Episode 220
Kangsoo and Se-yong Kim began to warm up by taking light steps.
The one with the most momentum right now is definitely Kim Se-yong.
Because the sparring record between the two so far was so overwhelming.
On the other hand, Kansu had a cautious look in his eyes.
It’s natural.
After sparring with Se-yong Kim, it was common for my entire face to swell.
No matter how much Kansu realizes that he has become stronger, this memory is not immediately washed away.
“Don’t be scared! Kansu!”
“Kang!”
When I shouted, Kansu responded by clashing his fists together.
Kansu doesn’t know.
Exactly how strong you have become.
“Hehehe! There’s no need to be scared, Kansu. Do I really have to kill you? Just think of it as learning something from your brother!”
“Kang!”
Se-yong Kim nodded and narrowed the distance.
Kim Se-yong, it is true that this guy has grown considerably.
I don’t know what happened, but the rise in level seems to be much faster than that of other players.
As a strength enthusiast, I was able to confirm that the stat points were not focused on strength.
If he swings with full power, most players will be seriously injured even if they just get grazed.
Hwiik-
Hwiik-
As expected, the first pitcher was Se-yong Kim.
The guy put pressure on Kansu with a light one-two jab.
However, Kansu’s weaving appears to be much more leisurely.
The movement of sending off Kim Se-yong’s punch by slightly tilting the upper body looked quite good.
“What? “It’s Kansu!”
Kim Se-yong looked amused and immediately continued punching and moving forward.
Little by little, more mana is added to the fist.
It seemed like the foot steps were about to start in earnest as he became busier.
Shoo!
Shoo!
However, Kangsoo’s weaving still has a lot of composure, and his posture does not break at all even when he backsteps.
Rather, Kim Se-yong continued to attack and exposed the gap.
‘Counter timing!’
Kansu also knows.
That now is a chance.
Kansu instinctively stretched out his fist.
puck!
In the end, Kim Se-yong was allowed to face Kangsoo’s lightly swung jab.
The guy’s neck is tilted back.
Of course, it was not an attack that would cause much shock.
Because it was a jab that saw an opening and struck lightly.
However, the psychological shock would not have been small.
“Wow!”
Kim Se-yong made an absurd expression and adjusted his guard again.
“Kangsu! “Do you think you’ve gotten better?”
“Kang!”
Se-yong Kim is still completely unaware of the seriousness of the situation.
The attack just now.
If Kansu hadn’t been overly cautious, it wouldn’t have ended like this.
A bigger attack or a combo would have worked well.
Of course, Kangsoo must have felt it now.
That it is worth trying against Kim Se-yong.
“You let your guard down! know?”
“Kang?”
Opportunities are bound to keep coming.
Aside from power, Kangsoo is second to none in terms of speed, technique, visual acuity, and reflexes.
There is a picture where Kangsoo always wins.
Kim Se-yong caught his breath and widened the distance.
“Kangsu! “Try blocking this too!”
Piyung-
Piyung-
Finally, he started using his skills.
Kim Se-yong’s new signature, windy wind, comes out.
Kansu must have been slightly taken aback by the sudden wind of fire coming from his fist, so he was unable to dodge all of the damage and ended up getting two shots into the body.
“Kean!”
“Haha. How are you? “It’s Kansu!”
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Piyung-
Piyung-
Kim Se-yong confidently continued to shoot the wind, thinking that he had found a breakthrough.
But Kansu adapted quickly.
As I became familiar with the skill pattern, Kangsoo’s steps also followed suit, and eventually I was able to let go of all the fire and wind.
“Kean!”
Kansu cut through the wind and fire and rushed towards Kim Se-yong.
“Come on! Kansu!”
Kim Se-yong shouted as if he had been waiting.
Its true value is shown in close quarters situations.
‘It’s a fire fist skill.’
The guy loaded his fist full of mana and threw a punch at Kansu.
It is useless as a normal guard.
That skill will move forward by destroying all physical defenses.
Kansu also carries mana in his fists.
This means that we will fight against skill with skill.
Although the activation timing was slightly late, Kansu’s punch was also fired like lightning.
Skill name: Nuclear Fist.
In the end, the two fists met at one point in the air, causing a great collision of mana.
Chiiik!
Of course, I had guessed this outcome in advance.
Nuclear fist and fire fist. From the tone of voice, it is clear which side is stronger.
“Aaaahhh!”
As expected, the epicenter of the sound was Kim Se-yong.
The guy lets out a groan at his numb fist.
And the punches that Kansu fired in succession ended up hitting him in the face.
What the hell-
30th and 31st floors. It was a moment to see the reward of spending a significant amount of time on two floors raising Kansu.
“Kean!”
Kim Se-yong stretched out on the floor with a mesmerized expression.
“Wow! “I let my guard down again!”
But the mouth is still alive.
“wait. “I’m going to bring Lee Seol and ask him to wear heels.”
“What about heels! If you just stay like this, you will recover quickly! And you let your guard down, let your guard down!”
As he lay there, he kept repeating that he had let his guard down.
It looks like I’m mentally exhausted, so I think today’s sparring will end around this point.
Due to Kim Se-yong’s personality, from now on he will ask for sparring whenever he has time, so for the time being, Kangsoo is becoming a bit of a bother.
* * *
The time given before the start of the 32nd floor is only 1 hour.
Since free time was short for training, most players seemed to be taking a break.
