Tower of the Otherworld: First Floor

Well... then how should I do this?

After confirming the tower's location, I came out of my house. That took some guts. Very commendable.

But the problem was how to get to Gangwon-do, where Korea's tower exists, without being seen by the association, without any ID or formal registration.

'No, avoiding that is easy with transparency magic, no need to worry about it...'

It takes about 3 hours from Mapo where I live to Gangwon-do.

Deciding to take a car felt wasteful, and using teleportation magic, if I messed up the coordinates, it would be troublesome if witnesses appeared.

Walking there... I'm not that fit, so it was quickly excluded from the options.

"Hmm... what to do..."

Standing in front of the officetel's entrance, I pondered for a long time.

"Oh! That method would work!"

Suddenly, a brilliant idea flashed through my mind.

I'm such a genius.

After a moment of self-praise, I confirmed there was no one around and immediately spread my palm lightly to create a magic circle.

Then, a huge amount of pitch-black mana, nearly five times that of Lily's, flowed ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠out, and the magic circle grew larger and larger.

With a magic circle almost covering the entire area, a very large body appeared from the center.

Approximately the size of Kim Gunwoo's officetel 10th floor undead dragon.

The youngest and strongest from Barzena, much stronger than the old dragon who claimed to be a guardian.

The creature slowly scanned around, spotted me, lowered its head to match my gaze as much as possible, and said.

「It's been a while, Elder Lich-nim. Shall I burn this place from the start as usual?」

"... No, haven't you heard from Mark One yet? I told the remaining high undead too."

「I heard.」

"......"

The guy answered so brazenly, what to do? I was momentarily at a loss for words.

I barely calmed my trembling right hand and continued.

Even if I wanted to hit him, he was so huge it wouldn't have connected.

"If you heard that, think about what to do. First, burning is forbidden.

This is my 'home' where I live on Earth. No matter how bloodthirsty you were, burning down ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠one or two cities in the morning exercise."

The undead dragon thought for a moment and nodded seriously.

「Understood. Then I'll burn only half.」

"Damn it, these guys don't understand my words at all."

「Since you said total incineration is impossible...」

"You damn dragon, I said don't use fire, water, wind, stone magic."

Finally, unable to hold back, I struck the dragon's left foot claws with both hands.

The undead dragon stared at me blankly for a moment.

Then, very slowly, as if trying to think, it tilted its head.

"... Then how do I conquer this continent?"

"You damn bastard!! Don't you listen to me!? I said no conquest!!! This isn't a conquest continent! This is Earth! We no longer need to fight!!"

「…….」

Zakar, the undead dragon, heard my words and finally came to a conclusion quietly.

「Earth seems like a difficult place.」

"... No, yeah, it's difficult, got it?"

「Yes, Elder Lich-nim. Then I won't burn it. If necessary, I'll kill only humans.」

"... Fine. Really fine. Let's not speak in Korean from now on."

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath.

Then, after barely regaining composure, I got to the point.

"First, cast the transparency magic on you so you don't stand out."

「Understood.」

Zakar immediately used pitch-black mana to activate a pitch-black light transparency magic circle that enveloped the dragon's huge body in an instant.

Kuooooooo...

The huge skeleton, scales, and the death power that was spewing out disappeared, and the place regained its silence as if nothing had ever been there.

I lightly climbed up using the dragon's front foot claw as a support.

Zakar lowered its body slowly as if waiting for it, folded its wings, and bent its knees.

「Please tell me the tower's coordinates. For invasion... no, I will move.」

"Yeah, not invasion. Just moving."

「Of course.」

I opened my smartphone and brought up the map app.

"Gangwon-do ○○ County, outskirts of mountainous area. There's a bizarre building called 'tower' there. Fly in the direction where strange mana is felt."

「Confirmed.」

Zakar didn't say anything more.

Instead.

Whoosh—!!!

The huge wings spread without any sound, completely flipping the surrounding air.

I bent one of Zakar's back scales a little and lay down on it like sitting in first class, stretching my legs.

Then, as naturally as possible, I connected to the community.

The title: Arrogant Tower, You Bastard! NecroEmpress is Coming to Give You a Beating

Author: NecroEmpress

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I'm going to climb the tower, this is something I must know, is there a rule? Any guidelines?

