Chapter 59 - Chapter 59

Chapter 59

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Translated by Jinmu

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Joo-hyuk's daily life was always the same.

He idled away his time at home.

His job was messing around with the summoned entities every single day until Rajix became summonable.

Veronica sleeps in the living room, snoring.

She started dozing off as soon as she was summoned and was still sleeping now.

Gyeon Dal-rae is reading a book sitting on the sofa.

Truly the dignity befitting an Imperial Princess.

Gobang was lying flat on the outdoor garden, sunbathing.

Though his skin probably won't even tan anyway.

Joo-hyuk and Cossack are currently enjoying a game.

A soccer game played on a console.

"Jersey number 8 Cossack, sharply intercepts Team Bong's pass, sir. Escaping the pressure and quickly sending a through pass forward, ah! Number 10 Cossack receives the ball, sir. A dazzling dribble, sir. Team Bong's players are running around in confusion, sir. The cross goes up, sir. Number 7 Cossack headdddiiing! Goal! It's a goal, sir! Goal, goal, goal, goal!"

Phew.

"..."

This is pissing me off.

It's only the first half, and the score is 5:0.

Of course, Joo-hyuk is 0.

How can he beat Cossack with SSR physicals?

His brain is sly, his hands are fast, and his eyes are fast too.

"Mr. Cossack."

"Yeah!"

"Are you having fun?"

"Yeah!"

"That's a relief. Since at least one person is happy, I feel terrible."

"...Pardon, sir?"

"Well, of course you'd feel good after scoring 5 goals."

This guy. Scoring goals aside, what's with the real-time self-broadcasting? It's like he's trying to destroy a person's mentality.

"A, ah, no, I just thought we should have a f, fun game...."

"Yes, yes, thanks to you it's very 'fun'."

Fun my foot! It's only fun if I score at least one goal.

Cossack with a flustered expression.

"S, should we stop, sir?"

"Keep going. Since we started the game, we should see it through to the end. Phew, I wonder how many goals I'll concede in the second half? A score around 20 to 0 would feel fantastic."

"..."

Watching this, Gyeon Dal-rae stopped reading her book.

"Mr. Cossack, you are very bold. How dare you try to beat Young Master without knowing your place? At this rate, you'll climb entirely over his head."

"M, misunderstanding, sir."

Veronica also spoke in her sleep.

"Mumble, if the commander is driving the ball, you should fall down on your own. You'll go to the guardhouse if you defend, sir. At the very least, you'll run 100 laps around the parade ground wearing full battle gear, sir."

"U-uh, uwaah."

The game resumed.

Cossack's mentality had already crumbled.

There's no way his controller manipulation would work properly.

Joo-hyuk's game players dominating the pitch.

They ravaged Cossack's goalposts.

"Yes! 5 to 1!"

"..."

"Oh yeah, one more goal."

"..."

"Uwaah! A tie. Let's go for a comeback!!!"

As expected, a game is only fun when you win.

Like a storm, he poured in 6 goals and completely flattened Cossack's nose.

This is an Earthling gamer's class!

He felt a slight twinge of guilt, but the world of competition is cruel.

Anyway, playing around is only fun for a day or two.

Idly playing and eating makes him feel restless.

The life of a wealthy unemployed person.

It's something he had always dreamed of, but doing it, it's nothing much.

Though his worries about money vanished.

Anyway, when is Rajix coming?

It's the fourth day since sending him away.

If it's similar to Mr. Gobang's case, he should become summonable around today.

"When is our worker coming? Ah! I want to enter the tower."

"Can't we just climb by ourselves, sir?"

"Hmm."

If they climb, it's one of two choices.

A repetitive clear or an uncleared upper floor.

Without Rajix, a repetitive clear is meaningless.

Then an uncleared upper floor?

Starting from the 61st floor is the Undead section.

Living corpses, mummies appear starting from the 61st floor.

Spewing out dark auras profusely, at that.

They can clear it, sure.

