Achieving Rough Harmony
The balance among the Three Kingdoms had been delicately maintained.
Therefore, if one nation moved first in haste, the others that stayed still would end up enjoying one-sided benefits.
"Resist and we kill you! Surrender and we'll feed you!"
But the story changed once monsters entered the picture.
Kim Bada and his Hobgoblins formed a crack assault force and launched a direct frontal assault on the Head Nation.
The remaining goblins advanced to prevent encirclement.
"Clear them out with everything you've got, Alex! James!"
Finally, with the leveling up, the additional PA-01s were added.
It meant that his firepower had doubled from what he had been firing.
As two black paper planes soared through the sky and unleashed artillery, countless goblins were obliterated before they could even attempt resistance.
"Shaman! Flame Shaman!"
"Kyaaah! Shaman! He's strong!"
It was hard to imagine two flying black planes bombing from the sky to the goblins.
Of course, even humans would be speechless.
They might think it was a drone, trembling in fear as they met their end.
And they would sob.
On the battlefield, lives could be lost so lightly.
"Surrender! I surrender!"
The goblins who survived the overwhelming firepower began to yield.
"Tie these fellows up."
The Hobgoblin soldiers were elites, so they couldn't be spared.
He ordered the goblins following them to capture prisoners.
Their advance was relentless, and the enemy gradually felt the thickening sense of despair.
A single blow from a Hobgoblin warrior could halve a goblin.
Against such elite soldiers, no goblin would want to become a human shield or a fish on a chopping board.
"Surrender!"
The number of surrendering goblins increased.
The front line collapsed.
They pushed all the way to the rear camp with unstoppable momentum and conquered the "Tail Nation" that ate "from the head" as grilled fish.
The leader here sat on a gaudy, unused chair amid the wide open space between the wooden fortresses, with a crown placed on his head.
The Goblin King looked no different from ordinary goblins, yet why had he become king?
"Capture him. Drag him around and inform his nation of the defeat."
While dragging the captured Goblin King, Kim Bada learned something astonishing.
It wasn't that the gap with the king was larger; rather, there was almost no difference in ability between ordinary goblins and the Goblin King.
The king was simply a dreamer who was good at inspiring and inflating dreams.
He had promised the goblins.
To steal from the foolish goblins who ate grilled fish starting from the tail or the body and share it with the people.
And the dream of unifying the world had been shattered for him.
"Save time for maintenance. I have to go home early today too. Let's advance right away. No one is tired, right?"
"Indeed, you are a great shaman."
Shauta only smiled broadly.
The Hobgoblins' condition still looked fine.
Using the captured Goblin King, they subjugated the goblins of the Head Nation and continued advancing straight to the Tail Nation.
Chopping, stabbing, shooting with arrows, and firing shells.
As the frontline goblins were swept away, half fled and half surrendered.
Originally, the goblins of the 5th floor couldn't have been opponents.
Even if the three nations had united with a force of twenty thousand, it would have been the same.
He also captured the Goblin King of the last Tail Nation and ended the war.
"We have unified the Three Kingdoms!"
"Long live the great shaman!"
"You are so great, Great Shaman!"
"From now on, when you eat fish, no matter from which part you start eating, just eat roughly! According to the law of this nation, anyone who starts a fight over the order of eating fish parts will receive a hundred lashes!"
"You are so wise, Great Shaman!"
"You are so great, Great Shaman!"
"Great Shaman! Great Shaman! Great Shaman! Great Shaman! Great Shaman!"
[Congratulations! The 5th floor of the Tower (Korea) has been conquered for the first time!]
[Countless surviving goblins revere you as the Great Shaman.]
[Goblin species contribution +500pt]
[Goblin species feels both affection, fear, and submission toward you upon meeting.]
[The 5th floor of the Tower (Korea) is now your territory.]
[When entering the 5th floor of the Tower (Korea), no entry count limit is consumed.]
The 5th floor had become his territory.
He was told that there was no entry count limit on the 5th floor only, but he didn't understand what it meant.
[Please declare your name to the world, O Floor Master of the 5th floor.]
Declaring to the world meant widely known, right?
Then his real name couldn't be used.
It would have to be written even if it felt a bit embarrassing.
"The Enlightened One."
The nickname he had used when posting on the gallery after gaining abilities.
The gallery was still his most convenient communication window.
[Your name has echoed widely throughout the Tower!]
