Chapter 123
Chapter 123.
'What kind of opponent will it be this time.'
The different races I met in the last Tower of Infinity were two in total.
Elf 'Hild' and Giant race 'Heracles'.
Among these, Hild was a competing player climbing at a similar grade to Lee Ganghan.
Heracles was a 'Record Achiever' who had achieved previous records.
He seemed to be a player with a much higher current grade than Lee Ganghan.
'If he hadn't held back, I would have been crushed flat under his feet.'
Thinking about it now.
Heracles might also be a 'Transcendent' grade like Gershu.
The way Athena gritted her teeth when Heracles was mentioned, and that.
Recalling that enormous presence, he seemed like an absolute being on a higher level than Diamond players.
'Still, this time I'm facing an Achievement Achiever, so there should be less burden.'
Meeting a Record Achiever would be the problem.
An Achievement Achiever should be manageable to fight.
Thinking that way, as Lee Ganghan advanced.
"Uh...... huh?! What?!"
Somehow a familiar voice was heard near his ear.
-Huh? This voice is???
-Elf appeared aaaaaa!!!!!!
-Miss Hild!!!!
-I missed you ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
-Ah crazy elf fanboys;;;; What's so great about elves? They're just a little prettier than humans, that's all???
-Just a little prettier? Go look in a mirror, human?
-You look first damn;
-I feel sorry for you not knowing the charm of elves...
Then the chat window reacted before Lee Ganghan.
It was catching who the voice belonged to before Lee Ganghan did.
And when he went inside, indeed.
"No, no...... Heavenly Demon...... why are you?"
Elf Hild was holding a long spear.
She was looking at Lee Ganghan with a shocked expression.
"Why are you so surprised? Are you that glad to see me? It's unexpected for me too."
"No! Why is a monster like you taking the promotion test now? Shouldn't you have advanced to Silver within 10 days after the last promotion test?!"
Ah.
I wondered why she was so surprised.
It's about why I'm taking the promotion test now.
-Well, someone like Heavenly Demon would have entered the next promotion test in just 10 days ㅋㅋㅋ
-Why are you coming out here??? That's what it is
-Then don't tell me Miss Hild entered the promotion test a week later even after 10 days passed to avoid Heavenly Demon? That's a bit disappointing...
-I'd avoid it too ㅋㅋㅋㅋ You have to be at the right level to fight
-If she's an Achievement Achiever among elves, she must be the top prospect on the elf side. Maybe they managed her from that side ㅋㅋㅋ telling her to avoid strong enemies
While viewers were giving various reactions to Hild's words.
Lee Ganghan casually opened his mouth to fact-check.
"You fight pretty well too. But did you come a week later to avoid me?"
"No, no, no...! I, I, that's right! I was receiving the World Tree's blessing...!"
"Oh, really? I did it because of training too."
With her face turning bright red.
Stuttering her words, somehow trying to deny Lee Ganghan's words, Hild.
Looking at her reaction, it seemed like avoiding Lee Ganghan was the correct answer.
'Well, that could be the case.'
He didn't really care about that.
Once in the tower.
Once in the arena, she was miserably defeated.
Honestly, if I put myself in her shoes.
Unless I got significantly stronger, I would have tried to avoid it too.
"Right, well that's not important."
"Then...?"
"You have tower core fragments, right?"
"You, you...!"
The question about having tower core fragments meant.
'I'll kill you and take this.'
At Lee Ganghan's words, Hild's expression hardened.
Then.
"I also, I also grew...! I won't be helplessly defeated like last time! Rather, you should give me your tower core!"
She burned with fighting spirit.
Whirr, Whirr.
Like in the arena, she started spinning her spear like a windmill.
Then the spear soon turned into light, opening a blue portal.
"Come forth, spirits!"
At Hild's cry.
Spirits began appearing from the portal.
-It's stick men again
-They got a bit bigger than last time?
-They were kindergarten size last time, now they look about elementary school size
-Hild also grew ㅋㅋㅋ
Indeed, it seemed the opponent hadn't just been idle either.
The spirits in the form of stick humans, as if mass-produced in a factory.
Were a bit bigger in size compared to before.
As 40 spirits popped out like that.
She straightened her hunched shoulders.
"This time I won't be defeated like last time!"
"Right, right."
"Ah. But...... by any chance, won't you summon that person this time?"
"That person? Ah. Karana?"
Despite being thoroughly beaten by Karana last time.
Hild asked with a somewhat expectant expression.
