Chapter 110 - Chapter 110

Chapter 110

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Translated by Jinmu

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America's top player Gerald rented the Holy Sword from South Korea and cleared the copy Cavalan on the 70th floor of the East Tower.

And the next day.

He entered the 71st floor of the East Tower, received a Ring of Form Transformation, a Potion of Disease Cure, an Elixir of Rejuvenation, and a Rune Necklace of Liberation as gifts, and handed them over to Director Antonio.

The West Tower is still at the 68th floor.

They plan to decide on the clear after seeing the progress situation.

It seems they will have to clear the West Tower soon as well.

Because someone might climb the West Tower first and snatch away the 4-piece gift set.

The 70th floor boss Cavalan, it was easier than expected.

Was that all?

The 68th floor and 69th floor too.

It felt as though the overall difficulty had drastically decreased.

If so, what about the 71st floor?

"Antonio."

"Huh? Gerald, why."

"I am thinking of clearing the 71st floor... what do you think?"

"Ah! Clear it completely?"

"The collapse deadline has become meaningless anyway. Since it overlaps."

Director Antonio agonizing for a moment.

It is a part discussed as it is.

They also received information about the 71st floor from the South Korean government.

It is also true that there is no need to purposely delay since the collapse deadline overlaps.

Since he climbed up to the 71st floor anyway, completely clearing it would be good too.

Depending on the difficulty, they could also decide on the West Tower clear.

"...Will you be able to do it? As you know, it's a bit peculiar."

"Hmph, what is the problem? It is practically a game anyway."

"Alright. I will suggest it."

Director Antonio conveyed Gerald's intention to Secretary Macmillan, and Secretary Macmillan reported to the White House.

Thus, alongside the White House's permission, the clear of the 71st floor of the American East Tower was decided.

[You are entering the 71st floor of the America Black Tower (NO.1).]

The safe zone is inside a log cabin.

Upon opening the door.

Sreureuk.

The mission popping up.

Previously, he only received the gifts and exited.

Now it's an earnest clear,

The appearance of a village that has become a pandemonium comes into Gerald's eyes.

[Pommel Mercenary Members] with name tags hovering over their heads massacring the village people.

The smell of blood and screams spreading throughout the entire village.

Children being kidnapped.

Adults blocking them.

Still, Gerald was calm.

Checking his equipment, and even casting buffs on his body.

In the midst of that, a middle-aged woman trying to protect the children was struck by a mercenary's sword and died.

A grown boy rushing in holding a stone at his mother's death also had his neck cut off.

Gerald didn't even blink an eye.

Things like that are all just a setting.

What need is there to save them?

Let's only think about the mission.

If he exercises trivial sympathy and rushes in hastily, only he will be in danger.

Well then, the clear begins.

Starting from the mercenary members looting around alone.

Gerald had no hesitation.

Human?

What about it?

It might be different if it was outside, but this is the tower.

Whether monsters or humans.

A clear target that must be killed.

Whoosh!

He threw a fireball and killed them, and,

Slash!

He slashed them with his sword and killed them.

'Easy.'

It's nothing.

They are more of a pushover than Orcs.

He killed them off methodically.

He chased even the fleeing bastards to the end and killed them.

[Pommel Mercenary Members Defeated 20/20]

[You have succeeded in the 71st floor basic mission.]

[Your level has increased.]

[Reward : Mana Stone 1.1kg / High-Grade Mana Stone 6kg]

"Good grief."

It's absurd.

To think something like this is the 71st floor mission.

[Will you continue to proceed with the additional selective mission?]

[If you decline, you will exit the tower with a mission success judgment.]

Additional selective mission?

Isn't it something he should naturally do?

[Pommel Mercenary Vice Commander James]

He killed him in a single strike.

[You have completed the additional selective mission.]

[Reward : Tower Exclusive Holy Water of Divine Power]

He received a reward too.

'...Holy Water?'

A new item.

He'll check it when he gets out.

[Will you continue to proceed with the high-difficulty selective mission?]

Proceeding unconditionally, of course.

Give up on this easy mission?

[Pommel Mercenary Commander Pommel]

'Is he the boss?'

It seems so.

He uses sword energy too.

His martial prowess seemed to be around the level of a Jungle Troll.

However,

Slash!

He blew his head off without difficulty.

[You have completed the high-difficulty selective mission.]

But then?

[Reward : Rune Necklace of Liberation.]

'Huh?'

Gerald was startled in surprise.

'The reward is...'

A Rune Necklace of Liberation?

'Was it something this common?'

It is certain.

It is that necklace indeed.

