Chapter 45

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nTransator: Ekdud

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nChapter 45 – Tower (4)

nEveryone made a confused expression.

n‘What is going on…’

nBut Chulman just sighed.

nWhat was the point of thinking such things.

nThey were going to die soon anyway.

nIt didn’t matter whether he died from Minhee’s hands or Youngjae’s hands.

nAt that instant, something flew over at a very fast speed as it smashed his head.

nPuuk!

n‘Dammit…’

nChulman fell unconscious as he felt his senses fade away.

nYoungjae, who had gotten the 8 others unconscious by throwing the daggers, walked up and chose the 9th room.

nSuuuururk.

nAs he chose the in front of the 9th room, the door opened and the injuries of the people inside the room disappeared.

nHansoo chuckled at the people laid around on the ground with all their injuries healed and then started to loosen up his body.

n‘Though they’re a bit strong… one is easy enough’.

nThe underlings of the Dark Mad Lord are strong.

nSince they had not only monopolized the runes of others, but skills and artifacts as well.

nBut that differed from person to person.

nAnd one person could be taken care of simply by releasing the hidden strength.

nIf it doesn’t work out then he could just take a blade, kill them off and just heal afterwards.

nSince that was his battle style anyway.

n‘Which means… this girl’s artifacts are mine.’

nHansoo chuckled.

nThere was no need to run around from place to place in order to gather artifacts in the Tower.

nSince the underlings of the Dark Mad Lord will make their way to him by themselves.

nSimple.

nThey will set some things up and bring artifacts up with them.

nAnd he just needed to cut off their heads and take those.

nHansoo took the runes and artifacts that came out from her body and then showed a conspicuous color as he saw an item.

n‘Seven Stripe Cape… to wear something like this.’

nHansoo made a slightly astonished expression.

nIf she had activated this and fought then it would really have been annoying.

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nAn amazing cape that increased the defense against seven different kinds of weapons.

n‘It was hard enough fighting without the powerful artifacts but this is great.’

nThis was a huge help in his situation where his stats had decreased and where he could not use the Dekrados set.

nAnd even more so if you take into account of the fact that he would fight against other humans more often.

nThe underlings of Dark Mad Lord will suspect him with it but they won’t be able to confirm.

nSince it isn’t the only one of its kind despite it being hard to obtain.

nHansoo who had prepared some things started to ponder about his future plans.

n‘There’s two stages left.’

nIf he goes through two more things then all the preparations for entering the Final Dungeon will be done.

nThe first one of those.

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nAll the artifacts that are currently equipped on him are colorless ones.

nIncluding the Seven Stripe Cape and the Dekrados Set.

nBut his runes will become red during the Final Dungeon.

nAnd of course he could only fight the enemy if he prepares red gear.

n‘But that’s impossible.’

nIt was quite obvious actually.

nHow would he gain red gear in the colorless stage?

nTo do that he needed to gain a growing artifact like Nurmaha’s ring and then feed it with a lot of runes to make it red.

nIt would impossible to cover his body with such artifacts.

nBut the thing that made it possible was the weaker version of the Philosopher’s Stone.

nIf you turn it into powder and then apply it, the quality of the energy a weapon could absorb increases by one level.

nThough it’s not like a new skill is unlocked like with the growing artifacts, the simple fact of it being able to absorb the red energy and not the colorless energy was still a huge improvement.

n‘Though there’s a time limit… it’s good enough.’

nIf you take into account of the size of that Philosopher’s stone then he could probably turn all his gear into red artifacts while he is inside the Final Dungeon.

n‘I’m going to the room of the Treasure Hunt.’

nThis was a hidden piece which could be obtained in the 50 Man Room of the 2nd floor, at the .

nIf you go to the 2nd floor from the 1st then another circular plaza appears and one would get into a group there again.

nAs Hansoo moved, his whole body made crunching sounds as it changed again.

nSoon Youngjae had disappeared and a completely different Hansoo had appeared.

nHe had knocked the others unconscious because of this.

n‘I can’t get found out yet.’

nMinhee had died in a single strike.

nEven if the messaging system existed, it was impossible to send the message about something happening suddenly.

nBut unexpected events still happen.

nIn order to accomplish the final level properly he couldn’t get found out by the clansmen of the Dark Mad Lord yet.

n‘Let’s see… What should my name be this time?’

nHansoo pondered for a moment and then made a simple decision.

n‘Let’s do Chungjae.’

nHansoo chuckled as he started to walk into the darkness quickly.

