Climbing the Mythic Tower as a Cheating Administrator - Chapter 81

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Climbing the Mythic Tower as an Admin Using Cheats (81)
If you were to name the most famous guild in South Korea, it would undoubtedly be Geum Seong.
Which also meant that the most famous Awakener in South Korea was Geum Byeong-chul.
Then who came after Geum Byeong-chul?
There were, certainly, Guild Masters from other massive South Korean guilds that rivaled Eight Seconds—but there was one Awakener who carried not only personal fame but also the prestige of the name Geum Seong itself.
“It’s Yoon Pyo…!”
“Yoon Pyo, Geum Seong’s assault division commander?”
“Oh man, can I get an autograph?”
Yoon Pyo. Head of the Geum Seong Strategy Division.
Awakened Ability: Absolute Zero (SR).
“Then that’s Geum Su-ah?”
And there was Geum Su-ah, the Strategy Division’s deputy head and daughter of Guild Master Geum Byeong-chul.
Awakened Ability: Luminous (SR).
“What’s happening today? Is this an unconfirmed dungeon exploration day?”
“So that’s Dungeon 67?”
“Man, this is the kind of thing that makes headlines. I heard a few people went in there before and never came out. Ever since, nobody’s even tried.”
“I’ve heard rumors that even Escape Scrolls don’t work—”
“Who knows, maybe it’s just misdirection, but…either way, it’s insane. First time I’ve seen all of Geum Seong’s Strategy Division 1st Team gathered like this.”
Beyond the two of them were Awakeners from Geum Seong’s Strategy Division, all armed with Artifacts and wearing serious expressions as they waited.
They possessed the kind of power you’d find nowhere else in South Korea.
And the reason they were all assembled here was, of course, straightforward.
“It’s inconvenient, not having an admin to manage things.”
“By being the first to conquer it, we gain management authority—and that serves the Chairman’s interests as well.”
Just as Yoon Pyo said, a dungeon whose floor count hasn’t yet been determined doesn’t receive management authority.
According to the World Awakener Association’s guidelines—also in effect in South Korea—management authority goes to whichever guild clears the dungeon first, or reaches a given floor first.
Without such rules, there would literally be wars fought over control of dungeon gates.
Moreover, Geum Seong estimated this gate to correspond to the 67th floor—a region surrounded by dungeons in the 30s tier, making it a high-traffic area.
Securing management authority quickly would allow them to set up waiting areas around the gate and create spaces where Geum Seong’s 2nd Team and beyond could protect visitors’ identities and safety.
“That’s right, Commander. This time, we—” The Geum Seong Strategy Division member trailed off, his excitement getting the better of his judgment.
He fell silent, catching himself.
Geum Seong had already cleared up to the 66th floor.
If their 1st Team was all here, then this was Dungeon 67?
If guilds like Mirae, JK, or Hana launched a challenge and cleared it first, Geum Seong would lose management authority—operational security was essential.
The frequent ruse of entering dummy dungeons, wasting time, and then exiting via Escape Scroll was precisely because of this information war, this game of reading each other’s moves between competing guilds.
Knowing full well how much a single carelessly spoken word could influence everything, the Geum Seong member who’d nearly let slip “I hope this time we clear Dungeon 67” hung his head in silent mortification.
“Deputy Head. It’s 11 o’clock.”
“Acknowledged. He’s already arrived and is standing by in the vicinity.”
“His punctuality is impressive. I quite like that.”
“Well, he’s been working as a dungeon Sherpa for so long. It’s only natural, for someone like Kim Moo-saeng.”
At Yoon Pyo’s words of praise, Geum Su-ah offered a slight smile.
Yoon Pyo, Geum Su-ah, and eleven members of the Strategy Division 1st Team’s A-Team. Thirteen total.
If these thirteen successfully conquered Dungeon 67, the B-Team of seventeen would attempt it using the same strategy.
