An F-Rank Veterinarian Physically Heals an S-Rank Magical Beast - Chapter 38

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Chapter 38
[Floor 6: Thunder God’s Maze]
[Weather: Thunderstorm]
[Voltage: 1,000,000,000V (Unmeasurable)]
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The moment the elevator doors slid open, the world flashed white.
Kwaaaaaaang—!!!
A deafening roar accompanied a massive bolt of lightning that struck the elevator entrance with devastating force. Any ordinary Hunter would have been vaporized without a trace.
But.
Szzzzzzzt.
The lightning was intercepted by a shimmering blue barrier of magical force and dissipated like smoke.
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“Quite the greeting. My eardrums are about to burst.”
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Yoo Yi-soo stepped forward, brushing off her staff. Static electricity crackled around her, yet her expression remained perfectly composed.
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“Welcome, Kang Jin-hyuk. You’ll need to bring an umbrella.”
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Baek Mu-young quickly unfurled a black umbrella—actually an artifact imbued with magical resistance—and held it over Kang Jin-hyuk.
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“Thanks, Team Leader. Though I have a feeling this rain is acidic, so the umbrella might not help much.”
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Kang Jin-hyuk adjusted his sunglasses and gazed ahead. A sky blanketed in black clouds. Lightning bolts cascading down without mercy. And at the center of that chaos, seated upon a throne, loomed an enormous figure.
A giant clad in golden armor, wielding a lightning-shaped spear in his hand. The chief deity of Olympus—an avatar of Zeus.
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[Floor 6 Ruler: Thunder God Zeus]
[Grade: Mythic]
[Status: Extreme Fury (Anger Level 200%)]
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“How dare you… insignificant insects.”
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Zeus’s voice thundered across the realm.
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“You defile my sacred tower like a playground and mock my divine power? I shall rain divine punishment upon your insolence!”
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Rumble!
As Zeus raised his hand, the dark clouds above swirled violently, forming the colossal silhouette of a thunder dragon.
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“Kang Jin-hyuk! That’s dangerous! We need to dodge!”
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Luna screamed. This was no magic a human could defend against.
But Jin-hyuk didn’t dodge. Instead, he rummaged through his pocket and pulled out something—thick rubber gloves and a voltage meter that looked like it belonged on a construction site.
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“Divine punishment? I don’t know about that. To me, it just looks like a ‘faulty wiring accident.'”
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Jin-hyuk held the meter up to the empty air. Beep beep beep—! The alarm shrieked frantically.
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“The voltage is way too high. Overload blew the fuse. Patient, you’ve got quite the temper. High blood pressure, I’m guessing?”
“Shut up! Die!”
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Boom—!
Zeus unleashed a Thunder Dragon.
Lightning condensed with thousands of tons of magical power crashed down upon us.
In that instant, Jin-hyuk tapped Yi-soo’s shoulder beside him.
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“Honey, I’m counting on you. Parry.”
“Honestly, you dump all the annoying stuff on me.”
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Yi-soo sighed and stepped forward. She crossed the two gladii in her hands into an X.
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[Unique Skill: Absolute Reflection – Blade Barrier]
[Artifact Effect: Lightning Severance]
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Yi-soo swung her twin blades at imperceptible speed.
Clang clang clang clang—!
Something miraculous happened.
The cascading bolts of lightning were severed cleanly wherever they touched her blade, scattering like cut strands of noodles.
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“Hmm… the feel is a bit dull? So you’re a god, but the impact is only this much?”
“What… what did you say?!”
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Zeus’s eyes bulged from their sockets. A human woman was cutting through his own divine authority—lightning itself—with a sword.
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“My wife’s an S-rank attacker, you see. Her reaction speed exceeds the speed of light.”
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I chuckled. Yi-soo’s dynamic vision and reflexes had long transcended the realm of humanity. To her, incoming lightning was merely a ‘slightly faster baseball.'”
