Shin Jungho’s mind was in turmoil.

True, this had happened while fighting monsters.

But what if he suffered a serious injury later while battling a meteor(?)—what excuse could he possibly offer then?

Complaining about a mere scratch on his face from a boss fight would be like spitting in his own face.

Shin Jungho shook his head, brushing aside his concerns.

For now, things were fine.

He hadn’t been badly hurt, and it wasn’t as though the combat had overwhelmed him.

So for now—

It’s unboxing time!

Shin Jungho’s eyes settled on a slip of paper and a box.

Platinum Skill Acquisition Ticket (Bound).

Platinum Random Box.

The mere word “Platinum” attached to them was enough to spark expectations of something extraordinary.

Now then, the skill first!

“Use.”

As he held the ticket-like paper that shimmered with brilliant light and declared his intent, a radiant glow announced the skill he had obtained.

[You have acquired the Universal Skill ‘Summoner’s Complete Healing’.]

…As expected!

Platinum was different—and not just a little different.

A skill he had never even heard of before had appeared.

[Summoner’s Complete Healing]

– Once per day, completely heals all injuries of summoned beings within a 10-meter radius.

A perfect recovery skill, limited to summoned beings.

Since it could only be used once a day, he would need to save it for emergencies.

But the potential danger had already passed, and there were no plans to climb the Tower today, so Shin Jungho decided to test the skill’s effects right away.

“Lea.”

“Yes?”

Shin Jungho reached out his hand and activated the skill. A pure white light extended from his palm and gently enveloped Lea.

The healing effect triggered immediately.

Seuruk.

The red scratch on Lea’s cheek vanished without a trace.

“T-thank you, my Lord! I shall engrave this grace deep into my bones and never forget it!”

Even if you engrave it into your bones, it’ll heal completely.

“I can use it once a day anyway.”

Lea belatedly collected herself and praised Shin Jungho’s skill acquisition.

“My Lord! Congratulations! Your supreme virtue has moved the heavens, and they have bestowed upon you a skill so precious that none other exists in all the world!”

Seeing her rejoice as though she had acquired the skill herself, Shin Jungho felt a warm satisfaction.

However.

…Hm?

Now that he thought about it, of course Lea would be thrilled.

No matter what injuries she sustained, they could now be perfectly healed.

That meant there was no longer any reason to stop her from fighting with wild abandon, was there?

Hmm…!

For a brief moment, he imagined Lea smiling brightly with her arms and legs severed, then immediately shook his head vigorously.

Still, for now at least…

This was a good thing, right?

Anyway, this wasn’t the only reward.

Next came the highlight of this unboxing—the Platinum Random Box!

The 10th floor had yielded the excellent reward of a Summoning Stone Enhancement Ticket.

So the 20th floor should produce something twice as good, shouldn’t it?

Shin Jungho casually asked Lea in passing.

“Lea, do you happen to know about Platinum—”

“My Lord! It is now time for the Platinum Random Box! Your virtue has already reached the highest heavens, so this humble servant merely prays that your supreme glory continues unabated, and that is all I desire!”

…That was an impressively desperate way of saying she didn’t want to know.

Surely a Platinum box wouldn’t produce a dud.

But there was no sense forcing it on someone who didn’t want to hear.

Shin Jungho boldly pulled the colorful ribbon and untied the knot.

Peong!

[You have obtained 1 Summoning Stone Blessing Ticket.]

…Hm?

He had heard of a Summoning Stone Enhancement Ticket before, but a Summoning Stone Blessing Ticket was an item he was encountering for the first time.

Since it could be used on the Summoning Stone, he was about to check its effects when—

[Announcement: Mirinae has achieved 20 consecutive Amazing Achievements in Tower 25!]

[Announcement: ‘Grace of Evasion’ will be activated in Tower 25 for 100 days.]

[Announcement: During the Grace of Evasion period, the top-floor climbing deadline disappears. Additionally, you may instantly return from the Tower at any time.]

[Announcement: If Mirinae is absent from Tower 25, the Grace of Evasion will immediately vanish.]

A string of peculiar Tower announcements scrolled before him.

The Grace of Evasion had been activated in Seoul’s Tower 25.

