Chapter 129 - Chapter 129

Chapter 129

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Translated by Jinmu

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Conversation of the tower administrators.

[He did use the Tower Forceful Occupation Declaration Megaphone.]

[That's right. Without a single fault perfectly, without any of those disputes or conflicts.]

[I've felt it since before, but the coordination between the Savior and his assistants this time seems to be very good.]

[Originally it's the rule that people whose soul wavelengths match are summoned, but it is smooth. Has there been any problem until now?]

[He's handling even the crazy Gwangma better than anyone.]

[The tower nationality change this time is also an achievement, so I am worried. What kind of achievement reward will be given.]

[There's no need to worry greatly. Since achievement rewards are also probability rewards, at best it would be an increase in the number of tower entries or an extension of the assistants' manifestation limits.]

[Hoo, since it has turned out like this, we have no choice but to wait for him to quickly pass the 70s floors and climb up to the 80s floors.]

[Even granting that up to the 79th floor is an event section, starting from the 80th floor we must design it properly.]

[Well, since there will be some leeway with causality starting from then, if we install this and that.]

[If there's a variable, it is the Alchemist Aliya Mari... Would she just be making medicine in the corner of her room this time too?]

[It must absolutely be like that. If that wench participates directly in the clear, our heads will ache.]

Whatever anyone says, the main source of income for players is Mana Stones.

Of course, if they are rewarded with equipment items or items without a tower-exclusive modifier, that alone hits a literal jackpot.

But the only thing that steadily yields a fixed income just by climbing the tower every day and repeating clears is Mana Stones.

Meanwhile, the existence of High-Grade Mana Stones became known for the first time.

High-Grade Mana Stones that can only be rewarded from the Black Towers of nations that have succeeded in climbing to the 71st floor.

They didn't realize its value in the early days.

So even when nations or corporations purchased them, they only paid about double the price.

However, the uses of High-Grade Mana Stones revealed through repeated research, its value as a room-temperature superconductor.

The price bounded explosively.

Demand surged sharply, mainly from corporations, universities, or government institution research groups.

From the initial 2 times to 3 times, 4 times, 10 times.

To the point they couldn't sell them because there weren't any.

You have to grab a sum when it's expensive.

To the South Korea Black Tower, where High-Grade Mana Stone rewards drop the best.

That is why countless players risked temporary naturalization to North Korea, and due to an unexpected accident, their nationality transfer was ultimately restricted for 1 year.

Today of all days.

The day the conclusion is drawn.

If the Black Tower's nationality changes, what about the fate of the affiliated players?

Tti-ring!

[World Notice : The nationalities of existing players affiliated with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Black Tower are uniformly changed to South Korea.]

It popped up!

Naturalized players cheered.

It was the best possible result.

Nationality changed to South Korea.

Both the ordinary players of various nations who jumped in trying to aim for a big haul, and the Black Market players who naturalized on a large scale for new businesses.

Everyone anticipated being able to suck honey in the Black Tower with South Korean nationality.

But what happened?

The status window nationality does not change.

Does it take some time to change?

They soon realized what the reason was.

The target of the first notice was existing players affiliated with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Black Tower, meaning native players, not temporary naturalized ones.

Then what about temporary naturalized players?

A world notice that was heard again a moment later.

Tti-ring!

[World Notice : The nationalities of temporarily naturalized players affiliated with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Black Tower have been expunged.]

What?

They doubted their ears.

Expungement, it says!

What's going to happen?

And the changed status window.

[Affiliation] : None.

It is none.

If there is no affiliation, the tower to enter disappears.

Just what the hell is this?

At the same time, tti-ring.

[Please acquire a new nationality within 10 days.]

[If a nationality is not acquired, player qualification will be deprived.]

Ah! So this is how it turns out.

If expunged, it doesn't recover automatically, but one has to create a nationality again.

What's so difficult about acquiring a nationality?

They just have to sign a contract with a nation again.

