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Lesson 5. The tower is a one-way street – 3
A hallway with plenty of space to the side even after four people enter.
The walls were lined with torches at regular intervals, but no matter how close you got, you didn’t feel any warmth from them.
The tower is a real fantasy space.
Ban Yu-Won realized that from the moment he entered the tower.
‘The only funny thing is that the concept of fire is clearly present in that torch.’
I tried to pull it out, but it was too much.
This is because Banyuwon does not have the ownership of this torch.
However, in the dungeon he entered before, it was possible to extract a concept from a trap that was obviously not his, but what would be the difference.
Maybe realizing this will help you embody his abilities more deeply…
“Van?”
“Oh sorry. I was quiet for a while.”
As he escaped from his thoughts at Light’s call, he encountered Dokgo-yeon, who glared at him with the eyes of a cross.
“It is quite a lot. I won’t forgive you if you show me a screw missing.”
“I told you that the battle doesn’t start until the shift happens, that is, until you enter the first room. Don’t blame half of it too much.”
“joy.”
Dok-go-yeon was also showing a rather sensitive side, perhaps because he had entered the tower.
It was Ban Yu-won’s fault, so he apologized to both of them and decided to explore the tower in earnest with the four of them.
However, at the point when the atmosphere calmed down and they started walking together, Dokgo-yeon suddenly asked him.
“So what did you check on the torch?”
“Are you being rude when you know? You are also really… a secret.”
“Didn’t you try to see if you could pull out that spark?”
Because this woman is a real ghost.
Yuwon Ban pretended to be Taeyeon and nodded.
“Something like that.”
“But it’s too bad. If that was possible, it would have been possible to use the tower’s landmarks freely…” ”
Don’t be afraid to think that you are one step further than me with my ability. This isn’t all that possible, so wait and see.”
“Ugh.”
At that moment, Ruchel let out a weak moan and grabbed Banyuwon’s arm tightly.
At the same time, Ban Yu-won witnessed the scene where the concept of the tower, which had been filling all sides, turned into something else.
“…shift.”
“Room 1 now.”
Light checked the number 1 that appeared clearly on the student ID hanging around his neck, bit his lip, and pulled out the sword of light.
“You believe in Wright?”
“Because I believe you.”
“Let’s see where.”
A sword made of golden light that I don’t know where it comes from every time.
It must be an artifact of a level so high that the current anti-yuwon dare not even imagine.
Light’s actions and personality changes from the moment he grabbed that sword were unsettling, but those worries seemed meaningless when looking at the bloody concepts of depth overflowing from the sword.
“Luchel, don’t hide, but come out.”
“Ah, but…”
“I will kill you if it is necessary.”
Ban Yoo-won did not understand even half of the conversation between Dok-go-yeon and Ruchel.
However, judging from the fact that Ruchel’s posture straightened a little after hearing those words, it seems that there was a sympathy between the two that he didn’t know existed.
Well, since they share a room, it’s no surprise that their relationship has progressed over the past week.
If so, if there is a part where Banyuwon and Light, who share the same room, understand each other, it seems that there is a high probability that it is a one-way street of Banyuwon.
“stomach.”
At that time, Lucille murmured softly.
In an instant, huge drops of water fell from the empty ceiling, like melting candle wax.
When Eve hurriedly transformed into a shield to block it, Light leaped lightly and swung her sword like a beam of light.
Irregular water droplets evaporated and disappeared with a popping sound.
“Closeater. A monster notorious for disarming explorers by eating all their gear.”
It was a monster he had seen in a textbook that analyzed various types of monsters that appeared in the tower.
There is a high chance that the equipment will be ruined if it is not processed before it reaches the devouring of all the metal as well as the leather.
If you don’t have luck, there is even a case where the holladang comes off.
If I didn’t notice it and got hit, everyone would have been disappointed.
That’s why Ban Yu-won was never regretful.
It’s a pity… not…!
“Room 1 is a closeater… Fortunately, I think it will be advantageous to us. It’s because there are people with keen senses.”
“I can’t guarantee that something like that won’t show up. Everyone, don’t relax.”
If there is another characteristic of the tower that is different from the dungeon, it is that monsters randomly pop up from the wall or the floor.
