Chapter 33
Chapter 33.
[Heavenly Demon Lee Ganghan's trait grade rises to D.]
A brief article released through Shin Yuri.
The spread of this news throughout the world was truly instantaneous.
News related to him was already covering the entire world with Lee Ganghan's first achievement clear, tower collapse, and 20% score acquisition increase, so this article came out in the midst of all that.
-D grade?
-Everyone in the world knows Lee Ganghan is E grade, but they're writing clickbait articles ㅡㅡ
-But wait, they say this was announced by Lee Ganghan's agent GLASS?
-GLASS? That's the place Shin Yuri runs, right?
-When did Lee Ganghan sign with GLASS? kekekeke
At first, people wondered if it was fake news.
But when they heard it was content announced by agent GLASS, people realized this wasn't a clickbait article.
Korea's most successful agency wouldn't write such false articles right now.
-Oh, photos of Lee Ganghan and Shin Yuri were just taken at the association building?
-Shin Dongseok is there too kekekeke
-Why does that old man always follow his niece around instead of climbing towers ㅡㅡ
-Still, it's reassuring kekekeke
When several photos of Lee Ganghan's group leaving the association building were uploaded, people now accepted it as a given fact that Lee Ganghan had signed with GLASS.
That means today's article was also leaked by Lee Ganghan's side.
-Wow, how did his grade go up? Is it because he achieved something? shudder, shudder.
-But even so, it's just D, right? Why all the fuss?
-Of course there's a fuss ㅡㅡ A trait grade upgrade means he might not be terminally ill anymore
-Plus, he was a monster who could one-shot Orcs even at E grade, so how much stronger will he get if his grade goes up more?
-Won't he go abroad at this rate?
-That's right, suddenly doing PR through an agent;
How the grade went up.
And what the intention was behind releasing this as breaking news.
People were speculating about Lee Ganghan's true intentions in various ways.
But no matter how much they speculated, asking the person directly is always the most accurate method.
So Lee Ganghan, who logged into the game, was...
-So D grade?
-Really D?
-Reveal it, reveal it, reveal it, reveal it.
-But how did the grade go up, seriously shudder, shudder.
-Let's see the status window first go go go go.
'This is hectic.'
He was suffering from an unprecedented flood of messages.
'I knew this would happen, so I didn't use the 777 entrance ticket.'
Lee Ganghan had reached level 25, which could be called the max level for Iron grade.
At this level, he could challenge the 'Sky Treasure Vault' that he had ambiguously cleared before.
But since that map gets attacked as soon as you start the game, for TowerTube response purposes, he had entered a regular map today.
[Tower of Infinity Stage 6.]
[Entering Iron Tower No.16.]
"Today's number is 16."
Lee Ganghan talked about the tower number he had newly entered, but...
-What's important about that
-DDDDDDDDDDDD
-Show us the DDDDDD
-Please show us the status window
Most people's reactions were asking him to show whether his trait was really D grade.
'Well, I was planning to reveal it anyway.'
Lee Ganghan looked at the D's being spammed in the chat window.
He chuckled and was about to reveal his trait.
['CH111' sponsored 10,000TP.]
[Hello, Heavenly Demon. Would it be possible to reveal your status window like last time?]
Until he discovered CH111's 'sponsorship message' - the one who had only paid upfront and ran away.
He really was planning to reveal his trait right away.
But.
'Oh. Look at this guy?'
Seeing CH111 changed his mind.
The opponent who, as soon as he saw the E-grade trait, immediately flipped the promise to give 10,000 more TP if revealed and ran away mockingly.
Now this guy suddenly comes out politely?
"Oh my, who is this? CH111, I even remember your ID~."
-Who is that guy again
-There's a scammer kekekeke He said he'd give 10,000 more if Lee Ganghan revealed his trait, but when he revealed it, the guy ran
-Still, if he earned 10,000, wasn't that profit? kekekeke
-He probably didn't know he'd do this well back then...
Right.
Actually, giving 10,000 back then was significant.
Even if he didn't pay the deferred payment, just the upfront payment was worth 10 videos with 1 million views each.
But.
'Come to think of it, there's no need to reveal it for free, right?'
He received 10,000 even for E grade.
Why would he reveal D grade right away for free?
