episode_0023

Of all the items King Kobold had, the only useful one was, of course, a sword.

Two black swords used by King Kobold.

What caught my attention was not a large sword that seemed too inefficient for my use, but a straight sword of moderate size.

[Sword of the Evil King]

Category – Weapon (Sword)

Attack Power: +50

Effect: Increased resistance to the power of light.

Available Level: Level 17 and above.

Grade: B+

I think it’s time to let go of the sword of the anonymous knight.

He uses the great sword Carnaval as his main weapon.

I think I can use this sword as an auxiliary weapon.

The rest was nothing noteworthy.

I pressed the flashing letters at the bottom right of my view.

[Would you like to leave the meeting and return to the stairs?]

[Yes / No]

All those who disappeared must have disappeared in a flash because of this work.

I expected there would be a lot going on at the exchange, but there was more than I expected.

I pressed the left with my index finger.

A circular halo of light rose from beneath the floor where I stood.

“… … .”

The vision that had been dyed in light returned to its original state.

[Enter the waiting room on the third floor.]

It was once again the dreary world of the waiting room.

It was still a place the size of a high school auditorium, but it seemed to have subtly expanded.

Considering that the ‘Exchange Meeting Return Letter’ that was obtained does not disappear, it appears to be an item that can be used when entering the hidden boss room alone during the next exchange meeting.

Just because it hasn’t disappeared doesn’t mean it will be of any use in the future.

I looked at the clock attached to the center of the right wall.

Current time, February 26th 14:53

The next top exchange was on March 25th.

I guess I’ll have to climb up the stairs as much as possible before the exchange meeting.

Title: I’m back. This is the 3rd floor waiting room.

Author: ㅇㅇ*

– There was more going on than I thought during the two days of the exchange.

N You’ve worked hard.

ㄴ I still don’t see any posts in the climber gallery about you two getting hit in the exchange meeting.

(Changwang) I’ll let you know as soon as I find it.

It’s very sturdy.

But it’s not like there’s been one or two murders at the exchange meetings. I didn’t think there was any chance that I would be singled out.

Just in case, I even used the alias Jung Woo-hyun.

(N Elf) Ah, I finally normalized the Elf Kingdom… I didn’t see the climber take first place on the second floor in real time.

N So that’s why you didn’t see it until now??

N As expected, he’s a nobleman. He doesn’t care that people are dying.

(N Elf) You guys who aren’t nobles don’t care either!

(N) Aren’t you a fairly high-ranking person in the Elven Kingdom society? Why are you the one doing the purification? – This world is made up of a huge secret room.

(I’m an elf.) Of course, I’m not a villain like you, but a noble elf who takes off his hands and feet and goes out.

(N) Why are you suddenly arguing? – This world is made of a huge secret room.

N Ronza, that’s how it was originally.

(I think it’s gotten worse.) – This world is made of a huge closed room.

N When I get old, then.

(I am an elf) In the name of the World Tree Mother, I pray for your short life.

n Now that you mention it, I’m reminded of a weird one. Wasn’t there another weird one in the gallery?

N That guy is a bit of a different breed. He got blocked for posting too many selfies. ㅇㅇ Originally, he would have been spewing out posts while getting a dopamine rush from watching climbers grow. But he got blocked? So he can’t post?

(N Dragon King) Kkiyaaaat! Beltui- Nice to meet you, cute elf. Illuwayo.

The elf, a secretive demon, showed no reaction.

N Why is he beating up Ronza and not responding to the Dragon King?

Aren’t they in the same world? With the Sword of Light.

(N Elf) No, you talk to me like I’m some guy who just hangs around in a corner, but a demon can beat you up even if you’re right next to him.

(N Dragon King) Please hit Beltui too.

Look at him clenching his teeth and pretending not to know.

(Sword of Light) You’ve worked hard. Let’s go up to the next floor without resting even a little.

N??? Crazy… Of course I should rest a bit and go to the next floor. I thought I saw it wrong, so I rubbed my eyes and looked again, but I saw it correctly from the beginning.

(Archangel) Are there 7 days left in the interdimensional trade cooldown?

N Yeah*) Yeah 7 days left.

(N 天魔) Don’t forget that I was the first in line…

No, I said there is no line.

n I’ll make a deal with a human who can give me the power I need on the 3rd or 4th floor stages.

N Then, if you don’t trade in the waiting room and do it on the stage, then when trading between dimensions, those humans only have to receive beef jerky and nuts from climbers?

N This kid has completely lost his memory of the tower, when he was in the special storage, the food was fine one day.

n You have to trade within 24 hours. But this time, there are 7 days left in the cooldown, so the timing is just not right.

What is it?

ㄴ ㅇㅇ*) ?? Is it possible to put the entire storage box into inventory? Then why did I only carry nuts and beef jerky in my inventory?

N) Oh, right. I was so out of it in the waiting room on the second floor that I couldn’t say anything, lol.

