“Are you really leaving? Can’t you stay a little longer? Play with me!”
“Let’s meet again later.”
Se-un bid farewell, having completed all the trials.
The dragons offered him a meal and urged him to rest a bit longer, but he couldn’t.
Because the trials Se-un had to conquer weren’t just these.
Conquering all the other golden doors and obtaining the angel’s feathers.
That was Se-un’s goal.
‘I want to use the Dragon Heart too, but it’s not something I can use right away.’
Catalaccas’ Dragon Heart.
As much as he wanted to use it immediately, Se-un had only just reached the realm of an 8-circle master [a high-level magic user].
To accept the dragon’s mana [magical energy], he needed to be able to handle the power of an 8-circle master a bit more perfectly.
“Later? When is later? You have to come quickly!”
“……Okay.”
Se-un nodded and stroked the baby dragon’s head.
Honestly, it would be difficult to meet again.
This place wasn’t even part of the Tower, but just a place he had briefly stopped by for the Tower’s trials.
Even if he wanted to come back, it would be nearly impossible.
“Be careful on your way. We will never forget your grace.”
“I won’t.”
As Se-un answered and nodded, system messages popped up in front of his eyes.
– You have perfectly saved the Dragon Valley, ‘Drian’.
– Good deeds have been accumulated.
– You have met the passing conditions for the 82nd floor.
– You can head to the next floor by showing your good deeds to the angel.
This was all information he already knew. However, below that, system messages that Se-un hadn’t expected continued.
– You have not only prevented the danger of Drian but also restored hope for the future.
– By achieving an unbelievable feat, additional points are greatly awarded to the trial ‘Good Deeds’.
– The dragons of Drian will forever remember you as their ‘Savior’.
– ‘The Wolf Who Saved the Dragon’ will be recorded in the Legend of the Blood Wolf.
Salvation.
A new myth was created at an unexpected moment.
As the myth was created, Se-un’s stigmata [a magical mark] naturally glowed crimson and informed him that it had become even stronger.
‘I didn’t expect a myth to be written for the Good Deeds trial, which is the basic story of the trial.’
Perhaps forming a barrier with the Dragon Lord’s corpse had an effect on accumulating the myth.
It was a product of chance, but Se-un felt even greater possibilities here.
‘If it’s this kind of system…….’
There were still many golden doors left.
What if he could accumulate myths in this way in those places as well?
Of course, it wouldn’t be easy, but he could quickly accumulate numerous myths, raise his status, and strengthen his stigmata.
Kugung!
As Se-un passed through the golden door that appeared before his eyes, he arrived inside the Tower of Babel once again.
“You’ve already come. You can change your mind now. You’ve experienced how dangerous salvation is. What do you think? Are you going to go straight to the next floor?”
The angel advised, seemingly worried about Se-un.
However, unlike her tone, the corners of her lips were raised high. She must be anticipating what answer Se-un would give.
And Se-un didn’t disappoint her expectations.
“I’ll choose the next door.”
“Good.”
Kugung.
The golden door reappeared.
The doors that Brin Jarr, Yoo Seo-ah, and Se-un had chosen were firmly closed, and those who were hoping for salvation from the remaining doors reached out to Se-un.
“Please…….”
“Please help our humble family. Please…….”
Were they thinking that this was definitely their last chance? Everyone was desperately hoping for Se-un.
The first golden door was chosen because he was interested in the baby dragon, but after that, the choices had no meaning.
Because Se-un was planning to conquer all of them anyway.
So, he headed to the closest golden door. The door right next to the one where the baby dragon was.
“Ah…….”
The face of the old man standing in front of it brightened instantly, and tears of emotion streamed down his face.
In contrast, the faces of the others were stained with despair.
– Welcome to the Flooding Trees, ‘Tantein Mountains’.
* * *
Tantein Mountains.
The goal of this trial was to stop the monsters that were flooding in the mountains.
It was a trial close to a siege, and just looking at the monsters that kept flooding in even after being defeated brought a sense of mental fatigue.
However.
– According to the mysteries of the Black Tower, the power of ‘Despair of Wind’ is enhanced.
Se-un was a warrior and a mage at the same time.
Moreover, he was a mage who had now reached the level of an 8-circle master.
And mages were known as experts in large-scale battles, to the extent that they could change the course of war alone.
“Such powerful magic!”
“Even Del Adelphia, the greatest sage of the Empire, has never shown such magic.”
“Savior. He is the savior!”
Every time magic unfolded from Se-un’s hands, hundreds of monsters fell.
Fortunately, although the number of monsters was large, each one’s power was not very strong, which made it possible.
Of course, there were also boss-level monsters mixed in from time to time.
Stab-!
“Javelin!”
“W-was that magic? To defeat a Hell Grizzly with a simple javelin!”
“I don’t think it was magic…….”
“Waaaaaaah!”
Even so, they were not enough to withstand Se-un’s attack.
As hundreds of monsters fell with a single spell, there was one being who was more excited than the imperial citizens next to Se-un who were being saved right now.
– Constellation, ‘Hungry Prince’ is moving his mouth non-stop.
– Constellation, ‘Hungry Prince’ boasts his plump belly while not stopping eating.
– Constellation, ‘Hungry Prince’ cheers.
That’s because the trial on the 81st floor wasn’t about hunting monsters.
He defeated the gatekeeper, but it was eaten by Se-un’s stigmata, not by Beelzebub.
So, it was natural for Beelzebub, who had been sullen, to be excited.
“Oh, to really stop the great flood.”
“Hero! Please accept the invitation to the royal palace!”
“Become a hero of our empire and protect our place!”
After stopping all the monsters.
