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I Became the 1st Floor Boss of the Tower
Chapter 7
"Okay, I think this is good enough for the bone-strengthening process. Now… I want to have another mana circle on the skull. But wait… it might explode due to an overload…" Lee Shin muttered while designing his agent.
[A challenger has appeared.]
While Lee Shin was focused on adding the mana circle, he heard the system message and looked up at the clock on the wall. It was time for Kim Kang-Chun and his group to give him the Soul Beads.
Time had gone by so fast, as Lee Shin was immersed in mana research these days. He slowly got up and moved from the lab to the boss' room. After a few minutes, Kim Kang-Chun, Park Hye-Won, and Ji Eun-Ju came into the boss' room.
"Did you guys bring me the Soul Beads?" Lee Shin asked.
"Yes, they're here," Kim Kang-Chun replied and handed over two, palm-sized beads to Lee Shin.
The two large, transparent beads had white smoke moving inside them. Apart from that, there was nothing unique about these beads. However, Lee Shin knew exactly what these beads were for.
"Thank you," Lee Shin replied, as he put the Soul Beads aside.
The challengers on the first floor were stuck in the waiting area, unable to climb the tower. On the other hand, they were being taught by Lee Shin. They used their points to buy the items from the point store that Lee Shin had asked for, and in exchange, they were trained by Lee Shin.
Today was the day for Park Hye-Won and Ji Eun-Ju to learn magic in exchange for the Soul Beads.
"Oh, by the way, there will be a new group of challengers coming in soon. Apparently, they are members of the task force that's created and supported by the association and the government to target this tower," a challenger from the group notified him.
"Time has gone by so fast…" Lee Shin mumbled.
"Sorry?" a challenger asked.
"Oh, nothing," Lee Shin replied.
Lee Shin was aware of the task force that the association and the government of Korea assembled. He had seen them in his past life. This team was composed of highly-skilled people, so as to support the understaffed teams on the upper floors. However, they disappeared when they could not achieve as much as expected.
Among them, the team leader, Park Joo-Hyuk, was quite outstanding. The other team members were not bad, but the tower was not such an easy place. No matter how skillful they were outside the tower, that was not always the case inside.
Lee Shin smiled at the thought of meeting Park Joo-Hyuk. Hye-Won and Eun-Ju were wrapped in fear, thinking Lee Shin was planning to make them suffer.
"Hey, Kang-Chun, you can get going. And, you two, shall we get started?" Lee Shin asked.
Kim Kang-Chun looked at the two and went back with a sad face.
***
The Soul Bead was an item that could capture and absorb a soul that was floating around. And interestingly, there were so many outstanding souls that amazed Lee Shin on the first floor. He could sense their power in the atmosphere.
He was surprised to see such exceptional souls on the first floor, which was considered a tutorial stage with a cursed necromancer as the boss. However, Lee Shin could roughly guess the reason after figuring Gene Ebrium out a bit more.
'Maybe, the first floor was used as a prison for heroes who had protested against gods.' Lee Shin was not too sure, but he thought that seemed reasonable.
He had gone through countless deaths and could recall all of them clearly. And as a result, death was very familiar to him. Lee Shin could understand the sensation the souls were experiencing.
[The one who knows death]
How did you understand death so well? It seems like you have been through countless deaths.
# You can see through death.
# You can see the dead.
Lee Shin obtained this title after he gained the Immortal Sphere and suffered thousands of deaths. From that point, he could see many souls around him.
"Why are you following me around?" Lee Shin muttered, but there was no response.
"Hey there! Yes you, the blond knight with an arm off," Lee Shin called out to the blond man in front whom he could clearly see.
It appeared as if that handsome knight had been at war, because his armor was all messed up and he was also missing an arm. Also, there was no expression on his face. The soul of the knight was wandering around in the air expressionlessly, but unlike other souls, he kept hovering around Lee Shin.
Lee Shin tried to get his attention. All the other spirits were floating aimlessly doing nothing, as if they had lost their sanity.
'Is this soul also the same…?' He stared at the knight.
Then, his eyes met with the knight's.
- … Did you… call me…? No, that can't be true…
"Yes, that's right. I called you," Lee Shin replied.
- … Now I'm starting to hear hallucinations.
"It's not," said Lee Shin.
- Really…? Can you really see me?
"Yes, I can," Lee Shin replied.
The knight shoved his face in front of Lee Shin's nose and stared at Lee Shin with his eyes wide open. When the knight realized that Lee Shin was staring right into his eyes, he began to shed bloody red tears.
- My death… Set me free!
"Ughhh-" Lee Shin tried to cover his ears, but it did not help.
That strange high-pitched voice pierced his ears and resonated in his head.
"Do you want to be released from death?" Lee Shin asked, gritting his teeth and enduring the pain.
- Death! It's unfair!
The handsome knight had disappeared. Instead, he turned into an evil spirit which gave Lee Shin goosebumps.
Swoosh-
Suddenly, in Lee Shin's field of vision was a flash, and the background changed as if he had traveled back in time. In the new scene, that handsome man was standing ready for battle, neatly dressed in his armor.
'Is this his past?' Lee Shin wondered.
# You can see through death.
'Is this what they meant by seeing through death?' Lee Shin did not know what conditions triggered his ability. However, this was the first time that this skill had been activated.
The background changed once again. This time, the knight was standing in front of a beautiful woman. Lee Shin could not hear all the details of the conversation, but it seemed like the two were in a special relationship.
The scene changed once more. This time, the knight displayed his courage and impressive might on the battlefield. His attacks upon thousands of enemies brought him enormous prestige. With his outstanding performance, the war seemed manageable.
At that time, to fulfill an order from a superior, the knight had formed a separate squad to attack the enemy's rearguard. His strategy was successful and victory was just around the corner.
'No way…' Lee Shin realized that his skill was showing how one came to the end of their life, rather than its trajectory.
Those scenes had no reason to be shown if they were not related to one's death. And as Lee Shin had expected, suddenly, something unfortunate happened to the knight. The woman he saw earlier was captured by the knight's enemies.
The knight lost his temper, ran out to save his woman and ignored all the other knights who tried to stop him. His comrades had no other choice but to launch an attack to save him. However, the knight was only focused on his woman. He did not care about other knights.
The knight had lost his prestige. The sight of his enemies drawing a sword at his woman was sufficient to stop his fierce attack. He could survive for a while with the sacrifice of his fellow knights, but they died one after another.
Eventually, the wounded knight knelt in front of the woman, surrounded by his enemies. The woman laughed at him and cut off his right arm. She then threw him on the ground and left him. Due to the knight's folly, the outcome reversed in an instant. The knight who had lost everything died alone on the cold ground.
After showing the knight's tragic death, the background disappeared and Lee Shin was back to the usual surroundings on the first floor. Lee Shin did not feel sorry for this knight. He just had a smirk on his face.
"That was pathetic," Lee Shin muttered.
- Pathetic…? What the hell are you saying?
"You made your team sacrifice themselves just for a woman?" Lee Shin said in an amused tone.
- This is not fa–
"Just shut up! I shouldn't bring back a jerk like you no matter how skilled you are," Lee Shin shouted.
- What did you say…? Bring back…? How?? How are you going to do that?
"I said, I'm not going to," Lee Shin replied in a firm voice.
- No, please. Please help me. Before someone else comes!
"No way. I'm sure you will be bewitched by another woman and abandon your team," Lee Shin explained.
- No! Never! Please trust me.
The screechy, malicious knight from before was no more; only a desperate and subservient one stands in front of Lee Shin. There was only a desperate and subservient knight in front of Lee Shin.
Lee Shin looked around. There were not many souls that were in sight. Even the ones passing nearby did not seem to care, as if they could not hear the noise.
"Alright, then. Do you want to sign a contract with me?" Lee Shin asked.
- Of course! I'll do anything you want if you bring me back to life.
The knight had been tricked. Lee Shin tried hard not to smirk and showed a friendly smile instead.
***
"Warrie! May!" Lee Shin called out two names.
Two Skeleton guys stood in front of Lee Shin. Lee Shin had created a Skeleton Warrior and Skeleton Mage after receiving two Soul Beads from Kim Kang-Chun and his team. Warrie was the knight who got betrayed by his woman and May was a mage who died after several failures in mana research. Both had become Lee Shin's skeletons after signing a contract.
