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nTransator: Ekdud

nProofreader: coyotte508

nTL Check: KobatoChanDaisuki

nChapter 43 – Tower (2)

nHansoo who had sent off Sangjin looked at the tower in the distance as he got lost in thought.

n‘It’s seems like I will need to play hide and seek. He’s a real talent huh.’

nHansoo clicked his tongue.

nThey could choose because the structure of the tower was unique.

nTo either move in small groups or in large groups.

nAnd a fitting difficulty and reward is prepared from that.

nNormal clan lords would try to move by combining all their forces.

nSince they had done so until now and since it was safer this way.

nBut this guy was different.

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nWith such thoughts he splits up his clansmen and then mixes them in between other adventurers.

nA method that was possible because he was confident in each individual member’s abilities and because they could communicate with each other no matter where they were in the tower.

nIt would actually be eye catching if they were to move in groups but moving in small killer squads allowed them for them to pretend they’re normal adventurers between other people and then wipe them off during decisive moments.

nPeople who had died from the Dark Mad Lord’s small killer squads had numbered over a thousand in the past and these killer squads had monopolized around 1000 people’s worth of artifacts and runes and had reached a point where they could openly massacre people and no one could do anything to them.

nSince they were all separated he had to find and kill them off one by one as he climbed.

nThere was no need to look out for his image because he had transformed himself, but he hadn’t done this to just kill normal adventurers to turn them into runes.

nHe had changed in order to get as close as he could to the Dark Mad Lord, who knows of his appearance, to cut off his neck in a single swipe.

n‘It won’t take that long.’

nHansoo thought of this and that and laughed coldly as he slowly walked towards the tower.

nAfter a long walk the people inside the Tower greeted Hansoo.

n“A newcomer has come. I’m called Suhan. What about you?”

nHansoo made a befuddled expression at the words of the man in the front.

n‘Ah. I have to choose a name.’

nSince he was a different person he had to make a separate name.

nSince he wasn’t Kang Hansoo anymore.

nHansoo laughed as he spoke his name.

n“My name is…”

n…………………………………

n“Is that the tower…”

nChulman frowned as he looked at the giant tower in the distance.

nHow hard had it been getting to this point.

nChulman looked around him cautiously as he walked.

nAt the same time he glanced at the giant tower in front of his eyes.

nGiant Tower.

nMany entrances existed in all directions but not many differences could be seen.

n‘… Do I just need to go in?’

nChulam chose one of them and then headed in carefully.

nThe passageway was long which was befitting of the giant tower.

nAs he followed the tunnel in, a giant circular plaza came out.

n‘…This is?’

nChulman checked his surroundings instinctively.

nHundreds of entrances had surrounded the plaza and a few of them already had closed doors.

nAnd above the entrance there were various numbers.

nSome said 1 and others said 50.

nSome big ones even said 80.

nSimilarities between them was that to the inside of the entrance was not a passageway but rather a small room.

n‘What is this…’

nBut that wasn’t the only peculiar part.

nPeople who had grouped up in the corner.

n‘9 people.’

nIt was only 9 but he couldn’t let his guards drop.

nWhilst Chulman was on guard the guy in the very front spoke out as he looked at him.

n“Don’t be so anxious. We’re meeting each other for the first time here too.”

n“…?”

nThe others couldn’t drop their guards but had their curiosity perked at these words.

nWhat was the reason for 9 strangers to group up.

nAnd the fact that 9 people were mixed into the group was also strange.

n“Why are you gathered so?”

nThe man who was standing in the front, Suhan, replied at Chulman’s words.

n“I’m called Suhan, well… since you’re alone I can guess to some extent. There’s really nobody you can trust huh?”

nChulman frowned at these words.

nCorrect.

nHe had felt this while going up the other islands.

nThat there was really nobody he could trust.

nNo, this damnable fairy had made it so.

nHe didn’t resent it.

