I’m the only magic tower owner Chapter 6

I’m the only magic tower owner episode 006

“Is this what you said?”

I asked, shaking the diary.

“Yes, top owner.”

Ea answered like that and disappeared, perhaps to avoid disturbing my reading. Left alone, I sat down at the desk and opened the dark, stained notebook.

『Imperial Calendar 191. 10. 09. My name is Anton Aximus. He is the person who will become the next Magic Tower Lord. This article records my heroic story of becoming a magic tower owner, and I hope it will serve as an excellent guide for my juniors who will become magic tower owners in the future.』

As expected, it was written in a strange language, but it was no problem for me, who has the eyes of a wise man, to read it. I turned the next page.

『Imperial Calendar 191. 10. 10.

The troublesome magic tower test has begun.

Master, as per tradition, placed a large-scale seal on the magic tower and then left.

Now I have to unlock all layers with my own strength.

Why are old people so obsessed with useless things like this? They say that all of this is part of the process of becoming a true magic tower owner, but that’s just bullshit. Why on earth are you asking me to do this!』

… … Is this really a generational conflict?

Whether it’s there or here, people’s lives seem to be similar wherever they live.

Rather, the situation of this man named Anton was similar to the situation I am facing now. A magic tower that has stopped functioning except for the first floor and the 9th floor of the magic tower.

I moved on to the next chapter with many questions in mind.

『My friends are excited to come back after a long vacation and hang out for a few months. Just wait and see, you guys! Do you think there will still be a place for you even after I take over the Magic Tower? It’s time for the great purge! Kyahahaha.』

First of all, I know for sure that my senior is not a normal person.

The content that followed consisted mostly of gossip about colleagues. Who was annoyed and who was annoyed?

I skipped most of the parts that were presumed to be profanity and moved on to the next chapter.

『… … So I went up to the second floor and took the first test. There is a restriction that you must clear it with only the three basic magics, which is truly ridiculous. If it were old school kids who only relied on high-level magic, they might have had a hard time, but as the youngest candidate to become a magic tower owner in history, I passed right away without even trying again.』

‘test?’

An interesting story came out. It looks like you have to pass that ordeal or something to unlock the next floor.

I continued to look at the other chapters, but there were no details about the ordeal.

In the introduction, he wrote that he expected to be a great guide for his juniors who would become magic tower lords, but instead of being a guide, most of it was about contemplating how excellent he was and how great a wizard he was, or in other words, bragging about himself.

‘Isn’t it so easy for a guy with curly hair to draw a picture without any explanation? ‘I just feel strangely frustrated.’

Since I didn’t think it would be of much use, I closed the half-read diary and compiled the information I had so far.

This magic tower is a cradle of magic from a place called ‘Erendel Continent’. You could say it’s the Silicon Valley of magical engineering.

And there was one tradition in the magic tower. Once the next magic tower lord is selected, the current magic tower lord places a large-scale seal on the magic tower and puts a trial into each layer of seal.

The next magic lord must overcome all these trials alone, and only after lifting all the seals on the nine floors will he be recognized by the people of the entire continent as a true magic tower lord.

Well, okay. It’s all sorted out now.

“Then, ah. Are you saying that I also have to overcome my trials according to the traditions of those magic tower owners?”

When I asked the question into the air, Ea appeared with a halo of light and answered, waving her hair.

“I think the current situation is a little different in nature. This large-scale sealing was not a simple ritual. It was an ’emergency seal’ that is automatically activated to protect the magic tower’s technology and knowledge in times of emergency.”

“Are you saying that the Magic Tower had no choice but to choose complete sealing in order to survive?”

“Affirmative. I guess you could say that.”

It was still a question of why a structure from another world was transferred to Earth and why I was chosen as the lord of the magic tower, but what had to be done was clear.

Become stronger, take on the trials, and open all floors of the Magic Tower.

Just preparing potions on the first floor is enough to shake up the paradigm of existing hunters. Other layers will also be full of technologies that can bring change to the world.

‘Good good.’

The motivation is clear.

Finally, my chance has come.

I could stay in this magic tower and spend my time alone, but that wouldn’t be fun.

I will make the world revolve around me. I will have to give a big blow to the hunter world that gave me judgments beyond my full potential and stand tall at the top.

And ‘ordeal’.

There was definitely talk of trying again.

Perhaps it means that the challenge can be attempted multiple times.

It was said that only the three basic magics could be used in the trials on the second floor. That meant the ‘Gauntlet’, ‘Shield’, and ‘Manaero’ that I had learned.

‘I’ve almost mastered those three magics, and even if I learn stronger magic, I won’t be able to use it in there… … ‘

Remove the ox horn as soon as possible.

I decided to take on the challenge of ‘opening the second floor’ right away.

* * *

The first floor of the Magic Tower was very large and massive.

The structure of the magic tower that I saw from the outside was that as you go from the bottom to the top, the circumference of the tower gradually decreases and becomes more pointed.

The first floor was the largest space in the tower, and there were many stairs and rooms, so I got lost.

And in the magic tower window, this potion preparation country was only indicated as ‘1st floor’, but to be exact, the entire 3rd floor area was included in the potion preparation country. I think it should be understood as a concept of division rather than a concept of floor.

So I arrived at the top of the first floor, at the stairs leading up to the second floor.

Woooooooo!

Instead of a door leading to the second floor, at the top of the stairs was a pitch black portal reminiscent of a black hole.

[The magic of trial is encroaching on the space.]

