I’m Alone on the 100th Floor Episode 085
25. 40th floor (2)
[Current floor: 40th floor]
Eugene, who had torn the scroll and climbed up to the 40th floor, squinted one eye and looked around.
The atmosphere was completely different from the previous layers of rest.
It felt like I was standing in the middle of a battlefield… It was indeed a resting floor located at the very front line of the tower.
“Something is different here.”
“Well, it’s the 40th floor.”
The guide, who had been here often, reacted relatively normally, unlike Eugene.
“Every single person passing by here is a ranker. They are people who are desperate to conquer the top.” Yu Jin, who pulled in his chin at her additional explanation, looked at the level of the climber passing by.
Confirmed.
[Level: 76]
[Level: 71]
[Level: 68]
[Level: 73]
Indeed, the majority of climbers passing by the resting floor at the forefront were over level 70.
“Is there anything here?”
The layers of rest we have experienced so far
There was a floor for each civilian, a floor for the creators of the workshops, and a floor for those who enjoyed themselves.
Of course, I brought up the question because I thought the 40th floor would have some kind of theme.
“Well? Nothing in particular.”
Serin tilted her head and answered as if she didn’t know.
“If I had to sum it up in one sentence, I would say it’s a resting floor worse than the 10th floor…?”
The 40th floor was a climber’s attack floor, a resting floor with only the bare minimum shops necessary for survival.
The guide’s words really hit home.
This was because the scenery from the 40th floor seemed to be a reproduction of a village swept away by war.
“First of all… should we put on some level covers?”
I was checking the level of Eugene from the corner of my eye as climbers passed by.
Most people seemed to be curious about how and why level 10 ended up on the 40th floor.
[Seon Yu-jin]
[Level: ???]
When Eugene put on the level cap, his level started to appear as a question mark.
“Aren’t there a lot of people who wear it besides me?”
Eugene muttered as he checked the climbers of the question mark level passing by, his level hidden by the level cover.
“It’s not just us who have our own circumstances. There are many people who hide their names.”
The atmosphere was really different from the floors we had been through so far.
Even in the midst of the relaxation, it was difficult to find the word ‘energy’.
Each and every climber passing by seemed to have been through many hardships and had a sharp spirit.
‘I see.’
Eugene, recalling the past when he was stopped on the 77th floor, apologized inwardly.
At that time… there was a time when people on the lower floors grumbled that they weren’t coming up quickly enough.
It was different when I saw it in person.
It was not that they were not able to climb the tower efficiently, but that they were doing their best to conquer the tower.
“Haa, when on earth will the 44th floor be breached?”
“I don’t know. I was hoping that the Gift Guild would help me get through it, but since I failed once, it seems like it’s difficult to try again.”
“Damn, if only those Black Rose brats hadn’t gotten in the way… …
“I heard those guys came up because of the guide.”
“Come to think of it, Guide… I heard he quit being a mercenary in the Gift Guild.”
“Huh? A guide?”
As Eugene walked around the 40th floor following the instructions, a story that was hard to ignore came into his ears.
“If the guide quits… the gift guild will be in a lot of pain too.”
“It’s a guide solo, right?”
“Who will scout me? I don’t think it will work out since we are enemies with the Black Rose side… …
“Isn’t that the Field Guild? They’re currently in first place.”
“That’s all Saintess Red. In reality, the top 1 is Everest Guild. These guys, I guess you haven’t seen the picture of them conquering it yet?”
“Ha! Nonsense! Let’s just look at the facts, just the facts… First place is the Drug Guild. Those guys made it all the way to the 66th floor… Those guys are in first place.”
There was a bar on the 40th floor, and a heated argument was taking place inside the building that reeked of alcohol.
“Everest? I guess La Guild is pretty famous too?” Eugene tapped the guide’s shoulder with his finger as he mentioned a famous mountain outside the tower.
“Oh, yes.”
The girl walking ahead answered the question about the ‘Everest’ of the tower.
“Among the five guilds in the tower, this is the guild that is called the Thumb.”
” o 으2”
“Before the Drug Guild rose to the surface, or before the Field Guild took over and carried the Saint… I felt like they were maintaining the undisputed number one position.”
Serin, who was continuing her explanation, corrected what she had just said.
“No, it’s probably still going well. After all, there’s a number one ranked climber there.”
Eugene perked up his ears at the word “number one.”
“1st place?”
“He’s officially the highest level climber on this tower. Let’s see, his level right now is… …
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The guide opened the community window by moving his finger and checked the list of trending posts.
“It’s 101.”
Eugene asked back.
“101?”
The level of the #1 ranked player I checked in the community a few days ago was 89… I had to consider that a rapid increase was achieved.
“I saw a trending post that went up to 89 when I was on the 20th floor… This is quite surprising.”
In this tower, the level up difficulty increases dramatically as the first digit of the number changes… Level 101 was a high enough level.
