Chapter 71
Chapter 71
Chapter 71
It seemed unlikely that Constellation Block would need to be lifted on this Stage.
Because this Stage seemed like one where your head would be spinning just from breathing.
I opened my mouth.
There were so many things to figure out.
Postponing asking Pioneer for a bit.
There were quite a few things I needed to ask 'Ban Ineoreu' directly in front of me.
"Do you remember the previous Stages?"
The silver-haired, blue-eyed woman, Ban Ineoreu, tilted her head.
"Of course, I remember. Floor 12 is Lizardman."
"Floor 10?"
"Poyar Empire Demonic Beast Grail subjugation."
"Weren't there any hidden quests or anything?"
"Nope, there weren't."
Floor 10 was different in everything except the Demonic Beast element.
The target and the location too.
"Floor 4?"
"Dungeon Type, Golem."
"Floor 2."
"Quest Type, subjugating the Trolls that appeared in the Skael Empire's village."
The Monsters that came out of the Dungeon Type Stage were the same.
However, as expected, the content of the Quest Type on Floor 2 was completely different.
In other words.
The probability that this Ban Ineoreu climbed this place at the same time as me was extremely low.
I came to the conclusion that she seemed to be the same person as the Ban who helped Pioneer.
But why is someone like that in front of me now?
"Floor 13, when did you get here?"
"You're asking all sorts of things, aren't you?"
Ban strode closer to me.
"I got here yesterday. Why are you asking these questions?"
What seemed certain was.
The 'Ban Ineoreu' in front of me now doesn't have any doubts about her existence.
"Just curious. Just because."
Ban, who chuckled at my answer, stretched and said.
"Anyway, it's good that there are two of us. This Stage looked damn difficult. It'll be manageable if we do it together."
Ban added.
"Can we climb together from now on? Like the other Hard Difficulty Climbers?"
I took out the Transcender Gallery Terminal.
"Can you see this?"
Without unfolding something like the Veil of Secrecy. Making the Terminal clearly visible.
Ban giggled and laughed.
"Are you asking if I can see something while waving my bare hands in the air?"
As expected.
Ban Ineoreu doesn't have something like a Terminal either.
That's right.
I'm probably the only Climber who has such a unique item.
That's why the existence of Ban Ineoreu in front of me seemed even more amazing.
A person who climbed up to Floor 13 alone without something like a Transcender Gallery Terminal.
Something I can't imagine.
"What Rank are you?"
I asked that question and took a picture of Ban's face with the Terminal.
It was a very rude question for a first meeting, but the answer came back immediately.
"Rank 6. You?"
Sand from the desert swirled around Ban in a circle.
It wasn't that she answered willingly, but it was more like she was showing off her Rank 6 status.
Anyway, since she doesn't seem to be lying, I didn't intend to lie either.
"Rank 5."
"Wow, I was also Rank 5 until Floor 5. You must have had a hard time too?"
She must have started far from the very bottom like me.
"So-so."
Ban stretched as she listened to my answer.
Her voice continued to be heard.
"The Floor 13 system notification hasn't popped up yet, right?"
"Yeah."
"It'll pop up after you receive the welcoming ceremony. It was the same for me."
A voice came from the side.
"Have the Ripplewalkers finished their conversation?"
It was the voice of Maden, the strategist of the Sillein race.
"Once the sun begins to set, your welcoming ceremony will be held. About 30 minutes from now. However, since you don't know what variables might be triggered even during the welcoming ceremony. Rest and check in your respective barracks before gathering again."
Maden pointed to the barracks with his right hand.
It was the barracks on the immediate right of the barracks Ban had walked out of.
Maden's voice was heard again.
"No one will be allowed to enter before the start of the welcoming ceremony, so rest assured."
I went into that barracks.
I couldn't rest assured.
I took out the Terminal again and wrote a post.
Title: Pioneer, Ban is alive?
Writer: XX
-Ban Ineoreu. This person, right? But she was a woman.
Attached file: 238945285492085.jpg
(A woman, Ban Ineoreu, looking towards Han Yuseong)
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…Ah, she's alive?
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But why is she alive?
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Seriously, why??
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What is thisㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ How is she alive?
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Did the coffin lid open?
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ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋThe tomb is smashed to pieces!
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What is the top 1 thing you shouldn't do in a coffin?
-Of course, it's opening the coffin and coming back to life!
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Springing up!
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Gasp!
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Resurrection!!!!!!!! Even the ancestors are surprised!!!!!!! Even the children are surprised!!!!!
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Water King) A friend is calling. Come out, Pioneer!
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Pioneer) Uh…that's her. Ban Ineoreu. She's a woman.
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Pioneer) What is it? When someone in a friend's window dies, it turns gray after death…Ban Ineoreu was the same.
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Jjuhdak) What is the situation on the Floor 13 Stage?
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Hmm*) It seems like I have to support the 'Sillein' race on the planet 'Halo'. The system guidance hasn't come out properly yet.
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Jjuhdak) Quest Types originally have late guidance, so that's not a big deal…the problem is the Halo planet itself.
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Jjuhdak) The section where the Halo planet appears in Hard Difficulty is around Floor 46.
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Normal and Easy~~ I've never even heard of the name Halo~~
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Sword of Light) The problem is that the goal of the Halo planet Stage that appears on Floor 46 was not 'annihilation of the enemies'.
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Sword of Light) It just said to 'survive' somehow without dying.
Survive.
It was just survival, but it was a Hard Difficulty Floor 46 Stage.
Everything went dark.
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Archmage) Was that Monster's name…Dranas?
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Yeah, yeah, Dranas is right.
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Archmage) Magic doesn't work well on that Dranas either.
