Episode 283 < Last vote. (4) >
5.
We had a banquet.
I cleared the 40th floor almost in one go, and the poisonous snake came back stronger than I imagined after training alone in the closed pipe. It’s enough of a reason to hold a banquet.
We, the five major guild leaders, are no longer wary of the rapid growth of our colleagues. Don’t be afraid. However, like a good friend, he congratulated me with a pure heart.
Very purely.
“I will make my special milk cocktail especially for you.”
“stop! stop! Grandpa Swordsman! You don’t know as much about cocktails as crab shells! I want to enjoy the atmosphere of a cocktail bar, but I don’t know what it tastes like, so the kitsch dandy who just drinks milk makes me a scapegoat… … Phew!?”
“Now, drink it. It’s a cocktail created by a combat power meter. I thought ordinary Kahlua milk was boring, so I added espresso to durian juice and mixed it with milk. Doesn’t this place resemble a beach resort surrounded by jungle? “Let me measure your romantic ability.”
“Breath… … Ugh, wow! Whoop, whoop, whoop!”
“Hoo, 10,000 romantic powers… 20,000… 50,000… 530,000… It’s going up. Being young is good. “The combat power meter of an old man like me must die.”
“Did the Medicine King move, you crazy old man!?”
It was such pure shit.
“You guys are really playing outside of the student level… . Is there a problem with brain development? ?”
The Black Dragon Master shook his head and enjoyed a drink with the Holy Knight. The fact that the mat was laid out in a square shape seemed to give off a hint that people with intelligence below a certain level should not approach it. The Count was also showing cuteness to the two people by burying his nose in the mat and saying ‘nyaang nyang’.
peace. Advanced. Wow.
The dignity of the Black Dragon Queen seems to be subtly showing off that this is the true beauty of a drinking party.
“Is one side hell and the other side paradise? .”
I smiled bitterly while holding the orange juice.
At that moment, a familiar voice suddenly came from next to me.
“no. Either way, I think it’s paradise?”
“…….”
I turned my head.
A flash of pure white blonde hair flashed beneath my vision.
There was a face there that looked like it had been perfectly sculpted from a girl, or rather, an idol.
“… … You always come and go new. “Princess.”
“huh! “It’s my specialty!”
The girl, ahem, supported her waist with both hands.
[The ‘Princess Walking in a Mirage’ appears.]
A princess walking through a mirage.
The guide in charge of taking us from the 30th to the 49th floor.
Other people think of it as a constellation, but it is actually one of the pillars that holds the highest power in the tower.
Above all, she is also the true daughter of the owner of the tower.
“Yaaaa-. Anyway, it’s great. huh. Death King is amazing. I’ve already praised him several times, but he’s still amazing! Yep! As expected, he is the person I have predicted!”
dump.
The princess quietly sat down next to me and laughed heartily. I wondered what else this person was going to say, so I moved her butt out of the way and looked at her with the eyes of a sparrow.
“What plan are you planning this time?”
“at all. nothing! “I really just stopped by to praise Death King.”
I sighed and drank some orange juice.
A mother’s daughter, a constellation and a pillar, giggled next to me.
“I sincerely want to praise you. You, ugh. You guys did really well. “I’ve looked around many towers, but I don’t think there’s any place where the stage was cleared as unanimously as here.”
“Nothing at all?”
“yeah! Among the cases I’ve seen so far, the [best] case involved only one race being ostracized. This is a secret you can never hear at your current access level, but… .”
“What do you think?” the princess said and stretched her legs.
“There were a total of six races selected by those who ascended to the top. From the beginning, an agreement was reached that one race should be held in the role of a disgrace. Smart, right? Even if there is a flood, it is because of that race. Even when there is a drought, it is because of that race. “The fact that my life is shit is actually because of that race.”
“…….”
“There is a saying that if you want to make allies, you must first make enemies. The climbers of that tower, that is, the conquerors, came out with a clearly proven strategy. “Because, except for one race, all races were completely united.”
“… … “Is that the [best] case?”
I looked at the princess.
This tower, and all towers, is the Buddha of the tower owner. The screams, resentment, and death boiling up in the tower are all embraced by the tower owner, and the pain is felt on his behalf.
Isn’t that what a child who asked me to save his mother would say?
“huh.”
