Hmm!

A gacha machine appeared!

I really want to use it right now!

But one more thing was still nagging at him.

Dung dung-

Sitting in the center of the room, making its presence fully felt…….

The Platinum Random Box!

Last time, on the 30th floor, it had gifted him an unusual skill called Telepathy.

On the 10th floor, he’d gotten a Summoning Stone Enhancement Ticket, and on the 20th floor, a Summoning Stone Blessing Ticket.

No one who possessed a Summoning Stone had ever obtained more than two Summoning Stone Enhancement Tickets.

In other words, two enhancements was the maximum for a Summoning Stone.

But he had taken a strange route(?) of applying a Summoning Stone Blessing on top of the enhancement, pioneering some new path of his own.

So he’d figured there might be another summoning-stone-related item on the 30th floor too, but…….

What came out was a skill called Telepathy.

Seriously, you just cannot predict what comes out of these random boxes?

Did that mean no more Summoning Stone enhancement items would appear?

Honestly, with just Lea and Maya, climbing past the 60th floor and reaching the 70th seemed entirely feasible.

As long as the two of them could block his meteor shockwaves.

Could he even aim beyond that?

Well, floors where you spawned right in the middle of the map like the slime section would be a bit tricky, admittedly.

Besides, two summons per day with an 8-hour duration was already a substantial benefit.

Other towers’ Summoning Stone owners only got three summons per day with a 6-hour duration even after two enhancements.

The slightly lower summon count was a bit disappointing, but the extended summon duration more than made up for it, so he wasn’t particularly envious.

So.

Whatever came out of this Platinum Random Box, it didn’t matter.

Getting a new skill like on the 30th floor would be fine.

Getting a Skill Enhancement Ticket like from a regular Random Box would be fine too.

Out of over thirty random boxes so far, a Skill Enhancement Ticket had appeared exactly once.

That was how rare the item was, so it would be perfectly understandable if a Skill Enhancement Ticket came from this Platinum Random Box.

More importantly, though.

What mattered more was whether obtaining this Platinum Random Box would trigger a new blessing or not.

……Phew!

Alright, here we go!

Shin Jungho looked at Lea, his eyes gleaming.

Lea took one step back with a formal gesture and bowed her head deeply.

“I shall stand right here and cheer for Your Lordship’s item pull with all my heart!”

Shin Jungho nodded and shifted his gaze to Maya next.

Maya, too, glided back a step and inclined her head demurely.

“Surely an item Your Highness truly needs shall appear. I shall watch this momentous item pull from here, missing not even a hundredth of a second.”

Nod.

With both of them cheering him on so passionately…….

Time to actually open it!

Seureureuk!

He grabbed the colorful knot and pulled hard.

Pubeong!

The Platinum Random Box opened automatically, and an item popped out.

[You have acquired a Blessed Summoning Stone Enhancement Ticket (Bound).]

This…… he didn’t see that coming.

An item that enhances the Blessed Summoning Stone.

And.

This, too, he hadn’t anticipated.

[Announcement: Mirinae has achieved 40 consecutive Amazing Achievements at Tower 25!]

[Announcement: The Blessing of Growth will be activated at Tower 25 for 100 days.]

[Announcement: During the Blessing of Growth period, Exclusive Skill usage counts are doubled. Additionally, better rewards than before will appear.]

[Announcement: If Mirinae is absent from Tower 25, the Blessing of Growth will immediately disappear.]

Shin Jungho immediately checked his Meteor Summoning skill.

[Meteor Summoning]

– Usage Count: 6 times per day (5 remaining)

He could now unleash meteors six times a day.

……Whoa?

However, when using Dimensional Assimilation, it remained at once per 30 days with no change.

Did the blessing not apply to Dimensional Assimilation?

……Hmm.

They said item drop rates would improve too, so that’s a good thing, right?

Shall I…… check the reactions?

└ Kkyaaaahhhhh!

└ It droppppeeeed!

└ Aaaaaaah! God Miri! I love youuuu!

└ Mirinae, is he a god?!

└ God Miri, please take this wretched devotee under your wing!!!

└ Mireluya! Mireluya! Let us all praise! Mireluyaaaa!