"You got wrecked because of Karana last time, didn't you? But why are you curious?"
"Still...... that person is not an ordinary elf. Seeing how she handles spirits like that...... perhaps......"
"What is Karana's identity? I can't stand being curious."
"That is...... Ugh. Call that person! Then you'll know!"
Why is she beating around the bush like this.
Still, since I'm curious.
Lee Ganghan opened the Ten Thousand Demon Battle function and summoned Karana.
Then.
Paaaaah......!
"Heavenly Demon! This time I'm really almost succeeding!!!"
From inside the red portal.
Karana shouted excitedly and approached Lee Ganghan.
She stuck closer to Lee Ganghan than usual.
"This is all thanks to you! Thank you so much! Chik...!"
She looked up at him with sparkling eyes.
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-Huh?
-What??? The distance seems a bit close???
-Doesn't the way she looks at Heavenly Demon seem a bit different?
-What fortune telling is this, it looks the same ㅡㅡ
-Sigh, can't have a conversation with the singles below...
When viewers sensed a subtle change watching Karana's attitude toward Lee Ganghan.
-Huh? But what's that earring on her ear??? She didn't have it originally?
-No ㅋㅋㅋㅋ People who wouldn't notice their girlfriend's hairstyle change immediately notice Karana wearing an earring
-Shouldn't we ask if they even have girlfriends first? ㅠㅠ
-But the earring looks like some bone fragment hanging there;
-Why would she wear something like that ㅋㅋㅋㅋ It's a waste of her face
Those with good eyes immediately caught the earring on Karana's ear.
'She was quite grateful back then.'
Well, a 7 million TP earring isn't just anyone's name.
Since I handed over this expensive item, it's natural for her to come out favorably.
Besides, she confirmed her orc identity through the earring.
There were various reasons for her to come out friendly.
However,
'It's still fascinating that orc equipment was equipped.'
No matter how you look at it, she's an elf.
She herself thought she was probably an elf and prepared herself before wearing the earring.
Since she equipped gear that only orcs can wear according to the system, she must be of the 'Orc' race.
'But I could definitely create an elf zone in Ten Thousand Demon Battle.'
Just like it really showed 'Mixed-blood Elf Karana'.
Is she a mixed-blood born between an elf and an orc?
While Lee Ganghan was thinking that, watching Karana smile brightly.
"You, you...! Get away from that person right now!"
Hild, who had been watching Lee Ganghan and Karana, shouted loudly.
"She's the one who approached me?"
"Anyway, get away!!!"
"Chik. What. Is it you again?"
At Hild's cry, Karana looked that way.
"Don't interfere, get lost."
She spoke in a coldly settled voice.
Swish.
She pointed her finger at the spirits Hild had summoned.
"Fire spirits, go to those guys and explode."
Then.
Crackle......!
Fire blazed from 10 red stick-human shaped spirits.
Fire spirits in the shapes of birds, lizards, and small suns burst out from within.
Bang! Bang!
Following Karana's command.
They went to the remaining 30 spirits and exploded.
-Self-destruct again ㄷㄷ Best against spirits
-But why is Karana so cold when she saw her own kind
-She's having a peaceful time with Heavenly Demon and got interrupted, so of course she's like that lol
-Ah let's not touch elves ㅡㅡ stop pairing them with Heavenly Demon
-She's not an elf, she's an orc ㅇㅇ;
Making the spirit summoning meaningless.
When they all exploded, Hild slumped down.
"Ah...... ah......"
However,
Her face strangely showed an expression closer to joy rather than despair.
"As expected...... you are not an ordinary elf."
"Chik. I'm not an elf!"
"You are a Light Elf. A chosen elf with the mission to guide light to the World Tree...!"
Light Elf?
-??? What's a Light Elf?
-Does it mean an elf of light...
-Thinking about how she kept saying chik chik, it doesn't really come to mind ㅋㅋㅋ
-Just because she handles fire spirits well, suddenly her status rises???
-Anyway, it's a good thing, right? Seeing how the elf is acting
-Better than orc ㅇㅇ
When viewers heard Hild's story and wondered what kind of Light Elf this was out of nowhere.
'Karana is?'
Lee Ganghan tilted his head.
He recalled when he appointed Karana as an apprentice divine maiden before.
[Apprentice Divine Maiden 'Karana' manages the Sacred Fire.......]
[Very high affinity with 'Light' attribute.]
[Very high affinity with 'Fire' attribute.]
