Admission is a waste of time (371)
Lesson 73. The True Story of the Tower of Babel – 1
Each time the Tower of Babel is breached by a challenger, it combines the elements of the world it has absorbed to create a more difficult space governed by the tower’s rules.
As the process repeats, spaces that were once part of another world become wholly owned by the tower, and the tower is able to optimally combine the concepts it obtains from there to create something entirely new.
The space where it ultimately hatches is Earth.
However, Ban Yu-won overcame countless resistances and cut off all routes for the tower to receive new concepts, and even severed the tower’s connection with the Earth.
-You have done a truly terrible thing, child.
A tower where input and output are impossible, with only countless undigested concepts trapped inside, swirling around like a whirlpool.
At this moment, it wouldn’t be strange if it were Irregular itself.
―You underestimated it. Everyone did it, who would have thought it would cause a dimensional rupture――!
“It’s thanks to having a good father.”
From the moment Team Rebellion entered the tower, the voice of the Manan Observer was heard in their ears.
She, who wanted to maintain the tower forever, might not have really cared that the tower was cut off from the Earth.
Her anger is probably due to the fact that all of the tower’s avenues for receiving new concepts have been cut off.
―If this happens, I really have no choice but to make you a constellation. You have to become a constellation and clean up the mess you made yourself!
“Ha, let’s start.”
Where did the group finish exploring the tower last time?
Actually, that wasn’t that important.
As soon as they entered the tower, they were thrown into complete darkness without any light, and each one was isolated and locked in a prison made of black iron bars.
– Climbers cannot make contact with those who entered the tower together.
To make matters worse, a rule was even declared that no one could ever touch another person.
Ban Yu-won pondered whether to use his power to touch the iron bars, while also contemplating the situation.
‘Are you going to separate them and kill them one by one? But no matter how high the authority of the observer of Manan is, he can’t force such utter unreasonableness on the climber alone.’
The tower is close to omnipotent, but it cannot unilaterally push climbers to their deaths.
It is possible to increase the difficulty level only when the constellations interfere, but even that is only the difficulty level within a set stage, and the game’s framework cannot be completely broken.
In that case, rather than breaking the bars right now and confronting the tower’s ‘trick’ head-on, it would be better to just wait and see what happens…
“Ah, master.”
“Ruchel!”
At that moment, Ruchel, who was released from the iron bars first, fell as if sliding down, and at some point, rolled on the floor and got up to find his posture.
It was hard to tell because it was all black, but it was clear that there was a floor there.
-Krrrr… … .
As she looked around, the shadow of a huge, very huge beast soon appeared above her head.
The beast, so large that its exact shape was impossible to discern, stood on all fours, its acidic breath burning the air and spreading poison in all directions.
The power that flowed out from him affected the space that was previously filled with darkness, causing tree trunks covered in green leaves to rise up through the ground.
All of this was emitting a magical force that was pressuring Ruchel.
-I’ve been waiting for you for a long time.
“The ruler of the forest… … !”
Lucelle, who instinctively realized the identity of the person looking down on her, showed her teeth and growled.
The ruler of the forest, a constellation with which she had a deep ill-fated relationship since the time of her father, Canid, appeared in an even larger body than when he had previously descended upon her home planet!
Ban Yu-won looked at the guy and muttered in bewilderment.
“What is this? Is this an All-Star game? Are all the constellations we’ve met so far going to show up one after another in the future?”
―My child, you still don’t know the power of the constellations that have fully blossomed with the support from the tower.
Ban Yu-won snickered and responded to the observer who seemed to have hit the nail on the head and changed his tune.
“I’ve already hunted, what are you talking about?”
-The constellations are strongest when connected to the tower.
It seemed like the story was pointing out that when Ban Yu-won hunted the follower of Man-gyeop, he was free from the shackles of the tower.
Maybe the observer in the ten thousand eyes is right, but… … .
“Ruchel, do you need help?”
“No, master.”
Ruchel looked down at his enemy, lowered his stance, and pulled out long lightning claws from both hands.
Nine lush tails sprouted from behind its buttocks, and the triangular beast ears that rose above its head twitched and sent sparks flying.
“I’ll do it by myself, Master, but this――”
‘Is this the main body?’
The voice of Ruchel, which contained many meanings, shook not only her enemy, the Forest Ruler, but also the Manan Observer who had finally revealed his true form as the ‘Administrator of the Tower’ and liberated the constellation into this space, and even Asha and Aire.
Ban Yu-won responded calmly.
“It’s the main body. As the observer of the ten thousand eyes said, it is connected to the tower and is receiving support―― but that’s probably also the restraint that prevents it from leaving the tower.”
“Then what if I kill him now?”
“Totally dead. To be annihilated.”
“Thank you for letting me know, master.”
Hehehe, Lucelle laughed softly and in an instant, her body grew bigger.
The fully awakened divine beast’s blood quickly circulates throughout her body, temporarily lifting her into a higher realm.
An engine befitting her sublimated flesh――her wild heart pumped vigorously, accelerating the flow of energy within her body even further.
Her unique power, which she had perfectly mastered while climbing the tower with Ban Yu-won over the course of a little less than three years, and her wildness that had been building up over the years was now burning fiercely.
She was endowed with a tremendous power that would not be defeated even by the constellations that had revealed their true forms.
―That is――the power I gave you――!
A constellation that becomes violently angry when it notices the workings of the wild heart.
Ruchel, whose body had grown to a similar size to the guy, raised both eyes and glared at the guy coldly.
Her wild, pink eyes were burning brightly.
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“No, it’s the power given to me by my master.”
A divine flame was added to her sharp claws, which had previously been filled with lightning.