[You have become the first Floor Master of the Tower among Earthlings and received a bonus of 100,000 points.]
[The contents of the Tower's trials can be freely modified.]
[Number of goblins recruited under you: 17,602]
[Number of Hobgoblins recruited under you: 31]
"Does that mean I can freely rule the 5th floor? Can I also strengthen the power of Korean hunters?"
[It is possible if you spend your points generously.]
"That won't do. What is so pretty about using my points to help?"
[To gain strength, someone must pay resources. You cannot become strong for free.]
The first thing that came to mind when he said he could freely change the 5th floor was a casino.
Although the Tower (Korea) was in Korea, since the police couldn't come, it was practically a lawless zone.
Therefore, it would be the natural way to build a casino that benefited him most as the floor master.
But the pocket of the low-level newbies on the 5th floor wouldn't have enough points to be skimmed.
Without newbies climbing to higher floors, it would be a problem if they were all weeded out on the 5th floor.
Because if they didn't pay the monthly survival tax (points) to the Tower, Grim Reapers would descend and turn the country into a wasteland, harvesting lives in proportion to the shortage.
Who would be targeted was random.
The strongest high-floor hunter might be targeted, or a normal kid or grandma could have her life harvested.
Therefore, the government was always sensitive about paying the survival tax.
Fortunately, since the incident five years ago, there had been no case of default payment yet.
'What is a way to grow the hunters efficiently with minimal resources without skimming my points?'
He didn't want to waste his points.
He wanted to grow Korean hunters.
But he didn't want to spend resources either.
He had found the way to solve all these problems at once.
"I will build a Basic Combat Academy on the 5th floor."
The existing passage condition for the 5th floor was hunting 100 goblins.
If maintained, he would need to replenish 100 goblins every time he sent a hunter to the 6th floor.
He didn't want to simply take goblins from the upper floors and supply them to the lower ones.
"Miki."
The education and training officer Miki, with black hair in double buns, was summoned.
"Among the goblins we first trained, can they now speak human language?"
The first 120 goblins recruited from the 3rd floor.
They had been trained to take roles as engineers and work teams.
But what was more urgent was workers who could speak human language.
His crew members were at most around 10 in number, so he couldn't leave many on the 5th floor.
"Basic conversation is possible, but deep conversation is difficult."
"Teach Korean to Shauta the Hobgoblin Shaman and the 31 Hobgoblins first. And at least 50 goblins are needed to work at the academy."
It would be easier to teach upper-species Hobgoblins than the foolish original-species goblins.
He roughly designed the academy's curriculum.
[Basic Combat]
[Basic Shamanism]
[Goblin Language]
Until now, only he knew humans who could handle mana.
But couldn't they have just not learned it?
Perhaps Shauta the Hobgoblin Shaman could teach shamanism to humans.
"First, Miki, your role is the most important. And Andrew."
The combat support engineer, Lieutenant Andrew, was called.
"We will build an academy building on the 5th floor. Laborers will be unlimitedly deployed from goblins. Construction materials can be taken from anything on the 5th floor."
What about the remaining 17,000 goblins?
" Rice, do you know how to farm?"
"I am not skilled."
"Then, cooperate with Simona and have the goblins farm."
Since there was no foundation yet, farming had to be done.
Later, if a foundation was built, maybe industrial work?
Anyway, it seemed preparations for establishing the academy were complete.
"Alex, James. Return."
He recalled the two PA-01s he had been guarding.
At that moment, experience from slaughtering thousands of goblins poured in at once.
[Level up!]
[Level up!]
[Level up!]
Three levels up at once?
And new abilities were unlocked?
Humming a little tune, Kim Bada left the 5th floor.
And he posted a notice on the gallery.
[The Enlightened One (IP 1.2954)]
"Hello, new 5th floor Floor Master, the Enlightened One."
"The 5th floor is currently undergoing large-scale construction for maintenance purposes."
"Therefore, entry is prohibited for the time being."
"Those who enter will be held responsible."
─Is this a joke????
─He wasn't a madman?
─Holy pilgrimage
─Is there really a person?
─Are you an alien from Alpha Centauri?
─Why is this not aggro?
Only after writing the post did he realize that a notice had appeared for all Tower (Korea) affiliated hunters: the 5th floor floor master had changed.
[A new conqueror has appeared on the 5th floor of the Tower (Korea).]
[The name is 'the Enlightened One'.]
[Welcome the arrival of the new floor master.]
This way.