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Recently, a new online community had emerged.

Its name was none other than... the Naejibtap Gallery!

When the existing Tower Gallery and Climber Gallery became completely flooded with posts about Naejibtap, the moderators stepped in. They created a separate Naejibtap Gallery to restore the posting speed of the other boards back to normal.

Thus, the Naejibtap Gallery was born. From its very inception, a deluge of posts flooded the board, fostering a surprisingly clean and lively atmosphere for an internet forum!

In addition to these, countless other posts flooded the board, causing the Naejibtap Gallery to explode in activity as various rumors and stories began to spread like wildfire.

And the post that received the absolute most upvotes was a comprehensive guide to Floors 1 through 10, written by a user named 'CopingMaster'!

With countless upvotes and comments pouring in, the informative post was pinned to the top of the board in no time.

This post heated up the gallery even further, and with stories about the resting floors thrown into the mix, the board turned into a chaotic, lively mess.

Park Doyun, the author of the guide at the center of all this buzz, quietly read through the comments and smiled.

"If I throw out bait like this... more climbers will probably challenge the 10th floor soon, right?"

His goal was to gather information on the 10th floor.

This floor was a boss-only zone with a whopping seven different difficulty levels.

Doyun wanted to investigate all seven difficulties himself, but with only one body, it was realistically impossible.

Furthermore, the resurrection buff granted upon entering the 1st floor only refreshed once a day, and once any difficulty was cleared, that specific difficulty could not be challenged again.

To be precise, challenging it was possible, but the clear rewards could not be obtained again.

In other words, if he accidentally cleared a certain difficulty, he would likely blow his chance of getting the rewards from the other difficulties.

Therefore, to get the best reward, he had to clear the hardest difficulty, but...

The strength of the Flying Giant Centipede Rabbit, which boasted the "Overwhelmingly Difficult" rating, was beyond imagination.

Park Doyun was the type to analyze his opponent's weaknesses and target them using various methods.

True to his nature, he had grown into an all-rounder, mastering magic, swordsmanship, shield techniques, firearms, and close-quarters combat—

But that monster had no weaknesses to speak of.

Its base defense and magic resistance were absurdly high, and even if he managed to concentrate his attacks to deal damage, it would regenerate in the blink of an eye.

He had mobilized every means at his disposal, but in the end, he couldn't inflict any meaningful damage.

It was the absolute worst matchup, and Doyun had no choice but to suffer a crushing defeat.

As a side note, the recorded footage of his battle was being put to excellent use by Rekki to terrorize the government, though Park Doyun remained blissfully unaware of this fact. (?)

"For now, I'll let other climbers challenge the 10th floor and wait for the information to slowly trickle in..."

With that, Doyun decided to take a break from climbing for a while, choosing instead to focus on monitoring the gallery and gathering data.

Just then, his phone rang. It was the government's exchange center.

"Hello? Ah, yes. You've appraised the prices for the Rabbit Grenades, Cockatrice Eggs, and Rainbow Mushrooms? If the prices look good, I'll sell them all."

Currently, the government managed all resources coming out of Naejibtap, but the ownership of items—excluding the Holy Water—belonged to the climbers.

Thus, once a simple baggage inspection was completed, most items could be taken out freely.

Only items with exceptionally powerful effects, such as the Holy Water of the Archangel, Tears of the Archangel, and Archangel's Feather Amulet, were purchased directly by the government or restricted, requiring a contract to be signed upon removal.

However, Doyun had recently brought out a large quantity of new items he had acquired from the tower, and the government had expressed their desire to purchase all of them.

"Man, the cost of living in Seoul is really expensive. Come to think of it, there was a hotel inside Naejibtap, right? I wonder if that's cheaper."

In truth, he had plenty of cash and plenty of Tower Coins.

But perhaps because he loved hoarding wealth so much, frugal habits were deeply ingrained in him.

Whenever he needed tools or equipment, he would craft them himself using the production-type skills he had acquired through his Seeker class. He also preferred to farm the necessary raw materials directly from the tower whenever possible.

As a result, his wealth and Tower Coins had begun to swell endlessly...

"By the way, how many Tower Coins do I have saved up now?"

"Geez, that's a lot."

Park Doyun had not spent a single Tower Coin... since the towers first appeared five years ago!

Due to his frugal habits, he crafted his own weapons, leveled up his skills using essences obtained from the tower, and hadn't even exchanged his surplus Tower Coins for cash!

The Tower Coins he had amassed this way amounted to over 800,000!

With the current exchange rate of Tower Coins climbing past 5,800 won and nearing 6,000 won, exchanging all of them would yield a fortune close to 5 billion won!

But Doyun saw no reason to spend it, finding satisfaction in simply watching the numbers grow.

Of course, he knew that simply hoarding it like this was inefficient.

"It's a shame I didn't hit a million, but I have plenty of places to spend it now."

This time, instead of his usual avant-garde attire, Doyun put on a plain shirt, trousers, and horn-rimmed glasses before heading out.

With his hair styled down, the purple-dyed sections were almost entirely hidden.

As a result, he looked almost identical to the ordinary photo on his resident registration card.

"This time... shall I go experience Naejibtap's 'resting facilities'?"

Doyun headed toward Naejibtap once more to explore new things.

Naturally, he didn't forget to stop by the government exchange on his way to sell his items.

And then—

Somewhere on the African continent.

A man wearing a black suit and a crow mask with glowing red eyes was conquering yet another tower.

"That ended... faster than I thought."

The number of towers he had conquered in just a single week was a staggering five.

Although it included towers of relatively easy difficulty, his speed was undeniably abnormal.

The masked man raised his hand, creating a dark sphere, and spoke into it.

"Guildmaster of Black Sword, do you hear me? Everything on this end is wrapped up."

After a brief pause, a low, firm voice responded from within the sphere.

"...I see. Understood. I will return to Korea shortly."

—World Climber Rank 7.

It was the return of the Gravity Master, Crow.