Stuck in The Tower

Episode 718: Buying my own home

Sometimes I thought like that.

Climbing the tower was, in some ways, the greatest exposure to the destroyed world.

Every world has different environments, different races, and different cultures and structures.

However, the people who live there are ultimately human beings.

The incidents and accidents that occur within it are humane.

For revenge, for survival, and because other interests align, we do something.

Because they move to protect their own beliefs and values.

Individual strength is irrelevant.

There are just fewer options.

For those people.

“Would you like to write a book or something?”

Umm. no.

Saying it is a book is too grand.

I think it wouldn’t be a bad idea to seek advice from myself and the other members to create a guidebook to a ruined world.

I don’t know if it will be of practical help, but I can give you some simple tips.

Hunter, I’ll take care of it, but the vast majority are ordinary people.

Easy-to-follow steps like erasing traces or creating a simple shelter.

A conversation method that examines the other person’s intentions, a method of breaking one’s head with less force, etc.

This will be needed more since ordinary people often get mixed up with similar people rather than fighting monsters or hunters.

“Are you eating this, uncle?”

“Give it to me.”

I put the mushroom Elini gave me into my mouth.

It looks like a poisonous mushroom because it looks very flashy, but you shouldn’t always tell everything based on its appearance.

[Poison Resistance (SSS) Lv.10+]

A spicy taste spreads in your mouth.

I believe that physiognomy is a science.

I didn’t like this mushroom from the start.

He licked his lips and wiped Elini’s hands first.

Because the poison may seep into the skin.

“You must not just touch anything. The thing I just gave you is a mushroom that would kill an ordinary person if they ate it. If it’s unclear, feed it to me.”

“Are you eating well?”

“I don’t have an upset stomach.”

I should write this down too.

If you are in doubt about whether it is okay to eat it, feed it to a strong hunter.

It doesn’t seem like a bad method.

Anyway, when the gate bursts and erosion begins, the environment changes.

As the vegetation changes, you’ll see things you’ve never seen before, and this seemed like a good way to quickly check things out.

“We’re camping here today.”

“yes! “I’ll go and come back!”

The sun has already set.

Before Elini could say anything, she moved to pick up firewood.

They will also check to see if there is a waterfront nearby and let you know if there is anything special.

It could have been dangerous, but what had to be done had to be done.

That’s better in the long run. Because in the end, you have to learn how to live alone.

It was better to experience and learn as much as possible when there was someone by my side to protect me.

Even now, Deokchun is secretly following me.

-Seuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.

I also laid the foundation and pitched a temporary tent.

Since it doesn’t look like it’s going to rain, I don’t think there will be a need for a drainage ditch.

I leveled the ground appropriately and spread a blanket on the floor to prevent the cold from rising.

It would have been much easier if I had used the skill, but I didn’t.

Now it’s up to Elini to light the fire and put up the tarpaulin.

“There are about two days left.”

I sat down somewhere suitable and calculated my schedule.

We are heading to the city.

It is the place where the Hair Loss Man is located and the city closest to the village we left.

If I run with Elini on my back, I can get there much faster.

‘Things have changed. There is no need to worry about joining.’

One fact that was revealed in the last commotion.

The clearing method for the 98th floor has also changed.

Needless to say, it’s probably because several people have moved up.

Just as Erembat on the 97th floor moved differently than what Smilecap experienced.

Currently, opinions are divided into two.

‘Among those who broke up with the candidate, I’m thinking about which one to go to.’

Either appear after breaking up with all candidates.

On the first side, it is only a matter of time before the fragments of chaos appear.

Therefore, those who separated from the candidate quickly joined others.

‘Personally, I don’t think it’s the first hypothesis.’

The fragments of chaos are not very patient.

Perhaps because they have climbed to the 100th floor, they have no hesitation in moving.

Smile Cap also said that he showed up right away when he showed up.

In that case, what remains is the second possibility.

“This might take a long time.”

If this is true, we should part ways with the candidates one by one.

It’s safer this way.

If we keep splitting up and joining together, fragments of chaos will eventually appear when everyone comes together.

but.

[The Last Leaf]: We broke up because of a sudden landslide. I’ll join someone close to me!

Starting that day, the frequency of breaking up with candidates is increasing.

