Chapter 229
Chapter 229
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 229
Chapter Title: Tower-Climbing Fox God VTuber
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"So, the old Ascension Tower was a tower meant to turn humans into gods. The difficulty was incomparable to the current tower, you know?"
-Auntie's at it again.
-Granny, we get it, take your meds.
-Maybe she's chattier 'cause she's younger than the boss?
-Maya civilization ancients are younger than the boss? LMAO.
-No wonder she can't spill the old tales.
-We'll die of old age listening to her first lol.
-Doesn't it start from Genesis Day 7?
-Yeah yeah, anyway, the past was badass, got it?
"No, seriously, listen up! The Ascension Tower was...!!"
She was enthusiastically explaining to her viewers just how terrifying the old 『Ascension Tower』 had been.
A massive tower, the only one of its kind in the world, towering so high everyone assumed it pierced the heavens.
Even flying Ascenders couldn't reach the top; they'd burn up and plummet to their deaths or freeze solid—no one could lay eyes on the summit.
The tower's purpose was to impose trials that turned "humans" into "gods," forging them stronger.
Since gods had to be omniscient, omnipotent, perfect, and flawless, the Ascension Tower was a hellish realm that would make even xianxia genres balk in horror.
Killing humans or fellow Ascenders was commonplace, grinding them into medicine to devour was routine, and extracting souls for fuel was everyday stuff.
You'd die even if vigilant, die even if prepared, die on sight—riddled with every irrationality, it was hell incarnate: the Ascension Tower.
Nanna still shuddered at the thought of the 【Bosses】 she'd encountered while climbing it.
They could even exit the tower, so the monsters in myths all originated from there.
Bosses that nullified weapons, sealed skills, or worse, stole authorities were a dime a dozen.
Impossible-to-beat foes pouring out meant Ascenders getting massacred was inevitable.
Ascenders who gave up climbing were worshipped by humans as "gods," becoming known as 『Idols』 amid praise and adoration.
Fed up with their tyranny, Nanna Chronos stepped up when all the Ascenders above her had died—that marked the history of the current tower.
No one believed her tales, so she just neurotically scratched them into rocks.
-So, even Heracles struggled with the Nemean Lion from the tower?
The ultimate beast, immune to every artifact from human civilizations.
Did the lion that stumped the greatest mythic hero really exist?
No one alive had seen that monster spawn in the tower.
Greek tower had toned-down versions occasionally—but Nanna had heard of them, never seen.
"—Among the ones calling themselves 【Selene's Offspring】, there probably is."
Rubbing her chin, Nanna reminisced about how those lineage monsters were especially bullshit as she spun her tale.
-Just play games already?
-Go defend democracy or something?
-Wut, aliens appeared?
-Yeah, they did lol.
"Yeah, yeah, let's just game."
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"[What the hell is this—!!]"
She'd clearly heard it was about three VTubers camping in Antarctica, laughing and chatting to survive.
But the feed from Asuka's linked camera showed Maya going berserk like a madwoman.
Even Wakamo's illusion buffs and Rusalka's幻 item couldn't contain the rampaging power.
The fox-masked form was grotesque just to look at, but the flashing eyes inside? Peak horror.
"[Ruuukiyaaaah!!]"
Viewers watching Rusalka Anastasia's screams via Asuka's stream just laughed it off.
The tower fragment claiming to be the 『Ascension Tower』, which self-destructed into a 【Boss Monster】 to claim its own body: 【Tower】.
More like a 【Tower Lord】 who'd abandoned the tower, unable to return.
Yet it saw itself as just one fragment among countless from the old tower.
Doomed to be absorbed by another tower someday, fulfilling its purpose as a mere component.
Each fragment thought differently, but they were essentially a hive-mind collective.
It resolved to eliminate the threat here, even if as a boss from the Ascension Tower—for the future.
It charged in with that mindset, but the climber exceeded expectations.
As Ichigo said, the foe was the U.S. Tower Lord's executioner, made to fight Ascension Tower bosses.
Current climbers would get wiped; even with 【Authorities】, 【Selene's Offspring】 were strong enough to shred them—yet it was being pushed back.
"[Where you looking?]"
Maya, blasting off the ground like a bullet, overtook the horizon-kicking lion in an instant, whispering in its ear.
Her speech had changed too—not her usual childish tone, but mature.
[The 【Man Eater】's 【Lion's Body】 effect increases all stats by the gap between you and the opponent!]
Kwaang!!
A rib-cracking kick.
Her toe dug deep into the lion's flank; with the snap of the strike, it flew, then rocketed vertically midair.
