Chapter 166
Chapter 166.
'Huh? Why is Father Esteban here……?'
Didn't he clearly go to the Elf Tower? Why am I hearing his voice from my house? As Lee Ganghan was startled and tried to get up.
"Ganghan! Are you okay?!"
Following that, his father's urgent voice was heard.
'Uh. Something feels cold.'
I thought I had just fallen asleep for a moment. But that's not it? Lee Ganghan quickly came to his senses and got up. At that moment.
[Ugh…… What is this smell?]
Father Esteban muttered to himself in his native language. Since Lee Ganghan didn't know Spanish at all. He shouldn't have been able to understand what Esteban said, but.
'Huh? Why do I understand……?'
Just like the automatic translation in the Tower. Lee Ganghan naturally understood Spanish.
As he was thinking about why this phenomenon was occurring, he suddenly thought.
'Could this be…… related to the Authority of Communication?'
He thought of the authority he had obtained earlier. The Authority of Communication that won on the roulette, beating Divine Power 50 and the four stats of 99. I wondered what this ability could be used for. Was it the ability to communicate languages like in the Tower?
"Father Esteban, what happened here?"
As Lee Ganghan got up and asked.
"Huh? Heavenly Demon, you speak Spanish well?"
Esteban looked at Lee Ganghan with wide eyes. What?
"I spoke Spanish?"
"Yes. You just did it now too."
"What are you talking about? Ganghan is speaking Korean right now."
"Huh? No way? It was completely fluent Spanish though?"
To his father, it sounded like Korean as it was. To Father Esteban, it was automatically translated and heard as Spanish?
'Authority of Communication…… This is completely similar to how languages work in the Tower.'
With this, I won't have to study foreign languages for the rest of my life? Lee Ganghan thought so and then.
"Mm…… The smell is definitely terrible."
He realized that a terrible stench was coming from his body. This. It seemed like a similar phenomenon occurred when Heavenly Demon Constitution rose to C before.
'When strengthening the body, waste materials and such from inside the body were expelled.'
Lee Ganghan looked at the clothes he was wearing. Not only the t-shirt he was wearing, but also his pants and underwear. They were soaked in sticky liquid and emitting a nauseating smell.
'I'll have to throw all of this away this time too.'
This wasn't a stench or stain that would disappear with washing. When Lee Ganghan decided to throw away his clothes and took off his t-shirt.
"What happened? You were unreachable for 3 whole days."
Lee Junil spoke to Lee Ganghan with worry still not leaving his face.
"What?! 3 days have passed?"
"Yeah. So Representative Shin Yuri kept trying to contact you, and when she couldn't, she even contacted me, asking if I could enter this house."
"Ah……."
When Lee Junil stayed at the house for a day last time. I had newly registered fingerprint recognition on this house's door lock, telling father to come anytime. Thanks to that, it really helped this time.
"And I also came along for the occasion~"
Father Esteban smiled brightly while saying that. This person seems to have just followed along because he was bored. Lee Ganghan thought so and then. Answered his father's earlier question.
"Heavenly Demon Constitution rose to B grade, and I think I slept deeply while my body was being strengthened. It was like this when it rose to C too."
"Wow. It already went up one more grade?" "Oh…… Then what is this, like that bone-changing marrow-cleansing thing?"
Bone-changing marrow-cleansing.
"The bones didn't change, but…… I guess you could say it's similar."
The waste materials in the body were definitely removed. Since I could feel the body being strengthened. The effect itself might be similar to bone-changing marrow-cleansing. Lee Ganghan thought so while.
"I'll go wash up first."
"Yeah, yeah. I'll contact the representative."
After showering and changing clothes, he came out. When he returned to the living room like that. His father and Father Esteban were busy cleaning up the waste materials Lee Ganghan had expelled.
"Ah. I'll do it! Father and Father, there's no need for you to go through the trouble……."
"Phew. I tried to stop Father many times too, but he insisted on cleaning and snatched the mop away."
