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Most parties that tried to challenge the 8th floor by using up all the opportunities to enter on the first day had the same difficulties.
Torches, magical lights, and light were all useless on the eighth floor.
It was because the monsters living on the 8th floor, the ‘shadow spiders’, ate up the light.
So I tried using a magic scroll with the “Night Vision” spell stored in it, but the field of vision I could secure in an environment with almost no light was clearly limited.
It is woefully inadequate to deal with the onslaught of shadow spiders that come from all directions and even the ceiling, attacking in droves.
In addition to this, there are pit traps they have dug here and there, and sticky spider webs that fill the pits.
In short, the difficulty of the 8th floor, the starting point of the challenge floor, was bizarre in itself.
Within a day of the Tower of Challenge’s appearance, users who had directly climbed up to the 8th floor were groaning incessantly.
But here.
When everyone is making unpleasant noises, whether it be crying or screaming.
There was a man standing leisurely at the entrance to the 8th floor.
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‘It was probably about 3 weeks after the 8th floor was conquered?’
The basics of strategy is to memorize and master the information necessary for strategy, such as terrain features and monster placement.
But since it was covered by darkness as an obstacle to memorize it, it was natural that clearing it would be delayed.
‘The number of times you can enter is limited, and the only way to conquer it is to get used to it by dragging corpses, so it couldn’t be helped.’
It was fortunate that the death penalty was not applied, but it was still a case of having to roll and roll.
‘I just have to do what I have to do.’
It didn’t matter to Dojin whether others suffered or not.
[A penalty is added from the 8th floor of the Tower of Challenge.]
[The number of consumables that can be used is now limited.]
Even though it is said to be the 8th floor that swallows up even light, it is just a special stage for Dojin who has the means to perfectly overcome darkness.
Ma-an, the quiet night.
The left eye, which resembled the quiet night that the poet gave at the peak of the night, displayed a clear field of vision in front of Dojin even in a place without a single ray of light.
‘It’s so dirty and disgusting.’
As soon as we entered, we saw huge spiders swarming in, reaching up to a person’s knees.
Normally, this would be the graveyard for those who first entered the 8th floor, but that wasn’t the case for Dojin.
‘It’s over there.’
Dojin clearly saw the spiders swarming and pinpointed the direction where there were fewer of them.
‘First, lure them.’
If you stay still, the guys moving through the ceiling will attack you from above.
Dojin ran to avoid the spiders approaching from the ground and ceiling.
The sound of thick spider legs hitting the floor chases Dojin away.
‘I like the space to be as narrow and limited as possible.’
Dojin’s body floated as he was moving through the eight floors that were intertwined like a maze.
He saw a cleverly dug hole and jumped into it.
When I saw the spider web covering the hole, I thought it was really evil.
Dojin used “Spirit Movement” to jump hard and land lightly, then ran again.
It’s because I haven’t found a satisfactory position yet.
‘If we get any more greedy, we’ll be surrounded on both sides. Let’s just clear it out here and go.’
Then it stopped at a place that wasn’t the best, but wasn’t the worst either.
A section where the passage becomes narrower and the ceiling becomes lower.
Dojin turned his head and looked in the direction he had run from.
I could see spiders pouring in from where the road turned, squeezing their bodies into the narrowing passage.
The horrible bottleneck was like trying to force a ball of fur into a Pringles can.
“Then shall we try grilling it?”
Dojin’s magic circuit, speaking quietly, was dyed golden.
The golden magic unique to the “Book of Truth” shines and creates a spell.
《Waves of Fire》
“Wave of Fire” is a magic that advances over a wide area, but it has the disadvantage of dispersing quickly as it covers a wide area.
However, if the environment is such that the fire cannot spread over a wide area, this disadvantage can be offset.
The effect is that fire compressed into a narrow space becomes more intense and advances further.
Hwaaaaak!
The narrow passage was filled with fire and heat.
Ta-da-dak. Crackle crackle crackle. Kkeeeeek.
If you push towards Dojin, you will be hit by the fire, and if you turn around and run away, your own people will continue to press you, so you cannot move.
Eventually, the spiders all died as a group, roasting in the heat and fire.
While Dojin was doping by burning the cigarette he had taken out, he watched the situation unfold.
“No matter what you say, a shadow spider or whatever, a bug is still a bug. If you see those guys dying in front of you, you should think about running away.”
Whether out of anger at the death of their own kind or out of thoughtlessness, the spiders were somehow trying to squeeze their way into the narrow passage.
It was a welcome development for Dojin.
Although range magic eats up a lot of mana, it is ultimately a good deal since you can deal with a lot at once.
‘The corpses are piling up now, so no one can come in. If we wait until the corpses disappear, more will probably come in… but then the other side might get surrounded.’
Dojin, who had charred the shadow spiders several more times, escaped through the opposite passage.
Then, not far away, a spider’s scurrying sound was heard.