What on earth was this all of a sudden?

He hurried into the Chat Room to find out more.

└ ?

└ ??

└ ???

└ ????

└ ??

└ ?

└ What’s with the glitch up there lol

└ Wait, Grace of Evasion? This kind of thing existed?

└ What’s an Amazing Achievement? Mirinae achieved 20 consecutive ones? And that triggered the Grace of Evasion?

The superhumans seemed to have no information either.

But it wasn’t that they couldn’t understand the announcement they were seeing for the first time.

└ Holy shit! The top-floor climbing deadline is really gone! The tower won’t collapse for 100 days!

└ Waaaaah! Is this kind of insane thing even possible?

└ My God! If you add the existing climbing period, that means we can hold out for four months, right?

└ That’s not what’s important! We can now escape the Tower anytime without a Return Ticket!

└ This is real! I just entered the 1st floor and got out immediately without a Return Ticket!

└ No waaay! Is that even possible? You can return instantly without a Return Ticket? Then the climbing difficulty drops enormously!

└ Insane! We can now fight freely in places where climbing was too overwhelming before! We can pull off bolder tactics too!

└ Good heavens! This isn’t a system error, is it?

Two special privileges provided by the Grace of Evasion.

The first was the exemption from the requirement to clear the top floor within 30 days—for 100 days.

In other words, they had been forced to claw their way upward at least once a month, and now that obligation was suspended for a full three months.

That might not matter for a Tower that had just broken through the lower floors.

But for Seoul Tower, which had broken through the 60th floor—a high level that ranked among the world’s best—it was a blessing as precious as rain during a drought.

Above all, only three superhumans had ascended to the high-floor zone.

And instead of having to breach the Tower’s top floor every 30 days, they were given 100 days of leeway?

That meant superhumans in the 40th-floor range could continue climbing and reach the 63rd floor—the current top.

But that wasn’t the end of it.

The second privilege of the Grace of Evasion.

The ability to exit immediately during Tower climbing without a Return Ticket.

That alone would dramatically increase the survival rate of superhumans.

And substantially boost the success probability of each floor’s clear.

On lower floors, perhaps it wouldn’t matter as much.

But superhumans challenging the intermediate floors and above had to stake their lives every time to continue climbing.

By the intermediate floors, one might manage to hold three or four Return Tickets, but those were meant only for true life-or-death situations.

Conserving Return Tickets and fleeing whenever things went south was the daily reality for the average superhuman.

Some would hide or flee until only 20 to 30 minutes of climbing time remained, then engage in combat at the last moment to gain experience—a tactic employed often enough.

But to be able to return unconditionally, regardless of the situation?

That meant they could act far more boldly without consequence.

Even if surrounded by monsters and facing death, they could simply return and escape—no harm done.

Once the discussion reached that point, the superhumans finally recalled what had brought about these precious benefits.

└ So… all of this is thanks to Mirinae?

└ Truly admirable!

└ Wow, I’m becoming a Mirinae fan starting today!

And did they wait long for the atmosphere to ripen?

At last, that figure(?) made a grand entrance.

└ Have you all witnessed the monumental achievement of the great Mirinae? To us, Mirinae is the light, the truth, and the salt! Mirinae has taken pity on us wretched souls and performed this miracle! Everyone! I urge you to sincerely believe in and follow almighty Mirinae from this day forward! Oh Mireluya!

└ Kkkkkk Mireluya for real kkkkk

└ Oh, I was wondering when you’d show up! Are you perhaps an acquaintance of Mirinae?

└ The commitment to the bit is real lol… but… I think I’m actually starting to be convinced now damn

└ For real lol Seoul Tower has basically become a festival grounds thanks to Mirinae, so why shouldn’t we praise him? Mireluya!

└ Kkkkk me too, me too, Mireluya!

└ Thanks to Mirinae, I’ve found the courage to challenge the 40th-floor boss. Mireluya!

People began joining in one by one as the Mirinae devotee sang praises.

Well, it was understandable.

Who could have predicted such an absurd blessing would descend upon Seoul Tower?

Yet the Mirinae devotee had been praising Mirinae even before the 20th-floor clear, boldly prophesying that grace would descend.