└ Insane! Insane! Insane! Insane! Insane! Insane! Insane! Insane! Insane! Insane! Insane!

For a while, a barrage of meaningless shrieks flooded the chat.

As he silently kept watching the screen, the superhumans gradually regained their senses and began offering more rational assessments one by one.

└ The Blessing of Growth, this is huge. Skill usage doubled? Better clear rewards? While other towers are on hard mode, our Seoul Tower is on easy mode.

└ Whoa… shouldn’t we push to the 70th floor right about now? Actually, even clearing just one floor a day would get us to the top at the 100th floor, wouldn’t it?

└ You’re low-level, aren’t you? lol Tower climbing isn’t that easy lol Once you get past the 40th floor, the Beginner Zone, a whole new world opens up haha

└ True. If they’d added 2x skill enhancement on top of that, it would’ve been insane, but even I have to admit that would break the balance haha

└ Still, with the Grace of Evasion and the Blessing of Growth, honestly there’s no reason we couldn’t push to the 60th floor, right? You can escape anytime and the rewards are stacked—who would say no to that?

└ fr When the Grace of Evasion ends in about 40 days, it wouldn’t be strange if we got 100 rankers instead of 10;;;

└ Mirinae is seriously insane… how is this even possible? What’s his true identity?

└ Pay it no mind. How could mere mortals like us superhumans comprehend the works of a god?

└ tsk tsk Instead of trying to figure that out, go climb the tower

└ yeah

└ No, but aren’t you curious? Is nobody curious about his identity? Like, whenever anyone mentions Mirinae, they pounce on it like clockwork, right?

└ My fellow proud devotees of Mirinae! What did I tell you? Did I not testify that God Miri would bestow his grace “soon”? The almighty God Miri has heard our sincere prayers and performed yet another miracle! Let us all praise him!

└ This guy really knows how to retroactively make his predictions fit lol

└ Wait… isn’t this guy Mirinae himself?

└ That’s kind of chilling;;;

└ Ugh—— is nobody curious about Mirinae?

└ Our devotee Lee Seoah! God Miri has shown us such mercy and achieved a miraculous feat! If you see this message, please say a few words!

└ Dragging Lee Seoah into the conversation again lol

└ Uh… thank you, God Miri? I don’t know when, but when you officially register as a superhuman, I’ll treat you to some delicious coffee!

└ lolololol Why is coffee suddenly part of this lolololol

└ This really seems like the actual Lee Seoah lol

└ Looks like Webseoah secretly frequents the chat room too haha

└ Honestly, I bet over 90% of Seoul superhumans are in here lol

└ agreed

└ yeah

└ Webseoah? ;_; I don’t break weapons anymore ;_;

└ lololol Looks like her current weapon is actually decent

└ Who gave her the weapon? Don’t tell me Mirinae gave it to her?

└ They say he’s a stealth superhuman, so maybe lol

└ Miss Lee Seoah! You know something, don’t you? How about dropping us a little hint?

└ lolol What are you trying to bait out of her now lol

└ The Superhuman Management Agency trains that sort of thing out of you thoroughly, so she won’t take the bait haha

└ fr We should just enjoy this moment! Alright, Mireluya!

As expected, the reactions were overwhelmingly positive.

Although the duration of the Grace of Evasion hadn’t increased, the fact that it hadn’t been replaced by something new was something to be grateful for.

Either way, that was one worry off his shoulders.

Everything had worked out for the best.

Now it was time to look into the two remaining items.

One was the Arcane Forge.

A one-meter cube—if you placed a weapon or piece of armor inside along with some magic stones, it would go through some process and forge a new weapon.

AKA the gacha machine.

While clearing the 30th floor section, he’d obtained one weapon and two pieces of armor.

The weapon had a level 2 requirement and the armor had level 3 and 4 requirements, with unremarkable stats, so he’d planned to hand them all over to Donggeon when they next met.

But now he could actually spin the gacha with these?

Shin Jungho pulled out a dagger from the Dimensional Room.

[Shadow Dagger]

– Level Requirement: 2

– Shadow Steps (30-minute cooldown, 3-minute duration): Reduces the sound of your movements by 30%.