In the end, all thirty members of the 1st Team would have to challenge the Tower’s 67th floor.
Strict role separation. Thorough memorization of responsibilities.
Fragmented intelligence scraped together from famous guilds all over the world.
“Then let’s prepare for entry. Everyone, take out your Underwater Breathing Capsules. You must consume them exactly ten minutes after entering.”
Above all, there was one critical piece of information Kim Moo-saeng had given them.
The basic structure and essential condition of Dungeon 67.
Watching the guild members move with sharp precision at Geum Su-ah’s orders, even Yoon Pyo couldn’t suppress a faint smile.
“The Chairman will be pleased. I never would’ve guessed he could extract information from Steve King—or that he’d share it with us, for that matter.”
Geum Su-ah answered with a simple nod.
And just as the clock tower near the gate passed 11:09:50—
“Enter!”
Geum Su-ah called out.
Watching Geum Seong’s Strategy Division 1st Team dive through the gate in perfect formation—
“Hah… that’s the stuff. Talk about unity. Seriously impressive.”
Kim Moo-saeng chuckled.
[That damn fool. Daring to pass off information I gave them as intelligence from that red sparrow.]
“Well, since the Tower’s admin told us, we should trust it. Or, I guess I could put it this way—obvious stuff. Anyway, let’s get ready too.”
Wash had a brief complaint, but that was all.
There are more pressing matters than complaints right now, aren’t there?
[Your left eye is still working, yes? That’s all right?]
Wash asked the question with genuine concern.
Moo-saeng simply nodded lightly in response.
“Yeah. Several of the decoys I planted earlier entered and exited dungeons in the 50s, 40s, and 60s floor ranges yesterday afternoon and this morning—already cleared them. We’ve even made contact with Mirae and JK in the process.”
The smoke screen operation remained effective.
Above all, thanks to the Five-Ring Eyes, even the association’s field operatives, including Robert K, were cooperating actively with Moo-saeng.
Even powerhouses like Mirae, JK, and Hana couldn’t refuse the World Awakener Association’s official requests, no matter how reluctant they felt!
Even if the Thousand-Li Eyes focused its full surveillance on him, the other decoys had already been given their orders and were operating according to protocol.
‘Someone entering the dungeon that Geum Seong entered…. They might reasonably suspect me as a strong candidate, but—.’
Still, they couldn’t be certain.
They couldn’t afford to stop watching other suspects just to focus on Moo-saeng.
Suspicion wasn’t the same as proof.
Besides, would the Thousand-Li Eyes really reduce surveillance personnel after just a single day? That wasn’t the kind of reckless gamble they’d make.
Moo-saeng tapped the earpiece and asked, “Twenty minutes from now…. Hildegard, are you ready?”
―Of course! You can go anytime!
Hildegard’s voice came through at once.
She was so excited that her flushed face was easy to imagine from her tone alone.
―If we’re lucky, we might even see Wash’s true form today. I’m—I’m so thrilled I can barely speak.
Moo-saeng let out a soft laugh.
Download: 100%.
‘That much probably isn’t possible. Probably not….’
He didn’t want to hope for too much.
And yet Moo-saeng couldn’t help but feel his own body trembling slightly.
The subject of the download itself—the person who might recover their original form.
‘Even Wash is like this.’
The little AI was fluttering its wings in a rapid flutter-flutter, completely unlike its usual calm demeanor.
11:27 AM.
Moo-saeng and Wash moved first.
And Hildegard, hidden elsewhere, began moving as well while maintaining her concealment.
Just as 11:29:40 passed, the only thing the Awakeners around Dungeon 67’s Gate noticed was a brief thought: ‘Huh? Who just entered?’
* * *
Dungeon 67 begins beneath sticky sand underfoot.
Ten minutes pass with questions about the mudflat-like state of the ground beneath them.
“Consume the Underwater Breathing Capsules! Watch for falling water—all squads, barriers to maximum output!”
Water begins pouring from the sky.
