Chapter 187
Chapter 187
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 187
Chapter Title: Tower-Climbing Fox Goddess VTuber
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[Rewards have been settled!]
"Whoa! Are you giving me my exclusive item that I couldn't get from the arena event?"
The sudden Vatican incident, along with the revelation that the Italy Tower opening event itself was a scam.
Wakamo was nagging to hand over her Heavenly Microphone(?) that had vanished into thin air.
[The Korea Tower says that's something you get by climbing the tower.]
"Oh dear, I've been played by the Korea Tower's prankster."
You damn bastard. I'll definitely get revenge through the Mediator.
You'd better remember well that a fox's grudge lasts a hundred years...!!
The days as a climber suffering under the Korea Tower...!!
I helped you out, and this jerk can't separate public from private...? Well, at least the other climbers and believers are happy, so I'll take comfort in that.
For 【Partners】, they decided to add special markers to distinguish between civilians and climbers.
Thanks to Wakamo, the number of people making them had exploded.
Some were making similar VTubers, but the problem was those copying Wakamo exactly.
Wakamo didn't care much about that, but she suggested adding a distinction feature to prevent misuse for crimes.
The Russia Tower Lord was thrilled to earn a ton of Tower Coins, but complained of pain as the humanity inside him witnessed the abyss of human depravity and got chipped away—though that's a pain all merchants go through.
"Russia Tower Lord, release the Mediator soon. And pin the blame on the Korea Tower being bad."
[Me?]
"Inari Fox Goddess. Biting Korea is still pro-level for Japan, huh?"
"Such an admirable story. Can I bite right now?"
"You think I'll just take it lying down!!"
In this business, there are no eternal allies or enemies!!
You didn't give me proper skills or exclusive items!!
If my poor believers profited, I have no more business with you...!
Next time we meet, we're enemies!!
"So, what's the reward?"
[[Video Recording] skill gains [Additional Camera Summon] function.]
[[Mana Manipulation] skill gains [Mana Efficiency Increase] function.]
[[VTuber Assets] registered assets capacity increases.]
[[VTuber Model] registered models capacity increases.]
[[Idol's True Form] skill gains [Additional Clone Creation] function.]
[Job-exclusive skill 【Virtual World】 registered worlds capacity increases.]
[[Lion's Ascension] skill acquired!]
"Oh, not bad."
Thinking about it, skills rarely got "enhanced" lately. She never felt a shortage of cameras, but more is always better, right?
Plus, they gave an extra skill, so Wakamo was in a good mood. Too bad about the item, though.
[Lion's Ascension]
- Temporarily empowers [Idol's Lion].
- The evolved [Idol's Lion] one stage possesses powerful stats.
"Isn't this Digimon evolution?"
Ignoring Asuka spouting nonsense behind her like "Tai, evolve me, agoo agoo," Wakamo stroked her chin.
"More importantly, 【Broadcast Points】 are at 0. Where the hell did they go? Did one of our VTubers gamble them away?"
"I really have no idea."
Pirate, clad in sparkling armor, looked genuinely clueless.
They were used for believers too, so if spent on luck for her VTubers, Wakamo had no complaints.
"VTubers are like pure fantasy... You gotta push when you can... Sob sob, Kanna-chan... Be happy in a bigger world...!!"
"Why's the boss like that?"
"Oshi announced graduation."
"How many Oshis does the boss have?"
"About 700?"
Ichigo and Pirate whispering behind.
Wakamo, insisting VTubers must be pushed when possible, couldn't hold back her sadness and uploaded 200 clips at once.
Asuka screamed "Kwaaak!" at the sudden barrage of merciless clips.
They went to Asuka's channel by mistake, but Wakamo didn't apologize. Presidents must be shameless.
"Really, so much has happened... Before climbing to the next floor, just how much..."
"Yeah, tons happened."
"Right, Lucia. Fucking tons."
From the Mystery Tower, ancient humanity, Black Tower, conquering the China Tower, to the Vatican Tower's ambition to conquer humanity... Reflecting, too much had happened.