N Archmage) Seriously lol

‘ㅋㅋ’ is bullshit.

They knew that but they didn’t tell me.

ㄴ We can’t easily tell you what we don’t know because we’ve gone through trial and error. I don’t know about anything else, but I’m talking about eating.

Look at this, this.

n Sword of Light) More than that, the staircase stage is a battlefield. If you eat too much, it will only have the opposite effect. That’s why I didn’t tell you.

N, con.

(Ice Queen) Frozen! Frozen!

I got goosebumps for a moment.

This is because the sincerity of the comment from the Sword of Light can be felt even in print.

ㄴ Even so, the opportunity for interdimensional transactions does not come to ordinary people like us.

N Why. If you have some crazy stuff that the big hard guys don’t have, you can trade with the climbers.

Aren’t you saying that because there is no such thing?

N ㅇㅇ*) Give it a try, I’m open minded.

Of course, you won’t be trading with the Normal or Easy hyungs for just any item.

What can I do, the classes are clearly divided in the gallery.

I’m going to take a day off.

Even if we say it’s one day, there’s only half a day left.

If I went straight to the third floor stage right now, I felt like I would collapse unless the stage background was hellish.

My body and mind needed some rest.

The swords were in good condition, but the armor was a mess.

As I placed my hand on the armor, a spear I had never seen before appeared.

[Nameless Knight’s Armor Set – Would you like to repair it?]

[Repair Cost – 15 Coins]

Repairs were made immediately.

Although the weapons have been upgraded quite a bit, it is unfortunate that the armor is the same as it was on the second floor.

If the 3rd floor stage is a place where you can get armor, you should try to get it.

When I posted about repairs, I received a comment saying that repairs can only be done with coins in the waiting room.

It was also added that it is possible to repair items while progressing through a stage either when there is a blacksmith NPC or when the player repairs the item directly in the blacksmith shop.

First, I turned off the gallery.

I slowly fell asleep while lying in my sleeping bag and replaying my fight with the King Kobold.

My eyes opened.

My body feels refreshed and my mind is clear.

Name: Han Yoo-seong

Race: Human

Lv.19

Strength: 107

Agility: 97

Stamina: 101

Mana: 70

Skills: Pain Suppression Lv. 5 Composure Lv. 5 Cover Lv. 3 Crisis Detection Lv. 3

Expanded field of vision Lv.3 Concentration enhancement Lv.4 Projection movement Lv.4

Magical Body Strength Lv.4 Doombringer Lv.2 Mental Barrier Lv.1

It was a new feeling to see my strength and stamina stats reach triple digits.

If I had reached level 20, I would have practiced my sword skills here as I had practiced in the waiting room on the second floor, and then entered the stage, but I still had one step left to go until I reached level 20.

As someone wrote in the gallery yesterday, you can get the necessary items through interdimensional trade depending on the needs of the 3rd or 4th floor stages.

I doubt it would take a week even if the third floor was long.

I gathered my thoughts and opened a coin shop.

Coins were overflowing.

Thanks to earning 1000 coins at the exchange meeting.

[3rd floor coin shop]

I also bought some potions that I used well at the exchange meeting.

And then I went into the food section.

Last night, I ate ramen and a small amount of kimchi to give myself a taste of home after working hard.

For breakfast, I chose the new pork rice bowl menu at the coin shop on the third floor. It was expensive at 13 coins, but it came with a small salad and soup on the side.

At this point, I couldn’t help but wonder who made this and provided it like this.

I asked my seniors at Chogal, but they also didn’t know this.

I wrote one more thing.

Title: Put the Cream Bacon Pasta, Pork Rice Bowl, and Sandwich in your inventory and enter the 3rd floor stage.

Author: ㅇㅇ*

– With this, you can eat well for two days in any situation.

You can see that as soon as you tell them, they start to misbehave.

N Well, it would be difficult if you fell into a place where there was nothing to pick up and eat.

n Sword of Light) You should eat it in moderation.

n) Good luck.

(Absolute Monarch) As soon as you enter, write something down.

(N Elf) Okay, now I’ll follow the progress in real time.

(Ice Queen) My heart is pounding!

I closed the Transcendent Gallery and put the terminal back in my inventory.

As on the second floor, when I opened the gray door at the far end of the waiting room, the scenery changed completely.

As if the waiting room itself didn’t exist.

“Welcome to the 3rd stage of Pandemonium difficulty.”

This scenery was a forest.

A filthy forest where the trees and bushes are suspiciously black.

Shh …

Even the sound of the wind blowing is strange.

『Pandemonium difficulty level 3 is a quest type.』

Quest type, same as the 2nd floor.

What’s a little different is that this time the quest window pops up right away.

『Quest! – Join the rescue team dispatched to rescue the stranded members in the Forest of Demons, and rescue the stranded members together.』

The black bushes swayed.

Something huge with red eyes leapt out and rushed towards me.

It smells.

I have a feeling it won’t be easy this time either.