Replay

The Hero is someone chosen by God.

In villages where God’s power reaches, Heroes can communicate regardless of distance.

This seems familiar to Summoned Heroes through things like communities, texts, and phone functions, but it’s unfamiliar and wondrous to Native Heroes.

The community function, unlocked from level 25, was a Hero-exclusive SNS.

The community was now buzzing with a new topic.

The number one video on the 24th floor.

The protagonist in the anonymously uploaded video was processed with no face and no name, only a silhouette was visible.

Guarding the 24th floor, where the silhouette stood, was the Mountain King Ogre.

It raised its massive body and stood imposingly in the silhouette’s path.

• Real Mountain King, damn;;

• Anyone able to beat the Mountain King at level 24?

• It cleared it, so it must have made it up?

• Cleared it and became level 25, so it’s real.

• Why is that real…

The community was quieter than usual.

Because there were no Summoned Heroes.

If there were Summoned Heroes, more detailed analysis could be heard, but proportionally, all sorts of useless comments would have increased as well.

The Heroes currently participating in the chat were Native Heroes that Skalla knew well.

• Are its eyes red?

• Is that a skill too?

The silhouette emitted a red glow from within its dark face.

Evading the Mountain King Ogre’s attacks and inflicting wounds.

• It dodged!?

• Was the Mountain King someone who could be wounded so easily?

• It was careless, that’s why it got hit.

• Can’t you see? It’s the weapon.

• Doesn’t seem like just the weapon? Look closely around the silhouette. It’s shining. The weapon is a factor, but it’s likely a buff skill.

• A buff strong enough to wound the Mountain King? That’s only possible with an advanced Sword Energy skill?

• Then it must be an advanced Sword Energy.

• But you can’t learn advanced Sword Energy at level 24.

• That’s true.

• Ah, that’s right.

The silhouette was struck by the Mountain King’s arm and slammed into the ceiling.

And as it fell, it was struck by the club and sent flying into the wall.

• Well, I guess this is it.

• What are you talking about? The video length shows there’s still time left.

Even after that, the silhouette didn’t stop.

The silhouette first cut off its broken left arm.

• It’s cutting that off?

• Ooh

• Got guts.

• To cut it off without hesitation in that situation. Even though it recovers, that’s not a decision you can make with normal mental strength.

• Doesn’t seem like a Summoned Hero, right?

• Yeah, they don’t have the guts to cut off their left arm.

• Even if it’s a hindrance, doing that in actual combat means you’re one-armed for life;;

• It must hurt, but it’s enduring it.

The silhouette charges at the Mountain King with its left arm cut off.

However,

• Too bad, it provoked the Mountain King too much.

The Mountain King adapted to the silhouette.

It became wary of being wounded.

Realizing its strength was far greater than the silhouette’s, the Mountain King reduced the force it put into the club.

As much as it reduced, the club became more free.

• The Mountain King isn’t the Mountain King for nothing.

• Really? Can’t anyone do that if they use a bit of strength?

• That’s right. But being able to swing with that kind of power already puts it on a different level from other ogres.

Ogres are born with overwhelming physiques.

Among them, individuals who grow two sizes stronger rise to the position of Mountain King.

The Mountain King, capable of solving everything with pure brute force without technique.

The sight of that Mountain King even learning made the Heroes who had fought the Mountain King in the field speechless.

A slight difference in timing was a big difference.

• How do you beat that.

• But it did win.

• No… how did it win?

The Mountain King slammed the club down, and when the silhouette dodged, it changed the club’s trajectory without delay.

The Mountain King swung the club every time the silhouette charged.

The Mountain King, with its overwhelmingly different physique, could send the silhouette flying before it even touched him just by extending its arm and club and swinging them lightly.

Even that unleashed enough power to send it crashing into the wall with a loud noise.

Mountain King.

The king who dominates the mountain.

Monsters with the title of Mountain King could only be challenged by players who were at least level 40.

But something unbelievable happened.

• Crack

Skalla couldn’t help but be shocked.

She was silently watching the video,

• The club?

• Was that what it was aiming for!!!

• No, why is that splitting?! Mountain King clubs are almost always made of Treant!

The chat window was quickly rising, even though few people were commenting.

The screams of those who weren’t commenting were silently echoing even more.

Skalla was one of them.

She was silent throughout the video, but her insides weren’t.

• Huh?! It’s really catching it?!?!!

• Caught it!! Leg cut!!!!

The minimum floor where the Mountain King is found is the 35th floor.

Even on that floor, it’s caught in parties, but catching it on the 24th floor is absurd.

You might say you can just level up a lot and then catch it, but even that is theoretically extremely difficult.

The probability of the Mountain King appearing on the 24th floor is so low that it’s almost nonexistent, and even if it did appear, the possibility of catching the Mountain King is almost zero due to factors other than level.

Level, skills, equipment.

The level requirement for solo climbing increases as the floor increases for a reason.

For example, to clear the 21st floor solo, you need to be level 25.

If you want to climb the 30th floor solo, you need to be level 40.

Even the ace of the frontline 81st floor raid team is only on the 64th floor, and the next best are in the late 50s.

Typical frontline raiders are averaging in the early 50s.

Even that is limited to those with talent and is based on the premise of receiving massive support from the clan.

Most Heroes who can’t do that are abandoning solo climbing altogether, as the gap between solo and party raids widens day by day.

This is because the difficulty of climbing alone increases exponentially as the floor increases.

Even though there are rewards that can only be obtained by solo climbing, and those rewards are necessary to perform party raids smoothly,

If solo climbing is blocked in the 20s, party raiding will inevitably become more difficult.

