Chapter 131
Chapter 131
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 131
Chapter Title: Season 2 of the Cataclysm Era
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"Ughwaaaaaah!!"
"Why are you crying...."
"The central pillar and heart of Virtual MYTH, Clock Detective, has posted a broadcast suspension notice!! But look!! Among the immortals, she's shed her mortal flesh and ascended to the golden throne!! She's chosen to become the king of the basement herself...! It's like appearing in a theater edition focused on planning rather than broadcasting, just like a senior Kamen Rider. Even her graduation is revolutionary."
"I don't know much about VTuber ecology, so I can't understand.... What are you saying?"
"To be precise, she's become a civilian employee. She can't hang out carefree with the soldier kids she used to bunk and eat with anymore, but she can still see their faces every day, help with work, and eat meals together. Unlike those dark-suited executives, she can buy a house outside the barracks and do her own thing. And with the nature of civilian jobs, she'll be traveling all over like crazy."
"I get it right away!"
"When you're this depressed, you gotta watch something fun.... Our Empress is saying she's taking a broadcast break, but her tweets are hilarious. As long as she's happy...."
After conquering the 100th floor of Kyoto Tower and watching the festival concert, Wakamo Inarizushi had become a bit.... slothful.
It was like hitting a massive burnout the moment she anxiously rushed to see what she wanted and achieved her goal, after all that sprinting.
She confessed honestly to her manager that she'd pushed too hard climbing for a year straight and burned out, and Manager Ondahye nodded, saying it was only natural.
How could a climber smash a 100-floor tower in just one year? She'd gone beyond life hanging by a thread to actually dying and coming back— it would be weirder if burnout hadn't hit.
Anyway, the era had entered the 【Cataclysm Era】.
With the emergence of subclasses, everyone was desperately climbing towers to unlock new jobs, especially those struggling to become an [Idol] since it could lead to a 『Legendary Class』.
But unbeknownst to Wakamo and the climbers alike.
The [Idol] didn't exist in the subclass list because it was a nonexistent Legendary Class.
Born barely into existence by Korea Tower allocating all resources out of desperation. Excluding the benefit of producing climbers, it was a class that would instant-kill if it slipped even for a moment. Even meeting the minimal criteria left a 99.8% chance of "sudden death!!" so other towers watched sympathetically.
And now, what had become of Korea Tower?
A VTuber demon who only knew charging in without retreat and smashing everything to win.
An alcoholic genius with overwhelming talent and luck showing explosive growth potential.
A survival expert alchemist with exceptional combat prowess despite her class.
Just a raving mad artist.
And topping it off, the Korea Association President who single-handedly maintained national security, beating down hordes of monsters like a guardian deity when the tower collapsed!!
Watching such climbers, Korea Tower—which, unlike others, hadn't gradually gained momentum after 10 years—had so little data to learn from its handful of climbers that it birthed freaks.
[Korea Tower loses to Wakamo Inarizushi—betting all my assets]
[Are you insane, Korea Tower...]
[Plus!! I'll raise Wakamo Inarizushi and my soul!!]
[No, there's no such function]
While Korea Tower howled in frenzy at its skyrocketing growth curve, screaming that tower coins and resources would duplicate!! and jumping around wildly, rebuilt Russia Tower stayed silent due to reset effects, America Tower muttered about crazy fucking Koreans, and bankrupt Japan Tower lay as cold ruins, silent.
The only one trembling in terror was China Tower.
Like a chicken sensing slaughter, it eyed Korea Tower warily, convinced they wouldn't climb.
Upon achieving 『Complete Conquest Floor』, rewards came with increased difficulty.
But for non-combat Wakamo, restrictions were tailored to her class.
For non-combat classes, it was brutally hard—impossible to climb, but breakable for combat classes with a twist.
Yet this one just wore a non-combat badge while being a monster that would make Overlord Xiang Yu weep.
Heroes from human history like Hercules, Xiang Yu, Richard I, or Joan of Arc—inhuman legends.
From the towers' perspective, no one with such job conditions seemed likely to live a proper life, so they never expected this.
[New function added to all towers worldwide!]
Anyway, the towers proceeded with their update.
Previously, [Subclass] came with [Tower Coin Shops] inside towers.
Climbers had anticipated this since Wakamo conquered Kyoto's 100th floor and awaited the notice eagerly.
[【Mystery Tower】s freely accessible appear across Earth!]
[Conquer to claim ownership; holds resources unavailable elsewhere!]