Lee Shin had made Warrie just the way the knight wanted, similar to how his body looked when he was alive. Lee Shin had imprinted mana on Warrie's bones and put extra emphasis on the arms to make them as strong as he could.
May did not have a strong bone structure. However, his stats were generally higher than that of Warrie, because several mana circles were added onto his bone structure which drove his mana circuit more actively than Warrie's.
[Warrie]
# STR: 27(+13)
# AGI: 21(+10)
# INT: 10(+7)
[May]
# STR: 7(+15)
# AGI: 10(+14)
# INT: 38(+20)
It took Lee Shin several months to make these Undeads. He paid more attention to imprinting the mana circuit on May, who was going to help Lee Shin a lot more in his research.
Lee Shin was confident that the challengers on the first floor would not be able to defeat either of these guys. The Skeletons' souls were contracted to Lee Shin, and though they wouldn't consume his mana while being summoned, they couldn't be healed using his mana if they were destroyed.
There were several pros and cons to connecting the Skeletons' souls to Lee Shin, but since there was no one to threaten these two, Lee Shin thought it would be better for them to maintain their current states.
"Hey May, did you organize all the documents that I asked for?" Lee Shin asked.
"Yes, sir. I've created a special pile for the results of Gene Ebrium's mana research," May replied.
"Sounds great! How about you, Warrie? How are your arms?" Lee Shin asked.
"The bone itself is not bad, but the mana power connection is not as good as before. It's hard for me to make the most of the bone's function while making the mana flow smoothly," Warrie replied.
"Oh really… Hmm… I'll take a look into that. You guys are good to go," said Lee Shin.
As soon as Warrie and May had left the room, Lee Shin looked at the clock on the wall. It was time for Park Joo-Hyuk to come up.
'Shall we get ready?' Lee Shin smirked.
***
"Hey, boss, based on the information that we've gathered, the boss on the first floor is too strong for people to climb the tower."
"I agree with that."
"Yeah, me too."
The members of the task force had gathered outside of the waiting area in the village. They were having a serious conversation, and Park Joo-Hyuk nodded stiffly as he listened to their reports. He originally thought the scuffle that took place when he first came to the tower had caused antipathy and that people were lying. However, he soon realized that was not the case.
Eventually, the members of the task force collected information by maintaining a fairly good relationship with other challengers. And they came to the conclusion that there had been a change in the first-floor boss' difficulty level.
"I think it's time for us to challenge the boss," one of the members of the task force said in a determined voice.
If the challengers were right, they would fail the challenge and return to this place again. If they were lying, they would move up to the next floor. However, everyone was already aware that the latter was impossible.
Fortunately, they knew the first-floor boss did not kill people. Even if they went for the challenge, the challengers did not have to risk dying, because they heard that the boss returned the challengers without doing more harm.
Late that night, Park Joo-Hyuk and other members of the task force headed to the portal located in the Central Square.
"Huh? Are you guys going up to the first floor?" Toeing looked at them and asked.
"Yes," they replied, and entered the portal.
As the team entered a large cave, deep inside, they found low-class Skeletons, Gutter Rats, and Dwarf Goblins, which they had heard about from Earth. These were easy to defeat as they had expected.
With the system messages that announced the challengers' increasing stats, they headed to the boss' room. The anxiety they had when they first entered this place had gradually faded.
The members of the task force were not planning to be careless in their encounter with the boss, but their confidence level increased a little when they defeated the monsters.
There was nothing special about the entrance to the boss' room. When they opened the door, the boss was slouching in his chair. His eyes were unfocused, his body had no strength, and he looked very pale. He appeared very much different from what the team had heard from other challengers.
'Huh? What's going on?'
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I Became the 1st Floor Boss of the Tower
Chapter 8
Park Joo-Hyuk scanned the boss with a sharp look. "Guys, don't let your guards down."
When the task force came in, the boss did not even get up from his seat. Instead, he stared at them blankly.
"Who… are… you…?" the boss spoke to them for the first time.
Park Joo-Hyuk did not respond to his question to figure out what was going on.
'If this guy is the original boss, he will soon ask who he is.' Park Joo-Hyuk thought about the boss's next possible phrase.
However, contrary to Park Joo-Hyuk's expectation, the boss did not say anything after that. Then suddenly, the boss raised his arms from the armrest.
"Watch out!" Park Joo-Hyuk cried.
Joo-Hyuk was nervous about the boss's unexpected behavior, but the boss did not do anything beyond raising his arm. Park Joo-Hyuk frowned. His predictions were consistently off. This kind of situation was worse than an upfront threat.
Park Joo-Hyuk felt more and more nervous. At times like this, he knew he had to move rather than stay still. Only by taking charge of the situation, he could draw out the boss's intentions.
At Joo-Hyuk's signal, the team members ran up to the boss to make an attack.
Whooong—
Mana power was blooming from the tip of the boss's finger. A poorly made Dark Arrow slowly flew towards them.
'What is this?' Park Joo-Hyuk, who was clenching his teeth, approached the boss and swung his sword.
Woosh—
Joo-Hyuk sliced the boss's neck without much effort.
Splashhh—!
Blood gushed out of the boss's neck as Joo-Hyuk withdrew his sword. Warm blood soaked his face and body.
'Was this all there is?' It was an ending that made Joo-Hyuk feel stupid about what he had been worrying about.
In front of Joo-Hyuk, the boss collapsed, his eyes rolled over.
"Great work ever—" Park Joo-Hyuk's eyes opened wide, looking around.
"Boss…"
A red-eyed Skeleton was slaughtering his teammates.
Woosh-
Splashhh-
The Skeleton stared at Park Joo-Hyuk after stabbing one of his team members with a bone knife. The Skeleton was exuding horrific mana. There was no expression on his face, but the Skeleton's chin clattered as if he was laughing at Joo-Hyuk.
Crunch
Park Joo-Hyuk clenched his teeth so hard that his jaw muscles tightened up.
- Boss…
- Run away. I'll deal with—
- I'm sorry, boss…
His past flashed before his eyes. He thought of the teammates he had lost on the battlefield. This dark past, which remained in him as a trauma deep in his heart, began to bother him again.
- I… blame you… boss…
"Stop! Just stop!" Park Joo-Hyuk grabbed his head and dropped his Crude Sword.
Joo-Hyuk suffered from nightmares and trauma for a long time after returning to Korea. He had been trying to live his life to the fullest to forget about his past.
- You… abandoned us… boss.
"No! No, I didn't!" Joo-Hyuk, whose eyes had become pink and congested, shouted and picked up the sword that was on the floor to attack the Skeleton in front of him.
Kang! Kang! Kang! Kang! Kang!
He swung his sword madly, his moves furious yet precise. The Skeleton was pushed behind a little, but still defended all of the attacks.
"Die! Just die!" Park Joo-Hyuk swung the sword with a scream.
Joo-Hyuk's muscles were swollen and overworked, but he could not feel any pain. Perhaps it was due to an overproduction of adrenaline. He only thought of tearing apart the Skeleton that killed his teammate.
Kang! Kang! Kang!
However, contrary to his wishes, Park Joo-Hyuk was gradually overwhelmed by the Skeleton. And soon after, the Skeleton's bone knife left slashes in Joo-Hyuk's body one after another. Having lost his mind, Joo-Hyuk could not defend himself from the Skeleton's attacks.
Ting!
Joo-Hyuk's Crude Sword bounced off the Skeleton's sword because he had lost his grip.
"Keugh!" Joo-Hyuk was pushed against the wall.
When his head hit the wall, his brain zapped and blood dripped down his head. Eventually, he fell to his knees as his legs got weak and his head drooped low. Joo-Hyuk could see his teammates looking disappointed. Their wide-opened eyes seemed to resent him.
"I… I'm sorry." Seeing his team member coughing up blood, Joo-Hyuk felt pathetic that he collapsed without even getting revenge.
As Joo-Hyuk lifted up his head, the Skeleton approached him with his sword. When he turned slightly, he could see the face of the collapsed team member.
'Okay, let's do this. I'm not going to repeat my stupid past.' Joo-Hyuk's congested eyes had returned to normal.
After calmly watching the Skeleton's movements, he dug into the Skeleton.
'I'll give him my flesh and take his bones.' The bone knife pierced Joo-Hyuk's shoulder.
Joo-Hyuk, who endured the pain by clenching his teeth, dug deeper and shoved the Skeleton. At the same time, with the arm that was not injured, Joo-Hyuk wrapped around the Skeleton who was holding a knife, and twisted his body.
