Admission is a waste of time (69)
Lesson 15. Didn’t you learn to be careful when making contracts? – 3
“Let’s climb the tower together.”
Friday morning, meal time.
Where the Rebellion members were gathered together eating (today’s menu was pickled food similar to kimchi and fusion style pasta with ham stir-fried with noodles and topped with cheese), Ayre approached and said.
Ban Yu-won glanced around at the students who were surprised to hear that, sighed, and replied.
“There’s no point in telling us.”
“You lack a wizard. Add me and it’ll be perfect.”
“Half is a great wizard.”
Light, who is always kind to Aire, seems a little wary of her for some reason.
No, maybe that was his own way of trying to get her to stop feeling attached to him? Ban Yu-won suddenly had that thought as he wrapped the noodles around his chopsticks.
“But he doesn’t specialize in magic. It’s inefficient for him to only be active as a magician.”
“You sound like you know the class quite well.”
“I watched all of Rebellion’s videos. I even subscribed.”
You were our customer.
In Ban Yu-won’s mind, his favorability towards her increased by 1.
“It’ll be perfect if I add to it. If you all just nod your heads, I can convince Professor Yumina.”
Yeah, definitely.
There was no reason for Yumi to refuse the offer to transfer to Class 11 and to climb the tower with them.
In fact, seniors in their second year or higher, who had actually died on the tower several times and realized the importance of teamwork, formed teams with students from other classes and climbed the tower.
Knowing that, Light also couldn’t say anything more to her and just looked back at Ban Yu-won.
“Ban, I mean… … .”
“Ban Yu-won, I will follow your thoughts.”
“me too.”
Before Light could say anything, Dokgoyeon and Ruchel immediately left the choice up to Ban Yuwon.
As things stand, Light’s opinion has no influence on the decision!
“Aren’t you guys really flattering your class too much?”
“I just trust him.”
“me too.”
“―This won’t work.”
Whether or not they lived up to their beliefs, Ban Yu-won certainly came to a conclusion.
Ayre listened to those words and made an expression that seemed to indicate that she had expected something like that, but she ended up asking a question.
“why?”
“If we climb together, it won’t help us grow at all. You’re too strong.”
“But you guys are enough… … .”
“wait for a sec.”
Ban Yu-won, who had dipped his hand into a cup of water and taken it out, drew two letters on the table.
Soundproofing the room by blocking the sound.
As they filled the completed words with vertigo, a soundproof wall was formed around the table, preventing their conversation from leaking out.
Actually, it was a magic I’ve wanted to try for a long time.
“I’m going to talk about something sensitive.”
Ban Yu-won continued speaking, responding with a bitter smile to the group looking at him with surprised expressions.
“Our members right now are… … Yes, our members except for Dokgo Yeon are in a transitional period.”
“transition.”
“Yes. Each of us has our own reasons, but simply put, we are in the process of finding our way forward.”
Ban Yu-won is a rookie who has just begun to discover his abilities.
Of course, in less than a month, he had amassed a force that surpassed that of most first-year students, but even if he were to wake up from death, it would be impossible to say that his skills in handling it were sophisticated, let alone his immense strength.
Ruchel was a girl so mentally obsessed that she did not hesitate to serve a boy she had only known for a month as her master.
He has barely managed to escape the curse of the mind that has bound him for a long time, and is slowly learning how to deal with it.
The accumulation of wildness, which had been banned for a while, was also resumed just recently.
This can be seen as the height of instability.
Light? Light goes without saying.
This guy is the kind of guy who would be a great burden to anyone you pair him with right now.
“hey!”
Ban Yu-won continued speaking, slightly pushing Light aside as he shouted.
“For us now, climbing the tower is not simply about conquering the tower, but also about finding the path that best suits us. Thankfully, Dokgoyeon is helping us with that.”
“Then I will help you too.”
“Sorry. One teacher is enough.”
Ban Yu-won gave her a brief but firm rejection.
Airedo’s face hardened slightly, as if he realized that what he had just said was nothing more than an empty echo.
Then he asked in a weary voice.
“Can we be friends?”
“Of course. Please continue to appear as a guest in our videos. I think Professor Yumina would like it too.”
“……huh.”
She nodded slightly as if it was enough and left.
