Chapter 156
Chapter 156.
Miami, United States.
The mansion of Mike, the world's number 1 ranked player.
"Ah, when is the Heavenly Demon going to enter the tower?"
The home theater is decorated like a movie theater inside the mansion.
Mike, having eaten about half of the luxurious feast he had already prepared.
Was drunk and complaining about when the Heavenly Demon would enter the tower.
'If he really wants to know, he should subscribe... Why does he even stop me from subscribing.'
The subscription function that clearly exists on TowerTube.
If you subscribe, you can set notifications so that when Lee Ganghan turns on TowerTube, an alarm comes immediately.
But Mike had a firm belief that he couldn't give Lee Ganghan even one more subscriber.
And it wasn't just himself.
He earnestly requested everyone around him to absolutely never subscribe to Lee Ganghan's TowerTube.
This rule was so strong.
Among his bodyguards, there was even someone who got fired after being caught subscribing to the Heavenly Demon's TowerTube during a surprise inspection.
'Humans have such small vessels.'
While the secretary thought this inwardly.
"Last time he said he would enter in the morning according to Korean time from now on, so it should be about time for him to enter."
Outwardly, he spoke calmly.
"Hah... Me waiting for another player's live broadcast. This is the last time for today."
Saying this, Mike gulped down more alcohol.
Usually, he acted like he wasn't interested and that this time was special only because of the 'support declaration.'
But the secretary watching Mike from the side knew very well how often he watched the Heavenly Demon's broadcasts while spitting out curses.
Yet he acted so calmly as if he wasn't interested.
The secretary inwardly sighed.
'...Sigh. Whatever. Mike pays a lot in salary.'
He thought of his bank account balance.
Trying to think only of Mike's good points, he continued checking when Lee Ganghan would do a live broadcast.
Then.
"Oh. He's doing a live broadcast now!"
When the notification that the Heavenly Demon was broadcasting appeared.
He quickly reported this to Mike.
"Really? Hey, log in with your account."
"Understood."
The twisted belief that he wouldn't watch the Heavenly Demon's broadcast with his own TowerTube ID.
The secretary thought 'I knew it' at his boss's instruction.
With a calm face, he operated the screen.
Then.
Ttiring.
A scene appeared showing Lee Ganghan entering the tower with several other players.
"Isn't this that Simple Fortress map?"
"That's right. Looks like it's the second time he got it."
"Hah... Right. This guy should at least demolish a Silver Occupation Reservation tower. While I become a Transcendent and demolish Diamond Occupation towers, wouldn't I need a player to demolish lower-grade towers?"
At least knowing the seriousness of Occupation Reservation towers.
Mike was quite satisfied when Lee Ganghan entered the 'Simple Fortress.'
Anyway, that monster guy.
If he chases away the Kobold confirmed to be 9th place, he'll at least be doing his job.
The secretary responded to Mike's words.
"That's right. Since Sir Mike can't go to lower tiers, we need at least one player to substitute for this."
"Right. How could I care for lower tiers too?"
"The Heavenly Demon is just a janitor cleaning the path Sir Mike pioneered in advance. We need at least one player like that."
At the secretary's words, the bodyguards standing around Mike looked at him with inwardly admiring faces.
Wow.
This guy's good at lip service?
"You bastard... You really only say things I like to hear?"
This seemed to work well on Mike too.
He patted the secretary's shoulder while smiling brightly.
'Right. The Heavenly Demon guy is ultimately just playing the role of cleaning up the lower tiers that I can no longer prepare for since I already climbed to Diamond.'
Mike thought in his drunken state.
Orc Transcendent?
If I had faced him, I naturally would have won against that guy.
Kobold robot?
That too, I could have dealt with easily.
But the reason I couldn't deal with it.
Was because Mike himself had climbed to Diamond tier before the other races invaded.
And became world ranking 1st at that.
'The Heavenly Demon guy just cleans up the lower tiers... and stays under me who became a Transcendent.'
This hierarchy makes sense.
Mike grinned with a smile.
'I even sent ten million dollars yesterday... He'll definitely support me, right?'
Thinking about the phone call with the CIA Director the day before.
And eventually sending an additional ten million dollars to the Heavenly Demon's side.
Mike recalled the SSS-grade item he had given him.
'Come to think of it, when I become a Transcendent, I might receive Athena's recognition... Did I give it away for nothing.'