Crunch!
With the sound of the Skeleton's bone breaking, the arm that was holding the bone knife had bent backward. Park Joo-Hyuk was about to deal a good, finishing blow when the Skeleton's left fist flew toward his face, which he barely avoided.
Crunch— Crunch—
"There's no way…" Joo-Hyuk muttered.
The Skeleton calmly realigned his arm to its original state. On the other hand, Park Joo-Hyuk's left shoulder was crushed and could not move. The pain that he could not feel for a while came all at once.
His whole body creaked and he could not control it. He was in severe pain. He wanted to give up; negative thoughts were bothering Park Joo-Hyuk.
The Skeleton's red eyes were shaking as if they were laughing at him. As Joo-Hyuk's head lowered to the ground, he could see his teammates on the floor.
Crunch—
Joo-Hyuk managed to move his squeaky body and lifted the sword from the floor. His arms were shaking and his grip did not have much strength left. However, he could not give up. He vowed to send that Skeleton to hell.
Kang!
"Gasp—!" Joo-Hyuk dropped his sword as he collapsed, vomiting blood, having been kicked in the abdomen by the Skeleton.
The Skeleton's bone knife was about to strike his head, but Joo-Hyuk could not avoid it. He did not want to die like this; not without avenging his teammates. Was he ultimately unable to make a change in his life? He did not want to die; he wanted to change. He wanted to undo his past regrets and fight. His will was still alive. Blood and tears covered his face of madness.
Suddenly, a golden light came out of Joo-Hyuk's body and wrapped around the Skeleton and him.
"W-w-what's this?" Lee Shin was surprised.
Lee Shin had been watching the fight between Park Joo-Hyuk and the Skeleton the whole time. And he could not keep his mouth shut when he saw the light emitting from Joo-Hyuk's body.
'That light… Is that…?' Lee Shin was curious.
[You have awakened a unique ability.]
[You have learned the power of resurgence.]
"The… power of…" Joo-Hyuk mumbled.
He saw the system message that suddenly appeared in his blurry vision. It felt as if the world had stopped at that moment. Joo-Hyuk did not know what that message was, but he knew it could be the comeback to this situation.
"... Transformation," Joo-Hyuk mumbled again.
As soon as he finished saying the phrase, a golden energy obscured his view. The situation between Joo-Hyuk and the Skeleton reversed in an instant.
Park Joo-Hyuk, who had earlier collapsed, realized that he was about to hit the Skeleton with the sword from above. It did not matter how it happened. He first had to break the Skeleton that was in front of him.
"Die!" Park Joo-Hyuk shouted, as his sword went through from the top to bottom.
Clink—
Thud—
However, Park Joo-Hyuk lost all his strength to wield the sword. His sword fell on the floor and bounced off. Then, Joo-Hyuk fell over the Skeleton, helpless.
"Boss!"
"You damn Skeleton!"
His teammates, whom Joo-Hyuk thought were dead, were fine. They quickly carried Joo-Hyuk on their backs and took care of him. Fortunately, he collapsed due to lack of strength, not a mortal wound.
"Well done, Warrie," said Lee Shin.
"Thank you, master," Warrie replied.
Warrie got up and moved behind Lee Shin. Lee Shin saw Joo-Hyuk's injured teammates, who were supporting him.
What Park Joo-Hyuk had seen was a small trap that was made using a pre-purchased hallucinogenic plant which created a trauma-stimulating vision for the person who sniffed it.
In reality, the team members were only knocked down by Warrie and Lee Shin; none of them actually died.
"Go back now. And when your boss wakes up, tell him to come back."
"Why aren't you killing us…?" the woman who was taking care of Park Joo-Hyuk stared at Lee Shin and asked.
"You can hear the answer from your boss. So, go back," Lee Shin said in a firm voice.
"..." She shut her mouth and left with an annoyed look.
Lee Shin sneered at the woman. It did not matter if they did not tell Park Joo-Hyuk to come back, because in the end, he would have no choice but to come back because he was curious.
[You have defeated a challenger.]
[You have defeated a challenger.]
[You have defeated a challenger.]
.
.
.
[Your Mana Points have increased by 80 points.]
When the challengers left, Lee Shin recalled the fight between Warrie and Park Joo-Hyuk with a serious face.
"It said he obtained the power of resurgence," Lee Shin reminded himself.
The power of resurgence was not an ability that Park Joo-Hyuk had used in his previous life. Lee Shin had never seen anyone who used that ability in the first place. Obviously, the fight was over as Park Joo-Hyuk collapsed after getting kicked by Warrie. However, with the appearance of the golden light, the situation was completely reversed.
Lee Shin would be able to know exactly what that kind of ability was only when Park Joo-Hyuk returned. However, just from how it looked then, that ability did not make any sense. An ability that counteracts the situation. It was more suitable to describe it as an ability that counteracts causality.
This was an awakening of a unique ability, because the sudden appearance of the golden light showed an ability that was beyond common sense.
"Hmm… The awakening of a unique ability…." Lee Shin smiled. Things were getting interesting.
***
Park Joo-Hyuk, who had recovered to some extent, came to Lee Shin's boss room. Lee Shin had built a drawing room inside the boss's room and the two sat there, face to face.
"So… You're finally awake?" Lee Shin started the conversation.
"..."
Lee Shin looked at Park Joo-Hyuk, sipping his tea, and Joo-Hyuk seemed to have mixed feelings. Joo-Hyuk could not easily formulate what he wanted to say.
"...Thank… you…" Park Joo-Hyuk said in a quiet voice.
Sip–
Upon hearing the appreciation, Lee Shin drank his tea in silence. However, Park Joo-Hyuk was uncomfortable with this silence. He wondered what Lee Shin was thinking. Joo-Hyuk wanted to know more about the boss's identity. He was not sure if it was right to have a conversation with the boss of a tower.
Park Joo-Hyuk had tried to organize his thoughts before he came to Lee Shin, but no matter how much time he took, he could not organize his thoughts. Eventually, he decided to meet him, coming in recklessly with a desire to solve the problem.
"I guess you're very virtuous," Lee Shin broke the silence.
"Why did you do that to me?" Park Joo-Hyuk started asking questions.
He was most curious about this. He could see that he was quite different from other challengers in the tower, but aside from that, he wanted to know why the boss dealt with him differently from how he did with the others in the tower.
"Just cause…" Lee Shin replied.
"I'm sorry?" Park Joo-Hyuk frowned.
"I don't have any reason for that," Lee Shin explained.
Park Joo-Hyuk wondered if Lee Shin was joking. Lee Shin did not show any sign of mischief, but he could have been keeping a poker face. It seemed like he would not tell Joo-Hyuk anything more.
"I have heard the encounters of other challengers in the village; you've dealt with me differently. It's as if you know something about me," said Park Joo-Hyuk.
"I was just messing with you," Lee Shin replied.
"...Is that so?" Park Joo-Hyuk did not believe him, but he decided to stop questioning further, because there would be no point.
"But because of me, you obtained a unique ability didn't you?" Lee Shin asked.
"Did you plan that, too?" Park Joo-Hyuk asked in order to get a grasp of Lee Shin's intention.
"... that, too?" Lee Shin smirked at Joo-Hyuk's question and sipped his tea.
"No way," said Lee Shin.
"Is that so…?" Park Joo-Hyuk thought that he should not provoke Lee Shin anymore.
"Why are you hesitating?" Lee Shin stared at Joo-Hyuk and asked.
"What?" Joo-Hyuk was surprised at Lee Shin's impudence.
"Share your information," Lee Shin demanded.
"Ah, I will," Park Joo-Hyuk replied.
Park Joo-Hyuk had planned on showing his ability to Lee Shin, but he was a little surprised at Lee Shin's demand. At the same time, Lee Shin was also surprised to see that Joo-Hyuk was more obedient than he thought.
With a ringing sound, an information screen popped up in front of Lee Shin. There were detailed descriptions on Joo-Hyuk's unique ability.
[The power of resurgence]
# You can change what has happened.
# Resurgence energy can be generated
# Resurgence energy is consumed depending on the amount of power required to change the result.
Lee Shin stared blankly at the screen for a moment despite having a rough sense of what it was supposed to be.
