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Chapter 134 - Nightmare, 10th Floor (7)
Chapter 134: Nightmare, 10th Floor (7)
TL: Enuma Novel
[Floor 10 has been cleared on all difficulties.]
[The Tower summons new climbers.]
[A new rule is added.]
En̂um а̇_. i̊_d
[In 24 hours, the ‘Joint Battle’ will begin.]
[When the time comes, 100 climbers who have cleared Floor 10 will be randomly summoned to Floor 5.]
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[While the ‘Joint Battle’ is in progress, climbers other than those summoned cannot enter Floor 5, and any already inside will be forcibly expelled.]
[Time remaining: 23 hours 59 minutes 50 seconds]
I’d been moved to the Reward Room.
I let out a sigh and stared at the messages.
Е nûm å
I’d cleared an even-numbered floor, so it was time for the Tower’s bullshit turn again.
‘Joint Battle?’
A hundred climbers who cleared Floor 10, randomly summoned to Floor 5…
Some kind of thing where climbers team up and fight together?
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I didn’t bother speculating any further.
Judging by everything so far, guessing what would jump out was pointless anyway.
W е́ b̀ ñ ӧv̇ е l̈ Е̇ nu m ӑ_
I’d find out soon enough when the time came.
‘Probably going to screw with people’s lives again.’
Come to think of it, every rule that had shown up so far was like that.
Hold ordinary people’s lives hostage, then make the climbers choose. That kind of thing.
I had a bad feeling this one would be the same…
I checked the rewards instead.
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An epic-grade Skill Enhancement Stone and… an item.
It was a black crown with a glossy sheen.
[Item: Pankera’s Crown]
The crown of Pankera, the Dream Demon King who governs dreams and illusions. While the crown is worn on the head, the wearer may move to the Mental World. Targets in direct physical contact with the wearer’s body can also be pulled into the Mental World. Time flows identically in reality and the Mental World.
“Hmm…”
What is this.
Eṅuṁа̄ .i d̀
The Mental World sounded like it meant the world inside a dream.
So basically, an effect that lets me have lucid dreams?
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‘Not much help in a fight…?’
I tilted my head.
It didn’t seem like an item with any real use.
I decided to try it out right away.
Еňu mа́ . і̂ d
I put the crown on my head.
And when I thought about entering the Mental World…
“…!”
The scenery in front of me changed.
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It was a pitch-dark space where nothing was visible.
“Huh.”
Е̌ n u m ӓ
I thought it’d be nice if it were brighter, and this time the space turned pure white.
Could I control this?
I was looking around when…
“Ho, what’s this now.”
A voice came from behind me.
I turned around, and a man was standing there.
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I stared at him blankly for a moment, then asked.
“Demon King, is that you?”
The Demon King answered in an arrogant voice.
“It is I.”
…Why did the Demon King get dragged in too?
The item description did say targets in physical contact could be pulled into the Mental World…
W̆е b̊_ṅ о vѐ ĺ Е n umа_
I figured that since the Demon King shared a body with me to begin with, we were automatically a set entry.
I looked at the Demon King with fascination.
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After all, this was the first time I’d seen his face.
From the voice alone I’d assumed some ancient old man, but he looked like a young man.
Long, snow-white hair, pale skin, and a frame that had to be well over two meters tall.
“Is that your original form?”
W̌ӗb́nо v̆ е́l Е̇ n̊ú m̂ а
He looked less like a Demon King than I’d expected.
His appearance was just like an ordinary human’s.
The Demon King didn’t answer, only swept his gaze around the space.
Whoooosh-
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This time the pure white space transformed into a snowfield with a blizzard howling across it.
“Not bad, this space.”
Éñû m а̊ .іd̈
Apparently he was reshaping the space by will alone.
The scenery kept shifting, moment by moment, dizzyingly.
So this really was something like a dream world, then?
I left him to it and gave it a try myself.
I pictured a sword, and a sword appeared in my hand.
It seemed anything I thought of could be manifested at will, but…
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Well, it was neat and all, and that was it. Where was I supposed to use this in real life?
The moment I thought I should leave the Mental World, I was back in reality.
– Why are you coming out already? Stay a while longer.
I breezily ignored the Demon King’s grumbling and took off the crown.
I’d look into it more later.
