[You have entered the 40th floor of the Tower 25.]

= Objective: Defeat 1 Stormwing Griffin (Boss).

= Time Limit: 4:00:00

# Remaining Monsters: Stormwing Griffin (1), Steel Feather Griffin (10), Griffin (20).

# First Clear Reward: 40 Magic Stones, Weapon Acquisition Ticket – Replaced with Platinum upon achieving the Amazing Boss Clear Achievement

# Amazing Achievement Condition: First attempt, clear within 20 minutes

# Amazing Achievement Reward: 1 Platinum Random Box

# Amazing Boss Clear Achievement Condition: First attempt, clear within 15 minutes

# Amazing Boss Clear Achievement Reward: 1 Platinum Weapon Acquisition Ticket

No additional rewards, I see.

The 40th floor of the Tower.

The boss zone.

The monsters appearing here were the Stormwing Griffin, over twice the size of a normal griffin, along with various others.

Even a single boss would be troublesome to deal with, but I had to face the other minor monsters alongside it as well.

The standard strategy was to eliminate the minor monsters one by one before finally isolating the boss for a one-on-one fight.

However, the Stormwing Griffin’s attack radius was so vast that I had to anticipate its ambushes every time I engaged the minor monsters.

In short, showing even the slightest opening meant facing a coordinated barrage from the griffins.

Naturally, clearing the 40th floor in a single attempt was quite difficult.

It was common practice to repeatedly clear the 39th floor and below, holding out until good items or skills dropped.

Of course, none of that applied to me.

“Defensive formation!”

At Shin Jungho’s command, Lea and Maya stepped forward simultaneously.

There were plenty of ways to clear the 40th floor.

Even while meeting the Amazing Achievement conditions.

But there was a way to end it cleanly in one blow.

There was no reason to painstakingly issue complicated commands while monitoring the map.

“Meteor Summoning.”

Three galaxies unfolded in my mind.

The Alpha Core, my companion from the very beginning.

Megastrum, which delivered magnificent shockwaves.

Copios Crumble, which poured down beautiful meteor showers.

The choice here was…

Megastrum.

True to its name, the Stormwing Griffin boasted an incredibly fast flight speed.

It was likely on par with or perhaps even faster than Maya’s High-Speed Flight.

Because of that, even if I poured a meteor shower right above its heads, it would quickly escape out of range.

Or perhaps it would dodge through the meteor shower like lightning.

Therefore, to smash it with a meteor, I had to choose one that it absolutely could not dodge.

Of course, even if a 100-building-sized meteor fell, it might still fly fast enough to evade it.

But no matter how fast it was, it couldn’t possibly dodge the shockwave from a nearby impact, could it?

Large, medium, small.

Three large groups of glows appeared.

Among them, the glow to choose this time was…

Medium.

I choose you!

Kuoooooo-

An immensely wide dimensional hole formed above the Stormwing Griffin as it hovered in the sky.

Standing at the front, Lea fiercely gripped the hilt of her sheathed sword and looked up at the sky.

“…3 islands! Please be careful!”

From the 100-building mark onward, I roughly equated it to one island.

So when she said 3 islands.

It meant it was roughly the size of 300 apartment buildings.

Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!

The ground shook violently.

[Warning! An abnormal impact has been applied to the Tower!]

It’s been a while since I saw this red message window. Nice to see you again!

Lea drew her sword, extending a stream of white Sword Aura, and slashed at the ground.

Swaaash!

As if the transmission of force had been abruptly severed, the violently pumping ground instantly calmed down.

But the real match(?) was just beginning!

Huaaaaaaaaaaaak!

A fierce shockwave rushed in, like an invisible giant wall pushing the air from afar.

And the one to shine here was, predictably, Lea.

“Haat!”

Swaaaash!

As Lea swung her sword downward in a vertical arc, white Sword Aura shot forward along the trajectory.

The shockwave surging toward the three of them split apart to the left and right like the parting of the Red Sea.

The overwhelming sight was enough to take one’s breath away.

Kwagwagwagwagwagwagwag!

However, the shockwave wasn’t the only attack.

Stones scattered haphazardly across the wasteland were swept up by the shockwave, flying toward the three of us like a barrage of bullets.

The one to handle this assault was Maya.

“I shall go.”

Blade Storm poured from Maya’s outstretched fingertips, shooting down every single cannonball-like boulder.

Pababababababak!