# You can change what has happened.
Lee Shin thought this was a ridiculous ability. In fights, wins and losses could be easily reversed by a single match point. This ability could easily change the result if one had lost a fight or even died due to a mistake.
When Warrie struck out Park Joo-Hyuk's sword and kicked him down, the result was completely reversed.
"Ha. Hahaha. Hahahaha!" Lee Shin was dumbfounded and burst out into laughter.
Lee Shin did not expect to find such a treasure here. There used to be no Park Joo-Hyuk in his plan. Lee Shin thought it would be enough if Joo-Hyuk could be a little help to boost his power, but Joo-Hyuk was actually a hidden gem.
"Starting from today, come to my room every morning," Lee Shin demanded.
"What are you talking about all of a sudden?" Park Joo-Hyuk was surprised.
"Don't you want to get stronger?" Lee Shin asked.
Park Joo-Hyuk's face instantly stiffened at the question. The memory of his helplessness as he lost his teammates became his strongest driving force as he entered the tower.
He wanted to be strong, so that it would not happen again.
"Yes, I want to be strong," Park Joo-Hyuk replied in a determined voice.
"Okay then, come see me every morning. I'll make you strong," said Lee Shin.
"Can I also bring my team members?" Park Joo-Hyuk asked.
'Should I spend a little time just for this guy…?' For Lee Shin, Joo-Hyuk's team members were not valuable enough to devote his time and energy on.
"You're my main focus. I'll let your teammates come here to train, but I won't be teaching them in detail," said Lee Shin.
"Yes, thank you. That would be enough," Park Joo-Hyuk's face brightened at Lee Shin's words.
After Park Joo-Hyuk left, Lee Shin took a sip of the tea and wondered to himself. He remembered that it was almost time for the Dimension Gate to open. Since there were no additional people coming up from the first floor, people on the upper floor were going crazy. Lee Shin did not have much time, because only the tower in Korea was in such a situation. Things could get more difficult for Korea if other countries learned about this.
A national exhibition would be held in the World Center which occupied the 21st to the 29th floors. It was a war on the Isocian continent. Korea was one of the top five counties in Isocia. However, it had been almost a year since the manpower supply was cut off. There was a high possibility for the pattern of the national exhibition to change significantly.
When the Dimension Gate opened, Korea's weakness would be known to the Earth and each country may put more pressure on Korea unlike any other before. In this world, the power of the challengers equated to the power of a nation.
Slurp–
The warm, fragrant tea calmed Lee Shin's mind and body.
"Mmm… It smells good." Lee Shin did not worry too much.
No matter how difficult it was for Korea and the upper-floor challengers, the moment these guys in the waiting area on the first floor were released, they would put an end to America, China, and England.
Lee Shin's plan was progressing steadily. These will be sharp weapons that will threaten the gods.
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I Became the 1st Floor Boss of the Tower
Chapter 9. Dimension Gate
"Sir, what do you mean… This isn't fair! You know it takes forever to collect points by killing those worthless monsters. Please, don't take them for granted!" Baek Hyun cried out.
"Hey, Baek Hyun, I'm giving this to you at this price because it's you. You know I'm Hwang Kang-Woong, who's also called Antoni Gaudi of this place!" Hwang Kang-Woong replied.
"But still, I think it's too much to ask for 10,000 points. Killing one Skeleton only gives me 5 points! I only get 50 points for going around the entire first floor! That means I need to go around the floor two hundred times!" Baek Hyun yelled.
"Ha… Alright, alright! I'll give you a discount because it's you. Just give me 8,000 points then," Hwang Kang-Woong offered.
Hwang Kang-Woong and Baek Hyun were having a scuffle in a large room on the 10th floor—the top floor. There were models and frameworks of various kinds of buildings installed in the large room. Besides, there were large maps and topography simulations all over the place.
"Mr. Hwang Kang-Woong, I'm Baek Hyun, the best sword mage on the first floor. Are you sure you won't regret it later?" Baek Hyun asked.
"Keum!" Hwang Kang-Woong cleared his throat and thought for a bit.
"Do you really think you can get out of the first floor?" Hwang Kang-Woong had to consider the future, rather than just looking at what was there right now.
"Yes, of course. That's what master told me," Baek Hyun replied in a serious tone.
"To be honest, I think it might never be possible for you to leave the first floor," Hwang Kang-Woong said in a subdued voice.
Baek Hyun nodded at his words because he also thought that Hwang Kang-Woong was quite reasonable. The challengers had thought that Lee Shin was so strong that no matter how much stronger the challengers became, Lee Shin would still be out of their league.
The tower had chosen Lee Shin as the boss of the first floor. Therefore, he could not leave the first floor. That meant the challengers could never get out of there too.
Baek Hyun did not want to lose his last hope. "But… The boss said it would be possible."
"Yeah… But you also have to consider that he is a subordinate of the tower," Hwang Kang-Woong argued.
"Isn't that the same for us? We are stuck here in this first-floor waiting area too," Baek Hyun countered.
"Don't be ridiculous," said Hwang Kang-Woong.
Baek Hyun decided to stop arguing with him. He knew that Hwang Kang-Woong's point was perfectly logical. Lee Shin was a human made by the system of the tower; and in fact, whatever he said could have already been formulated according to the character rules set by the tower.
However, Baek Hyun, who had faced him several times, could not believe that Lee Shin was an artificial human being made by the tower. He was as human as any of the challengers there.
"But, even if you get to leave the first floor just like he said, that doesn't mean you'll become a ranker in the future," Hwang Kang-Woong argued.
"You're right, but none of the challengers on the first floor have become as strong as us. I know we can break the record for every floor with an outstanding performance." Baek Hyun's words were also reasonable.
Countless people had already entered the waiting area on the first floor, and the number had already reached hundreds. And among them, Baek Hyun, who was standing in front of him, was undoubtedly one of the best.
"Okay, fine. Just give me 5,000 points, but no less than that," Hwang Kang-Woong asked for a lower amount.
"Wow, thanks! I agree that you're Antoni Gaudi of Korea! Please take good care of it! When the training ground is complete and I get stronger, I'll support you on my way to the top. Haha!" Baek Hyun replied in an excited voice.
"That's enough. You should get going," said Hwang Kang-Woong
"Well, have a great day!" Baek Hyun left the room.
Hwang Kang-Woong stood up from his seat and approached the window to take a look at the village that was created in the waiting area on the first floor. It could no longer even be called a village. It got much bigger and received more residents, so it was considered a small town now.
The vast land had no owner, but there was everything in the Points Store. Moreover, the prices of ordinary furniture materials, food, or other products were not very high. In addition, the mountains, trees, and numerous types of stones in the rocky areas a distance away supplemented the building materials.
Hwang Kang-Woong, who never got tired, accelerated the construction process. When he first entered the tower, he was shocked that he could not climb it because the boss on the first floor was too strong. However, he got used to that fact quickly. He was more interested in the vast land and the odd-looking wooden houses and the furniture in several places. The open land where more people could live had caught his attention.
The people who lived there were modern people, and they wanted to recreate the environment in which they used to live. Hwang Kang-Woong could satisfy their needs.
Seeing his creations fill this place one by one made him more excited than climbing the tower. And after building many structures, he got the title 'Architect of the Wilderness.' By now, he had become the city's richest and most outstanding architect in this village.
"Kang-Woong, did you really want to climb the tower, or did you just want to run away?" Hwang Kang-Woong muttered, his tone a bit resentful.
***
December was approaching and it had been almost a year since Lee Shin got his memory back. People on Earth, who were unaware of the situation inside the tower, had been waiting for the information on the tower from challengers who would come out of the Dimension Gate.
[The Dimension Gate opens 3 days from today.]
[On which floor would the challengers be right now?]
[Experts expect Cha Yu-Min to be on the 75th floor by now…]
[Even for Cha Yu-Min, people are thinking it would be difficult to reach the 80th floor.]
[How high did the challengers, who went in this year, climb?]
[Who is this year's supernova?]
[The public transportation is already congested because everyone is gathering at Gwanghwamun.]
South Korea had already begun releasing all kinds of news articles on the Internet while waiting for the challengers to come out of the tower. Most of the articles were on how high South Korea's No. 1 challenger Cha Yu-Min had climbed. In addition, they were interested in what new items the challengers would bring from the tower.
Among them, there were quite a few people who wondered how high the new challengers who entered this year went, and whether a new supernova would come out this year. People on Earth could never guess what kind of news the challengers would bring.