The party decided on areas to be in charge of up and down, left and right, and proceeded through the room diligently detonating closeaters.
Compared to stealth or speed, durability was much less, so there was no need to consume much power.
“bout!”
“It’s noisy. Are you going to advertise so loudly every time you swing your sword?”
“hot! Suck…! You are so quiet!”
“joy.”
Light swung his sword and shot out light, and Dokgoyeon seemed to just snap his fingers, but the water droplets that were far away popped on their own.
“Haaaaa!”
-bang!
Meanwhile, surprisingly, Ruchel was striking enemies with her bare hands as an infighter type that was unimaginable in her slender body!
Every time a drop of water gushed out in the direction he was assigned, he ran out at an astounding speed and struck, so they disappeared without leaving a trace.
[Absorbs 0.8 raw, 1.3 ghost, and 1.1 raw from a large amount of closeater corpses.] ‘
No, there are no traces left.’
Yuwon Ban laughed lightly as he watched the chunks of code being absorbed at a noticeable speed after a long time.
In fact, he had two worries before entering the tower.
One is whether the code can be extracted from the monsters in the tower as well as those in the dungeon.
The other one is, will you be able to extract the code from the monsters your colleagues killed?
In terms of results, both were the same.
Even thanks to his own growth, the codes were being released and absorbed on their own, without having to approach the corpse.
‘Of course, there are distinct differences. Compared to when I or Eve killed it myself, the amount of life absorbed is significantly less.’
However, he was able to absorb all other concepts, and he thought that stealing everything from the corpses his colleagues killed in the first place was not something, so he didn’t feel like complaining.
I can’t tell you right now, but considering that he will use his ability to strengthen his allies later, I can accept this much.
“Hmm…?”
At that time, Dok-go-yeon, who had been solving everything by snapping his fingers in one place, suddenly looked back at Ban Yu-won.
I flinched, wondering if it was discovered that she was absorbing the code, but she pointed to Eve, who was not a semi-amuser, and said,
“Is that what it looks like in battle?”
“huh? Oh what is it?”
Chaerureuk Chaeng!
Eve, now transformed into a bundle of chains, was floating in the air, shooting the ends of the chains whenever she saw the Close Eaters, hunting them down.
Yesterday, I gave the remaining 10 ye (銳) to Lilith, and the act of shooting the chain also fell into the category of deadly, so the momentum was very bloody, and in fact, even the closeaters were chained once. If it was penetrated, it would disappear as it was.
“It’s quite good. It’s fast…”
She said that with her mouth, but her eyes showed a clear suspicion that ‘it can’t be like that’.
Ban Yu-Won shrugged his shoulders as he stabbed the closeater that just happened to spring up from under his feet with his sword.
“There are stronger ones, but they can be a bit noisy.”
“Could it be any louder than those?”
At his words, Dokgoyeon snorted and said, pointing to the figures of Light and Ruchel, who were rampaging in all directions.
“hot! Haaaap! die!”
“Haaaaaa!”
Unlike semi-amusers who have already been through dungeons several times and know that it is better not to make noise while exploring, or Dokgoyeon, whose body movements are basically silent, Wright and Ruchel say ‘I am here!’ He was raging and vehemently arguing.
Why is the spirit not output as a sound whenever a basic attack command is input to a character in the game? That’s exactly what it feels like.
“Light seems to have a lot of combat experience, but why…”
“Not all combat experiences are directly related to fighting in a special environment like this.”
After the battle, Ban Yu-won sighed a little, promising to tell it himself.
However, even with Light, Ruchel’s side… For some reason, it felt like she was moving based on instinct rather than spirit, so I had a slight feeling that it wouldn’t improve in the future.
How many more battles did they have to advance? At some point, the closeater’s attacks began to decrease.
“Are you going to change rooms soon?”
“no. I feel a strong concentration of energy. A monster of a different quality will appear.”
“That means that elite monsters will appear, but starting from room 1, what…”
Elite monsters.
Tower objects with uniquely strong abilities, such as dungeon boss monsters.
Unlike normal monsters, which originally disappear without leaving anything behind when they die (that’s why anti-yuwons can absorb codes without hesitation), these guys often leave something behind, so elite monsters can be used by students to earn income in the tower. It was one of the few tools available.