An item that liberates the player's abilities even in reality.

'Hmm.'

What should he do about this?

Should he hand it over to the American government?

Absolutely not.

What need is there to hand it over!

It's not like the process of receiving the reward is recorded on a bodycam. There's no way to know what's in his inventory either,

He will keep the Rune Necklace of Liberation.

He cannot give it to anyone.

This belongs to him.

'This is amusing.'

Gerald's face full of anticipation,

The day to experiment with his power in reality was not far off.

Next is the 71st floor's final super high-difficulty selective mission.

At that moment, a voice heard from above.

"Oh my gosh? What should I do about this, I'm going to get scolded by my master again."

A woman's voice heard from thin air.

Necromancer Kate riding Fly magic.

Magic Swordsman Gerald did not learn Fly magic.

He might be able to learn it if he enhances his traits a few more times, perhaps.

"You look a bit strong. Don't you?"

Is there a need to listen to her prattling?

Gerald immediately launched a Fire Spear.

Whoosh!

However, leisurely,

Spot!

Necromancer Kate dodging with Blink.

"I memorized your whole face, you see. I'll come back together with Master Noma and kill you. I'll chop you into pieces and throw you as feed to the chimeras I'm raising. See you next time then. Bye."

Damn it!

Swaaek!

Kate fled quickly.

He diligently threw magic and shot his crossbow, but.

"I lost her."

If a fight had broken out, it wouldn't have been difficult.

Her fleeing speed was fast, and with a protective shield and Blink, he absolutely cannot catch her.

[You have failed the super high-difficulty selective mission.]

But it's alright.

Because he's satisfied just with being rewarded the Rune Necklace of Liberation.

[You may challenge the 72nd floor.]

[Exiting from the America Black Tower (NO.1).]

Gerald exited from the tower.

"Huh? You came out faster than expected? Wasn't it difficult?"

"It was too easy. It was worse than the 30s floors."

"Really? What about the rewards by any chance?"

"High-Grade Mana Stones, and this."

Gerald handing the Tower Exclusive Holy Water of Divine Power to Director Antonio.

"It's called Holy Water, send it to the research lab and have them check it."

"Oh! A new item."

Of course, he didn't even mention the Rune Necklace of Liberation he obtained as a reward.

Namyangju Villa.

Gwangma returned as his manifestation duration had ended.

After showing the crescent moon boomerang wave of astral aura on the 73rd floor, that is.

The spectators who had sat comfortably in the spectator seats enjoying the bloody entertainment and believing they would be safe were swept away in a single wave.

"The old man is fiery, sir. The scale is incomparable, sir."

Right.

The final boss of mass destruction, Gwangma.

The 73rd floor whose difficulty suddenly skyrocketed.

Still, there's no worry.

He doesn't know what kind of mission will appear from now on, but with Sir Gwangma alone, there'll be no worries even if division-level troops SWARM.

Anyway, there are too many things to check.

He has to summon Sir Gwangma in 3 hours and hold a badge awarding ceremony too.

First, the Multinational Tower Utility Ticket received as an additional selective mission reward.

At this rate, is it a total of 5? No, 6?

It's a decent reward.

The more the merrier.

The greater the quantity, the better.

He'll keep it.

And the high-difficulty selective mission reward.

Rune Necklace of Liberation (2).

A whopping 2 all at once.

"Why are so many of these dropping? It's not like I can just smash them up."

"It is worrisome. It seems the tower is blatantly releasing necklaces."

"We gotta slowly get tense, sir."

Should he put it in a furnace and melt it down?

No.

He might have a use for it even later on just in case, so keep this in the inventory too.

Since his level is 74, there is plenty of space in his inventory safely.

The highlight is the Summoned Entity Grade Breakthrough Rune.

However, before checking it...

By clearing the 73rd floor with an S+++ grade too, he received 2 more badges.

The cumulative number of badges obtained up to now is?

85 in total.

Then?

It means he can receive a privilege.

"Alright! Let's go into checking the privilege."

"Should I shout du-gu-du-gu, sir?"

"Shout loudly."

"Not doing an exorcism, sir?"

"That's after achieving a cumulative 100."

"I shall prepare with utmost sincerity for that day."

Hoping something good comes out.

[A privilege is granted for accumulating 85 Platinum Badges.]

"Du-gu-du-gu-du-gu-du-gu-du-gu..."

[Privilege : Tower Occupation Proclamation Megaphone is provided to the tower exclusive inventory.]

"...."

What in the...

"...Occupation?"

What?

"...Tower?"

In what manner,

"...Megaphone?"