nThey only had one life, who in the world would give up their life for somebody else.

nSince he was like that too.

nSuhan smiled as he looked at Chulman.

n“But what do we do. It seems we have to group up again no matter what. You’re the tenth person. It said we needed one more person.”

n“?”

nWhile Chulman was making a confused expression, the fairy appeared in the sky.

n“I welcome you to the tower. Heehee. This is a land of opportunity. Of course everywhere in the tutorial is like that but this place is even more so.”

nAnd at that moment a small map had appeared within Chulman’s hands.

n‘This is…’

nInformation about the hundreds of doors nearby was written on it.

n<2 Man Room: Arunan’s Crown, Kokulka’s Elixir> (Closed)

n…

n<9 Man Room: Seven Stripe Cape, Karun’s Doll…>(Closed)

n<10 Man Room: Roropin’s Sharp Hook, Circlet of Kiladerape…>

n…

n<47 Man Room: Kelpin’s Sub Equipment, Sword of Akin…>

n…

n<80 Man Room: Divine Wrath, Sword of Lightning…>(Closed)

n<80 Man Room: King’s Sword…>(Closed)

nBy pressing it he could even read descriptions about the options on these.

n‘… King’s Sword? Diving Wrath? They even give this? Isn’t this a bit too much.’

nWhile Chuman made a flustered expression the fairy smiled as it spoke.

n“This is a friendly care for you guys. You’ve seen instances of people moving in large groups in the islands below right?”

nChulman nodded his head.

n‘Damn… that’s really out of the norm. How do you want us to go against such things.’

nClan Lord.

nTheir psychic power was fascinating itself but it was also very superior.

n50 to 100 people moved about in groups, how did they expect them to win against that.

nHe had gone through two islands on the way here and one of them had a Lord on the island.

nIt was an island that could hold 100 people but the whole time while he was there the island was basically controlled by the Lord who lead 50 people.

n“I was watching from above but phew. How would the people traveling alone live from such sorrows? So we prepared this for you. This way you won’t be in a disadvantage because you lack numbers right?”

nHe realized it then.

nWhat the 2 Man Room and 3 Man Rooms meant.

nA game which could be played with 2 people, a game which could be played with 3 people.

n‘Clearly… if you were to do this then the chances of going against clans go down substantially.’

nIt seemed like large rooms such as 80 Man Rooms were rooms that clans had targeted and entered.

nSince it was that dangerous but had enormous rewards to go with it.

nThe 2 Man Rooms or 3 Man Rooms seemed like they were all closed due to people coming ahead but rooms such as 10 man rooms were still left.

n‘This is what they meant when they said when they were waiting for me.’

nThey wanted to go into the 10 Man Room but they couldn’t because 1 was lacking.

nBut Chulman looked at the fairy with an extremely suspicious expression.

n‘These flies are friendly huh?’

nHow could they be.

nBut at that moment he heard Suhan’s voice calling at him.

n“There’s no point of pondering over it. Since the lowest one right now is the 10 man Room.”

n“…”

nAs if the people ahead of them had similar thoughts, all the 2 Man to 9 Man Rooms were long closed.

n‘Well… Since they could enter by gathering for a small time it would’ve been filled up quickly.’

nHe was alone.

nThe 10 Man Room was the least burdensome.

nIf he missed this chance and were to enter a 11 Man Room with a group of 3-4 people then it would be extremely hard on him.

n‘There’s no way that it wouldn’t have set something up.’

nChulman nodded his head as he went into the room which had <10> written on the entrance along with the nine people.

nAs 10 people got into the room the doors made a grinding noise as they closed.

nKuguguguuung.

nAnd soon the small room with 10 people moved about aggressively as it started to dig deep into the tower.

n………………………………………

nKyaaaaak!

nKudududk.

nChulman cut off the neck of the Beast which was charging at him.

nThe beast which had the shape of a red ant spat out a rune after having its head cut off by Chulman’s black medium sized Greatsword.

