The Boundless Necromancer Chapter 164

164. Giant Tree Labyrinth (3)

“You have entered the world of Iron Blood.”

When I opened my eyes, the grave of the white sword welcomed me.

Looking at the snowy field with swords stuck everywhere, I was soaked in emotion.

‘Still nothing has changed.’

It really feels like it’s been a while, but nothing has changed… … .

For a moment, I felt that I had escaped from the flow of time.

‘It feels like it would be suitable as a resting place.’

Of course, I didn’t come to find a place of rest, so I shook off the sentiment that seeped into my body and started walking.

and… … .

“You’re here, Han Seong-yoon.”

Soon after passing through the snowy field and entering the cabin, a cold-looking beauty appeared.

I glanced at her and soon sat down on the sofa in the cabin and said hello.

“It’s been a while, Iron Blood Lord.”

The iron-blooded lord said with a wry smile.

“It doesn’t seem like a lot of time has passed, enough to say it’s been a while… … .”

“It’s already the waiting room on the 18th floor, but you haven’t seen it in person since the waiting room on the 12th floor.”

“It’s strange that I came up to the waiting room on the 18th floor in such a short period of time.”

“It’s not short. Because the ordeal was ridiculously difficult, I spent a lot of time clearing it.”

“You still have useless humility. No, not humility, but sincerity. you… … , Even if you’ve grown up to that point, nothing has changed.”

The iron-blooded lord said that as if he was dumbfounded, then sighed.

“I didn’t know that divinity would be established before reaching the 20th floor… … .”

“Well, even though I’m not a proper god, I didn’t know that I would have divine status. You’re lucky.”

“In the history of the Tower, there has been no unprecedented growth rate like this, so what kind of luck is luck… … .”

“Even so, isn’t it less powerful than a manager with pseudo-divine powers?”

The divinity itself is certainly a huge growth.

However, I still felt that the quality or quantity of divinity was less than that of managers with similar divinities.

It’s also very huge.

Even without considering divinity, there was a huge difference in skill with the manager who had climbed to the 40th floor.

Being over the 40th floor meant that, and being chosen by the tower was just as great.

It’s not like luck that the Administrator even got the immortality to live for an eternity.

So I also admitted that I simply lacked strength.

However, the iron-blooded lord turned his head at those words.

“Compared to the same number of floors, no one would have built up the same strength as you.”

“But I’m not competing with people who stay on the same floor.”

At those words, the iron-blooded lord said with a stiff face.

“… … You mean the deities who exist outside the tower.”

“That’s right. I don’t know if it’s because I hate the birth of a god or if I hate the tower, but at least there seem to be few gods that are friendly to me.”

“… … That cannot be denied.”

“There was actually a time when the god of battle descended during the ordeal.”

Of course, there were divinities like the God of Proof or the God of Darkness who didn’t know whether they were benevolent or malicious… … .

It seems that there are surprisingly many gods, so there must be many other gods who have ill will towards me.

“So I’ll take everything I can get.”

therefore… … .

“Now let’s get to the point.”

Now it was definitely time to talk about the event that TOP had prepared.

“I will use all the questions, so tell me everything about the giant tree labyrinth.”

***

In the first place, I stopped by the manager’s area for the purpose of collecting information.

So, first of all, he said he would listen to information about the giant tree labyrinth without talking about other topics.

At that, the iron-blooded lord looked at me blankly for a moment, then said yes, and then began to give me information.

“The giant tree labyrinth is a labyrinth resembling a tower with a total of 10 floors.”

The iron-blooded lord explained that this 10-story labyrinth resembles a tower very much.

At those words, I thought the giant tree labyrinth felt like an ordeal, but it wasn’t like that.

“Like the tower, you can select the difficulty level and receive rewards according to the difficulty level.”

The giant tree labyrinth was really no different from the tower.

‘Set the difficulty level and get rewarded accordingly… … .’

The giant tree labyrinth was an event that imitated the basic system of the tower.

only… … .

“The difficulty types are Easy, Normal, Hard and Lunatic.”

The only difference is that it is one more difficult than the Tower and only has 10 floors.

After hearing the explanation up to that point, I thought for a while before opening my mouth.

“What is Lunatic Difficulty?”

Lunatic.

It was a difficulty level that did not exist in the Tower.

I was wondering what the difference between the difficulty level and the difficulty level was.

“The highest difficulty, Lunatic, is different from the three difficulties. It’s a level of difficulty that doesn’t even exist in the Tower, so the content is devastating.”

When I heard that the difficulty level was more serious than the difficulty level, I questioned the question.

“… … Does the level of the enemies that appear in the labyrinth become more difficult?”

“Well, there may be such things, but the true suffering of Lunatic Difficulty is not like that.”

The iron-blooded lord ran his fingers through his long silver hair and opened his mouth.

and… … .

“If you select Lunatic difficulty, all abilities are lost.”

Hearing that, I couldn’t help but close my eyes.