The problem is getting an S++ clear.

"Young Master, please do not worry, this girl can sufficiently suppress the energy of wicked things."

She probably could.

Since her class is a Shaman.

Even just shaking her bells well should easily offset a dark aura.

If he brings the Holy Sword and holds it?

An S++ grade clear is unconditional.

Even so, what fun is a clear without Rajix?

Right off the bat, there's the issue of resupplying Veronica's ammunition.

'Let's decide when Mr. Rajix arrives.'

Actually, he had been constantly checking the status window since yesterday.

He checked a little while ago too.

He tried checking it now, but....

"Huh?"

It changed.

[Catalog]: Rajix

The unsummonable mark is gone.

Joo-hyuk shot his hand up and let out a cheer.

"Rajix is up!!!"

"Really, sir?"

"Oh my?"

"Sergeant Veronica Caliber! Has the Quartermaster arrived?"

Cossack and Gyeon Dal-rae rejoicing together, Veronica automatically waking up from her sleep, and Gobang returning from sunbathing all entered the living room.

"Come on, let's start preparing the welcome."

"Yeah!"

How much he must have suffered to get promoted.

He spread out Jeju-grown, pesticide-free, organic carrots, which he had ordered in advance for this day, all over the living room.

He hung a small banner that read, 'Congratulations! Rajix Promotion', blew up colorful balloons, and stuck them to the walls.

"I'll call him now."

"I'm looking forward to it, sir."

"I missed the Quartermaster."

"The warrior feels the same."

"Ah, how might our supreme servant have changed."

Joo-hyuk muttered quietly.

"Designated Summoning Rajix."

Whoooosh!

Clusters of light gathered, and spot!

Rajix revealing his appearance,

"Ho-eng!"

He appeared.

Raising his short right arm high, Rajix summoned with his round, fluffy body unchanged.

"Wow!"

"How can he be so reliable."

"Certain Victory! Quartermaster, congratulations on your promotion."

"SSR worker, amazing, sir."

"The warrior is proud of the worker."

"Ho-e..."

Joo-hyuk hugged Rajix.

Gyeon Dal-rae, Cossack, and Gobang too.

Veronica saluted, expressing her respect.

- Name: Rajix

- Grade: SSR (Special Super Rare)

- Type: Worker (Beastkin)

- Manifestation Limit: 7 hours

- Satisfaction Rating: Average 5 points.

- Resummon Cooldown: 3 hours (Applied after unsummoning)

An SSR as expected.

The catalog name also changed.

A loyal and reliable all-around genius worker.

His appearance?

There was no change.

That's why he liked it even more.

Of course, there were things that changed.

From an ordinary safety hard hat to a flashy, gleaming golden hat.

And a backpack whose exterior size had easily more than doubled.

It was so large he couldn't tell if the backpack was carrying Rajix or Rajix was carrying the backpack.

Right then! Swish!

Rajix, having pulled out a cleaning broom and dustpan from his backpack at some point.

Sweep, sweep, roll, roll,

Sweep, sweep, roll, roll,

'Right as soon as he arrives....'

He started cleaning while moving.

He rolled around swiftly even while carrying that huge backpack.

Joo-hyuk wanted to stop him, asking what cleaning he was doing, but seeing him so brightly happy.

Honestly, the house was quite messy during the period Rajix wasn't around.

And now?

The penthouse becoming spotlessly clean in the blink of an eye.

"He is indeed the absolute supreme servant, unmatched in all ages."

Cleaning over here. Appearing over there.

He moved like lightning.

Piled up laundry in the washing machine, dishes in the dishwasher.

Mopping the rooms, wiping the windows.

Before he knew it, Rajix came to the living room where Joo-hyuk was standing and pointed to the Jeju-grown, pesticide-free, organic carrots with his hand.

"Ho-e, clear the carrots?"

"No, I prepared them for you, Mr. Rajix. You've wanted to eat them, haven't you?"

"Hu-ek? Too many."