An item he has never heard of.

But the effect was at an astonishing level.

[Tower Occupation Proclamation Megaphone]

Effect : Using the megaphone, 'proclaims' tower 'occupation' in [Global Announcement] format. 10 days after proclamation, forcibly occupies the tower of a specific country and incorporates it into the user's nationality. Mid-way cancellation is possible. There is no limit on the number of uses.

Limit : Can only be proclaimed against countries that are below the average tower clearing progress. Furthermore, a 'defensive right' is granted to the target country of occupation.

"What on earth is this?"

Isn't this saying he can forcefully take away another country's tower?

It is a truly crazy item.

Of course, it doesn't work on everything.

A limit also existed.

Limited to countries below the average tower clearing progress.

And granting a defensive right.

Although he doesn't know the exact details of the defensive right.

Its shape looked like a toy.

Click! As he turned on the switch,

[Tower occupation proclamation is possible.]

Click! Turning it off again.

"No, even so. This is really..."

He finally realized it.

The world conquest Gwangma spoke of.

It was by no means an empty, illusory story.

The summoned entities also looked surprised.

But expressions saying what was bound to come had come.

"...What should we do?"

"I apologize, but this girl also has nothing to say on this matter. I only purely follow Young Master's decision."

What about Cossack?

"...I'll protect you from your side to the end, sir."

What would protecting mean.

If used incorrectly, one could die.

"Master Sergeant Veronica Caliber, a preemptive strike is necessary before using the megaphone. I believe it would be best to use it to break the enemy's will to resist and plant the final flag."

Is it war?

Indeed, if used, war is guaranteed to break out unconditionally.

This is more atrocious and terrifying than the Rune Necklace of Liberation.

A tower standing shamelessly in a country's territory would no longer be of that country's nationality.

The country deprived of the tower wouldn't even be able to obtain the byproducts such as Mana Stones that come from the tower.

Even if they don't like it, they can stop climbing the uncleared upper floors and cause it to collapse at will.

A tower imperialist item.

A colonial occupation item.

A colonial exploitation item.

A colonial suppression item.

And an item that induces war.

His head is complicated.

Did they really make this telling him to use it?

Seal it unconditionally.

No one must know.

"The privilege... let's pretend it didn't happen."

The summoned entities nodding their heads,

"Keep it a secret from Sir Gwangma too."

Nod nod.

Forget everything.

"Let's just check the highlight reward."

Summoned Entity Grade Breakthrough Rune.

Immediately verifying the information.

[Summoned Entity Grade Breakthrough Rune (Condition)]

Effect : Evolves 5 skills of an SSR-grade summoned entity to LSSR to breakthrough their grade. Upon success, the SSR-grade summoned entity ascends to LSSR (Legend Special Super Rare).

"I knew it."

A rune that makes a summoned entity an LSSR.

But it doesn't raise the grade itself all at once, rather, it evolves 5 skills to LSSR.

It seems that is the criterion for the LSSR grade.

Having 5 LSSR skills, that is.

What is the condition?

Condition : Can only be used by Summoned Entity Barbarian Meat Shield.

'Aha...'

Well, he expected this too.

The mission itself was related to him in the first place.

There was a limit as well.

The first limit is,

Limit : Upon using the rune, Barbarian Meat Shield becomes unsummonable for approximately 2 weeks.

'Mm, I don't like it.'

How can I live without seeing him for 2 weeks?

The second limit.

Limit : 25 Platinum Badges are consumed as breakthrough material. The current number of badges required for Barbarian Meat Shield is 22.

'....'

If it's just one rune, fine, but needing badges too?

What a waste.

Should he just not do it?

But a strange point.

It said 25 Platinum Badges as breakthrough material, but what Gobang actually needs is 22.

"...Hmm, by any chance."

The total number of Platinum Badges Joo-hyuk had obtained so far was 85.

Among them, the number of badges awarded to summoned entities was?

3 to Gobang, 3 to Cossack, 3 to Gyeon Dal-rae, 3 to Gwangma, 4 to Veronica, 3 to Bardin, and 1 to Deputy Director Jeon Kwang-il.

Rajix has quite a lot.

He absorbed the 5 previously received badges into his body to upgrade one skill, and currently he is wearing 3, so a total of 8 combined.

28 in total.

The remaining physical badges in the inventory are 57.

There were 3 badges given to Gobang in advance.

So isn't that why 22 are needed?

'Let's experiment.'

Joo-hyuk called Gobang.

And then detached the badges attached to his chest again, whereupon.

"S-Summoner, what did the warrior do wrong?...I am sorry. I won't do it again."

