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Chapter 610
-Why is the Cosmic Demon so strong?
-Why is it so infuriating when he slices with his sword and strokes his beard? ㅡㅡ;
-I heard he was stronger than the Martial God when he was his servant and thought it was an exaggeration... But he's on a different level?
-Has anyone cleared it? Let's try to make a strategy guide.
As they progressed through the newly added game type, 'Tower',
The alien players who were completely crushed by 'Dongbang Sak', the enemy that always appears on the 20th floor, tried to gather collective intelligence to strategize against Dongbang Sak, but
-How can we make a strategy when we can't even block one hit...
-Ah, I know this. When the old man draws his sword, the game ends.
-For real, I don't know what he does with the sword, but as soon as he draws it, the game is over...
They couldn't create a strategy because no matter who the player was, they were sliced up as soon as Dongbang Sak drew his sword.
"There's a lot of outcry."
Meanwhile, Seong Jihan chuckled as he saw the reactions of the extraterrestrial players on his channel.
Dongbang Sak, called the Cosmic Demon, popping up on the 20th floor and slicing everyone up, it was understandable.
"That old man was a bit too much..."
"You met him too?"
"Yeah... As soon as I saw the sword, I died instantly."
Yoon Seah, still not understanding why she died, touched her neck area and then,
"But why does that old man always appear? Didn't he pass away?"
Asked Seong Jihan why Dongbang Sak was appearing.
"Ah, that's... The Tower content after the 20th floor hasn't been updated yet."
"Huh?"
"So I needed to put the strongest finisher I knew there."
The 'Tower' game type.
Unlike the other four game types, this game that came in the middle, was matched as one of the games without time to settle into BattleNet.
The matching of Tower started before Seong Jihan could adequately prepare.
The game method basically determined to win or lose by who climbed higher in the tower among individual players, but the treatment of supporters, individual and team matches,
Playstyles that progress during matching, and so on.
There were many things to set as the owner of 'Tower'.
'But there wasn't time for that.'
In this situation, the setting for the final boss of the Tower caught Seong Jihan's eye.
He could choose one of the players he had encountered as the final boss.
As soon as Seong Jihan saw this, he immediately picked 'Dongbang Sak' as the final boss of the Tower without much deliberation.
With him,
Whether stat adjustments were applied or not, he believed without a doubt that he would defeat all players.
And,
'He answered my expectations splendidly.'
In the Tower map where content after the 20th floor hadn't been updated yet, Dongbang Sak reigned as an iron wall.
No matter who the challenger was, when Dongbang Sak drew his sword, everyone was sliced up.
"Then... When the Tower content is updated, will that old man not appear?"
"No. He should stay on the top floor."
"Ugh. Why?"
Thinking it was just a temporary finisher during the update,
Yoon Seah recoiled at Seong Jihan's words that Dongbang Sak would continue to reign on the top floor of the Tower.
Yoon Seah had fought various opponents in her own right, but she had no confidence in winning against Dongbang Sak.
"We can't give the Tower of Martial Gods challenge rights to just anyone."
"Wow. Was that the reward for clearing the Tower?"
"Yeah."
"Hmm... Wasn't the Tower of Martial Gods more of a 'please participate' feeling before?"
Seong Jihan nodded at those words.
In the past, indeed,
He had even put up an image on BattleTube that you could enter immediately by clicking, saying please just come to the Tower of Martial Gods.
This tower shape that players from across the universe could access with just a click, was used to the extent of Seong Jihan's White Light authority.
However,
'Now there's no need for that anymore.'
The primary purpose of operating the Tower of Martial Gods was for Seong Jihan's level-up,
And secondarily, to nurture humanity.
But among these, the primary purpose had been perfectly superseded by 'Tower',
Seong Jihan's level growth rate had become dozens of times faster than when operating the Tower of Martial Gods.
That was because,
'While only some could enter the Tower of Martial Gods, Tower applies to the entire BattleNet.'
No matter how famous Seong Jihan was on BattleTube, on BattleNet, novice races who couldn't even watch alien channels made up a large proportion.
So of course, these people didn't even know the Tower of Martial Gods existed, but,
'Tower' had a 1/5 chance of being matched even for these people when they played games,
So the number of players was incomparable to before.
Therefore,
'There's no need to keep the Tower of Martial Gods open separately.'
The existing Tower of Martial Gods will ultimately be merged into 'Tower'.
Seong Jihan had made such plans and was gradually proceeding with updates.
However,
"If Uncle doesn't operate the Tower of Martial Gods... The level-up place for humanity will disappear."
This would eliminate the second reason for operating the Tower of Martial Gods,
Its usefulness as a 'level-up place for humanity'.
Although they secured one win through the Void Faction's self-destruction,
Humanity still had a long way to go in the Gold League.
The Tower of Martial Gods was a means for humanity to catch up with the competing races in the league.
But if this disappeared, reducing the gap with competing races would be harder.
As Yoon Seah regretted the abolition of the Tower of Martial Gods,
"I've prepared a countermeasure for that too."
"For this too?"
"Yeah. You'll know when the update is finished."
As Seong Jihan answered like that,
Ziiing...
['Tower' update has been partially completed.]
Just then, a message popped up saying the update was partially complete.