"Hahaha, eat them slowly. We can just order as much as you want if you run out."

"Hu-e, cool."

Rajix picked up one carrot with one hand.

Then, as he chewed on it with his front teeth, crunch, crunch, he picked up the remaining carrots with his other hand and tossed them backward.

The carrots going swish, swish automatically into his subspace backpack.

Is he trying to save them for later?

'He just tosses them and they go in automatically.... Huh?'

Wait.

Carrots inside the subspace backpack?

'Why did those go in.'

Rajix's subspace backpack.

The ability to bring tower items outside without any restrictions.

But he can put Earth items in like that too?

He thought he could only put tower-related items in since it's similar to a player's inventory.

"...Could you originally put carrots in?"

"Ho-e, I couldn't before."

"Now?"

"Rajix is an SSR. So I put them in."

Ah, it became possible because he got promoted.

"Can you take them to the tower too?"

"Yes."

"Do they not disappear even if you're unsummoned?"

"Yes."

If so?

Joo-hyuk pointed to a chair near the kitchen.

"What about that?"

"Ho-e-e-e, put it in."

"The marble dining table too?"

"Put it in."

"Even though it's this big and heavy?"

"Put it in."

The moment!

Swoosh,

The large marble dining table disappearing.

The chairs next to it also all went in.

"..."

He can put Earth items in and take them inside the tower.

This isn't something to take lightly.

"This TV?"

"Put it in."

"The sofa too?"

"Put it in."

"What about that refrigerator?"

"Put it in."

"...Do incredibly huge things go in too? For instance,"

When he searched for a tank, the K2 Black Panther, on his smartphone and showed it to him.

"Ho-ek? No. Too big."

Hmm. There seems to be a size limit.

Joo-hyuk opened the refrigerator and sink cabinets and pointed out various items.

Each time, swoosh, they disappeared into the backpack.

Everything goes in.

There's nothing that doesn't go in.

'Isn't this completely revolutionary?'

Modern scientific weapons will go in too.

For example, something like a portable missile launcher.

Well, it still won't be as good as Veronica's magic gun, though.

'If I get the chance to copy a skill later....'

The absolute number 1 priority is Rajix's subspace backpack.

Then now,

"It's been a while, let's enter the tower."

"Ho-eng!"

Let's verify if he can take the items out inside the tower too.

* * *

[You are entering the 56th floor of the South Korea (South Korean) Black Tower.]

He intentionally chose the 50s floors.

The flying monster section. A place where they don't have to fight if they don't pull aggro.

"Mr. Rajix, please take out the chairs and dining table."

"Ho-eng!"

Swoosh, swoosh-swoosh-swoosh.

The chairs and dining table sliding out smoothly from the backpack.

Gobang received them and placed them on the floor.

Crazy. It's crazy. To think this is possible.

He also took out the food brought from home.

Fruits, drinks, snacks, and other processed foods. Feeling completely like they came on a picnic.

"We could light a campfire and grill meat, sir."

"It is nice to get some fresh air thanks to you."

They really could do that.

Should they try it later?

At that moment, Rajix pointed a hand at a flying wyvern,

"Ho-e, catch it and peel its leather?"

"No."

"Hu-e? Mine ores?"

"You don't have to do anything today."

"Ho-e-eng, I have to work..."

"Aw, let's just play this time."

Although the scenery wasn't exactly great.

A desolate wasteland, flying wyverns.

A clear mission popped up, but they didn't pay any mind to it.

They had no intention of catching anything from the very beginning.

They'll just play moderately, abandon the mission, and leave.

Days like this should exist too.

Do you absolutely have to only hunt monsters when entering the tower?

They took pictures with the smartphone he brought.

As they were spending time laughing and chatting loudly like that.

'Hmm?'

One seat is empty.

It was Rajix.

When did he disappear?

"Did anyone see Mr. Rajix?"

"Our worker is here.... Gasp! Where did he go? Disappeared in an instant, sir."

