Chapter 117
Chapter 117.
Ssss-ssss…….
Just before entering the Golden Palace earlier.
The space changed to where the portal had been.
'It's over.'
This first tower somehow felt like the Smiling Face Demon was more of the main character than Nero.
Anyway, gather a hundred thousand spectators.
Otherwise I won't fight, he said while holding out stubbornly, but I somehow managed to finish off that opponent.
'Still, it doesn't feel like I cleared it through proper methods, so I probably won't get SSS+.'
In the end, what finished off Nero who had been stubbornly holding out.
Was a other race viewer who had been going 'hehe' in the chat window.
'But could that viewer really be Apollo?'
If it's Apollo, that's a name even Lee Ganghan, who only roughly knows Greek and Roman mythology, would recognize.
Wasn't he one of the big names there?
For such a god to be going 'hehe' while being active in the chat window.
I can't imagine it.
'Hmm. Still, let's not consider the possibility as zero, since it's a place where anything could pop out.'
Right.
Didn't the goblins also slam their heads on the floor by themselves after hearing his Word Magic?
"Ugh……."
"Oh no…… my head……."
Whether the Word Magic effect ended when the map changed.
The goblins who had been banging their heads also came to their senses here, so while there were no deaths, still.
Then.
[Calculating B2's performance…….]
[You cleared within 3 attempts.]
[You cleared at a grade below Diamond.]
[Nero died recognizing his own lack of artistic ability.]
A performance calculation message appeared.
Then 3 lines of evaluation conditions appeared.
'Oh. 3 lines means it's the SSS+ pattern, right?'
But the top two conditions seem to be in a similar format to Columbus's time.
The very last condition is peculiar though.
To make him realize his lack of artistic ability and then kill him.
'If I hadn't given Nero the lyre, it would have been a guaranteed S.'
Lee Ganghan thought so while waiting for the message that would follow.
And.
[Clear Evaluation – SSS+]
[Opening clear rewards.]
The evaluation was SSS+ as expected.
'Last time there were no TP or experience rewards, it was a structure where you choose one of three treasure chests.'
[Legendary Adventurer's Eye], [Santa Maria], [New World's Gold Mine].
Hadn't he chosen the Adventurer's Eye among these three rewards and been using it quite well?
Nero's reward should also have at least one useful thing among the three, right?
'Hmm…… but I hope it's not just music-related.'
Lee Ganghan felt some inexplicable uneasiness.
Waiting for the reward.
And.
Ssss-ssss…….
3 treasure chests were created before his eyes.
Paaaaat!
As the three chests opened simultaneously.
System messages rose up above them all at once.
[Golden Lyre]
[Burning Amphitheater]
[Passionate Dullard]
'The rewards seem worse than Columbus's time.'
Was it because I cleared it too easily?
Or is this the level of reward Nero can give?
During Columbus's time, the Adventurer's Eye was overwhelmingly good.
But the other two also each had their merits.
This time, just looking at the names, they somehow felt cheap.
Columbus, regardless of his actions, was still a legendary adventurer.
But Nero, well, he was ultimately one of the tyrants.
So the grade of rewards he can give is low?
'No…… it might be different when I look at them.'
Right.
Let's look without having preconceptions.
Tick.
Lee Ganghan first pressed on the Golden Lyre.
[Golden Lyre]
Grade: S
The Golden Lyre called the pinnacle of skill and art.
When used, all surrounding sounds are cut off for a certain time.
'Player's Theme Song' is played.
An instrument that enhances performance, can amplify the effects of some emotion-based skills.
'Theme song?'
Are you kidding me?
It's really an item with zero practicality.
Then.
-The opponent's level is low so they give items like this
-Really trash-like...
-Why is something like this grade S? At best it should be B
The other race viewers' chats scrolled up.
What.
It's still on even after clearing the 2nd floor?
Moreover.
"You can see the item description too?"
I didn't even press anything like a camera button in the item description window.
Yet these guys had grasped the entire description.
