Episode 41. Old colleague
An apostle who guards the 10th floor of the tower.
Goblin Champion, Gregory.
He opened his eyes wide and jumped up from his seat.
thud.
“Strange?! “Seo, are you really that Lois’ son?”
“that’s right.”
He laughed with a helpless expression.
Hehehe-
“okay… . “That’s why it’s so strong.”
“Do you know your father?”
“of course! “He attacked me just like you.”
“okay?”
“I was wondering who your energetic figure resembles. “Now that I think about it, I see that you look exactly like your father.”
Well, since my father is also pursuing extreme power, he would have wanted to compete with the apostle.
I don’t like hearing people say that I resemble my father. Still, she’s glad to know something she didn’t know in her previous life.
‘Your father also challenged the apostle.’
I asked, emptying the potion in my glass.
gulp-.
“So who won the match?”
“I won.”
The results are as expected.
“Of course Lois wasn’t weak. “Unlike you, he didn’t attack alone.”
“But you remember it well?”
“He was the strongest knight I had ever met before you came. Well, if you use that strange purple color, things will be different.”
Well, if it hadn’t been for the sword, I wouldn’t have been able to cut Gregory’s body down.
“When it comes to swordsmanship, who do you think is superior, your father or me?”
“I guess he’s your father right now. “Because when he came to me, he was already superior to you.”
Gregory continued, giggling.
“Well, I don’t know what will happen in the future.”
To what extent has my father’s swordsmanship reached? I heard that the person I knew in his past life was definitely at his limit.
Since he passed away without ever sharing a sword with me, the end of the situation is unknown.
‘I’m curious.’
How strong is your father?
I nodded slightly.
“Right. I get it.”
“Are you going to leave?”
“Yeah, I don’t have time.”
“Why are you so busy with human subjects?”
“I’m busy because I’m human. “Unlike you, we don’t live long.”
The goblin champion chuckled and started packing his bags to see me off.
“I’ll take you to the entrance.”
“No, I know the way up.”
“huh? how?”
“I’ve been here before.”
I picked up a torch and pointed to a grave in the corner of the village. Let’s approach the large tombstone lying there and release the aura.
Easy profit-
I saw letters engraved in the language of the tower. A language that no one can now interpret.
A device was activated that allowed only the apostles chosen by God to understand its meaning.
“You really know.”
Gregory clapped his hands with an expression of admiration.
match!
“I told you. “I said I came and saw it.”
You just don’t remember me from my past life.
Coo coo coo coo.
The tombstone began to move.
At the same time, a path to the 11th floor beyond the 10th floor, called the Ordeal, began to be built.
Coo goong, coo goong, coo goong.
The tombstones in the tomb began to pile up, forming a staircase toward the ceiling of the 10th floor.
Coogung!
When the stairs made of tombstones reached right in front of the ceiling, Gregory handed me a wooden box.
“If you need my help, come anytime.”
I handed him the box and answered.
“okay.”
“The guy guarding the next trial is not normal, so be careful.”
“I get it.”
The conversation ended here.
I walked to the next floor with Rox and Cynthia and the others.
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Let’s let everyone who took on this ordeal disappear.
Sigh!
Amon suddenly appeared, splitting the space, and spoke quietly to Gregory with a meaningful expression.
“That’s amazing.”
Gregory, who was smiling brightly, instantly hardened his expression and answered.
“Isn’t it amazing? “That human guy from a while ago.”
“No, I meant Gregory.”
“… me?”
“yes. Gregory, what are you doing now?”
“what?”
“I would have told you not to hand over that box. “Don’t you realize how dangerous it will be for us if he takes our items?”
The two glared at each other.
Crackling, crackling.
Amon’s Mana and Gregory’s Auror competed to push each other away.
“Whether I pass it on or not, that’s my opinion. And isn’t the reward given to adventurers determined by God?”
“… … .”
“As you may have seen, Verdin chose that box himself. “As long as the person who passed the test chooses it himself, no one can stop it.”
“So you just hand it over? “I should have suggested another box or at least pretended to block it.”
“Do you think he won’t take it if I do that?”
“That’s it-”
Gregory hit the ground with the sole of his foot and showed signs of discomfort.
Thump, thump, thump.
“We are moving within the causality established by God. “Didn’t God already know that Dean took that box?”
“no. Gregory, don’t you know this too? “The author Verdin has already deviated from his causality.”
“so? “What, Verdin is trying to kill us?”
“There’s nothing you can’t do. Just like when I got the chance to cut off your head a little while ago when you lost like an idiot.”
“Ah, like the day your sister followed you to death without knowing she was a sacrifice?”
Shock-
Amon filled his wooden staff with mana and aimed it at Gregory’s neck.
Pop!
Gregory lightly grabbed his staff and released an aura.
Quad deuk.
“Do you want to give it a try?”
“There’s nothing you can’t do. “Anyway, since you broke your promise to the other apostles guarding the tower, you must be punished.”
