episode_0057

A cold silence began to flow in the air.

The hunters hesitantly retreat when the sharp blade is pointed at them.

What broke the silence at that time were the little fairies who appeared simultaneously.

Fairies appeared in the very center of the vacant lot.

They were shouting something, but I couldn’t understand a single word.

The fact that I couldn’t understand their language even though I had translation skills meant that it meant the language of Earth, not the language of the Tower.

There was also a little fairy I knew there.

((If you are from Korea, please gather here!!))

People who had noticed me began to line up in front of the little fairy, each shouting in a different language.

“They say you have to wait in line, can you stand up?”

“..let’s go..”

She stood up with both hands on the ground, but her legs seemed to have lost strength again and she sat down.

“I’m sorry…”

“I’m sorry for doing that, I’ll forgive you.”

When I bent my knees and bent my back towards Su-ah, I thought he hesitated for a moment, but without saying a word, he approached the little fairy who was watching us with Su-a on his back.

People who were confused lined up at the line of their respective countries.

Most of the people in the line were 10 people, 7 people, 8 people, 14 people, 12 people.

Except our line.

2 people.

‘…’

I felt like I indirectly understood why I was happy to meet Koreans abroad.

((Then I’ll explain the rules!!))

As soon as everyone lined up, the little fairies began to explain.

((There are a total of 25 waves from 1-1 wave to 1-5 wave!!))

((You can defend by selecting the wave difficulty level one per day!! It is impossible for the currently selected team to escape without replacement!!))

((For reference, the wave to be defended each day is decided by majority vote!!))

((You can sleep and eat here!! 2 people per room!! Then I hope you all survive!!))

‘I can’t go back home.’

This was the first thought that came to mind when I heard the little fairy’s story.

If I left Su-ah here and went home, there seemed to be little chance that I would be with her when I entered the 5th floor again.

And if Su-ah was left alone in a place like this, it was clearly visible what would happen to Su-a, who had no combat skills.

((The introduction is over, Cheonhwi!!))

“Thank you. I feel reassured because you are with me.”

((Gasp!! Am I?!! Am I strong?!!))

“Because I have no one to lean on, you are the most reliable here.”

((Woo..Wow!! Wow!! Have I become a wonderful fairy?!!))

“I think that can be said.”

((Hehe..!! Thank you!!))

The fairy is writhing around, wondering why my words make her so happy.

((Ah!! As a fairy you can rely on!! I will guide you to your accommodation!!))

Leaving the other little fairies who hadn’t finished the explanation yet and the people who were listening intently to the explanation, I followed the little fairy towards the dorm.

The transparent curtain in the corner where Su-ah was first standing seemed to have disappeared, so as I walked through the empty lot without any obstruction, I could see a building with a total of 5 floors, 10 windows on each floor.

A building that looks like a high school dormitory, with windows that clearly show the interior of the room.

“Do you have a designated room?”

((First-come-first-served basis!! There are two card keys in the room, so you can share them with the roommate!!))

To express my gratitude, I patted the head of the little fairy flying at my eye level.

((lol!!))

I thought this guy was really cute and would go well with my daughter.

((I have to guide you if a new challenger appears!! I’ll go first!! If you need me, please feel free to come and see me at any time!!))

With those words, the little fairy disappears as if melting into thin air.

When I looked into the first floor of a huge building, I could clearly see everything from the bed to the bathroom.

“I definitely have to go up to the 5th floor.”

If you are on a lower floor, there is a window that is not obscured so that you can observe the people inside from the outside.

“I’ll at least put up curtains.”

Before anyone else came, I quickly ran up the stairs with Su-a on my back and entered the room in the far corner of the 5th floor.

When I shared the card key with Su-ah, the card immediately melted into my hand and disappeared.

When I put my hand with the card melted on the door, the door locks and opens as if the card key had been implanted.

“Wait here for a moment.”

A room that looks about 2 pyeong in size.

I laid Su-ah down on the bed against the right wall of the rectangular structure and exited into the empty hallway.

Then I opened the door to the next room and tried to pull out the card hanging on the front door.

