Chapter 62 – Episode 62 – Reward for Conquering the 20th Floor of the Tower [Hidden Skill]

* Episode 62 – Reward for conquering the 20th floor of the Tower [Hidden Skill]

[This is a message to all hunters living in the Golden Tower.]

[2 o’clock in the morning today. The 20th tier gate of the Golden Tower has been broken through.]

[The number of people cleared is 2.]

[【Scavenger】 Hong Chang-gi.]

[【Deacon】 Ceres.]

[Notice once again.]

[2 o’clock in the morning today. The 20th tier gate of the Golden Tower has been broken through.]

[The number of people cleared is 2.]

[【Scavenger】 Hong Chang-gi.]

[【Deacon】 Ceres.]

[All transition points in the 20th floor have been opened.]

[In addition, entry is permitted to all classes below the 30th floor.]

[The 30th floor gateway challenge begins one month from today. Please keep this in mind.]

[Notice once again──]

An alarm that rings so loudly that it hurts my ears.

We put on our gear and had the world at our feet.

The ground we were stepping on was the street where hunters lived.

“Everyone is waking up.”

“Well, look over there. A person spews blood while drinking a drink at a street vendor. His clothes are all wet. It’s a mess.”

Hehe.”

This will be the view from the top floor of the tower.

Did they intentionally transfer me here as a reward for clearing?

‘It’s a wonderful sight.’

The streets shone.

A bright yellow light appeared on the street that had been flickering red, and this was the same for our guild home.

The skyscraper where Maan resided was especially in chaos.

It was obvious that Ian, the current number one, was making a fuss, asking what was going on.

“How do you feel?”

“I’m not that happy. If the system hadn’t done something stupid, we were dragging our feet on a hurdle that would have been completed right away. We made a fuss, but in the end, it wasn’t a big deal.”

“I wasn’t like that. I never thought I’d see a memory like that…”

“If you’re talking about regression, that’s Seongyeon’s situation. No matter what anyone says, it’s not about us. Think of it as a story from another world. Then, I feel at ease.”

“I didn’t mean that-“

When Ceres tried to tell me something.

[The tower owner ‘Aphrodite’ praises you.]

It’s been a while since you appeared.

He is the owner of the tower that we don’t know whether to hate or praise.

“I was surprised that you suddenly called me to a place like this.”

First of all, I showed courtesy.

It wasn’t as bad as last time, but I got down on one knee and behaved politely.

[It’s been a while.]

[I’m embarrassed because I didn’t know how to clear it this quickly.]

Topju did not reveal his true nature like when he harassed Seongyeon.

We celebrated peacefully.

[First of all, congratulations on clearing the 20th floor gateway.]

[Even if I had basic knowledge, I was surprised by this clearing speed.]

[We apologize for any inconvenience caused by a system error here.]

“Thank you.”

I thought I would do that.

Since it didn’t cause any damage to the strategy itself, I honestly don’t think much of it.

Only a little bit of frustration and irritation remained.

[In essence, those memories should not be shown yet.]

[It was a dangerous memory that could also affect the curse placed on you.]

[If I had taken one more step forward, or if the constellation or the woman there had made a mistake, I would have died.]

…

… That was a memory related to Seongyeon’s secret?

I didn’t notice it at all.

I guess I really am under a curse.

It’s serious to see that you don’t notice even though I say this.

In terms of animation, would she be an insensitive harem protagonist?

[We apologize again for this.]

[Also, since there was a possibility of your head exploding immediately after entering the tower, we took action against that.]

[I hope you don’t find this offensive.]

“What are the measures?”

[As soon as I was called here, I erased many of my memories of this gateway.]

[Now that you recognize it, think about it again.]

[What memories did you see at the gate on the 20th floor?]

What kind of memory did you see?

That’s it, with Ceres… Seongyeon… ?

…

… What is it?

I don’t remember.

I’m struggling as if my brain is covered in fog.

“H-Huh? Well, it was a video of Seongyeon becoming friendly with Ceres after following me in the last episode… But why did I see that memory? Didn’t I clear the gateway before seeing that? The constellation and the system said something was wrong and showed me the memory. Like I gave it to you…?”

“… Oppa?”

I looked at the system window again.

[The memory has been shallowly locked.]

[If you think too deeply, you will remember it, so please do not turn it off intentionally.]

[It explodes.]

Those words are so scary.

Really.

How can that one-line word be so heavy?

[The woman who said that will know why I do this.]

[You wouldn’t be foolish enough to make the same mistake twice, right?]

The system window turned to Ceres and our butler bowed his head.

