episode_0039

“Please leave.”

“Excuse me?”

*

– Thud….

I regain consciousness to find myself outside the cathedral.

“Ah, no way…”

I dreamed of a contract with a top-tier Constellation, but it didn’t happen.

“What is it, anyway?”

– How would we know if you don’t?

– When did you even make a contract with a Constellation?

[User PrettyTunaLovesRice donated 100,000 won]

You secretly made a contract behind our backs, didn’t you? Check your status window, Dohee.

“No, I really didn’t!! Status window!!!”

I open my status window and scrutinize it for anything unusual.

“Okay, first of all, my stats are, well, unchanged. Other characteristics are fine too… huh?”

: Unfolding Progress 14%

: Unopened

– Ah, that thing?

– Yeah, what is that thing that was there?

– Is that a trait that only Lee Dohee has?

– Nah, other people have that kind of thing too

Commonly known as an unopened trait.

It’s not that unusual.

Most Awakened individuals live with such traits, and when a so-called secondary Awakening occurs, these unopened traits are often newly unlocked by some kind of event.

What are the unlocking conditions?

It varies from person to person.

Therefore, most Awakened individuals live with the thought, ‘I can turn my life around if a good unopened trait emerges!’

“Is this related…?”

‘No, maybe it’s because of my contract from my previous life?’

I’m not sure.

I still can’t use the contract I made with a Constellation in the past, and I can’t contract with another Constellation… isn’t this too sad?

“Uh… I don’t know either, so let’s move on?”

– lololol

– fr no one knows

– WTF how can you not know your own traits!!

“No, I only see question marks, how am I supposed to know!!!”

– True lol

– Ah…

– Lee Dohee’s Constellation contract was a dud~~

– She’s probably going to bring out another overpowered trait later

– fr with this much build-up, there’s a 100% chance of something OP coming out

“Hoo… well, let’s move on from that for later… then…”

– Straight to the 11th floor?

– You can just go to the 11th floor anyway

“No. Let’s go get some weapons.”

– Go get them?

– ?? Did you leave weapons somewhere?

The rules of the Tower.

An item slot to equip becomes available every 5 floors.

10 floors get 2, 20 floors get 4, and so on.

When a weapon is equipped in an item slot, it can be freely put on and taken off like a subspace, and the weapon’s stats and special skills are added to the status window.

It is possible to use weapons without putting them in the item slot, but stat bonuses and special skills cannot be received.

Of course, stats are only applied when you hold or equip the item, and armor does not provide defense for uncovered areas.

Of course, a tutorial is not possible.

You might think this makes the rich overpowered, but in reality, there are quite a few trials where weapon equipment is not allowed, and some trials even limit stats, so the wealthy mostly live as wealthy people and rarely risk their lives climbing the Tower.

And once equipped, items cannot be changed until the end of the trial, and once a slot is unlocked, it cannot be changed at all.

Originally, you’re supposed to get a weapon as a reward on the 11th floor and equip it, but it’s a hassle to go back and forth.

“Yes. Isn’t that right? I left weapons there.”

And my weapons are probably better. I will get armor on the 11th floor.

– ??

– When did she do that?

– Who paid for it??

– When?

“My Sugar Daddy left them.”

Sugar Daddy.

That’s me.

– Ah

– Ooh?

– Finally being helpful!

– Sigh… who is it, anyway?

I mentioned it once during the Choi Tae-soo incident in the past, so viewers understand without needing a further explanation.

“Hmm, where was the secret underground base…”

– But are you okay?

– fr Aren’t the members of the giant guild going to rush over right away?

– It’s dangerous if there’s a lot inside

“There’s not much. Just a few weapons.”

In fact, the warehouse on the 10th floor is just a collection of mediocre weapons.

They’re too good to sell, but not good enough to use, so I just gathered them to give away to promising talents later.

The items here are weapons that people used when they were traveling alone in the lower floors, or weapons that were abandoned as soon as they were obtained, so there’s no chance my Sugar Daddy identity will be revealed.

I walk out of the village and slowly enjoy the scenery.

The sunlight is just warm enough.

A refreshing breeze.

There’s a reason why many Awakened people live here.

Most of all, I love that there are no bugs.

Feeling the cool breeze, I walk straight in a southerly direction from the village for about 10 minutes.

“Here it is.”

– ???

– Here?

A small grave.

The tombstone has no epitaph, no name.

‘Since it’s a virtual person who died inside the Tower…’

Once, when I was too immersed in climbing the Tower, I met a friend there.

No, she was my lover.

‘Diana…’

Since she’s a person from inside the Tower, she’ll forget me and be resurrected again in the trials, but…

Somehow, even that fact is too lonely, so I made this grave.

And if you dig a little under here with your hands…

– Clunk!!

A wooden door leading to the basement appears.

– Why is there nothing on the grave?

– It feels lonely

– Looks like there’s no body? Just a pile of dirt?

“There’s not much. I’ll go down.”

The basement is roughly made, so the walls are just stone.

Following my memory, I reach out to the wall and flip the switch, and mana is supplied to the luminous stone on the ceiling, filling the space with light.

And there are 7 types of weapons mounted on the wall.

Sword, spear, hammer, axe, greatsword, shield, glaive.

“I’ll just choose one spear, and keep the rest.”

I grab the spear that I haven’t seen in a while.

The sturdy spear that was responsible for my early strategy.

In the end, I couldn’t protect Diana with this spear, but it was a good spear.

“This spear’s name is… Diana.”

A spear painstakingly crafted by Dojezster, the master craftsman of Embana City.

Strength +20

Agility +10

Defense +5

Special Skill: is unlocked.

– That’s Dojezster’s Spear, you freaking idiot lol

– ?

– ????

– Wait a minute, isn’t this overpowered!!!