And the smaller debris that slipped through were cleared by Lea, who stood in front like an unyielding mountain.

Seusasasasasasaseuk!

Lea’s lightning-fast swordplay deflected every stone flying from the front.

Watching this, Shin Jungho reached a new realization.

Ah, I’ll never get to see Lea’s Hat-Hat Defense ever again!

It felt somewhat bittersweet.

Anyway.

Did it hurt a lot this time?

It’s taking a while.

The Stormwing Griffin had evaporated the moment the meteor fell.

It seemed to have been caught under the meteor and barely escaped, but if it had taken the full brunt of that colossal meteor impact and remained unscathed, it wouldn’t have been the 40th-floor boss.

Even a dragon would probably meet its end under that meteor, wouldn’t it?

[You have cleared the 40th floor of the Tower 25.]

[40 Magic Stones will be provided.]

[Your level has increased.]

[You will automatically return in 10 seconds.]

Phew.

I thought it might have been completely destroyed since it took longer to fall than expected.

…Huh?

If I damage the Tower so badly that it can’t be restored, does that mean I won’t be able to return at all?

…I should be careful.

“Return.”

Spapat!

[Announcement: Mirinae has cleared the 40th floor of the Tower 25 in the shortest time.]

[As a special reward for the shortest clear time on the 40th floor, the Ring of Levitation previously owned by the Electric Empress has been retrieved and granted to Mirinae.]

Poof!

Following the Ring of Protection, the Ring of Levitation too.

Two special rewards had fallen into my hands.

I quickly slipped them on and concealed them within my fingers using Slime Form.

[Amazing Achievement Accomplished!]

[As a special reward for the Amazing Achievement, 1 Random Box has been provided.]

[Amazing Boss Clear Achievement Accomplished!]

[As a special reward for the Amazing Boss Clear Achievement, 1 Platinum Weapon Acquisition Ticket has been provided.]

Perhaps because I hadn’t touched the Random Box yet, the announcement regarding a blessing hadn’t appeared.

However, the system messages for clearing the 40th floor didn’t end there.

[You have passed the Beginner Zone and entered the Intermediate Zone.]

[You have acquired the Universal Skill: Dimensional Assimilation.]

For a superhuman, passing the 40th floor was a crucial turning point.

Passing the Beginner Zone felt like the true beginning of the Tower climb.

Because of that, there were quite a few superhumans who couldn’t get past the 40th floor.

The numbers dropped significantly once they moved past the 40s and entered the 50s.

Reaching the 70th floor meant entering the Advanced Zone, which indicated a massive gap in skill between those in the 70s and those below.

Anyway!

The important thing here was that I had acquired the Universal Skill, Dimensional Assimilation.

[Dimensional Assimilation]

– Allows the use of Exclusive Skills outside the Tower.

– Various restrictions apply depending on the skill.

– Usage counts are shared.

Now I could.

Use the Exclusive Skills I had been using inside the Tower.

Which meant.

A path had opened to summon meteors in reality!

…But where would I even use this?

And until I checked the skill, nothing was certain.

Some skills couldn’t be used outside the Tower even with Dimensional Assimilation.

So.

What about the Meteor Summoning skill!

[Meteor Summoning (During Dimensional Assimilation)]

– Usage Condition: 1 Source Stone

– Searchable Galaxies: Alpha Core, Megastrum (Unavailable), Copios Crumble (Unavailable)

– Special Note: If used on a Tower, the Tower will absorb all damage. If the damage exceeds a certain threshold, the Tower will collapse.

…Eh?

The Tower… collapses?

What kind of absurd(?) skill is this?

When you think about it, skills are essentially granted by the Tower, so wouldn’t this be like repaying grace with enmity?

Moreover, a single use required a whopping 1 Source Stone.

I understood what it meant to be able to use Meteor Summoning in reality, so I could comprehend the penalty to that extent, but…

The randomness was the problem.

If a meteor the size of a house fell from the Alpha Core, it would be quite beautiful.

But what if the maximum size, a 30-apartment-building-sized meteor, fell?

I looked it up roughly, and wasn’t that about dozens of times the explosive power of the Tsar Bomba?

The Tsar Bomba was 1,500 times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, so if it was stronger than the Tsar Bomba, it would literally be the starting point of a global catastrophe.

…Who would dare use it carelessly out of fear!