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“This… this monster!”
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Zeus panicked and unleashed even more lightning. But the faster he fired, the faster Yi-soo’s blade strikes became, and the deflected bolts reversed course, flowing back toward Zeus himself.
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“Thanks, old man. I’ve warmed up nicely thanks to you. Now let me return the favor.”
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Yoo Yi-soo brought her twin blades together.
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[Counter: Thunder God’s Slash]
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BOOM!!!
The deflected lightning dragons merged into a single colossal blade of energy that rocketed back toward Zeus.
Zeus panicked and unleashed a torrent of lightning. But the more he fired, the brighter Yoo Yi-soo’s staff gleamed, merely refilling her mana reserves.
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“Thanks, old man. You’ve charged my mana perfectly. Now let me return the favor.”
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Yoo Yi-soo aimed her staff directly at Zeus.
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[Reflection: Thunder God’s Wrath]
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BOOM!!!
The absorbed lightning dragon swelled to twice its size and hurtled back toward Zeus. He hastily erected a lightning spear to block it, but the shockwave sent him tumbling from his throne.
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“Gah! How dare you insult a god!”
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Zeus rose from the dirt, his breathing ragged. His pride had taken a critical blow.
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“This won’t do. I’ll crush you with brute force!”
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Zeus’s body expanded. Three meters, five meters, ten meters—his muscles bulged until they seemed ready to burst, and his entire frame was wrapped in an armor of crackling lightning. A crude, straightforward strategy: if magic wouldn’t work, he’d simply overwhelm her with raw power.
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“Oh, phase two beginning?”
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Kang Jin-hyuk observed with keen interest.
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“Jin-hyuk, I can’t block that. It’s physical damage.”
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Yoo Yi-soo fell back.
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“Got it. My turn now.”
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Kang Jin-hyuk flexed his rubber-gloved hands and pulled massive metal rods from his inventory—enormous copper pillars that resembled giant acupuncture needles.
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“Team Leader Baek.”
“Just say it.”
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Baek Mu-young drew his sword and stepped forward.
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“Bind that brute’s feet for me. Just ten seconds.”
“Ten seconds… that’s rather harsh on an old man. But I’ll give it a shot.”
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Baek Mu-young’s form blurred into motion.
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[Sword Saint Skill: Instantaneous Slash]
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Whoosh—slash!
Baek Mu-young wove between Zeus’s massive legs, targeting the Achilles tendon. Zeus hurled his fists, but Baek Mu-young evaded by mere paper-thin margins, continuing his assault on the giant’s legs.
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“Wretched insects!”
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Zeus stomped his foot, losing his balance and staggering. That was the moment.
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“Now, honey! Freeze him solid!”
“Got it!”
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Yoo Yi-soo struck her staff against the ground.
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[Frost Magic: Absolute Zero – Ground Seal]
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In an instant, the rainwater beneath Zeus’s feet crystallized into ice. A slippery frozen surface. A giant who had lost his footing had only one option.
Crash—!
“Gaaaah!”
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Zeus fell hard on his backside. The earth trembled as if an earthquake had struck.
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“Patient! You should have been more careful about falls!”
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Jin-hyuk launched himself upward. In his hands was the massive copper column—the giant needle—he’d retrieved earlier.
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[Tamer Skill: Vital Point Detection]
[Medical Arts Skill: Giant Needle Acupuncture]
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Jin-hyuk bounded over Zeus’s body. His target was the nape of Zeus’s neck and the spine—the most critical acupoints where mana circuits flowed.
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“Alright, here comes the acupuncture to lower your blood pressure! It might sting a bit!”
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Thunk!
I drove a copper needle deep into Zeus’s nape.
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“Gaaahhhhh!”
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Zeus screamed. But it wasn’t over.
Thunk!
Thunk!
Thunk!
Back, waist, shoulders—five massive needles pierced Zeus’s body in rapid succession.
