#222
[Bleep-]
What brought everyone’s attention again was when a loud noise cut through the air. Tinnitus came from a lightning rod. As soon as the tinnitus spread, the tar-covered monsters turned their backs and began to gather in a frightening manner towards the lightning rod. To be exact, it was where the huge heart was.
The monsters that had trampled on each other stopped all their actions and stiffened as they surrounded the heart. At first glance, it looked like a solid ball.
That was the end of the first war.
From then on, Lee Jae-young’s long journey was depicted. From the story of two Zenka who recognized each other, share their emotions and memories, and guide Jaeyoung Lee to their hideout, to the story of the inside story of going to war with monsters possessed by lightning rods once a day.
The driving force behind the lightning rod was a huge heart. Sehyeon guessed that it was the heart of ‘Beusbrihel’. Jenka’s child, who Jaeyoung Lee was unable to protect, was in that heart. As another energy source for the heart.
Zenka fought a battle every day to save her child, until the lightning rod began to ring. The moment the lightning rod rang out, the monsters surrounded the heart like a ball, and in this case, their bodies became tens of thousands of times harder. It could not be killed or removed.
The only weapon that could pierce the heart of ‘Beusbrihel’ was stuck at the top of the lightning rod.
[I will definitely save the child.]
That’s what Jaeyoung Lee said to Zenka, who had her child taken away. After that day, Jaeyoung Lee never spoke human language again. And from then on, Lee Jae-young suffered numerous defeats in war.
Sometimes I cried, sometimes I collapsed from exhaustion, and sometimes I felt like I was going to die. Among them, what Jaeyoung Lee did most was to blame himself.
Scenes sometimes skipped a lot of time. All I could see were fragments. When I came to my senses, there was a huge monster growing like snow before everyone’s eyes.
At first, we didn’t recognize what it was, but everyone realized it at once when Jaeyoung Lee followed along with an explanation.
“After seeing the monsters I saw in my brother’s Realm Empire, I thought I could do it too. So I tried it. But well… “It didn’t work.”
What Jaeyoung Lee attempted in the mirror was the fusion of monsters. After receiving the command-sensing ability from Zenka of that world, Jaeyoung Lee attempted to command the monsters and fuse them into a single object.
The act continued several times. Until hundreds of millions of crowded monsters come together and become something huge.
In the process, there were many monsters that were crushed to death or exploded under the weight. Lee Jae-young’s two hero-level vassals also died because of this.
Jaeyoung Lee did not stop his actions even at the cost of sacrifice. He also gave a glimpse of the hardships that cannot be put into words. Nevertheless, Jaeyoung Lee silently endured and endured it all.
And in the end, Jaeyoung Lee completed the fusion of monsters.
“I heard your voice.”
It was a voice that had a lingering sigh. I don’t know if it refers to the day when Kyaak was drawn to the tower and visited the tower, but for some reason, it felt like that day. Thinking of Lee Jae-young, I put my hand on the door and recited “The Will of Solidarity” on that hopeless day.
In the mirror, Jaeyoung Lee was in the middle of the battlefield, looking up into space and looking around as if looking for something. And when he perked up his ears, as if he had heard some sound, he let out a mighty roar, as if pouring out his longing.
While he was vomiting blood and staggering around, he lifted his neck and roared several times. The fused monster took on a shape so large that it reached the sky.
Every time the monster took a step closer to the lightning rod, the world rang as if it were collapsing. However, just three steps later, when Jaeyoung Lee rolled his eyes and fell, the fused monsters poured down like sand in the water.
It must have been difficult. Jaeyoung Lee also had a difficult time maintaining his skills. Another few days like that. After much hardship, Lee Jae-young acquired command and leadership skills that allowed him to fuse monsters.
[Keeeeeeek-!]
Every time Jaeyoung Lee’s roar sounded, the huge monster trampled the ugly monsters and advanced towards the lightning rod. Despite the lightning striking, the ground cracking, and the monsters rushing at him like waves, he eventually grabbed the goddess’s weapon that was stuck in the lightning rod and pulled it out strongly.
It was a breathtaking sight. Before I knew it, all the road players were watching with bated breath. The time when even the fingertips trembled ended when Lee Jae-young’s giant monster picked up a weapon and stabbed the heart that was fluttering at the center of the lightning rod with tremendous force.
