Stuck in The Tower

A letter containing an egg from Mestoca,

town number 12 .

It was an act of terrorism.

What would have happened if I hadn’t prepared for it in this way?

You may have been so preoccupied with the letter that you didn’t even notice the presence of Mestoca’s eggs.

Even if he was unwittingly infected or not infected, the egg would remain somewhere in his house and hatch.

Even if you are infected, it is questionable whether you will speak with your mouth.

So far, there is no way to save the infected. It’s all about killing right away or monitoring after containment.

The ending has been decided, but how many people will be honest about it?

“This crazy bastard.”

Niom gritted his teeth at the fact that he didn’t know it would come to a terrible end.

why?

What bad feelings do you have?

It is not personal revenge.

Judging by Niom’s reaction, this person doesn’t have much to do with Taylor.

Besides, sending an egg in the first place is also an act that puts the entire village in danger.

“This is something that should not be overlooked.”

“Is this the opinion of the entire village of No. 12?”

“That won’t be it. If you were going to do manual work, you would have done it long ago.”

“We can’t just be suffering!”

“What are you going to do? Any way to get there?”

“If you can’t do it directly, you can do it indirectly.”

In the midst of everyone’s shock and excitement, an NPC who seems to have a pretty impatient personality approaches me.

“First, let me say thank you. If it wasn’t for you, you would have been killed.”

“I was suspicious of what you said.”

He pointed at Deodeok with his chin.

If Deodeok hadn’t noticed the egg first, I wouldn’t have gone this far.

It was also hard to believe.

“Let me make one request. We can never overlook this.”

[A mace in village 12! – sudden quest]

-Credin, a resident of village 3.

-He wants revenge on the village number 12 that carried out the terror.

-Reward: Deep Sea Coral Shield (AAA)

[Do you want to accept the quest?]

“I decline.”

Without thinking, I rejected the quest.

He opened his mouth and frowned as if he didn’t know that he would reject it with a single knife.

Even showing off his big muscles and showing off his face to me.

“You must have seen it with your own two eyes. They attacked us! Wouldn’t I have cheated on you? It seems like they’ve grown fond of staying there, but I can’t survive with such a soft heart!”

“It’s not like that. I don’t have any affection, and I don’t have the heart to mess around.”

Gently, he shrugged his shoulders.

Why did you decline the quest?

Did he really not know, or was his head stiffened with excitement?

Looking around, the other villagers are also shaking their heads.

Some were scratching their heads in embarrassment.

“I apologize instead. When this guy gets excited, his field of vision narrows, so it probably wasn’t a bad intention.”

“Feather!”

Feather, the head of the village, even bows his head and apologizes.

Credin protests, but others come over and pull him out.

“It is unclear whether this was the will of the entire town of #12 or Taylor’s own actions. I don’t even know what the intention was. Most of all, the same happened to you, but that friend was rude.”

As Feather said.

I don’t know the purpose.

If it was a hostile relationship in the first place, the two villages are separated.

That said, there is almost no interaction.

Besides, as Feather said, I was also being used by Taylor.

Being taken advantage of by someone else’s scheme is an envoy. If I did something wrong, I could have been poisoned.

He could have been attacked by villagers in number 3.

Well, I didn’t even think of saying that the quest he just gave me was such a mess.

Asking a climber climbing the 60th floor to take revenge by attacking a village with dozens of NPCs?

With only one AAA shield as a reward?

Hey, have a conscience.

The timing to click your tongue inside.

“The two of you will talk, so everyone do what you’ve been doing. I will clean up after myself.”

Feather bit the villagers.

The more people there are, the more opinions there are.

It was right that the village representative, Feather, took the lead.

The sun is setting little by little.

If I don’t leave before the sun goes down there might be a Mestoccan raid.

“Any guesses?”

After everyone had left, Feather sat down on a chair and asked.

It’s a guessing part.

Not at all.

Maybe Feather has the same idea.

“There must be a reason why Village 12, which had been quiet for a while, moved. Two things have changed.”

pointed at me first

“First, I entered town number 12.”

This alone is not enough.

These are the people who have maintained the village for a long time.

How many climbers have you passed through?

No matter how few people reached the 60th floor, there must be a few.

Did you hit the task like this every time?

I can’t know in other towns.

Terror using Mestoca eggs.

It’s powerful, but there’s no law that says you’ll succeed unconditionally.

Besides…

‘This kind of terrorism is usually used to eliminate competitors.’

If you simply think about it, yes.

If you reduce the number of villages, the probability of climbers coming increases.

Because the number of villages that climbers can choose from decreases.

If it was in the beginning, I would understand, but now the village has already been reduced by more than half.

What’s more, I’m in, so there’s no need to get rid of other villages.

That said…

“The other change is that I got a clue to clear the 61st floor.”

There is only this.

Me and Deokchun. A way to avoid the disaster discovered with Emila’s knowledge.

However, Deokchun cannot stay in the village because he has to climb the tower with me.

The way he found it was to use the elixir, mandrake.

It’s not easy, but the breeding difficulty is low enough that it is possible to raise mandrakes separately.

If you compare it to other elixirs and spiritual creatures, that is.

Whatever it is, through this exchange, Village 3 will also get the answer to clearing the 61st floor.

Maybe you wanted to stop it?

I explained my thoughts to Feather.

“I am of the same opinion. Other than that, nothing else comes to mind.”

