Tower 10th Floor.
Hard difficulty.
[10th Floor Objective]
- Select a reward. (0/1)
Two treasure chests sat before Kang Min-woo’s eyes.
Each treasure chest had a picture drawn on it. One showed a weapon, and the other showed armor.
On the 10th Floor of the Tower on Hard difficulty, one could obtain ‘B-Grade’ equipment items as a reward.
10th Floor, 20th Floor, 30th Floor…….
Floors in units of ten were reward floors.
Three days after Kang Min-woo began climbing the Tower on Hard difficulty.
Thanks to the S-Grade weapon Woo-jin had given him, the ‘Paladin Commander’s Sword,’ he had been able to quickly reach the 10th Floor.
‘This weapon is seriously insane.’
It was not an S-Grade sword for nothing.
Just before this, on the 9th Floor, he had killed the Dark Ghouls that appeared there in one blow.
Ordinarily, Dark Ghouls were monsters that were quite difficult to kill because their regenerative ability was as outstanding as a troll’s, thanks to the power of dark magic power. But as its name suggested, the Paladin Commander’s Sword showed outstanding effectiveness against demonic monsters.
Kang Min-woo chose the treasure chest with the armor picture drawn on it as his reward. Since he already had the broken weapon called the Paladin Commander’s Sword, there was no reason to choose a B-Grade weapon.
‘It was the reward I wanted so badly. I didn’t think I’d be choosing armor.’
Back when he did not have a B-Grade weapon, he had naturally planned to choose a weapon no matter what if he could just reach the 10th Floor. He had longed for that desperately.
Inwardly, he thanked Woo-jin once again.
[You have obtained ‘Steel Armor Enchanted with Lightening Magic’ as a reward.]
[Steel Armor Enchanted with Lightening Magic]
- Grade: B
- Effect: Defense +50
- Description: Steel armor enchanted with lightening magic. It is as light as leather armor, making it highly convenient for movement.
Defense of a whopping 50.
It had the same defense as C-Grade defensive equipment, steel armor, yet it was extremely light, making it excellent.
Clack.
A smile appeared on Kang Min-woo’s lips as he put on the armor.
That was when it happened.
[Middle-rank Observer, Swordmaster Kalon, descends.]
“Gasp!”
For a moment, he was so startled that he sucked in a sharp breath.
An Observer had appeared.
And a middle-rank one, at that!
The reason the three rankers from the United States, China, and Japan had been able to climb Hard difficulty was entirely thanks to the fact that they had Observers.
To put it another way, climbing the Tower on Hard difficulty without an Observer’s help was nearly impossible.
Before meeting Woo-jin, Kang Min-woo had always desperately hoped in his heart that an Observer would watch him. And now, that Observer had appeared before his eyes.
Sss.
As befitting the title Swordmaster, a handsome man wearing a knight’s plate armor and carrying a splendid sword appeared.
- I have not seen this adventurer before. To reach Hard difficulty’s 10th Floor without an Observer, how intriguing.
- Adventurer. What is your name?
“Kang Min…….”
He was about to say his name.
That was when Kalon’s eyes widened. Fixing his gaze on the gleaming sword Kang Min-woo held, he said,
- Adventurer, how are you holding that sword?
There was no way for an adventurer on Hard difficulty’s 10th Floor to obtain an S-Grade weapon. Of course, it would be possible if one used the Auction House system or made a Personal Trade with another adventurer, but what adventurer would be insane enough to put an S-Grade weapon up for sale?
Even B-Grade items were barely circulating, so there was no way an S-Grade item would appear on the market.
Of course, if an ‘Observer’ intervened, the story could change.
Observers often gave small and large gifts to the adventurers they watched.
Even so, giving an S-Grade weapon was utterly impossible to understand.
And the even more important point was that, as Kalon saw it, Kang Min-woo was not currently being watched by any Observer at all.
“I received it as a gift from an adventurer I know.”
There was no particular reason to hide it or lie.
The beings known as Observers were known to be able to look at adventurers inside the Tower whenever they wished.
- An adventurer you know? To obtain a weapon of that level, they would have to be at least in ‘Hell difficulty.’ Is there still someone like that left in Hell difficulty?
- What is that adventurer’s name?
“It is Mr. Lee Woo-jin. And he is not in Hell difficulty. He is in Mythic difficulty.”
At Kang Min-woo’s words, Kalon was stunned.
What kind of nonsense was he saying right now?
Adventurers could not exist in Mythic difficulty.
Because no adventurer had cleared the lower difficulty beneath it, ‘Hell’ difficulty.
- If you are going to make up a lie, at least make it sound plausible. Wait. How do you know of Mythic difficulty’s existence in the first place?
Kalon decided that rather than continuing this, he would check immediately.
The method was simple.
He would return to the Sanctuary of Observers and search for the adventurer.
Then he could immediately confirm what Difficulty and Floor that adventurer was currently on, and whether he truly existed.
Flash!
Kalon went to the Sanctuary of Observers and immediately searched for an adventurer named Lee Woo-jin. He learned that one adventurer did exist.
