized.
…Although there is a time limit of 5 years until clearing.
“I’m looking forward to it.”
Dokgoyeon laughed coquettishly as she grabbed her student ID.
Ban Yu-Won shuddered at the fighting spirit that subtly spread from her.
On the other hand, Light was holding his student ID with a firm expression on his face without saying anything.
Ruchel… stared at Banyuwon with an expression that she didn’t know what to do with her hesitation.
No, there’s nothing I can do about it.
Because it was a semi-recreation, the desire to climb the tower was not inferior to them.
‘I could have done that to live peacefully on Earth. But this is what I chose for myself. That he was determined to fight for his life.’
It is unknown what kind of mind his colleagues in the same position as him are trying to climb the tower with, or whether they are hesitating.
However, the hearts of those who climb the tower, which is said to be a god, can never be light.
Perhaps, they would be ridiculous or laugh at Ban Yu-Won’s simple idea of climbing a tower and inheriting it just because it was built by their ancestors.
However, the desire for the tower that Ban Yu-Won had cherished since childhood was as pure and intense as it may seem worldly and simple.
To the extent that he was convinced the moment he saw TOP and was prepared to give up his life and throw himself into the unknown.
“It seems like everyone is ready. But I have one final word to tell you.”
Yumina met eyes with Ban Yu-won again, nodded, and opened her mouth.
“It’s related to the dimension pirates I mentioned before. In the process of registering freshmen as climbers of the tower, cracks are revealed in the tower’s barrier. This is the time when the success rate of dimension pirate invasion is highest.”
“so?”
“Irregular phenomena may occur due to their abnormal invasion. Simply put, it means that you can encounter dimension pirates inside the tower.”
Rachel’s breath seemed to stop for an instant.
Professor Yumina continued.
“What you should be wary of is the irregular phenomenon itself rather than intruders. It is said that there is no death in the Tower, but that is not absolute, especially when it comes to irregulars.”
Towers do not absolutely guarantee the safety of climbers.
To say that ‘most’ areas are safe means, conversely, that there are areas that are not safe.
If the Irregular gets entangled, the Law of the Tower is easily broken, and the students who get caught up in it can also become dangerous.
“So, as the professor in charge, it is my judgment that it is better to finish this expedition as soon as possible and return for your safety. Then I would like to ask… Captain, how many days is the plan for this expedition?”
Ban Yu-won looked back at his colleagues.
In fact, this story has already been communicated to them.
I looked back to see if I had changed my mind in the meantime, but not only Dok-go-yeon and Light, but even Ruchel nodded quietly.
In the end, he shrugged his shoulders and looked back at Yumina as he answered.
“I will go back after filling it up for 2 nights and 3 days.”
“Okay, now it’s your turn. Come on.”
The moment Yumina clapped her hands, they finally stood in front of the entrance of the huge tower.
A tower that towers high enough to pierce the sky.
Behind them, all the first-year students who lost the lead in class 11 lined up.
All of the academy’s associate professors and nine full professors, including Yumina, were paying attention to them.
“Is everyone ready?”
“There is nothing to say.”
“…certainly.”
“Ughhh.”
I don’t like the answers.
Ban Yoo-won suppressed the desire to tackle him and took out a camera drone from his bosom.
The professors who saw it moving as if it were alive and sparkling around Ban Yu-Won widened their eyes, and Ban Yu-Won grinned at the expected reaction.
“Then let’s go in.”
Four rebels and the artificial life that followed them entered the tower for the first time as freshmen this year.
It was noisy from the beginning, but can the end be grand?
‘Ancestor, just wait.’
It may be magnificent, but it was certain that it would be noisy until the end.