"[It landed clean!! This is Rusalka Anastasia, live-reporting the scene right now!]"
-lolololololol.
-WWE started?
-Lmao this is a climb stream?
-This Maya's full horror mode?
-8-year-old's tantrum (insanely strong).
-Lions exist in Antarctica, so it matches.
-Not sea lions, that's why.
-Guardians suddenly seem so pitiful.
"[Not sure on the full situation—but! Antarctica's penguins fled due to the tower collapse! The tower used the same method of spawning monsters via collapse to summon a strong old boss! Could've called even stronger, but seems like all-or-nothing!]"
-Thanks Rusalka Wagon!
-Super clear explanation.
-Tower collapses spawning monsters? Experimenting?
-So scientific, proving everything with science and math.
-Humans failed, so experimenting on towers lol.
-But aerial combo incoming!
-Who's the cameraman lmao.
-Asuka?
The camera chasing the skyrocketing lion soon focused on the monster.
Mouth agape, writhing in agony, the lion roared, spewing mana everywhere.
The released mana became invisible blades, gouging the Antarctic ice, slicing chunks free; sinking ice and surging water followed.
Seals hidden beneath panicked, scrambling onto ice only to slip and tumble.
"《Raaargh!! Fake without even Ascender qualifications!!》"
Now fully fused with the body? The lion spoke in human voice.
Language still foreign, but Maya cooled her head watching it wreck Antarctica.
She reached out, grabbed the mane from midair, hooked the tail with her legs, and wrenched with guillotine force.
Kwadddddrk—!!
Strength contest?
This a strength contest?
"[Tech landed perfectly—!! Lion's nape and tail gripped!! Maya’s insane flexibility locks the shoulders, bending it like a bow!!]"
-This brutal move, where'd I see it!!
-Taught by the boss?
-Hobby is raising disciples?
-Wakamo Corp VTubers: even managers are martial masters, got it?
-This VTuber strength?
-Uh, why spinning?
-Spin attack!!
Maya spun violently to prevent escape.
Weapons don't work? Then brute force wins.
Add technique on top—that's it.
Since ancient times, humanity honed bodies and birthed techniques.
Clunk—!
Maya's knee on the lion's nape; she yanked with her feet full-force, switched to arms grabbing hind legs, pulling.
"[【Idol's Guillotine】!!]"
Flawless execution!! No beast body escapes this joint lock!
It plummeted, smashing ice on impact—cracks spiderwebbed out.
With erupting shards from widening fissures, the 90-degree folded lion silhouette filled the screen.
"[Iiiin!! That tech!! Wakamo Inarizushi's signature killer move!! Learned it? No, copied!!]"
-Good reactions lol.
-Woah, snow effects insane.
-And the clapping seals wtf.
-Good job, beat it more!!
-That thing still alive?
But the lion's eyes flared; it twisted free, shaking Maya off.
Pure Ascender body matchup against a boss—strip the dumb brute strength, nothing left!!
Soft ice, ocean below—low impact, insufficient damage; it rose again.
"《I'll smash you flat—!!》"
"[Lion crouching low!! That hunting cat pose when spotting prey!!]"
-Ahh, I see it.
-Cat owners sense danger instantly.
-Pupils dilate, butt up?
-Hunt time!!
-Who raised Lengga!
"[Fight in Antarctica! Slippery snow/ice, unstable ground from collapse! Don't go dirt or charge might trip you!]"
-Rusalka so good at commentary, Russian genes?
-2nd gen pride, praise her.
-Tension's suffocating.
-Missed climb streams lately, what a surprise.
-Can she win? Not losing, right?
-She losing?
"[Win! Our Maya!]"
Body drop for acceleration.
Four legs powering cracked the earth.
Even from afar, the naked-eye-visible power hit her senses.
Heard it once.
Claws, fangs, reflexes, speed.
Impossible for unarmed human vs predator.
Even a mere grizzly, untrained, rips humans apart.
Same for lions!!
Unarmed human can't compete.
A god might win—didn't the Ascension Tower think so?
Maya instinctively sensed the incoming attack: "crisis."
Opponent: pure beast, nullifying Man Eater advantages.
Her choice: project skills, mimic 『Idol』 rite.
Style doesn't matter.
Can't dodge? Can't block? No shame.
Fearing stronger foes? Natural.
Key: never give up, resolute response.
Shadowy tiny child form flashed in mind; robed master before her spoke.
[Fine to get hit first, then dodge after.]
Body, mind, all—『Idol』's will to live freely.
Thud—!!
Ice shards exploded everywhere, echoes boomed.