“Sure, it’s an abnormal speed. But… looking at the atmosphere in which the tower is spinning these days, it doesn’t seem so abnormal.”
With less than a year left until the cataclysm predicted by the Answerer, the tower was in turmoil.
Compared to the hidden classes such as the saint, murderer, gambler, etc., or the black spear that appeared before Eugene’s eyes… the rapid level-up to rank 1 was nothing compared to that.
[Title: Today’s Ranking]
[Author: Wiki]
[1st place: 101
2nd place: 99
3rd place: 98
We are accepting reports of the levels of rankers wearing level gargas that have not yet been revealed in the comments.]
Eugene, who opened the bulletin board after hearing Serin’s words, checked the ‘ranking information post’ that had a particularly high number of comments and views compared to other posts.
[Comments (3313)]
[101? That’s a scary speed.]
[Doesn’t it feel like they’re trying to finish up their vacation homework quickly since there’s not much vacation left?]
[Can we get to the 100th floor like this?]
[Let’s go to the 100th floor!!]
Eugene, who was checking the comments below, added a comment of his own.
【*What is the 100th floor? It’s the 90th floor.
[It’s an atmosphere where I can’t even take pictures.]
Eugene, who had left a comment, muttered while glancing at Serin.
“By the way, was it really 101? Who posts these ranking articles? It seems like it’s been around for quite some time.”
Even when I was up there, I often saw ranking posts.
The author of this post was named ‘Wiki’, and because of that name, some climbers suspected he was an administrator.
“Are you the manager?” Eugene also had similar suspicions.
“No, I’ve seen him in person. He’s just a climber. I heard he used to be a reporter outside the tower… That’s why he posts ranking articles. It’s like an occupational disease.”
“That’s amazing.”
“I guess you have a wide base. The rankers also cooperate very well, so it’s easy to post things like that.”
“I thought that these kinds of posts were obviously posted by the administrators.”
“I don’t know if there’s such a thing as an administrator. I thought someone like you was the administrator of this tower.”
Serin, who was talking to Eugene, asked about the manager.
“Wasn’t there anyone above? The manager?”
“There wasn’t any.”
I once thought that the human trial I met on the 97th floor might be the manager, but she was more like a tower person than an manager.
“Couldn’t the managers be floating entities like basic stores or job changers? Or maybe they’re answerers?” This was the most credible guess.
“Could that be so?”
“I should at least write down a top kit list. Finding out the manager’s identity… Should I make a bet?”
“I want to bet on the answerer.”
“I am on the side of nothing.”
“That’s unexpected. Since you mentioned the answerer, I thought you would choose the same side.”
“If such a thing existed, I thought other climbers who had posted on the bulletin board would have appeared and interfered. Even the teacher said there was no such thing.”
“I just remembered because you made a bet. It was a bet we made on the 30th floor. I won that one… …
As the two people were talking while passing the 40th floor, four or five climbers walked up and blocked their way.
To be exact, there were five people.
Climbers, each wearing fancy gear, stood with their arms linked and asked.
“There’s only one black magician on the 40th floor wearing a hood with puppy ears? By any chance… …
The guide pulled his chin in at the remark that seemed to know the identity of this person.
≪……2”
“Guide, that’s right.”
It seemed like the other side knew my identity, but I didn’t know my identity.
“I don’t think you’re from the Gift Guild… Is that right?”
Serin tilted her head as she noticed that the pictures on their equipment were different from the pictures of the guild she knew.
“Yes, no.” The person who seemed to be the representative of the five nodded and walked forward.
“We are from Everest.”
When the name of the guild we had talked about earlier was mentioned, Eugene, who was standing next to me, frowned.
What was particularly unpleasant was that the five of them were just staring at the puppy behind its ears without paying any attention to it.
“I came here with a proposal.”
“Proposal?” The man, who didn’t care that Eugene was frowning, slowly extended his right hand.
“If you don’t have a guild yet… how about joining us?”
Their purpose became clear.
scout.
It seemed like they were trying to invite veteran warlocks who weren’t affiliated with any guild yet to their guild.
“Guide… no, Han Seo-rin.”
≪…… When the man who had extended his hand mentioned the guide’s real name, her eyebrows hidden behind her hood also furrowed like Eugene’s.
“You’re using an alias because of those Black Rose guys, right? I don’t know why you’re using an alias, but please join us.”
The man who had suggested the scouting job smiled and continued.
“You were and are the best warlocks. We will treat you well.”
She was scouted and just stared at the other person without answering.
“If you’re concerned about the gaze of the Black Rose guys, don’t worry. I can definitely protect you better than the Gift Guild.”
“No, it would be better if we just wiped them out. It would be easier to just erase those people than to have other people talk about it.”
The man who had extended his hand shrugged and added:
“We can make it seem like ‘that thing’ that was a hot topic in the past never happened. A talented person like you… You should be called a filial daughter, not a delinquent son.”
Eugene, who had been listening quietly, muttered like Philip.
“You’re being a jerk.”
