Climbing the Mythic Tower as a Cheating Administrator - Chapter 96

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A Cheat-Using Administrator Climbing the Mythic Tower (96)
Charging alone toward Petit Hydra, Kim Moo-saeng had already severed all radio communication.
Moo-saeng started grumbling almost immediately.
“Wash, shouldn’t you at least tell me that Petit Hydra won’t commit suicide? Out of common humanity?”
[When did I ever ask that, Kim Moo-saeng? I didn’t know your plan in the first place—how could I warn you beforehand?]
Wash replied.
At that crisp voice, Moo-saeng clicked his tongue.
“…Well, if you put it that way, I can’t argue. But still, wasn’t it predictable the moment I set Petit Hydra into chaos? You should’ve seen it coming.”
[Of course. But does my failure to inform you constitute a critical flaw in your tower climbing, Kim Moo-saeng?]
It was a merciless answer, as always.
Good faith?
The statement was amply grounded on that principle as well.
“No, there’s no flaw. Right, you’ve got a point.”
Even if Petit Hydra couldn’t be compelled to suicide via Slaken’s Tongue.
For Moo-saeng as he was now, ‘that level of monster’ posed no serious obstacle.
“Kyaaaaaaah—!”
“Grooooaaaaaah……!”
Petit Hydra’s heads thrashed about with roars.
That they would soon spew out their respective elemental magics was something Moo-saeng could already sense—he’d observed enough of the battle with Arachnella.
“Part of me wants to sever them one by one and test them, but more pressing than that…….”
Moo-saeng, still charging forward.
Raised his sword high.
The Blue Blade, wrapped in brilliant azure electricity.
Whooooosh…….
Above it, a dark aura began to coil and rise.
Mingled with the Blue Dragon’s lightning, it looked as though cerulean thunderbolt was coiled around the blade itself.
“Fastest way is to finish this and move on.”
Thud.
Moo-saeng stopped.
Though still fifty meters remained between him and Petit Hydra.
───────────……!!!!
He swung his sword regardless.
The cerulean lightning seemed merely to ripple through empty air.
“Croak?”
“Cragh?”
“Kek?”
And yet it was unmistakable.
Before Petit Hydra could even react.
Before any of the heads could unleash their prepared elemental spells.
Thunk…….
Thud.
Thud-thud.
Six heads.
Severed from six necks.
Separated.
Even Moo-saeng’s party members watching from behind struggled to comprehend what had happened.
“……Director Kim, did he have…… did he have a skill like that?”
“S-space—. It felt like space was severed…… like space itself was cut apart, but how could he……”
“That can’t be right. An Awakener challenging Floor 26 shouldn’t—shouldn’t be able to do that. Not just the skill, but…… you all see it too, right?”
What was that?
The very appearance of Petit Hydra had been shocking.
It was beyond belief that it would destroy the Black Forest alongside Arachnella.
But he killed it?
No—he didn’t merely kill it.
[Petit Hydra: 1/1]
He killed it in a single strike.
All six heads severed simultaneously.
A skill? What skill could that be?
Is that even possible? An Awakener just beginning to challenge Floor 26?
At most, three or four skills.
At what point would someone truly talented, blessed with excellent compatibility between their abilities, barely have acquired five skills?
[Congratulations!]
[You have achieved the Clear condition.]
[Time remaining: 5:20:36]
[Calculating Contribution Rate.]
[Kim Moo-saeng: Contribution Rate 100%]
[Others: Contribution Rate 0%]
“……S-so, like I told you before. All you have to do is trust Moo-saeng.”
Park Hyun-gu muttered the words.
He knew full well that something had unfolded which was fundamentally different from mere trust.
But even he could find no other way to explain it.
Still, Moo-saeng himself had little to say on the matter.
[Murometz’s Limited Strike]
Unleashes a true strike infused with the power of Murometz, apex of all giants.
The number of uses and cooldown time are determined by the user’s abilities.
(Consecutive uses available: 1)
(Cooldown: 48 hours)
“Whew, yeah, I can’t use this carelessly. If I pulled something like this outside, there’d be real trouble.”
Either way, this was the first time he’d deployed it in actual combat.
A skill he hadn’t used even when clashing with Lee Jung-gi.