Indeed, back then it said she had high affinity with light and fire attributes.
She immediately rose from apprentice divine maiden to ordinary divine maiden.
The evolution experiments at the Orc Shaman's Altar always fail.
But she was also good at managing the Sacred Fire.
Is that all because she's a Light Elf?
But then how did she equip orc gear?
'It first showed as mixed-blood elf...... could she be a mixed-blood of Light Elf and Orc?'
While Lee Ganghan was speculating about Karana's identity.
"So, Light Elf!"
Hild seemed to rise again from her slumped position.
She knelt on one knee before Karana and bowed her head.
A posture like a knight serving their lord.
"Please come with me! Give Valkyrie Hild the honor of serving a Light Elf!"
A polite demeanor 180 degrees different from when dealing with humans.
"Chik. No! What Light Elf, me!"
But Karana flatly rejected Hild's proposal.
"No, why on earth...!?"
"Because I'm an orc!"
"An orc...! Are you still saying that nonsense?!"
"Chik. If Light Elf is so great, why was I living in the orc world in the first place?"
"That...... I don't know either."
When Hild couldn't provide an answer to the question.
Karana spoke with a resolute expression.
"Chik. And I belong to Ten Thousand Demon Battle. I won't go to the elf world."
"Ten Thousand Demon Battle means...... you belong to that human?"
"Yes!"
"I see......"
Grind.
At that answer, Hild gritted her teeth once and looked toward Lee Ganghan.
"Human, fine. I'll give you the fragment. Instead."
"Instead?"
"I'll take this person with me. That would be much better for this person too."
"......What are you talking about?"
"Isn't a tower core fragment sufficient as payment?"
"No."
Lee Ganghan tilted his head.
"You'll drop it anyway when you die, right? But you're talking like you're giving something great."
"Ah. That, that is......"
"Tower core fragments are something you give anyway. Don't try to bargain with that."
An item that drops when you die here anyway.
What's she acting like she's giving something great?
When Lee Ganghan was genuinely puzzled.
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Got her
-Is this Hild's third death notice...
-Stop killing her ㅠㅠ
-She met as an enemy so it can't be helped
-Just kill her cleanly please, Heavenly Demon-Lord...
Viewers saw Hild's death as a foregone conclusion.
"Tsk. But besides tower core fragments, what I have...... Valkyrie equipment is borrowed......"
She doesn't seem to have anything to give besides tower core.
Hild just bit her lips.
But she was wearing pretty good-looking equipment, and it was all borrowed?
"That...... would 300,000 TP work?"
Hild must have thought it was shameless even to herself.
She spoke in a voice that had lost all confidence.
-???
-300,000 is a bit...
-She praised Karana as a Light Elf so much and now wants to take her for 300,000?!
-Isn't she supposedly a promising player in the elf world? Why is she so poor ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
The earring Karana is wearing right now is worth 7 million TP.
300,000.
"You're poorer than you look?"
"Po, poor! No! I just spent all my TP receiving the World Tree's blessing!"
Lee Ganghan chuckled seeing Hild getting excessively angry.
"More than that, her own opinion is important. Karana, do you want to follow her?"
"Chik. I want to stay in Ten Thousand Demon Battle!"
"She says so herself."
Swish.
Lee Ganghan opened his palm.
"Then see you next time."
Ziiing!
A red light beam extended with it.
Hild tried to dodge it somehow.
But Heaven-Breaking Meteor Palm penetrated her body directly.
A large hole was pierced near her heart.
"How, how is such an attack......"
Hild looked down at her body, made a shocked expression.
"......Just wait and see. Next time for sure...!"
She left the typical defeated enemy's line and collapsed.
Then.
Paaaaah......!
Hild's corpse became light and disappeared.
-Ah... Ahhh...
-Another elf... ㅠㅠ
-Stop killing elves!!!!
-No, crazy guys, she's an enemy ㅡㅡ
-And this is the third time, shouldn't you be used to it by now?
-Hild fans are crying ㅠㅠㅠ
Even though they expected Hild to die.
When she became a corpse and disappeared, the chat window became a sea of tears.
'They really do this whenever elves are involved.'
Why are there so many people who have excessive emotional attachment to elves?
It doesn't seem to be just because of appearance.
When Lee Ganghan was puzzled by the viewer reactions.
[You have eliminated Achievement Achiever 'Hild'.]
[You acquire 1 core fragment possessed by the achiever.]
Ding.
A reward message appeared before his eyes.