"Hehe. What's the point of just sitting on the sofa? We need to clean quickly so we can drink."
No, is it alcohol complaints again? Still, seeing Father Esteban personally bend down to clean the floor. Lee Ganghan felt sorry and quickly snatched the mop to clean up all the remaining debris.
"Wow. It's much faster than the two of us doing it?"
"As expected, physical ability is important even for cleaning. It's instantaneous."
When they finished cleaning up the living room like that.
Ding, dong, Ding, dong.
The doorbell rang urgently from the entrance. The visitor who came to the house was none other than Shin Yuri.
"Heavenly Demon! Are you feeling alright?!"
She entered the house with a worried face and then.
"Ah. I fell into a long sleep because the Heavenly Demon Constitution grade went up. I unintentionally caused you worry."
"Ah…… So it was because the Heavenly Demon Constitution grade went up?"
After hearing Lee Ganghan's answer, she let out a sigh of relief.
"Phew. That's really fortunate. You were unreachable for 3 days and didn't enter the Tower, so everyone was very worried. There were many articles not only domestically but also in foreign media."
"Right. It was enough to bury the news of Mike becoming a Transcendent."
"Ah. Did Mike finally become a Transcendent?"
To Lee Ganghan's question, Lee Junil nodded.
"Yeah. He was really excited. He gave an acceptance speech like he was elected president."
"He had dinner with President Alfred, and wrote cringeworthy posts on SNS about fulfilling the duties of a Transcendent."
"There's also a post mentioning Heavenly Demon on SNS."
"Really?"
"Yes. He posted something like, 'I don't know why he suddenly stopped being active, but I wish him a speedy recovery, and I'd like to meet him sometime……'"
Did becoming a Transcendent make him all puffed up with pride?
'Well, that could be the case.'
He became a Transcendent by receiving the most votes from players around the world. Wouldn't he be excited right now? Lee Ganghan could somewhat understand Mike being so active in external activities.
"But what ability did he gain after becoming a Transcendent?"
Being excited is one thing. Since he was chosen as a Transcendent, he must have been given abilities befitting that, right? Lee Ganghan asked out of curiosity about what abilities only a Transcendent could have, but.
"Well…… Mike's side hasn't disclosed anything about that at all."
"Ah, really? But couldn't we somewhat infer it when Mike enters the Tower?"
To that question. Father Esteban gave a bitter smile.
"He has never entered the Tower even once since being elected as a Transcendent."
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"He's never entered the Tower?"
"Yes. He was given almost 2 days, but he only went around external schedules without climbing the Tower."
He became a Transcendent but didn't actually climb the Tower? Lee Ganghan frowned at this.
'Why doesn't he climb?'
If you become a Transcendent and are given powerful abilities. You'd want to test this out. Especially if you show this ability to the whole world through TowerTube. Wouldn't the public opinion supporting Mike become even stronger? But staying only in reality continuously…….
"Mm…… Could it be that the ability he gained from becoming a Transcendent is worse than expected?"
"Not a few people think that way. Given Mike's personality, if he had gained an outstanding ability, he would have shown it in the Tower."
"Of course, Mike also knows about this controversy, so he posted on SNS a little while ago saying that the reason he doesn't enter the Tower is because of the Transcendent Meeting."
Shin Yuri said that while turning on her phone. She entered Mike's SNS and showed the latest post. There it said:
[I know many people are curious about my Transcendent abilities recently. I also want to quickly enter the Tower and reveal my newly acquired abilities, but I have been invited to the 'Transcendent Meeting' of the Reserve League, so I temporarily postponed Tower climbing. As soon as the meeting ends, I will enter the Tower and prove my new abilities, so your curiosity will be completely resolved then. May everyone be blessed!]
He only postponed Tower climbing because he was invited to the 'Transcendent Meeting'. It was written that once the meeting ends, he will climb the Tower and prove his abilities, so don't worry.
"Transcendent Meeting…… If it's Transcendents from the Reserve League gathering, I'm curious about what races will appear."
