Stuck in The Tower

Episode 796: Unity

96th floor portal.

I took some time before going upstairs.

It wasn’t for relaxation.

“Are you coming down again?”

“I think that will be difficult.”

I probably won’t have to come down after this.

Because I no longer had any intention of dying, even if it was because of the promise Haiden had made.

furthermore.

‘If you fail this time, there will be no next time.’

Already, most of the NPCs have died, and some of the climbers have gone out.

The Chiri Fairy was like that, and Nyangfun could barely move.

Fortunately, Lick Jjak and Hair Man were safe, but worshipers and strange creatures were still following them.

The Magma Fairy has occupied a place in the fortress and is staging a sit-in, and Sexy Guy’s location is unknown.

Smile Cap is said to have suffered fatal injuries.

[Smilecap]: Hey guys. The portal location has been found

[Smile Cap]:

After saying I’ll see you outside, I lost contact.

Spot point artifacts given to each person.

It has a function that shares the specified location with everyone.

[Would you like to share spot points?]

[YES/NO]

“Yes.”

There is a blue light on the map revealed as a hologram.

The last traces left by Smile Cap.

-Okay.

I gritted my teeth as I looked at the flashing lights.

The portal we were looking for.

“It wasn’t even inside.”

It wasn’t even in the center of the fortress we had dug into.

suburb.

no. A space where it wouldn’t be strange to invite someone outside.

A place that can only be entered by passing through a thin, insignificant passage and reaching the mountain range.

Not even funny.

‘Under the cliff where me and the magma fairy were.’

It was there.

Would you have known if you had looked a little more carefully?

If that had been the case, the damage might not have been so severe.

– Kuuk.

Lilka gently stepped on my toes.

It didn’t hurt.

I just came back to my senses.

“If you wrinkle your face like that, do you get wrinkles?”

“are you okay. “I’m young.”

“Eh?”

“Eh, you idiot.”

I lightly massaged Lilka’s head.

That is correct.

This is a consequential story.

If you think about it calmly, you wouldn’t have noticed it even if you had looked at it at the time.

Bedrock Vaaluze is not a fool, so there is no way he would leave a portal in plain sight.

It is clear that the outskirts were covered with stones.

They must have both surrounded themselves with concepts and hid the path.

‘It’s been like that from the beginning.’

By showing an illusion of himself and a portal, he threw bait and lured him into a space where he had an advantage.

He is a clever and evil guy.

It is so thorough that you can’t even guess how many things it has hidden.

That guy is on the 99th floor.

so.

“I have to become clever too.”

“hmm? “Isn’t that already the case?”

“More than now.”

“Hey! “He’s finally giving up on being human!”

To give up on humanity.

You just say you’re a prisoner.

anyway.

Because of this, it is stuck on the 96th floor for a while.

Maybe this will be the last time I see Lilka.

It won’t take that long.

The Magma Fairy is holding a sit-in protest, protecting Tsumra and the NPCs, but it is unclear whether all the climbers can join there.

Jaekyung Park is on standby at Nyangfun World in preparation for any unexpected situation.

Even if he started now, the distance would be too far, and if the group transmission was successful, he would have to take responsibility for preventing the enemy from invading.

The good news is that the king of worship has disappeared.

‘I don’t know what Ophelia is doing.’

If she were there, I would have a little more breathing room.

Did he die? Or is he planning something?

Since I didn’t know, I decided to forget about it for a while.

Even if you think about it, you won’t find an answer.

“The forgotten ones. “They need a way to keep themselves in shape.”

“Umm. These are kids who have lost their concepts. “Ummmm.”

We have to use them.

The problem is that the concept has been taken away and the form cannot be maintained properly.

Even when it came to protect me, it could only reproduce a part of my body at best.

“Permanent recovery is only possible by regaining concepts!”

“It doesn’t have to be long. how many hours. If that doesn’t work, at least 30 minutes.”

“Then there is a way.”

Lilka snapped her fingers.

There are a few ingredients lined up, some of which I know.

“Arcane Gem?”

The ones next to them are the key pieces of magical engineering equipment.

Is that a ball joint?

You can also see a nuclear board with magic circuits embedded in it.

this.

“Isn’t that what you used to make the homunculus?”

A revival project by me and the wise man John Traylor.

The task was to turn dead NPCs with only their souls into homunculi so they could live a new life, and I was also in the process.

“ok. “They can’t live inside the doll anyway, but they can stay in the doll for a while and then come out.”

In short, it is used as a container to store things.

If you don’t waste your energy on unnecessary things and only use it when you need it, you can maintain a certain amount of power.

“Get rid of all the unnecessary stuff and just put in the essentials. Hey tea!”

-Too-duk-duk.

-Kang! Kang!

Lilka, who was banging and connecting something noisily, holds out something in the shape of a sphere.

“You can make it like this!”

“Oooooh!”

“This is for practice. In reality, it’s a bit tricky. “You have to make it a symbol that they can enter to increase the assimilation rate.”

Since it is made up of concepts, general methods cannot be used.

It was only possible if it was in a format they were familiar with, but there was no need to worry.

because.

“Then there’s nothing to worry about.”

I have the totems brought by Deokchun and Mangu.

Portraits of the forgotten made from clay.

This is the look they wanted, so if it is made in this form, the assimilation rate will not be a problem.

“I don’t have much time. “You have to make it quickly.”

“If we do it together, it’ll be a breeze!”

I’m glad I learned how to make equipment.

I’m lucky to have met Lilka.