So he even made a proposal to retrieve the item for thirty million dollars.
But they rejected that from their side.
The Heavenly Demon guy.
Did he think he could receive Athena's recognition?
'Would that guy do something I couldn't?'
Until Lee Ganghan, who had entered the tower, took out the Owl of Twilight from his inventory.
Mike was confident about this.
***
[Tower of Infinity Stage 23.]
[Entering Silver Tower No.24.]
[Entering the 'Simple Fortress' with strong defensive posture.]
[Break through the enemies' defense and advance!]
'Second Simple Fortress.'
It's the third tower in Silver now.
Already got the Simple Fortress tower twice.
Thinking that Occupation Reservation towers are definitely well-matched, Lee Ganghan looked around.
Then.
"Oh, ooh, it's the Heavenly Demon Lord...!!!"
"Wow. We're saved. Phew..."
"As expected, entering the tower at this time was the right answer!"
Silver players jumping with joy seeing Lee Ganghan.
"Hello."
When Lee Ganghan greeted lightly.
"Hello!!!"
"Please take care of us today!!!"
The three players bowed deeply at 90 degrees.
Originally, they would keep dying, unable to overcome the fortress.
Meeting the Heavenly Demon was no different from winning the lottery.
'Surely the previous players received 250,000 TP, right?'
'This time the tower stage is even higher and...'
'The Heavenly Demon Lord broke additional achievements so the TP acquisition increase is applied too? Wow. It's a complete lottery win!'
Considering clearing as already confirmed.
Party members looking forward to how much TP reward they'll receive.
"I need to do TowerTube for a moment, could you wait for me? It shouldn't take too long."
"Oh, of course!!!"
"You can do it for over an hour!"
"We'll wait until the end!"
When Lee Ganghan asked for understanding.
They said he could do it as much as he wanted, setting the stage for him.
'All the people I meet as party members are nice.'
Except for that cursing dwarf I met before, my matching luck isn't bad.
Lee Ganghan thought so and turned on TowerTube.
-Oh it started
-This is a Simple Fortress???
-Wow look at those lottery winners over there ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Look at their grinning expressions
-Then is today the second try?
-If he gets it one more time, can he chase away the Kobold too?
-When he goes up 11 floors, won't a Transcendent pop out like last time? It won't be easy
Seeing him enter the Simple Fortress map.
Viewers envied Lee Ganghan's party members.
Just watching from behind and taking hundreds of millions.
Where else is there such a sweet job.
Then.
"Today, before I climb the tower, I turned on TowerTube to support a specific player."
Lee Ganghan who turned on TowerTube.
Immediately made a bombshell statement.
-Support declaration???
-Suddenly now??? The voting period is about halfway through
-Didn't all the players already vote ㅋㅋㅋ
-Isn't the Transcendent Mike anyway?
-ㄴㄴㄴ China and India candidates have their own country's players definitely rallying votes, but Mike's vote base isn't that solid
-Really? But he's still ranking 1st;
-He's kind of annoying though ㅋㅋㅋ
The chat window became chaotic at Lee Ganghan's story of supporting a specific candidate.
-But originally the Heavenly Demon doesn't do support declarations and stuff like that ㅋㅋ
-What on earth did he receive ㄷㄷㄷ
-If it's an item that can persuade the Heavenly Demon, shouldn't it be at least SSS-grade?
-ㅇㅇ He has a lot of money ㅋㅋㅋ
When some viewers reasoned like this after hearing Lee Ganghan's words.
"There's someone who got the right answer."
Lee Ganghan smiled while looking at the chat window.
"I received an SSS-grade item from someone. On top of that, I received an additional S-grade accessory, so I decided to clearly express my support."
Giving an SSS-grade item plus an S-grade.
The players listening to Lee Ganghan's story from behind nodded.
'Wow... SSS-grade and S-grade.'
'I'd support too if it were me.'
'But if it's a country that would give items to that extent... Surely America? China gave something last time.'
Among the three countries, there's definitely only one place that would give this level of items.
As the party members expected.
"I, Lee Ganghan, support candidate number 1, Mike."
Lee Ganghan clearly declared his support for Mike.
-As expected, it was Mike ㄷㄷ
-Then won't there be any surprises?
-Right, we should support the world ranking 1st ㅇㅇ;
-We'll just follow the Heavenly Demon Lord!
-Number 1! Number 1!