Currently, the beings confirmed as Transcendents are. Dragon Lord, Gershu, Son Goku, and the Kobold King. The presumed ones are Heracles and Lovecraft.
'Just this much makes six candidates.'
Reserve League Transcendents. I found out more than I thought? If we assume even the presumed ones are Transcendents, only three spots would be empty. As Lee Ganghan was counting while thinking of the Transcendents he had identified.
"Yes. And Mike said he would broadcast if live streaming of the meeting is possible through TowerTube."
Shin Yuri said that the meeting might be live-streamed.
"I didn't watch Mike's broadcasts because he only brags about himself…… but this would be worth watching."
"If it's live-streamed, wouldn't it get the highest viewership in history?" "Exactly. I should re-subscribe after canceling."
Father Esteban took out his phone and subscribed to Mike's channel, then. Soon looked at the screen with wide eyes.
"Oh. Everyone, Mike just posted an announcement saying he'll participate in the Transcendent Meeting in 10 minutes?"
"10 minutes, wow…… that's not much time left?"
"Heavenly Demon! Let's quickly set up the drinks! 10 minutes will pass in no time!"
This guy. In the end, it's all about alcohol? Lee Ganghan gave a bitter smile and then.
"Let's turn on the TV first."
He turned on the TV and finished preparing to watch Mike's TowerTube.
"If there's a live stream, I'll watch and then go to the Tower, otherwise I'll enter the Tower right away and come back."
"Going to climb the Tower today too?"
"I rested for 3 days, so I should go. I need to show people that I'm safe too."
"Ah. Heavenly Demon, how about posting an announcement on your TowerTube channel? Many people are curious about your condition."
"Understood."
Following Shin Yuri's advice. After opening the TowerTube channel and writing an announcement message.
"But Heavenly Demon, how do you speak Spanish so well? No wait, you all hear it as Korean, right?"
Father Esteban looked around and asked.
"……What? Heavenly Demon has been speaking Korean this whole time."
"Father…… you've been saying my son spoke Spanish from earlier, could it be that alcohol and cigarettes are running low……?"
"Ah. Those are always running low! But I can still understand speech well even when they're low!"
Father Esteban felt wronged by Lee Junil's point. Lee Ganghan responded to this.
"Actually, Heavenly Demon Divine Art rose one more star, and I gained the Authority of Communication from there. It seems to be related to that."
Without mentioning the 'Star'. He just said he gained a new authority.
"Communication…… Does it mean languages communicate?"
"It doesn't match well image-wise with Heavenly Demon Divine Art."
"I think so too. This ability seems to work like automatic translation in the Tower, where conversations are automatically heard in one's native language, and what I say is heard in the other person's native language."
"That's right! Tower! It's exactly the same as when watching broadcasts in the Tower!"
Father Esteban clapped his hands at Lee Ganghan's words. And then he.
"With that amazing ability, you could make monsters submit too!"
He talked about ways to utilize the Authority of Communication.
"Oh. Making monsters submit……."
"It was hard to make them bow because you couldn't communicate with anything other than Named ones, right? Now you can make all regular monsters bow too!"
Definitely. Until now, unless it was 'Named' ones like the Goblin Chief or Karana. It was hard to force 'Heavenly Demon Eternal, Ten Thousand Demons Prostrate' because I couldn't communicate with opponents. That's why new races couldn't enter Ten Thousand Demon Battle for a while. Wasn't empty land just sitting idle?
'But if I use this Authority of Communication, I can bring other races more easily.'
Father Esteban. He made a good point?
"That's a good idea. I'll buy all the drinks today." "Hehe. Really?"
When Lee Ganghan spoke, Father Esteban smiled deeply.
"Oh. Look at the TV. It seems like they're live streaming now?"
Before we knew it, 10 minutes had passed. The TV screen that had been waiting with Mike's channel on changed and then.
[Everyone, this is Transcendent Mike.]
Mike started live streaming there.