The princess picked up the rice cake snack and ate it.
“Because that one race is called [Witch Race]. Anyway, after the witch tribe attacked the remaining five races, they also attacked the attackers who they believed to be gods, and then they attacked the remaining four attackers as well.”
“…….”
Eck.
“yes?”
“Yes yes yes. And after brainwashing other races into slave soldiers, they attacked the lower levels of the tower. They massacred all the people who had trusted the conqueror and had been playing comfortably in the rear. Humans were used as biological experiment tools. happy ending, happy ending
The princess smiled brightly.
“ah. For your information, the [humans] I’m talking about here are of a different species than you [humans]. It looks like a toad. In short, the situation was reversed, and the humans in that world went from being treated like gods to being reduced to toads in a laboratory overnight.”
“oh my god. one… … .”
“Awesome?”
The princess munched on her rice cake endlessly. My cheeks swelled like a hamster.
In that situation, my pronunciation is not good and I am trembling… .
“That happened about 1,000 years ago.”
The princess’s eyes turned in this direction.
His cheeks were full of honey and his face couldn’t possibly look serious, but his eyes were strangely calm.
“They are children who have a surprisingly deep relationship with you. “Death King.”
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I blinked.
“yes?”
“Think about it carefully.”
The princess’s eyes suddenly became serious.
“You’ve met them before.”
“…….”
Playfulness was like a princess’s body odor, always lingering around her eyes. However, her eyes were like jewels that had not been eaten away by her scent, as they stared blankly in this direction.
I couldn’t recall it easily.
“They say they are the people who conquered the tower 1,000 years ago. How do you meet me? No matter what, the time difference… … .”
“If all you want to do is live, whether you use aurors or magic, it is common for people to live longer than thousands of years. At least it’s common in stages after the 50th floor. “You can tell just by looking at the Constellation Killer, right?”
suddenly.
“… … ah.”
The [hints] that the princess gave me as if nothing had happened were quickly put together in my head.
『Geomje nobleman.』
“ok?”
『I heard that a magic tower over there was brought down 150 years ago.』
That happened when I reached the 50th floor using a method that was quite close to cheats in order to meet the Constellation Killer.
The 50th floor was completely different from the stages I had experienced so far, it was dangerous, and above all, a fearsome [force] was controlling the entire stage.
『Originally, they had six towers?』
『But I destroyed one of them.』
This [force] is my Bae Hu-ryeong… He is entangled in an unresolved grudge with the Sword Emperor.
Should I say he is the leader of Cheolcheon?
So, as soon as I imitated the Sword Emperor and shouted, that [force] reacted immediately.
『Sword Emperor!!
I remember the reaction was a bit intense.
『You’re back, Geomje! I knew you would come back someday!』
『Possession? Reincarnation? done! Anyway, it doesn’t matter! I’ll kill you!』
『We will kill at least you! I will rip your soul to pieces, scatter it all over the world, and poop on it! Kill it! Kill it!! Kill that guy right now! Put the name and history of the Magic Tower on the line and chase that guy all the way to hell!』
I still can’t forget the sight of hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of wizards riding on broomsticks and rushing towards us.
I looked back at the princess’s face, shaking my shoulders slightly at that memory.
The princess was smiling innocently in her single room.
“…….”
hmm.
indeed.
Let’s summarize.
1. 1000 years ago, there was a race that swallowed up gods and humans and became the main force of the tower.
2. The name of that race is [Witch Race].
3. Coincidentally, there is a force that has been sitting on the 50th floor of the tower and reigning supreme on the stage for 1,000 years.
4. The name of that force is [Magic Tower].
5. It is said that the witch tribe uses all the races that persecute them as slaves or for biological experiments. The total number of races in this pitiful situation is six. There are a total of 6, including 5 different races that ostracized the witch tribe, plus the toad people of that world who abandoned the witch tribe.
6. Coincidentally, really coincidentally, the Magic Tower consists of six towers.
“…….”
in other words.
“Are the magic tower witches I met on the 50th floor the same witch family!?”
“Baba babang- That’s the correct answer.”
phut!
The princess set off fireworks to celebrate her birthday, wondering where she got them from.
“Hey, it’s Death King after all! “He’s quick-witted, so it’s easy to talk to him.”