"Oh, Uncle. I got a message too. It says Tower has been updated."
"Looks like all players are getting it."
After operating the Tower of Martial Gods separately,
Entering the institutional system called BattleNet, it's certainly different.
-Update?
-Are we finally not going to see that old man?
-Yeah, they should have patched it earlier... Games are meant to be cleared.
-For real, putting such a guy as the 20th floor gatekeeper.
-Will it be easier to strategize now? I want to challenge quickly.
-Stat red... Please let us get them this time...
It seemed the update news had reached other alien players too,
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They all gathered in Seong Jihan's channel, praying for Dongbang Sak to disappear.
'It seems that old man has been picked as the final boss of the Tower...'
As Yoon Seah was looking pitifully at the alien player's pleas,
"...Huh?"
For human players only, additionally,
[A tower shape appears in the domain of 'NO.4212 Humanity'.]
One more line of message popped up.
* * *
At the peak of Namsan.
As a huge blue tower with a translucent form was created where the colonial government building used to be,
[...So this is the newly added Tower?]
"Yeah."
Karlein gaped, looking up at the top of the tower.
A massive blue tower stretched to the end of the sky.
Was this the 'Tower' that had become the talk of BattleNet recently?
[Can I enter and play the game too?]
"It's possible."
[Wow... This is amazing. Game types like Survival or Defense don't have means to enter anytime like this. For only Tower to be given such an exception, isn't it too overpowered?]
The biggest constraint of BattleNet was the 1 game per day limit, but using this tower that appeared on Namsan, wouldn't it altogether bypass this constraint?
Even with Karlein's constellation privileges, he said this seemed too overpowered.
Seong Jihan shrugged.
"It depends on how you set it up. There might be places we don't know about in Survival or Defense too."
[Oh... Really?]
"Yeah. More importantly, how's that undead theme park you were going to make coming along?"
[That... It's still in progress. Every time I try to do something, something new pops up on this mountain and it's distracting.]
Karlein blamed Namsan for the delay in the undead theme park.
Well, fair enough.
With things constantly appearing and disappearing, there would be several cases where things would deviate from the initial plan.
Still,
"Don't try to make anything too grand, just set it up so it's good for leveling up."
[Hmm... Wouldn't that be too boring? People need to have fun strategizing too...]
"Even if you make your undead theme park all twisted and complicated, it's not like it'll give more level-ups anyway, right?"
[That's true, but...]
"Let's just put several coffins next to that tower and let players destroy undead."
Seong Jihan pointed to the empty space beside the tower and spoke indifferently.
[No. Coffins...? Not even creating graves, but just having my undead pop out of coffins?]
"Yeah. Use it as a means of leveling up before reaching the tower."
[Wow, that's too much...! Then they're just sacrifices for leveling up! Without any aesthetic sense, mechanically destroying my undead and leveling up...]
"Yeah. That's what I want."
What undead theme park?
Just make it easy to level up, put coffins next to the tower, break them, and that should be it.
As Seong Jihan laid out a route that prioritized extreme efficiency,
Click. Click.
Karlein gnashed his teeth and protested.
[No. That's too much! Even so, I should prepare a grand stage for my revolutionary comrades!]
"A grand stage... Well. Okay. I'll give you a floor in the tower then."
[What, respawning from coffins, getting destroyed... No aesthetic sense at all... Huh?]
Karlein, who had been excited for a while, immediately calmed down when Seong Jihan said he'd give him a floor.
[You'll give me a floor...?]
"Yeah. Just like Dongbang Sak was on the 20th floor. I'll make you appear randomly on a middle floor too. You can set up that floor with whatever theme you want."
[Um, then... What's good?]
"BattleNet will give separate rewards to floor owners. Think of it as a usage fee. If you don't like it, I could give it to other players..."
Before Seong Jihan could finish speaking,
Rumble...!
Dozens of bone coffins began to rise around the tower.
[Here, here! I've done as requested, Tower Lord! Human players can smash vampire heads and hearts in those coffins on their way to work at the tower!]
"...You could do it this quickly?"
[Kekeke. If you're just going to sacrifice them as leveling fodder without worrying about concept, it's quick! Now that I've finished the job, about the floor I'll be assigned...]
Seong Jihan smirked as he watched Karlein's eyes sparkle while looking at the tower.
"I need to think about the tower concept a bit too, so wait a while."
[No. What concept for a tower!]
"You're one to talk. You dragged out such an easy task, so you should wait as long as I did."
[Ugh...]
When Karlein couldn't retort to those words,
Step. Step.
Seong Jihan walked towards the tower.
"Besides, I need to meet the owner of the top floor. So I can't assign you right away."
[The owner of the top floor? The Cosmic Demon? Isn't he dead? Isn't what's in the tower just an NPC or something?]
"Originally, that should be right..."
[Originally? Don't tell me, it's not an NPC?]
He didn't answer that question,
Swish.
He stood in front of the tower.
"To the top floor."
As he said that,
Flash...!
Seong Jihan's form disappeared, engulfed in blue light.
His body had already arrived at the top floor.
And there,
"..."
Dongbang Sak, with a blank look even though Seong Jihan had arrived.
He was continuously stroking his beard.
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