Just like I once did for Seongyeon.

“I know. I will never reveal it, even at the cost of my life.”

I couldn’t understand what the story was about.

[Then that’s it.]

[As the owner of the tower, I will praise the two people who legitimately opened the gate.]

[This tower plans to close its gateway for about a month for debugging work.]

[Please note that the next gate will open in a month.]

It was like an announcement.

“Then you came to block my memories and there is no other reason.”

The system window turned towards me.

[Yes.]

[I never expected that the system I created would end up on the verge of spoilers.]

[The two knights will provide compensation for this, so please talk to them for details.]

Oh, it’s not like there’s no reward.

Judging by the fact that he knows how to spread feed, his calling is to be an operator.

Surprisingly, he is a god who can communicate.

[Hope you have a good climb.]

[I will always be watching.]

With one short word, the Topju system window disappeared.

Watch…

Perhaps it was because he was not well-liked, but it was a word that made me feel sad rather than happy.

*

“Oh. I’m back.”

“It’s an instant.”

Immediately after, the scenery changed.

The knights were waiting for us in front of the white gate where we stood.

“Congratulations on clearing the 20th floor gate, comrade.”

“I apologize for unintentionally making it dangerous.”

I received congratulations and an apology from both knights at the same time.

I was calm when I received a hint from the top owner.

“Are you ready to face the end?”

“Is the reward time I was looking forward to coming?”

“Hehe. That’s it. Last time I sent it to you without giving it to you, I felt terrible.”

The surroundings became dark.

The knight of pure love stepped forward, and we shone like stars.

“Something went wrong with the system. We have prepared a decent reward for such a comrade.”

Several spheres of light appeared in front of the Knight of Pure Love, one of which was aimed at Ceres’ voluptuous breasts.

“… Huh!?”

The body briefly glowed.

“Uh… Why?”

“Originally, there was no compensation to give to our partner, but this time we made a big mistake. This is an order from above to give [Skill Enhancement] To that partner as compensation.”

“Strengthening skills…”

“It’s not such a trivial reinforcement. It’s really just for show off.”

Ceres confirmed her skills.

She opened her eyes and smiled.

“It’s okay. I liked it.”

“That’s a good thing.”

I stepped back.

I don’t know what I received, but there was a deep blush on my cheeks.

“It’s the challenger’s turn. It’s a shame that I can’t give you all of this.”

Three spheres of light rotating in a circle were held out from below in a lifting position.

-Purple.

-Gold.

-Black.

The three spheres continued to rotate.

Swimming as if alive.

‘Black…’

I know what that is.

It is an EX level skill card.

The curse that Seongyeon possesses is that color.

“It looks like you figured out what this is.”

“Yes. Isn’t it a skill?”

“As comrade expected. All you have to do is choose one of the three skills here.”

By rotating the three spheres, black was raised to the top.

“Black Sphere is a non-standard skill that is out of the grade as EX. I’ll tell you in advance in case anyone misunderstands, but that doesn’t mean it’s the best. There are a lot of things that can be trash or even curses compared to F. I think there are a lot of things that are that weird. Give it to me.”

I swallowed my saliva.

Even with that explanation, the romance was stimulated.

“Next is this way.”

The sphere rotated and gold rose to the top.

“As you can see from the color, this is S grade. There are SS and SSS grades above this, but at this point, it is just a matter of output and there is no big difference. Unless you develop a strange skill, it will be a stable reward that will guarantee your life.”

Ah, S-class.

This too is coming.

It’s stimulating my desire to have skills that I’ve always wanted to have.

Ugh…

“Mr. Changgi.”

“I know. I’ll listen to everything first and choose. What is that at the end?”

The last sphere is purple.

It was a color I had never seen before, and it was the same color as my aura.

“The last skill is R-level.”

“R?”

What is R?

SSS, SS, S, A, B, C, D, E, F…

I’ve never even seen F skills before. F, G, H, I, J, K?

If you put it in alphabetical order, it’s almost the 18th… Is that right?

“Don’t think in that order. This R has a different meaning than that. It’s the same as EX.”

It must be a tower like this. I had no fault in suspecting that it might be the R used for R-18.

“What do you mean?”

“Resistance. Don’t you often say this when you play RPG games? [○○ Resistance].”

After thinking about it for a while, I gave an example.

“Fire resistance, cold resistance, electricity resistance… Something like that?”

“I understand.”

“… Isn’t it a shit skill?”

It was doubtful whether it was necessary to add different grades to the skill cards.

Then the knight of pure love shook his head.

