episode_0187

– Ooh, ooh…!

closed eyes. Thanks to this, my previously dark eyes suddenly became colorful.

I wasn’t happy. It doesn’t really look like that. It’s just that my mind starts to feel bad and useless things start to pop into my mind.

I just died.

A group of slashes severed his waist and wrist. Countless and continuous slashes cut into pieces of the entire body.

An ax struck from the sky split his head, and a hammer exploded his upper body.

The blade of the spear, which snaked and swooped down, pierced my heart, and the blade of the scythe cut off my neck.

Observation predicted the outcome, but the body could not cope with it.

A terrible sensation invaded my mind. A strange feeling of life being cut short and then continued throbbed through my brain.

It didn’t die.

I came to my senses.

I was lying out on the wasteland where I first entered the Tower of Growth, panting.

‘Ugh…’

After a while, the presence was detected in the observation range. It’s the 2nd time.

It was trudging towards us from afar.

The inventory opens. What was pulled out from the open space with a tremor was a black iron spear. The second round of holding the spear is gradually approaching.

Stand up quickly. Although my brain and internal organs felt like they had been crushed into a mess, my body quickly prepared for battle.

‘You can’t die too much.’

There is no answer in a head-to-head fight.

To begin with, their skills are overwhelming. Without even mentioning the ability to expand, I am pushed out. The second time is advantageous just by approaching it.

You shouldn’t hit it blindly and die. When you experience death, your mental strength and mental strength are drastically reduced.

The moment you finally run out of strength, a catastrophe occurs when your power goes out.

‘Let’s increase the distance.’

If you do that, you will at least draw a bow and use your extended archery ability, but if you combine Taisan and Spiritualization together, you can endure.

And taking time…

…

Suddenly I stopped thinking. My body, which was about to move back, stiffened.

I felt puzzled.

What should I do to waste time?

Acquire information? Even though I have the power of observation, the fastest and most accurate way to obtain information and demonstrate my skills in real time is through direct encounters.

‘…This is the Tower of Growth.’

It is a space for growth. What matters is not survival or victory.

In the end, it is a place where you can grow and return even if you are defeated.

You don’t die here. The torn body has been restored, and although the mind is in pain, it is still intact.

The blessing of growth is amplified. I’m still experiencing it now. The body is growing and growing in real time, and skills are rapidly increasing.

I have no intention of doing so, but if I express my intention to give up, I may return straight to reality.

The time you can stay in this convenient and absurd space is at most five days. It’s a very short time.

But why are we so scared that we spread the distance and waste time staying safe?

It’s not even worth considering.

‘…manifestation of power, space.’

I gritted my teeth and opened a sub-space. He took out a spear among the countless weapons he had stored there.

A similar type of window to the one in round 2.

There is no chance of winning in a head-to-head fight.

To begin with, their skills are overwhelming.

It is clearly lacking without even mentioning the expansion ability. It would be disadvantageous to engage in close combat.

Instead, it will show even steeper growth.

Your body and head will hurt. I don’t know why, but the sensation is realized as if it were reality, so it will hurt terribly.

I felt afraid. No matter how much time passes, nature does not change, so being pricked by a needle is scary enough to bring tears to your eyes.

You can excuse him now, but you won’t be able to in the future.

A really important moment. When you should never back down. A moment when you should never fall.

It’s not just a situation where a useless person like me is killed, but people who are more important than me will also be harmed.

In order to overcome such moments… you must grow now.

I held onto the window and walked towards the second round.

* * *

The space faced by Baek Arin, who entered the Tower of Growth, was a snowy field covered in pure white snow.

An environment where rivers that should flow leisurely are frozen solid, and pure white snowflakes, not green leaves, hang from bare tree branches.

Baek A-rin slowly raised her hand.

Soon, a small amount of snow fell on the back of my hand. Even though it wasn’t like it was pouring down, it somehow managed to land exactly on the back of my hand.

The snow wasn’t cold.

The snow that stuck to the back of my hand did not melt due to body temperature.