-Of course it's visible
-My eyes are rotting, can't you show us something good?
-You're also quite pitiful getting trash rewards like this tsk...
Amid harsh criticism of the Golden Lyre.
-Why hehe I like this though hehe human, get this and sell it to me, I'll buy it for 10 million TP
-You'd buy an item like that?
-Everyone sheds tears of emotion when they hear my theme song hehe
A viewer suddenly appeared in the chat saying they'd buy this for 10 million TP.
'That's the guy from earlier, right?'
The viewer who was presumed to possibly be Apollo.
This item must be useful to him?
Enough to spend 10 million TP on it.
Still.
"Let me look at the other things first."
I've created the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect too.
I've also obtained a money copying method through the Goblin Black Market.
Lee Ganghan, who wasn't that desperate for TP, decided to also look at the other reward descriptions.
[Burning Amphitheater]
Grade: SS
Installs a massive-scale amphitheater in Ten Thousand Demon Battle.
Special art performances become possible in Ten Thousand Demon Battle, and this can be broadcast on TowerTube.
When performing while the amphitheater is set on fire.
The probability of appearing in TowerTube's 'Recommended Videos' increases.
The amphitheater can be set on fire once a week.
"Wow. What kind of thing is SS."
Even the Flame Angel's Wing Feather that I've been using quite well was S+.
An amphitheater for art performances is SS?
Of course, the wing feather was a one-time use item.
But still, this is too much.
Lee Ganghan criticized this harshly, but.
-Hooo... broadcasting performances?
-You can appear in TowerTube recommended videos?
-This one's decent
-Human, can't you sell this one?
-I want to buy it too
-I'll give you 100 million TP
Rather, the other race viewers were showing great interest in this.
***
-100 million is too cheap... I'll do 200 million
-I'll call 300 million
-hehe anyway humans, you're all trying to rip each other off hehe human, I'll buy it for 1 billion hehe
The price of the 'Burning Amphitheater' kept rising.
Lee Ganghan tilted his head seeing the heated atmosphere of the overheated chat.
'They'd buy this?'
Special art performances don't seem to have much meaning.
Is being able to broadcast performances on TowerTube and appearing in 'Recommended Videos' a big deal?
'They must utilize TowerTube better on the other race side.'
That's probably why they're rushing like that.
But.
"This can only be installed in Ten Thousand Demon Battle, so it probably can't be sold as an item. It's the concept of automatically expanding functions."
Up until now, these 'installation' concept rewards.
Had never come out as sellable items, as I recall.
Moreover, since it says it's exclusive to Ten Thousand Demon Battle, it's ambiguous to sell.
-Ah, is that so
-That's unfortunate... but just in case hehe try choosing it hehe
-Being able to upload videos with content other than tower climbing on TowerTube is no different from a privilege
-It's also good for propaganda when dominating your races
After hearing Lee Ganghan's words, some gave up.
But a few stubbornly tried to persuade him to choose it just in case.
The 'Burning Amphitheater' certainly seemed to have various uses.
However,
"I should look at the last one too."
Lee Ganghan passed on this to see the 3rd reward.
[Passionate Dullard]
Grade: A
Passive skill.
You can designate one stat or trait of low grade.
To accelerate its growth.
The grade of designatable targets is limited to stats of 9 or below, trait grades of A or below.
The lower the grade of the chosen ability, the higher the growth acceleration effect.
'Growth acceleration for traits of A grade or below…….'
That's good?
Heavenly Demon Constitution or Demon-Conquering God.
Their current grades are no different from C.
If I use this, won't I get growth acceleration effects for traits too?
-The skill itself is good but A or below is an error
-Who has traits of A or below...
-Why? If it's a human, they should have plenty. Rather, isn't A or below the majority?
-This human defeated Gershu didn't he? Would he have beaten Gershu with such traits?
-Ah right. Let's choose the previous one
-Take the amphitheater for now
The other race viewers all seemed to be high-level.