– Shadow Strike (20-minute cooldown): Deals 2x damage on successful surprise attacks against unaware targets.

– Description: A dagger specialized for stealthy approach and surprise attacks.

It was an item that would suit an assassin, but the options weren’t particularly impressive.

Shin Jungho immediately placed the Shadow Dagger and two Magic Stones inside.

The number of magic stones required doubled with each item level.

Level 1 items needed 1, level 2 needed 2, level 3 needed 4, and level 4 needed 8.

That meant spinning the gacha for a level 8 item would require a staggering 128 stones—130 million won’s worth.

……That’s going to cost a fair bit.

Even at level 2, a single spin cost 2 million won, which was nothing to scoff at.

When he closed the Arcane Forge, the box glowed and floated gently into the air, as if the conditions had been met.

Then, a light green glow began to swirl at the tip of his right index finger.

Shin Jungho immediately understood how it worked.

He was to use the light from his index finger to draw mandala-like geometric patterns across the surface of the floating Arcane Forge.

However, it wasn’t a matter of tracing a predetermined pattern.

He had to envision the item he wished to create and forge his own path.

As an experiment, he drew a zigzag line, and the patterns that could emerge from it surfaced in his mind.

But the moment he switched to a curve, the pattern morphed into a different form.

In other words, as he caught the flow and twisted the line this way and that, the resulting pattern shifted moment by moment.

And since each individual pattern altered the item’s shape and options, the final product could vary wildly.

How long had he been concentrating on drawing the pattern?

Before he knew it, all six faces were covered in lines, and when he returned to the starting point, the Arcane Forge blazed with brilliant light once more.

[Critical Failure!]

……It even tells you the result.

Tak.

The light faded, and the Arcane Cube settled gently onto the floor.

Opening the lid, the two magic stones had vanished without a trace, leaving only a somewhat misshapen dagger sitting alone inside.

[Incomplete Shadow Dagger]

– Level Requirement: 2

– Increases the sound of your movements by 2x.

– Deals 0.5x damage on successful surprise attacks against unaware targets.

……What am I supposed to do with this?

Is this an item that increases the difficulty on its own?

It halves the damage when you successfully land a surprise attack?

In a way, that might actually be a talent.

Hmm…….

Honestly, he wanted to shout “One more round!” right this second.

It had a strange pull that stirred up his creative urges.

It felt like playing a game, and yet…….

The joy of creating something new through it…….

……was so enjoyable that he’d lost track of time entirely.

Two whole hours had already passed!

A two-hour creative game session costing 2 million won per round.

This is pretty addictive……?

The reason he couldn’t just shout “Go!” on a whim, however…….

“My Lord. Even swordsmanship is clumsy at first. The Arcane Forge was merely a test this time, so please do not let it weigh on your mind.”

“Your Highness. Let such trivial matters slip away like a river current. Surely Your Highness’s craftsmanship will grow more refined day by day, and one day, you shall personally present a dagger unparalleled in all the world.”

It was because of Lea and Maya, who had stood quietly in place for those two hours, watching him concentrate.

It felt like playing games late at night and getting caught by his mom…….

……only for her to not scold him but instead bring him fruit and tell him to have a snack while playing. It made him feel inexplicably self-conscious.

……Is this some kind of elaborate scheme?

“Don’t do that, either of you. Go spend some personal time.”

“I shall remain here and watch over Your Lordship’s sacred work.”

“I, too, shall remain here and pray with clasped hands for Your Highness’s holy endeavor.”

……Is this really some kind of scheme?

“Ahem.”

Shin Jungho managed to tear his gaze away from the Arcane Forge and turned to the one remaining item on his agenda.

He decided to deal with the Blessed Summoning Stone Enhancement Ticket.

[Blessed Summoning Stone Enhancement Ticket (Bound)]

– Owner: Shin Jungho

– Enhances the Blessed Summoning Stone.

– The Summoning Stone enters standby mode for one week.

If he used this enhancement ticket…….

Lea and Maya would be rendered unsummonable for an entire week.

Shin Jungho’s gaze traveled from Maya to Lea, and then drifted toward the Arcane Forge.

……Oho?