episode_0065

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Smirking~

A burdensome gaze.

After saying she was pretty, Shaella’s eyes penetrated through the eyepatch.

shame.

Amazing.

Bright and clear.

Add to that the drunken blush, and it’s hard for anyone to make eye contact. It’s because you get a strange feeling when you look at them.

“Can’t you just look somewhere else?”

“Huh? Why?”

“… Done.”

Grumbling.

Therefore, I smoothed out the rising stems.

I said I would make something tastier to get him to stop drinking, so I plan to make sweet chocolate.

I feel like it will just be a side dish to drink, but… .

Still, it would be better to have some suitable snacks than to drink alcohol on an empty stomach.

Pooook~

Fruits formed on the stems.

When the fruit split open, cacao beans came out.

Soybeans were placed in a stem bowl, fermented ingredients were added, and they were pulverized into powder. Sugar was added to increase the sweetness, and magic was used to mix and compress it to shape it.

“It’s roughly made well.”

In just a few minutes, the black chocolate chunk was ready.

But on the outside it looks dirty.

Shaella’s expression immediately darkened at the unsightly appearance.

“What is this?… Do plants poop too?”

“… … Do I really have to say that?”

“Well, you eat it, right? It looks like the pitch black thing is full of poison… .”

“No?”

“No way… Did you hate me that much!?”

“No?”

“What kind of food is this… .”

“You won’t be able to say that if you take a bite.”

Sharak!-

I used magic to sharpen the wind on my fingertips, cut the chocolate into bite-size pieces, placed it in a stem bowl, and placed it on the table.

Tup.

“Mmm. It tastes like this too.”

I put one pill into my mouth.

Sweet chocolate with a subtle cocoa scent.

There’s even a feeling of being recharged with energy.

“ugh. I don’t think it’ll be good.”

Shaella is still hesitant.

Because it was pitch black and tasteless, it had an expression that looked like shit.

If that’s the case.

Okay.

I picked up the chocolate and held it up to the guy’s mouth.

“Try it first and tell me.”

“Ugh… okay. I’m not going to die, but whatever. Because of their sincerity, they eat it at least once. Ah~”

Wow.

He took the chocolate with his mouth and ate it.

And so the frowning expression quickly disappeared.

“… omg!!?! Yes, yes!!!!!”

My mouth opened wide.

Then, like a child, he placed his cheeks with both hands and began to mumble and savor the taste.

Expressing happiness with a crescent moon smile.

“You said it looked like shit?”

“What do you mean by that!! Muchan. That’s blasphemy against food!”

“That’s what you said?… … .”

Cheap chook!!

“This is amazing!!!”

“… … … .”

“It’s incredible abundance~”

Is it really that delicious?

The intoxication has completely disappeared.

For some reason, I feel proud.

“Okay. Eat a lot. I’ll make more.”

“Ugh… Yes, I will not decline. Give me more.”

Eat.

I made a lot of chocolate.

Right now it’s just chocolate, but I plan on making more snacks later.

Because the response was pretty good.

Let’s do this first.

“I’m going to climb the tower again. If you’re bored, call Tinia and play.”

“Go already?”

“I’ll be back soon.”

“Okay. Come back. I will feed the main body.”

“… … ?”

“Since I received this, I will be able to go for a walk tomorrow with more strength.”

“… Do whatever you want.”

Sigh~

consciousness was transferred.

It’s time to climb the tower again.

I realized how ugly the tower was.

The waste layer was not the problem. From the beginning, the structure and high rise of the tower were problems.

You have to get up there somehow.

We will find the guy who turned Shaella into an experiment. There’s nothing I can do to look for it, but if I know something, the opportunity will come.

If possible, we should keep track of trends in high-rise buildings.

Anyway, there are plenty of reasons to climb.

Tuk.

I returned to my body on the first floor and placed my hand on the gate.

Tiring!

◎︎ You have enough trial points. Would you pay 100p to climb to tier 2?

◎︎ This gate is connected to the 2nd floor Mandarium Gate.

［Approval/Cancel.］

approval.

Tiring~

◎︎ Move to layer 2.

Paaaa!!-

◎︎ Welcome to Mandarium Gate.

I looked around.

A blue crystal floor and wide-spreading fog came into view.

A quiet space.

Come to think of it, I have never seen a climber outside of trials.

There might have been people around the gate, but there was no one here either.

I can roughly guess.

Gates will also be different for each gate.

For example, the desert area I used was simply a place where no people lived.

Of course, it would be hard to see people here too.

In other words, there will be popular gates and unpopular gates, and I used a gate that is rarely used.

The stone golems that appeared in the desert in the first place were too strong for first-floor climbers to deal with.

It’s just a guess, but it’s plausible.

If you want to see other humans, you will have to find another gate yourself.

But there is no need to do so right away.

The ordeal is automatic movement… .

━︎ ━︎ ━︎ ━︎ ━︎

⊙︎ User information.

Level: 362.

Name: Rios.

Gender: Male.

Race: Human.

Tinnitus: None.

Eligibility: Tier 2.

┗︎Trial Score: 453p/200p

Public value: 485p

━︎ ━︎ ━︎ ━︎ ━︎

13p obtained by killing a participant.

Trial clear reward 40p.

500p taken from Keul.

Cost to move to the 2nd floor -100p.

As you can see, there are a lot of points.

You can even go to the 3rd floor.

blast furnace.

