Chapter 106
Chapter 106
Translator: Penny
Chapter 106
Han Yoo-seong was looking at the ceiling.
Two days had passed quickly.
In five minutes, he would be transported to the 28th-floor stairway waiting room.
He had exchanged greetings a few times with the members of the Sword Pavilion, where he had become the leader.
Of course, the time was far too short to learn much about the Sword Pavilion.
Han Yoo-seong looked at the Heavenly Demon in front of him and gave an awkward smile.
To Han Yoo-seong, the Heavenly Demon was like this smile.
A grateful person who had helped him grow significantly in martial prowess, and a thoroughly detestable person who had put him through hellish hardship.
'Though the gratitude is greater.'
The problem was that the feeling of disgust was not insignificant either.
The Heavenly Demon was not the type to care about such feelings from Han Yoo-seong.
"Do not worry. If you are summoned to this side, I will ensure you appear before me no matter where in this Martial Arts World you are summoned."
If you only looked at the words, there was no issue, but Han Yoo-seong could only click his tongue inwardly.
"I will enable you to fulfill your duties as the Each Lord of the Sword Pavilion affiliated with the New Cult."
Because the path of suffering that would unfold if he was summoned to the Martial Realm again was all too clear.
"Yes, let's meet again next time."
Han Yoo-seong looked at the Heavenly Demon, who was waving with a benevolent face until the very end, and waved back with a subtle expression.
And so, the narrative of the 27th-floor stairway came to an end.
A bright light enveloped his vision.
Han Yoo-seong looked at the scenery of the 28th-floor stairway waiting room and let out a sigh.
"Haa…"
A very deep sigh.
It had been an unprecedentedly long period.
In real time, it was only about two months, but the perceived time spent in the Time-Delayed Prison was close to two years.
While the gains from that time were significant, the mental fatigue was several times more intense.
Han Yoo-seong, who had slumped down and was blankly staring at the ceiling of the 28th-floor stairway waiting room, took out his terminal and took a picture of that ceiling.
He posted a message.
Title: Reached 28F
Author:
-It's the 28th floor. Almost reached the 30th floor.
I think the sunbaes said the 28th-floor stairway is a bit different. What was it? Exchange or something?
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Exchange floor.
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Easy, Normal, Hard…Pandemonium. Regardless of difficulty and Tower number, players who enter the 28th-floor stairway waiting room gather. At noon.
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But since it randomly gathers three people, bizarre situations like three Easy guys gathering together or three Hard guys gathering together can happen.
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The guys from other difficulties probably don't even know about the existence of [Pandemonium] difficulty yet.
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Spear King) So that means, it doesn't matter if you disguise your difficulty.
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Absolute Monarch) The probability of getting caught for faking your difficulty is extremely low.
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Elf) If you disguise as Easy or Normal, you'll get caught for sure. Conscience-wise, you should probably lie and say Hard difficulty, right?
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Secret Room Theorist) Since you've been lying like that during exchange meetings too, you'll probably handle it well. But this time, if a Climber doesn't want to meet, they might not have to? - This world is made of a giant secret room.
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Jjuhdak) Right. This time, if you really don't want to encounter players from other difficulties, you probably can.
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Yes, what is it? But it's called an exchange floor? Isn't it like the exchange meeting where you meet each other from the start and then the stage begins?
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Archmage) First-come-first-served clear race. My run was like that too…and the posts the current batch kids wrote on the Climber Gallery are like that. The 28th-floor stairway stage is definitely a first-come-first-served clear race.
First-come-first-served clear race?
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Oh, what's that.
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Archmage) Easy, Normal, Hard. You're Pandemonium, but…since the others don't know about Pandemonium yet, let's skip that for now.
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Archmage) Anyway, six people randomly summoned from Easy, Normal, and Hard difficulties can reach the endpoint if they clear the dungeon given to each of them. Basically, rankings are determined by clear speed.
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Archmage) The difficulty of the dungeon given to each player is the same as the difficulty they were originally progressing through.
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Ice Queen) Kkongkkong! And then next, there's also the [Savior] point system!
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Oh? Savior?
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Ice Queen) Kkongkkong…! A player who has already reached the endpoint can immediately return to their own floor waiting room. Or they can choose to remain.