After the sparring between Kansu and Kim Se-yong, I was also spending some personal time in a corner of the lobby.
There’s a lot to think about.
Because the new data I gained through the last two layers confused me.
‘The wise and pure one.’
It was almost confirmed that he, one of the twelve monarchs, was the one sending me the strategy book.
But some questions remain.
‘The relationship between the twelve monarchs… … .’
That was the most important issue to address.
If this is how I feel, it seems that the monarchs do not have a completely cooperative relationship.
It certainly seemed like the monarch on the 31st floor was hiding something.
The same was true for likability.
In fact, I was receiving the maximum buff, but my favorability rating was not that high.
It may have been a reason to hide his identity from me, but it was not difficult to discover that the favorability rating was manipulated, so I dismissed that reason.
After the reward on the 31st floor was changed to a holy sword, the fact that the remaining time was set ridiculously was also definitely strange.
Normally, I would have finished the 31st floor with only one fragment of the holy sword missing.
If I hadn’t met Raden in the Demon King’s Castle, there’s a good chance I wouldn’t have gained anything on the 31st floor.
‘Therefore, the wise and pure are helping me in secret.’
This was a hypothesis I could currently formulate.
The existence of a ‘dimensional gap’, a secret place that other monarchs cannot peek into, also supports this hypothesis.
I still don’t know what the ending of this tower will be or whether I will be able to reach that ending, but if I keep climbing the tower, the pieces of the puzzle may fall into place one by one.
First of all, surviving is important.
Only then can these questions be resolved.
‘Anyway, I got stronger.’
I acquired a new mythic item, the Shield of Pallas, and some of the ether that Ra-den engraved into my soul was converted into mana as promised.
And the holy sword Gaia.
Despite his appearance, he was a man with mysterious powers.
‘You’re opening a portal.’
When the activation conditions are met, the holy sword enables dimensional movement.
Immediately after acquiring the holy sword on the 31st floor, I was able to experience its power.
He took the holy sword, infused magical energy into it, drew a circle in the air, and a portal was created.
Of course, I couldn’t specify the location I wanted.
All I could do was ignore the remaining time on the 31st floor and return to the lobby.
If even the place came under my control, it would soon be on a level equal to that of a master or a blood demon.
Hehehe!
I lifted the holy sword and drew a circle in the air like before.
A fine afterimage remains in the trajectory of the sword tip.
But that was it.
Currently, it is a sword that causes a somewhat strange phenomenon. It was just that much.
Although I cannot specify the location, the timing for creating the portal is also something I cannot create by my own will.
In the end, it was left up to me to find the way.
‘Shall I ask Shin Joo-ah what she thinks?’
Come to think of it, I haven’t had a conversation with Shin Joo-ah yet after returning to the lobby.
They even spent the night in the same bed, but during that time, there was unusually little contact with Shin Joo-ah in the lobby.
When she approaches Shin Joo-ah, she immediately asks about the holy sword.
“That is the holy sword.”
“uh. On the outside, it doesn’t look like much, right?”
Even compared to the cheap old longswords sold in store windows, it was no better in appearance.
It’s almost a shame to call it a holy sword.
“It certainly doesn’t look like it’s worth 500,000 gold.”
She immediately reminded me of the debt relationship.
“For your information, you have to shell out 60,000 gold. I bought the elixir to heal you while you were unconscious. To be exact, I spent more than 60,000 gold, but I’ll just give it this much.”
“That’s something I can’t confirm. “Can you swear?”
“I swear.”
“I believe it. Then the current debt relationship is 440,000 gold.”
“don’t worry. “Because there won’t be any rip-offs.”
After obtaining the holy sword, I was able to be sure that 500,000 gold was not a large amount of money.
Of course, the day will come when this holy sword can be used in a more advanced form.
“Actually, I opened a portal.”
I explained to Shin Joo-ah what happened in the Demon King’s Castle on the 31st floor.
Along with the two functions this holy sword has.
Since the strategy book was still unavailable to this day, I was curious what her opinion was about this holy sword.
Of course, that may not be the correct answer, but it can serve as a reference.
“Are you saying there is no item description and no known activation conditions?”
“okay. “Maybe one day I will be able to write more freely, but what do you think?”
“You seem to be thinking too hard.”
“Do you have any good ideas?”
“There is no such thing. However, since there may be ego in this holy sword, it seems necessary to increase communication with each other by using it often. “It’s just common sense.”
“Ego?”
“Didn’t you just say that to me? “I heard that if you use this sacred sword against a monster, it will reject it.”
“Wasn’t rejecting a metaphorical expression? For example, the power of the sword decreases.”
“That may be possible, but the Tower must keep all possibilities open. First of all, I thought that the Holy Sword might have an ego.”
Shin Joo-ah interpreted what Jenna told me in a different way.
A sword can have an ego.
It’s a thought I’ve never thought of before, but I don’t think we can rule out the possibility.
“thank you. “It might be a good reference.”
“I should have paid more than 500,000 gold.”
“It’s no use doing that now. “I won’t give you anything more than that.”
“In any case, the Holy Sword has the potential to overcome the limitations of time and space, so I think its use will increase in the future.”
The Blood Demon once said this to me.
Since the tower expands faster than the player can climb the tower, they may never be able to escape from this tower.
In that case, this holy sword might become the master key that will guide me to the end of the tower.
[The 32nd floor will start soon.]
Although it still feels like something from the distant future.
-Continued in Episode 221-
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