The moment the Mountain King appears in the 20s, the Hero’s lifespan is as good as over.

Unlike the strategy-based Basilisk, the Mountain King is a subjugation type.

It was common sense among Heroes that you could ‘never’ win if you were over level 10.

Why is common sense common sense?

Because reasonable theories, experiences, and records all came together to make it ‘absolute’.

Moreover, the floor where the Mountain King appeared this time was the 24th floor.

That’s almost a 20-floor difference from the existing appearance floor.

Common sense was broken.

“Cleared…”

The video ended with the silhouette stabbing the Mountain King’s head with a sword.

• This was possible.

• No, it’s a bug.

• What’s its identity? Does anyone know?

• The 24th floor is barely out of the beginner village.

• It’s probably someone who only did party raids to level up. Someone who was stuck on the 24th floor and finally cleared it!

There were 54 Heroes connected to the chat room.

About 5 people were commenting.

They wanted to know who the anonymously registered number one was.

“This was possible.”

Skilla checked the floor record table again.

<24th Floor Solo Ranking>

[1st Place (Anonymous) – Mountain King Ogre (SSS)]

[2nd Place Adadaite – Little Witch Keinel (S)]

[3rd Place Heochobilleon – One-Headed Hydra (S)]

[4th Place Namgungyun – Human Knight Vermillo (S)]

She looked up at the record table as if looking at a monster, and pointed to the 1st place rank with a trembling fingertip.

“E, SSS Rank.”

SSS Rank.

Triple S, only given to floor conquerors.

No one had achieved it since the 20th floor.

Skilla was lost in thought as if she had seen a living legend, and then her heart began to pound.

“Could it be?”

The stone tablet engraved with the floor record.

She jumped over to another stone tablet next to it.

The silhouette cleared the 24th floor and became level 25, unlocking the community. All the raid records for the floors below would have been updated as well.

<23rd Floor Solo Ranking>

[1st Place (Anonymous) – Orc Elite Squad (SSS)]

[2nd Place Adadaite – Lord Kobold Kuran (S)]

[3rd Place Namgungyun – Doppelganger Triplets (S)]

[4th Place Heochobilleon – Elf Forest Keeper (S)]

Orc Elite Squad.

The Orc Elite Squad, called the rivals of humans, would be the equivalent of a high-ranking knight order in human terms.

Depending on the climber’s tendencies, they could be a more difficult opponent than the Mountain King.

It’s a matter of quality versus quantity.

But it cleared that.

• The lineup is crazy.

• What lineup? You’ve only seen two so far.

<22nd Floor Solo Ranking>

[1st Place (Anonymous) – Basilisk (SSS)]

[2nd Place Namgungyun – Steel Golem (S)]

[3rd Place Adadaite – Human Knight Vermillo (S)]

[4th Place Benti – Goblin King (S)]

• ….

• ….

• …..

• …

• Mountain King, Elite Squad, Basilisk.

• The lineup is crazy;;

Basilisk.

SSS Rank defeat.

A strategy-based monster was subjugated solo by a level 22.

[25th Floor]

“Kyahaha!”

The witch laughed.

Americano was struggling against the witch on the 25th floor.

The witch, riding a broom and pouring out countless spells.

This was the witch’s workshop.

The witch, who had prepared all kinds of magic for the climbers, unleashed high-level magic that players or other magicians could not imitate in zero time.

[Witch Win]

Black letters.

“Oh?!”

A dense barrage that couldn’t be dodged.

Being surprised but stuttering that you were surprised was a reaction that only came out when you weren’t prepared.

Americano parried the magic that the witch poured out with her sword.

She used [Slash] to rapidly cut through the dense attacks that were impossible to dodge.

The skill forcibly moved her body, breaking the frost that had frozen on her arms and legs.

“Hoo.”

Cold air was exhaled from her mouth.

Her complexion was pale.

The continuous [Slash] didn’t raise her temperature; rather, frost formed on her face.

Even after one barrage ended, the ice piled up in layers.

It didn’t fall off because she wasn’t moving, so it only got thicker.

If she didn’t use [Slash], her joints would freeze and she wouldn’t be able to move well, and if she used [Slash], her body would cool down.

A vicious cycle.

“Haa…”

Cold.

White steam descended from her whole body.

“Amazing! You parried all of that?!”

The witch leisurely descended on her broom.

“But you’re frozen?”

“….”

The witch stared intently at Americano.

Americano drew up her Magical Power and unleashed [Slash] as if exploding.

The witch, sitting on the floating broom, jumped up as if teasing her and flew into the air as if she were in zero gravity.

“Looks like this is it.”

The witch raised a magic circle.

Another barrage of the same scale was loaded.

“Surrender. Then I’ll make a few deals with you and send you back alive. Not many people can make deals with me. More than anything, you don’t like being hurt, right?”

The witch giggled.

But the sword was not put away.

It was either you or me who would die.

[Berserker] growled.

If the coldness of [Nine Yin Severed Meridians] hadn’t kept her head cool, she would have charged in without hesitation.

Americano immediately rolled her eyes left and right and used [Leap] to step on a nearby wall and then [Leap] again. She jumped up to the witch’s altitude and slashed upwards with [Slash].

“Oops.”

“…Tch.”

The witch flew freely in the sky.

Americano, who was flying in an arc with [Leap], stepped on the opposite wall with her foot, but her legs were frozen solid and she couldn’t brake in time and fell.

Countless magical lights covered her as she fell.

“It’s going to hurt a lot.”

As the witch drew her finger down,

The barrage fell,

And she met her first death.