Chapter 34
Chapter 34.
'Snake Chase.'
Finally, I found out what kind of map this is.
After checking the message, Lee Ganghan looked around the first floor.
Damp dirt floor with pooled water.
Faint lights twinkled on the ceiling.
In the not-so-wide passage.
"Kirik, kirik......"
A monster in the form of a green lizard.
A Lizardman stood alone, looking this way.
A size slightly smaller than humans.
But the equipment it was wearing was quite useful.
It looked stronger than the Orcs that were subdued on the Forest Path.
Of course.
'Is it just one and done?'
Standing alone in the passage without any companions.
It didn't seem like such a difficult enemy.
Meanwhile.
Kirik, Kirik.
When Lee Ganghan first came up to the first floor.
The Lizardman's eyes glinted eerily as it glared at him.
Just as this side thought it was easy prey.
From the Lizardman's perspective, it also seemed to look down on Lee Ganghan who came up without any special equipment.
However,
Flash! Flash!
As light continued to flash from the portal connecting the 0th and 1st floors.
"Kirik?"
The Lizardman blinked its eyes.
What?
Why do they keep appearing?
And soon the Goblin army came into view.
"Oh. A Lizardman?"
When the Goblin Chief pointed his finger from behind Lee Ganghan.
It was overwhelmed by strong anxiety.
No, why are so many of them popping out?
"Heavenly Demon, that guy seems like he'll yield a lot of gold. Please allow me to dismantle him!"
Gold.
Is it that flesh-scraping gold mining thing again?
'It doesn't look like a Named Existence, so I can't make it bow.'
In that case, it would be better to focus on TowerTube for now.
And leave the path-clearing to the Chief.
"Ah, sure. Go ahead."
"Thank you! Let's go, guys!"
When the Goblin Chief led all the Goblins and charged.
The Lizardman tried to resist by swinging its sword somehow.
But.
"Where do you think you're going!"
Clang!
When the Goblin Chief knocked the sword away.
Goblins from all directions instantly stabbed the Lizardman's body.
Stab! Stab!
"Ki, kirik......?"
The Lizardman was instantly neutralized by the Goblins' quantity offensive.
"I'll dismantle it as quickly as possible!"
While the Goblin Chief was slicing him up.
-It's a snake tower
-One million? One million possible?
-There are so many people;;
-Look at the speed of the chat scrolling up, it's dizzying lol
The chat window, which had approached the 950,000 range at some point.
Chat was rising at a speed that was impossible to read one by one.
Of course, Lee Ganghan grasped this with his innate dynamic vision.
But if it increased further, even for him, it wouldn't be easy to read all the chat.
'Well, this viewer count is special for today. As time passes, it'll return to the peaceful channel state of before.'
The simultaneous viewer count that was instantly pumped up because he destroyed a tower and revealed his trait.
When this kind of event ends, the bubble will also burst.
He thought so.
Swish.
He looked back.
"But they said a snake would chase us, but I don't see it?"
Water dripped from the ceiling.
The back side where deep darkness seemed endless.
Probably a giant snake would chase from there.
But so far, there was no sign of it.
-You have to slice up a few more Lizardmen for it to appear
-Doesn't it start from 3?
-Yeah, that's right, 3
-Don't tell me you're going to hunt it? Shiver, shiver.
The snake that appears after killing 3.
Even though the Lizardman was dismantled, Lee Ganghan stood still.
People asked him just in case if he was going to hunt the 'giant snake.'
"I'll take a look first."
Is there a need to engage in a chase?
Let's see the snake once, and if it's worth catching, just finish it right here.
'It might be one of the conditions for SSS+.'
In the towers cleared so far.
When receiving SSS+, special conditions were often needed.
Actually, even in the Forest Path map, if I had prioritized clearing without thinking of finding other races.
I wouldn't have been able to achieve one of the SSS+ achievement conditions, 'Encounter with Mixed-blood Elf Karana.'
'Since the clear time doesn't need to be too tightly matched, let's have the Ten Thousand Demon Battle guys proceed first.'
Among the conditions for SSS+, the time aspect had more leeway than expected.
Lee Ganghan decided to focus on eliminating the giant snake.
-At this rate, it'll be 1 million by the time the snake appears
-Snake, what happens if you die? That's not a snake made to be defeated
-Hey, if you use Heavenly Demon Divine Art, you should be able to handle it... -You must reveal your trait ㅡㅡ Don't die to the snake
-For real, if you die to the snake in this map, you can't revive, so be careful
-Show us Non-Face-to-Face Worship too, I'm skipping class to watch that
A time attack map where it ends if you're caught by the snake.
If swallowed by the snake, you couldn't revive despite it being the Tower of Infinity.
So viewers worried that Lee Ganghan might die to the snake.
"Hey. I'll also handle it after gauging the situation."