Tiring~

◎︎ You have enough trial points. Would you like to pay 200p to climb to tier 3?

◎︎ This gate is connected to the 3rd floor Yodon Gate.

[Approval/Cancel.]

approval.

Tiring~

◎︎ Move to layer 3.

Paaaa!!-

I looked around again.

Dark skies and eerie black earth.

At first glance, it was a place where there were no people and only monsters appeared.

There is no one here either.

Likewise, I have no intention of looking around.

My immediate goal is to climb high rises.

The 4th floor climbing point is 300p.

You need to save 50p more.

A list of trials was displayed.

━︎ ━︎ ━︎ ━︎ ━︎

⊙︎ Fort defense battle.

┗︎Administrator – Lucas.

⊙︎ Conquer the music box dungeon.

┗︎Administrator – Bastian.

⊙︎ Loop dungeon exploration.

┗︎Administrator – Niamh.

⊙︎ Starlight Fragment Protection.

┗︎Administrator – Kalista.

⊙︎ Surviving a disaster.

┗︎Administrator – Maxwell.

… .

━︎ ━︎ ━︎ ━︎ ━︎

I skimmed through them one by one.

It’s already visible.

The loop dungeon was like an ordeal where people were fighting each other openly. There was a hidden ordeal goal, and the rules included murder plus points.

but… .

“Surprisingly, there are many things that are not like that.”

Not everyone is a vicious scum like Keul.

Just trash.

Adequate trash.

A neutral guy.

A good guy.

There will be several types of managers.

This is because they were also climbers after all.

In general, there is just a lot of trash, but we cannot conclude that they are all homicidal maniacs like Keul.

Also, provocative elements can be interesting only when they have a delicious story and narrative rather than just being provocative. It would be more fun to create conflict between participants and encourage them to fight on their own.

There are bound to be fewer ordeals that openly lead to murder than on the first floor.

Is this really a good thing? .

It’s not something I need to worry about.

Anyway, if you can beat the manager, it doesn’t matter where you go.

I glanced over them all one by one.

What I noticed here is that the list of trials is in chronological order. I clicked on the first trial because the higher it is on the list, the faster it starts.

━︎ ━︎ ━︎ ━︎ ━︎

⊙︎ Fort defense battle.

┗︎Administrator Lucas.

Trial details – Enter the war as a mercenary for an empire whose destruction is predicted and protect the castle.

The trial ends when all enemies are eliminated or the enemy commander is killed, and additional trial points and merit points are awarded based on contribution.

Administrator’s comment – It’s the same as the content. You’ll get a feel for it, so figure it out.

Reward 1 – Trial Points 50p.

Reward 2 – Public Value 600p.

Failed – Not applicable.

Rule 1 – Disposal upon leaving the area.

Rule 2 – Increased contribution when killing a barbarian.

Rule 3 – +10p for killing a command object.

Rule 4 – +200p for killing an enemy.

Until deadline – 2h 12m

━︎ ━︎ ━︎ ━︎ ━︎

[Approval/Cancel.]

◎︎ I chose the trial.

◎︎ ‘Fortress defense battle!’ Take on the challenge.

◎︎ You can move to this trial in advance.

◎︎ Would you like to go to the trial location?

[Approval/Cancel.]

It’s an ordeal where there’s no need to wait.

It was approved right away.

Tiring!

◎︎ Move to the Imperial Citadel.

Paaaa!!-

This time, I was enveloped in the light of the gate and moved to another space.

◎︎ Enter the designated area ‘Imperial Citadel’.

Paaaa!!-

The scenery has changed.

A quick glance revealed that there were barracks and a large training ground in the middle of the fortress buildings.

“You are a new mercenary. Welcome.”

A soldier waiting nearby approached.

The soldiers were armed with iron, and it was obvious that they were well-trained.

Also nearby, people who had been summoned like me were eating and resting near the barracks under the guidance of their respective soldiers.

“Mercenary As you may have heard, vicious barbarians are targeting the empire. We desperately need each and every one of you. Please, can you help me?”

But then the barbarians come in… .

Is this place really at war?

“I will help.”

“Thank you. There is still time before the enemy comes, so please plan your formation and rest in the barracks over there. We will provide simple food.”

“Okay.”

Sigh~

I followed the soldier.

Since there were no tables or chairs, I sat on the ground and waited quietly.

Since there were more than two hours left until the ordeal began, it seemed like a consideration to kill time here.

Be considerate… .

It wasn’t a bad ordeal.

In the first place, the ordeal was about everyone working together to protect the castle. There was no content encouraging participants to commit murder.

You can tell just by looking at the trial manager’s comments.

It says to do it yourself, but that would probably be a good level.

First, I waited quietly.

Anyway, the ordeal hasn’t even started and there’s no administrator in sight, so I can’t stop. I sat quietly for the rest of the time and looked around.

“Here, have some bread and water.”

After the soldier brought him something to eat, he bowed his head and disappeared somewhere else.

however… .

Something feels unnatural.

Imperial soldiers treated all climbers as ordinary mercenaries, treating them all the same and not raising any questions.

They are definitely living beings, but… .

It was like an NPC in a game.

Suddenly, Shaella’s words come to mind.

It is said that during trials, there are times when a world is created and invaded.

then… .

“Is this a fake world?”

No one answered, but I realized it.

This is an artificially recreated place.

It is a fake world created for trials.

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