Ban Yu-won sighed and erased the words on the table, dismantling the soundproof wall.
Dokgo Yeon said with sparkling eyes.
“I saw you again, Ban Yu-won.”
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“Don’t be a jerk, Inma. The answer was there from the beginning. How are we going to accept him now?”
Aire’s one-man show, no, with Dokgo Yeon added in, it’s going to end up being a two-man show.
And Aire herself might not have been unaware of it.
However, it could be interpreted that she was impatient because she was confident in the potential of the Rebellion team.
One more thing, let me tell you about the reasoning of the anti-Yu-Won… … .
‘Did he want to say that he wanted to be friends from the beginning?’
But isn’t it because that was difficult that he went around and around talking about joining class 11 and climbing the tower together?
‘Start with friends, that’s a major strategy. But since the opponent is the opponent, you’ll end up failing in the end… ‘
Ban Yu-won thought to himself as he stole a glance at Light’s face, who was furious and sulking because he thought he had verbally abused him.
Light spoke with trembling eyes, barely able to grasp the significance of that gaze.
“What, what is it? Ban, you keep looking at me with those strange eyes lately. Huh, do you like guys… … .”
“Don’t worry, that’s absolutely not the case. No, I guess you can’t be at ease.”
“what?!”
Light screams in terror.
This guy is the happiest when he’s teased like this.
Ban Yu-won stood up from his seat, ignoring the dumbfounded looks from Ruchel and Dokgo-yeon.
“Then let’s get up now. We have to go upstairs.”
* * *
Since all four had been cleanly lost in the previous climb, this challenge started from room 1 again.
For some reason, everyone was looking at Ban Yu-won, but he did not betray their expectations and stepped forward.
“There probably won’t be any fights until rooms 5 and 6.”
“Ban Yu-won, you can handle up to 15 rooms on your own.”
“No, not me, my kids.”
“Shh.”
Eve, freed from Ban Yu-won’s arms, flew into the sky.
Not only that, but he even took the release out of his inventory, so the first one to tilt his head was Ruchel.
“Yuwon, the bike… … has gotten bigger?”
“Just a little bit. He’s still alive now.”
It wasn’t so surprising anymore that a bike made of a lump of metal was still alive.
That’s understandable, since Ban Yu-won is the one who transformed an ordinary bat into a beast!
As the group quietly watched the release, the guy must have felt embarrassed because he honked his horn and started running first.
“I guess it’s a single room.”
“Then shall we follow along slowly?”
When the former Ban Yu-won first entered the tower, where did he feel limited?
Was it a 4-room? I think so.
But for the guys in front of me, the limitations and such were not relevant.
“How many hours have passed?”
“About three hours.”
“Right here… … it’s room 9.”
“It’s so fast.”
Why do students keep challenging the top without giving up, even though their records reset every time they lose?
Even though it is a tower with an internal structure that can change over time, there are unique elements of the tower that cannot be changed, and climbers who have repeatedly attempted to climb it know this and are able to conquer the tower more efficiently.
It’s similar to a roguelike game where the more you play, the more you get used to the overall structure of the game and it gets faster and faster.
Of course, Eve and Lilith’s attack speed was fast even considering all those things.
“These guys don’t have the concept of stamina. They absorb and recover magic power as soon as it’s consumed, so it doesn’t run out.”
“I’m saying that you can do it too, as far as magic is concerned.”
“That’s why I don’t usually say that I lack magical power.”
and…….
Ban Yu-won smiled as he watched Eve and Lilith fight the ninth floor monster, the Trap Reaper, a monster wearing a straw hat and with hook claws hanging from both hands.
It was a vicious monster that spread invisible traps all around and instantly detonated them to stop the opponent’s movements, then inflicted damage by striking them with its claws. It was the best enemy for Ban Yu-won, who could read and absorb the concept of traps.
Of course, this was also true for his ‘subordinates’ who were able to fully use his power due to resonance―.
-Kiihiaah!
-Buaaaah!
“Shh, shh, shh!”
No matter how many Trap Rippers attacked at once, they were no match for Eve and Lilith.
Above all, these two guys absorbed a considerable amount of concepts by clearing out all the monsters that appeared from Room 1 to Room 8, and greatly increased their power.
