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Chapter 118 - Proof of Qualification (1)
Chapter 118: Proof of Qualification (1)
TL: Enuma Novel
I laid out the whole long story for my family.
Becoming a Nightmare climber, climbing the Tower, all the things I’d done as Person123, and what I’d been thinking and feeling while I did them…
I told them, in my own words and in detail, everything they might want to know.
E n̈ ŭm ӓ
Even the reason this Floor 8 run had taken so unusually long.
“…so that’s why it took so long, getting all the way to the oasis. There was never any real danger.”
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My father, who had been listening quietly, nodded.
“I see. You really have been through a lot.”
It had been a secret I’d wanted so badly to keep…
and now that I’d said all of it, the feeling was strange.
Еṅ ü m̄ а .і̄ d̂
My family’s reaction was, if anything, unexpected.
They were all calmer than I’d thought they’d be.
I looked around at them and went on.
“I have to keep climbing the Tower from here on out.”
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“…”
“I hope you can understand… that there’s no choice. Because there’s no one who can do it but me.”
Ё ṅ u m̀ а̌. і d̊
Either way, now that everything was out in the open.
From now on my family would have to watch me risk my life clearing Nightmare.
It was a cruel thing to put them through, and this was exactly why I’d never wanted to tell them, but there was no helping it.
A brief silence followed.
“Yes. We know.”
My father spoke first.
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“What kind of parent stands in his own child’s way? Especially when that child means to save the world.”
“…”
“Seo-hyeon, don’t you worry about us. Your dad is nothing but proud of you. So… go and do what you have to do.”
He said it so calmly.
Beside him, my mother nodded.
“Same for me. How could I not be proud? Your mom and dad are fine.”
W̊ ėb n̈ о̀ vе̌ l̈ Е n̄ ûm̄ ӓ
But as I watched the two of them, I soon understood.
There was no way they were really fine.
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While I’d been clearing Floor 8, maybe the family had already talked it through among themselves and made their peace with it.
“…Thank you. For understanding.”
That was all I could manage to say.
My mother turned her head away for a moment and wiped the corners of her eyes.
Е̃ ṅ ù m̊ а.і d
To clear the air, I spoke in a bright, cheerful voice.
“Don’t worry too much. There was never really a point where my life was in danger while I was clearing floors. I mean it. Not after Floor 4.”
I thought of the guide I’d posted back on Floor 4, and added,
“And I know it’s me saying this, but… I’m pretty seriously strong. You know first-clear rewards are way better than ordinary ones, right? Nightmare first-clear rewards even bump up my level, so I’m over level 100 now.
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I’ve got a whole pile of good skills and items too. This time I cleared Floor 8 and even got a Legendary-grade skill. A grade that hasn’t even appeared in the world yet.”
“I-is that so?”
Е̊ň u m å
“Yeah. So you really don’t have to worry. I’m not just saying this to put your minds at ease, it’s true. Nightmare difficulty is vicious, sure, but I’m strong on a completely different level from the other climbers.”
I said it with a confident smile.
“And honestly… if it had really been unbearable, I’d have given up a long time ago. You know what I’m like, right? I hate doing dangerous things. I do it because it’s doable and because I want to live too. If the world ends, I die along with it.”
Mom and Dad nodded.
My mother rose to her feet.
“Aren’t you hungry? You haven’t eaten yet, have you?”
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We finished talking and had a meal.
As if by some unspoken agreement, my family didn’t bring up the Nightmare climb again.
We’d have to talk more about it later, but for now I could feel them being careful not to make me uncomfortable.
“Whew…”
Back in my room, I threw myself onto the bed.
My heart felt heavy and stale.
Ӗ n_u mã . ї d
Because I still hadn’t told them absolutely everything.
…I couldn’t tell my family about the lifespan problem.
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Their hearts had to be in pieces as it was.
How could I possibly tell them, on top of all that, that I’d become terminal, with less than a year to live?
“That’s a problem.”
My family probably assumed I’d keep climbing the Tower once a year from now on.
Ẇе b̂ñ о̂_v̈е̇l Е̌_ṅŭ m å
But the problem was that I could no longer afford to climb at such a leisurely pace.
Sure, I could use this Floor 8 run as an excuse, tell them that from now on I’d have to give myself a generous margin on the time limit before clearing Nightmare…
but even accounting for that, my situation demanded I climb far, far faster than that.
Because I only had 300 days left.
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Didn’t I really need to attempt at least one floor a week?
It would be a little better if I at least knew how many floors there were at the top of the Tower.