And there is no reason for a nation to throw away players who are like industrial workers.

However, the money invested for temporary naturalization?

It looks like they won't be able to salvage a single penny.

Disappointed players, furious players, annoyed players, cursing players.

Was everyone angry?

Not at all!

Actually, the players who had negative emotions were only a tiny fraction.

The majority of temporarily naturalized players felt relieved.

And they cheered and were grateful.

Why?

Because they thought they would helplessly be tied to the North Korea Black Tower for 1 year.

Other nations were advancing towards the 70s floors at super-high speed.

It was certain that soon all passable players would receive High-Grade Mana Stone rewards.

Yet themselves?

They had no choice but to clear only the North Korea Black Tower for 1 year.

While only being rewarded with ordinary Mana Stones whose prices had dropped completely.

But now it has become different.

They were miraculously freed.

It became possible to change their nationality to a nation they desire.

This was all thanks to South Korea's S+++ grade clear record player succeeding in the tower's forceful occupation.

How grateful they are?

Feeling like they wanted to personally meet, embrace him, and even say their greetings of gratitude.

So the players whose nationalities were expunged went to South Korean player community sites and each left a word.

Of course, using a translator.

- I thank. Graces not forget.

- Escape, changes, successful, very much thanks.

- You are angel. Blessings to thee!

- Live without greed. Thanks give opportunity.

- Korea best. Come trip sometime.

- S+++ grade clearer, respect do. Cool and strong player.

- Use this chance unite with North Korea. Support do.

South Korean players also left words each.

- Keu-keu-keu, I wondered who these guys were. They copy-pasted from a translator and posted it.

- Ma! This is the dignity of South Korea's S+++ grade player.

- Being thankful that their nationality was expunged.

- Just how frustrated must they have been. They had been tied down for 1 year.

- Right, they were in the position of being players affiliated with the worst Black Tower during that time.

- Let's do well from now on. Eh? Don't be greedy.

- Filling with Gukppong in a strange part.

It was all a happy ending.

Except for just one person.

Who?

A player who is in a state of nationality expungement but cannot acquire a new nationality within 10 days.

Black Market Guild Master Dmitri, incarcerated in a North Korean player cooperative camp.

"Fucking!"

He merely rained down curses.

Will he be able to acquire a new nationality within 10 days?

If player qualification is canceled, what happens to the treasures contained in the inventory?

After the world notice of the North Korea Black Tower nationality change popped up,

In South Korea, news erupted as if waiting for it.

Matters that the North and South Korean governments had already consulted on beforehand.

They had put an embargo on the media companies and decided to release breaking news once the notice popped up.

Follow-up reports erupted as well.

South Korean Awakening Management Agency,

This place is also in a buoyant atmosphere.

The tasks they have to do have increased significantly.

"I honestly find it more surprising that North Korea changed than the tower nationality changing."

Commissioner Park Kyung-soo with a flushed red face.

"The President also called whenever he was bored and asked me."

"Asked what, sir?"

"Asking if we could truly trust North Korea."

"Ha-ha-ha, and how did you answer him, sir?"

"I said the current Chairman Kim is a person who can be trusted more than anyone."

Jeon Kwang-il also nodded his head.

Commissioner Park Kyung-soo's words are right.

To be precise, it's trusting Cossack, no, Minister of the People's Armed Forces Go Sa-geuk next to Chairman Kim, rather than Chairman Kim, though.

"Anyway, who will go to North Korea? If we are to establish a new Awakening Management Agency in the North, it seems we must first decide on dispatching the working-level staff."

The contents agreed upon with North Korea.

Passing down the South Korean Management Agency's player fostering know-how.

"Shall I go? Since Team Leader Lee Min-ah is a person absolutely necessary to the Management Agency."

"No, you stay put. I am going to go."

"You are going, Commissioner?"

"Right, it turned out well. I can step down from the Commissioner seat and take up the North Korean Branch Manager seat."

"Uh.."

