I’m the only magic tower owner Chapter 9

I’m the only magic tower owner episode 009

“what?”

“As you know, I am a member of the Unix group.”

Okay, I wondered why that story didn’t come out.

Unix is ​​a leading conglomerate in Korea. As a global company, its recognition is strong not only in Korea but also internationally.

As a master of the octopus foot business, he has recently expanded into the hunter market and currently owns the second largest hunter guild in Korea.

And Jeong Seo-jin is the third son of the Unix Group Chairman.

“What do you think will happen if Unix finds out about the existence of the potion? They will do anything to gain new capabilities.”

“know.”

“I’m curious about your true intentions in approaching me despite knowing that fact.”

“Even though I am a member of Unix…”

I sipped my coffee and continued.

“Actually, you’re the one who hates Unix’s ways the most, aren’t you?”

“…….”

“I also did some research. It looks like the battle for successor is quite intense.”

Currently, the likely successor to the Unix Group is the eldest son, with the second son and eldest daughter competing closely against each other.

And Jeong Seo-jin, who was born late, had the highest level of talent among his brothers, but was unable to show off his spirit due to the intensive control of his brothers who had already established themselves.

At one time, Jeong Seo-jin utilized his specialty to acquire a small IT company and grow it into a large company.

However, it was eventually absorbed into a subsidiary of the group run by the eldest daughter, and in return, Jeong Seo-jin inherited a small bread factory.

Even before I could overcome the shock of being downgraded from the CEO of a successful startup to the owner of a bread factory, that factory soon went bankrupt due to various obstacles and regulations.

So to speak, he could be said to be a modern-day prince of the Joseon Dynasty.

Like other princes, when one of the brothers is crowned crown prince, he leads a debauched life and barely survives by acting as a drunkard or converting to religion.

Jeong Seo-jin would have had to pretend as little as possible to be uninterested in power, hiding his ambitions and claws, and living as if he were dead.

But I’m sure I’m boiling inside.

“I’ll be honest.”

I clasped my hands and continued.

“The reason you had to be robbed of your ability to grow your business was because you used Unix’s capital and borrowed Unix’s name.”

Unix is ​​not your wings but your shackles.

“Even if you said you could take this entire magic tower and dedicate it to Unix, nothing would change.”

In the end, as long as you are in Unix, no matter what efforts you make, you are only enriching your brothers.

“…….”

Jeong Seo-jin, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke like a sigh.

“I won’t deny it.”

“So, this time, you should exclude Unix’s help and try to do it with your own abilities.”

I made eye contact with Jeong Seo-jin.

“The Magic Tower has the potential to compete with Unix. Right now, only the first floor is open, but it is enough to cause a big stir in the world with just potions. As the remaining floors are opened, magical technologies of different levels will continue to be available. “If you don’t have Unix, you can just surpass Unix, right?”

“…But they still have overwhelming capital, and they also own the second-largest hunter guild in Korea. They have both wealth and military power in Korea.”

“Hunter Guild? Hmm, I guess I’ll be able to push them out on my own later.”

Jeong Seo-jin chuckled.

“You’re bragging too much.”

“After seeing the magic and this potion earlier, do you still think I’m bluffing?”

When I shook the potion bottle and said that, Jeong Seo-jin closed his mouth and fell into thought.

So after a while.

“Then what do you want to entrust to me?”

“First of all, take full charge of the distribution and sales of potions at the Magic Tower. I entrust you with full authority.”

“That’s not difficult, but how about preparing the potion?”

“I’m planning to hire someone separately for Josee. I’ll have everything ready by the time you finish the job. There are already people I’ve set my sights on at the academy.”

Seojin Jeong smoothed her hair and nodded slowly.

“So you’re doing it?”

“I’ll do it.”

Jeong Seo-jin answered like that and took out the Juseomjuseom contract from his bag.

“We need to make sure we do this.”

“……I feel like I’ve suddenly become more motivated?”

“I won’t deny it.”

Jeong Seo-jin quickly filled out the contents of the contract and handed it to me. When I checked the contents, my expression naturally frowned.

“……Hey, isn’t the starting salary of 1 billion won too much?”

“I cut a lot of money. Do you know how much my consulting costs? It’s a full-time job, so this is natural.”

Jeong Seo-jin smiled and continued.

“And since it’s a startup, I took into account the fact that I don’t get paid. The contract renewal will be multiplied.”

“Crazy guy.”