I opened my mouth as I grabbed the materials on the workbench.

“thanks. “I won’t forget it even after I leave.”

“Heng! Keep those words! “Let’s repay the favor for the rest of our lives!”

“Yeah yeah. “I will take you there.”

We continued our work, laughing and chatting.

When I go out, I should at least put up a statue of Lilka in a nice place.

Wouldn’t it be okay to write a book or something?

NPCs met at the tower. With a title like this.

When I was out there, things like hunters’ top climbing records and comics were selling well.

-Snap.

-Crack.

The work was fast.

It might be an hour at most.

It wasn’t a long time, but it was enough time to have one last conversation with Lilka.

Eventually, the climber and the NPC will part ways.

-Cow! Kang!

The sound of a hammer rang out regularly in sync with the conversation.

* * *

Reached the 97th floor.

Then we went up to the 98th floor.

The floor where Haiden is located.

For some reason, I couldn’t see him.

-Ugh.

The portal was open.

And the guy below had something written on the ground.

-Now there is only one left. haha!

The damn bastard was counting.

Where did you go? Before I go, I should at least hit him in the face.

I looked around, but there was no trace.

“Hiding is amazing.”

I guess it’s because he was the guy who attacked the 99th floor that way in the first place.

If it could deceive the eyes of the King of Worshipers, there was no one that could compare to it.

I wonder if it’s right to take this guy outside, but is there anything we can do?

That’s how I signed the contract.

ha. I sighed softly.

“Hey, Heiden. “Are you listening?”

[Heiden listens intently to what you say.]

I am listening as well.

“Let me ask you just one question. You know what you write. “Speaking directly from your head.”

【Are you talking about this?】

【Oh, that.】

[Haiden is shocked!]

Okay. It is correct to write it like this.

I tried experimenting with the spirit world and it wasn’t bad.

I felt a bit dizzy after using it, but it wasn’t so much that I couldn’t use it.

It looked good.

Since you are speaking directly through your soul, no one else will overhear, and even if you are far away, you can convey the message by connecting through imagery.

【Have you experienced the spirit world?】

“Huh. “I confirmed it, so I’m going.”

【for a moment! How can you already do that…!】

I ignored his words and threw myself into the portal.

went up

[Entering the 99th floor.]

-Paaaaaat!

Vision returning with a halo of light.

Write it. I took a breath.

The heavy yet thick air mixed with chaos and concepts.

“You’re back.”

“Yes.”

Preparation is over.

Symbols collected in inventory.

There was something Lilka had prepared for me.

[Wanderer’s Trace (-)]

Unrated item.

An unusual object that is not classified into a subject and is classified as an item.

-Oooooh.

It is not a simple item.

By engraving it in a unique way, such as on items in the form of military shoes and stickers.

[Traces of the Wanderer (-)]

– Traces left by the dimensional wanderer Felaine.

-The wanderer is not lost.

-He who sets out to find the way!

-It is imprinted on the soul.

It was the last trace left by Feline.

In fact, it was difficult to even see it as an object.

What did they say?

“Did you say it was made by cutting off some of the power?”

He is not an NPC and cannot create a successor.

An experimental item, but also an artifact created with great care by Lilka.

That was imprinted on my soul.

-This will help!

You told me that before you left the 96th floor.

When he was first killed by the King of Worship, he seemed to have been thinking about something after hearing about the portal.

Maybe he decided it was time to give this to him.

I don’t know.

I don’t know the details either.

Lilka was also an NPC in the end and was in no position to tell me everything.

Rather, helping myself like this is a burden in itself.

At the end of the work, system restrictions came down.

I unfolded the map.

“The location is not bad.”

An area that is a bit far from the worshiper’s kingdom where they reside, but is adjacent to the edge of a mountain range.

I checked the community, but there are no major problems yet.

It seems like there is a lull for a moment.

Dangerous elements such as cultists and elite troops did not come.

The most important thing to them was the king of worship.

I guess they also need time.

Sent a message.

[Petit Gongdu]: Arrived at the 99th floor!

[Petit Gongdu]: I’m going to attack with reinforcements! (Pasha!)

I have to let you know that I came up.

The response comes immediately.

[Mean Meow Punch]: Here you go! Almost all of us are together!

[Lick the top of your head]: First of all, Nyangfun and the remaining kids are going to wait and go to the portal with the hair loss man.

[Hair loss on your head]: Smile Cap has had a hard time, so we should take a look!

I thought he was resting, but he started moving right away.

Nyangfun is excluded.

If the situation reaches its peak, you have to escape.

Aside from me, I was the only one with the qualifications to be king, so I needed a minimum of safety.

If the goal is to check the portal, it is more efficient to move in small numbers.

[Petit Gondue]: How long can I hold out?

[Licking the top of his head]: Well. I think it depends on how they come out, but

[licks the top of his head]: One day at most. I think it would be okay for at least half a day?

[Mean Meow Punch]: Myler checked and the kids outside went to the other side, so

it would take a day.

Even if I can’t do it, I still have half a day.

Tuktuk. I tapped my fingers and calculated.

It’s breathtaking, though.

“I think it will work.”

[Rainbow Bridge (S)]

-Aaaah!

As soon as I finished thinking, I moved on.

Beyond the mountains.

Pick up guys to fight with me.

I concentrated as I crossed the rainbow bridge high in the sky.

Others may not know, but if they are the forgotten ones, they will definitely respond.

Those who have suffered loss to the King of Worshipers.

【Those who seek revenge come before me.】

Unite.