“… … Are all abilities gone? What is that?”

It was worth it.

It’s nothing else, it’s a penalty that all abilities disappear… … .

Doesn’t that mean, in effect, that you’re throwing away everything you’ve built while climbing the tower?

but… … .

“Of course, it is not a permanent loss of ability, it only disappears while staying in the giant tree labyrinth.”

The iron-blooded lord said there was nothing to worry about as it was a temporary loss, not a permanent loss.

However, temporarily losing all abilities was a huge penalty.

“If I can take any consolation, every time I go down a floor, I can sync up some of my abilities.”

“Specifically, from where to where can you synchronize?”

“You can recover one skill per floor. However, it is impossible to synchronize stats.”

“… … .”

If you get one skill back, even if you go down to the 10th floor, you will get up to 10 skills back… … .

‘I can’t put much meaning on it.’

It was close to impossible to recover all of the main skills as well as the auxiliary skills.

“It would be more important to synchronize the main skills in order of importance rather than synergy between skills.”

“Excellent. Yes, like you think, recovering the main skill is the most efficient.”

“By the way, is it possible to acquire skills within the labyrinth?”

“If you really want to learn a skill, it should be possible, but… … . The skill acquisition record itself will disappear anyway.”

“In short, it’s better to acquire the skills you need, but not master them more than necessary.”

I couldn’t help but laugh at him.

“What kind of absurd difficulty is this… … .”

Even on the hard difficulty level, he didn’t mind resetting his abilities from time to time during the ordeal.

Well, that’s why they added a level of difficulty called Lunatic that doesn’t even exist in the tower, but… … .

Even so, it seemed that astonishment would come out at the level of difficulty that felt vicious beyond imagination.

I let out a sigh and then my eyes lit up.

“But with such a huge penalty, the reward must be great.”

The tower originally gives compensation to the amount of hard work.

If such a penalty was given, it must be proof that the reward is enormous.

“Yes, as I said that the tower gives very important perks, there are great rewards for each difficulty level.”

In fact, the iron-blooded lord also nodded without denying the words.

“Well, it would be better to see the list of rewards directly than to tell them a few times.”

When she said that, she stopped fiddling with her hair and snapped her fingers.

Just-!

and… … .

“I am browsing the giant tree labyrinth reward.”

Looking at the rewards listed next, I had to doubt whether my eyes were wrong.

「Easy Difficulty Reward―Leaf of the World Tree (S+)―A leaf collected from the World Tree, containing the power of life.」

The leaves that look like high-end equipment crafting materials are S+ grade… … .

「Normal Difficulty Reward―Nameless God’s Dagger (SS-)―You can see and slash all types of divine power.」

Some purple daggers were SS-class relics that could see and cut all types of divinity… … .

「Hard Difficulty Compensation ― Book of Powers (SS+) ― Designate a target and copy up to three types of powers to the book.”

In the hard difficulty, an item appeared that duplicated the opponent’s power.

「Lunatic Difficulty Reward ― ※Cannot read※ ― ※Cannot read※.

I don’t know if it’s because of the lack of permission to read, but I couldn’t read the reward information on Lunatic difficulty.

After looking at the rewards assigned to the three difficulties, I knew that the rewards that would be on the Lunatic difficulty would be huge without even looking at them.

“… … .”

I understood why the Tower of Trials said that it would be possible to obtain very important perks from the giant tree labyrinth.

‘Since this is such a reward, the Tower must have emphasized that it is possible to obtain very important perks… … .’

Soon after I was familiar with the list of rewards, and finished browsing, the Iron Blood Lord spoke to me.

“Now I have exhausted all of my question tickets. I don’t think I can tell you anything more you want to ask.”

“Is that so. Well, it doesn’t matter. Most of my questions have now been answered.”

“Is that so… … .”

“It seems like we’ve been having fun talking to each other for the first time in a while.”

Now, most of the information about the giant tree labyrinth has been grasped.

“Now let’s go.”

I thought I didn’t need to stay here any longer, so I tried to stand up, but… … .

“Are you going to go right away without staying a little longer…?” … ?”

Instead of getting up from my seat, I tilted my head at the voice that made me feel sad for some reason.

‘what?’

I don’t think I’ve ever done anything that made me feel sad… … .

It was difficult to understand why the iron-blooded lord was speaking so bitterly.

“Yeah, what… … . Other challengers will be on the move, so I can’t be left behind.”

To that question, I scratched my head as I answered, and soon after, the iron-blooded lord continued.

“Then, do you have any intention of coming to my manager’s area in the future…? … ? Even though I heard Baekhakgeomseon so often to learn martial arts… … ?”

Instinct urged me to come up with an answer by stimulating my head at the words of regret.

and.

“… … I’ll be sure to listen to it often. Even if you don’t, there are many things I want to ask.”

Soon I came up with the answer I thought was best.

“… … Right. What I want to ask, Ira. Even if you don’t know what it is, just expect it.”