‘As for the Enhancement Stone…’
Е́ ṅ_ũ_m̌ а̃
I used the epic-grade Skill Enhancement Stone on Weakness Insight.
Rewards sorted.
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[Difficulty: Nightmare]
[Floor: 11F]
[Level: 127]
[Willpower: 8,710/8,710]
Е.nǔm̂ à
[Skills: Radiant Incarnation (Legendary+), Destruction Ray (Epic+), Weakness Insight (Epic)(+2), Hellfire Eruption (Epic)(+1), Subspace (Epic), Air Walk (Epic)…]
[Nightmare]
Population: 873,619
Time Limit: 2 years 361 days 9 hours 58 minutes 3 seconds
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Reached Floor: 11F
“Somehow pulled it off again…”
W ĕ b nо̌v.еl Еnü m å
I let out a long breath.
Floor 10 had been strange, all right.
And it left a slightly bitter aftertaste.
Like I’d witnessed one of a game’s bad ending routes. Except the protagonist was me.
A world like that really existed… no.
Let’s not think about it. It only made my chest feel heavier.
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Anyway, the other me had cooperated in the end, which was how I’d cleared it.
‘At least I learned one thing for sure.’
Looking at Floor 10, accepting the Tower’s offer really was something I should never do.
And that a world where the Ark had been deployed wouldn’t end well either.
…Which made me wonder, was I just incredibly lucky that I took the Tower’s offer on Floor 4 and cleared it? Maybe so.
[Would you like to exit the Tower?]
Wӗb̄ňо́vӗl̀ En ũm ӓ_
I went ahead and exited.
The moment I stepped out, my family greeted me.
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“…Seo-hyeon!”
I hugged my mother and father.
“You’re not hurt anywhere, are you? Are you okay?”
Even though they knew any injuries healed completely once a clear was finished, they still look me over with worried eyes.
Е n u m а̂
I smiled and said,
“Floor 10 was way too easy. I’ve gotten so strong that even Nightmare can’t handle me anymore.”
After having lunch together with my family.
Back in my room, something occurred to me, and I took out the broken scales.
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[Special Item: Broken Scales of Life]
Offer up the user’s lifespan to obtain an equivalent price. You may offer from a minimum of 1% to a maximum of 99% of your current remaining lifespan. Once used, the scales break, and the user’s remaining lifespan is displayed. (This item has already been used.)
Ŵe b̄ n̈о̄ v̌ е́ l̊ Ēn̆.umа.
Remaining lifespan: 295 days 2 hours 10 minutes 31 seconds
“…Hm.”
I’d wondered whether dying and coming back might have reset my remaining lifespan.
But checking it, nothing had changed.
Wishful thinking.
‘Still… I guess I found one possibility?’
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The Resurrection skill.
I’d learned that a skill for bringing the dead back to life existed.
There had to be plenty of ways to solve the lifespan problem, too. If I just kept climbing the Tower…
Huh? Wait a second.
Couldn’t I get the Resurrection skill for free just by Repeat Clearing Floor 10?
[You have entered Floor 10 of Nightmare difficulty.]
W е̇ bň o v e l Еṅ um а̂
Without even resting, I went straight back into Floor 10.
Floor 10 was such an unusual floor that I’d wondered if Repeat Clearing might not work on it, but…
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Apparently that wasn’t the case.
The pitch-black city of Seoul and the enormous Ark. Exactly the same beginning.
I flew up into the sky and immediately set off to find Person123.
I went down toward Busan and combed the area.
Е n̆ üm ӓ . і d̊
Since the timing was different from my first clear, he wasn’t in the same spot as before.
As I roamed around like that…
Before long, I found Person123 hunting the Fallen alone.
Thud!
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I landed hard right in front of him.
“Hey.”
Еñ u m̈а .і̃ d
“…?!”
He stared at me, at a face identical to his own, in shock.
Tch. Just a little while ago we’d been baring our hearts to each other…
Seeing him reset, no different from the Repeat Clearing of any other floor, left me a little bitter.
“I’m you.”
I already knew exactly how to clear this.
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But since I couldn’t know how he’d react, I planned to do everything just as I had before.
So I gave the whole spiel about how this was actually Nightmare Floor 10 and I wanted to talk with him, and…
“If what you’re saying is true, then what reason do I have to cooperate with you?”