Lee Ganghan twisted his lips mysteriously.
CH111.
He reminded him of something good.
"Huh. I was a bit hurt back then. It felt like you hammered the point home saying 'No need to care about some E-grade terminally ill Heavenly Demon!'... Ah, seeing the message this time suddenly brings back those memories."
Lee Ganghan brought up his status window and fidgeted with it in the air.
A gesture as if deciding whether to press the trait reveal button or not.
-Ah kekekekeke Don't joke around kekekeke
-Let's reveal it now!
-CH111, this bastard shouldn't have butted in kekekeke Seems like he reminded him of something he had forgotten
-Real talk It was going to be revealed right away until just now!!!
When viewers saw this and were about to go crazy and jump around, Lee Ganghan smiled deeply.
"To heal this emotional wound, I think..."
Lee Ganghan opened his right fingers one by one, then made his palm completely open.
"Some appropriate TP would be nice."
Then he slowly repeated clenching and opening his fist.
Viewers easily guessed what that meant.
-Don't tell me those spread fingers mean he wants 50,000? kekekekeke
-He usually doesn't even ask for sponsorship;
-Why is he suddenly obsessed with money kekekeke
-Even the Heavenly Demon eventually succumbs to capitalism...
To the viewers' reactions asking why he suddenly became money-hungry, Lee Ganghan thought:
'I should show them why money is needed.'
Click.
He summoned all the beings from Ten Thousand Demon Battle.
Flash...!
A giant red portal opened.
"Oh. You finally called us!"
The Goblin Chief and 50 goblins happy to be out after a long time, and...
"Chii, chiik! Th-there are no successful specimens yet... But we can succeed soon!"
Is there still no evolution success?
Even the Elf who came out of the portal with a completely exhausted face.
A total of 52 entities were all summoned.
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-It feels like I haven't seen goblins in a while
-The kids look better every time I see them kekekeke
-Why don't the Orcs come out after taking them like that???
-That's right, only the Elf comes out kekekeke
While viewers showed various reactions to the goblin unit that appeared after a long time and the tired-looking Karana, Lee Ganghan smoothly pointed at his summons with his finger.
"Actually, I haven't mentioned this before, but it takes some TP to feed these friends."
Actually, the territory construction costs had already been paid, but TP could be needed anytime in the future.
It's not a lie.
"So please understand even if I become a slave to capitalism. I have many dependents to support."
-Kekekekeke He proudly declares himself a slave with his own mouth
-So money is the Heavenly Demon's weakness?
-There seem to be many countries that could solve that with money;
It costs money to maintain summons.
The 'weakness' that the Heavenly Demon spoke of himself was also an element that could be solved with money from the perspective of economically strong and wealthy countries.
So.
-Ah, Heavenly Demon, are you thinking of leaving Korea? ㅠㅠ
-Our country's support for players is a bit weak...
-Like the Director, couldn't you somehow stay for the country ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
Seeing Lee Ganghan come out like this, there was no choice but to worry that he might be considering emigration.
"I'm comfortable in our country too... but I'm still on a general contract. If the conditions differ 100:1 with other countries, I have no choice."
He'd like to stay if possible, but if they don't match conditions appropriately, he has no choice but to leave.
As Lee Ganghan was expressing his intentions like this, ding, ding.
['Caffenam12' sponsored 500TP.]
[Heavenly Demon, thanks to you, I'm alive! The tower in front of the cafe disappeared, so sunlight finally comes in ㅠㅠㅠㅠ Many customers come to see the broken tower traces too, I was really on the verge of closing down, thank you so much!]
['JIHANS' sponsored 222TP.]
[Use this for the Elf's meal expenses.]
['abcfe132' sponsored 100TP.]
[Just the 20% score achievement alone is worth how much, what's 50,000? Even 500,000 wouldn't be enough... Small amount but I'll support you]
Sponsorship messages began flooding the chat window.
'What? This TP will be collected quickly?'
He was hoping to get some TP sponsorship from national-level scouts, but after Lee Ganghan mentioned that summon maintenance costs money, sponsorship from ordinary people began pouring in like a tide.
Since he destroyed towers worldwide one by one and even increased score acquisition, people who felt realistic threats from seeing towers increase expressed their gratitude like this.
