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Chapter 132 - Nightmare, 10th Floor (5)
Chapter 132: Nightmare, 10th Floor (5)
TL: Enuma Novel
Shwoooosh.
I was flying fast, kicking off empty air with Air Walk.
A faint roar reached me from somewhere far off.
Éñũ mа̃
I turned that way, and before long I found it.
The scene unfolding in the middle of the city.
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“…!”
A Fallen, and people being run down by it.
And a man and a woman.
‘…Found him.’
Еn u mа̂
The man was me.
And Section Chief Shin Su-jin?
I had no idea what the situation was, but Section Chief Shin was badly wounded.
And I was just standing there, watching people get slaughtered by the Fallen.
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That bastard… what the hell is he doing?
For starters, I dove toward the Fallen.
Ě n̆ u m̈ а̇.і̊ d̃
Six horns. A Stage 6 Fallen, by the look of it.
KABOOOOM!
I landed on the ground, crushing the Fallen’s head underfoot.
After sweeping my eyes once over the dead, I picked up the corpse of the Fallen, its head burst open, and hurled it.
The other me swatted it aside.
I walked toward him.
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“Wow, found you right away. Good to see you.”
The same face as mine.
But the eyes were dull, like the life had gone out of them, and dark circles sat beneath them.
There was something exhausted about his expression.
I stopped about ten paces away and, at last, met the gaze of this world’s Person123.
“But how’d your character get this rotten, huh?”
W̆ ё b nõ v̀_el Ѐnu̇.m̃а̊
What my Sixth Sense told me…
He was strong. Stronger than any boss monster I’d faced so far.
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Well, he was me, so I supposed that made sense.
Maybe he sensed something was off despite the cap and mask, or maybe he’d recognized me completely.
Person123, who had been staring straight at me, spoke.
“You… what are you?”
Ė n̄ um а
I glanced at Section Chief Shin, who was watching all this with a stunned look on her face.
Then I kicked off the ground and ambushed Person123.
Clang!
Person123 crossed both arms and blocked my fist.
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The point wasn’t damage so much as pushing him back, and he went flying backward.
Let’s move this somewhere else first.
Е ǹ ũ mа . і d̊
I sprinted after him as he flew.
Then Person123 twisted his body midair, kicked off nothing, and came back at me.
Air Walk. So he had that too.
I blocked his fist and struck back.
Person123 dodged with a quick reaction of his own and countered again.
Both of us with Skin Hardening active, we traded punches.
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‘…We’re about even?’
I’d thought I’d be a bit ahead in level.
Strength and speed were nearly identical.
It made me wonder if he had better body-enhancement skills than me.
We kicked off the air, colliding, climbing higher and higher, until…
Person123 slipped my roundhouse, grabbed my leg, and flung me hard on a diagonal.
E n um̂ å .іd̊
Boom!
I planted my feet on a building’s outer wall and landed.
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I jerked my head back to avoid the attack Person123 followed up with, then kicked upward.
Person123 crashed up through floor after floor of the building and bounced all the way to the rooftop, and I went up after him.
Standing on the roof of the high-rise, we faced each other again.
I took off the cap and mask at last.
W е b̀n̈_о̇ vе̄l Ё nu̇m̆ а
“Hi.”
Person123 responded only by furrowing his brow and glaring at me.
…Looking my own face in the eye really is a strange feeling.
I spoke to the confused-looking me.
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“How about we stop fighting and talk?”
[Kill ‘me’.]
Е́ nũ m̌ а
A message telling me to kill myself.
If I meant to carry out this quest, which was probably Floor 10’s clear condition, there’s no real need for conversation.
But I hadn’t made a decision yet.
Whether it would really be over the moment I killed myself, that nagged at me a little too…
For now, I wanted to talk.
I wanted to know how the me of this world had ended up like this.
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And talking might turn up some other hint, after all.
Person123 spoke too.
“What the hell are you?”
“Like I said, I’m you. Which means…”
I froze time for a moment and thought it over.
For a conversation to happen, I’d have to explain the situation first.
Еn̂ûm̈ а
But how do I explain this, and how much do I say?
Obviously the me standing in front of me had no way of knowing this was a world inside the Tower.
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If I told him the truth, would he just accept it?
‘Doubt it…’
Because when I put myself in his shoes, no.
I’m living my life just fine, and then another me shows up out of nowhere and says this isn’t reality, that it’s a world inside the Tower. How would that land?
W̄ёb nо̌.vе̌l Еn ů.m̊ ӑ
I’d write it off as nonsense. I wouldn’t want to believe it either.
But there wasn’t any point in lying, either.
So I decided to just lay it all out.
“This is Nightmare Floor 10.”
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“What?”