So I decided not to rush.

When looking at the situation.

‘The 98th floor is forcing us to separate from candidates.’

If that’s the case anyway, everyone will eventually break up.

That’s enough.

“It’s a little late.”

Even though some time has passed, Elini does not return.

Are there any monsters around?

If it had been like that, Deokchun would have sorted it out first.

“Have you gone deep? “I’ll have to say something when you come.”

Even if you don’t have any firewood to pick up, problems will arise if you go further than necessary.

If you give a warning before something big happens, there will be no problems later.

Time to think about what to say.

-Aaaah!

A high-pitched scream typical of teenagers rang out.

The response was quick.

Because as soon as I heard a sound, I rushed there.

Is it a real monster?

It’s better that way.

If a person approaches you with bad intentions, it becomes much more difficult.

-Saaaaa.

I focused on my five senses.

At the same time, I sprayed my magic and looked for a feeling.

There is no particular sticking point.

At most, it was only a small mountain animal.

-Taat.

Elini’s back is visible.

Tree branches collected from around the area are scattered on the floor.

There were no signs of being attacked.

“What is this again?”

A fishy and foul odor seeps into the tip of your nose.

Is it to get drinking water?

What Elini saw after finding the stream was a corpse.

Numerous corpses washed up along the waterway.

Abdomen swollen with gas and flesh and muscles swollen with water.

Because it is a not very deep stream, there are cases where it extends halfway to the ground nearby or is caught between rocks.

“Firewood is enough. “Let’s go back.”

Without being surprised, I went to the side and pulled Elini.

He followed me back with a stern expression on his face, but I could tell he was shocked.

I pushed the guy’s back and looked at the stream.

If you follow that waterway, you will find it.

‘city.’

It was clear something had happened there.

And in the city.

‘Hair loss man. ‘What happened?’

The hair loss man is in place.

* * *

Planning must always take variables into account.

So plan A and plan B.

The point was that it had to be flexible so that it could be changed depending on the situation.

“I didn’t expect this.”

There was no assumption that the destination city would be reduced to ruins in just a few days.

When I saw the corpses floating down the water, I knew something unusual had happened.

Nevertheless, the reason I headed to the city was because I believed in the hairless man there.

No matter what happens, Hair Loss Man will be able to solve it.

In conclusion, half of the results were correct.

[Hair loss on your head]: Mr. The gate explodes and disaster appears in the city

[licks the top of his head]: That happened at the same time?

[Hair loss on your head]: ㅇㅇ As soon as he appeared, everyone went crazy and went crazy.

[Mean cat punch]: It seems like he has no luck at all. Where are you now?

[Hair loss on your head]: I don’t know. First, I roughly organized things and while I was moving to another place with my child,

a disaster and a gate appeared in the city at the same time, and the hair loss man took care of it.

Although the city collapsed in the process.

‘If it weren’t for the hair loss man, it wouldn’t have ended with just one city.’

The location where the gate appears is random.

There was no problem even if it appeared somewhere in the city.

Starting with the Dal Lake Village incident, gates are exploding simultaneously.

Should I say I’m unlucky?

‘Now that I think about it, the situation was similar in the village I was in before.’

However, at that time, I eliminated the disaster before the monsters came in.

This is shit.

“Isn’t it too much to stay here?”

“It’s a bit like that, isn’t it?”

A place where there is nothing would be better, not here.

Cleaning up monster bodies is also a problem.

“Krrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!”

-Suddenly.

Some of them still remain.

I looked inside to see if anything was okay, but there were no survivors.

how will we do it.

Should I go out of my way to join the Hair Loss Man?

Since the city is like this, we should move too.

Nope.

“Why don’t you just come out there?”

I have to deal with those guys first.

There are no survivors here.

instead.

“He has good eyes.”

“It looks like the news is coming quickly from there too. “I see you came quickly.”

There were outsiders.

Those who entered the ruined city.

I am not a person who lives here.

You can tell just by looking at their behavior.

Equipment and backpacks for camping anywhere.

Old and dirty but sturdy-looking armor and well-maintained weapons.

‘There are more than thirty people.’

The scale is considerable.

For that many people to travel together, there would have to be enough food or something.

Besides that.