If lightning is her power that she gained from the tower and mastered, then this flame is the power of the divine beast that she awakened from her bloodline.
The two forces fused together to form a completely new attribute――in fact, this had been possible before, but the level contained within was on a different level than before.
Everyone on Team Rebellion has the means to harm the Transcendent in some way, and Ruchel is the one with this potential.
“The power to kill you.”
―Let’s see if you can say that even when you’re under me!――!
The ruler of the forest, unable to tolerate Ruchel’s provocation, finally made the first move.
While Asha and Aire were simply absorbed in the battle with the great monster unfolding before their eyes, Ban Yu-won fiercely wielded the Origin Sword and read the flow of concepts centered around the monster.
In particular, what he focused on was the principle by which the constellations could appear as the main body within the tower.
If only he could figure it out, he could achieve his long-cherished wish.
– Give up.
A sticky woman’s whisper was heard in his ear.
―I already sealed it in the deepest part of the tower. Because the string that originally connected it to the outside of the tower disappeared… … Yes, because you entered this tower, I was able to easily confine it.
Ban Yu-won sharpened his teeth.
―Don’t you feel it too? You won’t hear the voice of that thing that used to whisper lovingly in your ear anymore. You won’t even feel the link that connected you to it. Yes, that’s the power of the tower. It connected you to that child, so it wouldn’t be difficult to cut it off again, right?
There was no way to refute that statement now.
He also realized that the connection with Dokgoyeon, which had been so clear before he entered the tower, had been cleanly severed.
But, obviously.
Evidence linking him to Dokgoyeon remained in his body.
‘If only I could understand the last secret the tower is hiding.’
There is no way it can’t be done.
Wasn’t he the one who received private lessons as the tower manager during the three years he was on a solo expedition?
Let’s think of this as the last class.
Now that you’ve learned how to cut off, you can surely learn how to connect.
-Kuaaaaaaah!
Then the ruler of the forest let out a terrible scream.
It was a scream that came out as his abdomen was pierced by claws filled with flame and lightning, unable to overcome Ruchel’s great strength amplified by his wild heart.
Ruchel didn’t stop there, but continued to thrust the claws of both hands at the creature, ripping out its entrails, cutting off its front legs, and pulling out the horns that had sprouted from its head.
“Thank you, Master, for connecting me.”
―You――are mine, geez!
Ruchel dug her nails into the snout of the stalker and pervert who had been obsessed with her since before she was born, preventing him from speaking any further. She grabbed the bastard’s chin with her other hand and smiled kindly.
“You can die now.”
And he pulled up and down hard with both hands.
With a bang, the body of the giant beast was torn into two halves, with its gaping mouth as the boundary.
It certainly seems like it got stronger thanks to being connected to the tower.
It was a natural conclusion, since Ruchel also became stronger when connected to someone.
-This can’t be happening… … .
“It’ll be even more surprising from now on.”
The constellation that had become a corpse soon transformed into the form of a water man that it had been before becoming a constellation, and then scattered into a cloud of light and tried to disappear.
As a member of the Banyuwon clan, Ruchel was skilled at handling his powers―― and instead of sending the concepts that emerged from him back to the tower, he absorbed them all himself.
The name is a concept of a constellation that stands at the top of all beasts, with the subject being the ruler of the forest.
It was a perfect match for her, enough to take the divine being Ruchel to the next level.
“Kyaaaa …
Ruchel, who had let out a scream close to a scream out of instinct, came to her senses belatedly and looked up to check Ban Yu-won’s expression, but he was already used to seeing her wild side, so he simply congratulated her with applause.
Ban Yu-won, who was quietly looking down at Ruchel, who was returning to her original form while calmly gathering her thoughts, asked a question to the air.
“So who’s next? Asha? Aire?”
―It’s really different, how could such power be granted to a mere servant… … .
Was it so shocking that Ruchel had even a small amount of Ban Yu-won’s power to handle it? The observer of Man-an, who had been mumbling such words without knowing who he was talking to, soon came to his senses and clenched his teeth and shouted.
―How many constellations do you think are in this tower? How much material is left that hasn’t been digested yet? I’ll be with you until you die of exhaustion, so choose your surrender wisely. The more resources you use up, the harder it will be for you later!
The space has changed its appearance again.
Since they were all going to be using the power of the Banyuwon anyway, it seemed pointless to isolate them. The bars that had been imprisoning them had disappeared, and the rule that they were not allowed to contact each other had also been removed.
“Master!”
“Yuwon-ahhhhh!”
“policy.”
As he watched his teammates running towards Ban Yoo-won and hugging him as if they had made a prior arrangement, he reflected a little on whether he had been putting up with their pranks too much.
―It is time to return the power that was taken from me.
―Even the interest is paid in full… … .
―Ha, I’m sorry about this. It’s not my hobby to bully people, but I can’t just die like this.
-You’ll regret not signing a contract with me.
At the same time, four presences began to take over the space.
Since 1 vs 1 doesn’t work, let’s try 4 vs 4.
And maybe if we get through this… … .
A smile appeared on Ban Yu-won’s lips.
“Yes, this is how it should be. If I had just surrendered and laid down because I was scared, you would have been disappointed.”
―The ‘Chain Room’ has started.
The observer who had been so excited earlier seemed to have calmed down again and whispered quietly in his ear.
Chain room.
A linked quest where you advance to the next room based on the clear conditions, gradually increasing in difficulty, and ultimately facing the results of the snowball you have rolled so far.
‘The beginning is the four constellations, the main body.’
In a sense, this will be the last chain room of the Tower of Babel, Ban Yu-won laughed.
It seemed as if the stone tablet with the names of the constellations engraved on it was cracking.