They didn't even consider A grade or below as traits.
Well.
Unlike skills that you can obtain multiple of.
Traits are mostly 1.
Like Lee Ganghan, you need to get slots to have 2, so this is no different from a player's foundation.
They probably wouldn't think at all about beating Gershu with traits of A grade or below.
However.
"This is exactly what I need."
For Lee Ganghan, rather than the previous 2.
This was a much more useful reward.
-What? Your trait is A or below?
-No way, it's not because of stats, right?
-Don't make a crazy choice human...! 9 or so can be raised quickly!
-Ah hehe is it a growth-type trait by any chance? hehe but the amphitheater is too valuable
-Even if it's a growth-type trait, up to A is quick! Choose the amphitheater for the future!
Being shocked by Lee Ganghan's words.
The other race viewers trying to stop his choice.
"Ah. It's fine."
But.
Tick.
Lee Ganghan ignored the chats in the chat window and immediately selected the 'Passionate Dullard' reward.
Then.
[Will you receive the skill 'Passionate Dullard' as a reward?]
A confirmation message appeared once more.
When Lee Ganghan immediately pressed yes.
[You have acquired the skill 'Passionate Dullard'.]
'Passionate Dullard' was added to the skill window.
As the previous two rewards disappeared.
-Ah you crazy bastard!!!
-Wow, why can humans only see one step ahead?
-hehe anyway hehe humans can't last long here anyway hehe maybe that's the more realistic choice?
-Then if you're going to fail anyway, at least sell the amphitheater tsk tsk...
-I came to watch because the Smiling Face Demon appeared, but is human intelligence for real? How do you choose that???
In the chat window, content criticizing Lee Ganghan's choice was mainly uploaded.
Choosing Passionate Dullard instead of the amphitheater.
In the other races' eyes, it seems like that much of a crazy choice.
"Well, everyone has their own circumstances."
Lee Ganghan, while seeing the criticism flooding the chat window.
Just smiled and didn't show much reaction.
Rather than paying attention to this.
'Is there no hidden reward this time?'
Like when he got a reward after the Adventurer's Eye activated after clearing B1 last time.
He was exploring wondering if there might be one this time too.
Actually, when he entered the first tower.
It's the exact same space as where he waited when Nero refused entry.
If it didn't appear in the exploration then, it would be normal for there to be none now either.
'But now I've cleared B2, so a hidden reward might have appeared.'
Lee Ganghan thought so and began exploring this space again.
-What's he doing?
-A portal to go down appeared, why isn't he going down
-What would come out if you search here? He already broke the wall here earlier
-Why hehe trying to see the Smiling Face Demon again? hehe
-Then the chat window will get quiet again...
Seeing Lee Ganghan exploring.
The other race viewers started giving advice again.
Geez, they're noisy.
'But thinking about it…… there's no need to keep showing them, right?'
The original purpose of being 'Nero's audience' was already over.
The other race viewers were only giving unhelpful advice in the chat.
There's no need to show them finding hidden rewards.
"The stay time here is over, so I'll end the broadcast for now~"
Lee Ganghan said so and.
Beep, Beep.
Unilaterally cut off the TowerTube broadcast.
Then, for proper exploration, when he looked around again.
Flash, Flash…….
From a corner of darkness that definitely wasn't shining until just now.
A faint green light cluster began to ripple.
'Hmm……? The timing is strange.'
Even when TowerTube was on, there definitely wasn't light there.
It appears right after turning it off?
To find hidden rewards here.
Do I need to turn off TowerTube?
'I should go and see first.'
When Lee Ganghan walked toward where the light was.
['Legendary Adventurer's Eye' has activated.]
[You have found a hidden location.]
Ding.
With a message that 'Adventurer's Eye' had activated.
The light cluster became increasingly clear.
When he stepped there.
Paaaaat……!
Light rose from the floor.
'This is…… the same box as last time.'
A rectangular wooden box glittering in golden light.
Revealed itself beneath his feet.