Seoul Hannam-dong Gaksung Management Office.
Director Park Gyeong-su reports to Team Leader Jeon Gwang-il.
“Bong Player went to the shop again?”
“Yes, I didn’t know, but if I had known in advance, I would have gone down and responded.”
“What did you buy?”
“It’s a shield. A small hand shield at that.”
“Tsk tsk, if only I had signed an elite contract, I would have dressed you up meticulously from head to toe···.”
I cleared S++ up to the 18th floor.
The 19th floor won’t be difficult either.
The problem is the 20th floor.
All types of goblins that have appeared so far will appear.
The mission deadline is just 10 hours.
I don’t expect a 20th floor S++ strategy.
This is a floor that you are lucky enough to conquer within the time limit.
Some players waste months trying to get past this.
“What on earth are the traits of a Bong player?”
“Judging from the mace and shield you purchased, I assume you’re a melee type.”
“Haha, even if I put on all my gear, it’s not enough.”
Close combat series.
Each attack uses powerful skills, but it is equally vulnerable to defense, so you must protect your entire body.
“Why don’t you buy armor and a helmet? Even if you buy pants and leggings, you should protect your head and heart as much as possible.”
“I’m worried about that too.”
Even if you get hurt somewhere else, you have time to spare.
Because there is a healing potion.
However, if you are hit in the head or heart, you will die instantly.
You can’t even use potions.
“I somehow made an excuse to give all the armor to the player who bought it···,”
Right then!
Jeeeeeing!
A phone call came.
I checked the sender and it was the player-specific police department.
“I need to take a call for a moment. It’s from the police.”
“Take it now.”
“Hello. This is Jeon Gwang-il. What’s going on? Ah! Attempted theft of items, hmm, armed with a pistol…,”
Crime between players.
Perhaps it was done by someone who was blinded by the item.
It happens occasionally.
Kidnapping and torturing players with expensive items, then raiding their top-tier inventories.
Such crimes are heinous.
Because they usually kill the player who was robbed to hide the evidence.
It’s kept a secret, but those who know know.
The fact that the player’s corpse goes into the tower’s exclusive inventory.
So the probability of a perfect crime is also high.
It’s like this because skill and level application is blocked outside the tower.
What if players in real life had the same powers as they do inside the tower?
A disaster greater than the tower will strike.
“The player who is supposedly the victim said my name? Who is it? 25 years old, male, … Yes? Hey, Bong Joo-hyuk player?”
What the heck is this?
“What, what did you say? The victim… is, is he okay?”
Jeon Gwang-il’s face became pale.
Director Park Kyung-soo, who was listening from the side, was also startled.
“Oh! Where are you hurt?”
“Oh, no. But you seemed a little surprised.”
“Go right now.”
“All right.”
Jeon Gwang-il running naked.
Chief Park Kyung-soo, who was left alone, bit his lip.
It was a mistake.
It was important not to just think about the dangers inside the tower.
Why do players only die at the top?
Many people die outside too.
‘You should have had an elite contract from the beginning.’
Then the security problem would have been perfectly resolved.
I wanted to attach trained, formal security personnel.
But that’s not something the administration does directly.
You should ask the police or the National Intelligence Service for security.
But we didn’t even sign an elite contract with Bong Joo-hyuk.
The administrative agency is a national organization.
There is a set procedure.
There needs to be a reasonable basis for attaching security guards to regular players.
For example, the fact that he is the record holder for S++ rank strategy.
If he does that, the report will inevitably go up to the top, and eventually his existence will be exposed to the outside world.
Will scout brokers like lynxes stay still?
It was clear that Bong Joo-hyuk would be put in a more dangerous situation.
You may be taken to another country by forced contract or kidnapping.
I thought it was safer to pretend not to know than to act rashly and protect them.
But then something like this happened.
‘I can’t waste time anymore.’
I’ll bring it somehow.
I’m talking about the elite team.
※ ※ ※
Joo-hyuk tied up Choi Ho-seok with a rope and called the police.
The Cossacks were released and sent back.
I felt a bit sorry, but the police will be here soon, so what can I do?
The police arrived earlier than expected.
“Oh, you really hit the back of my head.”
“Sir, he’s not dead, is he? … Does self-defense apply?”
“Well, we’ll have to investigate that, but for now, it looks like a concussion. At least the heart is beating.”
“Um, oh, you won’t die, right?”
I feel unnecessarily scared when I see the police.
I didn’t do anything wrong.
Well, there was something the Cossacks did back in the old days.
It’s all in the past.
In fact, once Choi Ho-seok showed up with a gun, he was as good as dead.
Besides, he said he was going to kill me not once, but several times.
If this isn’t suicide, then what is?