n‘Let’s see. Did he say we should get the things from whatever we killed ourselves?’

nHe didn’t drop his guard against the nine of them even whilst he was hunting.

nAt the same time he was inspecting them the whole time.

n‘First… it seems like these guys know how to play as a team.’

nMaybe it was because they were cautious of each other or they had decided that it wasn’t the time for them to fight each other but a clear rule was set between the 10 of them.

nThe two basic rules which said that they had to fight in the front and distribution of runes and artifacts were according to their contributions.

n‘As I expected… there’s a difference in levels.’

nThe three which were composed of two men including Suhan and a female were really strong.

nSince it looked like the 7 others could not beat these three.

n‘That guy called Youngjae is strong too…’

nThe four including himself were at a decent level.

nThere were three of them who were weaker than him.

n‘Thankfully there isn’t anyone who wants to take over because they’re strong… and the girls are fighting well too.’

nBeing a female did not mean they were weak.

nNo, the fact that their poisonous aura could be felt at every swing of their sword showed how hard it was to get to this point.

nBut then a thought came up in Chulman’s head.

n‘… This is too simple.’

nOf course he didn’t mean the difficulty itself was hard.

nSince if it was that easy then it wouldn’t have taken them a while day to get here.

nJust like the name of the 10 Man Room, the difficulty was set so 10 people needed to work well with each other in order to clear it.

nIt would’ve been hard on them if they had 8 or 9.

nThe difficulty played a huge role to the fact that they were all keeping by the rules while advancing forward.

nIf it was too hard or too easy then the relationship between the people would be much worse than it is now.

nSince a person would have separate thoughts when they were in dire situations or had leisure.

nBut because of this they felt much more at ease.

n‘The fairy didn’t set anything up?’

nWhile Chulman was surprised Suhan swung his sword while shouting energetically.

n“It seems like all ten of us could survive this way? Let’s stay strong!”

nChulman nodded at these words.

n‘Yeah. Let’s first focus on advancing forward.’

nWho would enjoy killing and stealing things from them.

nIf they could combine their forces then doing so was the best.

nThey would all become zealous since their lives were on stake.

nAnd have their own circumstances.

nJust like him.

n‘Damn… I’m not sure if I can find Suhee.’

nChulman grinded his teeth.

nHe had to survive and find his daughter who he had separated from during the ticket stealing wars.

nHis daugher Suhee and him, the two of them weren’t strong enough to gather three ticket so they had to get a third random member and go up with three tickets.

nSince they would’ve lost their tickets and died there if they had remained a bit longer.

nIt had been a month since he had been separated with Suhee.

nInsecurities rose up from deep within but he couldn’t do anything.

nHe could only search fervently.

nSwinging the sword about crazily, the location of their goals could be seen.

nA clearly different place in comparison to the jungle-like environment around them.

nChulman sighed a breath of relief.

n“It seems like we’re almost there, Old man.”

nChulman looked to the side towards where the voice came from.

nA girl who was swinging the sword diligently besides him.

nOne of the three weakest people.

n‘Did she say she was Minhee. Hoo…Suhee is just about that age too.’

nChulman sighed.

nBecause thoughts of Suhee sprang up again by looking at her.

n“Yeah. But it’s good because evil people don’t exist here.”

nMinhee shook her head as she spoke.

n“You don’t know by looking at them from the outside.”

n“…”

nChulman grinded his teeth.

nIt was just as she said.

nThere might be somebody who was looking for a decisive moment.

n‘And… will it finish like this?’

nThere might not be any evil people.

nBut when a situation changes, the people turning evil wasn’t even a big deal.

nChulman, who had been lost in thought, flinched as he looked at the location where they had arrived at.

n‘… There isn’t just one door.’

nThe doors which were laid in front of them weren’t just one.

nExactly 10 doors for 10 people.

n‘This doesn’t feel good.’

nChulman and the others frowned.

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