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“What… is this… I can’t… I can’t feel my strength….”
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Zeus tried to rise, but his body wouldn’t obey. The electricity within him drained away through the needle punctures like air from a punctured balloon.
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“This is called ‘grounding.’ You’ve accumulated far too much electrical energy in your body, causing a dangerous buildup. We need to drain it like this.”
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I climbed onto Zeus’s shoulder and wiped the sweat from my brow.
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“Luna! Are you ready?”
“Yes! The cables are connected!”
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Luna stood holding thick cables attached to the needle ends. The other end of those cables was connected to the [Large Mana Battery] I’d installed beforehand.
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“Good. Begin charging!”
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Whirrrrr—!
The massive electrical energy surging from Zeus’s body was sucked into the battery.
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“My strength… my divine power is being drained…!”
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Zeus was seized with terror. These humans weren’t trying to kill him. They were using him as a ‘living power plant.’
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“Noooo… stop… stop draining me….”
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Ten minutes later, Zeus’s once-colossal frame had shriveled to barely larger than my own. His golden armor had lost its luster, and his lightning spear had become as thin as chopsticks. A perfect state of complete discharge.
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“Battery charge rate: 500%. Wow, being a god really does make efficiency incredible.”
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I examined the battery gauge in amazement. This amount of energy alone could cover Arcana Hospital’s annual power consumption with plenty to spare. Converted to currency, it was worth hundreds of billions.
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“You… demonic bastards….”
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Zeus trembled as he looked up at me. Gone was any divine majesty—only a terrified old man remained.
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“Demonic? I’m a doctor. I simply treated your hypertension.”
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I smiled and crouched down in front of Zeus.
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“Now then, shall we settle your medical fees?”
“M-medical fees?”
“Yes. House call fee, specialized acupuncture treatment fee, and the wages for my wife and team leader. All together….”
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I tapped away on a calculator.
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“Your divine authority, ‘Thunder God’s Might’—transfer it to me.”
“What?! You want my divine authority? That is my very existence! I absolutely cannot give it!”
Zeus thrashed about. Losing his divine authority meant losing his status as a god.
“Ah, is that so? Well then….”
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I shrugged and glanced at Yoo Yi-soo.
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“Honey. The patient is refusing treatment? I suppose we’ll need to recharge him.”
“Understood.”
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Yoo Yi-soo began gathering electricity in her staff again. This time, not subtraction but addition—a threat to inject electricity in reverse into Zeus’s body, which was already on the verge of overloading and rupturing.
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“Wait, hold on! Time out! Time out!”
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Zeus waved his hands frantically. He could endure having electricity drained, but being reversed and torn apart from the inside—that was true death.
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“I’ll give it! I’ll give it! But… there are conditions.”
“Conditions?”
“Don’t… kill me. And release me from this Tower.”
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Tears welled up in Zeus’s eyes. Summoned as a fragment due to the gods’ wager, trapped in this Tower for thousands of years. I was exhausted. All I wanted now was to return to Olympus and rest.
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“Hmm… Expelling someone from the Tower is beyond my authority.”
I stroked my chin thoughtfully.
“However, I can send you somewhere far better.”
“Somewhere better?”
“Yes. My hospital has state-of-the-art facilities in the basement. We’ll provide meals, a place to sleep, and all you need to do is perform some light exercise—power generation, that is.”
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It was essentially an “underground prison” and a “self-generating power station,” but I packaged it like a “recovery facility.”
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“Is… is that place safe? There won’t be anyone like that woman beating me?”
“Of course not. I’ll personally oversee your care.”
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Zeus deliberated. Dying under torture from that con artist couple seemed far worse than quietly complying and living.
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“…I’ll accept the contract.”
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Thus, Zeus, the chief deity of Olympus, signed my [Slave Contract (Hospital Facilities Management)].
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[Taming successful!]
[You have acquired the Mythic-rank Monster (Deity) ‘Thunder God Zeus’.]
