Beolkeonbeolkeon!

Downing an entire bottle of hard liquor straight, Kim Taemin hurled the bottle as a wave of fury crashed over him.

Chaengeurang!

He was on the verge of losing his mind.

Every ounce of the status and authority he had painstakingly built over the years had evaporated in a single instant.

All because of that damned Mirinae bastard!

Hah!

Who was he?

The undisputed Rank 1 of the Seoul Tower.

The hero of Seoul’s citizens.

The number one figure most admired by Korean elementary schoolers!

And someone who had enjoyed such immense prestige—

Had lost Kkamangi, the wyvern he had cherished and raised with devoted care.

Was about to surrender his title as the sole highest-floor climber.

And every powerful backer who had clung to him, sucking him dry of every sweet benefit, had turned their backs and fled.

To top it all off, the media he had so carefully cultivated had turned hostile…….

Kim Taemin cracked open another bottle of liquor, soothing his seething rage with the burning heat of alcohol.

Was this what they called fighting fire with fire?

Hah!

Still, the hard liquor did take the edge off his fury, if only slightly.

In his hazy state of mind, Kim Taemin agonized over how he might reclaim his former standing.

Every path that lay before him ended in a cliff, but surely there had to be one masterstroke that could carry him over the edge.

For instance, if Seoul Tower’s Rank 2 and Rank 3 were to both vanish entirely.

And if the superhumans climbing up behind them all met with mysterious, fatal accidents.

Kim Taemin had been entertaining all sorts of thoughts, but.

The incident that had just erupted was truly enough to blow away whatever remained of his sober mind entirely.

[Notice: Iron Heart has cleared the 60th floor of Tower 25 in the fastest time.]

[The 60th floor fastest clear record has been updated. The Skill Reset Ring previously awarded to Swordmaster has been reclaimed and transferred to Iron Heart.]

“……What?”

Kim Taemin instinctively looked down at his own finger.

It had been there.

Now it was gone.

Almost unconsciously, he opened the Tower Chat Room.

└ ?

└ ??

└ ???

└ Let’s stop lol

└ ????

└ Stop it, you bastards lol

└ ?????

The Tower 25 Chat Room was flooded with question marks for a while.

└ Wait, Aha hadn’t reached the 60th floor yet?

└ So that means the 60th floor special reward went from Soma to Aha?

└ First the 1st floor Summoning Stone, now the 60th floor Skill Reset Ring too lmaooo. Completely stripped bare lmaoooo

└ If that were me, I’d be so mad I’d shit my pants

└ Don’t do that, you crazy bastard lmaooo

└ This is basically forced confiscation, isn’t it? Lost Kkamangi, lost the Skill Reset Ring, and now they expect him to clear the 63rd floor? No way he can pull that off.

└ Soma isn’t that weak, but the difficulty definitely spiked hard, that’s for sure

└ He committed every evil deed imaginable and now he’s completely screwed lmaooo Barkeep! A bowl of makgeolli here!

└ Believers! All of this is the work of our almighty God Mirinae! Faith is heaven! Doubt is hell! Divine punishment has fallen upon the wicked Soma Kim Taemin! Oh! Mireluya!

└ This is Mirinae’s doing too lmaoooo

└ Oh! Mireluya! Mireluya!

└ God Mirinae! I believe! Please bestow your grace upon me!

└ Stop it, you guys lmaoooo

Ttuk!

The last thread of reason, thin as a gossamer, snapped completely.

Kim Taemin.

Ripped the brake pedal clean out of his mind and hurled it away.

And stomped the accelerator pedal until it shattered.

So that’s how it is…….

You’re going to keep screwing me over like this, huh……?

Kim Taemin dialed a number he had saved long ago.

When the call connected, his voice dropped low, cold and sinister.

“I’ll go…… to Russia.”

Anyone ranked first in a tower receives affiliation change proposals from multiple nations.

However, at the considerable height of the 63rd floor, the number of towers he could actually transfer to was limited.