The summoned entities also seemed to realize it belatedly.

"Wow! We didn't even notice, sir. He truly is an SSR, sir."

"This girl will go and find him quickly."

"The warrior will go too."

"Sergeant Veronica Caliber, search operations are my specialty. I will commence tracking."

But there is no need to do that.

Joo-hyuk pointed in a direction and said.

"It's fine. He's coming over there."

Roll, roll, roll.

Rajix rolling at a fierce speed.

"Where did you go?"

"Hu-e-e-e...."

He panted slightly for a moment.

"Ho-e, I caught a scent."

"What scent? ...Who farted here?"

"It wasn't me, sir. Was it the Princess, sir?"

"Y-you insolent knave!!!"

"Guess not. Then Gobang must have farted, sir."

"A warrior does not fart. I'd rather just sh*t."

"Hu-ek! It's not a fart."

Then, clatter.

Rajix placed strange miscellaneous items on the dining table.

"Dug them up from underground over there."

Not leather, not ores either.

"What is all..."

At that moment, an object caught his eye.

"Gasp!"

Joo-hyuk was startled.

Looking at the elongated object on the table,

"Isn't this a bone?"

"That's correct, sir. But it's not a monster bone, sir. It's a human finger bone, sir."

"A human's finger bone?"

Rajix says he dug it up from underground,

Why is something like this buried underground in the tower?

Could it be a body part of a player who died here?

However, it was extremely decayed.

Pitch black, looking like it would crumble instantly if touched.

Gyeon Dal-rae carefully observed that bone.

"It appears to be at least 100 years old."

"I think so too, sir."

100 years, is that possible?

The year the towers appeared on Earth was 2004.

The current year is 2024.

Only 20 years have passed, yet a bone over 100 years old.

The years don't match.

Nevertheless, if it is certainly a human bone, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

'...A human from a world other than Earth?'

He remembered a conversation he had with Cossack shortly after awakening as a player.

He, who had known well about Earth's civilization.

When asked why, he said there were quite a few worlds similar to this one.

There were Black Towers there too.

Gwangma and Gyeon Dal-rae had also said similar things.

If the towers existed, naturally there would have been players.

It might be a part of a player's corpse from 100 years ago.

In a tower that's only 20 years old.

What can be inferred is...

It means they could enter a floor that a player had cleared or died on again.

"However, something appears to be stuck on the finger bone."

"Where? ......Ah!"

Looking closely, it was true.

It was a thin, fine ring.

'A ring.'

Perhaps?

"I will extract it for you, sir."

When Cossack pulled the ring off and handed it over, Joo-hyuk checked its information.

"Ah!"

His prediction was correct.

It was an item.

Effect: You can use the 5th Circle magic, Blink, without injecting mana.

Limit: Continuous use is restricted to 10 times or less.

Characteristic: 1 use is recharged every 2 hours.

"...I can use Blink?"

Cossack's face lit up.

"Oh! Blink, that is good, sir. The best, sir."

"The warrior agrees. It is good."

"Congratulations. Certain Victory!"

"Our supreme servant has accomplished another great deed."

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

Blink was a skill that supposedly only high-level magic players could use.

A magic trait skill that could only be obtained through trait enhancement.

It didn't even have the 'Tower-Exclusive' modifier.

Meaning it can be used in reality as well.

'Right, since it said mana injection isn't necessary.'

No, causing trouble as soon as he becomes an SSR? How can he be this pretty.

"Ho-eng!!!"

A pose he hasn't seen in a while, his short hands on his waist, puffing out his round chest while fiercely blowing air through his nose.

However, this ring wasn't the only thing Rajix brought.

There were other things on the table too.

A single stone fragment and a piece of yellow paper.

'Hmm.'

They look insignificant, but these also wouldn't be ordinary.

Joo-hyuk picked up the stone fragment first.

'Information Check.'

Then,

"...What?"

Then the paper?

A Rune? A Ticket?

"C-crazy!"

Really?