However, he is a guy whose skills are certain. Just recruit him and he will easily earn you hundreds of times his annual salary.

I obediently signed and stamped my name.

“Then please take care of me.”

“Please take care of me, Yushin. No, Top Lord.”

“Are you going to call me that too?”

“Then, would you like me to call you the boss?”

“…That’s a bit too much. You can use your own name.”

We stood up holding hands.

“Then what are you going to do first?”

“I wonder how many potion ingredients there are in the warehouse.”

“Hardly any. I think the ingredients will have to be sourced locally.”

“Then, I think we should first outsource it to a distribution company and start collecting monster by-products.”

Everything went smoothly from the start. I also believe in it.

“I’ll leave it to you. Ah, as for using Unix capital…”

“I don’t use it.”

Jeong Seo-jin said with a venomous expression on his face.

“I will raise the Magic Tower solely with my own efforts.”

“Okay, that’s all you need to know.”

“So, if you give me full authority, what do you plan to do, tower owner?”

I smiled crookedly and pointed upstairs.

“Office expansion.”

* * *

The 4th Cube re-challenge has begun.

Woo, ooh, ooh.

Mana Arrows fly by without getting tired of it. But now it has reached a level where you can avoid it just by nodding your head.

One thing that is disappointing is whether there is a limit to the increase in ability levels, or because I am used to it and it is no longer a fierce battle that determines life or death, but my ability points did not increase as crazy as they did at first.

‘It’s almost time to graduate from here too.’

Whatever it was, I thought I had to do my best to get out of Cube this time.

Through trial and error, enough know-how has been accumulated.

While dodging the arrows, I floated the gauntlet magic circle whenever I had time, and wore it whenever I wanted to block or block the Mana Arrow.

As my quickness improved and my reflexes improved, I was able to react to projectiles I caught without difficulty.

I easily got through the beginning with this method.

Ugh, huh. Ugh, huh. Ugh, huh.

It’s now halfway through.

I checked the positions of the tiles and calculated the time the projectile would fly.

A staggered attack with two Mana Arrows in one set.

Although it is a time difference, the interval between attacks is very short. Even if you block the first round, you can be defeated by the fast tempo of the second and third rounds.

Any solution to this? It was simpler than I thought.

The idea is to first erect a shield to block the secondary attack.

The first arrow that comes your way is directly hit with the gauntlet, and the second arrow is safely guarded by a pre-made shield.

And as soon as you hear the sound of the arrow hitting the shield, you throw yourself without hesitation and get out of the range of the third arrow.

I only changed the order of blocking, but with this method I have been able to avoid getting hit by a single arrow.

Kiiing!

Now, the problem starts now. A bright red light symbolizing the second half flashed.

Red electricity has a long casting time, but it does not penetrate shields and attacks at a speed faster than humans can avoid. So far, both the second and third attempts have been blocked here.

But now I have a sense of what to do.

The rule of this trial is that only the three basic magics can be used.

And I only used the shield and gauntlets in the cube, and I have never used the attack magic Mana Arrow yet.

So where should Mana Arrow be used? When I thought about that, I came up with an answer.

‘there!’

I fired Mana Arrow towards the tile where the red light was fluttering. It passed through the blue membrane and accurately hit the target.

bang!

When the strike was successful, the flickering red light went out.

‘… … also!’

It wasn’t just about being consistent on defense. Interrupting the opponent’s attack with my attack was also a testing element in this ordeal.

Kiiing! Kiiing! Kiiing! Kiiing!

As if celebrating my strategy, red lights appeared in four directions simultaneously. Additionally, green Mana Arrows were also mixed in here and there.

‘Anyway, this guy’s difficulty level goes up too steeply!’

Still, the more difficulties I encountered, the more burned I became. Because I know that this challenge will lead to further growth.

20 seconds until red lightning is fired.

Don’t be scared by lightning, but stay calm and block the arrows that come first.

Next, deploy Mana Arrow and send it flying in the order in which the red light appears on the tile.

Empty! Wow! Empty! Empty!

All four red tiles were silent.

[The proficiency of the Mana Arrow magic circle has reached 70%.]

[Magic power has increased by 1.]

[Intelligence has increased by 1.]

‘good!’

I clenched my fists in joy.

After adapting to the subsequent combination of Mana Arrow and Red Lightning without difficulty, the Cube faced yet another new ordeal.

Slurp slurp.

This time, a wall of mud came up from the floor.

