200 – The Returner Goes Away (3)

Supervisor.

The connotation of the word supervisor is not light.

A supervisor is a person who looks down. He is the one who supervises. He is a person who constantly evaluates others and examines whether they are performing their roles well.

Therefore, supervisors are constantly questioned about their qualifications. The moment the question arises, ‘What is this guy, a supervisor?’ His authority falls. Accordingly, supervisors are usually strict and do their best to maintain a solemn atmosphere.

“Wow, oh hey…” .”

So, it was hard to believe that the beggar-looking man eating delicious gyoza was the ‘supervisor.’ What on earth are you supervising? I think he needs some supervision and control over his physical condition.

“Thank you. This is also a fate, so why not just make a full statement? “My name is Jean Mo.”

Mr. Jang eventually ate half of the gyoza on his plate and bowed his head. Her roughly tied hair hits the table.

“… “My name is Kim Mo.”

“Then, you are Kim. “Thanks to you, I had a good meal.”

“When did you say you saw each other, brother?”

“During the training, I was so hungry that I made a rude mistake… Thank you for your generous forgiveness.”

“… “

Mr. Jang ignores my words and expresses his gratitude again. The big eyes, big ears, and overall round face shape were very likable. He didn’t look that old, but he seemed to be roughly in his 20s or 30s.

Yes, what is lost is what is lost. The money here means nothing to me anyway. The important thing is clearing the 18th floor itself. Isn’t this the situation where the key, the ‘supervisor’, has rolled in right under my nose?

＜18Th floor＞

-On the 18th floor, the physical abilities of all climbers are fixed to be the same.

-Submit compensation that exceeds the supervisor’s threshold.

I don’t know what role a ‘supervisor’ is, and I don’t know what ‘compensation that exceeds the standard’ is. First of all, it is true that this man is the key. He needs to establish some level of rapport.

“It’s a practice. Thank you for your hard work. “Oh, please give me another plate of gyoza here.”

And in order to build intimacy, start with the little things. The rule is to start with small talk. I spoke naturally and ordered another plate of gyoza. I may have to sleep out tonight if this is too much, but I don’t plan on missing this opportunity.

“I don’t know much, but I understand that there are different types of practice. “What kind of practice is this?”

“Ah, I am a Taoist practitioner.”

“… “Are you going?”

Apparently, I learned about Taoism when I was in middle school. I don’t know the details, but… I think it was probably an idea that pursued abstinence.

“… But if you are a Taoist monk, shouldn’t you eat meat?”

“Is there anything in the world that cannot be done?”

“… ?”

“Medium. It’s important that everything is appropriate. “If you go to one extreme, problems arise.”

Mr. Jang speaks slyly as he picks up and eats gyoza. Now that I think about it, the fluttering clothes were the clothes of a monk. Okay. I have roughly figured it out. He feels like an apostate monk who eats meat, or a weirdo who is not bound by common sense.

Originally, I was planning on getting to know each other step by step and then hinting at my true feelings, but if you’re such a cool type, I wouldn’t mind getting straight to the point.

“Can I ask you something?”

Talking back and saying it outright. This type of person would prefer the latter.

“Do you by any chance know what a supervisor is?”

Now, how will this man react if you mention it so openly? The other people didn’t seem to know that this was inside the tower. He just lives his life and is faithful.

Then who is this man? Will the Overseer know that this is inside the tower?

“I understand, but… “Isn’t this a position usually used at construction sites?”

The correct answer was ‘I don’t know.’ Let alone the man at the top, he seemed unaware of the fact that he was a ‘supervisor’.

“Hmm… “

This makes things a little more complicated. If he knows that he is a supervisor, he will also have the aforementioned ‘rewards’ set in stone. If you submit this, you pass, and if you submit that, you fail.

But he doesn’t know that he is a supervisor? In this case, there is a high probability that there will be no set standard for ‘compensation’. No, this could be acting. I’ll have to watch a little more.

“Is there a gift you would like? Or even a goal?”

“Are you talking about a gift? This gyoza is enough for me. “If you covet too much, you will end up in trouble.”

“Is there anything I can help you with? “You can tell me anything that comes to mind.”

“… Sorry. “It’s a little sudden.”

Mr. Jang shows his disapproval and slightly leans back. Oops. It seems like he went too far. When I think about it, this is the first time I’ve met him, and I’m just a stranger who bought him some gyoza.

“That… “

Just when I realized my mistake and was about to offer him an apology.

“But if you’re curious, I’ll tell you. Have you ever heard of competent steel making or yugeuk steel making?”