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Ice Queen) While remaining, if players who haven't reached the endpoint yet send a rescue request, you can intrude into that player's dungeon. Kkongkkong-
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Shrine Maiden) Hawawa, if you solve the dungeon like that, you literally become the requester's savior, hwayo.
I get what they're saying.
So even though it's an 'exchange floor,' if you don't want to meet other players, you can avoid it.
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Yes*) Even if I request help-! and some kind player comes to help, they'd get their bones and flesh separated on the spot.
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Jjuhdak) Correct answer. Climber.
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Water King) ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Ah, I imagined it!!!!!!!!
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ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ It's a fucking obvious statement ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
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Wanna try? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ It might be fun.
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??? : I came to help! Ssegeuk! Degureureu….
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Water King) Beheaded in 0.01 seconds upon entry!!!!!
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Scum Sword Saint) Savior gong…! How come only your head has arrived, hoso!
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Famous Thing) That's a very scary ghost story, gueryeo….
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Dragon King) Beltuhiiik! Σ(゜ロ゜;)
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Spear King) Suddenly life difficulty Pandemonium ddddd
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The guy getting it must be really scared, but it's funny hahahahaha
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Dies without even a moment to be scared.
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Archmage) You should quickly clear your own dungeon and then get [Savior] points by helping the remaining players.
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Yes*) Right. If it's possible, that's the plan.
Han Yoo-seong thought that if it was just a dungeon type without any particular narrative, he could clear it quickly enough.
Although being Pandemonium difficulty made prediction difficult, usually after clearing one floor with a ridiculously hard difficulty, the next one tended to be more manageable than expected.
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Okay*) But then, when someone asks for help, do I have to go in without any information?
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Sword of Light) You can communicate.
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Famous Thing) It's like giving a taste of the Climber's terminal; a keyboard and chat notification window appear before your eyes like a hologram, guiyo.
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Yes, what is it?? For real?
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Dang Ha-yeon) Ah, the Open Pavilion Lord's words are correct, geomda! Han Yoo-seong nim, it would be good to decide on a nickname to use on the 28th floor, geomda!!
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Yeah*) Annoying.
Han Yoo-seong scratched the back of his head.
-Hmm*) Looking for a nickname that seems like it wouldn't trust anyone.
Han Yoo-seong decided to make a very minor deviation.
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Sword of Light) If you just go private as is, they probably won't trust you.
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Archmage) But if you do that, when you properly reveal your strength, it might conversely make people think you're the real private??? user.
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Sword of Light) That's true too.
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Famous Thing) How about this humble one's other name, guiyo.
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Yes, that's a nickname I can only handle because my senior is the Open Pavilion Lord....
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Dragon King) Beltui- Shadow of…the End!
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Sword of Light) Die.
Shadow of the End, it's ambiguous.
Something ambiguously bad is often more harmful than something clearly terrible.
Han Yoo-seong stroked his chin.
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Elf) ElvesAreActuallyAllKind.
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Ha…fuck, I feel like logging.
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You still haven't cut it down?
Hmm, that one's not fun.
It wasn't convincing either.
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Heavenly Demon) Blood Demon Emperor King.
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Yes, what is it?
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?? Wow, that's really bad….
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?? That's not your past alias, is it?
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Heavenly Demon) This one was born nobly as 'Heavenly Demon' from birth.
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Theory of Evil Human Nature!!!! D D D D D
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Famous Thing) What is that. That hideous alias, guiyo.
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Heavenly Demon) Blood Demon Emperor King, doesn't it inspire absolutely zero trust?
'It sure as hell inspires zero trust….'
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Scum Sword Saint) I didn't know the Heavenly Demon was so proficient in self-deprecating games, hoso.
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Heavenly Demon) The name 'Heavenly Demon' is beautiful only when it's kept to these exact two characters.
Right. If it just ended at 'Blood Demon Emperor,' it might be plausible. But why add 'King' at the end?
This absolutely maintained and vulgar sensibility of gathering all the evil words…!
Han Yoo-seong's mind leaned towards Blood Demon Emperor King.
He planned to get some sleep first and then get up.
Slurp-
Noon.
One hour before twelve o'clock.
Han Yoo-seong ate his ramen while reviewing his current status.