Even if the gun had been fired, he would have been safe anyway.
Because the energy shield has already been turned on.
however?
“Ugh,”
Choi Ho-seok opened his eyes and came to his senses.
Joohyuk cleared his throat.
Fortunately, he didn’t die.
The police put handcuffs on,
“Mr. Choi Ho-seok? You are under emergency arrest on charges of home invasion and special robbery.”
Then Choi Ho-seok rolled his eyes.
“···Hey, wait a minute! Oh, misunderstanding! I’m the victim. I’m the perpetrator.”
Huh?
“That guy kidnapped me to my house and tried to steal my items.”
“Then what is this silenced pistol?”
“Oh, it’s for self-defense. The author tried to kill me, so I had no choice… You know how dangerous a player can be. Oh! And he’s not alone. He has an accomplice, an accomplice!”
and!
Is it because you’re popular?
He speaks like flowing water from a mountain.
Then the police officer in charge looked at Bong Joo-hyuk and asked.
“Was there anyone else?”
“No? I’m alone in that room.”
He looked at Joo-hyuk with suspicious eyes.
“I think both of you will have to go together.”
“No, I told you, that guy is the thief.”
Choi Ho-seok said, pounding his chest as if he was frustrated.
“I’m level 34. If you clear the top floor, you’ll get more than 3kg of magic stones. What’s missing that you’re robbing?”
···I should have left it when the Cossacks said they would take it out.
In this situation, you stick your flippers out?
“On the other hand, that guy is only able to clear the 10th floor. He approached me and spoke to me directly. If you contact the Awakening Management Office and find out the registration date, it will all come out.”
That was when.
Bam!
Team leader Jeon Gwang-il of the management office kicked open the front door of Joo-hyuk’s house and came rushing in.
Choi Ho-seok shouts in delight at the sight.
“Team leader, this is Choi Ho-seok. You know that, right? I’m the victim, and now I’m being falsely accused…”
Swish!
A sharp slap echoed through the room.
“Huh? Why are you touching my cheeks···,”
It wasn’t just once,
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish···,
Choi Ho-seok’s head turned frantically from side to side.
His face suddenly turned red,
Blood formed at the corner of his mouth.
“You son of a b****! How dare you tell such an obvious lie!”
“···That’s not it.”
Kwak!
Jeon Gwang-il grabbed Choi Ho-seok by the hair and growled.
“Choi Ho-seok, you son of a bitch! You’re going to jail now. How dare you try to kill a fellow player?”
“Oh, no, listen to me.”
“You are now deregistered. Whether you climb the tower from your cell or not, I don’t care. Release? Don’t even dream about it. If you want to get out, jump off the tower.”
“Uh, uh… I said no.”
Choi Ho-seok has no idea what’s going on.
What is going on?
‘Aren’t you even listening to what I’m saying?’
Jeon Gwang-il spoke to the dispatched police.
“Take him and take him. He will be coming out of the National Intelligence Service soon, so you can hand him over.”
National Intelligence Service?
The country is very strict about crimes against players.
If you’re not careful, you might get tortured.
‘Oh, no!’
Choi Ho-seok desperately pleads.
“I am blind. Please, show mercy to me…”
“You know that you are a habitual culprit.
And to the police.
“Right! You know the player arrest manual, right? This kid might get into a tower on the way to the police station, so if he disappears, wait in that spot, and if he reappears, arrest him again.”
Then he looked at Joohyuk,
“Player Bong Joo-hyuk, I’m sorry. Are you hurt anywhere?”
“···I was just a little surprised,”
Jeon Gwang-il bowed deeply as if he was going to bury his head in the ground.
“We will thoroughly prepare to ensure that something like this never happens again.”
“Oh, yes yes.”
Jeon Gwang-il with a gloomy expression.
“I think we need to put a few more locks on our house for the time being.”
“···I will do that.”
I would have liked to take more concrete action, but there are a lot of eyes watching now.
Other than asking the police to increase patrols.
Feeling stuffy.
Anyway, I can’t put it off any longer.
I’m talking about an elite contract.
※ ※ ※
As time goes by.
The commotion is over.
The police offered to increase patrols at my house, but I declined.
Every now and then they’ll knock on the door and ask if everything’s okay.
‘Who in the world is as safe as I am?’
When Choi Ho-seok broke in, I was more worried that he would die than I would.
Now let’s get back to our daily lives.
I give 5 stars to each of the Savage Gobang and the Cossack.
[John Cossack has been summoned.]
“Chung! Was nothing special happening yesterday?”
“Thanks. The police caught him.”
“Is it the death penalty?”
“No way. I guess I’ll come out after a few years.”
“···Umm, do you happen to know where the detention center is?”
