Chapter 28
Chapter 28.
'Floor 11?'
Excluding the rank promotion battles that had no floor limits.
The floors of the Tower of Infinity, regardless of rank.
Always ended at the 10th floor.
As you went to higher ranks, the world of each floor became more expansive or.
There were often cases where various conditions were attached to the maps.
But when it came to 'floors' alone, ending at the 10th floor was an absolute law.
But floor 11?
'Since it's come to this, I absolutely have to go up and see what's there.'
Since I got caught in the Forest Path tower again and wasted an SSS+ reward.
I need to definitively check what's on the 11th floor.
Lee Ganghan made that resolution and then proceeded to receive the clear reward.
[Clear reward will be opened.]
[Level increases by 2.]
[You gain 32,000 TP.]
'They're giving 2,000 more TP than last time.'
Even though it's the same Forest Path tower, maybe it's because the stage went up by one.
The clear reward gave an additional 2,000 TP.
'If I don't spend TP in Ten Thousand Demon Battle, I'll become rich quickly.'
Still, if there's something to invest in Ten Thousand Demon Battle, I should keep doing it.
The enhancement of Ten Thousand Demon Battle was ultimately connected to strengthening my own abilities.
'Tomorrow I should go through towers and contact Ms. Yuri to exchange some TP.'
Lee Ganghan thought this as he returned home.
Thanks to searching for Orcs with Karana, this tower climb was cleared in less than 30 minutes.
After finishing the video management on TowerTube as usual.
He was checking the status of his channel videos when his eyes blinked.
'...The one with the Elf, it's exceeded 1 million views?'
Kim Juyeong had said to paddle when the tide comes in.
The Elf special video he had urgently edited and sent.
How on earth did this spread by word of mouth?
-It's an Elf! A real Elf!
-An Elf that actually talks to humans...
-But she's imitating Orcs?
-I don't think this is bad either :)
-Showing us an Elf www Can't you bring her to Japan?
-She's terminally ill, her trait will disappear soon
-Even if the trait disappears, I hope she keeps showing us the Elf...
Comments from foreigners were also being auto-translated and posted in real-time.
'The tide really has come in.'
The public attention that had surged when he got 1st place in the tutorial world.
But cooled down sourly after receiving an E-grade evaluation.
But thanks to the Elf, he was receiving attention again.
This all happened within about a week.
'But if it's hitting a million, shouldn't they settle TP for me?'
Lee Ganghan, who needed enormous amounts of money for Ten Thousand Demon Battle upgrades.
He searched for ways to settle TP on TowerTube to secure more TP.
Then soon.
[TowerTube Settlement Policy]
Within TowerTube's settings.
He could find content related to settlements.
Race: Human
Tower of Infinity entry experience - Newcomer
Non-human viewers cannot access newcomer channels.
External advertising is not possible.
Settlement amount per view is 0.001TP.
Currently, the player can settle up to 1,000TP per video.
As your grade increases, the TP you can collect per video increases.
Settlements are processed at the end of each month.
While advertising wasn't allowed.
The view count rate was calculated at 0.001TP.
In Korean money, that was 1.3 won per view.
Moreover,
'Even at best, 1,000TP is the limit?'
Of course, even 1,000 TP, according to that standard.
Seemed like you had to hit a million views to get it.
But even so, it was too stingy.
'This is why higher-level players attach ads to their clothes when they play.'
Looking at Diamond-grade players.
There were quite a few cases where they attached corporate ads to their equipment or clothes.
There was a reason for everything.
It seemed like I shouldn't have high expectations for TP settlements based on views alone.
'Still, the Elf video achieved 1,000TP.'
And the viewers who came in thanks to Karana were also boosting the view counts of other videos.
So when settling at the end of the month, it seemed like it would be quite decent.
"Then I'll think of this as a future bonus..."
Lee Ganghan turned off TowerTube's settings screen and.
Checked his phone.
He hoped for contact from his father, but.
No reply came.
'He must be busy with work. Instead of just waiting for father's contact, maybe I should search the house too.'