Еn̊û m̄ а .іd̆
But I didn’t even know that, so the destination stayed blurry, as if wrapped in fog.
“Demon King, is there no way to extend my lifespan again?”
I asked the Demon King.
The Demon King gave off a look like, what nonsense is this, so I added,
“No, I mean, if I keep climbing the Tower, there could be an item that extends lifespan, right? There’s an item that shortens it.”
– How would I know.
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“You said you climbed over twenty floors. You’ve never seen an item or skill like that?”
The Demon King answered mockingly.
– If you burned your lifespan that boldly, keep going with that same fire. How can you climb Nightmare while fretting over trivial things like family and whatnot?
It meant he didn’t know.
– If you mean to stand against the Tower, you too must become a monster. You’d do well to keep that in mind.
“Hmm… so then is that why you failed, Demon King? Because you weren’t a monster?”
Ë nù m а.і̀ d
– Why you little.
Standing against the Tower or whatever; for me it was enough if the world just stayed safe.
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Well… that amounted to the same thing.
There would be no way to keep this world safe other than climbing the Tower to the very top.
No, even if I did climb to the top, there was no telling whether it would be safe.
“Ugh.”
En̈u m ã . і̌ d̄
I let out a groan and pressed a hand to my forehead.
Lifespan, climbing, 300 days…
And whatever the hell this “Proof of Qualification” that was about to begin would turn out to be.
My head was a mess and my heart was nothing but unsettled.
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Click.
The door opened.
Е nǔm а
My sister poked her head in.
“You asleep?”
“…No.”
I sat up.
She came in, shut the door, and hesitated.
It seemed like she had something to say.
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“What is it?”
“…Nothing, just.”
She sat down in my desk chair.
“Is there, you know, anything else you want to say?”
“…Like what?”
“I know what you’re like. There might be stuff you left out so you wouldn’t worry Mom and Dad.”
E ṅ umа
…What? Since when was she this sharp?
From her expression, it seemed like she was just taking a stab at it.
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“If there is, say it. It’s not like I worry about you as much as Mom and Dad do, so you can talk to me freely.”
I let out a small laugh.
“Some kid who was bawling her eyes out earlier.”
“…When did I.”
Ŵ еbn о v е̄l̃ Ēnu mӑ
“Nah, there’s nothing. What would I even have to hide at this point?”
I found this little gesture of hers pretty endearing.
She stared at me for a moment, then nodded.
“Okay then… but can I ask just one thing?”
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“What.”
“I actually wondered before whether you might be Person123, you know? It makes sense. Every time Nightmare got cleared you were off traveling, gone. And Person123 is Korean too.”
W̌ е̃ b̆ǹŏv̇ё l̈ Е ńùm а
So she had suspected after all.
“That’s why I tagged along that time you went to sell magic stones. But you’re a Nightmare climber, so where’d you get the lowest-grade and low-grade stones? Don’t those only drop on Easy difficulty?”
A fair thing to wonder.
“There’s a method for everything. I’ve got a helper too, see.”
“…Really? I thought you were keeping your identity hidden?”
“There are people I’ve revealed my identity to and get help from.”
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“Who’s that?”
“Bilon Must.”
This was nothing I needed to hide, so I told her.
Her face went blank with shock.
“Anyway, some seriously impressive people are helping me out. I’ve got Nightmare clear rewards plus their support, so I’m basically as good as invincible, which means you’ve got no reason to worry about pointless stuff. Call me the one and only under heaven and earth, or something.”
“What are you even saying…”
W̆ е̃ b̆ n̊ ov́е̇_l Е̂ñ ū m.а́
I waved a hand at her.
“I’m tired, so get going. I want to rest.”
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“T-tired? Okay.”
She got up from the chair.
It hit me a beat too late that I had something to tease her about, and I said,
“Oh, right. And there’s that thing from before.”
E ṅ ú m ǎ
“Huh? What.”
“You had something you wanted to pass along to Person123 a while back, didn’t you? I heard that one loud and…”
“Aaaah! Can’t hear you. Can’t hear you!”
She clapped both hands over her ears and bolted out of the room.
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I gave a small laugh and lay back down.
Right. I should do this.
Ёňũ m̊а .î d
However daunting it is, I have to keep moving forward.
That was the only thing I could do.
[Will you enter Floor 5?]
Having steadied myself, I entered Floor 5 right away.
There wasn’t a moment to waste.
I might as well get some hunting in before whatever this Proof of Qualification was got started.
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I’d organize the Floor 8 guide afterward.
*
After Person123 miraculously cleared Floor 8.
The whole world was in a festival mood.