Then again, if it's Commissioner Park Kyung-soo, there is nothing to worry about.

"With this, your promotion is also decided. Congratulations in advance. Commissioner Jeon Kwang-il. I look forward to working with you going forward."

Promotion?

Jeon Kwang-il just opened his mouth blankly as if he had not even thought of it.

After finishing the banquet at Okryu-gwan in Pyongyang, Joo-hyuk returned home using the tower.

The saved default setting location is the penthouse.

Declaration of the tower's forceful occupation.

Cossack's dispatch to North Korea utilizing the Ring of Exit,

And the start of the groundwork.

Casualties were inevitable in that process, though.

Anyway, it fell perfectly into place.

Providing no particular conflicts, he took over the North Korea Black Tower.

And the discussions on relationship improvement began.

Unification was not far away.

It seemed to have approached almost right before his eyes.

To the extent that there would be no problem even if they did it immediately right now.

Naturally, an achievement popped up too.

He also received the achievement reward.

However, that reward was extremely baffling.

'They even give this sort of thing?'

[Paying out the achievement reward.]

Something completely unexpected.

[You have been allocated the 17th floor of the White Tower.]

He received real estate.

'The 17th floor of the White Tower, it says.'

Not the Black Tower?

Was there a tower like this too?

And it says allocation, not entry.

Does it not mean they hand over one floor of the tower exactly as it is.

[Player Bong Joo-hyuk has become the owner of the White Tower 17th floor.]

[The White Tower 17th floor is an independent, separate space completely different from the Earth's Black Towers.]

Independent, and.

[It will absolutely not collapse. It exists permanently.]

Nor collapse, and.

[As long as the owner is alive, you may stay without limit.]

Can also stay.

[The White Tower 17th floor Entry skill has been registered in the status window universal skills.]

So he checked it.

[Universal Skill] : Tower Entry (3 times a day) / Tower-Exclusive Inventory / White Tower 17th floor Entry and Exit.

There was no such thing as a limit on the number of entries.

He can do as he pleases at any time.

Would the summoned entities know about it?

"Have you perhaps heard about the White Tower?"

"White Tower? Not Black Tower?...Hmm, although it is the first I am hearing of it."

"This girl has not heard of it either."

"Same as above here, sir."

He also asked Mari.

[Mari] : No. It's the first time I'm hearing of it too.

Everyone says they don't know.

The method to verify?

There is no choice but to enter directly.

"White Tower 17th floor entry."

Spot!

"Oh!"

He thinks he knows why it's the White Tower.

Everything around is pure white.

Because of that, he couldn't even judge how wide and how high this place was.

[You have entered the White Tower 17th floor.]

[Calling up the owner menu.]

"Mmm?"

A menu, they say.

Seu-seut!

Items that popped up in holograms before his eyes,

[Foundation] [Placement] [Grant Right to Move In] [List of Residents]

A total of 4 categories.

It looked like a game interface.

Can only he see it alone?

"Can you perhaps see it?. That hologram from before..."

At that moment!

'What's going on?'

A sense of incongruity felt by Joo-hyuk.

It is quiet.

There is no sign of anyone.

Looking around,

'...Could it be I came in alone?'

That was right.

There was no one else but himself.

Then,

"White Tower 17th floor exit."

Spot!

"B-Summoner Bong!"

"Summoner! Where did you go and come from?"

"Young Master, I am relieved. Because you disappeared, I was worried."

"Hoo-e-e-e...."

He entered, but the summoned entities failed to follow him in.

It was definitely different from the Black Tower.

If he summons them directly from there....

"For now, I'll unsummon you. I will call you again after 3 hours."

Uniformly unsummoning the summoned entities.

After doing that, he waited 3 hours.

Until he could reseummon them.

And then,

"White Tower 17th floor entry."

The white space again.

"John Cossack designated summon!"

However.

Tti-ring.

[John Cossack is not a resident.]

[He must be registered as a resident to be able to enter the White Tower 17th floor.]