It was a dangerous gamble to climb the tower. However, it could also be an opportunity to reverse one's fate. The moment a person who reached the 50th floor came back to Earth, he or she would become the top predator on Earth and the hottest topic in the world as well.
However, there were countless people who had died in the process of going up to the 50th floor. In addition, there were quite a few people who could not progress further inside the tower and simply stayed there.
It had become normal for the challengers inside the tower to feel devastated and frustrated on hearing the news that their families had passed away. For the challengers inside the tower, the ones who could emerge from the tower were the messengers and witnesses of their legacy to their families outside. So, upon hearing such news, some tried to escape reality. However, there were others who decided to continue climbing the tower so that they could return to Earth to find their family, to confirm the news with their own eyes, or to get their revenge on the tower.
Nevertheless, people were willing to throw themselves into the gamble of climbing the tower. The prospect of gaining that absurd power after reaching the 50h floor was more attractive than anything else.
[Only one day left until the opening of the Dimension Gate!]
[What kind of miracle will the challengers bring this time?]
[How high did Cha Yu-Min, Shin Chang-Ho, and Shin Ji-Won get to?]
[The entire world is paying attention to Korea! Has the top ranker changed?]
[Shedding new light on Jonathan's remark from last year in the U.S.! 'Mr. Cha will not make it to the 80th floor.']
[Would Vergo, England's supernova, reach the 50th floor within 3 years?]
The opening of Dimension Gate was a significant event for every country around the world. The heat reached its peak when there was only one day left before the opening of the Dimension Gate. The whole world was on fire when the gates of each country opened. Among them, Korea was the most passionate.
***
[Exclusive! All of Korea's challengers from this year are missing!]
[No news from any challengers on the first floor!]
[Is there a change in the tower? Did the difficulty level of the first floor change?]
[What is the truth behind the tower? Is it a bug or an error in the Korean tower?]
Korea was literally in chaos. The number of people who entered the tower in the past year was 978. However, not even a single person managed to climb up from the first floor. It meant more than just the disappearance or death of a person.
[Why did so many Korean challengers go missing?]
[Other countries around the world say, 'There is no problem.']
[The stagnation in Korea's top rankers and challengers in the tower.]
[Korea, which was one of the top five countries in the 20th-floor national war, is falling off a cliff.]
[Will Korea collapse like this?]
[Is it just Korea? Or is this the beginning of the chaos?]
All the world's attention was on Korea. Not only did Korean reporters gather, but reporters from other countries also began to assemble.
Gwanghwamun was literally swarming with people. The government was paralyzed, unable to deal with the situation and create order. People from all over the world contacted the government. However, the government was overwhelmed just trying to understand what was going on.
└ What is happening? Is this for real?
└ Shit! Korea is messed up now. It's all ruined!
└ Then, what's happening to the people who went in this year? There's no way they could not break through the first floor!
└ The first floor is just a tutorial though. It does not make sense that they couldn't break it… But I mean, considering that no one out of the 978 people came out, there could really be a problem in the tower. I guess the tower game is over now.
└ I think this is just the beginning. It started in Korea, but it will soon happen in other countries starting next year.
└ It's the end!
***
It had been a week since the Dimension Gate opened. Normally, it was a time when the heat should have subsided a little. However, the interest had grown even more. That was because Cha Yu-Min returned to Earth a week after the Dimension Gate had opened. Besides, he was severely injured.
Those who waited for Cha Yu-Min, the top ranker, to come out of the Gwanghwamun spread the news all over the world as soon as he appeared.
Every word spoken by Cha Yu-Min was a scoop. In a situation where rumors were rampant, Cha Yu-Min's words were the only oasis in the desert.
Click! Click! Click! Click!
The Gwanghwamun resounded with the clicks of camera shutters. A lot of questions were asked of Cha Yu-Min, but he did not give any answers.
"I will hold a press conference in 2 days," Cha Yu-Min started his speech.
At Cha Yu-Min's words, the noisy crowd became quiet in an instant.
"I am aware that Korea is in a mess right now. But, it's not only Korea. The whole world is going crazy." Every word that came out of his mouth was very calm.
His words were delivered very clearly even though he did not shout.
"I went to the first floor." Cha Yu-Min's words rippled through the crowd in a way that was beyond one's imagination.
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I Became the 1st Floor Boss of the Tower
Chapter 10
After hearing about the missing challengers in the tower, people started to think if there would be another change in the tower in the future. In the earlier days, there had been a change in the tower; people were forced to adapt to it and survive in that new condition.
Those people who were inside the tower had a different reaction compared to the ones outside. The challengers were suspecting a problem in Korea, but they were glad that it was not the case.
The problem now was that they had to make a decision to enter the tower before the Dimension Gate closed or remain on Earth. There could potentially be a problem on the upper floor. Therefore, the ones who came out of the tower were at a crossroads. They had to wrap their heads around this problem and make the best decisions for themselves.
They had expected that if there were a change, it would happen all over the world. However, this time was unique in that it only happened in Korea. Therefore, the Koreans were even more confused.
"What a headache!"
"Ha… what should we do now?"
"Let's think for a bit. We still have some time."
"I'm going to see my family first."
"Sure."
After having a rough idea about the current situation on Earth, the challengers dispersed. Hiding away from the reporters was not a problem for them.
"Mom, I'm here!" Baek Kang-Woo shouted.
"Hey, son! You must be so tired. I missed you so much. Come in and have a seat," his mom greeted.
"Okay, and umm… This time—" Baek Kang-Woo tried to explain his situation but did not manage to finish his sentence.
"Son, do you have to go back to the tower?" his mom asked in a worried voice.
"Huh? Why…?" Baek Kang-Woo asked.
His mom seemed very anxious. "I recently saw an article that said all the people who entered last year went missing. What if that happens to you? I'm really worried this time."
To his mother who was very worried, Baek Kang-Woo could not easily give an answer. He had already become inseparable from the tower. He had defeated countless enemies, trained consistently to become stronger, and defeated enemies who were stronger still. He could not abandon the tower in which he could run around and enjoy the vast land.
Having spent a lot of time inside, the tower was like his second home. He had comrades, friends and loved ones living there. However, what was his reason for entering the tower? It was to rebuild his poor household. He wanted to repay his mother who had raised him alone after his father passed away when he was a child. He wanted to live a happy life with his mother. As a result, he fought desperately on the tower and was able to reach the 50th floor.
Now, he had enough ability to support his mother so that she could do everything she wanted and not have to do any hard work. He did not need to re-enter the tower.
He knew he should not be doing this.
He knew it was wrong.
.
.
.
"I'm… really… sorry…" Tears rolled down his cheeks.
Drip. Drip. Drip.
Baek Kang-Woo's tears fell one after another onto the back of his hand that was clutching at his pants tightly. He could not bear to look at his mother. He could not raise his head.
Baek Kang-Woo thought that his mother would feel betrayed. He was basically abandoning his mother, who had lived her entire life for him, and choosing the tower instead. He felt his mother's warm touch on his shaking shoulders. Without a word, she hugged and comforted him.
Baek Kang-Woo was sobbing.
"I'm sorry, son. I think I have put too much burden on you."
Baek Kang-Woo had wanted to tell his mom that she was asking too much of him. He had wanted to tell her that he understood her, to tell her not to feel bad for him. However, his voice did not come out as he was swept away by the flood of emotions.
"Heuk—" Baek Kang-Woo shed tears.
"It's alright, so let it all out." His mom comforted him.
Baek Kang-Woo could not do anything that day.
***
On the other hand, among those who did not enter the tower, the story about Cha Yu-Min was something interesting.
"Hey, did you hear that?"
"Hear what? The one about Cha Yu-Min? But did he even clear the 80th floor? I heard that he was a mess."
"No, it's not that. He said he went to the first floor."
"Seriously? How did he go to the first floor?"
"Obviously I don't know. I heard that Cha Yu-Min will be holding a press conference soon. People from all over the world are lobbying to go see it."
"That's crazy! When is it? I'm so ready for it!"
Even on the internet, everyone talked about Cha Yu-Min, all day long.
└ Yu-Min! You look so handsome!
└ LET'S GO, CHA YU-MIN! I LOVE YOU CHA YU-MIN!
└ Stop it, you idiots. That's not what's important right now.
└ Wow, he definitely is the No. 1 ranker… How did he get to the first floor?"