What the hell is the world coming to...? Wakamo sighed, wanting to just VTuber stream peacefully.
"Speaking of, during the Cataclysm, didn't they say Legendary classes get special benefits...?"
"Too long ago, I don't remember..."
"Not because you've been too busy living wildly...?"
The gathered group reminisced about the last climb.
It was floor 54... Elves appeared, I think...? How'd it go?
"Anyway, we're climbing. Mami via [My Worlds] loophole... And Ioseph?"
"I've climbed up. Streaming while steadily climbing caught me up!!!"
Ioseph Khan's eyes burned with glacier-melting zeal.
The humiliation and rage of her crushed second album... Jealousy toward rivals...!! The ambition to crush the "strongest" and rise!!
Pirate felt her nape burn; shouldn't he beat Ichigo first before her?
Plus, her peers were about to release albums; lose to them?
She didn't say it, but pitying the hardworking genius, Pirate gave a sympathetic look.
That stung Ioseph's sore spot, but Pirate being a true genius and idol unchanged, she sighed in futility.
She loved their songs so much she became a fan, burning with rivalry, yet had a Pirate doll on her waist.
Her complicated feelings wouldn't sort out... Jealous of same-company VTubers—what could be worse?!
Otaku are pitiful creatures living so tediously.
"Then just take Mami and go. Everyone, gear up and prepare?"
Safety first in climbs. Wakamo ordered one last gear check before departure.
For near-civilian Adolf Lucia, even her manager helped for extra thoroughness.
Wakamo was surprised top rankers had dedicated managers even if not VTubers.
Sports pros have care teams; climbers bringing resources surely did too.
Korea was worst and weakest for climbers, so importing such systems late was regrettable.
Growing fast, but lagging far behind advanced nations.
Even Prime Minister Inari Fox Goddess was shocked Korea lacked that...
"More than that, we've changed tons from before."
"Grng?"
"Yung Wei helped, but... Ichigo. Your outfit changed most...."
"Boss, mini skirt?"
"That's believers' taste."
Not for four-color glowing armored Pirate to say? Dragon-embroidered emperor's robe-clad Ichigo fit [Emperor] attire.
Yung Wei provided materials, hired artisans for matching clothes; from plague doctor to full emperor, Ichigo worried her character changed too much.
Wakamo just shortened her skirt for believers. Proof of improved size-adjust skills.
Gen 0 all matched VTuber models, so shrink grown Yu Ying slightly, illusion on—done.
Gen 1 needed Russia Tower items plus Wakamo illusions for double change—more prep.
"Anyway, adults... No, Gen 1 has different aura."
"No, way different."
Pipkin Mami cosplaying her VTuber fully, resigned; artist Adolf Lucia quietly honing skills—now "who are you?" level changes.
Skeletons changed? No—Gen 1's resolve shone in their aura.
Always buried like a dog, bumped around, presence vanishing Ioseph Khan now gleamed through glasses.
"Ichigo, Pirate. You two just paused climbing."
Asuka explained to them: Gen 1 steadily fought Korea Tower trials, not lost momentum.
They all paused climbs for VTuber streams, right?
Worried senses dulled.
Did 【Babel Tower】, fought climber wars—but Ichigo's class changed completely.
"Unlike Gen 0 drifted from trials, Gen 1 steadily caught up... Faces different."
"Uh, exclude me?"
Pipkin Mami begged not to group with them.
One awakens Nazi blood at Germany mention; other flails to not be buried, evolving to variety comedian—not White Dragon.
She just shook head: common psychic.
Still, after everything, confident handling any tower threat, she smiled.
"Nothing scares me now."
"Mami, don't say that."
Asuka freaked at Mami's expression with that line—deadly.
All prepped, Wakamo signaled for [Tower Entry] skill.
Gather, declare [Tower Entry] together!!
[From now on, unless special circumstances, summoning believers incurs costs!]
"Aw, shit."
