Admission is a waste of time (282)
Lesson 55. Center of the Tower – 2
After killing a flock of birds that would probably fill two or three rooms.
While flying through the sky using his tail, Ruchel leisurely looked down at the ground.
“It looks like a flock of cursed birds are driving the entire room to destruction. I think there have been rooms like this before.”
“There aren’t many factors that could lead to the destruction of the world. War, a plague, a curse, a monster wave, or something like that.”
Looking at the list, it seems like there are quite a few.
But, in a period of less than a year, Ban Yu-won, who had experienced many worlds, whether inside the tower or in other dimensions, had not directly experienced most of the factors of destruction.
… … No, thinking back, it seems like there were actually fewer normal dimensions.
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The Tike that had been sent out in advance identified the area where humans were densely packed and sent a message to Ban Yu-won.
Naturally, the release that came with it caused the fighter’s trajectory to change and it began to descend diagonally toward the ground.
“Come with me, let’s go down first.”
“yes!”
“Ugh, are we interacting with NPCs again? I wish we could just hunt monsters and get through it together… … .”
Ruchel followed him down obediently, but Asha guessed his intentions and gave him a prickly expression.
That’s probably because, unlike other members of Rebellion, she tends to empathize more with the NPCs in the tower.
Ever since she entered the tower, even when her body was possessed by the spirits of her ancestors, she had always treated NPCs like real people and taken care of them.
However, as the students climbing the tower gradually realized that getting involved with NPCs often ended up leading them to death rather than saving them, they now wanted to avoid them.
“Huh?”
But her complexion gradually changed as she got closer to the ground.
The reason was that Ban Yu-won, who shared Tyche’s vision and confirmed the appearance of humans on the ground, was able to immediately realize it.
“He is the Savior!”
“The Savior has saved us this time too!”
Coincidentally, the NPCs who survived until the end in the previous chain room were staying here.
They were the inhabitants of a world where the constellations had erected a tower in imitation of the Tower of Babel.
As a result of the tower directly punishing the world, the tower collapsed and even the constellations could no longer interfere with the world, and eventually, all of the few humans left had no choice but to face the coming destruction.
That was only something that happened in the past in an external dimension outside the tower, and the NPCs left behind in the fragments of the world isolated inside the tower were somehow able to endure and survive the destruction that was recreated in the environment called the Trick Room with the help of Rebellion members.
‘I didn’t see him again after that, so I thought the chain room was over.’
No, there will actually be no more rooms related to that world.
The Ban Yu-won group had already experienced the teachings of the tower sufficiently, and more than anything, in this world, they felt traces of the constellations from the flock of cursed birds they had encountered earlier.
This room was set in a world that was definitely different from the chain rooms I had experienced before.
“Oh my goodness, isn’t this really our savior!”
“Oh, Savior! You have come down again for us!”
However, those who were welcoming the group descending from the sky with open arms and tears of joy were clearly the NPCs I had seen in the previous Trick Room, and they seemed to have the same memories.
In that case… … the tower rescued them from the room that had served its purpose and disappeared, and moved them to a new stage, where they were to make contact with the climbers they had previously encountered, Rebellion.
Ban Yu-won intuitively felt that the ‘NPC recycling theory’ he had been thinking about for a long time was correct.
This means that how you treat the NPCs you encounter while climbing the tower can affect your subsequent climb.
‘Of course, most students won’t care even if they know this.’
Even so, compared to students who are only chosen from among the best flying and crawling people in the entire dimension, the relationship between an NPC and a human is like that between a mayfly and a human.
What effect does it have on humans whether mayflies follow them or are hostile to them?
It’s a bit annoying to have to hit and catch a fly that’s flying around nearby.
To be honest, Ban Yu-won-do―― just approached them differently because he thought they would make adjustments to the settlement and compensation that would take place in Eden, and he didn’t think they would be able to have a big influence on his group.
“You’re alive!”
However, Asha, who had a strong empathy for NPCs, was very happy to see them because her memories of that time were vivid, even though she had no control over them.
Asha increases her speed, lands lightly on the ground, and approaches them with a smile.
But they tilted their heads as if they did not share her feelings.
“Hmm――Are you also one of the Savior’s companions?”
“Now that I think about it, I think there was someone with a similar vibe.”
“What are you talking about, I saved your lives―― ahh.”
Asha groaned as she realized a little too late what she looked like now.
It was only natural that they didn’t recognize her, because at that time, Asha was acting as if she was closest to a man in her entire life.
On the other hand, now she has regained her true form――I am embarrassed to say this myself, but isn’t she the appearance of a beautiful young girl!
“Well, I can’t help it if you don’t recognize me. I didn’t know I would become this pretty… … .”
“… … .”
“What, what is it, Ruchel? Why are you looking at me like that?”
“It’s nothing.”
Around that time, Ban Yu-won and Dokgo Yeon also got out of the fighter jet and landed.
Those who were bewildered by Asha’s approach were delighted once again when they saw Lilith, who had transformed from a fighter jet into a small doll, gently landing on Ban Yu-won’s shoulder.
It seems that the release that freely transformed into various vehicles, including a tank, remained strongly in their memories.
“As expected, you are the savior!”
“It’s been a while. But this isn’t the world you used to live in.”
“When I came to my senses, I was here! Hey, come with us for now. This place is in the erosion zone, so it’s dangerous.”
Erosion, perhaps speaking of things that carried a curse.
Ban Yu-won followed them along with his party, recalling the curse that had piled up thousands of depths in the code core and the concept of fusion due to the considerable fighting in the sky.