It was a sound that clearly revealed that he was running towards me, having identified my location, even though we hadn’t even met face to face yet.
Dojin laughed ferociously at the sound of the spiders’ footsteps, which even made him feel angry.
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“These kids, they’re not just stupid, are they?”
I just thought those guys who kept pushing forward while watching me die in front of them were stupid, but that wasn’t the case.
It was a sacrifice made to buy time for his comrades who had returned to the rear to surround the enemy.
“But it’s a little late.”
The problem is that it isn’t fast enough.
Dojin stretched out his hand toward the place where the sound of footsteps was loud among the complicatedly branching paths.
《Crawling Fire》
Dojin, who chooses and fires the so-called luminous spell, the one that lasts the longest among the magic that can be used at present.
The fire, which had been moving forward like a spider, suddenly disappeared around the corner.
Tadadadada. Keeeeek.
The flickering flames and writhing shadows overlapped to tell of the spiders’ misfortune.
“I’m sorry, but I’m at a disadvantage here. For now, you’ll have to be satisfied with that.”
Dojin, who had greeted her with a small gift, moved again.
“Ugh!”
But after a while, Dojin had no choice but to stop walking.
I got bitten by a spider that was quietly lurking on the ceiling, which I missed.
Even if you work harder than other wizards to increase your physical strength stat, a wizard is still a wizard.
A considerable amount of HP was consumed, and the spider venom debuff covered Dojin.
Although he was able to roast the spider with a combination of electric shock and fireball, each and every one of these minor depletions was fatal for Dojin, who entered the 8th floor alone.
“… If I try to handle it all by myself, even if I use up all the mana potions, it won’t be enough.”
There’s nothing he can do. A mistake is a mistake. Dojin quickly admitted it and drank a detoxification potion and a healing potion to recover from the damage.
“shit.”
But in the meantime, spiders were filling his back and front.
Wasted time was 15 seconds? It shouldn’t have been more than 30 seconds.
Well, 15 or 30 seconds was enough time to catch up and be surrounded.
“Haa. Is this it this time?”
Breaking through this siege was not the problem.
The problem is that engaging in combat while surrounded results in high attrition.
If I had even one such wasteful engagement, I wouldn’t have any energy left to kill the boss.
Unfortunately, this episode was a failure.
‘It’s bitter.’
I knew it in my head.
It’s almost impossible to clear it on the first try.
But the chest is another matter, so I actually had some secret hopes that I might be able to do it.
In conclusion, it was proven that it was arrogance.
‘I’ve got this organized, what about other people?’
Even though you can see everything and have a rough idea of how to conquer it, one mistake can ruin your chances of clearing it… …. You’re saying that you’ll just head straight into the ground and eventually catch it?
‘There are too many freaking babies.’
The shadow spiders approached Dojin, who was shaking his head, in a group, shrugging their bodies up and down as if giggling.
It was an act of ignoring and treating the prey as if it had already been caught.
Looking at that, Dojin sighed.
“Just because I messed up once, you little bugs are ignoring me? This is driving me crazy.”
Dojin’s eyes shone fiercely.
“The problem is catching the boss, not you guys.”
Thinking that he was already wrong, Dojin put aside his worries about waste and consumption and started to run wild.
They roughly broke through the spiders’ encirclement, and roasted or burned everything they saw with their fiery firepower.
And I walked around as much as I could.
By watching and analyzing the recorded video, we will be able to draw a map of the 8th floor.
For now, all you have to do is travel to as many places as possible and save data.
At the end, Dojin waited for a swarm of spiders to approach him in an empty lot.
It was then that the cigarette I had been saving went out.
“… But the last room was recovered.”
Taking the signal of throwing the cigarette on the ground, the most honest and courageous of the remaining spiders attacked Dojin.
And Dojin held on until the end, scraping together the recovered mana and burning the men who rushed at him along with his body.
And so the first day and first round of Dojin ended.
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As time passed, exactly one week after the Tower of Challenge appeared, all users saw the same message.
[As the Tower of Challenge strategy stalls, the light of the Star of Destruction, Laves, becomes brighter.]
[In Rostania, Bella’s blessing evaporates without a trace.]
[Regenian’s power to resist fate is gradually weakening.]
[30% reduction in damage to monsters]
[30% increased damage from monsters]
[Experience gained reduced by 30 percent]
[Item acquisition probability reduced by 30 percent]
The Internet world, including the LOST community including Lotranet and various social media platforms, was filled with harsh language and expressions.
People who endured the harsh reality by leveling up and collecting items every day.
Naturally, their anger was great and violent, as their only joy had been taken away from them.
Mobius was naturally showered with abuse, but as always, they responded quietly by ignoring it.
The lost spark declared that he had cleared the level first and drew aggro, and jumped towards the internet broadcaster who had been receiving support and challenging the level but had not yet cleared the 8th floor.
In that way, if you clear the 8th floor, you are the savior, and if you fail to clear the 8th floor, an atmosphere of treason is created.
