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    A golem that suddenly attacked me and suddenly declared that the ordeal was over and that he would serve me.

    After that, the guy kept his mouth shut and just walked in one direction.

    – Thud! Thud!

    It was as big as a building, and its steps were accompanied by thick vibrations.

    I felt the vibrations running down the soles of my feet and leisurely observed my surroundings.

    Earlier, I only collected information for battle and left everything else out of the way.

    Now that the battle was over, I could explore the floating island with peace of mind.

    The outer wall that extends across the island has the function of blocking access and detection.

    Its performance is not inferior to that of the outer wall of the cradle, so it is not easy to penetrate it even with the power of observation.

    ‘… Actually, the expression ‘island’ is a bit strange.’

    Floating island.

    As the name suggests, it means a floating island, but it doesn’t look like a real island.

    Secondly, it is not surrounded by water on all sides, and when you divide the island into upper and lower parts.

    The upper surface is a large amount of special alloy that is dizzying even when analyzed through observation.

    It matches the material of the golem, and is also the source of producing golems in real time with magic.

    The bottom is also unusual.

    I don’t even know what to define as the bottom of the island.

    Because, from a common sense perspective, the base of the island is not an inverted pyramid shape.

    The base of the island is a square pyramid made of jewels.

    The pyramid appears to be the source of the island’s buoyancy.

    In particular, this part was densely packed with advanced techniques related to wealth.

    ‘… It’s scary that I’m now indifferent to such astronomical amounts of money.’

    Even if you sell just one suitable artifact from the Shiyoram Vigo right now, you can earn an amount of money that can be enjoyed for more than three generations of normal life…

    It seems like our economic concepts are falling apart these days.

    – Thud! Thud!

    The vibrations were still ringing due to the golem walking ahead, but compared to before, my ears felt much more comfortable.

    Because the roaring sound of thousands or tens of thousands of golems like before didn’t hit me.

    The golems that had been chasing me so fiercely until just now have long since dispersed.

    They scanned the area in all directions, then began to stand guard at just the right distance.

    ‘It’s like a checkerboard.’

    This floating island looks like a checkerboard.

    It is difficult to find any dirt or vegetation on the ground, and only a metal surface of the same type greets me.

    On that checkerboard-like surface, there are golems standing guard, keeping a precise distance from each other.

    The pure white golems looked like white stones placed on a Go board.

    It was like playing Go, forcing me into tactical moves while forming a formation and escaping into the air.

    ‘… … ‘

    The power of the floating island was enormous.

    Even though many of its functions are limited, if you just use the golems like I just did, you can completely clear out any dungeon.

    Is that all?

    This golem army will be especially powerful on the battlefield.

    They don’t even eat like humans.

    It neither requires sleep or rest nor seeks mental amusement.

    As long as you provide the materials and magic power to form a body, you can fight infinitely.

    On that subject, the power of each Golem is also amazing, so a power of this level has tremendous value on the battlefield.

    Original.

    From the 1st to the 12th round.

    I’ve never seen such power before.

    In a strange memory, from the memory of a man who handled the three bells.

    The Tower of Knowledge’s owner did not show even a hint of himself to the man who went to the Tower of Knowledge despite having no magical affinity.

    Golem has no trials or welcome.

    All they did was repeatedly shout that certain areas were off-limits.

    ‘… Oh my.’

    It’s a complicated idea.

    The thought of meeting the Tower of Knowledge soon made me nervous and made all sorts of thoughts cross my mind.

    I moved my right arm as my tongue kept feeling dry.

    ‘If I just leave it alone, it will recover on its own.’

    An injured arm from twisting a circuit.

    No special measures were taken.

    Just putting broken bones and torn muscles back together, gently soothing the circuits, and boosting recovery.

    But even with those measures, signs of recovery are already appearing.

    Although it was already bizarre, its body became even more bizarre after it began training in this world, and its resilience was truly amazing.

    ‘If it was torn or cut, I would have had to imitate Elia’s recovery melody and play it back… I want to see Elia.’