Those who were saved tried to hold Se-un back.
The great flood had already been stopped, and a message that Se-un’s trial was over had appeared, but they would still be uneasy.
No, even if that wasn’t the case, if a strong being like Se-un was here, their military power would be strengthened, and they would clearly see political gains.
If he had bad intentions, wouldn’t he immediately suggest attacking another country?
The reasons were various, but Se-un’s choice was simple.
“No. I’m going to the mountains.”
“Yes? How about resting for a bit first! The Emperor has ordered the best treatment. So…….”
“I’m going to destroy the cause of the great flood.”
He had no interest in the best treatment.
Se-un ignored their offer, which revealed their dark intentions unlike the dragons, and immediately flew towards the mountains.
Others would have wandered, but Se-un was able to quickly find the cause of the great flood thanks to the guide of the journey.
‘Is that him.’
The great flood.
It meant a situation where the monsters exceeded the limit capacity that the mountains could allow and overflowed down the mountains.
Everyone just thought it was a periodic disaster due to changes in the ecosystem, but that wasn’t the case.
“Kuluk…… I see. I failed.”
The summit of the highest mountain in the great mountain range.
There, an orc was sitting in a position that looked like a throne.
Orc Lord.
A being known to be born once every thousand years and to command all monsters.
The cause of this great flood was that guy.
As soon as Se-un found him, he landed right in front of him.
The leaders of each monster, who had been bowing their heads in front of the Orc Lord, discovered Se-un and bared their teeth and claws all at once.
“So it’s you. The one who blocked this body’s glorious first march.”
“Are you admitting that you are the whole story of the great flood? Good, you’re fast.”
“To arrogantly come here on your own feet, your arrogance is excessive.”
The Orc Lord is strong.
Stronger strength than an ogre, intelligence superior to humans, and even able to freely handle great magic as if chosen by God.
However, the Orc Lord’s greatest strength lies in command.
All monsters instinctively bow their heads to the Orc Lord, and the Orc Lord commands them like a skilled centurion.
“Attack, my limbs.”
“Krrr!”
“Krrang!”
Again, the same this time.
Rather than stepping out himself, the Orc Lord tried to exhaust Se-un’s stamina by using his subordinates.
However, Se-un didn’t appear openly for nothing.
Whoooo-!
“Krrrk!”
“This is…….”
The sandstorm flowing from the stigmata pushed the monsters away.
Only two were settled inside the storm.
Only Se-un and the Orc Lord.
The Orc Lord, excited by the unexpected situation and his face flushed red, picked up a glaive [a polearm weapon], a weapon that looked quite rare, and stood up from his seat.
“That weapon, it looks useful.”
The moment he lost his subordinates, the Orc Lord’s power was reduced by half.
Naturally, Se-un’s sword quickly executed the monarch of the mountains.
* * *
– You have perfectly saved the Flooding Trees, ‘Tantein Mountains’.
– Good deeds have been accumulated.
– You have met the passing conditions for the 82nd floor.
– You can head to the next floor by showing your good deeds to the angel.
Naturally, this time as well, messages related to good deeds appeared.
However, the important thing was what came next.
Just like with the dragons, now that he had cut off not only the disaster that was immediately visible but also the sprouts of the disaster, if Se-un’s prediction was correct, the second message should appear.
And that prediction.
– You have not only prevented the danger of the Tantein Mountains but also restored hope for the future.
– By achieving an unbelievable feat, additional points are greatly awarded to the trial ‘Good Deeds’.
– The humans around the Tantein Mountains will forever remember you as their ‘Savior’.
– ‘The Mountain Monarch of the Great Mountains’ will be recorded in the Legend of the Blood Wolf.
It was exactly right.
Now that he had figured out the conditions, accumulating myths was easy.
After that, Se-un continued to pass through other golden doors and tried to solve not only the problems that were immediately visible but also their roots.
– You have not only prevented the danger of the city of despair but also restored hope for the future.
– You have not only prevented the danger of the rampant epidemic but also restored hope for the future.
…….
He succeeded in writing numerous myths.
‘Is the probability about 40%?’
He challenged ten golden doors and wrote four myths.
You might think it’s stingy considering he figured out the know-how, but in the first place, most players couldn’t accumulate even one myth while climbing the Tower for their entire lives.
In that situation, to be able to write so many myths in just one trial.
It was nothing short of a blessing for Se-un, who needed to increase the power of his stigmata even a little more in order to execute Outer.
“Thank you. Thank you so much. Sniff.”
“You are the hero of our Behill. We will all never forget your name for the rest of our lives.”
Before he knew it, the number of golden doors he had closed began to increase more than the number of golden doors he had opened.
And the moment the last door closed.
“……You really succeeded.”
Se-un succeeded in accumulating 18 good deeds.
There were originally twenty golden doors, but Brin Jarr and Yoo Seo-ah had entered two of them, so Se-un had conquered all of the remaining golden doors.
‘It took quite a while, but.’
When he checked the guild chat, everyone else was either conquering the 82nd floor, or even a considerable number of them had already passed it.
“Amazing. With what heart did you accumulate all those good deeds? For strength? To receive my feathers? Or was it really just simple kindness?”
The angel asked through Se-un.
In fact, all of them could be said to be the correct answer.
Se-un was able to become stronger by accumulating myths while passing through the golden doors, and as an adventurer, he wanted to collect the angel’s feathers.
And although not all places were like that, there were also places where he invested more time following his kindness while conquering the trials.
But.
“Do I need to answer?”
“No, it was just personal curiosity.”
Se-un didn’t bother to answer.
Now, it was time to get the reward.
Episode 599