“I don’t know. I didn’t even try to find out.”
“Yes.”
next.
[Savage Meat Shield has been summoned.]
“···This is the first time.”
“What is it?”
Gobang folded each finger one by one.
“Rice, 5 stars.”
You can count numbers.
Today we’re going to conquer the 19th floor.
“Let’s go,”
[Enter the 19th floor of the Black Tower in South Korea.]
The mission is to kill the goblin shaman.
[19th floor mission: Kill 30 goblin warlocks.]
Actually, they are not that threatening.
Would you rather throw an ice spear at a goblin or spray chain lightning?
At best, a curse, a bondage, or a stray fire arrow.
Of these, the thing to be most careful about is curses.
It is extremely detrimental to mental health.
It causes hallucinations, weakness, loss of motivation, depression… all sorts of things like that.
Especially since curses stack, you have to catch them quickly.
However, that only applies to players of the same level, not to assassins who are already out of their minds or meat shields that can withstand all attacks with just their body.
Thump thump thump!
The high-ranking official charges forward.
The physical difference between him and the goblin is that of a newborn baby and an adult.
Just ignore the curses and bondages and run and beat them up.
The Cossacks hid behind the high walls to avoid the curse, and when the opportunity arose, they moved their bodies like lightning and trampled on the sorcerers.
Crunch! Crunch, crunch···,
Blood and flesh were scattered across the 19th floor battlefield.
‘Then me too.’
Joohyuk took up a mace and a shield.
Sizzle!
Energy shield is basic.
Now join the battle and prove your talents with flashy skills···,
[You have successfully completed the 19th floor mission.]
‘Huh?’
what.
already?
John Cossack, grinning from afar, covered in red blood.
‘What the hell!’
Did you finish it quickly on purpose?
‘You’re preventing me from participating in battle?’
[Notice: You have achieved the S++ level of the 19th floor of the Black Tower (Korea).] [S++ Clearance Reward: Platinum Badge awarded.]
good night.
I’ll skip it today.
And the next day.
The long-awaited 20th floor conquest.
[Enter the 20th floor of the Black Tower in South Korea.]
It is called the first talent judgement machine and boasts an extremely high level of difficulty.
The 21st floor is said to be easier.
“It’s really dangerous here. All the goblins are out. The scout’s poison dart, the tactical warrior, the stealthy assassin, the shaman’s curse, and the big hobgoblin, oh man, it’s scary.”
“···.”
John Cossack, who is making a fuss and scaring everyone by telling them how scary the 20th floor is.
“If I were you, I would wait in a safe place.”
Then, I poked Gobang’s side,
“Summoner, you don’t have to do anything. I’ll kill them all.”
He joined the high-ranking official.
[20th floor mission: Kill 100 goblins and 1 hobgoblin regardless of type.] [Completion time: Within 10 hours.] [Completion conditions: 0/100 of all goblins, 0/1 hobgoblin] [Failure conditions: Death or abandon mission]
“Gobang, you go first. Block with your body no matter what. If I gain enough aggro, I’ll go out too. Got it?”
“I’ll take all the aggro.”
“Okay! That was good!”
After that, Cossack stood in front of Juhyuk and blocked his path.
It’s as if they’re trying to keep me from moving forward.
Thump thump thump.
A savage Gobang that charges like a tank.
The poisonous stinger is flying.
A contingent of warriors blocked the way.
The assassins were after him.
Curses and fiery arrows rained down.
At that very moment!
Chiiing.
Joohyuk ran out.
Energy shield, basilisk petrified leather combat boots, mace and hand shield.
“uh?”
John Cossack, who had been leisurely digging his nose, was startled and cried out in despair.
“Look, it’s the Bong Summoner! This won’t do!!!”
SWAT! SWAT WAT!
Joohyuk moving forward in a zigzag pattern.
SWAT! SWAWAWAWAWW …
The shadowy footsteps unfolded magnificently.
The afterimage left every time you change direction.
1, 2, 4, 8···,
All around is Joo-hyuk’s shadow.
‘Am I crazy?’
I think so.
At least for this moment, he is not a timid man.
I was so free.
SWAT!
Grab the sorcerer from behind and hit him with the mace.
Kwajik!
SWAT!
A mace cauldron on the warrior’s head.
Kwajik!
The flying poison darts are blocked with a hand shield,
Ting ting!
SWAT! SWAT! SWAT!
So fast that your eyes can’t keep up.
The Cossack sighed.
A perfect shadow walker that even he himself finds difficult to imitate.
I thought it was fortunate that this summoner knew how to take care of his own body.
Must be followed unconditionally.
Even if it means burning my soul.
LUNA-CAVE
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