Stuck in The Tower

Chapter 2 What?

A strangely dry space. An unpleasant smell of blood from the body.

Licking my lips melted the hardened blood. It’s salty.

Why does the back exhaust like this?

“Huh!”

– Boom!

I came to my senses and hurriedly raised my upper body.

As I reflexively touched my body, I felt the muscles properly positioned.

impossible thing. Surely I would have been surrounded and bitten by a pack of hounds.

As proof, the clothes I was wearing were messy and soaked in blood.

The dagger that I didn’t miss until the end was also in my hand.

is it a dream It’s so vivid after going through that.

He shook his head, checking that his limbs were intact.

Little by little I began to understand the situation.

“Did you enter the tower?”

The moment I thought I was dead. At that moment, the message appeared.

He said he was invited by the tower.

If so, here it is.

[Nice to meet you, Mr. Cho Hyun-soo. Welcome to the tower.]

The notification window sounded enough to clear my doubts.

this made it clear That the long awaited event had happened.

“The timing is amazing.”

If he hadn’t entered the tower, he would have surely died.

Unknowingly, the corner of my mouth went up.

Surviving means surviving, but the fact that I gave Park Seon-hak and other bullies a shot made me feel good.

It’s not like one bite. Because they died with their limbs bitten off.

I could have been in a similar situation, but in the end, I survived, so there’s nothing wrong with that.

Guilt for letting them die?

There is no rattle.

Those guys are cheap even if they die.

There must be people who will cause harm to others and commit crimes.

If you played with my life above all else, you have to pay the price.

“That is it.”

I put my finger on the notification window in front of me.

Hand passed without any resistance.

I’ve heard a lot about it, but it’s amazing to see it in real life. Is it like a hologram?

[Current location is on the 1st floor.]

[Tutorial section 1st to 5th floor.]

[Climb the tower.]

While I was closely examining the notification window, a series of messages came up.

what you already know.

I was expecting that one day I would be called by the tower.

Because the tower brings together people between the ages of 17 and 35.

I am 28 years old. He was old enough to have a chance.

“I mean, I wasn’t preparing for nothing.”

I learned a lot about the tower and about the Hunter.

Because if I was called to the tower, I decided to become a hunter and work.

The government was also trying to unravel as much information as possible.

Even the bad guilds were cooperating as much as possible.

Well, if you keep your mouth shut, people will curse you more.

The government, guilds, and public sentiment were frightening laws.

As the hunters who came out of the tower each revealed their strategy, the theory could be quickly understood if they made up their mind.

“It only goes through to the 5th floor.”

because.

The tower is not an easy place to break even if you know it.

There was no law that you could break it unconditionally just because you knew what enemies were coming out and where the traps were hiding.

Reality is not a game, and what moves is not a character, but myself with bones and flesh.

“That’s why I haven’t even climbed the 70th floor yet.”

Currently, the highest attack floor is the 65th floor.

This is an achievement accomplished by an S-class hunter named Demi Dial in the United States.

It was only a 4-story difference between S-class hunter Kim Han-seong in Korea, but there was a considerable difference in ability.

Because the top was like that.

Those who go higher, even if it’s just one floor, have more power and ability.

In particular, the higher you go, the higher the difficulty increases.

–

I swallowed in a gulp.

How far can I really go?

The top of the tower is said to have 100 floors.

Besides, even if you go up to the 60th floor, which is a little more than half, you can become an S-class hunter, and there was nothing that I could not challenge.

Well, it’s not easy to see the tower, but…

“Because 80% of people called to the tower drop out of the tutorial.”

The section with the most dropouts.

Just by looking at this, you can see how dangerous the tower is.

Isn’t there an old saying that if you close your eyes, you’ll cut your nose. At the Tower, it is said that such things do indeed happen.

But you can’t get scared and give up.

only 5 floors. Those who couldn’t pass the tutorial section went outside without awakening.