But outpacing sound, even shadow, the lion lunged fangs-bared at Maya.
Her scrawny frame's oversized clothes shredded instantly; lion engulfed her left side whole.
Maya couldn't dodge. Pyret? No reaction, shredded. Iosif? Screaming while bitten.
Then Wakamo Inarizushi?
Kwaang—!!
"[Uoooo!!]"
Moment fangs grazed skin, pushing back.
Yield to foe's momentum, body flowed lightly.
Thought "bitten"? Already spun full circle—lion's jaw gripped in both hands, smashed down.
"[Beast instincts won't fall that easy.]"
Torn clothes revealed shallow scratches bleeding.
But superficial!
Like Vatican Tower Lord: sudden body doesn't mean perfect control?
Hands pried jaw with brute force; stomped throat, powered legs.
Living monster ultimately! Can't breathe? Dies!!
Dunked head into exposed seawater below shattered ice; Maya wrenched arms.
Neck-snap torque, waist-bending strength tug-of-war.
"[Landed! Counter!! Arms/legs skyward! Throat stomped, head underwater! That's game!!]"
-Ultimate throw Suplex?!
-Wasn't bitten?
-Spun on bite to minimize damage.
-Wtf, possible irl???
-VTubers all martial arts masters.
-Bone-crushing effort to be top VTuber!!
-Fucking intense lol.
-Talent-born job look easy?~
"[This is Rusalka reporting: global viewers! Wakamo President's dancing her ritual to block quake/tsunami damage from the fight—rest easy!]"
-Too long and Earth ends! (Fr)
-Lifting/dropping civs lol.
-Guardians gonna doom Earth!!!
-Fucking Nazis.
-Flip: didn't old bosses wipe civs per floor??
-Uh, that lion!!
-Evolved to Leomon!!
Chomp!
Nape-grabbed Maya hoisted instantly.
Lion head on muscular human body.
Bipedal lion slammed Maya to ground, charged, stomped full-force unrelenting.
Lion's sprint gouged earth, burying Maya; no stopping, pushed to brink.
Crouched crushing with power; even as Maya gripped legs in struggle, sled-like forward momentum.
Inertia propelled without fade; blue ocean filled screen.
"[Maya!]"
Before shocked Rusalka's cry ended, lion kicked airborne Maya into sea collision.
Not sinking on impact—instead bounced skyward; lion grabbed ankle, yanked up.
Earlier power edge felt fake; lion overwhelmed Man Eater.
"《Behold! The might of ancient beings Ascenders fought to become gods!!》"
Ascenders: near-gods.
Born from prayers of god-callers, massive will to birth gods.
Even fragments shred non-Ascender climbers.
Plummeting to sea, lion yanked Maya's limbs full-force to rip.
Viewers fretted briefly at her pained expression.
Before Tower Lord contact, Korean tower moved first.
[Korean tower draws a card!]
No hesitation needed.
Climber auto-picked by Wakamo, costs pour endlessly!
[Korean tower offers 100 million cost as tribute!]
Korean tower's ace card slash lands; Man Eater breaks free from restraint with one kiai.
"《What?!》"
[【Man Eater】 activates 【God's Form】!]
Head-down to sea, body crouched.
Bull silhouette engulfs Man Eater.
[Forms 【Nanna's Bull】!]
"[Insane pictograph fist—!!]"
-Missed tech returns?
-Aura visible even to normies...!
-Why Leomon post-evo!!
-Lion head human body = death symbol.
-But sea drop ok???
-I live high ground, fine.
-Fucker lololol.
Amid Rusalka's gasp, bull charges lion, spears into ocean.
Distant geyser erupts; skyward one-horned whales/fish, fleeing penguins flapping desperately.
Screen catches dumbfounded Ichigo/Asuka watching afar; nearby Rusalka same blank face.
Kwaaaaang—!!
Lion slams seabed.
Impact splits sea into massive water wall, crashing back down.
As waterfall threatened sky-island link, Maya—undeterred—drove hands into lion, phoenix-like soared over waves.
Initial charge? Pure leg power air-kicking.
Water splash? This?
Excessive tribute-boosted body defied Maya's control.
She ran atop ocean.
Wakamo floats via skill; Maya truly shoved lion at blistering speed.
..........
.......
"Haa, home's the best after all."
[Reaper] enjoying holiday at Ireland's Anchor Beach.
Got authority finally, but zero effect—hurt, so fishing holiday.
Severed head beside for Nutube vids—
Whoooosh—!!
Sudden gale rolls head off.
"W-What?"
