Not Yet!
Not yet!
Thanks to the gate clears, my level had reached 32.
And Yeongwon had requested this time. She asked me to summon seven skeletons.
She said she'd make me a bone bow using the dragon's teeth and leather.
So now I had ten skeleton shield troops, ten skeleton spear troops, and seven skeleton archers.
That made twenty-seven skeletons in total.
The upgrade of Necropolis had also gone smoothly.
The souls, who lived in the Necropolis that had once been filled only with skeletons, were now called residents.
They acted just like the NPCs in a game.
They spent every second on item crafting and research, without a moment to rest.
Yeongwon told me they were beings who had to be trapped in an endless cycle of suffering.
I trusted her to manage Necropolis on her own since she was so smart.
I wasn't just lounging around either.
I contacted the Sky Hunter Guild to get the information on Hard Floor 3.
Floor 3 was basically floor 1 plus floor 2.
In other words, the Goblin General from floor 1 and the Orc Warrior from floor 2 would appear.
What a pain in the ass.
The me on floor 2 and the me on floor 3 were completely different.
But the real problem started from floor 4.
A single monster and two monsters made an enormous difference.
From floor 3, two monsters began to appear.
The party's strength would get divided up.
The damage dealer would start taking hits.
This wasn't a game world where you had multiple lives.
Once you died, it was over.
Because of that, most parties refused to challenge Hard Floor 4.
The parties that did challenge Hard Floor 4 or higher never shared their information.
Even the Sky Guild had given up on Hard Floor climbing after floor 3.
But what was the issue.
I had the Dragon's Necklace!
◈ HP and MP +100
◈ HP and MP recovery +100%
◈ Earth attribute resistance +50%
✨ Passive: HP, MP +100 / HP, MP recovery +100% / Earth resistance +50%
My HP was a whopping 110!!!
My HP, which used to feel like it would die from a mosquito flying past, had reached 110.
What made me happiest was Yeongwon.
She always worried about my HP.
But I was overjoyed with the 100% MP recovery option.
My MP, which used to fill up by only one each hour, now filled up by two.
If it used to be just three skeleton summons a week, now I could summon three armed skeletons!!!
With the extra 100 MP, I summoned two more skeletons.
Skeleton archers (true form) — nine in total!
10 10 9 formation complete!
I couldn't wait for tomorrow to come even a little sooner, so I went to bed early.
“Shit!!!”
I had fallen asleep way too early.
I woke up at 3 AM, but my eyes were all puffy from wanting to sleep again.
More than 10 hours remained until the tower re-entry time.
“Master!!!”
Hearing my cry, Yeongwon floated over immediately.
I buried my face in her chest and the anger vanished.
“Uuuung… I wanted to go to the tower so badly I fell asleep early… and woke up early…”
“… Master, even if you slept for 12 hours, you still woke up too early.
If you slept at 3 PM, what would you do?”
“What should I do now…?”
“Isn't it fine to just rest like usual?”
“What! So you think I'm resting usually? You dare to treat me like I'm lazy?”
“Ahhh!!! I'm sorry!!!”
“No, I saw it perfectly.
Since it's been so long, how about I surf the community~.”
I picked up my smartphone.
What were the hunters talking about these days?
“What is this… So the bombardment has really started?”
The title was “Is Anyone Coming to Infiltrate Green Forest?”
“Since it's about the Green Forest, just make it loud so the goblins focus on you.
I secretly took one at a time!”
“Snaype: Hahahahaha the cannon is insanely powerful???”
“NamGunsu: Just a peeping tom.”
“Kim Cheolsu: F*ck.”
“What the hell… So it's really true.”
“Title: I Live in Gangwon-do…”
““Writer: Punch Potato”
“F*ck the cannon sounds are so loud
— Kim Cheolsu: Eat some potatoes.”
“Punch Potato: Kim Cheolsu, you f*cking bastard, where do you live?”
“Kim Cheolsu: Hahaha, plug your ears with potatoes and go to sleep.”
“What the… So the bombardment really started?”
“The reason the Green Forest has steadily taken over the mountains… and the Defense Ministry's quick response.”
“Why the hell?”
“They abandon the country just to catch a few monsters coming from North Korea?”
“Our country isn't even a rice cake bridge anymore… we're a military powerhouse.”
“Uuuung… my head hurts…”
“Only crazy people understand crazy people.”
“I wasn't crazy, and he's not crazy either, so of course I can't understand.”
“But Kim Cheolsu, you bastard… you weren't just causing trouble for me, huh?”
“Complete keyboard warrior… keyboard Goblin General… keyboard Orc Warrior.”
