Admission is a Waste of Time Chapter 266

Admission is a waste of time (266)

Lesson 52. Back of the Tower – 2

“It’s been a really long wait.”

-You may have brought it upon yourself.

“I wish you wouldn’t point that out.”

The morning lecture, which was a long time coming and had me prepared to die, ended safely somehow.

After lunch, Ban Yu-won, who had finished his short duel with Dokgo Yeon, which had now become a daily routine, stood in front of the tower after cleansing both his body and mind.

Yes, that’s right.

What he was going to do from now on was a solo exploration.

He clearly had decided to do it as soon as the second semester started, but he couldn’t figure out how it got so late.

-I did that because I was in love, because I was in love.

“Yeah, I’m the world’s biggest womanizer. Let’s go up to the tower.”

―Oh… …Yeah, shamelessness suits you. Actually, as long as you take good care of that child, I don’t care if you date ten or a hundred women.

“If I met a hundred people and exchanged just a few words with them, the whole day would pass.”

He relieves his tension by joking with Celon.

Recalling the memories of the last solo exploration, he enters the tower, determined to face his ancestors even if they jump out from within.

The transition was quick.

In an instant, everything around him melted away, leading Ban Yu-won into a dark room.

There is no exit door, and the room is not large enough to have a battle.

I could probably fight a single monster, but… … if I were to fight a group of them instead of just one or two, I would have a hard time even moving.

“what’s this?”

As soon as he entered the tower, Celon transformed into a human form and frowned as he muttered.

“After the creation myth, they brought us to the construction site of the Tower of Babel, and now all of a sudden it’s an ordinary room?”

“From that point on, things weren’t ordinary.”

In response to Ban Yu-won’s question, Celon nodded and said, “That must be so,” and opened one hand to create a magic circle.

It expanded so quickly that it covered the entire room, barely recognizable as the concept of ‘search’.

“There’s no living, moving creature at all? What the heck, I thought you might be able to help after all this time.”

“I hope you will never forget that special attitude.”

“Huh, I just wanted to repay the favor?”

I wouldn’t say it’s a classic, but it’s a great way of speaking that can be used as a model.

Anyway, thanks to Celon, I got a hint.

The point is that ‘with her abilities’ she couldn’t find any living things.

“That means… … .”

From the moment he opened his eyes here, Ban Yu-won squinted his eyes at the demons, tiny amounts of fairies, concepts like body, life, and soul that were all over the place.

“This isn’t a battle stage.”

“Really… …? Isn’t it time for monsters that have never been seen in the tower before to show up and growl before your eyes as you try to uncover the truth about the tower?”

“Have you seen Earth content these days?”

“Yeah, with Lilith and Eve.”

These guys were secretly increasing their victims.

Ban Yu-won sighed and sat down on an antique sofa nearby.

The atmosphere strangely resembled the Eden of Rest, which appeared in units of 10 rooms, but more strangely, it had a dynamic atmosphere.

Perhaps it is because there is a flow to the concept that permeates the room.

Ban Yu-won watched the flow with his eyes half open, then suddenly looked up at the ceiling and snickered.

Celon, who didn’t notice the laughter, tilted his head and asked him.

“Why are you sitting? Shouldn’t you be looking for a way out?”

“No, there’s no need to move from here. Of course, there’s no need to fight either.”

“Really? Okay.”

Now that there was no need to fight, she could release her human form, but she sat down next to Ban Yu-won without thinking much about it.

She soon noticed Ban Yoo-won’s gaze and shrugged her shoulders in response.

“What? Sometimes I want to stay in my human form.”

“If that’s what you want.”

Even now, when Ban Yu-won is alone in the training room or when Asha goes out to play with Aire and is not in the dormitory room, she often reveals her human form, but is that enough?

It turned out to be a very different exploration than expected, but if Celon can rest, it’s not so bad.

“That’s strange.”

“what?”

As Celon, who was examining the layout of the room, suddenly opened her mouth and spoke, Ban Yu-won reflexively responded and looked around the room again as if following her lead.

The first thing that catches the eye in a room that is neither large nor small is the sole light source.

The logs in the fireplace were burning crackling and crackling, and the slow burning flames and the sound of the logs burning made me feel comfortable.

The sofa was placed with its back to it, and that was it.

“If this room was created by the tower, it should have a purpose. I can’t see it. It’s just empty.”

“It’s fortunate that there is a sofa.”

“Besides, since a while ago… … It’s strange. I didn’t even bother searching, but I felt something strange. If you notice anything, tell me quickly.”

“stomach.”

“I checked with exploration magic, but there’s nothing particularly strange… … .”

At Ban Yu-won’s words, Selon looked up at the ceiling and became speechless.

If I had to compare it to a black sponge, it would be like this.

It was creepy enough that there were circular holes all over the ceiling, but upon closer inspection, you could see that they were repeatedly contracting and expanding, sucking in and exhaling something.

“Gyaaa …

Celon, who didn’t even have time to scream, hugged Ban Yu-won tightly, making a sound that was somewhere between a groan and a scream.

With the thought that it was unrealistic to feel her body, which was once just a staff member, so vivid.

After the seal was released, she had maintained a generally relaxed demeanor, but seeing her react so anxiously made me feel proud, like an elementary school student who had succeeded in a prank.

“What, what, what is this? I didn’t feel anything when I explored!”