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nKududududu

nThe giant room which was filled by 50 people started to move with a small noise.

nThese were all people who had accomplished the room on the 1st floor.

nIt had taken a whole extra day to collect 50 people.

nThese people were mostly not part of any clans.

nIt was actually quite reasonable since most clans had gone up to the 2nd floor right away from the start.

nSince most people here were people who had come up after clearing the mission on the 1st floor.

n‘Those guys have come too.’

nHansoo laughed inwardly as he looked at Suhan and the others who were looking around the room.

nThey were confused because the person who had come up before had disappeared.

n‘Well. They would probably think that I went into a different room.’

nThere were other rooms than this one on the 2nd floor.

nThey would probably think that he had gone into one of those while they were unconscious.

nWhile they were thinking about this and that, the fairy’s voice resonated throughout the room clearly:

n“The thing you guys will do this time is the Treasure Hunt!”

n“…”

n“The rule is very simple. You just need to search through all of the limited space here and find the treasure!”

nEveryone frowned as they looked at the map and the view they could see outside of the room.

n‘… It’s too wide.’

nThough it was of limited space, the size of the Treasure Hunting area was almost half the size of Yeouido. (Yeouido is about 3 km²)

nA bit too big for 50 people to roam around in.

n“You just need to find this.”

nWhile they were having numerous thoughts, a small spherical marble appeared in front of their eyes.

nA pretty normal marble, though it did shine.

nAs everyone made strange expressions the fairy laughed as it spoke:

n“The treasure itself isn’t an artifact but rather an exchange ticket. If you bring this to the center then I’ll exchange it for you. Since there’s a lot of different articles it’ll be fun pondering over it too. I’ll show it to you in advance.”

nArtifacts were shown row by rows in front of their eyes.

nIt seemed like they varied from number 1 to 50.

n1 artifact on number 1.

nAnd 50 of the same artifact on the 50th number.

nIt was an obvious thought but it seemed like that the lesser the number the more precious it was.

nEveryone looked at the 50th one.

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nThe artifact which you could gain 50 of was just a bit better than the weapons they were holding.

nA useful artifcat but not really at the level of being eye-catching.

n“As you see it the 50th one is… well, still useful. Though it’s not as good as the 1st one. Which artifact you would exchange for is up to you.”

nEveryone’s gaze had already been focused on the 1st item even without the words of the Fairy.

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nAn item which boosted Charisma, Charm, Luck by 15 and the 8 base stats by 5% too.

nThe other options were amazing too.

nIf you take into account that runes would be very hard to gain from now on, the price of this item was not even comparable to the other ones.

nEven if it wasn’t the 1st item, items up to number 10 were pretty amazing and items up to 30 were items that were a bit hard to gain by hunting.

n“Only when you bring the Treasure and exchange for the price in the center the door to the next room will open. No one can leave before that.”

nNot being able to leave was something they had already heard.

nThey had come in here after taking that into account.

nThe situation wouldn’t be different in other rooms as well so it was just better to start as soon as possible when 50 people had gathered.

nAnd who knows?

nThey might find the treasure if they’re lucky.

n“Then let’s start! Heehee.”

nWith those final words the room clunked and stopped.

nAnd a giant jungle had appeared in front of them.

n‘Hmm…’

nThe people glanced at each other and then separated into the giant jungle.

nBeing in a team was not always the best option in such a place.

nActually it might be harder to find if you are grouped.

nBut just before everyone was apart to separate, the fairy’s voice resonated throughout the air.

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nAnd then the images of the protectors appeared in air.

nAll 128 of them.

nEveryone saw this and then frowned their faces.

n‘Fuck. It’s not something I can kill alone…’

nThey realized instantly.

nThough they had gotten quite a bit of skills and runes, it was not something they could solve with just that much.

nIt was at the level where they at least needed about 5 people to hunt it down safely.

nThe people who were dispersing flinched.

nSince they did not have any confidence in fighting those things alone.

nBut there was no need for all 50 of them to group up.

nOne person shouted loudly in the center.

n“Is there anybody who would go with me?”

nEveryone started to size each other up as they started to group up in tens or so.

nThe good thing about this treasure hunt was that multiple people could share the result.

nSince they couldn’t do anything alone, it was better to group up and act together.

nThere were actually a few people who weren’t interested in the treasure among the crowd.

nSince it seemed like it was better to hunt for runes in the time where they would fight to earn some crappy thing.

n‘And as I heard the explanation earlier, it seems like normal beasts gave artifacts too.’

nIt seemed like that the beasts were pretty good in giving out runes and artifacts in this place.

nWhich means the artifacts around the level of those in 40 to 50th spot were faster to earn through hunting.

nAt that moment a voice was heard in the air.

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n“…”

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nIt meant that no matter how strong they were they would all get massacred if one crazy guy exchanged the treasure for only one artifact and left this place.

nEveryone’s expressions turned hard.

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nWongyung nodded at the clansman’s words.

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n“Then… we should start too.”

n“Uuuuaaak!”

nWongyung laughed in joy whilst looking at the room which was already in chaos as he moved his steps.

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