Among them, Russia was a place that oppressed superhuman freedom as severely as China.

Originally, it wasn’t even a consideration.

Yet Kim Taemin chose to go to Russia because—

“I have conditions, however. Just two…… no, dispose of two superhumans and one ordinary citizen for me.”

“Iron Heart Yoon Changdae, Electric Empress Park Soyul. And…… Shin Jungho, a part-timer at the Jeonjeon Cafe.”

It was precisely because they offered to handle his assassination contracts as well.

The request to eliminate Shin Jungho, an ordinary citizen, was purely to spite Park Soyul.

If her precious part-timer turned up dead, there was no way someone of her temperament would sit idly by.

That would create openings, and killing her would become that much easier.

Yes…….

You brought this all upon yourselves……!

Let’s see what happens when you make an enemy of the Swordmaster.

With the entire nation watching closely!

Despair!

Keuheuheuheuhe……!

Everyone had taken tower climbing far too lightly.

What?

You think you can break through to the 63rd floor just because you have the Grace of Evasion?

Go ahead and try! See if it’s really as easy as you say!

They would find out soon enough.

What would become of the Seoul Tower’s future once its Rank 1, 2, and 3 all disappeared, and how everything would be upended after 100 days.

Kim Taemin’s lips curled into a vicious smile.

He would watch from Russia, pouring himself a glass of Russo-Baltic vodka.

As the Seoul Tower collapsed in spectacular fashion!

* * *

The moment he connected the Dimensional Room to the bathroom door, the information window updated.

[Dimensional Room]

– Spatial Expansion: 1 Source Stone

– Influence Range: 5 meters

– If the entrance is destroyed, items inside will be expelled into the surrounding area.

One Source Stone to add an additional spatial connection.

He wasn’t sure how much it would expand, but by the numbers, it meant spending 10 billion won to add a single room.

This thing…… was quite the money pit, wasn’t it?

And the influence range worked like this.

With the door left open, Shin Jungho approached the Summoning Stone and placed his hand on it.

Seupat!

The massive Summoning Stone vanished without a trace.

And settled neatly into the spacious Dimensional Room.

Oh…… yes.

A tremendous surge of euphoria welled up inside him, like the relief of a long-aching tooth finally being pulled.

Yes!

This was it!

This was the kind of skill he had wanted!

While he was at it, Shin Jungho shoved every tower reward into the Dimensional Room.

Tiamat’s Staff!

You too, get in there!

Seupat!

Mountainous stacks of magic stone boxes!

All of you, disappear too!

Seupapapapapapapapapat!

The studio apartment was cleared in an instant.

Wow…… was my place always this big?

Having this entire space to himself felt like striking it rich.

Unlike the studio, the Dimensional Room had a ceiling a full 3 meters high.

So its storage capacity was surprisingly generous.

Staff, Summoning Stone, and magic stone boxes stacked vertically—and there was still more room than his entire studio apartment.

The Dimensional Room seemed to have no concept of weight, making it easy to organize everything.

Hmm.

The way things were arranged now wasn’t exactly aesthetically pleasing. Should I tidy up a bit?

Stack the magic stone boxes neatly against the ceiling.

Push the Summoning Stone into one corner.

Mount Tiamat’s Staff on the center of the wall like a decoration.

All right!

The room actually looked quite presentable now.

Should I move my bed in here and sleep in the Dimensional Room?

Then no one would ever know of his existence.

Lea and Maya each spoke with bright expressions.

“Congratulations, my Lord! You need worry about nothing now!”

“I offer my congratulations, Your Highness. Even from your sun-bright expression alone, I can scarcely fathom the magnitude of your joy.”

Shin Jungho smiled warmly at their congratulations.

“Thank you, both of you. Now that I don’t have to worry about my identity as a superhuman being discovered, I can take you two anywhere.”

“R-really!”

Unlike Lea, who showed a hint of excitement, Maya expressed concern.