“crazy… … .”
Just when I was realizing that my relationship was complicated and twisted and tangled, I realized that I had missed an important question.
“uh. Wait. “It was possible for the main inhabitants of the tower to change!?”
“then. If the children of the designated tribe go crazy and kill all the residents of your tower, from that moment on, the residents of the tower will no longer be human, but will become designated tribes. Well, as long as Death King is alive, that will never happen.”
“…….”
“Subjects of the Aegim Empire too. The people of the Apocalypse where Raviel resides. In theory, I could climb the tower for you. It’s just that you still monopolize [rankings] and don’t realize it.”
ranking.
Certainly, it was only those ranked 7th who could now advance to the forefront of the tower.
“Well, if someone from the worlds we’ve conquered so far ranked in the top 7 instead of the ones here… … .”
“huh! “Those kids will be able to climb the tower too.”
The princess shrugged her shoulders.
“Well, it won’t be easy for them to raise their [ranking].”
“Why?”
“hmm? They are fighting every day in the place where they were born. Those who have no reason to leave earth usually have no reason to ascend to heaven. No matter how strong they are, the tower doesn’t pay attention to those people.”
Those words left a strange resonance in my heart.
After a moment, the princess shrugged her shoulders.
“However, there may be people who aim to ascend to the top even if it is not for that reason. “For example, should we call them designated tribes, or [Asura]?”
The princess smiled.
“Asura is strong. And because they know that a constellation has emerged among them, they know that there is a higher world. Is that all? Even though it is a seasonal season, I have mastered the Demon Heavenly Demonic Art, and I even know how to perform the Demon Heavenly Demonstration Technique. Those kids will rise through the ranks quickly… … . “That will cause its own problems.”
Did the child inherit not only playfulness but also venom from its mother?
From the princess’s eyes, a subtle sarcasm, a joyful smile that mocked something, gently flowed.
“What’s the problem?”
“You, the Death King, are confident that the designated tribe will never betray you. So do your colleagues. But what about the vast majority of residents who were unable to participate in the attack with you? “Are you going to welcome with open arms the people who suddenly brought you in, claiming they are your children?”
“…….”
“Hehehe.”
The princess playfully imitated laughter.
“What should I do? In the first place, I don’t want you to believe me when I say, “There’s no problem, don’t worry.” Death King is you, you have a good image, so your words may be a bit misleading, but what about your other colleagues? The number of people who know that Black Dragon has changed is so small that you can count them on one hand, right? “I think there are at least six people who know that the Heretic Questioner has changed.”
“…….”
“Even if they say [Please trust me], will you believe me? What about poisonous snakes? What about Geomtaeng? Will the people staying under the tower trust you? “Do you really trust the children you brought in?”
I slowly looked around.
The noise of a noisy drinking party was heard.
“It’s a shame, but the durian course will end here.”
“I lived, I lived… … Ugh. I lived… I survived… .”
“Next is a cocktail made by mixing white liquor made with the bodily fluids of the Sanwa tribe and the highest quality salt hand-picked from Slimepolis. Cheon Mu-munju. They say that you have to drink this all at once to reveal its delicacy. “Drink it.”
“uh… … . “Isn’t that just jelly mixed with salt and drinking it?”
“Drink.”
okay.
Regardless of age, gender, race, parent and child, everyone in the banquet room laughed and mingled in their own way. There was jealousy, there was longing, there was friendship, there were half-baked hopes and long-suffering sighs.
Everyone is looking directly at each other.
Just like the viper did to me and I to the viper.
‘If you look at people as people.’
I nodded.
‘That’s enough.’
And then he looked directly at the princess’s eye smile.
“I can solve it.”
“Hey?”
“To be precise, I can help you achieve a solution. what.”
I turned my head and looked at the Black Dragon Master. The Black Dragon Master was working on a grand battle with a Holy Knight, but was not chatting in particular and was just looking around with a bored expression on his face, admiring the surrounding scenery. At that moment, our eyes met.
-What are you looking at?
The Black Dragon Master’s lips moved. Her face was bathed in the shadow of palm leaves. Although we were quite far away from each other, the sound that came through the aura rang clearly in my ears.
“Please come for a moment”
-It’s annoying… . why?
“I have something to tell you, Princess. “It’s important.”