“If Eve does well, she might reach 250 lives this weekend.”
The release is probably lower than that, maybe around 220.
It goes without saying that this is an absurd number, considering that Erecto, who was a member of the special class when they first entered, had a life of 250.
-Keehick!
-Kihihi?
As soon as the traps were scattered, they were all coded and absorbed, and the Trap Reapers, whose souls were completely drained by the power of Eve and Lilith, who reduced their comrades with perfect cooperation as if they could read each other’s minds, turned their heads to look for other easy enemies.
But the target of their attention was none other than Ban Yu-won.
“… … I guess I still look the weakest.”
“Actually, it seems that way.”
“I, I will protect you.”
“No, don’t do that, it’ll make you miserable.”
Ban Yu-won pouted his lips and stepped forward, deliberately leaning his body out so that the men would be able to easily cut him down.
But the moment the Trap Ripper rushed in and cut into his body, surprisingly, his figure became translucent and disintegrated in mid-air!
“Where are you aiming? That’s my afterimage.”
-Kihihi?!
“And this is also an afterimage.”
-Booooow!
-Keeeeeeee!
Trap Ripper, who was panicking as he repeatedly destroyed the remnants of Banyuwon and failed to find the main body, was quickly pursued by Release, who pierced it with the front fender and killed it.
“Are you satisfied, Ban Yu-won?”
“huh.”
“Why is this guy so childish sometimes?”
Dokgo Yeon sighed, but Ban Yu-won couldn’t help but feel proud.
It wasn’t just because he personally said the lines that made it into the ‘Top 20 Killer Lines You Definitely Want to Say’.
What he just used was a sleepwalking technique, and an illusion technique that temporarily creates a clone to deceive the enemy’s senses.
It was a concept he had, of course, but it wasn’t illusion, it was Eve’s ability.
Should I take it for granted?
The concept of ‘resonance’ given to Eve allows her to share some of the powers of the Ban-Yu-Won, while also allowing the Ban-Yu-Won to use the abilities she possesses!
“I wonder what you were going to show me.”
“Then, the artifact that holds that resonance… … No, the stronger your clan becomes, the stronger you become.”
“That’s it. You could call it mutual assistance.”
And that’s not all.
As his resonant followers increase in number, his abilities will become more diverse, and he will be able to flexibly deal with all kinds of situations.
The benefits of increasing the number of followers who can almost read thoughts due to resonance are indescribable.
“Shishishishit!”
-Bang!
Eve and Lilith, who had already defeated all the Trap Reapers, returned to Ban Yu-won’s side.
The two guys combined harvested a trap with a depth of over 150.
I thought it might be a good idea to pour all of this out and create a proper persistence trap.
“Okay, then let’s go to room 10.”
“It’s embarrassing to even rest. If there’s nothing else, let’s go straight to Room 11. We should start moving now.”
“Ban, haven’t you caught all the monsters? Is there something like a maze hidden here too?”
It seems that it doesn’t feel real even though it’s called Room 9 because it was cleared so easily, but the exploration of the Banyuwon Party is a hellish difficulty that can’t be compared to that of other students!
It wasn’t an easy level where you could easily escape after catching all the monsters.
“This entire 9th room is a trap. I guess if we don’t deal with the Trap Ripper within a certain amount of time, it will activate and we’ll all be lost.”
“… … If it had been just any big party, it would have just ended here.”
“No, if Ban Yu-won hadn’t been there… … .”
“Even after catching all the monsters, he might have been playing around for a while before he tripped on the trap and went to the goal. But if it were you, Dokgo Yeon, you might have destroyed the trap with force.”
However, since the trap installed in this room is a combination trap of ground erosion and lava eruption, at least one person must have been lost.
As Ban Yu-won reached out and touched a spot on the wall with such a terrifying explanation, a single strand of golden string that had been sticking out tangled around his fingers.
As he slowly pulled it out, a pit as deep as 50 meters began to come out.
Combined with what was recovered from the Trap Rippers, the depth comes to a neat 200.
Ban Yu-won will remember this place as a treasure trove.
-Child, stop and wait a moment.
-Can you hear my voice? I have something I must share with you, you genius creator.
… … No, is it still a trap until the end?