“There are such side effects to being too good at magic. If only I had paid a little more attention and not relied solely on it, I would have discovered it right away.”

“Nothing escapes the influence of my exploration―― Yes, I had momentarily forgotten that this was a tower… … .”

She sighed and pulled away from Ban Yu-won, feeling very exhausted.

“You’re going to handle it anyway, right?”

“So even if it’s not a battle. Well, just wait a little bit.”

“?”

Leaving Selon bewildered, Ban Yu-won began to leisurely make black tea.

Selon narrowed his eyes and stared at the back of Ban Yu-won’s head as if trying to read his thoughts.

He seemed to notice what she was doing without even looking at her, and he explained with a sly smile.

“I’ve talked to Aire before, but my solo exploration is different from others’ explorations. Aire used the expression “the back of the tower.”

“Huh.”

“The last two expeditions also involved combat, but they weren’t that important, right?”

“Both times were much harder than team exploration.”

“But that kind of battle wasn’t the purpose of the exploration.”

The first exploration created the world, and the second exploration built the tower.

The last two expeditions were focused on showing and teaching Ban Yu-won about what happened in the realm of myth.

If it is not a delusion of Ban Yu-won, then these are fragments of moments experienced by our ancestors.

Among them, only the things that Ban Yu-won absolutely had to know or the things that he absolutely wanted to show him were selected and recorded on the tower.

So what about the third expedition?

“… … Are you saying that this is the interior of the first tower built here?”

“It could be that, or it could be the interior of the tower itself right now. What matters is not when it is, but what I am to learn here.”

Ban Yu-won, who had poured out the red tea, handed her a cup and said.

While all the Rebellion members were crazy about hot chocolate, Yumina tended to prefer alcohol or black tea, and the same goes for Celon.

The evidence was her unable to resist the fragrance emanating from the teacup and accepting it while wondering what kind of tea it was in this situation.

“Learn… … Huh?!”

At that moment, Celon screamed.

A goblin suddenly appeared in the middle of a room where there was nothing.

It is also much smaller in size compared to how it originally appeared inside the tower.

One, ten, a hundred.

It was extremely disgusting to see tens of thousands of them swarming around like a swarm of ants in an instant.

“No, is this because we’ve grown bigger now?”

“This guy is small. He’ll probably return to his original size when he’s placed on the tower. I can easily shrink monsters like goblins temporarily.”

“Then… … Oh my god, this is a monster’s birthplace.”

Ban Yu-won nodded in agreement at Selon’s words, which hit the nail on the head.

Yes, that’s right.

This was a space created to continuously create monsters that would spring up from within the Tower of Babel.

The flow of concepts that Ban Yu-won saw were all materials for creating lower-level monsters, including goblins.

It took shape in this room as a goblin, and like this――.

“It’s sucking in… … .”

It was all absorbed through a hole in the ceiling.

The goblins that disappeared like that will appear in the lower levels of the tower.

The remaining concepts of the goblins that fell there will be absorbed back into the tower and returned here to create new goblins.

‘Even if the person who was defeated is given some life as an experience point, most of the concepts will disappear unless you recover all of them like me. I always wondered where they went, and my question was answered here.’

Ban Yu-won looked around the circulation room, which was a place where he constantly retrieved concepts, created new monsters, and sent them back to the tower… … and his eyes were drawn to it.

Given the number of new students entering the tower each year and the fact that most of the students who climb the tower experience periodic Lost events and must start over from the beginning, it’s possible that this is the space in the tower where the most active rotation takes place.

“The most… … in the tower? Aha, so this isn’t the only maternity ward like this.”

“Yes. I can’t guarantee that each monster has this kind of space, but they’re probably divided by monster level or composition. The concept of what makes up a goblin isn’t that precious or complicated. In terms of difficulty, it’s probably the easiest place.”

“Why is the word difficulty mentioned? … … Ah.”

As expected, Celon’s intuition is quite useful.

From the moment Ban Yu-won first said that this was not a place where battles were fought, Celon wondered, “Then what would they do?” But he got the answer right away with what was happening in this maternity ward and Ban Yu-won’s words about “learning.”

“You… … said you weren’t confident in creating something from scratch.”

“That’s right. That’s why I ended up getting intensive tutoring here.”

Ban Yu-won poured tea into his own teacup and replied gloomily as he laid down on the sofa.

Seeing his dejected appearance, Celon seemed to hesitate a little, then moved his body slightly to close the gap between them, which made him laugh because it looked just like he was looking at Yumina.

“I still don’t know anything… …but you seem to be able to see how these monsters come into being.”

Of course, you can see the flow of concepts, but if you cannot see the process by which those concepts come together to create a monster, then you are not qualified to be the owner of Mandok-an.

Certainly, it could be said that it was a form of education that Ban Yu-won had been hoping for… … .

Even if you watch from beginning to end, it is still not that simple.

I sighed involuntarily.

“I guess it’ll take quite a while this time too.”

“I hope I can break through before the end of the second semester. I’ll be rooting for you.”

“If you have nothing to do, put some of your magic into the talisman whenever it builds up. I’ve been using talismans a lot lately.”

“Why didn’t you ask for that?”

Thus, another task was added to Ban Yu-won’s already busy daily life.

The only fortunate thing is that the space where one can practice this kind of ‘creation’ is not only the back of the Silk Tower… … .