Mr. Jang suddenly straightens his back and looks straight into my eyes. A wise spirit that cannot be hidden even with a shabby appearance is leaking out.

“… “I have heard of Yunung Steel.”

Something soft can overcome something strong. It’s a concept I’ve heard of in passing in martial arts circles. But why is it coming out now?

“If you ask me to choose the most leisurely flowing thing in the world, I usually choose water. “It’s soft, refreshing, and clear.”

“… Yes?”

“But the water droplets falling from the eaves make holes in the cornerstone, and the swirling rain and wind uproot the giant trees. “The softest water overcomes the hardest stone.”

Pick up a glass of water and drip one drop at a time onto the table. Knock. Mr. Jang drops it.

“It’s soft water, but if you hit it hard with your palm, it hurts. But that doesn’t mean water hurts or hurts. Competent steel making. I want to recreate this with the power of inner energy. “That is my goal.”

“… “

“But it was a difficult task for a mere human body. The amount of internal energy is absurdly insufficient. “Do you want to eat some precious elixir?”

Mr. Jang, who was nodding his head bitterly, seemed to come to his senses at some point and hurriedly made up his mind by saying, ‘I’m just kidding.’ It seems like he brought out his true feelings without realizing it.

“Thank you again. I am indebted to you. Then, I will go.”

Mr. Jang disappeared somewhere after eating all the gyoza. He didn’t bother to catch it because he knew it would be meaningless. Yes, it has to be this difficult to be called a ‘task’.

Elixir. It’s an elixir. It won’t be easy to get it.

Again, the warriors here are weak. There are no clans, and it is impossible to even imagine the inviolability of government affairs. They are closer to wild animals that roam around like Bupyeongcho.

Therefore, even if there is such a thing as an elixir, it does not belong to warriors. It is usually given to the imperial family or purchased for a large sum of money by powerful, wealthy families. This is common knowledge, even though I’ve only been in it for two weeks.

But if it is a task to beat the 18th floor.

I will get you as much as I can.

**

There are various elixirs in martial arts.

A 10,000-year-old sewage water. Hwajeong, where the heat of a volcano is captured in stone. Ice crystals are the condensed cold air of an iceberg. Types of wild ginseng that are endowed with magical energy, such as puppet ginseng, snow ginseng, and thousand-year ginseng.

Perhaps it was the same in this world, but there was an elixir that was distributed even though it was extremely rare. And of course, it is so expensive that it is impossible for the average person to afford it.

It is not possible to obtain the Shaolin Temple’s Daehwandan or the Hwasan Sect’s Plum Blossom Altar. There is no way there are people who create a clan when there is no clan in the first place.

In the end, my primary goal became ‘to find the elixir myself.’

And after a while, I had a hunch. It is difficult to obtain it directly. No, it was virtually impossible.

“Who did you get permission to do this sh*t here?”

“Get out! “Get out!”

If you are searching a mountain somewhere, herbalists will come and talk sh*t to you. The existence of an elixir that could change one’s life if one were to find it drove unemployed unemployed people to the mountains and created a fight for power among them.

Naturally, the herbalists who were looked after by an official had a larger area, and it was impossible for newbies like me to even look around the mountain that was said to be magical.

“This is our area!”

“Yes! “Give up everything you have and get out of here!”

The bandits that existed in every mountain were also a problem. If there are sincere people who try to find elixirs themselves, there are also bandits who try to rob those who find such herbs. These bandits were quite a problem for me.

Fight and lose? That’s not it. Win

If you are focused enough, an all-out war can be easily overcome, and it is possible to avoid those who use bows or poisonous needles if you are aware of them. Even though both of us had the physical abilities of an ordinary person, I had much more experience and could use magic power, albeit to a small extent.

“Is that a bastard?”

“Yes, brother!”

However, as is the case with gangsters, when they catch one guy, their so-called superiors swarm in and bother me again, and when this was repeated about three times, a bunch of bandits came rushing in that I couldn’t defeat on my own. What would you do if you fought well? Even in movies, it is impossible to win without getting hit when there are 30 people surrounding you.

The only way to solve this problem was to either not meet the bandits in the first place, or kill all the bandits that were encountered to silence them. Since both were impossible options for me, I gave up on searching the mountain myself to obtain the elixir.

Instead, I decided to take a more ‘regressor’ approach.

A method that only a regressor can do. How to achieve success by repeating regression.

“… “Let’s make money.”

This is a way to buy elixirs with money.