“This world right now is the world inside Nightmare Floor 10. And I’m in the middle of clearing it.”
Е n̈ u m̂ а̂.і d̆
I watched for a change in Person123’s expression, then said,
“You know it too, don’t you? That the worlds inside the Tower are worlds that already fell and got swallowed. I figure we’re Kim Seo-hyeons from different parallel worlds…”
Person123 cut me off.
“…What kind of trick is this now?”
“Huh?”
“Get lost, you damn Tower. How much more do you have to toy with me before you’re satisfied?”
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What is he talking about.
Ah… don’t tell me he thinks the Tower is pulling something?
“That’s a pretty reasonable misunderstanding, but I really am you.”
He didn’t look like he believed it, so I went on.
“What’ll it take to convince you? Should we talk about our personal history? First love was Kim Min-ji, same class, second year of middle school. Sent her a long, rambling confession by text and got shot down hard.”
“…”
Е̌.n u m а̃ . і́d̈
“Let’s see, what else, or how about the time in high school we bragged to all our friends about acing the mock exam, and it turned out we’d shifted the whole answer sheet and got completely humiliated?”
As I reeled off our greatest shames one after another, Person123’s face twisted.
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Part of my aim had been to lighten the mood a bit, since this guy’s vibe was so grim, but it clearly wasn’t landing.
I spread my hand.
“And above all else…”
I stopped time, finished my Mental Concentration, and used a magic skill.
Ё ǹu m̌ а̃ . і ď
Small bolts of light shot out and burst against the ground around Person123.
No-delay spellcasting.
“This is an ability only we can use. Still don’t believe me?”
I kept talking to the silent Person123.
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“Besides, what reason would the Tower have to mess with you? For what purpose? The Tower’s Curse already went off, you’ve fallen and you’re out there persecuting people… isn’t this world already broken beyond repair? Looks to me like the Tower achieved its goal beautifully.”
As I spoke, my tone turned a little sharp without me meaning it to.
En̄ů ṁа́_. i̊ d
Person123 let out a laugh.
“So… you want me to believe that garbage? That this is a world inside Floor 10?”
“It’s hard to believe, but it’s true.”
“And what exactly do you want to talk to me about?”
“Anything. I need a clue to clear Floor 10. And you’re probably the key.”
I didn’t rush to mention the part about having to kill him.
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There was no telling how he’d react.
Person123 kept his mouth shut for a long while.
I spoke again.
“First off, can you tell me what happened to y…”
“Hey.”
Person123 let out a dry laugh and glared at me with an expression I couldn’t begin to describe.
Е̃ǹů.m ӑ. id
“If what you’re saying is true, then what reason do I have to cooperate with you?”
Killing intent poured off him.
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The alarm bell of my Sixth Sense.
In an instant, sparks flew and a bolt of lightning slammed into the spot where I’d been standing.
I leapt upward, dodged, and looked down.
Person123 immediately sent the next spell my way. Flame Strike.
Ӗ ṅ u ṁa . і̂ ḋ
I cast Flame Strike right back at him.
The fireballs tangled midair and detonated in a violent blast.
KABOOOOOOM!
Flames blocked my view.
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And once again, the alarm bell of my Sixth Sense.
Person123 shot up at tremendous speed, thrusting a Sword of Light.
Е_n ũ mа̌
I summoned my own Sword of Light and met it.
Klang!
Blades locked, we strained against each other for a moment.
I looked him in the eye and said,
“I said let’s talk.”
“Shut up. Disappear.”
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We bounced apart and opened the distance again.
As if the fistfight up to now had been nothing more than feeling each other out.
We started fighting in earnest, using magic.
I looked at Person123 through Weakness Insight.
A red haze shimmered only around his head, and that would be the effect of the Frozen Hydra’s Blood.
Fireballs churned through the air again.
Е ǹ u m̀ a . і̄d̂
Person123 slipped a strange magic skill in among them. Lightning that lashed out like a whip.
I reacted with my Sixth Sense and bent my body out of the way by a hair.
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‘What kind of skill is that.’
He’s got skills I don’t?
So he isn’t exactly the same as me after all.
Kzzzzt-crack!
E̊n ú m̂ a. і̇ d̃
The lightning whip changed direction and coiled toward me, and I blew it apart with a Lightning Strike of my own.
When I shifted my gaze, Person123 had vanished.
‘Left.’
I focused my senses and unfurled a Scorching Zone straight into the air on my left.
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Concealment dropped, and Person123 barreled right through the flames without flinching.
I moved to respond, and he vanished in front of me again.
Еǹ ǔm̆ ӑ .іd́
Concealment again… no, it wasn’t!
The moment my Sixth Sense rang its alarm behind me, I stopped time.