Until the heart stopped repeating contraction and expansion, everything in the world seemed to have stopped. However, when the blood spurted out and the heart exploded, as if something had exploded, everyone was able to see what was inside.
The person whose body was pierced by the tip of the weapon was Zenka’s child curled up inside his heart.
A mournful scream echoed through the earth. The horrible scream that scratched my head was the wailing of a mother who lost her child. When Jaeyoung Lee heard the wailing and raised his head, the world was colored white with a scorching light.
I don’t know what happened to the world after that.
That was the last time the world was reflected in the mirror. Before I knew it, the world in the mirror had disappeared as if it had been erased. The mirror reflected nothing.
There was a heavy silence. It was as if her emotions had been taken over by her, and she could not control her sadness. Even Billwill, who had been watching everything she did, closed his eyes due to the sadness.
But soon someone asked in a voice that seemed to break.
“… Let’s get that done quickly… Attack?”
It was something close to impossible. Se-hyeon also realized this after seeing Jae-young Lee’s realized world. Looking at Lee Jae-young’s world, we could understand the purpose of the goddess creating the tower. Perhaps the growth of central empires. And as the goddess wished, all players so far have achieved outstanding growth within the tower.
Even Se-hyeon, who gained <will to solidarity>.
However, that does not mean that all processes within the tower necessarily lead to growth. The biggest growth for the player was ‘skill expression’, but depending on the situation, you may not be able to obtain it, and you may lose your life in the process of obtaining it.
The scenario of Lee Jae-young’s destruction shown by Bill Will was exactly that. Here, the players, including Sehyeon, realized that the ‘quick strategy’ that Bill Will had mentioned was an absurd premise.
“Just be honest. Aren’t you, disguised as guides, displeased with our growth? Either that, or they want us dead. “Otherwise, we won’t be able to help you, but we won’t help you!”
This time, it was Lord Theo of the Protection Empire who fired. This time, everyone was of one mind.
“And there doesn’t seem to be any ‘interference’ from the goddess anywhere in that area. Am I mistaken? To me, it all seems like the results and achievements achieved purely through the child’s power.”
No, the goddess definitely gave a helping hand. And the one who took part in that touch was Sehyun. The day I wrote <Will for Solidarity> to Jaeyoung Lee beyond the door. Sehyeon thought that was a helping hand from the goddess.
[We inform you that we have no selfish interest whatsoever. Also, what we say is just a kind of whisper and wish, so you don’t have to listen to it. From what I can see, it seems impossible for the rest of us to attack ahead of time. And please don’t forget that it was you, not us, who brought this situation upon yourself.]
“No, why are they talking to us when they can do it themselves…” !”
“Please stop. Any further argument seems unnecessary. Just knowing about the current situation is something to consider fortunate. Isn’t it better than not knowing? Besides, by all accounts, it doesn’t seem like what the guides said was wrong.”
The person who interrupted Theo was Agatha, who was silently looking in the mirror. Agatha told Billwill, who was looking down at the players with a grim gaze, the reason she came here.
“Now that we all fully understand the difficulties and intentions of the guides, could you tell us about the empire that will be implemented on the next floor?”
At those words, Theo clicked his tongue and looked away with a frown.
A faint figure began to stir in the mirror again. Everyone held their breath and focused their eyes on the scene in the mirror.
The cool sound of a waterfall could be heard from afar. It was a place where the white foam breaking in the air reminded me of dampness. The sight of the empire stretching narrowly across the slopes of Bisanbiya was as majestic as the waves hitting the reef, and it existed high up like the domain of God.
Sehyeon knew well where it was. There’s no way you don’t know. He’s been there several times already.
[The third embodied empire on the 92nd floor is ‘Cavalry Empire Adin.’]
It was Agatha’s empire, ‘Ardyn, the Cavalry Empire.’
The sound of sloshing water lingered like an echo in my ears. What Agatha said was true. Sehyun, who was looking at the mirror that showed Agatha’s back looking at the magnificent waterfall, closed her eyes as if covering up many thoughts.
It was then that I heard the sound of dry footsteps somewhere. It sounded like stepping on a dry tree branch. No, it was the sound of footsteps hitting the floor, barely able to support a staggering body.
“Cavalry Empire… That’s it… ?”
