Chapter 199

Riannа, whо wаs suddеnlу hеаding to cоnquеr thе 90th flооr of the Anсiеnt Towеr.

She was grumbling but hаd еquiрреd аll her Artifаcts and wаs аbout tо lеаvе thе Legеnd Guild.

“G-Guild Mаster! You’vе еquiррed all уour Аrtifacts, wherе аre you plаnning tо go?!”

At that, one оf thе Hunters in the guild shouted with а stаrtled eхprеssiоn.

“Ноo, that Shark guy sаid it. Apраrеntly, threе mоrе S-Rank Advеnturers havе suddenly apреared. Не said thоse new S-Rаnk Adventurers dеclаrеd they would enter thе Anсiеnt Тowеr.”

“So, yоu’rе gоing to cоnquer thе 90th flооr nоw? Rеallу?!”

“Yеs, frоm what I sее, five people might be too few… Who knows what level those new S-Rank Adventurers are. Seriously… That Shark guy is weird too. Anyway, I’ll be back.”

“Ah… G-Guild Master…!”

The guild member called out to Rianna again, but she had already disappeared.

“By the way, three new S-Rank Adventurers appearing suddenly… This is huge!”

Gradually, rumors about the birth of new S-Rank Adventurers in Arcana began to circulate.

* * *

Rianna, who had quickly left the guild, encountered Shark near the entrance of the Ancient Tower.

“Hey, Shark! What’s the sudden plan here? Huh?!”

“Hahaha! You’ve already complained and come, so why are you angry again?”

“More importantly, what’s this about new S-Rank Adventurers? They scored a million points on the power measurement machine?”

“Yeah. No, from what I saw, it was even more than that.”

“Seriously, I’ve said it before, haven’t I? The power measurement machine isn’t everything. In actual combat, how important are combat sense and instincts? What part of those guys are you trusting to go into the 90th floor together?”

“No, first let’s meet…!”

As the two bickered and walked toward the entrance of the Ancient Tower, an immense Mana suddenly surged from the entrance direction.

Even though they were some distance away, the Mana was so overwhelming it was slightly suffocating.

The two quickly approached the entrance of the Ancient Tower.

As they got closer to the entrance, they saw a man shrouded in blue Mana staring at Shark and Rianna.

That gaze was so chilling that Rianna couldn’t help but lower her eyes momentarily.

‘Overwhelming Mana…!’

Facing Khan like this, she could clearly tell.

That he was several times stronger than her.

“K-Khan! What are you doing! Drawing Mana in Arcana is illegal!”

Shark shouted at Khan, but Khan gave no response.

‘This is insane. My body isn’t listening at all…!’

It was good that he had used the Enhanced Job-Exclusive Random Skill Selection Ticket to obtain the Rank 8 Top-Tier Skill ‘Mana Transcendence.’

But Khan hadn’t expected the Mana inside his body to explode so uncontrollably.

But then.

[Skill ‘Sage’s Heart’ has been activated.]

As the Sage’s Heart skill activated, all the Mana that had spread out seeped back into Khan’s heart.

It took less than a second for all that Mana to gather back into Khan’s heart.

Seeing this, Rianna couldn’t help but be astonished once again.

‘Incredible Mana Control…!’

It was Mana Control on a completely different level from the Mages in Arcana.

As soon as Rianna saw Khan’s ability, she instantly understood why Shark had suddenly suggested conquering the 90th floor of the Ancient Tower.

“Ah, I was just warming up a bit before entering the tower.”

“Haha, hahaha… So that was a warm-up. Truly incredible…!”

Shark replied with a flustered expression to Khan’s hastily made excuse.

Byutek and Sharin, who were watching Khan from the side, also seemed a bit surprised.

“Haha! I knew Hyungnim was holding back his strength… but I never imagined it would be to this extent! For a moment there, I couldn’t breathe! Hahaha! It seems we can easily conquer this measly tower!”

Since Khan had told Byutek and Sharin about the Ancient Tower while searching for Hidden Skills together, they had some idea.

Following Byutek, Sharin also shouted.

“Wow… This is the first time I’ve seen Master draw up Mana to this extent! And the Mana Control speed is incredible…!”

Sharin was purely admiring the Mana she had just seen from Khan.

Khan quickly changed the topic before the conversation dragged on further.

“Then let’s go in.”

“Ah… Yes! We’ll follow behind!”

“Do as you wish.”

The entrance to the Ancient Tower, soaring high into the sky, was quite large.

It looked like a typical Gate entrance; if you stepped into this glowing blue Gate, you would immediately move to the floor you needed to conquer.

Khan took the lead and headed toward the Gate at the tower entrance.

As he approached the Gate, he checked the penalty-related message that had been floating before his eyes.

[4 days 23 hours 48 minutes until conquering the Ancient Tower 90th floor]

Just a while ago, there were 5 days left, but it had already changed to 4 days.

‘If we don’t conquer it within that time… the world will be destroyed, I suppose.’

Of course, it couldn’t be definitively said it would be destroyed, but something equivalent would happen.

‘First, let’s conquer the 90th floor and see if it’s worth continuing.’

Khan stepped into the entrance without delay.

The rest of the party followed Khan into the Ancient Tower.

* * *

[You have entered the Ancient Tower 90th floor.]