I finished Mental Concentration and teleported behind him myself.
This time I had Person123’s back, and…
He reacted at once. Black fog erupted outward with him at its center.
I immediately kicked off the air, retreating clear of the fog’s range. It was Diul’s Pitch-Black Fog ability.
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Physical ability, dead even.
Our magic skills differed by a handful, but were mostly identical, so we knew each other far too well.
Which meant the momentum wasn’t about to tip toward either side.
We tore through the whole city, flying and unloading magic at each other.
Of course, I wasn’t going all out yet.
I hadn’t used Radiant Incarnation or the Demon King’s power.
Е num̂ ā
But then, he wasn’t using the Demon King’s power either.
Whether he was choosing not to or simply couldn’t, I didn’t know.
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Either way, I had no intention of pulling it out before he did. Using it first would sting my pride a little.
Of course, pride or not, if things got dangerous I’d have to… huh.
‘Charging again?’
The instant we exchanged Flame Strikes once more, Person123 charged.
W е̊b n̈ ӧ vе l̃ Ěn.u ṁа̂
Teleportation should still be on cooldown. I knew, because I was fighting while tracking skill cooldowns.
Just as I was thinking I’d knock him back with Blade Storm and seize the initiative.
When the gap had closed to about ten meters, Person123’s eyes flashed.
“…!”
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What the hell is this.
The moment our eyes met, my body seized up and wouldn’t move.
È_nu m̃ ӓ. іd̀
A bind-type skill? He was hiding something like th…
The next moment, a black sphere like a small black hole rose around Person123.
Destruction Ray.
My Sixth Sense clanged its alarm.
I stopped time.
My Teleportation was still on cooldown too, which meant I was about to take the Destruction Ray head-on with no way out.
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Ah, I had the Mist Beast King’s Pearl.
But it looked like I’d get hit before the mist even spread. Could I dodge in time?
There were other options besides that.
I could use Radiant Incarnation, or throw up a barrier with the Demon King’s power.
‘Should I try that one?’
I topped my depleted Willpower back up to full and concentrated.
Ĕ n ú m̆ а
[Skill: Mirror Barrier(Epic)]
Creates a mirror barrier within a 3-meter radius. The barrier reflects an opponent’s attacks, consuming additional willpower equal to the reflected power. Attacks with power exceeding the caster’s willpower cannot be reflected, and the barrier is destroyed. Casting requires 3 minutes of Mental Concentration.
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Classification: Magic-type
Willpower Cost: 50 per second
Cooldown: 5 minutes after destruction
I decided to try out the Mirror Barrier I’d just acquired.
Е̊n̊ uḿа̇.. ï d
[Item: Rosalia’s Earrings]
Earrings cherished by Rosalia, eldest daughter of a distinguished noble family. Willpower increases by 20%.
With Rosalia’s Earrings factored in, my current willpower was about nine thousand.
That should be enough to reflect a Destruction Ray, right?
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I released time and cast Mirror Barrier.
And in case the barrier didn’t hold, I swapped with the Demon King and threw up a barrier around my body as well.
Ẅ е̂ b̀ǹo vеl̈ Е ñ um̀ а̀
The result…
The Destruction Ray was reflected clean.
The rebounded beam took off one of Person123’s arms.
He must have reacted to the direct hit with his Sixth Sense, twisting his body aside at the last second.
Kzzzzt-crack!
But he couldn’t dodge the Lightning Strike I fired right after.
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Person123 took the lightning square-on and went flying, crashing down onto a rooftop.
I landed there after him.
“…”
Person123 lay spread-eagled, abdomen blown apart, coughing up blood.
I looked down at him in silence.
He wasn’t dead, of course.
Е̄n um̊.а̌.ї d́
His body wouldn’t die unless the head was destroyed either.
Whoooosh.
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He must have used Rapid Regeneration.
His severed arm and burst abdomen regenerated in an instant.
Still lying spread-eagled, Person123 glanced up at me and spoke.
“…Why didn’t you use Destruction Ray.”
Еn û m.ӓ
He was asking why, when using it instead of Lightning Strike just now would have finished him for good, I hadn’t.
I answered.
“I told you. I want to talk.”
Either way, I could call this one a decision in my favor.
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Whether he’d run out of steam or simply given up, Person123 showed no sign of fighting on.
I plopped down beside him.
En ǔmа̃
“Seeing this world for the first time gave me a shock.”
“…”
“What happened here? The me I know would never be the kind of guy who’d get his kicks lording over people like a king.”
Person123 didn’t answer.
Acting on instinct, I asked,
“…What happened to our family?”
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He’d been staring up at the sky with hollow eyes, and only then did he open his mouth.
“They’re all dead.”
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