'At this rate, 50,000 will be easily exceeded.'
Regular chat was no longer visible, and the chat window was full of sponsorship messages.
Most amounts were small, with countless 10TP donations, but anyway, many a little makes a mickle.
At this rate, even without calculating, it seemed like the total would easily exceed 50,000.
'I should reveal it then.'
CH111 had been quiet since then, but when people show such support, he should respond.
Lee Ganghan decided to reveal his trait.
Then, ding.
[You have received over 1,000 sponsorships.]
[One opening condition for the special ability 'Non-Face-to-Face Worship' of 'Heavenly Demon Eternal, Ten Thousand Demons Prostrate' has been completed.]
[When simultaneous viewers exceed 1 million, the special ability 'Non-Face-to-Face Worship' of 'Heavenly Demon Eternal, Ten Thousand Demons Prostrate' will be fully opened.]
A message related to the 'special ability' of Heavenly Demon Eternal, Ten Thousand Demons Prostrate appeared before Lee Ganghan's eyes.
'Non-Face-to-Face Worship...?'
At first, he wondered what kind of name that was.
'Could this mean I can receive worship without seeing faces?'
Lee Ganghan could soon infer the effect of the special ability through its name.
Looking at it being a special ability gained from TowerTube, this seems to allow enjoying worship effects without seeing faces?
'1,000 sponsorships were somehow achieved, but simultaneous viewers might be a bit difficult.'
No matter how much of a hot topic this became, 1 million simultaneous viewers seemed difficult.
Lee Ganghan looked at the number in the upper right of the chat window without much expectation.
'Huh? What?'
The number in the viewer section was around 800,000.
Considering he hadn't been broadcasting for long, it was an enormous figure.
-Why are there so many people today kekekeke Even if he achieved something
-Hey, isn't that actually few?
-Real talk He's a player who sent notifications to all humanity, shouldn't 1 million be easily passed?
-He usually doesn't set broadcast times. Many people probably don't know he's playing right now
Considering there were many who couldn't enter because they didn't know he was broadcasting, it seemed like 1 million could be surpassed if he waited a bit.
'I must achieve this today.'
1 million simultaneous viewers.
Normally, it would be an unthinkable number.
After the achievement message that shook the world, and after Lee Ganghan drew massive attention by rising to D-grade trait, he started broadcasting, so this many people gathered.
When would he achieve 1 million again after today passed?
"Thank you for the sponsorship, everyone. Thank you once again for your words of encouragement."
Lee Ganghan first bowed his head in greeting.
"Since you've supported me like this, I should naturally reveal it, but... a skill quest appeared. I need to hit 1 million simultaneous viewers."
He honestly told the viewers.
-Why
-Uaaaah just reveal it quickly
-What emergency quest damn!!! Where is such a thing!
-Give back my 10TP sponsorship aaaaah
An emergency quest after receiving all that sponsorship.
People's backlash was fierce, but click.
When Lee Ganghan revealed the 'special ability' related message, public opinion quickly focused on it.
-Wow... it's real?
-The Heavenly Demon is playing a different game by himself kekekeke
-1 million? It's in the 800,000s now, will it work?
-Looking at the rising speed, it seems like it'll definitely happen kekekeke
-Hey, but what kind of skill name is that?
-Can he raise worship without seeing directly?
Seeing the Non-Face-to-Face Worship name, everyone's thinking the same thing.
Lee Ganghan chuckled and said:
"When we hit 1 million, I'll reveal the trait grade right on the spot."
He made a firm declaration.
"And until then, well, let's just clear towers. Kids, let's go."
"Yes!"
"Understood."
Today's streaming where trait revelation became the main content instead of tower climbing.
Lee Ganghan decided to proceed with climbing, which had become sub-content, together with his summons.
As they were about to enter the portal from floor 0 to floor 1:
'But no one's telling me what kind of map 16 is.'
Lee Ganghan suddenly had this thought.
In the past, there were viewers who would tell him, but now, with too much attention drawn to traits, plus they're confident the Heavenly Demon will beat everything anyway?
Having such thoughts, as he entered the portal:
['Snake Chase' begins.]
[Advance while avoiding the giant snake's chase!]
Ding.
The system message was the first to tell Lee Ganghan what kind of map No.16 was.