Warning hit Wakamo alone as entering tower.
Korea Tower warned: from final floors, assembling incurs costs on her.
【Idol】 lifeline is leading believers to fight; equalize growth, not favor some?
Then Wakamo Corp founding, powering climber VTubers inevitable...!!
Already doing it!!
[Climbing Incheon Tower Floor 55 World]
- Trials befitting tough climbers.
- Difficulty rises per [Wakamo Inarizushi] climber's feats!
- Overcome trials with comrades!
[Platinum Achievement Conditions (Eased)]
- Defeat 55F boss (0/1)
"Hmm, normal!!"
Long time seeing one; feels conditions simplifying, getting lazier?
Better than filthy complex hard ones...
Seven members noticed vast plain, sheer cliff-integrated fortress ahead.
"Like Lord of the Rings fortress, okay?" Adolf said, but cannons rained shells like rain before finishing.
"Fallen Dwarf Legion!!"
"Hmm... How to artistically craft dwarves... Labor art depicting turbulent era of human rights abuse and exploitation?"
"No, shells falling from sky, this chill?"
"Saw angels hurling light spears from heaven—what's this?"
- Tension zero lololol
- How many fights so far!!
- Dwarves siege war???
- Toughest in Three Kingdoms: castle fall?
- Shells falling, not moving?
- CG realism insane.
- Distance this far, too much???
Piuwoong──!!
Wakamo caught midair ballista bolt, posed with spear.
Hurled with full power, mana-enhanced javelin sparked red lightning, clashed metal gate—exploded.
Gate crumpled beyond denting, halves tumbled.
- Wakamo-sama means no siege needed!!
- Gate pointless.
- Sturdy gate useless if walls can't hold.
- Shells dropping!!!
Whoosh.
To reassure viewers, incoming shells froze midair like time-stopped.
Dwarves stirred, believers awed at dozens halted precisely—even escape paths predicted.
Leisurely strolling Pipkin Mami levitated shells orbiting her via telekinesis.
"Annoying, begone."
Metal manipulation hurled all shells back at dwarves with gesture.
Deluge cracked fortress, wall dwarves exploded by own shells.
Dwarf gunners fired, but projectiles halted before Mami.
"Good head on them."
Praised mixing non-metal wooden shots.
Sadly, her powers exceeded monster imagination.
Tudatadada──!!!
Members charged as dwarves fell to barrage.
Ruined gate: bull-riding dwarf cavalry gripped lances thrice their size, charging.
"Soldiers!! Answer the call!!!"
Ichigo raised seal; over 1,000 historical Chinese cavalry summoned, clashed dwarf riders.
Humans/horses overwhelmed eventually, but Wakamo Corp members awaited infiltrators.
"[Idol's Tidal Wave]"
Casual horizontal sweep: waves surged empty plain.
Torrent slammed walls; riders swept away.
Water rose not fell; waves taller than walls crashed.
Kwaaaang──!!!
Awaiting boom, Mare Pirate touched surface.
"Ice Age!!"
Crack—
Raging waves flash-froze.
"[Dragon Breath]──!!"
Enraged dragon's mana breath shattered ice.
Straight mana cannon traced her head's path, crumbling ice sheet.
"[Charge!! Charge!!]"
Dwarves crossed meaningless frozen-wave walls, fully armed.
Like US legions: [Shooter] classes first, then aura-clad top monsters poured.
- Sword Master dwarves fml lololol
- Arrows mana-cladded?
- All using mana shields wtf.
- Items dwarves researched for humans.
- Fucked??
- Who?
- Dwarves.
- L O L O L O L
"[Perspective Realism]─"
Adolf raised brush; painting bloomed at tip.
Boiling lava poured over charging dwarves. Vivid as real, perspective from her.
Ice + lava instant; dwarf march slowed under it.
Unglazed in lava, their gear no joke.
"Krarrararara──!!!"
Ioseph reared, roared, transformed White Dragon, wings spread skyward.
Her entrance blasted second album track.
