episode_0002

There were so many comments. Rather than continuing the conversation on this post, I thought it would be better to rewrite the article with the questions I had in the main text.

Title: What is Denggal? Climbers’ Gallery? Looking at the posts, it’s a Transcendents’ Gallery… I think it’s normal for me not to come here.

Author: ㅇㅇ

-I suddenly lost consciousness and when I opened my eyes I was just here.

It’s done with a device that was in the pocket the NPC was holding.

As soon as I posted the article, comments started coming in right away.

N) The gallery is a climber’s gallery. There was a gallery terminal in the NPC’s pocket? This is the first time I’ve heard of that.

It was a hit.

n) I’ll explain more about the gallery later. First, this place. The Transcendent Gallery is a gallery that only those who have reached the top of the tower and returned to their respective places of return can enter. The fact that you entered is an extremely abnormal situation.

n) The tower has four levels of difficulty: Easy, Normal, Hard, and Pandemonium. Anyway, to escape the tower regardless of the difficulty, you have to kill all kinds of monsters and clear up to the normal 100th floor.

N) When you come to your senses, you said it was there, right? Then, to find out which difficulty tower you are on, you have to clear the first floor first.

tower.

A place where you have to climb up the stairs while killing monsters.

After facing the number ‘1’ and the giant ant monster, as someone who lives in a subculture, I expected it. But I wasn’t indifferent even though my prediction was right.

N) The reason you are an alien being in so many ways is because the Transcendent Gallery is a place where climbers are absolutely prohibited from entering in the first place. It is a place where only top terminators are permitted to enter.

I see. So, it’s not a gallery of veterans. It’s a gallery of people who reached the top of the tower and escaped from it, so I, a total newbie, ended up in it.

N) The Deng Gallery is a climber’s gallery. It’s a community where people from the four towers can talk. The climber’s gallery terminal also appears once you reach the 30th floor of the tower. Surely you can’t already enter the Deng Gallery?

I quickly replied.

No. It seems like it’s only for the first gallery.

n) … It’s more interesting to become a super gallery. Anyway, most of the super gallery will be friendly to you. Including me.

After Jootak’s last comment, other beings’ comments started pouring in again.

N That jerk has expanded his territory for the first time in a while. It’s been a while since I’ve had my comments blocked.

N That’s right ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ This is a really historic moment. What the heck is going on with a climber coming into the first floor of the gallery? ㅋㅋㅋ

(N) As expected, it’s the power of authority.

I wondered why Jootak kept posting comments one after another, and it turned out that Jootak was exercising his power as the head of the gallery.

n I can’t help but be friendly towards him. Unlike other galleries where only lurking was allowed, direct training is now possible for transcendent users. ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ My mouth is watering.

N If you can train him, what can you do? It’s over if he dies.

Naaa~~ Easymodeham!! Stop negative thoughts! Stop critical thinking!

ㄴ Sword of Light) Even though the probability of death on the first floor is low, it cannot be said that there is no probability at all depending on the difficulty level. So be careful. Make sure to check if there are any dangerous factors.

N ㅋㅋㅋㅋ I should worship the King God Newbie who makes the Sword Musae say the right thing.

I took my eyes off the gallery and looked around urgently at the comment on the Sword of Light, which I had already recognized as a blacksmith. Fortunately, no monsters approached or anything special happened.

I rewrote the text.

Title: But where do you guys live? Do you know the Republic of Korea?

Author: ㅇㅇ*

-Looking at the nicknames of the old people, they seem a bit distant from the modern times.

But when I posted the article, I saw that there was an ‘*’ next to my nickname, ㅇㅇ.

(N) Anyway, you’re going to be in the spotlight for a while… no, you’re going to continue to be in the spotlight, so I’m giving you a star so that you can properly receive the attention you’re going to get.

(Madame) Ugh, even when I beg you to give me something, you won’t give it to me! This is too much!

(N) When I asked you to put the symbol of the new religion on the back of my name, you didn’t even pretend to listen. How annoying, really.

ㄴ You’re using a fixed nickname that only hard mode terminators can use, and you’re being a bitch. Do you want to get beaten up by a lot of ㅇㅇs? But you do want a star…

N ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Seriously, ㅇㅇ looks a bit better because it has one star.

Anyone using a fixed nickname must have completed hard mode.

It’s quite surprising that a priestess who speaks in such a strange way is such an amazing person.

Just by looking at the comments, information about Chogal started to come in.

The comments that followed were related to the topic of the article I wrote.

A response to the question, “Do you know the Republic of Korea?”

N South Korea? Oh, you come from the same world as those guys who have been suddenly coming into Denggal recently.