Not rain.
More precisely: seawater refilling what had been an empty ocean floor.
Suffocation? Breathlessness? Those are problems for later.
Crash—————!
It’s not a tsunami arriving in waves—it’s an absolutely colossal mass of seawater cascading downward.
“Indeed, when it comes to this, whether anyone has an Escape Scroll or not is irrelevant—anyone who doesn’t know what’s happening simply has no choice but to go deeper.”
The impact force equals being crushed under a building dozens of stories tall.
Most of those who entered out of curiosity about which floor level this dungeon corresponds to would have died here.
What was only slightly dimly lit mudflat moments before has become an abyssal deep ocean of pitch-black darkness.
Geum Su-ah shaped her fingers into a gun and pointed them in various directions.
Making no sound, yet light orbs like flares went *Poof… Poof…* piercing through the seawater.
“Illumination secured, Director.”
“Then we proceed with area clearing. The deep-sea lifeforms here are all enormous-scale specimens. Specifically, don’t approach anything unless it’s illuminated by the Vice Director’s light. That is…… the Boss.”
Yoon Pyo didn’t even need to warn them.
Sea anemones were already creeping up through the ocean floor, fish were swimming near them….
Every creature here was at least 100 times the size of ordinary marine life.
A fish the size of a mid-sized automobile glided casually past the anemones.
Those enormous eyes, each scale emanating an oppressive weight.
“Watch out for anemone venom! Venture too close and you’ll be stung immediately—maintain distance! And watch for jellyfish especially!”
Geum Su-ah shouted the warning.
Even with Luminous, the light output was barely sufficient.
Yet Geum Seong’s first assault team swam forward without hesitation.
Forming squads of several people, they pushed back basic venomous lifeforms like jellyfish and anemones, while directing electricity-conducting battery-like artifacts toward advancing fish schools to clear space and maintain formation.

Creating a base of operations: cleaning up a radius of roughly 300 meters from their entry point, establishing a foothold for the conquest.
“Fortunately, there’s plenty of space… hm?”
Their vision darkened as they worked without incident.
Sand and silt billowed through the water.
Everyone’s gaze snapped downward simultaneously.
“Aggressive spawn-type monster! A flounder, or… whatever—it’s coming!”
A flat fish that had been lying on the seafloor kicked up a cloud of sediment, cutting off their sight, and charged straight at Geum Seong’s first team.
At least six of them? Six dump trucks’ worth of force?
Even Awakeners whose minimum rank was S-Class found themselves swallowing hard.
“Freeze.”
The seawater chilled in an instant.
The sand and silt that had obscured their vision began settling gently again.
And Geum Seong’s first team could not help but feel it anew:
Six frozen masses now locked in place on the seafloor.
Frozen solid in a heartbeat, regardless of their size—the true power of their conquest leader.
“I’ll dispose of them. And secure more space—”
Yoon Pyo exhaled lightly and began to speak.
Or tried to.
“Whoa… that clownfish is huge. Wait, shouldn’t we just search for Nemo? Why would we need to look anywhere else if you can spot it from 500 meters away?”
If not for Kim Moo-saeng’s voice cutting through in that moment.
Yoon Pyo and even Geum Su-ah found themselves momentarily taken aback by Moo-saeng, who was casually surveying their surroundings.
“-Huh? K-Kim Moo-saeng.”
“Moo-saeng!”
Moo-saeng had never been to Dungeon 67 before, surely.
Yet here he was cracking jokes instead of showing any strain?
But that wasn’t all.
“Ah, the boss is a conger eel—or some creature like a conger that shoots light. That’s what Steve King told me anyway, so let’s search in that direction first. The key is probably finding a cave or something similar. Does anyone here have a pathfinding Awakened Ability?”
Moo-saeng seized command of the moment, drawing every eye in Geum Seong toward himself.
Wash was nowhere near him.
Hildegard Schmidt was nowhere to be seen.

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