I nodded in agreement.

okay. Let’s summarize this terrorism as a scheme to keep village number 3 from leaving the 61st floor.

Even so, there are not one or two problems that bother me, but…

Feather rubbed her forehead and looked at me.

“Are you going back to town 12? It would be better to just clear the 61st floor here.”

“I will go.”

Deokchun is in village 12.

Of course, even if I clear the floor here, Deokchun will automatically follow.

Still, the things I care about don’t change.

Besides…

‘If you touch me, you’ll have to pay the price.’

I’m going to have to pay that bastard Taylor for using me.

Feather continued to say that she was worried about me.

“From my point of view, there is a high possibility that Taylor or the entire town of Number 12 will target you.”

“Me?”

“It’s the worst case, but this could be an act of denying the attack itself.”

what do you mean

“You seem to be reluctant to reveal the strategy itself.”

“Because there is no law telling you not to go upstairs and solve the strategy. Well, it wouldn’t matter if this terror was successful and our village and all the mandrakes died.”

Does this annoy you?

It’s good if we all go up together. Why is it so annoying that NPCs can’t block other people’s way?

Is my personality twisted? When I see something unpleasant, I don’t want to just skip it.

“If you still decide to go, I’ll ask you a favor too.”

[Hope on the 61st floor – Unexpected Quest]

– An unknown malice is preventing you from clearing the 61st floor.

– Get to know the background.

– You can’t just live with being hurt!

-Let’s send Mandrakes to other villages!

-Reward: Elixir Record Book Mandrake Liquid Old music box (???)

I looked at the contents of the quest and raised my eyebrows.

I don’t know anything else, but I can feel the will to fuck the other person.

Thinking of scattering the mandrakes you’ve been gathering and growing all over the village on the 61st floor?

There is something in common.

The rewards aren’t bad either.

Simply because a good grade weapon or armor has no meaning to me.

Not only does he have the equipment crafting skill, but he also has the Fellain set of armor and the Chaos Sword as his weapon.

It has no special ability, but the grade itself is SSS. In addition to that, there are also the Leifeng Sword and the Fallen Angel’s Sword, so that’s all I said.

Rather, books written about other elixirs are more profitable.

I’m also interested in that old music box.

There was no rough and ordinary thing in the question mark in the rating.

If you’re lucky, it might be a trigger item.

I accepted the quest without hesitation.

“Carefully. First, find out about town number 12. If you don’t know, take this.”

Caught the object Feather threw.

[Emergency Evacuation No.1 (AAA)]

– Randomly transmitted out of 50 kilometers in an urgent moment.

– I hope the place you fall is not lava!

what all of this

I waved my hand, took Deodeok, and went out of town.

The timing of the sunset.

“I must hurry.”

[Tunnel movement (A) Lv. 6]

I dug into the ground.

* * *

Is it because it’s the way I came once, or is it because the skill level of moving through the tunnel has risen?

I was able to arrive faster than last time.

I was worried about what would happen if I went wrong, but it seems to have come to the right place.

Village number 12 can be seen in the distance.

The time is just at dawn.

I disengaged the tunnel move and came completely out of the ground.

I hope Deokchun is doing well.

The yolk-like sun that has just risen shines on me.

“uh?”

Black smoke hidden in the darkness blew in the wind.

A few days back after I went to town three times.

“shit!”

What happened to town number 12?

– Kwaaaaang!

kicked the foot

It wasn’t enough, so I added momentum by detonating fire bombs in succession.

half flew

No, I floated up and made a fuss, so it’s no different than the real me.

My eyes crossing the air saw the inside of the town.

smashed buildings.

Bloodstains and parts of limbs that appear to belong to villagers.

maybe annihilation?

That’s not it. It was a little bit of space hidden by buildings and rubble, but I could hear the noise.

I have a headache.

why?

Was there a raid from Mestoca?

Judging by the fact that the village was destroyed, there are traces similar to when it was attacked by the Star Burst.

It can’t be.

Why is Mestoca coming to me when I’m not here?

That makes no sense. It is against the rules of the 61st floor.

No matter how shitty the tower is, it was rolled by the system, and the influence of the system can be said to be absolute.

Especially for NPCs and monsters who belong to the tower.

-Tadat,

we’ll find out more later.

Now, the priority is to find Deokchun and the survivors.

“Deokchun! Emila! Bayard!”

screamed and ran through the village.

Just in case, I tried to shake the villager who had collapsed on the floor, but all I could feel was a cold touch.

A burnt smell that stings the nose.

abandoned corpse.

Smoke still rising.

It wasn’t long before the accident happened.

The corpse hadn’t hardened yet, so it must have happened a few hours ago at most.

damn it

It moved under the ground and I didn’t even notice it.

Even if the vibrations resonated and the roar spread, they would have mistaken it for the Mestoca group moving or fighting.

A cold sweat runs down your back.

I woke up with a flash.

“…the culprit who made this happen is still inside.”

If there were survivors, they would have started with the rescue operation.

To say no one is…

“It’s not over yet.”

I took out the Chaos Sword from my inventory.

There is one place where the noise comes from.

I headed there

“You’re the one who ruined it, Emila!”

“Shut up your filthy mouth!”

“What is this! Shit!”

“Kill! Just kill!”

I was able to find the villagers who took out their weapons and fought.

one more there.

“It was like that.”

I found out the culprit that made the village like this.