Lee Ganghan said so.
"Heavenly Demon sir! Dismantling is complete. We'll advance further!"
He looked at the Goblin unit that was already advancing.
'Goblins are only moderately useful in the early stages. The Chief is definitely strong, but I don't know how far he'll be applicable.'
The Castrated Goblin Chief, who was clearly different from ordinary Goblins.
With excellent physical abilities and revival ability too.
The Chief would definitely fight well even past the early stages.
The subordinate Goblins could be job-changed to merchants later to find them a second path.
"Karana, what abilities do you have?"
"Chik. You mean me?"
Karana, who had been watching the Goblin Chief dismantle the Lizardman.
At Lee Ganghan's question, she slightly turned her head.
"Yeah."
"I'm a Shaman. I can handle up to intermediate shamanism."
"What kinds of Orc shamanism are there?"
"There are various types...... but the main shamanisms include lightning attacks and target enhancement."
While saying so.
Swish.
Karana rolled up her robe's sleeve.
Then her pure white right arm covered with tattoos was revealed.
-Ew, why so many tattoos on the body ㅡㅡ
-Orc Shamans are originally like that
-Still, there are no gaps...
Last time too, tattoos were glimpsed below the neck.
On the revealed arm were completely filled tattoos.
When Lee Ganghan stared at this intently.
"I'll handle the next Lizardman."
Swoosh!
Karana ran forward quickly.
'I'll have to come back to meet the giant snake.'
Lee Ganghan followed behind Karana to see her skills.
Then, not long after.
"Elf! Get lost! This one's my opponent! I need to mine gold!"
"Chik. Noisy, Goblin."
Over one Lizardman, the Goblin Chief and Karana had a war of words.
Crackle crackle......!
Pure white electric current began to flash from Karana's right arm.
Then.
Flash!
As her arm flashed pure white.
Lightning struck the Lizardman.
Then.
Fizzle......
Immediately burning black.
The Lizardman collapsed to the ground.
'Oh. That's strong?'
Why didn't she use it when she was being chased in the Forest Path map?
Lee Ganghan immediately asked.
"Why didn't you use it when you met me?"
"Chik. I didn't have tattoos then. I had used them all up."
Karana showed her right arm.
The tattoos that had filled her arm earlier were definitely partially erased.
"Ah. They disappear when used like this?"
"That's right. I could re-tattoo at the Shaman's Altar."
Shaman's Altar.
It's not just for Orc experiments, it has these normal effects too.
'I did well to make it.'
When Lee Ganghan was thinking so and advancing.
-Oh, the 1 million mark is soon
-1 million 1 million!
-No way, we'll hit 1 million before even going to the 2nd floor lol
-They didn't come in because they didn't know you were broadcasting, honestly today had the potential to exceed it
-For real lol
The simultaneous viewer count was approaching 1 million.
And soon.
[The simultaneous viewer count has exceeded 1 million.]
['Heavenly Demon Eternal, Ten Thousand Demons Prostrate' special ability, 'Non-Face-to-Face Worship' is unlocked.]
The Non-Face-to-Face Worship ability that Lee Ganghan had been waiting for so long.
Was unlocked.
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[Non-Face-to-Face Worship]
[From now on, you can receive the effects of Heavenly Demon Eternal, Ten Thousand Demons Prostrate through TowerTube without direct face-to-face contact.]
[Compared to receiving bows in direct meetings, efficiency is greatly reduced to 0.01%.]
'0.01%?'
I thought the effect would be lower compared to meeting directly and receiving bows.
But 0.01% is too severe.
Lee Ganghan recalled when he received a bow from Kim Juyeong.
Since it wasn't sincere worship, the Heavenly Demon Divine Art cooldown was only reduced by 1 minute.
'But if it's 0.01% here...... it would reduce time to a level that's almost meaningless, not even 1 second.'
Of course, the advantage of Non-Face-to-Face Worship would be.
Being able to receive bows simultaneously through TowerTube.
But even so, would people bow while watching TowerTube?
Lee Ganghan was slightly disappointed seeing Non-Face-to-Face Worship showing 0.01% efficiency.
Then.
Ding.
[When there are many worshippers of the Heavenly Demon, the efficiency of Non-Face-to-Face Worship increases.]
[When receiving Non-Face-to-Face Worship, the worshipper's name will appear in the TowerTube chat window.]
[Currently, humanity has 1 worshipper.]
A message appeared afterward saying that efficiency increases when there are many worshippers.
'Even if done half-heartedly like Juyeong, it still counts as a worshipper.'
When Lee Ganghan was examining the messages and understanding Non-Face-to-Face Worship.
-1 million achieved
-Reveal, reveal
-Now quickly reveal your trait!
-Ah, please, you did everything we asked for!!!