└ Didn't he clear up to the 71st floor last year? Since the reward increases every 10th floor, he probably received it after clearing the 80th floor.
└ He probably could have gone to the first floor, because beyond the 50th floor, challengers can move between floors.
└ That's awesome! Jonathan was only able to go to the 76th floor. I wonder how high our hope, Cha Yu-Min, went!
***
The press conference was held two days after Cha Yu-Min had returned. The press conference was filled with reporters, dignitaries and rankers from all over the world, even before Cha Yu-Min showed up. This was because the disappearance of Korean challengers on the first floor was a great concern all over the world. Everyone was worried, since they could be the next person missing.
"Please welcome our ranker Cha Yu-Min."
Cha Yu-Min opened the door and entered the room. He looked calm today. He was dressed neatly and appeared very different from how he had looked two days ago.
"Hello everyone, this is Cha Yu-Min."
As soon as he started speaking, the shutters of the cameras clicked from all corners of the room.
Reporters raised their hands here and there to express their interest in asking him questions, but Jun Jae-Yong, the president of the Korean Challengers Association, stopped them.
"We will have a separate time for you to ask questions. Please listen to Cha Yu-Min for now." The chaos settled down a bit with Jun Jae-Yong's words.
Everyone at the press conference was just like baby birds waiting for their mothers to feed them. They were all waiting for Cha Yu-Min to speak and give valuable information.
"First of all, I am not a hundred percent sure, but it's been almost a year since any challenger came up from the first floor. Most of the people in the tower already knew about this and I climbed the tower to get to the bottom of it." Cha Yu-Min took his time to explain things to the crowd.
"As you all know, there's a maxim regarding the tower: if you have the desire to get something, climb the tower—it will make your wish come true. I originally thought that the answer was on the 80th floor and I reached there a week ago."
At Cha Yu-Min's last words, the sound of the camera shutters filled the room.
Besides the issue of the disappearance of the first-floor challengers, Cha Yu-Min's raid on the 80th floor was another big topic that everyone was interested in. However, people were eager to know about that after hearing Yu-Min had been successful.
Now, rankers from all over the world would do anything to get this strategy from him. And Korea's national power and pride increased, thanks to Cha Yu-Min.
"The higher you climb, the more power and authority you get. The tower also provides you with greater rewards, along with wealth. And I gained the ability to go to the first floor as my reward for reaching the 80th floor," Cha Yu-Min explained.
Click! Click! Click! Click!
The sounds of the camera shutters from the reporters did not seem to fade out from the conference room. Every word that came out of Yu-Min was a scoop.
***
"Whoa… Even I'm getting nervous…"
"I can't believe I'm at such a historic moment. I'm so glad that I didn't advance to the next floor!"
"What are you saying… Don't make it sound like we chose not to go up."
"Be quiet, what are you saying in front of Cha Yu-Min?" Kim Kang-Chun stopped Baek Hyun and Kang Ji-Hoon from fooling around.
"That's alright. By the way… I can sense an unusual mana power in front of the boss's room. Do you happen to know what it is?" Cha Yu-Min asked.
"Oh, um… You'll see when you get there. Haha…" Kim Kang-Chun replied.
Cha Yu-Min went closer to the boss's room with a look of suspicion. And May was standing there with a high-handed attitude. The Skeleton was blocking the entrance. He was wearing a dark black robe and held a staff that seemed to create an eerie atmosphere.
"Is he the boss that you were talking about?" Cha Yu-Min asked.
"No… He's not it," the challengers replied.
Cha Yu-Min knew it already, because the Skeleton looked so different from what other challengers had told him earlier. However, the Skeleton's aura was sufficient to say he was a boss.
"He's a doorkeeper as well as a secretary made by Mr. Necromancer here," Kim Kang-Chun explained with an awkward look.
"What do you mean by his secretary? A doorkeeper is just a doorkeeper…" Cha Yu-Min asked with an incredulous look.
"Umm…" As Kim Kang-Chun was scratching his head at Cha Yu-Min's questions, May had noticed them.
"Who are you? I've never seen you before!" asked May.
"I have something to settle with the boss here, so get out of my way if you don't want to die," Cha Yu-Min replied in a firm voice.
"Gasp!" Baek Hyun, who was standing behind Cha Yu-Min, quickly covered Kang Ji-Hoon's mouth when he got startled and was about to scream.
Cha Yu-Min did not care what was going on at the back. He only focused on May who was in front of him. He could not let his guard down even if it were only a Skeleton.
'No way… Can the first-floor boss have made this? Really…?' Cha Yu-Min could not believe what he was seeing.
May stopped Cha Yu-Min from going through. "Haha! What a funny guy. Well… If you want to go see the master, you will have to go through me first."
Cha Yu-Min was ready to defeat the Skeleton. "I have no time to waste on a doorkeeper. But I'll do it as you wish."
"Keugh—!" Baek Hyun screamed at Cha Yu-Min's words.
"Hey, be quiet!" Kang Ji-Hoon quickly stopped Baek Hyun.
For the challengers who were aware of May's power, Cha Yu-Min's remarks had been unimaginable. However, at the same time, Yu-Min was the No. 1 ranker. Surely there was no way he would be defeated on the first floor. But they also had a strong feeling that Cha Yu-Min would not be able to defeat their master, Lee Shin. May was not the problem.
In fact, the other challengers were more afraid that May would get injured and cause Lee Shin to be angry. However, Cha Yu-Min pulled out his sword immediately and ran up to May.
Tang!
The Mana Shield created in the air had blocked the sword. However, Yu-Min continued with his attack which eventually led to a battle between May and Cha Yu-Min. The Mana attack and sword fight made the battle fierce.
"Keugh!"
"Hahaha! Is that all you can do? You don't deserve to see the master with that kind of skill!" May laughed at Cha Yu-Min.
The Skeleton Mage was able to use all four elements, fire, water, earth and wind. He exceeded Cha Yu-Min's expectations.
With the ice elemental magic, May froze the floor to reduce Yu-Min's mobility. By combining wind and fire, the Skeleton attacked Cha Yu-Min's weak points to keep him at bay and find a window of opportunity. If Cha Yu-Min forced his way into the Skeleton's range, the Skeleton would counter with earth-based magic. The Skeleton was indeed tricky to deal with.
It was not possible to simply explain this entire fight away with the superior ability the Skeleton seemed to have in both combat experience and mana power. How could a Skeleton Mage be so skilled and powerful?
"I agree! You are amazing," Cha Yu-Min admitted that this place was a long way out of his common sense.
"Now, I'll show you what I can do." Cha Yu-Min's sword was dyed black.
Shadow Splitting
Cha Yu-Min's sword split May's stone wall.
"Keugh—" Instead, he could hear May's painful voice behind the stone wall.
In the place where the stone wall had collapsed, May was there, in a robe that was torn apart. And his arm that was holding the staff was on the floor.
"It's been a long time since I lost to someone other than my master…" May was on his knees.
The three men standing behind Cha Yu-Min watched the scene with their mouths open. They could not believe that May was on his knees, without an arm. They realized that the No. 1 ranker was indeed outstanding as they watched the battle in awe.
"Go in, the master is waiting for you." May let them enter the room.
"Good. I'm not killing you because of their request," said Cha Yu-Min.
"Keugh… Thanks a lot," May answered.
The three men had desperately asked Cha Yu-Min not to kill May, and their request was successful. Since May was the boss's pet, they could not imagine what would happen if the boss got angry. Potentially Cha Yu-Min could kill Lee Shin and release everyone from the first floor, but they also had to consider the possibility of his failure. If Cha Yu-Min failed, then there could only be despair.
The three were worried that Lee Shin would be irritated to see May's injuries. However, the indifferent look they saw on Lee Shin's face upon entering the boss' room made them heave an inward sigh of relief. Cha Yu-Min looked at Lee Shin calmly.
Everyone all over the world, other than the challengers in the first-floor waiting area, had thought the first-floor boss was weak, lethargic and insane. However, the one before Cha Yu-Min clearly was not a tutorial-level boss. He could sense that the boss was far beyond all the descriptions he had heard before.
Lee Shin sneered at the sight of Cha Yu-Min.
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I Became the 1st Floor Boss of the Tower
Chapter 11
"Did all of these things happen because of you?" Cha Yu-Min glared at Lee Shin.