There was no reason for the snow to melt when it was similar to body temperature in the first place.

Baek A-rin’s Changhae is especially specialized in cold weather. Although it is covered beyond the level of martial arts, Baek A-rin’s qualities are focused on coldness.

Therefore, Baek A-rin’s body is capable of easily containing cold.

The energy flowing through the circuit is cold, and even the bright red blood flowing through the blood vessels can be considered cool.

Bones, muscles, and skin are all cold, so there is no warmth.

The senses of a body that was so stiff were dull.

‘It’s cold.’

But Baek A-rin felt his eyes were cold. Although the snow had a rather high temperature, similar to body temperature, Baek Arin felt cold.

Actually, it’s not just the eyes. The magic power and blood in my body… I just perceived my body as cold.

I feel very bad about that. A physiological feeling of rejection arose. I’m tired of seeing a body that shows no signs of melting no matter how much I burn it.

Baek A-rin shook off her eyes and turned her head.

The surroundings were quite different from when I first entered.

All the white snow on the floor has long since flown away. The barren dirt floor, torn up and in disarray in the aftermath of the battle, was clearly visible.

“Can’t you speak?”

I slowly turned my head and asked what was stuck at the bottom of the large crater.

Pure white frost settled on the body, and the cross sections of the torn off limbs were frozen, and not a single drop of blood leaked out.

It is a copy of Baek Arin created by the Tower of Growth.

“Can’t we talk? Is it a functional problem, or was it blocked on purpose…”

The copy body was unable to communicate. I tried talking, but the copy simply attacked the challenger with murderous intent.

“Well, if I could communicate with a copy, it would be just as scary.”

Talking to an acolyte that you’re going to have to beat up and kill anyway… isn’t going to be a very good feeling.

Baek Arin shook her head to herself.

As of now, we have just subdued the copy body.

Of course, Baek A-rin is not completely fine either.

My head is torn and I have cuts here and there, but there is no pain. Also, it wasn’t as miserable as the replica.

‘It took about four days…? ‘It’s tough.’

The first time I subdued the copy body was from the first day.

In the end, the abilities and skills are the same, so if you hit it right away, your odds of winning are half.

However, it took four days to subdue it as easily as it is now.

‘Do you think Yeonhwa was faster than me? ‘Because he’s such a ssamdak, I can catch him right away and embody another monster to fight him.’

In other words, Baek A-rin has grown to the point where she can easily overpower herself when she first entered the tower in three days.

‘The tower is such a fraud…’

The same goes for the protection of growth and the effect of standing on top. These were all absurdly fraudulent effects.

Thanks to this, young superhumans are left stomping around on the floor without their guardians daring to let them go.

‘I want to come in every week.’

Then, I think I will be able to easily achieve the highest level within half a year. Of course, that would be realistically impossible, but…

– Damn…

Around the time when Baek Arin was recovering mentally and physically.

The copy body wriggled as it looked up at Baek A-rin with emotionless eyes, as it had been from the beginning.

It was a gesture of resistance, but the ice stakes firmly embedded in various parts of the body blocked any resistance.

It is a stake full of curses of oppression, wounds and weakening. It is impossible to move when the majority is stuck like that.

Moreover, since the core and circuitry were destroyed and there was no remaining magic power, there was no possibility of a counterattack.

“……”

Baek A-rin looked down at the copy. It looked like a bug writhing on the floor with its limbs torn off.

The replica has the same appearance as Baek Arin.

Eyes with a color reminiscent of the clear sea and long, soft hair.

Not only the curves and features of the voluptuous body, but also the circuitry, core, and magical properties of the body are the same.

But it’s different.

The replica did not smile. The eyes were emotionless, and the corners of the mouth did not draw a curve.

That alone changed Baek A-rin’s impression to others by 180 degrees.

If my previous impression was of a wide, blue sea and a soft impression, now it was like seeing a cold, frozen, static glacier.

“Tsk.”

I don’t want to see a cold, dull body, or a sinking look like that unless you’re wandering around like an idiot.

