Admission is a waste of time (217)
Lesson 43. Too popular – 2
It has long been an event for all students to gather in front of the tower every Friday morning.
The order in which teams enter the tower clearly shows their superiority.
Some people show off, some people aspire.
Perhaps the Academy is deliberately emphasizing hierarchy.
Because the right time and inferiority complex were the perfect stimuli to fuel the students’ competitive spirit and make them develop more quickly.
Of course, Rebellion won the honor of being the first to explore and enter the first section of the second semester.
“It seems like there are more people than in the first semester.”
“It seems like the seniors were waiting for us before entering the tower.”
The one standing at the center of the four is Ban Yu-won, who, as always, has his school uniform jacket unbuttoned.
Likewise, Lucelle, wearing her school uniform, was walking beside him, just like in the first semester.
However, the other two were different from usual.
It was usual for Light to cling to Ban Yu-won as if competing with Ruchel, and Dokgo Yeon to walk behind him and look at Light or Ruchel with pity.
“Ban Yu-won, are you sure you’re okay? I haven’t interacted with that punk since school started.”
These days, for a rare occasion, Dokgoyeon is walking alongside Ban Yuwon.
Of course, the uniform was the same black uniform as the first semester, but unlike the school uniforms that were given to students and had various enchantments and were processed with special materials to boast defensive powers that were no less than those of artifacts, these were items that had absolutely no magical processing applied.
However, since Dokgoyeon’s sword was never seen torn or torn even after fighting throughout the first semester, it must be a rare item from her hometown.
Perhaps there is a unique concept that Ban Yu-won is unaware of… … .
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“… … No, nothing. And you don’t have to worry about Light. He promised to climb the tower under my instructions as a teammate until the special match to decide the winner. Right, Light?”
Ban Yu-won looked back and said.
Let’s talk about Light, who originally took Dokgo Yeon’s place.
“Huh. I don’t want to get involved in this useless shit, but a contract is a contract.”
Now, he was walking as far away from the group as possible, spouting out words that a person in the final stages of second-year middle school syndrome would spout out.
He was wearing the same thick plate armor as in the first semester, which seemed to be reserved for royalty, but the difference was that his face, revealed when he took off his helmet, had become considerably more masculine.
With his short hair and shining blue eyes, Light looked like a blond prince straight out of a fairy tale.
“Isn’t this Arclight? It’s completely different from the first semester.”
“You didn’t know? Well, that might be true since I don’t appear in many Rebellion videos these days.”
“I don’t know what happened during the vacation… … but it was cool.”
The outside gallery, unaware of how frustrated Light is right now, is just talking comfortably about how manly he has become.
The group, including Ban Yu-won, felt their stomachs turn as they heard the sounds around them.
This guy shouldn’t be manly! He’s not a man!
“joy.”
Light puffed out his chest and blushed as if it was natural for him to be the center of attention, while the rest of the group looked away as if they had made a promise.
After a period of time that was almost like torture, the group finally arrived in front of the Tower of Babel.
The tower was unchanged, but the Rebellion members were completely different from when they first entered the tower in the first semester… … .
“Are you ready?”
Yumina, who greeted them in front of the tower, cheered them on with her usual warm smile.
Light turned his head away, avoiding her gaze as if he was annoyed.
“Go in quickly.”
“Okay, I should go in.”
I exchanged greetings with Yumina and took a step into the tower.
At the same time, Ruchel, who was hanging on his arm, and Dokgoyeon, who was walking next to him, almost at the same time.
The moment when Light, who had been hesitating as if he wanted to get away from them at any moment, was pushed by Yumina and started walking.
The world melted away and transported them to Room 130.
“This is… … .”
Light, who had been showing his dislike until just before entering, was now looking around Room 130, Eden, with an interested expression.
Before the vacation, he was the one who personally cleared the 130th room with them, and now it was as if he had entered Eden for the first time.
Ban Yu-won tried to ignore him and approached the fountain in the center of the room.
What overflows there is not clean water, but rather a fragrant alcohol that makes your heart flutter.
It was a universal healing elixir, blood wine, that could only be obtained in Eden.
