Chapter 124
Chapter 124.
Just like during the previous promotion battle.
Hild, who dropped 1 fragment of a tower core before leaving.
'She really gives generously.'
Considering she's giving tower cores.
Her saying 'let's see what happens' is almost welcome at this point.
Swish.
Lee Ganghan secured the tower core and looked toward Karana.
"Good work. I'll send you back now."
"Chik. To Ten Thousand Demon Battle, you mean...?"
"Yeah. You're busy with experiments, right?"
"Ah. Yes... Right, I'll go back."
"...What's wrong?"
"Ah, nothing. Nothing."
He thought she'd ask to be sent back quickly since the evolution experiments were going well.
But for some reason, Karana was hesitating.
-Tsk, tsk. She obviously wants to go together! So oblivious
-No way!!! Don't ship them!!!
-I hoped the Heavenly Demon would be happy, but I didn't wish for him to be THIS happy...
-Karana must remain a pure Orc-Elf!!!
-But she was the one whose gaze changed first though...
-Since she called herself an Orc, maybe she's actually a carnivorous girl?
-Shut up!!!
Looking at Karana's reaction, the chat window erupted in another fierce argument.
But looking at the chat content, do they really think Karana has romantic feelings for him?
'Come on. It's probably just stronger internal intimacy from receiving items.'
Would that really happen between different races?
But just like when Hild died earlier.
'People seem to lose their reason a bit when it involves Elves.'
Lee Ganghan tilted his head at the viewers' reactions and opened a return portal.
"Then Heavenly Demon, I'll definitely succeed in the experiment for you! Trust me this time!"
"Yeah. Work hard."
"Got it...!"
Before entering the portal, Karana looked at Lee Ganghan several times before going in.
-Look at that gaze, staring so intensely
-Don't you know camaraderie? Camaraderie???
-Who looks at a work colleague with eyes like that ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Ah, seeing Karana's attitude, I might get convinced too...
These people are having fun with this.
They keep pushing it forward.
As Lee Ganghan smiled wryly and tried to advance again.
Sparkle, Sparkle...
From the marble ceiling, green light particles sparkled.
Could this be a special route area?
'It wasn't there earlier, so it must have appeared after defeating the opponent.'
First time was 10th floor.
Second time let him jump past the 20th floor.
So this time would be the 30th floor?
'Let me check.'
Kwa-kwa-kwang!
Lee Ganghan broke through the ceiling with Heaven-Breaking Meteor Palm.
Swish!
He entered inside.
Then.
[You have discovered a special route.]
[You have discovered a special route 2 times.]
[You can leap from the 101st floor to the 131st floor at once.]
[Will you take the special route?]
As expected, a message appeared saying he could leap 30 floors.
'Of course I have to go.'
Swish.
As Lee Ganghan entered the special route.
Ting.
[By discovering a special route 3 times, the path to the 201st floor opens.]
[You can climb above the 200th floor.]
A new message appeared before his eyes.
'So you need to discover special routes to go above the 200th floor.'
And you need to discover them 3 times.
The conditions aren't easy.
Since Lee Ganghan learned this anyway, he shared the information with viewers.
"To go to the 201st floor, you need to discover special routes 3 times. For reference when you climb next time~"
At kind Lee Ganghan's explanation.
-Ah... yes...
-201st floor...? Haha...
-It'd be nice if other players besides Lee Ganghan could just reach the 100th floor
-What floor was Mike at again
-61st floor ㅋㅋㅋ
The viewers reacted like this.
Well, he was teaching humanity, who can't even reach the 100th floor, how to get to the 201st floor.
It was like teaching someone who can barely run how to fly.
'Let me keep climbing for now.'
Lee Ganghan, who reached the 131st floor, started sprinting again.
Swish!
"Grrrr!"
"Stop, human...!"
Various monsters blocked his path again.
Bang! Bang!
No different from the lower floors.
The enemies exploded just the same.
-The mobs seem a bit stronger
-??? What are you looking at? They're exploding just like the 1st floor
-Don't they seem a bit bigger?