[New 【2nd-Gen Legendary Classes】 added!]
"No mention of 【Babel Fragment】 anywhere..?"
Wakamo rolled the Babel Fragment—which had lost all power and become an unidentified item—across the table with her finger, grumbling.
And simultaneously—new victims emerged thanks to Wakamo, drawing pity.
With 【Zmyth】 and 【Emperor】 born, Wakamo wasn't the last 1st-Gen Legendary, but probably one that won't appear twice.
Anyway, calling it "2nd Gen" specifically nagged at her. Balanced differently from before?
'What do the towers want with humans...'
From the start, since towers learned via climbers, they probably knew.
But she didn't care.
Wakamo just needed to VTuber broadcast; VTubers made her happy!!
Didn't the Six Evils' boss say he wanted this world's civilization and culture preserved?
"I wished for a reward—but given my class, it couldn't be anything else...."
Other affiliated VTubers buzzed excitedly about getting [Ultimate Skills] or [Ultimate Gear].
Conquering a 100-floor tower surely granted true top-tier skills per class.
Would Pirate get stronger too? Scary in its own way...
Problem: Kwonwang, Yung Wei, Korea Association President also got rewards.
Wakamo had utterly shattered balance.
Already strong ones devoured 90+100 floor rewards plus 200x harder Complete Conquest rewards— they'd pierced the heavens.
Korea President wore a bitter expression... His warning to Wakamo lingered.
That it'd inevitably stall someday.
Climbers grow climbing towers... but brakes?
Or immense trials to push further..?
Whatever, future stuff—ignore.
Reflecting on her death, she kept a water tank full of mana potions ready, vowing no repeat tricks.
Not even top floor, and Korea Tower pulled that—what next? Skip Complete Conquest floors.
100-floor conquered, no need to force more. Saw festival concert, enjoyed VTuber streams, clipped highlights...
Towers updating? Wakamo just dug her ears, like "so what?"
"Buffs are nice. But, where to use this?"
Wakamo's mana limit lifted—output jumped to 3 million.
Exciting how strong—but recoil would be insane too.
Idol's body unchanged, so high output hits her hard with backlash.
In a way, always spinning in place for balance.
No nerfs or restrictions? Lucky. 2nd-Gens eat shit, not her problem.
[Idol's Body] gained +[Additional Clone Creation]. No plans to add VTubers, so save it.
Job-exclusive 【Open World】 previously:
Job-exclusive skill 【Open World】
-Qualifies as owner of 『Wakamo Inarizushi 1F』.
-Residents can view [Broadcasts] anywhere.
+[Distance restriction on entry removed].
Now revamped:
Job-exclusive skill 【Open World】
-Qualifies as owner of 『Wakamo Inarizushi 1F』.
-Qualifies as owner of 『Wakamo Inarizushi 2F』.
-Qualifies as owner of 『Wakamo Inarizushi 3F』.
-Residents can view [Broadcasts] anywhere.
+[Distance restriction on entry removed].
1F Korea, 2F Japan—3F where? Wakamo checked personally.
Spacious area... Like [My Worlds], she could add features.
[Tower Floor Developer Mode].
Couldn't add monsters, but vast floor—what for? Wakamo wondered.
Finally, max-upgraded skill:
Job-exclusive 【Viewer Participation Channel】!
Wakamo puzzled why this upgraded—but as Idol's most fitting, near-unique skill... made sense.
Previously roughly:
[Job-exclusive skill 【Viewer Participation Channel】]
-Can summon viewers during broadcasts.
-Viewers summon as [Fox Spirits].
-Summoned believers treated as summons.
Now overhauled:
[Job-exclusive skill 【Viewer Participation Channel】]
-Can summon viewers during broadcasts.
-Viewers summon as [Fox Spirits].
-Summoned believers treated as summons.
-Summon believers earn [Points].
-[Points] buy [Skills] sold by Idol.
-Points earned by defeating monsters in tower.
Roughly that. [Idol's Lion] got +1 member too.
Pondering, Wakamo wondered what fox spirits—visible combat power only—could do. Then a brilliant idea hit.
She immediately summoned [Entomologist] and [Beekeeper].
"Um, are the insects or bees you two raise judged as [Monsters]?"
"Yes! New rewards let us create and evolve insects!"
"My bees got stronger too! Can't believe how good this is. Planted all kinds of flowers for diverse honey!!"
"About that.... Want to make large-scale content."
""Huh??""
Unrelated to 『VTuber』 honestly, but useful for 『Climber Training』.