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Archmage) If killing Dranas was the content of the Halo planet Quest Type, it should have come out when I was over Floor 70.
Seeing Archmage so excited, I could tell that it was a pretty terrible opponent.
-Jjuhdak) The Stage where you can completely annihilate the Dranas guys alone…is around Floor 75.
Since they have to stop the invasion of these Monsters, it seemed that emotions like fear and sadness had all disappeared from the people of this planet.
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Archmage) But I'm still not sure. There's no guarantee that there won't be a stronger Monster than that guy in a place where such an existence comes out as a Monster from the beginning.
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Elfda) It's certain that the Halo planet itself is a very cruel place.
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Sword of Light) Climber, your quest is to endure in Halo, not to kill them.
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Sword of Light) It'll be tough, but endure.
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Absolute Monarch) It's better to give up on the idea of fighting altogether.
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Archmage) What is the condition of that 'Ban Ineoreu'? Were there any strange parts? Like her memory is vague.
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Yes, she seems to remember well.
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Yes*) The stages she experienced in the quest type are all different from mine. She wasn't involved with Riselinn either. The content of Floor 10 is also different. Ah, the Dungeon Type was the same.
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Jjuhdak) The same Tower in the same Difficulty doesn't mean that only the same worlds come out. But in the Pandemonium Numbering 01 Tower, if you climbed the Tower at the same time, the same content should come out even in the Quest Type.
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Jjuhdak) Therefore, the 'Ban Ineoreu' in front of you now is not someone who is climbing the Tower now, but the era when Pioneer was climbing. In other words, she is someone who climbed the Tower in the previous round that we climbed.
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Jjuhdak) But why is the previous round Climber 'Ban Ineoreu' remaining on Floor 13? That's the problem.
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Yeah, why is she here now.
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Absolute Monarch) When did Ban enter the Floor 13 Stage?
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Yes*) Yesterday.
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Absolute Monarch) Yesterday…Ban Ineoreu, who is in the same Stage as you now, must be aware that she is climbing normally.
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Archmage) It must be the Tower's trickery. Something is there.
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Sword of Light) Don't completely trust anything. In this Tower.
I could hear the commotion outside.
I turned off the gallery for now and put the Terminal in the Inventory.
I got up.
As I left the barracks assigned to me, Manten, the strategist of the Sillein, approached me.
"We have to start the welcoming ceremony sooner than scheduled. There are more casualties than expected, so we can't gather all the personnel."
"Okay."
As I nodded, someone approached me from beside.
It was Ban Ineoreu.
"Okay, okay, as soon as I did that welcoming ceremony or whatever, a Quest Type quest popped up. Let's finish it quickly and go up to Floor 14."
Ban's blue eyes were looking at me.
"I don't like this place very much. There are guys who throw away their lives like consumables. And they don't feel fear."
Ban's words, which pointed out the characteristics of the Sillein race, were interrupted by a sharp voice.
"We are not throwing away our lives like consumables! We are just sacrificing our lives for the eternity of this planet Halo! It is a glorious achievement!"
At the words of Turiana, a Sillein warrior, Ban twisted her lips.
"That's what throwing away your life like a consumable is. Glory my ass."
"Ugh, ugh!"
Turiana could only make strange noises at Ban's firm reaction and could not refute any further.
"Everyone, gather around."
A total of ten Sillein warriors were gathered around Manten.
"This is the minimum number of people for the welcoming ceremony. Then let's start the welcoming ceremony."
Manten handed me something with a expressionless face that didn't match the name of the welcoming ceremony.
It was a lump of stone that looked like a mass of light.
"This is the black Monster. The Stone of Divinity, Sikerlapis, which is one of the few weaknesses of Dranas. It's called a weakness, but it's just a means to buy the most time by making them suffer and writhe for the longest period of time."
The Stone of Divinity was not as heavy as I thought.
If I operated Bodyguard Qi and focused aura separately on my arm, I could throw it far enough.
"This also only works if it is planted in the roots of Dranas. You have to go through a long and difficult path to reach the roots."
Manten's words continued.
The reason why they even attached the name 'Ripplewalker' and why they were holding a welcoming ceremony was contained in those words.
"The Sillein race feels extreme pain when passing through that difficult path. And they also suffer clear damage. They often disappear before reaching the roots. But compared to us, Ripplewalkers suffer only minimal damage. It must be a difference in race."
Manten suddenly knelt down.
Thud!
Then, all the Sillein warriors surrounding me and Ban knelt down.
"Tsk."
Ban clicked her tongue.
"They're kneeling again. If you're going to do this, either exclude me from the welcoming ceremony or something. It's burdensome."
Manten ignored Ban's words and said what he had to say.
"It is our job to drive them away. We just hope that you will properly plant this Sikerlapis in the roots. We will make sure that you don't have to risk your lives."
I don't quite believe the last words.
Anyone could see that this place had a scenery that required risking one's life.
The smell of death was wafting in the air.
"Welcome to the planet of Azure Sky, Halo."
That's how the welcoming ceremony, which didn't feel like a welcoming ceremony, ended.
『Pandemonium Difficulty Floor 13 is a Quest Type.』
As Ban said, the system's notification about the Stage was properly made.
『Quest! - Plant 'Sikerlapis' in all six roots of 'Dranas', the enemy of the 'Sillein' race, to repel Dranas.』
"It popped up, right? The quest."
Ban stared at me blankly.
"Yeah."
Ban raised her right hand and pointed to the setting sun.
"Let's just go to the Safe Zone where we can get out for now and take a look around."
When Ban turned her head towards Manten, she heard an answer saying to do so.
Step by step
I followed Ban Ineoreu.
In a state where extreme suspicion and a sense of joy towards Ban were mixed.