Mother's belongings left neglected in the master bedroom.
Might there be some information to discover there?
Lee Ganghan went into the master bedroom with that thought, but.
The room was just covered in dust.
'There's nothing special.'
Nothing eye-catching was visible.
'...Right. They're just imitating mother to confuse me, but in reality, it's probably unrelated.'
No matter how much I think about it, my ordinary mother.
Being connected to the First Tower doesn't make sense.
Lee Ganghan stopped searching the master bedroom with that thought.
'But now that I'm not being dragged to the First Tower... what happens with sleeping?'
The 'sleeping sickness' that made him sleep 12 hours a day.
Except when time was pushed back due to towers.
He always went to sleep at 8 PM.
Based on the pattern so far.
Today he should feel sleepy about 30 minutes later.
'But considering the wake-up time changed to 12 o'clock too... there seems like there will be some change.'
When he came out after becoming self-aware in Heavenly Demon Valley.
The time he woke up was 12 o'clock.
His wake-up time changed like this.
And the 'blessing' that forcibly dragged him was also broken, so wouldn't there be some change?
'I should spend time as usual and wait to see.'
Lee Ganghan cleaned the house for no reason.
He spent time buying ingredients at the mart.
As he spent time like this, before he knew it, the clock hands pointed to 8 o'clock.
'I'm not sleepy at all.'
Of course, the really overwhelming sleepiness came 30 minutes later.
But he should be getting sleepy before then.
These preliminary symptoms weren't coming.
And.
'8:30 has passed too...'
Even after 8:30.
His mind was perfectly clear.
'Ah. You never know. Since I woke up at 12 today... I might get sleepy at 12:30.'
Looking at the 12-hour pattern.
Since I woke up at 12, I might get sleepy at 12:30 AM.
Lee Ganghan thought this and quietly spent time.
He watched other people's TowerTube videos for no reason.
[Heavenly Demon whose abilities still haven't disappeared today.GIF]
└Ah I was going to post with this title but tsk
└Shit when will his abilities actually disappear? lol
└80 years later apparently
└Then the US would probably offer 100 billion right now lol
[In towers, Elves kidnap Orcs.]
└It's not kidnapping but rescuing kinfolk, right?
└That... is rescue, right?
└Heavenly Demon told the Elf to use Orcs sparingly lol
He spent time endlessly while also reading community posts related to today's gameplay videos.
And when it became 1 AM.
"Wow..."
Lee Ganghan stood up from the computer as if enchanted.
To be this bright-eyed at dawn.
How long has it been since this happened?
"Wow..."
He put on slippers and.
Walked to the convenience store without purpose.
"Late night streets... was this what it felt like?"
Muttering to himself.
As he blankly stared at the streetlight illumination.
"75,200 won."
"Yes."
He randomly bought alcohol and snacks at the convenience store.
And returned home.
"This is... nighttime."
Glug glug...
While drinking alcohol, Lee Ganghan was immersed in a strange sentiment.
For 10 years, the sleeping sickness that had suppressed him would disappear so completely like this.
Even while awake, he couldn't feel any sense of reality.
"This is strange, no matter how much I drink, I'm perfectly fine..."
No matter how much high-proof alcohol he drank.
The bizarre phenomenon of his mind becoming even clearer.
Lee Ganghan blankly stared at the room.
'...The sun has risen.'
That day.
For the first time in his life, he stayed up all night.
***
His first all-nighter in life.
Lee Ganghan's condition after adding strong alcohol to this was.
'This... my condition is too good?'
Surprisingly, he was perfectly fine.
Was it because his stamina was 17?
A body with no accumulated fatigue.
This seemed like he could stay up another night and still be fine.
'Still, from today I should try to sleep.'
Since he sufficiently enjoyed the liberation from escaping sleeping sickness yesterday.
From today, he should put his cycle back on normal track.
Lee Ganghan thought this as he waited for tower entry time.
"In the beginning, righteousness, evil, and magic were not distinguished..."
While waiting for entry time.