Mismatched BGM, but viewers respected.
Boss desperately promoting employee's song—pitiful!
Kuuung.
Heavy dragon scaled walls; top collapsed under weight.
-Kraaak!! Gravity!!!
- Thighs that thick—heavy our White Dragon!!
- Looks final boss lololol
- Real dragon~ fuckers~
- Dragons can't slack...
"Climbs boring!!! Listen to my second album!!!!"
- Listening (forced).
- Double sub button!!
- Same, Captain's song lololol
- Rebellious brats fml lololol
- Evil fuckers lololol
- Views not rising real??
Fuming Ioseph demolished castle.
Bit spire, swung to smash others; breath swept dwarves falling.
Some leg-jumped, slashed/stabbed scales—master monsters' aura strength no joke.
Shooters' volley shredded her instantly.
Bloodied yet berserk White Dragon wailed album.
"Boss has 10M subs, why my song under 1M views!!!!!"
-Ah... it's raining...
-Rain? No...
- Virtual lives, new songs sometimes miss 1M.
- No helping it White Dragon... Defect, reincarnate, second try.
- Fr lololol
- Try isekai idol?
- White Dragon concert sing?
"Ugh, really."
Mami mind-controlled armor-piercing dwarves, turned infighting; shook head at scene.
Asuka's spell crossed unchecked sky, fire rain poured.
"Takeoff!!!!"
Ichigo handled lava-flailing dwarves.
Motionless since start, raised seal again; soldiers summoned in light, arrow-volleyed advancing dwarves.
Numbers only; summoned weaker than generals.
"Ugh─ Should've [Tower Reset] and reclimbed."
Class changed; reset Korea Tower from start viable.
But group-climb with strangers: unknown risks; Ichigo skipped.
Not aiming climber strength anyway.
Still, past self potion-tossing, sword-swinging monsters now stalemated—not overwhelmed.
'Wear Pharaoh mask?'
Agility near-zero; couldn't dodge.
Thrown spear: soldiers blocked, 7 burst.
'─Feels early days....'
Adapting headache; eyed distant comrades.
"Difficulty too high?"
Pirate inside, slashed dwarves, grumbled.
No [Wizard] dwarves, but all aura countered [Shape Change] annoyingly.
Huge numbers, party-tuned tricky difficulty.
Chaeng──!!
Swords snapped quick; tossed, clenched fists.
"Jehaha─!!"
Grumbled high diff, punched space-distort amplitude shockwave.
Extended black vortex yanked necks, slammed ground fused.
Raised hand smiling.
"Warning: graze = death?"
Grabbed dwarf blade barehand, warped arm to grotesque art.
"Material meh, but I like."
Approaching Adolf with brush/scalpel laughed, appraised.
Better fight Pirate for dwarves.
"[Grotesque]"
Entered domain: dwarves twisted absurd horrors; [Fear] status distanced them.
Unrecognizable yet origin clear; weird beauty awed viewers.
Grotesque yet heart-stirring admiration power imbued.
"Indulge─ in my art."
"[Beat 'em!!]"
"Blood. Dot. Painting."
Not scalpel, brush-slashed charging dwarf spearmen/swordsmen, mixed paints new color, set piece.
"[Deformation]"
Distorted dwarf canvas plopped framed.
"[Composition Frame]"
"[Fall!]"
"[Distance!]"
Raised hands framing smile; [Mana] rippled. Pirate dived ground to evade; Adolf unleashed "art" freely, masterpiece bloomed.
"Figurative surrealism...?"
One dwarf drawn.
Modern art: material matters. Pencilism exists.
"Dwarfism─?"
Over hundred dwarves mosaicked into portrait!
Showed survivors: madness, delirium, frenzy panic.
Humans mosaicked human; dwarves couldn't endure.
-Hoeeek...
-Horror movie.
-Poor dwarves...
-Catch for summoners?
-Blacksmiths need apprentices.
-Russia Tower Lord) Buying dwarves.