Without gaining any abilities or items.

I never meant to be like that.

Even the start was good.

“Because I brought the equipment on my back.”

Damn guys. It was unfair that he suffered because of those bastards, but thanks to that, he was fully armed when he was summoned to the tower.

As a bonus, there were miscellaneous items and potions that they had to carry.

I was relieved at the weight of the backpack slung over my shoulder.

Some unlucky people were dragged in the shower.

In fact, there are cases where you climb the tower with your bare hands without clothes.

-Uh-uh-uhhh

The notification window disappeared and a portal opened in front of me.

If you go over there, you have to climb the tower in earnest.

“I was told that goblins appeared on the first floor.”

A goblin without any weapons. I heard that killing him clears the first floor.

That’s easy.

It’s a goblin, a 1-star monster like the Hound that was beaten so badly, but its power comes from the group.

Not to mention, I have an advantage if I don’t even have their trademark poison needle.

Still, just in case you don’t know.

“From checking the equipment.”

It’s true that you’re in an overwhelmingly better situation than others, but you don’t know how to do things in the world.

I didn’t know that I would be in danger of dying today.

“4 low-level potions, 3 teardrop beads. Rope and knife ok. Miscellaneous things and not much food. Two days at most?”

Apparently, the hound ripped it here and there and lost the item.

The bag was also torn in places. How to do it with a sewing set.

If you’re unlucky, you might move while spilling things.

“But how am I still alive?”

I had a question while sewing a bag enchanted with weight reduction.

If I remember correctly, there is no healing effect in the lobby on the first floor here.

It’s literally the starting point.

It’s not that the tutorial section clear rate is 20% for nothing.

This is because it is summoned randomly, ignoring the difference in physical condition and equipment.

And I was about to die.

That I was fine now.

“It means you’ve already died once.”

and will be resurrected

By consuming the coins given to me.

the appetite is bitter

Most people are given 3 coins.

Two unlucky people.

4 at most.

It is said that some really lucky people get more than 5 coins, but those people are really one of the lucky ones in the world, so let’s pass.

“I wish I could know how much I got.”

Unfortunately, the amount of coins you have can only be known after you awaken after the tutorial section is over.

Now, it means that all you have to do is think about going up safely.

You have to be extra careful as you have already spent one coin.

“Whoa.”

I took a deep breath. Today is the beginning of a beautiful hunter life.

A dagger in one hand. The potion is in your pocket. A knife was placed on the back of the bag just in case.

If you can’t even penetrate the 5th floor with this level of armament, you’ll have to go out and die.

“Enter.”

I entered the portal without hesitation.

-Suaaaa

[Level 1]

[Destroy Goblins (0/1)]

The field of view changed and entered a new space.

Should we call it a meadow?

Sparsely seen trees and waist-deep bushes.

A goblin was standing in a relatively tidy clearing.

“Kuh! Kreuk!”

The goblin who spotted me laughs badly.

He wiggles his fingers with the corner of his mouth raised as if he wants to fight against him.

“her. really.”

I’m dumbfounded.

Monsters called goblins are basically timid.

If it’s judged that it’s a target that you can’t win, your teammates or whatever will run away.

So, that guy’s actions.

“Do you think you are stronger than me?”

Is there such a difference in size?

I was waiting for the day I would be called to the tower, doing miscellaneous studies and exercising at the same time.

Acting as a porter for the hunters was also a great way to experience actual combat, at least indirectly.

The ending wasn’t very good though. anyway.

The 130 cm tall goblin and the 178 cm me.

Wouldn’t I be stronger according to common sense?

“done. If I don’t run away, it’s me who benefits.”

I remembered the 1st floor strategy I had read.

Killing a goblin itself isn’t difficult.

However, once you start running away, it can get extremely tricky.

So try to subdue and defeat them as quickly as possible.

– Dig!

ran forward quickly.

you are dead

“Kihehe!”