The iron-blooded lord thought for a moment as if he was thinking over the words, then said so.

“If you drop by here later, I will teach you a technique that will be useful to you as well.”

“technology… … ?”

“It is a technology in my dimension that I do not have now. It will surely help you too.”

“… … All right.”

I don’t know why he suddenly said he would teach me the technique, but one thing was certain.

‘Looks like you liked the answer I just gave you.’

That’s why I said I’d teach you this technique.

‘I don’t know what kind of technique it is, but seeing as he boasts, it must not be useless.’

After all, instinctively thinking that I was good at preparing a good answer, I prepared to leave.

“After a while, we will move to the waiting room on the 18th floor.”

Soon after, when the message to move to the waiting room came to mind, the iron-blooded lord spoke as if to say goodbye.

“Until you reach the 20th floor, I will wait here.”

and… … .

“Please look forward to the day when you will make your wish come true.”

After saying that, she smiled brightly, and her vision shook.

***

“You have entered the waiting room on the 18th floor.”

Returning to the waiting room, I stood there, pondering the words of the iron-blooded lord.

‘I’ll be waiting for the day to make my wish come true, la… … .’

She was certain that I would reach the 20th floor before long.

It was no different from reminding them of a contract they had agreed to make their long-cherished wish come true.

To be honest, I had half forgotten about it, but since I remembered, it was decided what to do.

‘As soon as I finish the 20th floor trials, I’ll have to clear my secret wish.’

The Iron Blooded Lord and the White Crane Swordsman were expecting me to fulfill their wish.

Then I had no intention of disappointing that expectation.

In any case, they recognized my potential and supported me wholeheartedly until now.

but… … .

‘Achieving a secret wish is about fulfilling it, and I have to go to the giant tree labyrinth first.’

At least that long-cherished wish will come true, not now, but later.

Freed from my thoughts, I opened the shop window and purchased a hearthstone.

“You have purchased the Returning Stone (D+).”

It was a hearthstone that could stay on Earth for a month, so it was a bit expensive, but… … .

To be honest, now I don’t have to worry too much about points.

‘Because the points are rotten enough to overflow.’

Holding the hearthstone shining red in my hand, I poured out my strong will to return to the item.

and… … .

「Challenger Han Seong-yoon has confirmed her intention to return.」

「Consumes the return stone to return to Earth.」

The scenery changed in the blink of an eye, and soon a familiar studio came into view.

“… … .”

Now, out of habit, I checked all the items I had as soon as I returned.

“Well, everything came back without any problems.”

Of course, he brought all the items that could be used as his main force without leaving a single one behind.

In response, I immediately turned on my smartphone and quickly searched for the giant tree labyrinth.

The tower said that giant tree labyrinths appeared in all official climbing dimensions, so giant tree labyrinths must have appeared on Earth as well.

‘Then it must have been known about the giant tree labyrinth.’

So, first of all, I thought to find out where the giant tree labyrinth was, even briefly.

In fact, it turned out to be a not-so-bad choice.

[What are the giant trees that have appeared all over the world? The Hunter Association said, “We will take quick action regarding this situation”… … .]

[A world tree that appeared in Seoul? What is the giant tree labyrinth that causes a lot of talk among the challengers and why did it appear?]

[Is the giant tree labyrinth a dungeon? Controversy is spreading as the possibility that giant tree labyrinths appearing all over the world can be subjected to a dungeon break… … .]

“A lot more information has spread than I thought.”

As I skimmed through the articles, I felt that a lot of information had to be made public.

Since some gigantic trees appeared all over the world, it must have been revealed.

However, looking at the article in the article, I felt that there was no information that could be used greatly.

I soon realized that browsing the Internet was pointless, and opened the messaging app.

‘It won’t be difficult to enter the giant tree labyrinth itself, so what’s left is to gather challengers and form a team.’

He tried to find a way to gather challengers by contacting Lee Ha-yeon, who now feels like a half-manager.

but… … .

[Lee Ha-yeon: Seong-yoon, it’s a very annoying situation right now.]

While writing a direct message, a text message suddenly came to Lee Ha-yeon.

[Lee Ha-yeon: Now that a giant tree labyrinth has appeared, top challengers from around the world are sending love calls like bombs to team up with Seong-yoon.]

Lee Ha-yeon’s text message immediately followed, and I couldn’t help but light up my eyes.

[Lee Ha-yeon: There is a possibility that your place of residence may have been known, so be careful and get out as quietly as possible when you return to Earth.]

That would be too… … .

[Lee Ha-yeon: It would be okay to arrange a challenger after that.]

According to her words, I’m currently selected as a pretty attractive team member.

“Everyone is coming to this place… … ?”

It was as if people from all over the world were coming here to find me.

That means… … .

“Is it better?”

It means that you don’t have to spend time, just take the challenger you like.

“I can enter the giant tree labyrinth faster than I thought.”

I smiled.