“Your Highness, perhaps it is premature. Sir Lea’s and my appearances are distinctly different from Koreans, and I worry that it may draw unnecessary attention to you.”

Lea quickly corrected herself as well.

“Th-that is true, my Lord! It would not be too late for Maya and me to step outside once your true identity is revealed!”

There were ways to keep their identities hidden, of course.

With wigs, masks, and sunglasses, they wouldn’t be easily recognized.

But walking around with two girls whose identities were so thoroughly concealed…….

As Maya said, that could certainly invite unnecessary attention and problems.

Right.

Should he just continue his shut-in lifestyle for now?

His home was now a two-room place, so he could lounge comfortably in a much more spacious environment.

He hadn’t even had a proper place to sit before—should he get a sofa while he was at it?

And install a large TV too?

But there was one pressing issue to resolve first.

……He had no money.

Every won he had saved had gone into renting the studio.

And the magic stones worth roughly 600 million won he had earned from tower climbing—he couldn’t sell them.

This was tricky.

He might have to use Yoon Changdae’s sales proxy service soon.

Or register with the Superhuman Management Agency as a stealth superhuman.

Still, having a more spacious home than before was certainly something to celebrate.

Anyway, now that the space problem was solved!

Time to resume climbing the tower, right?

“Lea, Maya! Ready?”

“Yes, my Lord!”

“I am, Your Highness.”

Then here we go!

Seupapat!

* * *

In a dark room.

A man with short brown hair and a cold demeanor examined the orders that had been handed down to him.

[Targets: Park Soyul, Yoon Changdae, Shin Jungho]

Sergei Volkov was a covert intelligence superhuman and ranker secretly cultivated by Russia.

His climbing floor: 58.

His cover identity: superhuman weapons dealer.

Primary activities: information gathering, infiltration, sabotage…….

And assassination.

When it came to assassinating superhumans, he prided himself on being second to none.

A skill perfectly optimized for assassination.

Blink.

Slip in, eliminate the target, slip out without a trace—mission accomplished.

Of course, if the target was a high-level superhuman, they might possess exclusive skills like his own, so charging in recklessly was dangerous.

He could end up being the one killed instead.

But superhumans were still human.

Monitor their daily patterns around the clock, and eventually, an opening would appear.

Naturally, a high-level superhuman would be well-prepared against Blink infiltration, but no one would know about this.

Sergei produced an item from his coat.

One-time Skill Enhancement Ticket.

An item that could enhance a single skill by one level for exactly one use.

Enhancing Blink only extended its range by 10 meters per level, so no one ever bothered raising it to maximum.

They needed those precious Skill Enhancement Tickets to strengthen their offensive and defensive skills for monster encounters—no one was foolish enough to waste them on Blink.

But Sergei, with his motherland’s support, had enhanced Blink to its maximum level.

And through this, he had discovered Blink’s true potential.

Mother Russia!

Once a superhuman surpassed the 40th floor, they could use their exclusive skills in the real world, not just inside the tower.

However, their effectiveness dropped by one to three levels.

The same applied to Sergei himself, but with this one-time temporary Skill Enhancement Ticket, he could infiltrate any location using Blink.

What could any superhuman do about it?

A blade at their throat while they slept was all it took.

Besides, Kim Taemin had agreed to cooperate this time, so the plan was coming together.

First, assassinate Shin Jungho, the easiest target.

Then observe Park Soyul’s reaction and decide which of the two to eliminate next.

Once all three Seoul Tower rankers were dealt with.

Korea would plunge into considerable chaos, just as before.

And if the tower collapsed entirely, that would be an acceptable outcome as well.

A tower was a strategic resource.

Every competitor that disappeared would increase the value of his motherland’s Moscow Tower.

Whether it was magic stones, items, or anything else that came from the tower.

Sergei studied a map of the area around his target’s home, tracing infiltration routes.

Tomorrow.

Shin Jungho, an ordinary citizen, would be erased from this world.