[To go up to the next floor, you must pass the ordeal.]

[Would you like to take on the ordeal?]

That’s what I came here for. I answered obediently.

“I challenge you.”

Shoooooooo!

As soon as I answered, my body was sucked into a black space.

* * *

“…….”

The dizziness stopped and I opened my eyes.

It was an unfamiliar space.

At first glance, the walls and ceiling looked like the inside of a tower, but the floor was dirt and had grass. Tall trees were also seen here and there. The ground was uneven and formed large hills.

If I had to describe it, it would be like a Teletubbies garden with a gloomy atmosphere.

[You have arrived at the second floor ordeal.]

[Checking data from trial participants.]

[The mana of the trial participants is adjusted to suit the trial.]

[The rules of this trial apply. All magic seals currently held other than the three basic magics.]

[Go to the destination cube.]

It was just as I saw in Anton’s notebook.

Before leaving, I used the gauntlet, shield, and mana arrow magic circle once as a check.

The magic circle was well done. But one surprising thing was that using magic did not put any strain on the body.

I felt like mana was leaving my body, but it felt like it was being replenished as quickly as it was gone.

In my current state, it would be okay to use magic infinitely.

‘Is this what you mean by calibrating the mana of trial participants to fit the main trial?’

Anyway, it’s good. I made up my mind and walked along the path that had no grass.

At first, nothing came out.

‘I told you to move to the destination cube, right? ‘Where do you want to be?’

-Kikikikikick!

-Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!

A creepy laugh was heard.

I quickly looked back, but couldn’t see anything. Her laughter also stopped.

I looked forward again and had barely walked a few steps when I heard another strange laugh.

This time, I waited and immediately turned my head to catch the source of the laughter.

Strange creatures were peeking out from behind the trees and giggling.

A small body, about that of a 7-year-old child, with a featureless, pitch-black body. Only the two eyes were red and stood out.

I’ve memorized all the basic monster information at the academy, but this is the first time I’ve seen something like that.

-Kick! Kikiki!

Three little devils approached me. Seeing the fingernails growing elongated in an area that was presumed to be the hand did not indicate a favorable attitude at all.

‘calm down.’

Even if it’s a monster you don’t know, there’s no problem. Closing her eyes and focusing, she stretched out her right arm.

An arrow made of mana was immediately shot out from the magic circle spread out in front of the palm.

puck!

A Mana Arrow was hit right on one guy’s head. The little devil, who was struggling in pain, soon collapsed to his seat.

It’s easier than you think?

-Kick!

-Kikigigigigi!

Just as you thought it would be easy, red eyes appeared in all directions, including behind trees and on hills.

The number was over fifty, hundreds, and now almost thousands.

“Of course it is!”

It is an ordeal for candidates for the title of Magic Tower, and it cannot be easy.

Although it is an urgent situation, I thought about this situation for a while. Unlike the dungeons, the trials of the Magic Tower were created by people.

There must be the intention of the test taker.

If you look at that point, most likely, they weren’t made to be caught.

How can you defeat thousands of monsters with just gauntlets and mana arrows without any range magic?

The right thing to do here is to run away.

After making that decision, I immediately ran forward.

-Kikikikikick!

Small devils rushed behind me like a tsunami. It was not like a swarm of monsters, but like pitch black waves.

The sight of the entire garden turning black in an instant was terrifying.

“damn!”

In the meantime, several small devils followed right behind me. While running without stopping, he stretched out his arms backwards and fired Manaero.

It was effective as a few people fell out, but if I used the magic twice, my concentration wavered enough to fail once.

I’m still not used to using magic while moving my body. I was out of breath there.

‘driving me crazy! Where on earth is this place called Cube?’

I desperately looked around.

Now, the ceiling and walls were being stained pitch black by the little devils that crawled around in defiance of gravity.

The whole world is turning black.

Is this what the protagonist of a movie about a natural disaster facing the end feels like? It was quite a hardship to have to watch without doing anything as my chances of survival decreased in real time.

I thought desperately.

‘Their movements are set in a certain direction. Assuming that the entire area turns pitch black at this rate, the last area to turn black is… … .’

found! There was a moving magic circle a little ways away from the trail.

I stopped casting and sprinted away. My body was injured due to the monsters’ attacks that followed, but I didn’t try to pay attention to it.

Thump!

Now several little devils were clinging to my body. My legs and thighs were being hacked to pieces by them, but I couldn’t stop.

Having covered a few hundred meters in an instant, I stretched out my foot as hard as I could and brought it to the edge of the magic circle, like an athlete about to finish. Then, I lost my balance and fell to the floor, and pitch black waves of small devils engulfed my body.

[Clear stage 1. Go to the cube.]

Shush!

My body was teleported and arrived at the next location.

Fortunately, when we moved to another space, the small devils also disappeared.

“……Huh, huh!”

I didn’t even have time to look around. I fell to the floor and took a deep breath.

This is no joke from the start.

I wiped the sweat from my forehead and raised my upper body.

Before I knew it, I was trapped inside a cubic space made of blue membrane.

I got closer and pounded on the curtain with my fist, but I couldn’t get out.

And about a few hundred meters away from this space, there was a large wall surrounding it on all sides. To be exact, it wasn’t a wall, but rather tiles that were stuck together like a honeycomb.

[Survive in the cube for 20 minutes.]

[To give up the trial, step on the exit magic circle.]

At one end was a magic circle with a blue glow. I had the exit location clearly in my mind.

[The ordeal begins.]

fantasy,