Snatching it up startled, he saw tsunami devouring coastline.
Drawing scythe as wave hit, [Idol] skill alert: waves recede.
"...What just?"
Stunned Reaper eyed north: Arctic.
"《Raaagh!!! Please stop!!!》"
Lion's first-ever vivid agony: shrieking roar.
Pummeled nonstop by running punches, body bruised black-and-blue; collided ice wall, tangled with Maya.
Kwagagagak—!!
Maya braked with legs, but ice didn't melt—legs scorched fire-hot.
"[Dieee—!!!]"
Terrified polar bear glimpsed beside-crash lion, hurled body.
Leapt cub, full-power gripped fist smashed lion—camera landscape cracked.
"Holidays are for rest, right Mami?"
"Not bad. How'd you think of this stream, Pyret?"
Pyret/Mami lounging [My Worlds] sunbeds.
"Stream" excuse for blatant "lie-down stream."
Sipping drinks, prairie vista suddenly cracked.
Kwaang boom, shattering—Pyret recalled sky-gazing, but different.
Pure brute force smash.
Maya pursued flying lion, vengefully meteor-fell dual-leg stomp: kwaang, floor collapse.
Cracks over Asuka/Ichigo heads.
Shattering plunge: lion and Maya.
Wakamo's thoughtful [My Worlds] home for all VTubers: house-wrecked tragedy.
"Not my fault, right?"
Asuka's camera linkage somehow synced.
"Mine definitely not, no worries."
Ichigo's quickest-ever disavowal!!
"[Glass broke but we're fine!]"
Even co-streaming Rusalka risked damage, but all pro VTubers!!
Impromptu handling somehow.
-Total mess lololol.
-Pyret/Mami streaming, house collapses lmao.
-Wakamo boss bawling.
-Terrifying power, U.S. #2?
-U.S. Association Head how strong tf lol.
Mask cracks wide; black orb gathers at Maya's mouth.
Uncommon power stirs earth.
Black-hole-like orb sucks scenery; pressure shadows Ichigo/Asuka faces.
Ditto plummeting stomped lion.
[Korean tower invests another 100 million cost!]
Man Eater ace blow via 100M tribute.
【Ometeotl's Power】
Flipping body, lion-soccer-kicked skyward; Maya lands, arches back full, blasts massive black cannon heavenward.
Battleship energy beam output from movies.
Beam thick enough to vaporize mountains engulfs lion, pierces sky.
Co-stream Rusalka, on-site Ichigo/Asuka, peering Pyret/Mami from crack—all speechless.
Pewng—
Presumed satellite explodes: beautiful shooting stars.
[Korean tower: money solves all, thumbs up.]
Best partner!
Dunno what, but Wakamo taught: beat any hecklers!
Night sky aurora blooms, stellar feast, satellite meteor shower from blasts.
Lion's final thud ends breath; Antarctica tower collapse resolved alert pops.
"Uh, um—"
"Uh—"
From clearing blizzard, Man Eater drags lion corpse one-handed, eyes flashing.
Overheating body melts ice as she walks: Wakamo-esque intimidation.
"This is Hajime Ichigo, mission clear. Right?"
"Pro as expected, FOX team. Good work. Prep return."
Asuka lines, Ichigo narrates follow-up.
Felt changed, but cleanup time anyway.
-Smooth membership pivot.
-All staged, y'all know!!
-Antarctica safe, viewers!!
-Seoul reclaim: casual hunt.
-Gotta hunt outdoors for real camping.
-Heli incoming lololol.
-Lmaoooo.
Their heads: soaring white dragon, Iosif Khan.
Top's Rias silently tosses rope ladder; FOX team(?) clings.
Dragon grabs lion corpse; trio skyward, staff roll rises over receding backs.
Gorgeous aurora, stars, meteor shower: fantastical.
All CG? Cost(?).
3D CG team to filming/lighting/crane, CAST, art/props/costume/music director.
All solo by 『Adolf Lucia』, V-signing skyward.
Apocalypse survival expert Hajime Ichigo's name huge.
Survival success!
[Outro by Rusalka] pops; she facepalms.
"[Alright~ cute friends! Today! Pre-membership vid title contest!]"
-lololololol.
-lolololol.
-lololololololol.
-Flows so natural fr.
-Pros recover different lol.
Communities: Wakamo/Mei/Kang Yeo-ul dancing furiously per country.
Followed by two white-masked blondes' shorts.
Heart-wrenching anti-tsunami/quake struggle footage.
That day: "Boss's tearful sacrifice for Ichigo membership promo" humorous post hits best.