“Then I am the keyboard Dragon.”
“…”
It was 4 AM.
No one had commented.
I wanted to fight so badly I clenched my fists, but there was no one to fight.
I thought about chatting with the Sky Hunter, but I didn't want to wake someone who was sleeping.
The internet was boring and I had no interest in the game.
Deep into the night… what was I supposed to do at a time like this.
Right… I'll go look at the upgraded Necropolis.
“Hmm, the research lab is complete… and the blacksmith shop was also made, right?”
I called out for summons in my mind.
With a whoosh, I was instantly in the blacksmith shop of Necropolis.
“Master!”
“My wife!”
A warm hug.
Then I saw her hard at work with the hammer.
“You're making a bow?”
“Yes.
The dragon's teeth are so tough that smelting isn't easy.”
“Really? Bows need to be flexible, right?”
“I'm making the bow limbs by thinly slicing the dragon's teeth.
The bowstring made of dragon leather will transmit mana and the tough teeth will bend flexibly.”
“Uuuung…”
“I'll make it perfectly, Master!”
“Good!”
“There are about 20 teeth that are large enough to make a bow.
The rest I plan to use for other equipment.”
“Right.
Let me see the research lab too.”
“Yes!”
Whoosh!
Blink and the place changes.
It was the blacksmith shop just a moment ago, but now it was the research lab.
Bububububub…
Huge pots bubbled with meat floating inside.
“Boiling soup?”
“No.
I'm heating the dragon's flesh.
After heating and drying, I'll crush it into powder for alchemy.”
“U… uuuung…”
“I'm making potions!”
“Aha!”
“It's still in the experimental stage.
I don't know if it will succeed.”
“Anyway, if Yeongwon hadn't been looking after it, I would have left it behind.
Do everything you want, Yeongwon.”
“Thank you, Master! I'll definitely live up to your expectations!”
The research lab tour was over.
We walked outside for a bit.
“Ah! Would you like to see the training ground too?”
“Training ground?”
“Yes.
The skeleton soldiers are stationed here.”
“Let's go!”
Whoosh!
“Oh…”
An endless huge training ground.
Ten skeleton spearmen in a line, ten skeleton shield soldiers in a line, nine skeleton archers in a line.
“It's so wide it looks like white dots are punched everywhere.”
“To hold an infinite army in the future, this size is necessary.”
“Uuuung… now there's only 29…”
“Fufu, it will be here soon.”
“Right.
Now that equipment production is possible in Necropolis.”
“Yes!”
“Then what do I do with my armed skeleton troops?”
“Unlike crafting, armed troops don't need time or materials, so you can use them whenever you're in a hurry, right?”
“Hmm… I did use them usefully.”
“Yes! And later when materials are enough, try using the armed skeletons for crafting too!”
“Good.”
Fatigue was slowly coming over me.
I went back to the room and lay on the bed.
The sky had been dark dawn when I fell asleep, but now it was bright afternoon.
“Entrance.”
Floor 3 of the tower I had been waiting for.
The moment I entered, the scenery changed.
Far away, the Goblin General and the Orc Warrior were visible.
Clank clank…
The dimension opened and the skeletons walked out.
Ten skeleton shield soldiers, ten skeleton spearmen, nine skeleton archers.
“Go!”
The two monsters and the skeletons ran at each other to kill.
Boom!
The skeleton shield soldiers blocked their advance with their shields.
Then they quickly surrounded the two monsters.
A circle was drawn.
The Orc Warrior swung his axe toward the shield, but the shield bounced it off.
“Wow… great shield.”
They weren't the type that would break easily.
They blocked enough of the Goblin General and the Orc Warrior's attacks.
In the meantime, the spearmen came up.
They aimed their spears through the gaps between the shields.
The Goblin General and the Orc Warrior slowly retreated to the center.
A wall made of shields and spears.
Even if you got close, the sharp spears were intimidating.
So the monsters just stood there watching, and arrows rained down on them.
“Kyah… this is it!”
The shield soldiers blocked movement.
The spearmen blocked approach.
The archers shot arrows at the surrounded enemies.
Overwhelming.
The higher you climbed the tower, the more my overwhelming victory ended the fight.
The two monsters turned into hedgehogs.
And the clear message appeared.
“Ah…”
Swoosh… the scenery changed.
Yeongwon, waiting for me with a smile.
“Master!”
“Ah… boring.”
“What?”
“I got bored and wanted to die.”
I threw out a cool line.
Then Yeongwon's eyes widened.
“Not yet!”
“Huh…? So not yet…?”
The answer I got was unexpected.