    Because it was stuck and only the inside was tangled, no special healing was needed.

    The Master’s teaching to cultivate the resilience of one’s own body without relying on the regenerative mechanisms scattered around.

    As a result of firmly believing those words and rolling my body, I was able to build up this much resilience.

    ‘The Master’s words are truly the truth… I miss the Master.’

    He nodded and took out a pouch from the subspace.

    He took one of the green pills out from there and put it in his mouth and chewed it.

    – Odok odok

    He broke it with his teeth and moved his tongue as if spreading the contents that were melting in his saliva.

    I moved my tongue even as the tip of it tingled.

    [… … ?]

    The golem glanced back.

    The blue light traveled back and forth between my mouth, the cloth bag in my hand, and my purple-tinted right arm.

    [May I ask what that is?]

    The helmet creaked and let out a sound.

    By the way, that golem is the thick-armored golem that tried to turn me into a rice cake earlier.

    Despite his appearance, I thought his tone was quite polite and shrugged.

    He swallowed the contents and took the pill back.

    [It is the poison of the black snake]

    [I see. I’m taking a pill made from the poison of the Black Monk…]

    As if he had misheard something, the golem stared at me, hissing discordantly.

    [Crunch crunch…?]

    Whether it was my imagination or not, the blue magical light in his eyes shook as if there was an earthquake.

    [Why are you consuming that…?]

    […?]

    [This is poison tolerance training]

    I shrugged my shoulders at the strange reaction.

    As he took another sip of the potion, the golem’s shoulders flinched.

    It was quite threatening because it was as big as a building, so I kept some distance.

    [Poison, resistance… training? In such an ignorant way…?]

    [It’s ignorant, but it’s efficient]

    That’s what introspection is all about.

    If you keep getting hit, at some point the threshold will go up.

    It also increases your hit resistance, cut resistance, and pain resistance.

    The same goes for poison tolerance.

    If you continuously inject your body with poison, eventually it will develop a tolerance.

    [Poison is a substance that must be handled with special care, but why is it being taken in such a dangerous way? It is too dangerous, even considering its effectiveness.]

    [it’s okay]

    He nodded at the golem’s concern.

    It is true that poison must be handled with care.

    There’s only a thin line between medicine and poison.

    Even a medicine that saves lives can kill people if you change its purpose just a little.

    So I’m handling it carefully.

    [No matter what…]

    [I’m taking it because it’s really good]

    [After being severely poisoned by the two-headed dragon, I realized that most poisons are no problem]

    Two-headed dragon.

    Although it may have been a lower-ranking order due to unstable command at the time, it is still a monster whose viciousness makes one stick out one’s tongue.

    If there had been no such phenomenon as a complete transformation at that time… wouldn’t he have just disappeared without leaving a body behind?

    Thanks to this, the average poison tolerance has increased significantly.

    It was a silver lining.

    [… … .]

    The golem, who was trying to say something worried, closed its mouth at my small complaint.

    ‘joy.’

    I chuckled slightly and took the last sip of the potion.

    .

    .

    .

    The floating island is full of alcohol.

    The techniques that are presumed to have been personally engraved by the Tower of Knowledge Master are all advanced techniques that are difficult and complicated for my level to guess.

    But I could understand the general structure, so I knew where the spells were connected.

    Most of the drinks are directed towards the center of the floating island.

    And, all the rituals gathered in the center are connected to one building.

    A huge white tower.

    It was a tower of knowledge.

    [Arrived]

    The golem in the lead turned around, bowed once, and stepped aside.

    Behind the golem that had stepped aside, there was the entrance to a tower that was slightly larger than the golem.

    After examining the synesthesia felt at the dark entrance, I turned my observation to the road and examined the exterior of the tower.

    The size itself was similar to the Tower of Growth.

    The appearance is different.

    The Tower of Growth has a pale ivory color and an ancient-looking exterior that seems to reflect the passage of time.

    The Tower of Knowledge is white with a blue tint.

    The surface is clean like a waveless water surface, and the geometrically drawn deep blue lines add to the sense of mystery.