Lee Ganghan unconsciously hummed the Heavenly Demon Divine Art while cooking breakfast.
The true manual he learned from the Divine Maiden ghost.
Despite drinking all night yesterday, it remained clearly in his memory.
'Now that I have time, maybe I should try practicing the Heavenly Demon Divine Art.'
Right now, of course, I can only memorize the manual.
But next time I go to Heavenly Demon Valley and learn the practice method from the Divine Maiden ghost, couldn't I try it here too?
Lee Ganghan thought this and.
Until 12:30.
He recited all the Heavenly Demon Divine Art manuals.
Eventually.
"...O descendant, pull down the heavens and unite. That is the duty given to the Heavenly Demon."
Even the phrase the First Heavenly Demon conveyed to his descendants, everything.
"It's amazing that I remember all of this."
As Lee Ganghan, who had read through all the manuals, marveled at his own condition.
Before he knew it, the time became 12:30.
Lee Ganghan, who had been waiting, entered the tower.
[Tower of Infinity Stage 5.]
[Entering Iron Tower No.4.]
'Good.'
Maybe because of Karana's quest.
This time too, he was assigned to 'Forest Path'.
-Survival again today?
-??? Why Forest Path again?
-Has anyone ever gotten the same map 3 times in a row?
-Actually good, seeing the Orc kidnapping scene yeah
-Ah but I also want to see Heavenly Demon clear other maps...
Seeing the Forest Path map for the third consecutive time, viewers wondered if this was even possible.
"Hello. Well, I survived today too. For now, I'll proceed by kidnapping Orcs like yesterday~."
Lee Ganghan said this to the viewers and.
Began climbing with devastating force.
The Forest Path map for the third time already.
Since he was doing an already easy map 3 times.
There was no way the strategy would take time.
-Wow really fast lol
-Even going up to tower stage 5, it's just no obstacle at all for Heavenly Demon
-Heavenly Demon is just perfect except for being terminally ill lol
-Is he really terminally ill though? Isn't he not?
-If that ability isn't terminally ill, all players should return their traits...
-For real I'm Korean too but this is too overpowered
Seeing Lee Ganghan's ultra-high-speed tower climbing, viewers were once again convinced this had to be terminally ill.
"Good work."
"Chiiik... I'm the one who's grateful. Today's Orcs are over 30."
Lee Ganghan bid farewell to Karana, the Orc kidnapper, and.
Cleared the tower.
[Calculating Iron Tower No.4 performance...]
[You cleared the tower within 1 hour.]
[You subdued more than 10 Orcs.]
[You encountered the hidden named character, 'Mixed-blood Elf Karana'.]
[Clear Evaluation - SSS+]
The same message as before appeared.
[Clear reward will be given in proportion to evaluation.]
[Beyond SSS grade evaluation, additional special reward will be given.]
[You have already received the special reward for this tower.]
[You cannot receive the special reward.]
The message saying he couldn't receive the reward also appeared the same way.
However.
[You received Clear Evaluation SSS+ three times in one map.]
[Would you like to ascend to the 11th floor of Iron Tower No.4?]
The message that appeared next was.
Asking if he wanted to climb to the '11th floor'.
-Ah I came in after lunch but it seems like it's already ending?
-Isn't the strategy too fast?
-For real I should just watch the uploaded video...
Seeing Lee Ganghan clear Forest Path in 20 minutes.
As late-arriving viewers expressed disappointment.
"No. It's not over."
Lee Ganghan smiled deeply and.
"I'm going to the 11th floor."
He pointed upward with his finger.
-???
-11th floor?
-Sir there's no such thing as 11th floor ㅡㅡ
-Again again Heavenly Demon is saying strange things...
The viewers dismissed this as nonsense, but.
"Let's see."
Flash!
Lee Ganghan and.
"Chi, chiik?"
When Karana, who was beside him, disappeared in a flash.
[Notice: Player 'Lee Ganghan' has ascended to the 11th floor for the first time in humanity.]
[Notice: The target tower is Iron Tower No.4.]
A notice appeared to all humanity.