“The depth of the bloodline is no joke. I can replenish all the amount consumed during the vacation.”
“… … .”
Light made an indescribable expression as he watched Ban Yu-won extract the entire concept of bloodline from the fountain and store it away.
Dokgo Yeon glanced at the light and then turned his gaze to Ban Yu-won and said.
“Once we’re done, let’s leave quickly. I want to reach 150 rooms within the weekend.”
“okay.”
“Light, if you grab my ankle, I really won’t forgive you.”
“Ankle? Huh.”
Could it be that the guy is studying snorting patterns?
Light, who had successfully accepted Dokgoyeon’s provocation with a smirk that even showed his craftsmanship, declared without hesitation while drawing his holy sword.
“You have to be careful not to trip me up.”
* * *
Room 131 of the Tower of Babel was a desert.
There were about ten blazing suns out, and the hot sands burned with each step I took.
As you can see from the ten suns, it was not a naturally created environment.
A hot hell that even a trained superhuman body cannot withstand.
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Ban Yu-won was convinced when he saw that the heat-resistant barrier created by language magic was broken through.
You shouldn’t think of this as just simple heat.
From now on, the environment is also an enemy targeting them.
“I cleared rooms 100 through 130 so easily that I completely forgot that the tower was in a really tough environment.”
“Lord, Master, save me… … .”
Ruchel, who was sensitive to heat and worried that someone might call her a beast, leaned against him, panting and sticking her tongue out, despite the barrier he had put up.
It’s really cute, but being stuck together in this situation will only make things hotter.
“Beast, use your internal energy! I didn’t teach you martial arts so you could trade them for candy!”
Meanwhile, Dokgo Yeon maintained a calm expression despite refusing the barrier that Ban Yu-won offered to put up. This was thanks to the internal energy that was circulating fiercely within her body, maintaining her body temperature and blocking the intrusion of heat.
The reason why the half-yu-won who broke through the heat barrier is calm is because he is using his internal energy just like her.
The energy of the amusement park was a changeable energy that could change into anything, and if you mixed in the right amount of cold air and used it, it was at a level where you didn’t need an air conditioner.
“I’m doing it… … My energy… … .”
On the other hand, Ruchel wields two attributes as a nine-tailed fox: the innate power of fire and the newly awakened power of lightning.
Her internal energy was naturally based on that energy, so it seemed that it would be strengthened in this environment filled with heat, but it would not be able to protect her from the heat.
Just as a cobra that handles deadly venom will inevitably die if bitten by another cobra… … .
“There’s nothing I can do.”
Ban Yu-won took the sealing ring out of his hand and put it on Ruchel’s hand.
“Use it to seal the heat. You can release the sealed heat later when you handle the flame.”
The Ring of Seal is a high-ranking artifact that is ranked among the artifacts that Banyuwon obtained from the tower.
Thanks to the diligent addition of the seal concept that Ban Yu-won had collected over the years, the depth of the seal had now increased to 600, and thanks to that, with just a little bit of magic power, it was possible to block the intrusion of heat at its source.
“Master… … !”
Ruchel quickly switched the bracelet that Ban Yu-won had put on his index finger to his ring finger and clung to him with sparkling eyes.
There was no change in sticking to either side.
Dokgo Yeon clicked his tongue.
“Beast, are you sick with a disease that will kill you if you don’t stick to me every single time something happens? It’s making me feel hot just looking at it.”
“Huh, to make such a fuss.”
The light pattern has increased by one.
Maybe it was because of the Holy Sword, but he didn’t seem to shed a single drop of sweat like Dokgo Yeon.
Such a light spoke to Lucille and the ring on her hand.
“You can’t even stand this heat, so you’re relying on things.”
“You say that while holding the Holy Sword?!”
It’s unclear who is currently in Light’s body, but the head appears to be even worse than Light’s.
At least Light knew what he was getting himself into!
“Ha, the Holy Sword and I are one. There is no need to distinguish between me and the Holy Sword.”
Another pattern of light has been added.
Ban Yu-won gave up tackling him any further and decided to explore the room.