The problem is that in most situations, encountering an elite monster means expulsion from the tower.
“…!”
The moment he listened to Dok-go-yeon’s words and looked around, it also came into Ban Yu-won’s eyes.
On one side of the wall, a flow of golden strings shining brightly and sticking together!
It was closer to Lucille than anyone else.
“Ruchel!”
“!”
Lucille, who has a keen sense, also seemed to notice it.
With a wave of one hand, she wiped out the closeaters around her, then charged at something that was just ‘sprouting’ from the wall.
“Kyaaaaaa!”
Is this the sound of a monster?
Ban Yu-won, who tilted his head, soon realized that it was not so.
That was the sound of Lucille.
Quaang! ―Lucel’s hand, which was bent sharply like that of
a
beast, tapped the wall.
Something huge and indeterminate, rising from within, could not even get out of the wall and was smashed to death.
The small, black glass crystals falling between them were probably magic cores.
Ban Yu-won hurriedly retrieved the code from the dispersing corpse of the monster and looked at Ruchel.
“Heh heh heh heh… Whoa.”
Even after defeating the monster at once, Ruchel, who was still breathing in the same position, only managed to pick up the magic core after her breathing calmed down and returned to the party.
Light looked at Dok-go-yeon with surprised eyes, but Ban Yu-won focused on her body, precisely on her bangs.
‘I thought I put a bridge in, but it wasn’t.’
Originally, the whole hair was pink, and only a part of the bangs was dyed black, but now the black dyed part has increased a little.
Moreover, part of her body code, which had not been confirmed until now, was clearly visible.
[Shimro (心爐)]
Not Shimro, which means to suffer mentally, but Shimro, which combines the mind and hearth.
If you interpret it, you can say that you gain strength by burning your emotions like fuel.
‘What is it, an ordinary Berserker?’
The half-yuwon who came to a conclusion was smiling contentedly when he suddenly felt someone tugging on his sleeve.
It was Lucille.
“Were you very scared?”
“what?”
“That’s just…”
It seemed that he had misunderstood Ban Yu-Won’s staring at him.
Ban Yu-won shook his head and denied her concern.
“at all. Were you rather trustworthy?”
“But I… if it gets worse.”
“You said it was okay.”
Perhaps it was because he didn’t like the way Ruchel hesitated and stretched out the sleeves of Ban Yu-Won’s clothes, Dok-Go-Yeon said in a cold tone and removed her hand.
“If you completely lose your temper, I will kill you anytime.”
“That can’t be done, Dokgoyeon. If even one person dies, our exploration has to start over from room 1.”
“If it seems like it will continue, the three of us have no choice but to climb. No, it wouldn’t be bad to climb alone with a half-yuwon.”
“Ughhhh.”
Dokgoyeon was also Dokgoyeon.
Isn’t the sympathy only thinking of mercilessly knocking out some asshole!
Ban Yoo-won smiled wryly at Dok-go-yeon’s cold attitude as he watched Ruchel shudder even more, and gently held her hand as it was spinning around in the air.
“I’ll try to figure it out.”
“yes…?”
“Because I know why you are more timid than necessary. The rest is just finding a solution.”
“ah! And thank you…!”
Lucille was really thrilled, and she grabbed his hand and trembled.
Because I was doing that, I really felt like a puppy.
However, Dok-go-yeon, who looked at him, still had a rough face.
“Were you an ordinary man too? It’s like you’re just looking at the appearance and making fun of it.”
“Don’t you know that kind of misunderstanding when you see me looking fine in front of you?”
“Heh, it’s useless even if you change your posture like that.”
It was Dok-go-yeon who coldly kicked out his flattery, but Ban Yu-won, the owner of man-dog-eye, was able to confirm the truth (at least within the limits he experienced) from the minute change in her expression that there is no woman who hates compliments.
However, Ban Yu-Won was not particularly attracted to Ruchel’s beauty and made her feel comfortable.
Holding Ruchel’s hand wasn’t because he wanted to have skinship with a pretty girl.
[Heartbreak 5 – Anger 2, Madness 3] I
was just analyzing her code and thinking about how to get rid of the side effects of that ability and use it.