[Hospital power supply has been secured.]
[Your ‘Combined Attack’ proficiency with Yoo Yi-soo has increased.]
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“You made the right choice. I look forward to working with you, my department head.”
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I placed the diminished Zeus into my inventory—or more precisely, my monster containment space.
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“Phew, it’s finally over.”
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I stretched. The dark clouds overhead dispersed, and clear sunlight began to shine through. Floor 6 was cleared.
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“You did great, honey.”
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Yoo Yi-soo approached and wiped the sweat from my brow.
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“You worked hard too. Enduring all that electricity must have been exhausting?”
“Well, thanks to that I got a nice skin massage. The tingling felt rather pleasant, actually.”
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Yoo Yi-soo spoke in jest, but her fingertips trembled ever so slightly. Even for an S-rank mage, channeling a deity’s power was beyond reasonable limits. Without a word, I grasped her hand and infused my mana into her.
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[Recovery].
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“From the next floor onward, let’s take it easy. I’d be in real trouble if you got hurt.”
“Don’t worry. I’m stronger than you.”
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Yoo Yi-soo let out a soft laugh and rested her head against Kang Jin-hyuk’s shoulder. In the quiet aftermath of battle, an unspoken camaraderie and affection flowed between them—the bond of true comrades.
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“Heh heh… you youngsters really know how to put on a show.”
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Baek Mu-young gazed toward the distant horizon and let out a wry cough.
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“Vice Director! We found spoils! This is the ‘Lightning Gem’ that Zeus dropped!”
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Luna came running over with the gem, oblivious to the moment she’d interrupted.
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“Ah, thanks Luna. I should have a necklace made from this.”
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Yoo Yi-soo accepted the gem.
Thus Floor 6 was conquered. It was a perfect victory—not through raw power alone, but through Kang Jin-hyuk’s strategy, Yoo Yi-soo’s firepower, and the support of Baek Mu-young and Luna working in perfect harmony.
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“Well then, Floor 7 awaits.”
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Kang Jin-hyuk walked toward the elevator. But this time, the button wouldn’t respond.
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[System Notification]
[Floor 7 onwards is the core of the ‘Divine Realm’.]
[Entry Requirements: Consent from the Three Realms and the ‘Key of Destiny’.]
[Current conditions are not met.]
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“Huh? It’s blocked?”
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Kang Jin-hyuk furrowed his brow. Consent from the Three Realms? The Key of Destiny?
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“The Three Realms’ consent is simple enough—I just need to get stamps from Michael, Mammon, and Chairman Song. But what’s this ‘Key of Destiny’?”
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At that moment, the [Prophet’s Eye] in Kang Jin-hyuk’s pocket—a reward from Haren—began to vibrate.
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[Hidden Quest Triggered: ‘The Peak of Babel’]
[Objective: To open the door to Floor 7, you need the heart of ‘the one who refused death’.]
“The one who refused death…?”
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My gaze naturally settled on one person: Baek Mu-young. The man who had endured a curse for a hundred years, trapped in the Tower—neither dead nor alive.
Baek Mu-young flinched.
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“Why… why are you looking at me like that? Surely you don’t need to rip my heart out, do you?”
“Come on, of course not. I’m your attending physician—why would I cut open my patient’s abdomen?”
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I shook my head, but my eyes grew cold and distant. The system demanded a ‘sacrifice.’ But I had no intention of opening that door with mere sacrifice.
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“If the system demands we produce a key, then we’ll simply craft a master key instead.”
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I tore open the elevator panel.
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“Luna, bring me the toolbox. And pull out my department head—Zeus. We’re going to need some serious electrical power.”
“What? Again?”
“If the door won’t open, we’ll just hack it and force our way through.”
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A wicked smile spread across my lips. Following the Tower’s rules was only good until Floor 6. From Floor 7 onward, it was time to conquer the Tower by Kang Jin-hyuk’s rules.

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