“I never made that promise to you guys. “I’m just doing what God told me to do.”
“Didn’t God say it? Leave alive those who can become apostles. “Kill those who are not.”
“So I kept Verdin alive. “He is fully qualified to become an apostle like us.”
Amon’s mouth twitched and he chuckled.
“Why do you judge that, Gregory?”
“Because that is my role in charge of the 10th floor trial of the tower.”
“… Daemonium will be opening soon. Even if I just leave today, the other apostles will be held accountable for this incident.”
“Do whatever you want. “Because I have never sinned against God.”
Gregory held Amon’s staff with his left hand and struck the ground with his aura in his right hand.
bang!
Stone fragments were sprayed in all directions as quickly as bullets. Amon let go of his staff, jumped back, and shouted, ‘Shoot!’ He ran away, opening the space with a sound.
“… “You will regret it, Gregory.”
Gregory raised his middle finger, looking in the direction where Amon disappeared.
“You will be the one who will regret it.”
* * *
As soon as I came down from the tower, I returned to the mansion. Rox, who was climbing for the first time, seemed surprised by this trip and told stories throughout the meal.
“no! So we were only there for less than half a day? “I thought it had been more than a week?!”
The flow of time is different between the inside and outside of the tower.
If you ask how much the difference is, no one can say exactly, but according to a prominent alchemist guild on the continent, the difference is roughly ten times that.
While one day passes outside the tower, ten days pass inside. Those who aim for the pinnacle of each field tend to extend their training period through the Tower.
Cynthia gracefully sliced the steak, picked it up with a fork, and joined the conversation by pointing it at me.
“So, it’s better for adventurers not to go outside the tower?”
“No, once you finish your goal, you have to leave the tower.”
“why?”
“Because the moment your spirit breaks, you become a resident of the tower.”
“Become a resident of the tower?”
It is difficult for those who have not experienced it to understand what this means. However, there are too many examples to explain all of them.
I tapped the glass with my finger and spoke so that everyone could hear.
“As the tower goes up, the floors become wider. “Once you get past the 30th floor, each floor is bigger than the Legion’s current territory.”
“… … .”
“Okay, so what do you think will happen to those who don’t have a map or don’t know the way?”
“I guess I’ll get lost.”
“That’s right, I’ll keep wandering like I’m trapped in a labyrinth. What if you can’t find a way down or up from a place like that?”
You are trapped on that floor and become a resident of the tower.
“I understand what you mean.”
“There are many other cases. “Do you remember the human-shaped statue when we arrived on the 10th floor?”
“A human-shaped stone statue… . “Seo, really?!”
“Yes, some of them are adventurers who challenged the tower. “As I kept failing the trials and not leaving the tower, I ended up forgetting whether I was an insider or an outsider.”
Alfredo, Cynthia’s party member and bald martial artist, gulped.
“Well, then those guys are locked in the tower for the rest of their lives until they die?”
I smiled brightly and drew a circle in the air with my fork.
“bingo.”
“ah… .”
“What I just told you is only a small part. “There are many people trapped in the tower for other reasons, so be careful.”
“Uh, yes.”
“by the way. Cynthia, aren’t you curious why I chose you?”
Cynthia nodded slightly.
“I’m curious.”
“Shall I tell you here? Or should I tell you separately?”
“I don’t understand the intent of the question. “Do I really need to say anything else?”
“It’s consideration.”
“consideration?”
“Yes, I know your identity.”
It was only a moment, but her eyes wavered.
“My identity?”
“You too, like our family. “Because I carried the weight of the cross.”
“As expected, Strange’s information network is not ordinary. “Since when did you know?”
“A long time ago. So much so that you wouldn’t know.”
“Is that why you laughed when you heard my name in the tower?”
“that’s right.”
The conversation wasn’t long.
Cynthia got up from her seat and spoke to Pigtail and Bald Head.
“You guys stay here.”
Then he looked at me with cold eyes and asked.
“If we just want to talk, where should we go?”
* * *
The first floor of the ‘Adventurer’s Pavilion’, the largest inn in the Legion Castle and a noisy tavern where everyone stays regardless of occupation, race, or gender.
Verdin and Cynthia quietly entered and took their seats in the corner.
-Hahahaha! In my old days, I went up to the 50th floor of the tower!
The saga of a drunkard.
-You’re f*cking sick. Even Strange and Glazer couldn’t get through the 50th floor of the current tower, and you went there?
A young adventurer who argues against him.
-Hey, old man with dementia, don’t worry about it and just leave it alone.
A veteran who is now accustomed to this life.
The sound of everyone talking together could be heard like music.
“They are interesting people.”
Cynthia spoke first.
I quickly glanced at the familiar faces and then answered her.
“Both of us won’t like it to be a long story, so just get to the point.”
“huh.”
“There is only one reason why I want to climb the tower with you.”
thud.
He placed the wooden box from the tower on the table and continued speaking.
“I need a sacred spell that only you Paladin members can use.”
fantasy,