Usually, in these deserts, the main pattern is for giant scorpion-like creatures to appear from the seemingly empty sandy ground and attack, but if we take the reverse of that obvious idea and predict a pattern where enemies appear from the sky… … .
“I don’t feel anything yet.”
Ban Yu-won mastered the Origin Sword during his vacation and evolved into Yu-won-gong, becoming able to read and react to all concepts in real time, but there was nothing he could do if the tower changed faster than his reaction speed.
“It doesn’t seem like a trick room, but… … .”
“There is a possibility of a chain room. I would be happy to do so.”
A room of scale greater than anything they have ever experienced before, an environment that tests the limits of both body and mind.
If these conditions were created and it ended in one room, it would be truly unbelievable.
While it’s common for other first-years to have never even experienced a trick room, let alone a chain room, Rebellion has already gone far beyond the standards of first-years.
When they realized that the situation they were in was not easy, all the members, including Ruchel who was looking at the ring and laughing, felt tense and their bodies became tense.
Whether or not you’ve been working hard all vacation, Top will not spare you and will test you however he wants.
“As expected, it comes from below!”
Ban Yu-won, who felt a concept of a very large scale rising from the ground, jumped up and shouted, expressing the concept of leap and flight.
The next moment, Ruchel and Dokgoyeon jumped together as if they were waiting for his words.
The desert is gone.
“her……?”
Dokgo Yeon let out a voice that was inexplicable.
Because when she looked down, all she saw was a black hole.
Ban Yu-won, who realized the identity too late, shouted again.
“It’s a whale!”
“Then that’s, whale’s throat… …?”
Dokgoyeon was astonished as he looked at the giant black hole measuring a hundred meters in diameter.
For a moment, I thought about shoving a giant down that throat, but fortunately, I didn’t say anything.
Lucelle, who had already pulled out all nine tails and was floating in the sky with ease, spinning them like propellers, squinted her eyes and examined the whale that had appeared above the desert.
“Could it be that the Tower of Babel thought that if they sent out a giant monster, we would suffer?”
“Stop comparing the Tower of Babel to third-rate game developers.”
“… … But what about Light?”
At Dokgoyeon’s words, Ruchel looked around with a “uh” sound, but of course he was nowhere to be seen.
“I’m afraid to say this nonsense, but it’s causing trouble again… …!”
“No, wait a minute.”
Just as Dokgoyeon was about to dive towards the whale with her eyes wide open, Ban Yuwon caught her.
It was because, while listening to her words and searching the surroundings with the Origin Sword, I read an unusual flow of concepts.
“Let go, Ban Yu-won. No matter how much I hate to see him, if Burger retires, we have no choice but to leave… … Hmm?”
Dokgo Yeon must have felt it too, as she kept her mouth shut and looked down at her feet.
The whale, which had opened its huge mouth wide and leaped to swallow the group, was seen diving back into the sand without completing its purpose.
No, to be exact, just before that, he lost his balance and fell to the sandy ground, making a loud noise and causing an earthquake.
“no way?”
The moment after carefully reciting the magic spell.
The whale’s body burst into pieces and blue light burst out!
[I got 50 Sand Whales. It is the concept of a higher life form that humans cannot possess.]
Literally a sand whale.
What is this, a higher-level creature?
Since the monster was dead, Ban Yu-won instinctively reached out and retrieved the concept, and was able to see Light’s figure appearing between the corpses of the disappearing monsters.
A clean appearance that makes it hard to believe that it came out of a whale’s stomach.
“… … Huh.”
Light looked up at the group of floating half-moons in the sky, smiled with the corners of his mouth tilted, and added another pattern.
Next to Ban Yu-won, who was desperately trying to stop Dokgo Yeon from activating his martial arts skills, who was furious at his attitude, Ruchel opened his mouth and spoke quietly.
“… … Is it possible that the current light is better than the original light?”
How dare you say those words without hesitation, something that everyone has been thinking about but has never said out loud!
Ban Yu-won shuddered, but couldn’t deny it.
But at the same time, it also meant that the extent to which Light had been ‘eaten’ by the Holy Sword was more serious than at the beginning of the first semester… … .
In just one day, the group succeeded in breaking through to room 140.