"Don't worry. I will attach them again."

Now the badges attached to Gobang are 2.

And then checked the Breakthrough Rune's limit.

Limit : The current number of badges required for Barbarian Meat Shield is 23.

'It's 25 including the ones attached to the chest.'

Then is the rune an absolutely necessary item?

Previously, when he attached 5 badges to Rajix, he raised the Search skill to an LSSR grade.

Like this, if he attaches 25 badges to the summoned entities and evolves 5 skills successively?

They can ascend to LSSR, without needing the Breakthrough Rune.

However, he cannot just attach them haphazardly.

There is a restriction that upon awarding a badge, the heart of the giver and the receiver must align.

They must establish a merit convincing enough for each other.

Thus, assuming he attaches one badge every time a merit is established...

'It will take a very long time, won't it?'

Probably more than several months.

'Is that why the breakthrough rune is necessary?'

The Summoned Entity Grade Breakthrough Rune only requires assembling 25 Platinum Badges without this process.

Along with a period of 2 weeks.

On the other hand,

'It might be a useless item to Rajix.'

That's probably true.

How many merits has our Universal Top Servant established?

Even right now, if he receives just 2 more badges, he can raise another skill to the LSSR grade.

'In any case, a lot of badges will be needed.'

Taking this opportunity, should he retrieve the 1 badge given to Deputy Director Jeon Kwang-il again?

Ay, that is a truly shameless act.

There is nothing as petty as giving something and taking it away.

He must obtain badges through a different direction.

Like temporary naturalization, or Multinational Tower Utility Tickets.

Now he accurately understood what the Summoned Entity Grade Breakthrough Rune was.

An item that helps an SSR summoned entity ascend to an LSSR in a short period of time.

If so, what is Gobang's choice?

When he explained in detail about the Breakthrough Rune,

"The warrior comprehended."

Gobang agonizing for a moment.

Then.

"I will use the Breakthrough Rune. And I will become LSSR and protect the Summoner."

It was as good as already decided.

But Joo-hyuk had no intention of sending him immediately.

"If you use the Breakthrough Rune, I won't see you for 2 weeks, so play to your heart's content and then use it."

"Until when?"

"Let's see, since it won't be long until the Random Summoning day. How about right before the Random Summoning?"

"The warrior shall follow the Summoner's words."

Random Summoning.

It really wasn't long now.

Moreover, an LSSR grade summoned entity had already been decided for this random summoning.

If it becomes like this, how many people is that?

With the existing Gwangma, Gobang ascending, and a new summoned entity joining, a whopping 3 people,

It is the supreme combat power.

It is no different from a balance collapse.

Anyway, Gobang becoming an LSSR is a matter of time.

Everyone offered him congratulatory greetings.

Except Cossack.

"How should I look at Gobang from now on, sir?"

"...You just have to look well."

"I'm not joking, sir. If I get flicked while acting up, I'll really die, sir."

That is true.

How could an LSSR finger flick's power be ordinary?

"Gobang, if you become LSSR, you won't flick me, right?"

"...."

"It's true you won't flick me, right?"

"...."

"Please tell me that's the case, sir. Please, I did wrong, sir."

Gyeon Dal-rae also smirking and laughing while saying.

"I look forward to the LSSR finger flick. I would like to hear that magnificent explosion sound again."

"...Why doesn't the Princess try getting hit, sir?"

"Would Sir Gobang possibly throw a finger flick at a delicate girl?"

Gobang putting on a serious look.

"The warrior is fair to everyone. Except our Summoner."

"...."

Now only the badge awarding ceremony remains.

He has to summon Sir Gwangma too.

By the way, what about Rajix?

Could he possibly be empty-handed?

I might be greedy, but...

"Mr. Rajix."

"Ho-e?"

"Don't you have anything this time?"

At that moment! Grin!

Rajix unfastening his subspace backpack from his shoulder with a fishy smile.

"Gasp! D-don't tell me?"

"Ho-e-e-e..."

As he held the backpack upside down and shook it.

Hu-du-du-du-du-du-du-du...

Items pouring out endlessly.

"My goodness..."

You robbed the treasure trove again?

I wondered why you took Cossack.

"Hu-e-ek!"

Master Thief Rajix.

It is colossal.

To the point of being speechless.

The Necromancer's Treasure Trove cannot even be compared.

Just how many badges should I attach to him?

'If I just attach 2 more badges to Rajix...'

10 in total.

Then another skill upgrade.

It became certain.

To Rajix, the Summoned Entity Grade Breakthrough Rune was an utterly useless item.