“Ah.. Breathe!”

A card key that cannot be pulled out even when pulled out with magical force.

“Kabi… I was planning to rent out the entire 5th floor.”

It was structured so that a person with a card key in their body could no longer extract the card key.

I returned to the room, locked the door tightly, and sat on the bed opposite Su-ah, who was sitting on the bed, hugging the blanket and leaning against the wall, and faced her.

“Why did you come here? Did the guild leader ask you to come in?”

Suah shook her head and took out her cell phone and showed me the screen.

A cell phone that freezes with the system app turned on.

“..The screen doesn’t even turn off..”

Even the timer that showed the time remaining until the opening of the 5th floor was stopped at 32:14:27:42.

“I was annoyed that my phone suddenly lagged, so I pressed the button and was admitted to the 5th floor..”

Perhaps because the screen was stuck in that state and I couldn’t even turn off the phone, Sua’s phone, which was showing the screen to me, soon ran out of battery and turned off with a black screen.

“..what should I do? I’m trapped here now..?”

Su-ah, who was filled with fear that she would be trapped in the tower forever, began to cry again.

“I want to go home.. I miss my mom.. Mom…”

She began to cry sadly.

When I looked around, there were no outlets or chargers to charge my phone, so to calm her down while she was crying, I handed her the auxiliary battery I was using.

“Don’t worry, I brought a spare battery.”

“..Really?”

“Here.”

When I picked up my phone and looked at it, I saw that the battery was 18% full.

Even if my phone went off, I just had to use the skill on Seolhee-noona and get back to her, so I didn’t think much about it and connected Su-ah’s phone to the battery charger.

Sua’s cell phone vibrates slightly and a notification sounds that charging has begun.

“This was used a long time ago, so the charging speed is slow.”

“It’s okay! I survived thanks to you.. Thank you.”

“What is gratitude?”

“..I’m sorry for always causing trouble to you..”

“That’s it. Don’t blame yourself, you didn’t do anything wrong.”

At that time, I saw hunters, believed to be Chinese, walking towards here through the window.

“Suya, lie as low as possible in bed.”

“Yes?”

“The inside is clearly visible from the outside of the window, so it is hidden as much as possible. If it is raised this high, it will never be visible when we lie down.”

“Ah.. yes!”

‘There’s no need to tell us our location.’

The hunter who was trying to break through Su-Ah’s protective shield in the lead earlier was an Asian.

Since the average hunter rating in China is the second highest after Korea, I thought that the person pushing the shield at the forefront might have been Chinese.

‘We must avoid being discovered that we are here as much as possible.’

Soon, people began to enter behind them.

Starting with race, hair color and eye color.

All kinds of people started coming into the dorm and filling the building.

As I looked around to see what was in the room of the lodging, which was already full of people and noisy, I found a shower and toilet with a clear view of the inside.

There is a hole in the wall where you can receive food, a touchpad that lists food you have never seen, whether you can have food delivered.

And all there was was a touchpad with numbers 1-1 to 5-1 written on it.

Among them, 1-1 and 1-2 were the only ones marked with gray numbers instead of white.

“..? Why is this like this?”

I could easily infer that this was a machine that could vote on the difficulty of the wave to be defended each day, but I couldn’t figure out why 1-1 and 1-2 were gray.

“Fairy? Are you listening?”

((Did you call me?!!))

Just in case, I called out to the fairy and the little fairy appeared right in front of me.

Since it appears so often, I am no longer surprised and have even gotten used to it.

“Why are only 1-1 and 1-2 here different colors?”

((Oh!! This is the rule I will explain to everyone tonight!! But I will especially explain it to Cheonhwi first!!))

Our self-proclaimed trustworthy little fairy continued to explain, pounding her chest and telling us to trust only her.

((Waves that have already been cleared change color like this!!))

“We haven’t cleared it yet?”

((It was cleared by another group!! The 5th floor is a global quest!!))

The little fairy’s answer made me feel dizzy for a moment.

It’s never been like this before.

A quest shared across the world.

A new wind began to blow in the tower that suddenly appeared all over the world and emphasized clearing.