[The 90th floor Trial begins immediately upon opening the door and entering the room.]

When he opened his eyes after entering, he was standing before a door with a skull face drawn on it in a dark room.

Since it looked almost identical to what he had seen in the game, Khan approached to open the door.

Then Shark shouted with a startled expression.

“Khan, stop! If you open the door, the Trial will begin!”

“I plan to start right away.”

“Shouldn’t you at least receive Buffs first? Rianna is an S-Rank Buffer!”

Who would have thought one of the other S-Rank Adventurers would be a Buffer.

‘Among all the Classes in <Geo Arc>, the most trash Class is the Buffer…’

Buffer is a Class that applies Buffs to themselves and others; it was a Class that could become strong if one wanted.

However, due to its clear growth limitations, it was treated as trash in <Geo Arc>.

“It’s fine, I’ll start first.”

“Huh? W-wait a moment, Khan!”

“Hahahaha! Shark, what are you worried about! Khan will quickly conquer this measly 90th floor, so don’t worry! Actually, I think I could conquer it alone too, haha!”

Byutek tapped Shark’s back and stood behind Khan.

As Khan opened the door, the surroundings changed instantly.

No longer inside a dark room, Khan’s party stood inside a vast temple.

[The 90th floor Trial has begun.]

[Defeat the Immortal Golem.]

Along with the message that the Trial had begun, a massive Golem about twenty meters tall revealed itself in the distance.

‘Immortal Golem… It’s been a while.’

The Immortal Golem is a top-tier Monster among Golems and is truly strong.

“Eek…!!”

“Oh, crazy…! Shark, what are you going to do! Tower conquest relies on teamwork!”

Shark and Rianna, standing behind, whined, but it didn’t matter.

‘With this much Mana, not only the 90th floor but even the 99th floor might be conquerable right away.’

Of course, that’s assuming the Main Quest continues to appear.

The Immortal Golem began to Roar as it looked toward Khan’s party.

Khan, looking at the Immortal Golem, drew up Mana and used a Skill.

[Skill ‘Dark Flame’ has been used.]

[Skill ‘Wind Drill’ has been used.]

Then, thousands of Dark Flame drills formed above Khan’s head.

Perhaps because his Mana had increased, the number was dozens, even hundreds of times more than before, and the power seemed much stronger.

As Khan stretched his hand toward the Roaring Immortal Golem, the Dark Flame drills flew at an incredible speed.

“It’s useless!”

“That thing is invincible…!”

Shark and Rianna were somewhat surprised by Khan’s Magic but were despairing.

No matter how strong he was, one-sided attacks would never work against the Immortal Golem.

Indeed, Khan’s attack caused no Damage to the Immortal Golem.

Just as Shark and Rianna’s expressions turned to despair upon seeing this.

“What the…!!”

“H-how…?!”

The Immortal Golem, which clearly seemed to be taking no Damage, suddenly collapsed.

Khan had aimed at the very small point on the back of the Immortal Golem’s head, its Weak Point.

Stabbing Dark Flame drills there caused it to collapse.

Simultaneously, the same message appeared before all of them.

[You have conquered the Ancient Tower 90th floor.]

“Wahhhhh!!!”

“Oh, crazy!!”

Shark and Rianna shouted with happier expressions than anyone else.

Numerous messages also appeared before Khan, who had defeated the Immortal Golem, but he ignored them all.

Only concerned about the Ancient Tower-related messages, he merely nodded at the message that appeared.

[Will you enter the Ancient Tower 91st floor?]

As Khan nodded at the Ancient Tower message, a Gate leading to the 91st floor formed before him.

“Wait a moment, Khan! The penalty has been extended now! You can conquer it a bit more slowly!”

“No, I think we can conquer it now.”

“Huh? What do you mean…!”

“If you don’t want to, stay here.”

Shark and Rianna couldn’t rashly reply.

But Byutek and Sharin were different.

“Haha! Hyungnim! We haven’t done anything, so we’re itching to go! Let’s go again!”

“Me too, Master! Looking at it, it didn’t seem like much! I’ll try on the 91st floor!”

“W-wait…!”

Shark tried to stop them, but Khan’s party had already entered the Gate.

“Hoo, this is insane….”

“Tell me about it…. Shark, are you going?”

“Wait, let me think for a bit… Huh? Wh-what?!”

Just as Shark and Rianna were pondering briefly.

Khan’s party had just gone up to the 91st floor 30 seconds ago, but something unbelievable happened.

[The Ancient Tower 91st floor has been conquered.]

The message visible to everyone in Arcana seemed to be going wrong.

“No, wait… They already conquered the 91st floor? Does that make sense?”

“No, this doesn’t make sense. Why is this happening…?”

Just as S-Rank Adventurers Rianna and Shark were flustered.

[The Ancient Tower 92nd floor has been conquered.]

“Oh, crazy!!”

“Is this… real?!!”

Every time they shouted in surprise, messages continued to appear.

[The Ancient Tower 93rd floor has been conquered.]

[The Ancient Tower 94th floor has been conquered.]

[The Ancient Tower 95th floor has been conquered.]

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To Shark and Rianna, and everyone in Arcana, the message about conquering the Ancient Tower relentlessly delivered the news.