    ‘Tower of Knowledge…’

    When I actually stood in front of him, I broke out in a cold sweat due to nervousness.

    It was inevitable that I had some doubts.

    ‘There’s no point in buying it now and worrying about it.’

    He shook his head roughly to shake off his doubts.

    Whatever it is, you have to take a stand.

    If that situation comes… I have no choice but to overcome it somehow.

    If you hesitate even in a safe and sound situation like now, you will not be able to accomplish anything in the future.

    Whatever comes, you must be able to overcome it.

    With that determination, I stretched my legs toward the entrance of the tower.

    Soon, I pushed my body into the black hole.

    Consciousness subsided.

    .

    .

    .

    ‘?’

    As my consciousness, which had briefly floated up, regained its place, observation spread out in all directions.

    ‘Ugh…’

    As the observations unfolded, an endless amount of information was thrust into my head.

    Even now that I’m used to the pain, this is an extra-large amount of information that causes a headache that makes my body stiffen.

    Did you ever feel like you had all the books in the world in the study in your mansion?

    It’s different now.

    At that time, it ended as a metaphor that seemed like that.

    This place is so endless that it seems like they have put ‘all’ the books there.

    It’s full of books.

    The interior of the tower literally looks like a tower.

    I’m standing on the first floor, and there’s an open space above my head.

    The ceiling was not felt.

    It’s like an endlessly rising map, like a game with errors.

    The inner walls of the seemingly infinite tower are filled with bookshelves.

    Inside, there are books piled high, and the writing inside them is dense.

    From novels that are easy to read, books that teach simple common sense, picture books in an unknown English format, handwritten notes and diaries, to books of advanced knowledge that are difficult for me to interpret…

    Abnormal observation record, 1st…

    “Power is an ability with particularly severe side effects.”

    Suddenly, a cool sensation touched my forehead.

    As the slender fingers that had been gently stroking my hair pressed against my forehead, my head, which had been giving me a headache, suddenly cleared up.

    “It is very useful if used appropriately, but it is not possible to use everything appropriately in the world. In such cases, external rights that are not yours place a great burden on the user.”

    ‘uh?’

    For a moment, my eyes widened.

    The headache is gone.

    Not only that, the poison that was circulating in my body also disappeared.

    To achieve growth, the load applied to the body is released.

    The skin that was dyed purple returns to its original white color.

    I was so absorbed in the overwhelming amount of information that I didn’t realize what was approaching.

    I was startled by that… but instead of being surprised, I just blinked blankly.

    Without realizing it, I was standing in front of a woman sitting on a chair.

    The woman was white.

    Her skin is smooth and white, as if powdered, and her flowing clothes are a plain white color without any decoration.

    Her hair, straight and without any tangles, reaches her plump buttocks.

    The hair that flows forward gently lands on his large chest.

    Even the open eyes are pure white.

    The eyes stared at me intently, as if they contained a world buried in snow.

    [… … ]

    While I was blankly blinking, the woman sitting on the chair slowly got up.

    The elegant chair, like a woman’s, did not creak even once.

    The woman rose, and a shadow fell over me.

    Suddenly, I flinched at the realization that he was much bigger than me and took a few steps back.

    The woman who had been observing me closely closed her eyes and placed her hands together on her stomach.

    “Although I am lacking, I am Ariel Segnis Ternovcia, the so-called Tower of Knowledge, and I greet the Savior.”

    And then he bowed deeply as if he was addressing a superior.

    I blinked again as my head was pressed down as if it was about to touch the ground.

    ‘?’

    I came in here imagining the worst.

    I was struck by the warm and polite welcome beyond my imagination.

    It was a meeting with the Tower of Knowledge.

    * * *

    [Player Compensation System: Pioneer]

    [Complete the quest “Enter the Tower of Knowledge”]

    [Get a lot of points]

    [Encountering the “Tower of Knowledge”]

    [Conditions are met]

    [Player Compensation System: Favorability]

    Lee Ha-yul → Tower of Knowledge(?)

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