"Ah!"

So this is what the resident menu was for.

Joo-hyuk tried touching the [List of Residents] that popped up as a hologram with his hand.

[Current residents are 0.]

0 people.

How to grant it?

Tuk!

[Grant Right to Move In]

- You may grant the right to move in to all existences with souls. Residents can stay here at any time, as much as they desire, without any time limits. The cost is 1kg of the Highest-grade Mana Stone per individual.

If you become a resident, you can enter.

And you can also live here.

However, the cost.

Even 1kg of the Highest-grade Mana Stone.

While it is true High-Grade Mana Stones have come out so there wouldn't not be a Highest-grade Mana Stone...

'Where do I procure that?'

Would he be able to receive it if he goes up to a high floor?

Anyway, as long as there is no Highest-grade Mana Stone, the White Tower 17th floor is ultimately a place he can only enter alone.

'It's meaningless.'

What is he going to do coming in alone?

Into a white space where there is nothing.

"Tsk."

He achieved an achievement, but it's a completely unwelcome reward.

They should have rather just extended the manifestation limit.

'Let's leave.'

No, before that, check the remaining two menus.

First [Foundation]

Tuk!

[Foundation]

- The currently open sub-menus are 3.

- Determines the environment of the White Tower 17th floor. The first environment determination does not cost anything.

Environment determination.

It might perhaps be similar to the environments of the Black Towers.

For instance, a desert or a jungle, a snowfield or a plain, etc.

It seems like implementing such an environment on the 17th floor.

'What would be good.'

Joo-hyuk imagined it in his head.

A world with green plains and flowing rivers.

Thereupon.

Seu-seut!

The white space where there was nothing turned into a beautiful plain one could only see on a tourist postcard.

'Wow!'

It was a plain so huge that the horizon could be seen.

Real, not fake.

The smell of dirt filling the inside of his nose, a river flowing leisurely in the distance.

'It really changed like this?'

Then what are the other 2 items of Foundation?

- Forms a network across a certain range. It can also be connected to Earth's network. Cost 10 tons of High-Grade Mana Stone.

'....'

The remaining one is.

- Produces electricity. Once the power plant is constructed, the usage of all electronic products becomes possible without necessarily connecting a cord, localized to a certain range. Cost 20 tons of High-Grade Mana Stone.

These are the 3 currently open Foundation sub-menus.

Environment, communication, electricity.

If it comes true as it is, he could live here.

There is still one thing left to check.

[Placement]

When he softly touched it with his hand, tuk, 2 sub-menus floated up.

- Copies a maximum of 100 object items. Copy can also be used externally. There is no cost.

- Pastes and places a copied object. Costs of High-Grade Mana Stone occur proportionally to the height, volume, and value.

Kindly enough, an example video popped up.

Just like watching a movie.

A building copied from outside was pasted into a specific space here.

Is it only buildings?

Starting from daily necessities going into a house to furniture and electronic appliances.

Cars, bicycles, motorcycles, roads, airport and port facilities, gymnasiums, etc.

And a city was created.

A perfect city where all infrastructures are equipped.

'This is like....'

Something like a city building simulation game.

Copying something from outside and pasting it into the White Tower 17th floor.

Thus creating all the foundations and convenience facilities where humans can live.

'It's something like a shelter, I see.'

So that one can live self-sufficiently even if the world perishes.

However, one fatal flaw.

Namely, resident registration.

In addition to that, the cost of registration, the Highest-grade Mana Stone.

If he doesn't procure Highest-grade Mana Stones, he has to live alone.

Lonely and solitarily.

'...Should I still try decorating it?'

It should be fun.

Since it will be similar to playing a game.

Moreover, the cost for foundation and placement is High-Grade Mana Stones.

The amount is enormous, but he can sufficiently procure them.

Let's continuously do it slowly.

From time to time while clearing the tower.

Resident registration?

He just has to try getting Highest-grade Mana Stones somehow.