"Umm… Who are you? I have no idea what you are talking about," Lee Shin replied.
The fact that he could have a conversation with the boss was weird enough, but Cha Yu-Min doubted if Lee Shin was the actual first-floor boss when Lee Shin already seemed to know everything that was going on. Cha Yu-Min wondered if Lee Shin was a special character made by the tower. Or if this was some kind of a special event on the first floor.
"... I'm Cha Yu-Min. Who are you?" Cha Yu-Min asked.
The boss whom Cha Yu-Min encountered today was clearly different from the one he had met when he first climbed the tower. The boss seemed very relaxed and spoke in a clearly laid-back tone. Lee Shin's eyes sparkled like water in a deep well. He had outstanding mana power.
Cha Yu-Min could not think of Lee Shin as the same boss he had encountered earlier. Other than his appearance, everything was different. Cha Yu-Min changed his attitude, because he realized that he should not treat Lee Shin like an ordinary monster. Only then did Lee Shin look satisfied.
"Finally you're ready to have a conversation with me. I am Lee Shin," Lee Shin introduced himself.
"Lee Shin?" Cha Yu-Min asked, trying to clarify.
Cha Yu-Min became more confused after hearing his name, because Lee Shin sounded like a Korean name.
"Then, shall we test out your skills since it has been a while?" Lee Shin asked.
It had been a while? Cha Yu-Min was shocked but could no longer remain in that state. This speed of mana casting this boss had was completely different from the Skeleton Mage. An explosion occurred in the air as soon as the mana was detected.
"Keugh—" Cha Yu-Min was surprised.
"Why are you so slow?" Lee Shin laughed at him.
He was not a boss from whom Cha Yu-Min could hide his skills. Cha Yu-Min used his skills immediately and brought out his shadow. His body was engulfed in the shadow that appeared on the dark floor.
"Haha! You are really trying hard, aren't you? Do you need to use that much effort from the beginning?" Lee Shin laughed.
Cha Yu-Min did not answer. Now that he had decided to reveal all his power, he had to finish this fight as quickly as possible.
[Shadow Phantom Splitting]
The aura of the black sword appeared from the shadow and cut off Lee Shin's vision, and he could not see in the shadows.
It had been a while since Lee Shin saw the skill of Shadow Phantom Splitting. At the sight of this skill, rather than being immersed in a sense of crisis, Lee Shin recalled his past memories with the Cha Yu-Min who climbed the tower with Lee Shin.
-Bro…
-Hey, Yu-Min…
In the pitch black darkness, Cha Yu-Min's Phantom Splitting cut down the Devil while at the same time, the Devil's fingernails penetrated Cha Yu-Min's body. Cha Yu-Min lay on the floor, vomiting blood. And Lee Shin, who arrived a second too late, approached Cha Yu-Min. When Lee Shin saw Yu-Min's gut coming out of his pierced abdomen, Lee Shin applied pressure to prevent it from spilling out. Despite all of these, Cha Yu-Min seemed unburdened, because he had done his best.
-Bro, please climb all the way up to the end of the tower.
-Yu-Min…
-Please make my dream come true.
-Yu-Min!
Cha Yu-Min closed his eyes and Lee Shin could no longer hear his voice. Lee Shin felt terribly sorry for Yu-Min. Lee Shin's voice echoed in the harrowing battlefield.
# We don't forget.
All the memories from his previous life flashed through Lee Shin's mind, even the ones he wanted to forget about. The shadow that disturbed Lee Shin's vision in the darkness was gradually clamping him down. The shadow was just like the ones that he had seen countless times in his previous life. He had no difficulty destroying those and making a counterattack, but he could not do that this time.
Cha Yu-Min had a disappointed look when he realized that Lee Shin could block all his attacks with his mana. It seemed as if Lee Shin could tell the future and foresee Yu-Min's upcoming attack.
Lee Shin's deep eyes showed no regard for the victory or defeat of this battle. Cha Yu-Min's pride was hurt when Lee Shin seemed like he was enjoying himself with Yu-Min at his level. However, Lee Shin playing a fool allowed Yu-Min to regain his composure. At one point, the sword from the shadow stopped cutting Lee Shin.
"Umm… W-why aren't you attacking?" Cha Yu-Min asked.
"..." Lee Shin did not reply.
"Umm… W-w-why are you making that face?" Cha Yu-Min asked again.
"..." Again, there was no response from Lee Shin.
Lee Shin could not come up with an answer. He was not sure what was happening to him, because the relationship he once had with Cha Yu-Min was not the same as what it was now.
"Are you happy right now?" Lee Shin asked him a random question, and Cha Yu-Min could not figure out what the intention was.
"Y-y-yes, of course. I'm h-h-happy," Cha Yu-Min replied.
"Aha, I see." Lee Shin nodded at the satisfactory answer.
A dark spell was lingering at Lee Shin's fingertips, because it was time to end this battle that he had been dragging out. He used Deep Flare, a skill that combined darkness and flame.
The fire was blazing, but the light was still. The place became even darker than the shadow, and the flame exploded onto Cha Yu-Min.
Kwa-Kwang!
Suddenly, the cave and the ground shook fiercely. A pile of stones fell from the ceiling and the blackened pieces of stones scattered in all directions. Cha Yu-Min's whole body turned black after getting burnt as if he was under a curse, and collapsed in front of Lee Shin.
"Take him with you," Lee Shin demanded.
"Huh? Okay!" a challenger replied.
It took the three people a while to realize what was going on, because what they were seeing was beyond their imagination. When they finally figured out what was going on, Cha Yu-Min had lost consciousness and was already on the floor. The necromancer, the first-floor boss, was looking at Yu-Min with a sad face.
***
Cha Yu-Min came to his senses as soon as he returned to the waiting area on the first floor. The waiting area on the first floor restored all abnormal conditions. As soon as he regained consciousness, he quickly figured out what was going on. Cha Yu-Min was defeated by the necromancer on the first floor and was kicked out to the waiting area on the first floor.
Just like what the other people had said, the first-floor boss did not kill him. After regaining consciousness, Cha Yu-Min could not do anything else, still lost in his thoughts because of the shock.
After reaching the 80th floor, Cha Yu-Min had received a skill called [Inter-Floor Traveler]. There was a restriction on this skill which gave that challenger the average of the abilities the other challengers on that specific floor possessed. Nevertheless, Cha Yu-Min thought that he would be able to defeat the boss, no matter how strong he was, because he had numerous excellent skills and items. However, he was defeated. He was totally defeated.
Originally, Cha Yu-Min expected that the challengers in the waiting area on the first floor would be a little better than the general public. Since he had expected normal-skilled people on the first floor, Yu-Min thought that the abilities he would receive from his [Inter-Floor Traveler] skill would not be significant.
However, the average skill of the challengers at the first floor was far above what Cha Yu-Min had expected. He questioned how their skills still could not get them out of the waiting area on the first floor.
Cha Yu-Min's ability had also increased that much, and with these stats, he could easily defeat the boss.
"Ha..."
Cha Yu-Min sighed.
When was the last time Cha Yu-Min had lost so helplessly? The boss predicted all his attacks and used mana to block all of them, as if his attacks were obvious. How could that be? It would certainly be this way, if his attacks were straightforward, obvious attacks used by newbies. Yet, the shadow sword was a secretive sword that had a strong anomalous nature. As such, Cha Yu-Min had no choice but to admit that the boss was superior.
'Who is this guy?' thought Cha Yu-Min.
The boss's eyes were filled with regret throughout the entire fight. What was he thinking about? Why was the boss lost in his thoughts when he was fighting Cha Yu-Min? Cha Yu-Min wanted to hear his story. He wanted to know what kind of backstory caused the boss such hesitation. Cha Yu-Min was aware that the boss hesitated to hurt him.
"I guess my stay here will be longer than I expected," Cha Yu-Min muttered.
***
"Are you back again?" Lee Shin asked.
"Yes, I am," Cha Yu-Min replied.
"Stop coming here," Lee Shin said in an annoyed tone.
"I can't stay long anyway. Just be patient for a couple of days," Cha Yu-Min replied in a firm voice.
"Ha... I can't let May or Warrie deal with you... Tsk." Lee Shin shook his head.
"Please don't use level two mana skills or higher this time," Cha Yu-Min demanded.
"You're funny. So, you're telling me to just use level one mana skills?" Lee Shin laughed at his ridiculous command.