Wakamo gathered the three, brainstormed, submitted plan to Manager Ondahye. She was baffled but... not bad, so approved.
Wakamo had nearly 200 believers as climbers.
Giving [Tower Entry] let them buy skills with stats—now truly idle game territory.
Tower gave free-build 3F expecting creativity, but VTuber-obsessed fool only thought broadcasts, viewer content.
No channels inconvenient; population boom? Hard difficulty would filter.
[Author: Fox Follower]
[Title: What's with the notice?]
[Wakamo World] comes to fans.
Climbers and civilians alike can enjoy.
Become [Fox Spirit] for survival.
Wilds teeming with insect monsters out to eat you!!
Forge weapons from insects and ores, earn points.
Earn points for [Tower Entry] skill.
Climbers can buy [Skills].
To become climber: Visit association for personality check.
Become true Fox God believer and climber!
You can start now!
What the hell lololololol
-Our boss really succeeded.
-Video looks brutal af lololol
ㄴFox spirit comes out, eaten by bugs.
ㄴNo blood but pure horror.
ㄴGotta handle this to be climber.
ㄴAnt mobs dog-sized for real...?
-Boss bug monsters wtf lololol
-Insect shell armor and weapons...
-Sell items for ore weapons too.
-This... VR game?
-Fox God raising believers strong.
ㄴLike throwing Valhalla warriors?
ㄴIdol's ways transcend imagination lololol
Entomologist/Beekeeper insects = monsters.
Fox spirits earn points killing monsters.
Added shared space!
Mana issues close server during climbs, but skill update records gear per spirit.
Unwittingly using tower as DB, Wakamo solved headaches—great! Opened server.
Thus 【Cataclysm Era】 Season 2, opened by Wakamo. Civilians could join.
Disabled with damaged limbs moved freely as fox spirits—and [Tower Entry] led to 1F recovery hope. In a way, Wakamo's event to clean Pirate's mess.
Day 1: Over 10k fox spirits logged in; waiting ant hordes devoured them.
No different from real monster fights. No pain, but bug-crawling terror vivid.
Climbers knew worse awaited—united for [Skills], wielding sticks/stones.
Civilians clustered at starter village, brainstorming kills.
Added aphid farms, tame bugs as pets(?), big screens for VTuber streams.
Association ads too—Korean game vibes.
Wakamo birthed first VR(?) game.
Leaping into virtual world, she pioneered with frontrunners.
Bug-phobic fans complained no other monsters; Wakamo explained, they got it.
Horned rabbits match fox spirit size—but outclass in power/speed/attack.
"This is a revolution!!!"
Entomologist thrilled recording bug-eating evolutions in brutal ecosystem. Beekeeper felt complex joy watching obedient bees hunt with fox spirits.
[Author: DualWieldLover]
[Title: Fun but is this right...?]
(Ant-shell armor fox spirit pic)
Boss made this... Trying to be climber..
Bug camouflage insane. Slip up, eaten...
Die, drop all gear. Soulslike fr.
Risking life, brutal...
This climbers' daily..?
Sorry for thinking easy...
Boss made it look easy...
-Wakamo boss looked easy? Retard?
-Saw guy snatched mid-walk by dragonfly.
ㄴReal dragon lololol
-No warning lololol
-Spider from tunnel drags buddy—nearly shat...
-Low dura, few hits = death lololol
ㄴBugs same...
ㄴThought climbers easy...
-True believer strengthener...
-Lose to these bugs? No climber.
-Climber skill-hunters screaming too.
-Production climbers hammering here too.
ㄴRespect...
ㄴClimber needs strength!!!!
ㄴBoss babying us..?
Chosen climbers and Kwonwang dojo ones sighed relief watching hellscape. But Yung Wei/Kwonwang hinted "Skills? You go too?"...
Tearing up, they fought mad entomologist's mutant bug monsters.
Korea Tower's dream—many climbers!!!—miracle moment.
Not this form, but Korea Tower grinned at influx.
Not just Korea—Japan/China/Russia climbers surged in virtuous cycle.
Stats/faith rise steadily, buy skills teach VTubers..... Wakamo Corp VTubers' strength?
'Patch to block soon probably'
Idol premise: no stats, can't use skills. Wakamo forced via wits/body/mana— is this ok? Anxious.
Meanwhile, Kwonwang dojo: White-haired woman, legs crossed, fuming beyond discomfort.
"So do this, then that, get this. Got it? Buy merch."
"Why VTuber stream lecture not sorcery..."