A guy who runs up to you without fear.

Its small, dense teeth seemed intimidating at first glance, but it was.

– Pleasant!

Lich is no match.

As I was running, I landed a front kick in the goblin’s face.

The guy turns around in the air and falls to the floor with a light sound.

Even though it must have been quite a shock, he flinched and tried to stand up.

“good choice. If I had run away anyway, I wouldn’t have gone.”

Spinning the dagger, he slowly approached.

I thought that if I escaped, I would throw a sword.

Fortunately, he didn’t.

– Perok!

I just hit him

As I pressed down with my whole body, the goblin that was pushed out of the weight class fell backwards.

“Kirruk!”

I was holding my arm with both hands as I was about to pierce the dagger straight through, struggling to hold on.

A dagger that descends slowly.

As I pressed down with my body weight, the dagger slowly dug into his shoulder blade.

If I hadn’t resisted, I would have stabbed him right in the neck.

It deviated slightly by moving the body as if it was going crazy.

“Kihehehehehe!”

Even so, it didn’t change the fact that he dealt a meaningful blow to him.

The screaming goblin stirs with all its might.

I can barely hear my body.

It’s a tearful rebellion.

– Pleasant!

“Just catch it nicely.”

I slapped him across the face with my free hand.

A heavy feeling felt in the hand.

Red blood gushed out little by little from the corner of his mouth.

-puck! Fuck!

He continued punching without stopping.

Until his teeth break and his clown caves in and he vomits blood.

My fist throbs.

No matter how you look at it, goblins are monsters. It was because he had a fairly strong body for his size.

My skin was peeling and my knuckles were sore.

If it was hard to make a fist, I took it with my elbow.

No sympathy.

“All monsters must die.”

Because I’ve seen too many dirty scenes for that.

I’ve lived through seeing the horrific scene too nakedly.

I am twenty-eight.

When I was in my second year of middle school, the world turned into hell.

“This wouldn’t have happened without you guys.”

The first four years of anarchy were literally a war for survival.

A monster that eats people.

I can still clearly see my friends turning into pieces of meat.

There was also a monster that played with people like toys and bit them.

There was also a teacher who threw a student to live.

Soldiers dispatched to kill monsters extorted food and money from civilians.

sometimes more than that.

“They are as disgusting as the monsters.”

They used strength as power and committed acts no different from monsters.

Until the people called to the tower return as hunters.

An ordinary person who has become an Awakener. Hunter.

They avenged their families and friends who had died, and the targets were not limited to monsters.

Paradoxically, thanks to that, the situation was suppressed and the government seized military power.

Surviving with my parents in such an environment could be considered a miracle.

no. It must be because of the parents’ thorough sacrifice.

In the end, even though my parents died because of the monsters.

Budeuk, I gritted my teeth.

“die!”

– Bahak!

“Kee ki hee.”

I hit the goblin’s jaw with all my might.

The goblin let go of the hand holding the dagger.

The lack of focus seems to be in a half-groggy state.

It’s a good opportunity.

-Pushyuk

I pulled out the dagger stuck in his shoulder.

sticky blood dripping down

“bye.”

The moment I put a knife through his throat.

[Destroy Goblins (1/1)]

[Clear the 1st floor]

A notification popped up.

The corner of the mouth goes up.

Clear the 1st floor at once.

This is worth doing.

It’s not bare-handed, it’s even holding a weapon, but it’s easy for a goblin.

Maybe the 20% probability of passing the tutorial is

exaggerated

…

That time when I was gaining confidence by watching the clear notification.

I felt excruciating pain in my side.

For a moment, you feel short of breath and feel exhausted.

The survival instinct that makes my head ring with the discomfort that a substance that shouldn’t be in my body has entered.

Without even time to wipe off the cold sweat that started pouring like crazy, I slowly turned my head.

“Kirreuk.”

I could see another goblin holding a knife.