No matter how hard I tried to overcome this, there was no significant improvement. All I could hope for was a small hope from Hong Yeon-hwa.

But recently, a big possibility has emerged.

Baek A-rin smiled brightly and jumped up.

I approached the radiant scattered on the floor of the crater.

After taking a quick look at the writhing copy of the body, not giving up, I grabbed the ice spear made from spearfish.

The tip of the spear, sparkling with spirit, was aimed at the copy body.

“Then… I should try summoning a monster too.”

– Kwaduk!

The sharp spear blade pierced the copy’s chest.

* * *

– Kwaduk!

For an instant, a flash of spear pierced my chest.

I can feel the cool anticipation digging into my flesh.

Ouch! I barely manage to hold on to the spear that is trying to dig deeper inside. The tip of the spear suddenly stopped and scratched my ribs.

A brief struggle of power follows.

If it continues like this, it will be over.

Lee Ha-yul hit the window pole with his fist.

All-rounder expansion ability

Cheonbyeon Comics – Defeating the angle iron pole.

Quack! The black iron spear was broken like a sorghum cracker.

In the second round, I threw away the spear and moved both hands without any hesitation. A hand wrapped in red energy rushed in.

We’ve already met several times. I have died by having my skeleton ripped out the moment I was caught, and I have died by having my heart and head explode after being hit one after another.

Lee Ha-yul also stretched out his hand.

Faba Park! My hands became entangled, leaving a white and red afterimage.

In the second round, the eyes stared at Lee Ha-yul.

A grip that stretches out like a flash of lightning. The moment you grab it, it twists its limbs.

react. Lee Ha-yul’s elbow, which reacted at the speed of seconds, struck his forearm.

Lee Ha-yul, who blocked the attack once, stretches out his hand in return.

It is different from the movement in the second round. The movement, which obscures the image of the object as if fog is rolling in, aims for the second round.

‘Expansion ability.’

It flows out. After identifying the image, I twisted the orbit. Immediately after, the eyes of the second round found a small gap.

Boom! Briefly step on the edge and push your body. Twist your upper body and stick out your shoulders.

Manjongtujutsu expansion ability

Jejinpagosan Mountain

Body slam included in the extended ability. In the second round, the big man hit Lee Ha-yul.

– Coo!

A huge shock wave exploded. The entire ground shook.

A powerful shock flows into the body. Lee Ha-yul calmly stomped on the ground.

– Kwajak!

The ground suddenly collapsed. The pile of dirt that received the impact turned into dust and disappeared. Lee Ha-yul, who skillfully let go of the shock, stretched out his grip.

A strong force coiled like a whirlwind starting from the elbow.

I implement the Voryu Water Soul Jang that I learned earlier using strong energy instead of manual energy and give it a day.

-Qurrr!

A pure white whirlpool expanded. A vortex of strong energy spread out in the direction of the field, sweeping everything in front.

Just before the tornado expanded, the second vehicle, which had pulled itself out of the range of the attack, widened the distance and landed lightly.

The vortex that had been expanding like crazy gradually subsided.

Although dust covered the entire area, the eyes captured Lee Ha-yul accurately in the second round.

Lee Ha-yul shook off the vortex wrapped around his arm and turned around.

‘……’

The second round looked at the situation and analyzed the previous close match.

Lee Ha-yul when he just entered the Tower of Growth.

Although he was very talented and had good skills, he was able to overpower him. Even though he showed off his talent, Lee Ha-yul, who sticks to close combat, was able to subdue it even more easily.

now…

‘It cannot be easily suppressed.’

Even though he is showing quite a bit of skill, it is difficult to subdue him.

On the contrary, they are even being counterattacked.

Only a few days have passed at most, but Lee Ha-yul’s skills are soaring like crazy.

Although it was intended for him, even considering the blessings of growth, the growth was shocking for the second time.

‘The real thing is different.’

Also, although it was a stupid idea, I was disappointed.

In the second round, I faced Lee Ha-yul, who was rushing at me while hiding my bitterness.

* * *

[Unique ability ‘All-rounder’ grows rapidly]