“You don’t think the cards given out as rewards for clearing the gateway in the Golden Tower are that kind of crap, do you?”

“It’s not the skill I think it is?”

“No problem.”

“Of course.”

The knight of pure love laughed.

The same was true for the Knight of the Lily behind his back.

The laughter of the two knights resonated.

… What is this ominous smile?

“R-level cards guarantee [Absolute resistance to certain situations].”

-Absolute?

“For example, let’s say the entire Earth is engulfed in hot lava. This is something that can never happen, and wouldn’t everyone normally die?”

“I guess so.”

The situation is too extreme.

The earth is burning, there is usually nowhere to run.

At least the top?

However, it is not large enough to do anything with just fire resistance.

‘Why do you use this situation as an example?’

… Situation?

You just said it makes you tolerant of situations, right?

“So, it is resistance to [Situation], Not to any [Attack] Like fire or ice?”

“That’s the correct answer. No matter how hopeless the situation is, no matter how absurd it is, it’s a skill that [Absolutely overcomes] It. As its use is limited, its effect is absolute.”

Although the purpose was limited, the explanation stimulated curiosity.

The two constellations are smiling.

In particular, Lily stands out despite being a knight who spoke of fairness.

“They give you skills, but no matter what you choose, the skills you get are random?”

“It’s random from the challenger’s perspective, but we can see what will come out. We are the ones who received the skill from the top owner and made it concrete.”

My heart was racing.

It’s a chance.

“What are you going to do?”

“What do you think would be good?”

“It’s definitely S-class. It’s not random, it’s confirmed. It’s unbelievable luck.”

“What level is your erasing skill?”

“S-rank. I got to this point with just this. Most other foreign hunters also got into the top ranks with just one skill. I can’t kick this opportunity away.”

It’s S-level that can chew through all defenses and destroy people with one hit.

Ian, the current number one, has more skills than that.

Good skills mean the hunter’s identity.

“That’s right…”

I stepped forward.

“Are you going to choose right away?”

“Just think about it for one more minute.”

“You can worry as much as you want. Challenger has that much authority.”

The Knight of Pure Ae held out her hand and rotated her sphere.

Even though it seemed like it was done out of boredom, it followed a certain pattern.

[Gold → Black → Bo]

[Black → Gold → Bo → Bo → Bo]

[Bo → Black → Gold → Bo]

[Gold → Bo → Gold → Bo → Gold → Bo]

[Bo → Bo → Bo → Gold → Black → Bo → Bo]

[Bo → Bo → Bo → Black → Bo → Bo]

….

… It’s so blatant.

“Hey, Mr. Lily.”

He crossed his arms behind his neck and whistled.

“I want to eat grapes today. Sweet grapes that will be delicious at their peak~! Oh. By the way, isn’t there a vacation for another month~?”

“You’ve messed up the system this time. They said they would close the 30th floor gate to fix it-“

“I’m going on vacation for a month. Let’s go to a vineyard together. How about a leisurely glass of wine there?”

“Hey. That’s good~!”

Sunae gave her thumbs up and Lily nodded her head.

They are both on my side.

“It’s purple.”

“I know.”

“…?”

Ceres is puzzled, but I have no hesitation.

She stretched out her hand toward the purple sphere rising to the top and accepted the brilliant light.

[The constellation ‘Knight of Pure Love’ praises your choice.]

[The constellation ‘Knight of the Lily’ bows to your wisdom.]

I stretched out my hands with their praise.

There are two powers within me.

One is nectar and the other is the skill I received this time.

[Super Warrior of Love – Dragon ®]

[■■ Or ■■■ automatically activates when ■■ is ■■ to ■■. Grants ‘autonomous hyper invincible mode’ to the skill holder.]

[※ The duration increases or decreases depending on the user’s ■■ gauge.]

[※ Cooldown time is approximately one month. It decreases depending on the user’s ■■ gauge.]

“… How are you feeling?”

“○ Rio got a skill that made him feel like he was invincible.”

“What?”

“Wait a minute, I don’t know, so don’t ask.”

What is Autonomous Hyper Invincibility Mode?

Is it really ○Rio?

If your body glows and touches you, will the enemy die?

Why is the skill content hidden?

I had no idea what the effect was, so I raised my head, and both knights gave their thumbs up at the same time.

“”We made (cow)-!””

“What kind of skill is this, you bastards?”

Even before the profanity-laced question was over, golden light enveloped us.

A meteor split the sky above the dark drawing paper.

Ceres and I arrived at the ground holding each other’s hands, and looked at the sound of congratulations pouring in from the tower in shock.