The greater the despair had been, the greater the joy, a natural matter of action and reaction.
“Come on, drink up, drink up!”
Е n̄ũ m̆ а̄
At a certain bar in Seoul, too, a merry drinking party was in full swing.
“Person123 really is Person123. Since when does a god fail!”
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“Right? A god, that’s what he is! A toast to our savior!”
Rejoicing that humanity had earned another year to live, everyone drank themselves merry.
“Hey, come to think of it… isn’t it about time now? The Proof of Qualification, was it?”
“But didn’t they say that one’s aimed at the Top-Floor Climbers?”
W e b n̈о v е̃ l̃ Ĕ nu ḿā
The new rule that had appeared after Floor 8 was cleared.
Since it supposedly involved doing something with the Top-Floor Climbers, people figured nothing major would happen to the world at large.
It wasn’t as if worrying about it would let them do anything anyway.
“If it’s the Top-Floor Climber, that includes Person123, right.”
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“Person123 will obviously pull it off! More than that, shouldn’t we be worried about the climbers on the other difficulties?”
“All right, all right, just drink for now.”
Ӗ ňŭm̆ ӑ . і̃ d
And so time passed.
[Time remaining: 1 second]
The man who’d been drinking happened to look up, and his eyes went wide.
“…Hey.”
“Huh?”
“What is that, over there… am I drunk?”
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The people around him began to murmur too.
Something bluish was spreading across the sky, blanketing it.
[‘Proof of Qualification’ has begun.]
[The Top-Floor Climbers of each difficulty have been selected.]
[A total of nine ‘Isolation Zones,’ each with a 50-kilometer radius, have been established.]
[The Isolation Zones completely block all passage between inside and outside.]
W̄ е bnо̄ ṽ е̃ l Ē ńum а̊
South Korea, China, Russia, Canada, Türkiye, Brazil, Poland, Uzbekistan, Somalia.
Nine enormous, translucent, dome-shaped veils appeared over the urban centers of each of these nations.
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[The Top-Floor Climbers must move to the ‘Proof Room’ and do battle with a boss monster of their own level.]
[The order begins with the Top-Floor Climber of the Easy difficulty.]
[Before moving to the Proof Room, the Top-Floor Climbers may select Isolation Zones.]
[A penalty is imposed in proportion to the number of Isolation Zones selected.]
Е́ ṅu̇ m̃ а.ĭ d
[The penalties apply while inside the Proof Room.]
[The penalties are as follows.]
[If 0 zones selected]
– No penalty
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[If 1 zone selected]
– Physical ability and Willpower reduced by 30%
É n u ḿ.а . і́ d̊
[If 2 zones selected]
– Physical ability and Willpower reduced by 30%
– 3 random skills prohibited
[If 3 zones selected]
– Physical ability and Willpower reduced by 30%
– 3 random skills prohibited
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– 3 random items prohibited
[If 4 zones selected]
– Physical ability and Willpower reduced by 60%
– 3 random skills prohibited
– 3 random items prohibited
[If 5 zones selected]
W е b̂ n о̆v̈ е l Ėn u má_
– Physical ability and Willpower reduced by 60%
– 6 random skills prohibited
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– 3 random items prohibited
[If 6 zones selected]
– Physical ability and Willpower reduced by 60%
– 6 random skills prohibited
W̆ е_b n о̆ v̆ ӗ l Ėṅ.ūm а̌
– 6 random items prohibited
[If 7 zones selected]
– Physical ability and Willpower reduced by 90%
– 6 random skills prohibited
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– 6 random items prohibited
[If 8 zones selected]
Ӗ ǹ umӓ.і́d̂
– Physical ability and Willpower reduced by 90%
– All skills prohibited
– 6 random items prohibited
[If 9 zones selected]
– Physical ability and Willpower reduced by 90%
– All skills prohibited
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– All items prohibited
[The climber may not leave the Proof Room until the boss monster has been defeated.]
[Upon successfully defeating the boss monster, the selected Isolation Zones are deactivated, and the turn passes to the next in order.]
[Upon failure to defeat the boss monster, a new Top-Floor Climber for that difficulty is drawn, and the process repeats until success is achieved.]
[After all difficulties’ battles have concluded, the Tower’s Curse descends upon the remaining Isolation Zones, and every human inside them dies.]
[The remaining Isolation Zones will persist forever.]
E nǔm̄ а̇
[Should all Isolation Zones be deactivated, a special reward will be granted.]
[May the Top-Floor Climbers of each difficulty prove their qualification as humanity’s vanguard.]
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