"The guy... I'm starting to like him more."

The way he appears without being asked and drops info is quite likable.

If it's a Korean who gives exactly what you want, quick and clean, I'd welcome him with open arms.

If I could, I'd use Ibella to track location and find him to force a reward, but...

Since he doesn't want it, I don't want to go that far.

「Is this what you said? Being praised right after being summoned is quite an honor.」

In the meantime, Zakar, our dragon, thought it was directed ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠at him, scratched his head with his front foot and was happy.

"......"

I almost corrected it, but since he was so happy, I decided to let him think that.

10 minutes later.

Zakar and I simultaneously confirmed the strange mana coming from below and landed immediately.

Of course, as far as possible in a place without people.

Kwoong—!

"What... what is this? Suddenly."

"Probably wind, don't worry."

The landing caused some dust and wind to fly around, but people just thought it was wind and turned their eyes back to the tower.

「…… Sorry.」

"From now on, land more carefully?"

「Understood.」

I bowed my head and lightly stroked Zakar's head as he apologized, then got off and looked ahead.

Right in front was a building that rose so high it was called the tower by the awakened, seemingly without end.

'... This high, only 50 floors?'

A momentary doubt arose, but since there was no problem, I checked the transparency magic again and mixed into the hunters' crowd to enter the tower.

As soon as I entered the entrance, the scenery changed instantly like changing viewpoint in a game.

A space like a sealed room with black walls all around appeared, and a system screen floated in front of my eyes.

"Hmm... so this is the nickname system."

I pondered for a moment and put my hand on the keyboard that appeared in the air.

[Name: Set as IAmKingSejong?]

[YES/NO]

"Yes."

I thought about using the same name as my community nickname, but I wanted to receive interest only from galjil in the community.

"Um, yes, no external intervention."

Moreover, since I had already pulled aggro on Mark One, even if suspicion arises, I can redirect everything to Hangeul Manse.

After setting the nickname, the scenery changed as if the viewpoint changed again, and a vast plain unfolded without end in front of my eyes.

Zakar, who had been standing blankly beside me, interested in the completely different power from magic, let out a short exclamation and clapped with his huge front foot.

「The space called the tower is really amazing. I'm really curious how it works. How does it move us without using any mana at all...」

The guy... is it because he's a dragon of exploration and greed? Not eyes sparkling with new knowledge...

"When did you follow me?"

Strange? I clearly told you to wait in front before entering.

When I tilted my head and asked, Zakar also tilted his huge head and asked back.

「It's because Master didn't give any command, so I thought I could just follow.」

"... Did I not command you to wait?"

「Yes.」

"......"

I don't know if ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠the guy is lying or if I really didn't say anything.

But since I don't need to argue over something uncertain.

I nodded once and shifted my gaze to the front.

[Soon, the trial on floor 1 of the tower will begin. Challenger IAmKingSejong, please finish preparing for the trial within 1 minute.]

[Floor 1 trial of the tower: Defeat all 50 goblins in the vast prairie and survive.]

"Trial."

According to the information I got hurriedly earlier, the way to achieve new records on each floor is to clear the trial as quickly as possible.

And the current best record on tower floor 1 is from America's Rainer, who set it 9 years ago.

It says he set a record by defeating 50 goblins in 1 minute, and it still hasn't been broken.

No, almost all tower records up to 30 floors are from America, Japan, China or something.

Korea has none at all.

"This can't be helped."

Ha Yuna.

As a true patriot of Korea, is it okay that our country's hunters who are being persecuted are discriminated against like this? I can't stand it.

I shouted at Zakar, who was looking around the surroundings as if analyzing the tower.

"Hey, if I get a 3-second cut on 50 goblins, I'll specially give you chicken for dinner tonight."

「Ch... chicken?」

"Yeah, the food I used to chew on in Barzena. The food that boasts the taste of heaven. I'll let you eat it without reservation."

「…….」

Zakar, who heard my words, immediately threw away the stupid expression he had until then.

He made a very serious expression that made me watching him serious too, looking somewhere.

And.

「Krrrrrr...」

"... ? What are you doing?"

He suddenly opened his mouth and prepared to fire the dragon's ultimate skill, breath, and fired it towards somewhere.

Kwaaaaaang—!!!

At the same time, a system message appeared.

"... Huh?"