N 21st century Earth, yes, that seems right.

(Sword of Light) Korea, the US, Japan, the UK, China… There are so many countries, but it’s a strange Earth where there aren’t many talented people.

Well, my hometown.

It seems like my hometown’s rating is low.

The reviews are so damn harsh.

I immediately posted the question that came to mind as a comment.

ㄴ ㅇㅇ*) What do you mean by it came in recently? Was it not there at all originally?

(N Archmage) They started showing up a year ago. They call themselves 21st century Earthlings. Even then, they’re just climbers in easy mode or normal mode who started to be active in the gallery.

I see. Then is this tower I was summoned to also an Easy or Normal mode tower?

N Yeah*) But is there some sort of standard for summoning? Why am I here all of a sudden?

(N Shigungchanggeomseong) The world you came from. Something may or may not happen on Earth in the 21st century. Just think of it as bad luck.

I know very well that I’m unlucky, even without you emphasizing it.

But the moment I was about to ask why only those who started at the top of the hardcore difficulty level have a nickname.

Kick.

A very unclean crying sound was heard.

“… .”

Fuck.

First, I turned off the Transcendent Gallery.

He put the Transcendent Gallery terminal, which looked exactly like a cell phone, into his pocket and held the window with both hands.

I held my breath and pressed my body against the right wall.

My heart was beating fast.

My body was in a state of extreme tension.

I was used to it.

It’s the same pressure I always felt when I was a pitcher in high school baseball until two years ago.

The reason I quit baseball when I was just nineteen was because of a shoulder injury and my parents’ divorce at the same time.

My shoulder injury improved somewhat after half a year, but I couldn’t return to baseball. I felt like I was too far away.

At that time, I ran away. Using the excuse of a mere six-month hiatus and the destruction of my family as an excuse.

But now, like back then, there is nowhere to run.

They said the first floor had a low chance of death.

First of all, whatever appears in front of you must be stabbed with a spear to kill it.

Just as my racing heart finally calmed down, a black shadow covered the gray floor.

He moved both feet forward, leaning the window forward.

Phew!

An unpleasant sensation ran down both hands.

KIRAAAH!!

Obviously, it had the same body as the giant ant I had killed earlier. But its head was different.

It was a bizarre shape with three human heads intertwined.

He pulled out the spear that had stabbed his upper torso and thrust it once more.

Phew!

Kiaaaak!!

There was bright red blood on both my hands, but I only felt impatient.

‘Have the wounds healed?’

The wound where I had been stabbed earlier was rapidly recovering.

If the torso has that much resilience, should I just crush its head to kill it?

The verdict is out.

He aimed the spear blade at the head of a woman with long hair in the center of the three heads.

At that moment, the ant’s right leg moved and passed through my shoulder.

“Kaaah!”

─Fuck!

It hurts so bad.

It was a searing pain, as if my entire body was on fire. The chances of death were fucking slim.

I’m sure. If I allow two or three more attacks, I’ll be the one who dies. Not that three-headed ant.

Crack!

I gritted my teeth and moved my body.

Kwajik!

I crushed the woman’s head first, then the bald man’s head on his left.

This time the ant’s left leg was seen moving.

They rushed into the window and clashed sharply.

Swish!

But the side was cut and passed by.

It was as if my flesh had been ripped off entirely. The pain invaded my mind again, but I had to move.

He struck off the right leg of the rushing ant with the spear and then stabbed the spear blade into its remaining head.

The body of a giant ant with a human head slowly fell to the side.

Finally killed it.

[Experience points have increased.]

[Current experience 70%]

[Pain Suppression Lv.1 – Skill Acquired.]

[Composure Lv.1 – Skill acquired.]

[Concealment Lv.1 – Skill acquired.]

Before I could feel any sense of relief or accomplishment, the wounds on my side and shoulder made their presence felt distinct.

Hot blood.

First of all, the bleeding had to be stopped.

Mound.

This is the baseball mound.

I kept repeating this to myself as I regained consciousness.

When baseball was my life, I stood there and persevered no matter what happened.

The place my feet were headed was behind.

Where you find the terminal that can open the Transcendent Gallery.

Towards the body of [the fleeing citizen].

I picked up the pouch next to the body.

I took out the terminal, but there was definitely something left inside.

What he was holding in his waving hand was a round potion bottle.

There was a red liquid inside.

The description of the potion bottle appeared, just like the letters that had appeared as a hologram over the corpse.

[Item: 3rd Grade Recovery Potion]

[Effect: If you pour it on a wound, the wound will heal to some extent.]

It seemed like there was no law that said he had to die.

He opened the cork of the potion with trembling hands.