– Sugar Daddy……

– Wow;;

– What’s the skill???

– Wait a minute, are the other weapons at that level too??

That’s right.

I wouldn’t have bothered to come looking for it if the weapon’s performance wasn’t good.

The average Awakened person’s stats on the 10th floor are around 20-30, so it’s very over-spec for a weapon to be using now. I made this warehouse after surpassing the 60th floor, so it’s naturally worse than the weapons at that time, but didn’t I say it’s too good to sell?

“Ahem… Anyway, this spear’s name is Diana. I’m going to try to climb quickly with this.”

I can’t use weapons on the 11th floor anyway.

Originally, weapons and armor are given as rewards on the 11th floor, so the Tower must have thought it was cheating to use weapons on the 11th floor, so a trial where equipment items can’t be used appears on the 11th floor.

So, I slowly walk back and entrust the remaining weapons to the Awakened Association staff in the village.

And…

“Starting the timer now!!”

Finally, it begins.

168 hours.

I have to climb to the 20th floor in a week.

‘If I can clear the 11th floor quickly, it’s possible. Please let it be an easy difficulty…’

There are quite a few floors where you can force your way through with brute force on each floor.

[Would you like to enter the 11th floor? The appropriate number of people is 4]

And partying becomes possible from the 11th floor.

The difficulty doesn’t decrease just because you’re doing it alone. Rather, it gets harder because you have to do the work of 4 people alone.

Instead, the rewards increase.

So, I have to do it alone.

I’m not going to join hands with a giant guild to climb the 79th floor, so I have to show everyone that I can clear it all alone.

On top of that, I can raise the reward grade, so this is exactly the picture I wanted.

“I will challenge it alone.”

[The Trial of the Tower begins]

‘Let’s go….’

***

[Tower Climbing Support Gallery]

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[Title]: Hey, it’s me. Came to tell you what the 11th floor is like.

[Content]: The theme of the 11th floor’s trial is Prison Break.

Usually, the official strategy is to start a riot with fellow prisoners and destroy the prison.

But the true ending is if you just escape without getting caught. Easy, right?

[Comments]:

– Very easy

– Nothing this time?

– Doesn’t seem hard even alone?

– What are the people above even talking about… It’s similar to the 1st floor.

ㄴ Similar?

ㄴ 30% mortality rate, extremely brutal difficulty. You’ll see lol

– Sounds so easy just from hearing about it lololol

– So– easy~

– Don’t come back now

– Ah, I got spoiled because of this bastard

└ Author: WTF you guys told me to tell you

***

My consciousness is cut off for a moment and then returns.

[You are a death row inmate. Escape from prison before you are executed]

“Ah…”

The first thing I see when I open my eyes is the inside of a bus.

I hear the rumbling of the engine.

It’s a prisoner transport bus, the windows are blocked by iron bars and screens, and the seats are separated.

There are handcuffs on my hands, and something is tied around my neck.

“Wait a minute….. Bus?”

– Wow… you’re screwed, Dohee!!!

– S rank congratulations congratulations congratulations congratulations

– WTF lololol

– Why of all floors on the 11th floor…

Escape is becoming more difficult as technology advances.

The wooden prison of the Middle Ages is B-grade, the modern prison is A-grade, and the modern prison with CCTV is S-grade difficulty.

“Haa… damn it, let’s check my stats first.”

Something is wrong with my body too.

[Some stats are reduced by a special force]

Strength: 10

Agility: 15

Defense: 32

Divinity: 0

Lewdness: 18.3

Regeneration: 1

“This is screwed…”

Strength is fixed at 10, and Divinity is reduced to 0.

It’s probably because of this suspicious necklace.

‘This isn’t just modern times.’

You must never think of modern times as just the same Earth’s modern times.

The level of civilization development may be at that level, but it could be a strange world where superhumans, wizards, heroes, hunters, and other people with abilities live.

No, the probability of it being a strange world is much higher on average.

“Haa…. this is screwed…”

– Bang!!!

“Hey!!! Shut up, number 69748!”

‘Ugh, you startled me…’

Someone hits my seat hard from behind.

When I turn around, I see a man in a blue uniform staring at me with a scary expression.

‘Is he a prison guard…?’

For now, it’s not good to stand out.

The goal is to escape from here as quickly as possible.

And since I’m keeping my mouth shut, we arrive at the prison before long.

“Everyone get off!!”

– Whirr…

The partitions open, and prisoners walk out in a line.

‘What, I thought they were all women… there are men too?’

“Wow~ this year’s girls are all well-developed~!”

“I know, right? Hey, look at that pink-haired bitch’s boobs. Hehehe…”

“I’m going to go rape her later.”

‘This seems like a strange world…’

It seems like I’ve been caught up in a messed up world.

The prison guards feel more like gangsters than police officers.

I get off the bus and enter the building following the guidance of the prison guards.

‘I have to watch this carefully.’

Not starting in prison is a kind of advantage.

‘There’s a large watchtower on each side, the thick iron gate that can’t be opened by hand. Escape is impossible because of the high-voltage current in the regular walls… this is screwed.’

Nothing is easy.

Even the walls aren’t concrete, they seem to be made of some kind of alloy, so they’re very strong.

“Hey, watch where you’re going!”

I was looking around and walking slowly, so the woman behind me shouts at me.

“Huh?”

“What are you looking at, you bitch?”

A woman with golden blonde hair and a delinquent-like impression, as if she smoked cigarettes in her youth, glares and swears.

Her appearance and body are just the type to take good pictures on Instagram, but her personality is terrible.

‘Tsk… is this some kind of power struggle?’

I want to stay quiet, so I just let it go for now.

“Just fat in the ass like a pig, so slow…”

‘You just wait…’

I hope I get to share a room with that bitch.