‘Are the people behind them slaves?’

I don’t know if there are slaves here.

Maybe they just capture them and manipulate them.

People with dark complexions, probably because they haven’t had enough to eat, are carrying various burdens.

There are no weapons. Not to mention armor.

“It seems like you’re a wanderer. “How are you going to hand over that child?”

“If you bicker for no reason, you will only lose strength, so let’s calculate it at that level.”

I didn’t just come here to see if there was anything to eat.

These guys are professional robbers.

“It wouldn’t be a bad thing if there were fewer mouths.”

“It’s obvious that things are bad these days. “Is this your daughter?”

“The choice is yours. “We were going to end it peacefully?”

This is it.

“The world is ruined.”

I see people like that walking around like nothing is wrong.

This is a change in plan.

No place to go?

Then why not make it? Or take where you are.

“Who is behind you? That can’t be everything, right?”

From what I could see, those guys had more company.

Or maybe there is a separate headquarters.

There aren’t that many supplies to carry around.

‘I told you to give me Elini.’

This means that there is a demand for it, whether it is sold somewhere or used.

If they keep wandering around, they don’t need children.

Because they lack physical strength and can do less than full-grown adults.

So, there is a bigger force behind them or someone who made a deal.

“Hmm. “My head seems to be spinning a bit, but I can’t understand what’s being said.”

The person who appears to be the captain scratches his head.

“Don’t feel too unfair. “We do this because we want to live safely.”

The guy holding the ax strapped to his back shoots it at me.

Fifteen additional people join in.

Not even an ordinary person.

-Chaaaaaaaa!

-Roaring!

Watching him use his skills, it was clear that he had a mountaineering background.

The combination is not bad.

Debuffs and curses that hamstring and weaken you.

The fire net becomes narrower, blocking the escape route.

Even those who rush in from the front.

They invest too much into hiring just one person.

What can I say?

“It reminds me of the old days.”

The large guilds also made such a fuss to catch me.

of course. They’re all dead.

[Fire Bomb (SSS) Lv.10+]

-Quaaaaaang!

The explosion was made after waiting for the guys to approach.

In an instant, heat surges and the entire area becomes hot.

It was an environment that was all too familiar to me.

-Hwareuk.

“Ugh!”

“Fire!”

“Sigh! “Don’t breathe!”

It wasn’t for them.

The heat alone will burn your clothes.

Not only did they suffer burns to their eyes and respiratory organs, but those who lost their balance in the aftermath of the explosion were hit by shrapnel and fell.

He dug forward and swung his sword.

-Suddenly.

Two or three people were cut down at once by the long extended sword.

It is true that it is not a bad skill.

I think I probably climbed to the middle of the tower.

If it were Earth, I would have become an A-level hunter.

‘I don’t know what it’s like now.’

Many people, including Oh Ji-hyuk, rose to the upper levels and went out.

That’s something you’ll find out later when you leave the tower.

“It’s strange.”

I was suspicious of these guys.

-Kaaaang!

The guy who took a big step back after being hit by my sword stiffens.

“If this level of skill is available, shouldn’t it be used at the national level?”

The world is like this, and those precious awakened people are committing robbery?

Of course, that could be the case, but shouldn’t we try to appease them in some way to prevent monsters and disasters?

“You must have come from some corner of the country to think that the owner of the world may have changed.”

“aha. “It looks like there was a rebellion.”

For some reason, I just said I was leaving.

Now that the question has been answered, let’s finish.

[Geomgang]

The sword made of magical power grows larger.

A size that is sufficient for dealing with large monsters.

I dug inside.

“You’re a monster.”

I was able to annihilate them in less than 3 minutes.

Those who used them as porters have long since run away.

I didn’t necessarily hold on to it.

Because I had business here.

Only the man who was the captain survived.

There needs to be at least one guide.

“Let’s go to the base.”

“You will regret it. We are but His servants. “Don’t cry over the losers of the East.”

“Okay, okay. “Let’s go quickly.”

I pushed the guy grinding his teeth forward.

Now, various incidents continue to occur.

‘I should settle down somewhere.’

I’m thinking about buying my own home, something I haven’t been able to find even in this life.

A time when I think a little lightly.

-Tiring.

A community alarm has popped up.