He came at me with the same line and all.
Everything after that went the same way too.
Subdue him appropriately, ask what happened to his family, listen to his story, then head to the graves.
Ẁ ѐb̆ ń о̄.v̄ е̃ l̂ Ē ñu̇ m̊ а
“…So killing you is the clear condition.”
“Then kill me. I don’t care.”
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Having heard the full explanation, Person123 pulled the Resurrection Skill Stone out of his Subspace.
The moment I took it, I tried to learn the skill. But.
[The skill cannot be learned.]
A message popped up.
Wеb̈ n̄o v е ĺ Ẽ ṅu m̄_а̌
‘Tsk…’
So it doesn’t work after all?
Honestly, I’d figured as much.
If this worked, Floor 10 would be nothing but a Skill Stone and Enhancement Stone farming ground for me, and there was no way the Tower would allow that.
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I exited Floor 10.
Arms crossed, I sank into thought.
W̃е̂b ńо vе̄ l̃ Е n u m̃ а̂
But hold on, even if I can’t learn it…
Person123 can still use Resurrection on me, right?
So couldn’t I just enter Floor 10 right before my lifespan runs out, and when I die, have him bring me back?!
Just as I was congratulating myself on my stroke of genius, the Demon King cut in.
– That won’t work.
“…Huh? Why not?”
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– Because your death is not simply dying when your lifespan runs out. It is a fixed death.
What’s that supposed to mean?
The Demon King explained.
– How do you think lifespan is determined in the first place? Even a lowly creature that tempers its body and rises through the realms slows its own aging. Its lifespan lengthens.
By that logic, your remaining lifespan should have increased at least a little when your level rose. And yet, what happened?
I answered.
Ěnu̇ m̃ a . і̊d
“It didn’t go up.”
I’d already confirmed that leveling up didn’t add so much as a minute to my remaining lifespan.
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– That is why it is an unavoidable death. Those scales did not simply take your lifespan away, they fixed what remained of it. Would you understand if I said that death 295 days from now has been decided as your fate?
“…I roughly get it.”
In other words, it was a firmly determined death, so not even Resurrection could bring me back.
With the hope I’d just felt bubbling up thoroughly ruined, I tried to argue.
E̊n ůmа .і d́
“But your guess could be wrong, couldn’t it? Maybe it’d work anyway?”
The Demon King spoke as though he pitied me.
– Once you reach a realm such as mine, you can vaguely read fate as well. Regrettably, from the moment you used those scales, your death was set in stone.
Son of a…
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And through my soul, I could tell he wasn’t lying.
“Why didn’t you tell me sooner?”
Еn̈ u mа̊.і̆.d̂
– I did tell you. If you were going to burn even your lifespan, put the trivial things out of your mind and climb.
“What the…”
Even so, deep down I’d thought that if I kept climbing the Tower, maybe there’d be a way to get my lifespan back.
What the Demon King just said shattered that hope to pieces.
So when my time is up, I am just going to die, no way around it.
– Who knows. Perhaps the Tower will offer to change even your fate.
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“…You’re the one who told me never to accept the Tower’s offers.”
– Or else you twist your fate yourself.
Twist my fate myself?
How?
– Become a god. Then you can throw off the yoke of fate.
What kind of nonsense is this…
Ẅe b́ n о ṽ ẽ_l Е̄ n̂ ŭm а̊
But the Demon King didn’t seem to be talking idly.
“…Is that actually possible? How do you become a god?”
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The Demon King scoffed.
– It is impossible. How could a lowly creature reach divinity? Even I barely managed to get one foot in the door, and that was my limit.
“Are you making fun of me?”
– Well, there is one thing that nags at me. That ti… never mind.
Ẃ е b̀ nо v.e l Ӗ n û m̃ а_
He stopped mid-sentence.
Something occurred to me, and I asked.
“Is the Tower a god too, by any chance?”
The Demon King was silent for a moment, then answered.
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– I don’t know. That thing is simply incomprehensible.
I let out a groan and flopped down onto my bed.
Е̊n ûm а.іd̀
Gods or whatever… I just wish someone would save me…
“…Cut the whining.”
Having gone back and forth with myself like a lunatic, I got right back up.
Let’s get to work.
One way or another, all I could do was climb the Tower.
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