-CH111 did go silent
-That guy probably ran away long ago lol
In the chat window, public opinion was pouring in demanding trait revelation.
'Ah, right. I should show this first.'
The trait that was originally going to be revealed right away.
It took a detour because of CH111.
But thanks to that, I earned a lot of TP and also got Non-Face-to-Face Worship, so I gained a lot.
Now it should be fine to reveal it.
"Here."
Ding.
When Lee Ganghan opened the status window and revealed the trait section.
-Wow...
-DDDDD!!!
-It's really D?
-Wow, how did it go up? Does this mean you're not terminally ill?
-Did it go up by achieving something???
The chat window was soon filled with D's.
Questions about how it went up began pouring in.
"Well? I don't know the reason either since it was up before I knew it."
Without telling the detailed circumstances.
Lee Ganghan just shrugged his shoulders.
There was no need to bring up the story about the First Tower here.
Meanwhile, when Lee Ganghan revealed his grade.
['SCT3455' sponsored 10,000TP.]
[Heavenly Demon, we would like to contact you closely regarding naturalization.]
This type of large sponsorship began to surge.
With the possibility that he might not be terminally ill.
Foreign countries that had been hesitating whether to make naturalization offers began showing serious interest.
"Ah. Please discuss this matter with my agent GLASS."
While Lee Ganghan was delegating all contract proceedings to his agent.
"Kirrrrik!!!"
The Goblin unit he had advanced caught another Lizardman.
A scream echoed long.
With this, 3 Lizardmen were caught.
And.
[The snake opens its eyes.]
Flash......!
Yellow light flashed from the darkness behind.
Soon, the head of a giant snake began to reveal itself.
'I was going to test Non-Face-to-Face Worship, and it appears right at this moment.'
Hiss. Hiss......
The snake that first revealed itself at the starting point.
Was slowly coming in this direction.
'It takes forever to come.'
I was going to try fighting it once, but at that speed, when will it get here?
Certainly, because it's an Iron Tower, it seems to give plenty of time.
In that case.
'Let's go over there.'
Step. Step.
Lee Ganghan walked backward.
Then the snake's head appeared larger and larger.
It definitely looked strong, befitting the main monster of a chase.
'I don't need to use Heavenly Demon Divine Art.'
It wasn't to the degree of using full power.
Swoosh!
When Lee Ganghan charged instead, the snake's eyes widened.
Before the slowly moving snake could open its mouth.
Lee Ganghan's fist struck its head hard.
Then.
Crash......!
The snake's head exploded.
-Whoa shiver, shiver, shiver.
-What... one hit?
-You didn't even use Heavenly Demon Divine Art?
-Did you become stronger after reaching D? Shiver, shiver, shiver.
When the giant snake's body went limp.
Viewers once again felt the Heavenly Demon's strength.
The monster in charge of 'chasing' in this type of chase map.
Should originally be a strong enemy that the chased side absolutely cannot handle.
How can you go back and smash it in one hit?
-If you really keep going with the Heavenly Demon trait...
-Isn't humanity's 1st place already reserved?
-This seems like something worth recruiting even with the risk
Heavenly Demon Lee Ganghan.
A player who was naturally assumed to be 'terminally ill' due to his different level of ability.
But when his trait rose to D.
This natural assumption began to crumble.
What if the Heavenly Demon isn't terminally ill?
What if that trait starts rising in grade again from D?
Would there ever be a player who could defeat Lee Ganghan?
The moment the risk of being 'terminally ill' was alleviated by the grade revelation.
It was a natural course for scouts from countries around the world to seriously consider his naturalization.
Ding, Ding.
'This is getting more chaotic since revealing the trait.'
Countless sponsorships pouring in from each country.
The amounts were also much more inflated than what he usually received.
This, I suddenly became rich?
When Lee Ganghan was blinking at the pouring TP.
['CH111' sponsored 20,000TP.]
[Heavenly Demon, thank you for the revelation! I'm sending the TP I couldn't give last time due to sudden problems along with this!]
CH111 politely sent a sponsorship message.
-He was quiet but now sponsors again lol
-Now that the D grade is revealed, they're probably trying to make contact
-If it's CH, is it China after all?
-Not China, I heard it's Japan lol
-I hope he doesn't go to either country ㅡㅡ
-Since 10,000 was given late, interest too
Viewers' reactions burst out seeing the belated sponsorship message.
Seeing this, Lee Ganghan smiled deeply.
Seeing the talk of 'interest' gave him a good idea.
"Well, do I need to collect interest just because it's a few days late? Rather than that...... Right. CH111, you ultimately want to scout me too, don't you?"
While saying so.
"Then you'll need to verify all my abilities, won't you?"
Swish.
He crossed his arms with a relaxed face.
"Non-Face-to-Face Worship, let's test it together."