Chapter 183

-Yes, sir.
“Who is it?
Karot’s words made Ming Hu ponder who was here.
“Are these the Black Claws?
The first thing that came to mind was the Black Claw. John couldn’t believe the Black Moon mages were dead. It was possible they had sent someone to check.
“It could be that user…
The second thing that came to mind was the user who had been killed by Karot here before the update. It was possible that he had returned.
“Or maybe it’s a wizard who wasn’t here.
When the old Black Moon Tower was cleared out, it was possible that the mage who hadn’t been here had returned. After thinking of various possibilities, Ming Hu looked at Karot and said.
“Is this like a wizard?”
A mage from the Black Moon Tower would surely have a death aura, and Karot would sense it.
-It has a very slight, very slight aura of death. I don’t think you’re a wizard here… shall we deal with it now?
“Here?”
-Yes.
“That’s a lot of range!
Ming Hu was a little surprised by Karot’s comment that he could kill someone on the first through third floors. It was then. Karot turned around and looked at the door.
Sigh
-Someone is approaching your tower. The number is three.
“Again?”
Ming Hu frowned slightly at Karot’s comment that someone else was approaching here.
-Not a wizard, judging by the aura.
‘No way. Black Claws?
At Karot’s next words, Ming Hu looked toward the door, wondering if the three approaching the tower were the ones Jon had sent.
“Please wait a moment.”
-Yes, sir.
Jumbled
After a while, footsteps began to sound in Minghu’s ear.
Profit
Soon the door opened and the three men Karot had spoken of entered the tower.
“…!”
“…!”
Cringe!
The three men who entered the tower flinched at the sight of Ming Hu and Karot, and then the man in the center, a man in his mid-40s, spoke cautiously.
“Ah…hello, I’m from the black claw.”
“Again.
As expected, the three were the Black Claw’s investigators sent by John. The three men swallowed hard as they entered and looked away from Ming Hu, surveying the interior of the first floor. Then they looked at each other, exchanged glances, and the man who had greeted Ming Hu spoke again, looking at Ming Hu.
“We’ve got to go. Let’s go.”
At the man’s mention of going back, Ming Hu could only shake his head.
“I thought you were here to investigate?
It was clear to him that the three had come to investigate. But they hadn’t investigated yet; they were just looking around the first floor.
“Well.”
Ming Hu shook his head, and the three of them, who flinched again, walked quickly and left the tower.
-How do we do this? I went up to the fourth floor.
When the investigators who came to the tower to look into it went back out, Karot said.
“Oh, you said it was upstairs. He has a death aura?”
-Yes,
“Kill.”
-Okay.
Sigh
At Ming Hu’s words, Karot raised his staff. At the same time, the staff shimmered slightly, and a message appeared.
[‘Arc Lich Karot’ attacked user ‘Swoop’].
[enters hostile status with user ‘killing’].
“…”
Ming Hu was speechless at the prompt.
‘I’m sorry…’
I felt very sorry for the user named Ssangsal then and now.
-Processed.
“Okay. Let’s go.”
At Karot’s words, Ming Hu looked upward with an apologetic expression and began to ascend the stairs to the seventh floor.
Jumbled
“Where do I go?”
-You can come this way.
Arriving on the seventh floor some time later, Ming Hu walked with Karotte to where the secret spatial warp magic circle was located.
-This is it.
Karot said, stopping in his tracks. Ming Hu couldn’t help but frown at the magic circle in front of Karotte.
Swoosh…swoosh…
The magic circle was oozing with an unpleasant black energy.
“…That’s a warp circle?”
-Yes.
Jumbled
Ming Hu walked to the magic circle at Karot’s words. When he reached the magic circle, he looked at Karot and said, “I’m going to take you to the magic circle.
“Let’s go.”
Siaak
As if in anticipation of his words, a black energy flowed from the magic circle and enveloped Ming Hu. At the same time, his vision darkened and then began to brighten again.
“….what about that door.”
Ming Hu couldn’t help but frown at what he saw. It wasn’t an item. This was the hidden room Karot had spoken of, and it was not an item, but a giant, dark red door. That’s when a huge number of messages began to appear.
[Hidden Space: You have discovered the entrance to the 7th Demon Realm].
[Increase your prestige by being the first to discover the entrance to the Demon Realm].
[Only prestige 3 went up].
* * * * *
In front of the Black Moon Tower.
“…What the hell was that…”
He stared at the tower and remembered the time he had died. He could clearly see the black orb, it exploded, and he died. He opened his character window.
Nationality : Helioca [Empire]
Age: 25 Occupation: Wizard
Prestige: 3000
Level: 167
Life: 54000
Mana: 65000
Strength : 300 Dexterity : 40 Constitution : 700 (+300) Intelligence : 1600 (+700) Wisdom : 1200 (+340)
“An attack powerful enough to take out 54,000 health in one hit… It can’t be a user. It must be a monster…”
Only 10% of the damage is done between users. If 54k is 10%, that’s 540k damage, which is ridiculous. I thought the sudden death was caused by the monster, not the user.
“If the cadres are alive… it’s still a possibility.”
The reason he returned here was the possibility that if the cadre were still alive, he might be able to switch to Death Mage.
“If they’re all dead. We’ll have to salvage something.”
Of course, they could all be dead, in which case he would search the room for items. With that thought in mind, Sansal entered the tower.
“So. Are they all dead?”
I entered the tower, but there was no response. It was as if they were all dead.
“The first floor is uneventful… let’s go straight to the second floor.”
With some knowledge of the tower’s layout, Sansal made his way through the uneventful first floor and up the stairs to the second floor. Once on the second floor, he began exploring the rooms, looking for any useful items.
“Nothing but junk…”
There were items on the second floor. However, they were low value items that were better hunted than sold.
“But on the third floor… It’ll be better.”
Sansal went up to the third floor and started walking around the room looking for items.
[You have mastered the sinews of the ogre].
[You have acquired the blood of a troll].
[You have acquired the wings of a harpy].
[You have mastered the Heart of the Minotaur].
[You have acquired an obsidian wand].
“That’s cool.”
Luckily for me, the third floor had one or two items of significant value hidden in each room.
“Hmph.”
Soon, after exploring every room on the third floor, he smiled at the items in his inventory. He then took the stairs to the fourth floor.
“I wonder what else is on the fourth floor. Hehe.”
Chansal smiled and entered the first room and began searching for items.
Tuck
“…?”
As he searched the room for the item, Sansal looked at the book with a puzzled expression when it suddenly fell off the bookshelf.
“What is it, it didn’t just fall off… is it a special item?”
He didn’t shake the bookshelf, but he didn’t touch the books around it, and he certainly wasn’t anywhere near where the book had fallen.
Jumbled
First, Sansal looked at the bookshelf where the fallen book was located. He expected to see something special, but there was nothing where the book had been. He turned his attention away from the bookshelf and looked at the fallen book.
Sigh
Then he reached out and picked up the book.
[You have acquired the book containing the truth of the tower].
“…What?”
After seeing the message, Chansal quickly checked the information in the book.
<Tome of Truth in the Tower [Rare
The book that contains the truth of the tower.
"Truth?"
Sansal opened the book, questioning the simplicity of the information. No, he tried to open it.
Siaak
"…Huh?"
As he was about to open the book, a black orb appeared in front of his eyes. When the black orb appeared, he quickly opened his inventory and placed the book in it. He looked at the cracked black orb and muttered to himself.
"…were you still in the tower?"
It seemed that the monster that had killed him before was still in the tower.
"Shit."
Boom!
Soon, the crack split open and the bead exploded.