However.
[This adventurer cannot be accessed.]
Why is this happening?
[This adventurer cannot be accessed.]
It was the same even when he tried again.
Kalon was flustered. Had anything like this ever happened while observing an adventurer?
He wondered if some kind of error had occurred.
Otherwise, the only possibility was that a Constellation had marked him, making him impossible for lowly Observers to see.
- ...Could it be?
Kalon swallowed hard.
Constellations, the absolute rulers of the Tower.
In a word, they were gods.
However, since the Tower appeared, not once had they ever shown interest in an adventurer.
Because, in their eyes, adventurers were exceedingly insignificant beings.
Kalon no longer attempted to access Woo-jin.
If his guess was correct and Woo-jin was an adventurer marked by a Constellation, then if Kalon continued trying to approach him, he could offend the Constellation and have his existence erased.
Flash!
Kalon returned to the place where Kang Min-woo was.
- There is not a shred of falsehood in what you said, is there?
Kang Min-woo nodded.
For now, Kalon decided to become Kang Min-woo’s sponsor.
An Observer could designate an adventurer and support them.
In the first place, Kalon had come here because he found Kang Min-woo interesting, and if he seemed good enough, Kalon had been thinking of supporting him.
That was when it happened.
“Just a moment.”
- What is it?
“I received a message from Mr. Lee Woo-jin.”
- ! What does he say?
“He’s asking me to get him one more set of farming tools.”
Why is he asking for that……?
[The trade has been completed.]
“Wow, that was fast.”
It had not even been an hour since he asked.
Kang Min-woo had immediately obtained the tools he needed for farming.
They were the same things he had given Woo-jin before, including a Hand Hoe, Shovel, Trowel, Watering Can, Gardening Shears, Cotton Work Gloves, and support stakes and ties.
- Me: Thank you.
- Kang Min-woo: Not at all! Please tell me anytime if you need anything!
- Me: Right. I saw on the community that you reached the 10th Floor. Congratulations. Hehe.
- Kang Min-woo: It is all thanks to you, Mr. Lee Woo-jin. Thank you very much!
- Kang Min-woo: And I am telling you first, Mr. Lee Woo-jin, but this time a middle-rank Observer named Kalon became my sponsor.
- Me: Ooh. Congratulations!
“Living long enough brings days like this.”
He was helping Kang Min-woo, who was more popular than most top-tier actors or idols, and even receiving thanks from him.
Anyway, to think a middle-rank Observer had become his sponsor.
Since the rankers from the United States, China, and Japan all had Observers while only Korea did not, it had felt somewhat frustrating. But now, Kang Min-woo was also fully prepared to soar.
As a fellow Korean, it was something to celebrate.
Woo-jin felt good.
“You look like you’re in a good mood, nyah?”
“Ah. That’s because…….”
Woo-jin explained the reason.
“Ahem. But isn’t an Observer going to come to me?”
Of course, his level was pathetic.
Still, since he lived on a high floor of a high Difficulty, he wondered whether Observers might show interest in him.
“That will not happen, nyah.”
“Why?”
“Who would even think an adventurer is in Mythic difficulty, nyah? It is a place no one pays attention to, nyah.”
“Tch. I see.”
“And is Lord Constellation not watching Woo-jin, even though he is far higher in rank than an Observer, nyah!”
Isn’t that just because I’m his tenant(?)?
In any case.
“That’s true. The Dragon Lord is the best.”
That was when it happened.
[The God of Adventure looks at you.]
...Hm?
Woo-jin blinked.
The appearance of an unfamiliar god.
He was flustered because it said that the god was looking at him.
[The God of Adventure grins and says, so you are the adventurer the God of Dominion said was nothing special?]
“Uh... Hello?”
[The God of Adventure asks what your name is.]
“My name is Lee Woo-jin.”
That was when it happened.
[The God of Dominion approaches the God of Adventure, narrows his eyes, and tells him to stop taking useless interest and go about his business.]
[The God of Adventure shrugs and answers, I have nothing to do right now, though?]
[The God of Dominion presses between his brows.]
What is this?
Woo-jin’s eyes rolled around.
It seemed a new Constellation had appeared…….
For now, he should stay still.
They said that if you stayed still, you would at least come out average.
[The God of Adventure examines your Status Window and asks how a level 9 is here.]
“I was dragged here, so I don’t really know either……?”
“Woo-jin. Who are you talking to, nyah?”
“Someone called the God of Adventure is asking me questions.”
“...Nyah?! A Lord Constellation has appeared, nyah?!”
When Woo-jin nodded slightly, Blackie dropped flat and bowed.
“Administrator No. 350 greets Lord Constellation, nyah!”
The God of Adventure did not seem particularly interested in Blackie and gave no answer.
[The God of Adventure examines the Dragon Lair, then looks at the God of Dominion and asks if he is actually taking care of you.]
[The God of Dominion sighs and tells him to mind his own business.]
Woo-jin watched their reactions, then put the farming tool set into the Subspace Backpack for now.