Of course, there was also the possibility that the meteor summoned from the Alpha Core might be a hollow meteor(?), or a cotton meteor(?) as light as cotton.

That would significantly reduce the explosive yield, but I couldn’t just use Meteor Summoning in reality to test it out.

There was no Tower system here to absorb the impact.

Should I go to the moon or something to test it?

At the very least, since the Tower absorbs all damage if I aim it at one, I could consider sending it to Russia or China if they displease me.

But first, loading a single meteor required 1 Source Stone.

Above all, if my luck was bad, I didn’t know how many Source Stones it would take.

Furthermore, I couldn’t even fathom what the aftermath would be if I actually destroyed a Tower, so I planned to leave that as an absolute last resort.

Anyway, let’s move past Meteor Summoning for now.

The other Exclusive Skill, Quest Insight, was Tower-exclusive anyway, so I wouldn’t use it in reality.

Slime Skin kept its usage count and duration, but the effect changed from attribute nullification to attribute resistance.

I guess it’s better than not having it?

I hadn’t even opened the Platinum Weapon Acquisition Ticket and the Platinum Random Box yet, but so much had already come out.

But!

I’m still hungry.

This is the 40th floor.

I’ve broken through the Beginner Zone.

So I can’t be satisfied here!

While I gather my bearings here for a moment.

I checked the Chat Room.

└ Mirinae was alive?

└ Was he really kidnapped????

└ The kidnapped superhumans are all being investigated at the Management Agency now lol

└ But why hasn’t another blessing been granted? Wasn’t it every 20 floors?

└ It wasn’t 20 floors, it was 20 consecutive ones, so it’s probably up to the Tower’s mood;;;

└ We only know it was the shortest clear time, we don’t know if he achieved the Amazing Achievement?

└ Whatever it is, just knowing Mirinae is safe is a relief T_T

└ Our lovely Mirinae devotees! Mirinae has finally broken through the 40th floor! Our God Miri will soon bestow new grace upon us, so let us all praise Him with one voice! Oh! Mireluya!

└ The blessing hasn’t come out yet though?

└ He said soon, so does that mean it’ll come out around the 50th floor?

└ Whatever it is, shout it. Oh! Mireluya! Mireluya! Mireluyaaaa!

└ Kyaa! God Miri! Please save me too!

└ lololol It was quiet for a while, but it’s starting again lol

Yoon Changdae…

What are you trying to do, shouting like that?

Honestly, there’s no guarantee a blessing will come out this time.

…Though I am secretly looking forward to it.

Shin Jungho turned his gaze and stared at the two Platinum rewards with a serious look in his eyes.

“Lord! This time, a weapon you truly need will surely appear! If by some one-in-a-million chance another useless item like that staff appears, I shall immediately grind it to dust!”

…We should sell it for money, why would you break it?

“Your Highness. Your luck in obtaining items has surely been accumulating with interest over time. Please bear no burden and claim the magnificent treasure that will come to you.”

…Does luck accumulate with interest too?

Luck giving birth to luck, and that luck combining to birth more luck?

Still, their encouragement completely shook off my burden of anxiety.

Whose summoned beings are they? The summoner sure has a lot of virtue.

Then.

Shall I use the Platinum Weapon Acquisition Ticket first?

“Come out! Jackpot item!”

Maybe the Chilseongchamnyogeom, said to contain the energy of the Big Dipper.

Or the Cheongeunsal and Cheongeunhwal, said to have been used to drop the sun and the moon.

Or the Gyeonguigeom, said to have radiated light without its killing intent dying for hundreds of years.

There are plenty of things like that, aren’t there?

With this opportunity, let a legendary weapon like Excalibur come out for Korea too!

Hwaak!

After light burst from the paper.

A single item appeared.

Thud.

The object that fell to the floor.

Was not a weapon like a sword, spear, axe, or bow.

Nor was it defensive gear like armor, greaves, bracers, a shield, or boots.

[You have acquired Arcane Forge (Bound).]

A dark brown cube box densely inscribed with geometric patterns.

It looked to be about 1 meter on each side, perfect to use as a standing desk…

No, that’s not it.

So what exactly is this?

[Arcane Forge]

– Owner: Shin Jungho

– Placing weapons and Magic Stones inside the box allows you to create a new weapon.

– The result varies drastically depending on the crafting process.

…The weapons and defensive gear I wanted didn’t come out.

It seems I’ve drawn a gacha machine(?).