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The sound of the candle burning sounded eerie for no reason, so Asha trembled and approached Ban Yu-won.
Ruchel was already in that state, and Dokgoyeon was standing a few steps away from them, making a pitiful expression.
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The hideout where the NPCs were staying was narrow and dark, as if reflecting the bad state of this world.
“So the curse that is all over the outside is erosion?”
“From the moment we opened our eyes to this world, more than half of it had already been eroded.”
“Tell me what that erosion is. It seems to be some kind of curse.”
“I heard from the natives of this world that it was the result of a constellation going wild.”
The NPCs who brought them to the hideout explained the state of the world urgently as if they were being chased by someone.
There were two great powers in this world who had been in constant conflict throughout history, and each of them had a constellation attached to them that supported them.
At this point, Ban Yu-won felt like he had already heard the whole story, but he decided to listen to the rest of the story in silence.
“The war grew bigger, and eventually even led to the descent of two constellations.”
The constellation has descended? Ban Yu-won’s ears perked up.
If any traces of it remain in this world, then perhaps Ban Yu-won will be able to obtain a large quantity of rare and practical concepts from the descendants of the constellations!
However, that was only something that happened in the history of this dimension, and it was unknown whether it would remain in the fragments of the world that had been moved to the tower, so I suppressed my expectations for the time being.
“Unable to stop the war on their own, the humans sought outside help.”
“Higher dimension?”
“That’s right.”
Yeah, that’s right.
These days, Ban Yu-won even suspects that most of the bad things that happen in a dimension are caused by the intervention of a higher dimension.
“I don’t know which dimension they sought help from. However, the constellations that protected the two countries eventually retreated, and the descendants they left behind ran wild and brought disaster to this world. That is called erosion.”
“As a result of seeking assistance from a higher dimension, the two constellations retreated, and the descended being went berserk… … .”
When Ban Yu-won, who wanted to ask in detail how they had gone wild, noticed, one of them went outside, saying that he would bring the survivors of this world.
Ban Yu-won asked for the understanding of the remaining NPCs and created a barrier to isolate them and the group.
Then he said with a grin.
“Maybe this is Nodaji.”
“I knew you would say something like that.”
Dokgoyeon smiled slightly at his remarks, which were completely different from the perspectives of the average student at Union.
“No, Yeon. Listen seriously. I’ve been thinking this since I first encountered that flock of cursed birds, but these guys look like the Chimera Balls we fought in space.”
Chimera Balls, monsters that emerged from an abandoned dimension.
They are the ones who suck everything in, fuse it together, and eventually lead to destruction. Judging from the fact that the director called the abandoned dimension an experimental dimension, it seemed that they were related to the Union or the Tower of Babel.
This means that perhaps this place is also an ‘experimental dimension’ before it completely falls apart.
“And the core concepts we get from this Chimera Ball are fusion and collapse, and we can see that these two concepts are what completed Senior Shati’s power. In any case, it’s a concept full of practicality.”
Chimera Balls are monsters that you have to risk your life to fight, so wouldn’t it be beneficial if you could gain concepts that you could only get from them inside the tower?
However, the guys I saw earlier either had not been fully completed yet or, on the contrary, had better results than the Chimera Ball, so I couldn’t find the concept of collapse…
If we could investigate their base, including that, we would be able to find out how experiments were conducted in this dimension.
“What a coincidence.”
Dokgo Yeon had a displeased expression.
“Why does the tower always show us the end of the world like this? Is it a warning? It’s quite unpleasant.”
“Hehe, we still don’t know how the tower is connected to this dimension.”
“Hmm, well… … .”
The unknown hostility that Dokgo Yeon has toward the top still remains.
Of course, considering that her dimension was isolated from other dimensions and that the Demon King of Diavolo had pretended to know about her dimension and its unique martial arts, it was easy to understand the source of her hostility.
‘There was something bad that happened in the past with other dimensions. Something so dirty that most of the higher dimensions would know about it, but they try to keep it quiet.’
Nevertheless, Dokgo Yeon’s ‘Murim’ maintained its dimension.
There is a reason why it is called Ex-1 dimension, breaking away from the existing ranking system.
If I were to go to Dokgoyeon’s dimension during this vacation… … would I explain the situation to him too?
“Why, why do you look at me like that?”
While I was thinking about Dokgo Yeon’s dimension, my eyes inadvertently fell on her.
She blushed for no reason, took a step back, and said something that had nothing to do with Ban Yu-won’s thoughts.
“If you look at it that way, I don’t think I’d want to cling to you in a place like this. I’m not like those two beasts that get horny regardless of time and place.”
“Hey, you’re horny―― That’s not it?!”
Asha, who had been stabbed by Jire, hurriedly let go of Ban Yu-won’s arm and backed away, making excuses.
“Oh my, Dokgoyeon. What you just said seemed like it would be the right time and place… … .”
On the other hand, Ruchel realized Dokgoyeon’s slip of the tongue and chuckled―― but unfortunately, before she could pull out her fingernail, the door to the hideout opened wide and a complete stranger appeared.
“Save me――! The erosion has finally reached here――!”
And in the next moment, it disappeared into a flock of black birds that filled the sky and descended.
Ban Yu-won was reminded of Hitchcock’s masterpiece and a certain Japanese literature dealing with the Holy Grail at the same time as he watched all the concepts that made up the NPC’s body melt into a curse and merge into a flock of black birds, but first he deployed a barrier to block the waves of the curse.
―We finally meet again, my lovely child!
And then he let out a soft sigh as he felt the energy of a constellation that he had already heard several times, which might have been related to the ‘experiment’ that had come upon this dimension.