"Cuz Asuka's VTuber-specialized shikigami."
New [Shamans] endured Asuka's rotten teaching.
But [Fox God]— forcibly [Idol's Lion] via Wakamo's wish—glared at Asuka in harsh reality check.
'Equals with that?' Despairing, collared pet-dog fate, she started sorcery lessons instead.
"So, grab spell flow here, configure like this, connect there..."
"Teacher, skip that. First love story?"
Asuka—lounging on desk, legs up, back on chair—grinned mischievously amid students.
"Wakamo's pitcher, I'm catcher."
Don't forget: [Idol's Lion] knowledge goes to tower AND Wakamo.
"VTuber fanatic? Total morning girl."
"Fuel for scandals."
Grinding teeth, vengeful [Fox God] elegantly Kyoto-style smeared Wakamo as barbaric beast-girl.
But image rebounded: "Relatable beast, not feral."
Records: Checking figure panties, hugging dakimakura in VTuber tee, mumbling "Hehe... Merhen-chan... love you..." Once proper adult—odd recovery.
Japan Tower's Idol: unfathomable human abyss... sauce-licking collab cafe beast pup humanized by her.
Kyoto dialect's indirect subtlety hot—500p yuri doujin uploaded.
"Humans suck..."
"Add affair?"
"Equals with this trash sucks..."
Asuka's affair push: [Fox God] shed sad tears over warm sake.
At least screamed no VTuber debut ever—shaman teacher/manager consolation?
World calls parachute lover placement.
.....
........
"Heh heh—Wakamo got 【Babel Fragment】? Humans nearing tower origins finally."
"Really, Boss?"
"Wakamo Inarizushi.... Nonexistent Legendary Class. —And now, unique class with 『two』 existing simultaneously."
Wakamo died once—that verdict lingers.
Towers unplanned revivals...
Among 2nd-Gen Legendaries including 【Idol】, mediator smiled.
Revamped conditions, vastly advanced/special vs 1st-Gen.
Gruesome discrimination, but owed to their sacrifices—due respect.
1st/2nd Gen differ, but "same Legendary Class" twice? Unique now.
"Which Idol stronger? Exciting, right...?"
"Uh, Boss."
"Yeah."
"2nd-Gen died. She's 2nd 2nd-Gen Idol now."
"....Died right after job change?"
"Yeah."
"Job structure wtf...?"
"Oh, 3rd now."
"......"
3rd 2nd-Gen Idol—what..? Mediator raised wine glass, chuckled regaining composure.
【Babel Fragment】 sparks clash: Six Evils, guardians, Wakamo Corp—world engulfed in massive change.
Its power... value... weight—!!
"Oh, and. Might be hassle. Wakamo President says give to Boss."
Reaper scratched neck, placed Babel Fragment on desk.
"Heh... heh.... Always unpredictable...."
"And 3rd died, now 4th."
"Fuck, really."
Six Evils Boss, annoyed— "Don't die, last long"—sent Reaper off.
Return nicely packaged to Wakamo.
Note: Owner Wakamo, item value, future mega-force events detailed.
Many target Wakamo Corp—hold top spot strong! Cheers.
Next day: Wakamo flipping off pic with returned Fragment.
Reason simple.
Climbing whatever—focus VTuber streams, don't bother.
World fate/tower purpose? VTuber broadcasts priority.
"Not my envisioned plot!! More... shadowy... cool... epic grand scale...!!!"
"5th Idol lasted. 6th conditions eased?"
"Sigh....."
Instant-death Legendary Class rumor spreads online.
Someone posted conditions; Asuka deleted hastily—
Some hoarded secretly, dreaming Legendary.
Unlike Korea Tower's tweaks/same perf—why sudden deaths?
Towers puzzled, patched after ~6 deaths.
Somewhere-born 【2nd-Gen Legendary】 【Idol】.....
Will topple Wakamo's throne... probably....
Mediator hoped so....
Watching flailing 7th 2nd-Gen Idol for survival, eyes teared.
.....
"Bitcoin ain't it.... What is this..."
Humans as Idols impossible.
Mediator, thinking [Fox God] human: "True Idol confirmed."
Growing delusion.
Wakamo long past salvage—hands off.
"Thought we'd 100-floor first!!!"
"Our Legendaries all flawed...."
Six Evils Boss lamented numbers useless.
US gov, seeing Mantier+sub/2nd-Gen gains: earth-shattering sighs.
Six Evils: organization with woes.
What now....?
Wakamo: none of her business!!