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋ But they still can't stop the Heavenly Demon's charge
-Unless some weirdo like Gershu pops out, the Heavenly Demon is overwhelmingly strong
-He's not even using Heavenly Demon Divine Art ㅇㅇ;
-He's not even wearing the suit, come to think of it ㅋㅋ
-Somehow it seems like the Heavenly Demon has gotten even stronger
Watching Lee Ganghan running without even wearing armor, viewers felt that Lee Ganghan seemed even stronger than before.
'Now special routes aren't appearing.'
Lee Ganghan realized that no matter how much he progressed, Adventurer's Eye wasn't activating.
Maybe they don't appear anymore since he discovered the path to the 200th floor?
Even starting from the 131st floor and reaching the 150th floor.
'Nothing.'
Wondering if there might be more if he went further, he carefully examined the ceiling and went beyond the 170th and 180th floors.
'Still nothing.'
Areas with flickering green light didn't appear.
Definitely as he suspected earlier.
Maybe they don't appear since he discovered the path to the 201st floor.
Lee Ganghan thought so and continued advancing, reaching the 200th floor.
[You have reached the 200th floor.]
[This is the final floor of Bronze Tower No.2 'Tower of Infinity'.]
[You can end the tower climb.]
[Will you receive rewards and clear the tower?]
At first, a message appeared saying this was the final floor, asking if he wanted to receive rewards and clear the tower.
Swish.
But beside the message window that appeared.
[You have discovered the path to the 201st floor.]
[Will you ascend to the 201st floor?]
A new message asking if he wanted to go to the 201st floor appeared.
'So I choose one of the two.'
Then of course I have to go to the 201st floor.
Ting.
When Lee Ganghan pressed yes on the newly appeared message window.
[Ascending to the 201st floor.]
Flash!
His body became light and disappeared.
***
201st floor.
The first thing Lee Ganghan saw was.
'Will a competing race appear?'
The marble terrain that appeared whenever he encountered competitors.
It hadn't appeared for a while after meeting Hild on the 101st floor.
But it appeared as soon as he climbed to the 201st floor.
And as Lee Ganghan expected.
[You encounter a competitor.]
[You encounter the existing 'Record Achiever' of Bronze Tower No.2 'Tower of Infinity'.]
A message appeared saying he would encounter a competitor.
But if it's a Record Achiever, that means a player who achieved the existing climbing record for Bronze Tower will appear, right?
'Will another player like Heracles pop out?'
Then he'll face a strong enemy.
As Lee Ganghan was mentally preparing.
Flash!
Light burst before his eyes.
A fierce-looking monkey walked out from there.
-Huh? I saw this monkey before
-Isn't that Son Goku?
-Seems like it ㅇㅇ
-Last time Heracles popped out, now it's Son Goku;
From the cooperative battle map.
Son Goku, who Red Eyebrow the fox beastman summoned and briefly descended.
The monkey that looked exactly the same as back then.
"Oh. You're... the human I saw back then?"
Waved his hand happily upon seeing Lee Ganghan.
"You discovered the 201st floor already even though you're Bronze? That's impressive."
"Son Goku? Are you the Record Achiever?"
"Right. I achieved the new record for Bronze Tower of Infinity."
Son Goku looked at Lee Ganghan with interest.
"But how did you find the special route so quickly? Even other Transcendents often don't know special routes exist when they're Bronze."
"My exploration skill just activated so I hit the ceiling."
"Hooo... you have a good skill?"
"How did you find it?"
"Me? I just smashed everything and it opened by itself."
"Smashed everything?"
"Yeah. Like this."
Swish.
Son Goku pulled out a small rod from his ear.
-Is that the Ruyi Staff? ㄷㄷ
-Last time he summoned it from thin air, now he's pulling it from his ear
-Back then he descended into the fox beastman's body, so that's why? This is his real body
While viewers guessed the rod was the Ruyi Staff.
Swish.
Son Goku placed the rod between his index and middle fingers.
"Grow, Ruyi."
He quietly gave the command.
Then.
Whoooosh!
The Ruyi Staff instantly completely occupied the space behind Son Goku.
The Ruyi Staff didn't stop there.
Crack, crack...
It kept growing, causing cracks in the marble floor and ceiling.
"If you crush everything like this, special routes open by themselves."
"Ha."
Lee Ganghan chuckled at Son Goku's personally demonstrated strategy.