-Wait, do you all have voting rights??? Were there this many players?
-No, we're just expressing our hearts hehe
The Transcendent vote where only players can vote.
Everyone said they'd follow Lee Ganghan.
But the actual proportion of players among them wouldn't be that high.
Still.
'It should be a meaningful number in the vote, right?'
That's why the American side also gave compensation for support.
When Lee Ganghan clearly expressed his support.
-But what SSS-grade item did they give?
-Let us see it too hehe
-He said he received one more accessory... If he equips that, will his stats become 20 again?
-At this rate, he'll really become a god;
People's attention turned to the item Lee Ganghan received.
SSS-grade item.
What on earth did they give?
To this question.
"Ah. About that."
Lee Ganghan smiled meaningfully and.
Swoosh.
Took out the Owl of Twilight from his inventory.
Then.
-???
-What's that doll?
-This owl... isn't this the Owl of Twilight?
-Hul this is a shit item;;;
-??? Why is it a shit item
-Mike himself certified on broadcast that it's a Shit item
-You can't equip that ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
The chat window immediately burst into flames.
Before Lee Ganghan appeared.
The thing that drew the most attention from people worldwide was Mike's TowerTube channel.
So quite a few viewers had seen him publicly declare the Owl of Twilight as a shit item on his broadcast.
But.
"Ah, shit item? This is so good though."
Lee Ganghan just smiled while looking at such viewers' chats.
And when he brought his hand to the owl.
Flash...!
The Owl of Twilight doll immediately emitted golden light.
-???
-What???
-Did it do that for Mike too?
-ㄴㄴㄴ No matter what dog shit show he did, there was no change in the owl doll
-If there's no change, that's fortunate ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Even when he carried it on his shoulder or under his armpit, the owl escaped
-Ah right ㅋㅋㅋ It extremely hated Mike, no matter how he equipped it, it would definitely bounce off ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
While viewers were amazed seeing the owl's reaction, completely 180 degrees different from Mike's time.
"This item has really diverse utility."
Lee Ganghan said this while bringing his index finger to the owl.
Then.
Flash...!
The Owl of Twilight disappeared, becoming light.
That light instead attached to Lee Ganghan's eyes.
Sssss...
It changed Lee Ganghan's eyes to golden eyes.
-Hahaha What's that?
-Suddenly his eye color...
-Could that be equipping the owl? ㄷㄷ
When viewers were surprised seeing Lee Ganghan's eyes turn golden.
"This is an eye guard, so it doesn't take up an accessory slot. It raises mana by 2 and even frees up an accessory slot, isn't that quite good?"
Lee Ganghan kindly explained the true value of the 'Owl of Twilight' item.
-Hul ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-What's an eye guard, contacts? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Mana +2 and freeing up an accessory slot makes it an OP item;
-Among the Heavenly Demon Lord's stats, only mana looked tough to get to 20, but it instantly became 19 ㅋㅋㅋ
-King God Great Emperor Sir Mikeㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
-Sorry for doubting youㅠㅠㅠㅠ
-Number 1! Number 1! Number 1!
-Just for today, I acknowledge Great Emperor Mike ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Then Mike's approval rating instantly skyrocketed.
Since the 'Owl of Twilight' went from being a shit item to a useful SSS-grade item, it was a natural reaction.
However,
"But you know what. This item's effect... this isn't the end."
Lee Ganghan had no intention of stopping the item explanation here.
"Shall we go up and see first?"
"Yes, yes!"
"Let's go!"
So Lee Ganghan, who went up from floor 0 to floor 1 with his party members.
"May I take the lead?"
"Of course!!!"
"We'll be backing you up from behind!!!"
Asked for understanding(?) from his party members and ran forward.
Then.
A robot appeared on top of the simple fortress.
Ratatatata...!
Bullets flying in unison.
However,
When golden light flashed from Lee Ganghan's golden eyes.
Crackle...!
The bullets turned to stone in midair.
And fell to the ground with thud thud.
"The Owl of Twilight has petrification ability like this."
The petrification ability that turns flying bullets into stone and drops them.
Lee Ganghan clearly demonstrated this.
"I saw in the chat earlier calling him Great Emperor Mike... Today I'd like to call that person that way too."
Raising one corner of his mouth.
"Thank you for readily giving such an item, Great Emperor Sir Mike."
He clearly conveyed his gratitude to Mike.