That prophecy had proven spectacularly accurate, and the blessings(?) the superhumans received were enormous—so naturally, the atmosphere of praising Mirinae continued.

Could it be…

Had he seen all of this coming from the start?

If so, it was nothing short of a masterstroke.

Why had Swordmaster Kim Taemin continued to be treated as a hero by the general public despite being cursed by superhumans?

It was all because he had manipulated public opinion to suit his needs.

Mirinae’s image, too, had previously been that of a victim, prey for the Three Emperors.

But through this incident, that perception had shifted 180 degrees.

Into… a new hero of Seoul Tower!

└ But doesn’t this mean Soma is completely screwed?

└ Yeah, totally agree lol He lost Kkamangi so his combat power dropped massively, and now he’s about to surrender the title of highest-floor climber lol

└ First, the Electric Empress and Aha will immediately park at the 63rd floor, and if the Superhuman Management Agency’s Lee Seoah puts in the effort, couldn’t she reach the 63rd floor too?

└ Lee Seoah just needs a weapon. One that won’t break no matter how hard she swings it lol

└ Lee Seoah has the skill to skyrocket if she just gets one decent weapon

└ Right? But she breaks every weapon she uses, so other countries won’t even rent weapons to her anymore haha

└ Seriously, Lee Seoah should have been named Weapon Breaker instead of her actual name lol

└ Kkkkkk Webseoah kkk

└ Let’s just shorten it to Webseoah kkkk

└ But besides Lee Seoah, are there others who could climb to the 60th-floor range?

└ I’m on the 47th floor. I’m planning to reach the 60th floor within the 100-day Grace of Evasion period.

└ I’m on the 44th floor and thinking of trying. This is basically a once-in-a-lifetime reversal chance.

└ I’m on the 48th floor. Planning to join the 63rd.

Everyone and anyone began burning with enthusiasm for climbing to the top floor.

Reaching higher floors naturally meant better rewards.

And even after the Grace of Evasion ended, they could revisit their cleared floors anytime for better farming.

So during these 100 days with a spare life, pushing toward the highest floor had to be the top priority.

└ Wow, there are already over 10 people saying they’ll go to the 63rd floor damn

└ Are we going to have Thirteen Heroes like Shanghai instead of Three Emperors lol

└ If I’d known this would happen, I would’ve pushed harder to break through to the intermediate floors ㅠㅠ

└ If 13 superhumans really park at the top floor, Soma becomes nothing lol

└ But would Soma… just sit back and watch this happen?

└ What’s he gonna do if he doesn’t? Is he crazy enough to try clearing the top floor here?

└ That would be a traitorous act that sells out the country lol Even a firing squad would be justified

└ For real, if he clears the top floor here, he becomes public enemy number one

Everyone turned against the Swordmaster.

The Swordmaster’s current position rested on the fact that he was the only one who could challenge the top floor.

But what if, 100 days from now, more than 10 superhumans stood on the same floor as him?

Then he would have nothing left to claim as uniquely his.

Oh, right—he did have that one 60th-floor special privilege item.

└ Everyone, do not forget! What atrocities the Swordmaster attempted to commit! That sly devil wearing the mask of a hero is trash who dared to harm our great Mirinae! And not just any trash—non-burnable, non-recyclable waste!

└ Yeah, right. He seemed to be searching for Mirinae with bloodshot eyes, trying to get Kkamangi back.

└ Though he did tuck his tail for now because of the United States lol

└ For real, what would have happened if Mirinae had died?

└ Fellow believers! As you saw in the announcement, if the noble Mirinae disappears from Seoul Tower, all the benefits we receive will return to nothing! Under these circumstances, must we truly leave the wicked traitor Swordmaster unchecked!

└ Hear, hear!

└ When did we become believers lol

└ Is there any way to rein Soma in?

└ Should we pool our strength and submit a petition?

└ I’m a stealth superhuman, but I’m willing to participate.

└ Me too.

The atmosphere had shifted from treating the Swordmaster as a necessary evil—

To a clear consensus that he needed to be restrained.

Had Kim Taemin—

Anticipated this situation at all?