-This is like our reaction when we heard the Heavenly Demon's strategy earlier ㅋㅋㅋ
-Do you understand our feelings now, Heavenly Demon?
-Wow, but Son Goku's strategy is really amazing too ㅋㅋㅋ
-What monsters are all around...
-Are these kinds of monsters the only ones who can reach the 201st floor...?
Viewers also showed signs of being overwhelmed.
Not only the Heavenly Demon who broke through ceilings with palm lasers.
Son Goku's power, who discovered special routes by destroying entire floors of the Tower of Infinity with 'Grow, Ruyi Staff', was also beyond standards.
"Now then, human."
Swish.
Son Goku took his hand off the Ruyi Staff and looked at Lee Ganghan again.
"Now receive your reward and end the climb."
"End it...?"
"Yeah. I can't let you break my record."
The Record Achiever himself was going to block a player who might achieve a new record?
'He's coming out differently from Heracles.'
Well, thinking about it now, Heracles was a good person.
He fought a bit and then stepped aside, saying Lee Ganghan was stronger than when he was Iron rank.
Normally, like Son Goku, blocking players trying to achieve new records would be standard.
"If it were someone else, I wouldn't block the back with this Ruyi Staff, but would just make it grow toward the front."
The Ruyi Staff completely occupied the back space, looking like a black wall.
Son Goku continued speaking while tapping it with his finger.
"Since you kept your promise last time, I'm showing mercy by not killing you."
"The promise to spare Red Eyebrow?"
When Son Goku descended into the fox beastman's body, he said if Lee Ganghan swore not to kill Red Eyebrow, he would clear the front.
-I, Lee Ganghan, will not kill Red Eyebrow in this place.
He had sworn using his name.
"Right. Actually, that promise had no constraints. It would have been beneficial for you to unilaterally break it after I left and kill Red Eyebrow. But you kept the promise."
"Well, I promised using my name."
At those words, Son Goku grinned.
"Heh... You're foolish but honest. That's why I'm showing favor too."
Well now.
He's being called foolish for keeping a promise.
The fox beastman said their education taught them to backstab in cooperative battles.
Do all beastmen have similar ways of thinking?
"Ah. If you manage to pierce through Ruyi, I'll let you pass."
"That thing?"
"Yeah."
The Ruyi Staff positioned completely like a wall at the back.
It looked solid at first glance.
It didn't seem like it could be easily pierced through.
As Lee Ganghan was looking at the Ruyi Staff.
"Come out."
When Son Goku pointed downward with his finger, thick smoke billowed up from under his feet.
This soon gathered into a cloud-like form and floated in the air.
When the cloud was somewhat complete.
Thud.
Son Goku, who had been standing, smoothly lay down on it.
"Then work hard, human."
Lying sideways on the cloud, grinning while watching Lee Ganghan.
-Is that the Nimbus Cloud?
-Seems like it? Son Goku's trademarks, the Ruyi Staff and Nimbus Cloud, both appeared here
-What else is there?
-If he blows hair, clones appear?
-Red Eyebrow showed that too ㅋㅋ Originally it was Son Goku's eyebrow
-Right, there monkeys are nobility and foxes are commoners ㅋㅋㅋ
The chat was discussing characteristics that come to mind when thinking of Son Goku.
Right.
That cloud was the Nimbus Cloud.
"Playing immortal on the Nimbus Cloud while watching?"
When Lee Ganghan said that while looking at Son Goku.
"Hm? Did I ever say this was the Nimbus Cloud?"
Son Goku, who had been lying sideways, stopped smiling and sat up.
"Come to think of it, it was strange last time too. How did you know I was the Great Sage Equal to Heaven?"
Sitting cross-legged, Son Goku fell deep in thought.
"Thinking about it... humans strangely seem to know about me? The humans who perished before were like that too."
"The humans who perished before also knew about you?"
"Yeah... But they perished too early so I barely had any conversations with them. So I'm not sure..."
Even the human race that already perished knew about Son Goku.
This can't be ignored.
As Lee Ganghan's gaze deepened while listening to his muttering.
"Anyway, how exactly do you guys know about me?"
Son Goku's golden eyes flashed as he looked at Lee Ganghan with an interested expression.