The Black Dragon Master sighed and put down his drink. Pot! Before the glass had even hit the floor and before I could even sigh, the Black Dragon Master using [Instantaneous Transfer] appeared right in front of me.
“What’s going on?”
“Before going up to the 50th floor, there is an event that needs to be prepared first.”
“event?”
“yes. “It’s an event.”
The Black Dragon Master tilted his head. The Princess looked at me with her curious face.
I looked at the two people and slowly opened my mouth.
“tomorrow. “We’ll go back to the first floor of the tower and open the voting.”
“Voting? “The voting ended with the noble race being the last.”
“no. There is still a final vote left.”
I shook my head.
“In our tower, we have not yet received a vote from [the people living in Babylon].”
“…….”
Anastasia closed her mouth.
Yes.
‘There are votes left that really need to be cast.’
The five major guilds united over the divisions of the past.
The guild leaders decided to keep looking forward with a wound in their hearts.
It’s a good thing.
It deserves to be celebrated.
‘But, it’s still our story.’
The residents who live day to day in Babylon do not know that.
We are happy that stages are being conquered at an unprecedented speed, we are cheering, and we are supporting the big guilds, but [invisible problems] are still lurking everywhere.
Perhaps, like a world line shown by the tower owner, a rebellion will break out in the pantheon, the Black Dragon Lord will be betrayed, and the tower will collapse from the inside.
If we ignore people who are living ordinary lives, they will also ignore us.
‘We have to talk to each other.’
No, stories alone are not enough.
‘I have to show it. So that you can feel it. So that you can experience it.’
Even for that purpose.
This event is absolutely necessary.
“Anastasia.”
“Please prepare for the press conference.”
Anastasia narrowed her eyes.
“Hmm.”
“I will be holding my second press conference since becoming Death King.”
“Such an event… … It’s not bad if you have it. It’s an achievement worth bragging about to the public… .”
“Please allow not only reporters but also tower residents to freely attend the conference. “Residents can also ask questions, and I will not avoid them.”
“and.”
I looked straight at the Black Dragon Master.
“I’m not the only one. I hope everyone will attend.”
“…….”
“Let us speak honestly, face to face, to all those living in Babylon.”
So that we can climb the tower together.
“…….”
The Black Dragon Master was silent.
The silence was long.
It was not because there was little I could say, but because there was so much I could say, it was silence to endure and swallow the deluge. thus,
“It will be dangerous.”
The words that came out of her mouth could not help but be implicit.
“We can control a normal press conference. The newspapers and reporters allowed to enter, the questions allowed at the press conference, reactions, and seating arrangements can all be carefully controlled through Heilong. However, if residents are also allowed the right to ask questions… … .”
“i know.”
“…….”
Anastasia closed her mouth once more, and after a little more silence, opened her lips.
“There are many people trying to slander you.”
“yes.”
“This is a star that our guilds worked together to raise in secret. The Death King’s exploits were actually accomplished by the five major guilds, but they are intentionally giving the Death King his exploits to raise his star. The Death King is nothing more than a marionette, and in reality he only follows the instructions of the five major guilds… … .”
“i know.”
“You’re an orphan. You called the director to the tower. Because you are an orphan, you will be ignored knowingly or unknowingly, and as soon as you get to your position, people will look at you crookedly and ask if you are taking care of the people around you… … .”
“yes.”
“They don’t deserve to hurt you. There are a lot of people like that. “There’s no need to make room for you to get hurt.”
“there is.”
I nodded.
“Yes. “You know it exists, right?”
“…….”
“If there are people who want to hurt and scratch me, then of course there are also kids who are just petty like me in the past… . Anastasia. “This is the reward for the five major guilds running the tower while insisting on secrecy for over a dozen years.”
I placed my palm on the back of Anastasia’s hand.
“I’m not trying to hurt you by making up things that don’t exist. “Because he has been treated like someone who doesn’t exist, he wants to hurt someone and let them know that he is here.”
“… … “A completely wrong injury to a completely wrong person.”
“hmm. what. “The world is full of irrational things.”
I smiled.
“Still, I think leaders also have a role to play in temporarily taking on irrational tasks.”
“…….”
“You made me a leader.”
I opened my mouth.
“So now, it’s my turn to become the leader of this tower.”
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