-Wtf lolololol
-No lolololol
-Russia Tower Lord) Tower Coins = no cost!
-So thrifty lololol
Amid, Lucia Polaroid-snapped fleeing dwarves.
Instant print: hand-dipped, sky-hand yanked vanishing dwarf.
Tiny-cute dwarf plopped bug catcher.
"Ufufufu.... Cute, right everyone?"
Shoved wriggling jar to viewers; chats polite.
No longer tower fight—hunt.
Brave dwarves charged; brush swung, splat—wall murals.
"Clean walls everywhere!! Artist playground? Ahahaha!!"
Brush swings painted floor/ceiling/walls dwarves.
Living taxidermy-vivid; ripped, folded paper-like.
Origami dwarves waddled at comrades; dwarves screamed, jumped floors.
"This right...?"
-Captain, nape careful!!!
-Else steamship her.
-Human? Cthulhu?
-Dwarf paper army wtf lololol
-Info) Climbers resistant, not this bad.
-Fact) 10+ more torment ways.
-Germany flunked art school fault!!!
Kwang kwang──!!
Inner sanctum breached instant.
Ichigo's soldiers repelled jumpers; Ioseph/Asuka air dominance burned all.
Telekinetic Mami snatched iron weapons, sniped formations.
Adolf's art spread [Fear] plague.
Distance: "art" hit; close: Pirate "death touch" instant.
Extreme choice!!
"Wow, what? Unshapeable metal...? Magic null? Right, boss suffered this before."
"Can't use material.... Won't carve."
Dwarves not just taking.
Boasted ultimate fortress bunker; entrance resisted Pirate magic/Adolf skills.
"Gas?"
"No."
"Aerosol spray paint. Toxic but effective."
"No, real paint?"
"Yes, pure chemical carbon monoxide paint. Just gas."
-Aaah...ah...aaah...
-German handmade CO gas.
-Paint has it, not wrong.
-Art = how handle materials lololol
-Dwarves self-bunkered.
Pirate stopped Adolf tubing gas in crevice.
"Engineers have tech!! Countering Adolf art experiment!!!"
"No more Adolf art."
"Rewind time, get me art school."
"Next life try."
"Past life too? Mood?"
"Adolf past not Hitler! Snap!!"
-Rampage again lolololol
-Mad Axis combo.
-But!! Germany occupied Italy!!!
-Trauma switch on?
-Just wanna arson.
-Same?
Kung...kung.....
Collab front, suspicious inner sounds.
Soon Mami/Ichigo/Ioseph/Asuka gathered awkward—noticed no Wakamo.
"Wait, boss can solo this, right?"
"[Open!!! Please!!!]"
Desperate dwarf screams inside.
Hot red blood seeped under; members quietly backed.
"Ah, nice weather."
-lolololololololol
-Ah, not hearing not hearing.
-Evil!! Self-trapped dwarves!!
-High spirit, prepped bunker buster!
-"Human Buster Call"
-Need open door?
-I'm not trapped with you. You're trapped with me!!
[Incheon Tower Floor 55 achieves Platinum, opens to all humanity!!]
[Tower Platinum clear increases rewards]
"Joker?"
"Nope."
"Queen?"
"BS?"
Pipkin Mami's trump cards down, card game mid; floor clear alert.
Zero tension 55F ridiculously cleared.
Except Ichigo, no big worries.
—One more.
"Ugh, big problem."
Wall-phasing Wakamo realized headache.
[Idol's True Form] performance trash.
Post-【Idol's True Form】 full release, gap felt.
Unbelievable barely beat past one-shot [Dwarf King].
Rocket to space then unicycle: [Idol's True Form] broken.
"Skill total garbage now."
[Idol's True Form] teared at owner's abuse.
Who overworks/abuses it!!
Praised before—how change so!!
"Well, 55F maybe. Not hard, whatever?"
Post-hell diffs, [Dwarf Fortress] no trial for Wakamo Corp VTubers.
How adjust difficulty...
[Korea Tower] finally faced crisis.