I thought he was so kind as to provide cover, but the Mana Arrow fired from the tile passed through the mud wall like a ghost and grazed my shoulder.

‘Ugh, write it down. Yeah, it can’t be cover!’

The walls rising from the floor made the already cramped cube even more cramped, impeding movement.

When I fired Mana Arrow at the wall, the wall split apart and a crack appeared.

aha.

I felt it right away. Instead of using Mana Arrow, he fired the gauntlet on his right hand, and the mud wall shattered and collapsed in one blow.

This was destroyed with physical attack power. It’s easy, it’s easy.

After easily conquering the mud wall, from now on it was a combination of three attacks.

I blocked incoming arrows with my shield, shot Mana Arrow to block lightning attacks, and broke the wall with my gauntlet.

As I repeated this pattern indefinitely, I reached a state of almost trance and cast the spell.

Now I could find myself deploying a shield magic circle just by seeing green.

[1 minute left.]

Now all I have to do is hold on a little longer.

However, it was a time when I was trying to harbor overwhelming hope.

Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!

An overwhelming amount of light flashed from all directions.

There was a lot of red as well as green.

A wall of mud began to creep up from the ground again.

This is not a comprehensive gift set.

Light shimmered from almost every tile. There were so many that it was impossible to capture them all with the naked eye. It’s so difficult that it seems like you should just give up.

If you continue like you did until now, you will be punished.

Cube was demanding a new level for me.

I closed my eyes.

Be immersed.

more.

more!

Before the arrow flew, I had given up on reading the external environment and was focusing on the flow of mana inside my body.

My head went blank and my senses reached their peak.

Only then did I open my half-closed eyes.

I saw countless green lights.

A person only has two arms, so they cannot stop them all.

But suddenly, this question occurred to me.

Is it really necessary to use your arms to draw magic circles one by one?

‘… … .’

I slowly lowered my arms. And I gritted my teeth as I saw the mana arrows rushing in.

‘I think this whole atmosphere is the base.’

I took control of the mana in the air. I imprinted the image of the air as one giant drawing paper in my head, and created several magic circles at once by using multiple casts.

Sreung. Sreung. Sreung. Sreung.

Soon the imagination became reality, and the magic circle began to form.

However, as a reaction to reproducing imagination into reality, an absurd amount of mathematical formulas flooded into my head.

“Keuuuuuuuuuuuuu…!”

I feel like my brain is going to explode from overload.

But if you don’t complete this, you die. I pushed my brain into a terrible sense of crisis and worked hard to calculate the formula, but there were too many.

I felt sick.

My vision was blurry.

The mind becomes at ease.

What have I done now?

At a time when I felt like I was drowning in a sea of ​​formulas, the formula for the first magic circle I had just completed came into my eyes.

Okay, don’t overcomplicate it, simply.

Only the essence must be taken.

The flow of mana always has a certain regularity. Even if the calculations seem to be messed up due to multiple castings, in the end, it does not deviate from the larger framework.

When I recognized that and looked at the formula in my head again, I found a single formula that connected it all among the messy, tangled calculation formulas.

‘This is it!’

I started organizing all the formulas around that line.

It feels like all the messy six-digit numbers in the denominator and numerator are being reduced and simplified.

Finally, the essence begins to appear.

‘Now let’s unfold… … !’

The position of the shield was left to intuition. I prepared to deploy the shield on my head, chest, legs, and abdomen at the same time.

Mana started running like crazy to complete the formula, and I guided the flow naturally.

Soon, dazzling blue magic circles spread out as if surrounding my body, followed by arrows from the cubes.

As I listened to the sound of rain hitting the arrows bouncing off the shield, I was overcome by a terrifying sense of pleasure.

Not a single arrow could reach my body.

[I reached a new level in a state of oneness with everything and everything, completely immersed in mana.]

[You have gained the remote casting characteristic.]

[Multi-cast attribute has reached Lv.3.]

[Magic power has increased by 10.]

[Concentration has increased by 5.]

Wow, I’m going crazy.

I feel so good that I feel like my mind is going blank.

However, it is not yet a safe stage. Because the red color still remained.

I immediately deployed Mana Arrow and fired.

two.

Four.

And six!

All red lightning has been dealt with. His head felt like it was going to explode from overload, but he didn’t stop.

Next, he destroyed the rising wall with his gauntlet and blocked the last arrows with remote casting.

Then finally.

[You have completely mastered the main skills intended by Cube.]

[The cube has been cleared.]

[Magic power has increased by 5.]

fantasy,