"Yes," Cha Yu-Min answered.
"Why should I?" Lee Shin asked.
"Originally, the boss on the first floor only used the Dark Arrow," Cha Yu-Min explained.
"Ha... Are you serious? Do I look the same as that guy to you?" Lee Shin asked.
"Umm... You, kind of, are," Cha Yu-Min replied.
That was true to some extent. Lee Shin was supposed to be that guy. Cha Yu-Min made a great point.
"Do people know that you're this kind of person?" Lee Shin asked.
"No, they don't," Cha Yu-Min replied.
"It's insane how the number one ranker is a crazy guy… The world is coming to an end. I hope the people outside get to know about this soon," said Lee Shin.
"That's not going to happen," Cha Yu-Min replied. Lee Shin knew that it would be as he had said, because he knew Cha Yu-Min was that kind of a guy.
"Oh well… So, you think you can beat me if I only use the basic skills?" Lee Shin asked.
"No, but at least I won't get totally beaten up this time," Cha Yu-Min replied.
"Tsk... So, you reached the 80th floor this time?" Lee Shin asked.
"Yes, I did. Do you know anything about the next floor?" Cha Yu-Min was delighted and asked right away when Lee Shin asked about the floor.
"Of course, didn't I say that I was the one who went through all of what you guys are experiencing right now?" Lee Shin asked.
"Ah... I mean...." Cha Yu-Min mumbled.
Lee Shin always emphasized that he was a great senior who had already reached the 100th floor. He wanted the other challengers to show him some respect. Cha Yu-Min was aware that Lee Shin's power was outstanding, but he thought that he could defeat Lee Shin if these restrictions were lifted.
Cha Yu-Min had thought that what Lee Shin had been saying was just a bluff, but after encountering Lee Shin several times, he soon realized that it was not.
Lee Shin's insight and knowledge of the tower were significant. According to the other challengers, Lee Shin was more knowledgeable than what Cha Yu-Min had expected, because Lee Shin knew some things that Cha Yu-Min did not.
"Do you want to know more about the next floor?" Lee Shin asked.
"Yes!" Cha Yu-Min replied with excitement.
If a challenger could gather some information on the next floor in advance, they would have a great advantage. Therefore, the information was invaluable. Cha Yu-Min wondered if this was the reason why he was given the skill of [Inter-Floor Traveler].
He wanted to find the strategy to attack the next floor, as well as to find out more about the disappearance of the first-floor challengers. In return, he was awarded the skill of [Inter-Floor Traveler]. Cha Yu-Min had only thought that this skill had something to do with the disappearance on the first floor, but he did not think he could get information on the next floor too.
"I'll let you know if you can defeat me," said Lee Shin.
"What?" Cha Yu-Min asked.
"Did your ears get clogged up in the meantime? I said to try to defeat me. I'll only use the basic mana for you." Lee Shin gave Cha Yu-Min a chance.
Cha Yu-Min's fighting spirit rose sharply at that moment. However, he got defeated, again.
***
The reporters were giving their full attention to Cha Yu-Min in an attempt to catch every single word that came out of Cha Yu-Min's mouth. They tried to capture every single feeling or inflection in Cha Yu-Min's words.
Cha Yu-Min started his speech again. "I won't be able to tell you all the details of the skill, but I used that skill to head to the waiting area on the first floor."
As soon as Cha Yu-Min finished speaking a sentence, the sound of the reporters tapping on their keyboards filled the entire place.
"Over there were all the challengers who entered the tower. Every single one of them," Cha Yu-Min continued on.
Tak! Tak! Tak! Tak! Tak!
"What I saw on the first-floor waiting area this time was nothing like the original first-floor waiting area that I had seen before. There was a small village on what was normally a vast land. The challengers had built a village in the waiting area. There were houses, restaurants, and clothing stores. In addition, there were parks and lakes where people could take a walk," Cha Yu-Min explained.
At those words, people started having doubtful looks.
"I asked those people why they were not climbing up. Also, I asked them what was going on. And they told me that it's not like they didn't want to go up, but in fact, they could not go up. The first-floor challengers told me that they had built a village for this reason," Cha Yu-Min continued.
As soon as Cha Yu-Min finished speaking, the reporters raised their hands here and there. Yet, when someone tried to open their mouth to speak, it was as if they were having a seizure—they could not. Someone had stopped them from doing so. No one could talk.
'It was the president of the association!' People immediately noticed whose power it was.
It was Jeon Jae-Yong, a man very skillful in psychokinesis, the president of the Korean Challengers Association. He had stopped the reporters from asking questions.
"I wanted to kill the first-floor boss and liberate the people there. And so, I went down to the first floor and faced the boss."
Gulp—
The press conference room was so quiet that even the faintest sounds could be heard very well. One could hear people gulping. It was real now. If Cha Yu-Min was telling the truth, then it was not the disappearances on the first floor that mattered.
The real problem was that the difficulty level of the first-floor boss had increased significantly in a short amount of time. If this happened to the Korean server, it was possible that other servers from other countries could potentially experience the same change.
Could Cha Yu-Min have defeated the boss and freed the challengers who were tied up in the waiting area on the first floor? How strong was the boss? What kind of abilities did he have? People were full of questions and curiosity.
"I lost to the boss," Cha Yu-Min announced the big news.
Click! Click! Click! Click!
A burst of shutter sounds filled the room at the end of his speech.
Cha Yu-Min's statement was shocking. He was the number one ranker in Korea and the challenger who had reached the highest floor of the tower in the world. And he was defeated by just an ordinary first-floor boss.
"Hi! This is Reina, a reporter for ACN. So does that mean the first floor of Korea can never be cleared?" a reporter asked.
Everyone's eyes turned to her when the reporter's sudden question was heard. Jeon Jae-Yong stared at the American ranker standing in one corner. He ignored Jeon Jae-Yong's gaze and only stared at Cha Yu-Min. He had reversed the spell that was cast on that reporter.
"There's no need to answe–"
"That's all right. So, reporter Reina, you asked if we will never be able to clear it. The answer to your question is yes, that's right. No one in the world can beat the boss there," Cha Yu-Min explained.
The sound from the typing reporters filled the air as Cha Yu-Min finished his sentence. Reporter Reina, who asked the question, was also typing hard with a smile as if she was satisfied.
"Hi! This is John from Reynolds! Then, do you think there is no future for the Korean tower anymore?" another reporter asked.
"Hi! This is Hague from Hestige. Are you thinking of moving to another country now?" More reporters were asking questions.
Starting with Reina, the reporters' questions poured out. Jeon Jae-Yong tried to stop the reporters, but Cha Yu-Min signaled to let them ask.
Reporters took this opportunity to belittle Korea and started pouring out malicious articles. According to Cha Yu-Min, there was no future for Korea and there was a downhill road ahead of them. However, Cha Yu-Min, who should be depressed, continued talking in a relaxed tone.
"At this moment, some people could be writing an article about the fall of Korea and the end of Korea's tower," Cha Yu-Min started to explain.
His words drew the eyes of the reporters back to him. Perhaps a lot of journalists and reporters were writing their articles in a malicious way, especially the ones from countries that wanted to bring down Korea. They would have written these articles with their eyes lit up.
"I'm sure that many of you are thinking that you should not enter the Korean tower from next year. But, I will tell you now, all fellow Koreans, to enter the tower."
People looked at Cha Yu-Min, their faces cast with doubt.
"People may think that Korea, with its current power, is barely within the top ten of the world. And with the thought that Korea will soon fall below the top ten, people are laughing at Korea. But I tell you now, that I guarantee that it will just take three years. In the next three years, Korea will rank at the top and no one will ever be able to steal that place," Cha Yu-Min declared.
At his words, not only the reporters, but also Jeon Jae-Yong, who was next to him, looked at Cha Yu-Min with surprise. Cha Yu-Min had never spoken like this before. Even when he climbed the tower, when he cleared the 50th, 60th or even the 70th floor, he had never made such a bold statement in public.
He was always humble and didn't reveal much about himself.
"Also, the first floor will be cleared within a year. So, we just have a year left," Cha Yu-Min continued on.
"What do you mean there's a year left?" a reporter shouted as if he was frustrated.
Jeon Jae-Yong had already withdrawn all the mana that were holding back the reporters.
"Please think carefully about your last opportunity to build good relationships with Korea. You only have a year left." Cha Yu-Min finished his speech.
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