A skill he couldn’t reveal even with Hildegard and Geum Su-ah and the Association members standing before him.
The apex of all Giant Race.
The boss of Floor 77.
[Murometz’s Final Proposal]
[……This is no longer possible.]
Moo-saeng had squeezed so much from his negotiations with Wash that even Wash could only cackle about it.
‘It’s bewildering enough that something this absurdly powerful is called a “Limited Strike.” If I’d known this was coming, I would’ve extracted even more.’
One condition was to cooperate in searching for Wash’s true body.
And that part had already yielded results in the Floor 67 Dungeon.
The other was related to Moo-saeng’s own enhancement.
In the negotiation process where Moo-saeng drafted the Abyss Contract with Murometz to achieve what the giant desired, Moo-saeng had argued that both would benefit more if he grew stronger.
That’s how he acquired two things.
One was the skill Murometz’s Limited Strike.
And the other was…….
‘Though, truth be told, it wasn’t just the skill—my Stats played a huge role too.’
[Kim Moo-saeng]
―Age: 29
―Awakened Ability: 〈Transmission(O)〉
―Stats
Strength: 1098(549) Agility: 1098(549)
Endurance: 1098(549) Mana: 1098(549)
Knowledge: 1098(549) Precision: 1098(549)
Willpower: 1098(549) Luck: 1098(549)
Remaining Stat Points: 69
At the time of clearing Floor 20, Moo-saeng’s Stats looked like this.
Base all-Stats total: 4,392.
All-Stats total with Strong Bone applied: 8,784.
Afterward, he cleared through Floor 25, including the Floor 21 where Murometz dwelt.
And he did so while achieving every Additional Condition and Hidden Condition he encountered.
He was so obsessed with growth that he even stabbed the Poison Snake into his own thigh to unlock the Additional Condition on Floor 25, which the Far-Sight Eye had been monitoring.
There were also small incremental increases in individual Stats from repetitive actions and key activities.
‘Of course, Floor 21 had the biggest impact…….’
So the change had to be dramatic.
―Stats
Strength: 3006(1002) Agility: 3006(1002)
Endurance: 3006(1002) Mana: 3006(1002)
Knowledge: 3006(1002) Precision: 3006(1002)
Willpower: 3006(1002) Luck: 3006(1002)
Remaining Stat Points: 53
Base all-Stats total: 8,016.
At this point, his overall stats already matched those from right after clearing Floor 20 with Strong Bone applied.
And now it wasn’t even just Strong Bone.
Another growth foundation that Kim Moo-saeng had wrung out alongside Murometz’s Limited Strike!
[Strong Bone Enhancement]
Solidity is achieved only when heart, spirit, and body all harmonize.
The smaller the gap between your highest and lowest stat, the stronger the effect.
The technique has been partially adjusted by Murometz, the pinnacle of all Giant Race.
Current stat difference 0: all ability increase x3
“Well, I’m grateful for the attack skill, but… could you also help me out on the stat side?”
“Ability increases should already be sufficient—”
“No, no. My skill. Please strengthen my skill. I think a Floor 77 boss wouldn’t find it impossible.”
“…Which skill?”
“Strong Bone. Triple it.”
“Simple increases are not possible. There must be a price to pay.”
“If I maintained zero stat difference across all stats at all times?”
“Insufficient.”
“…Then what if, for stat differences up to 5, instead of a 2x multiplier, it’s reduced to 1.5x?”
“That’s not bad.”
Until now, stat differences from 0 to 5 had given a 2x increase.
Even 6 and 7 had given a 1.5x increase.
But now it was different.
Stat difference 0: 3x.
Stat difference 1–5: 1.5x.
Stat difference 6, 7: no increase.
A high-risk, high-reward skill enhancement proposal—and Kim Moo-saeng had secured it.
Geumseong’s new hire recruitment threshold was an overall stat total of 500.
If you added exceptional growth in a few confident abilities to exceed 500, it meant you were treated as a reasonably capable Awakener.
Park Do-hyun, who had been a candidate in the Korea One-Way Group’s first-string roster, had an overall stat total of 242, so Geumseong’s new hire threshold of 500 was an extremely demanding entry condition—but.
‘Hard to even count. Hard to even count.’
Kim Moo-saeng’s overall stat total with Strong Bone Enhancement applied was a staggering 24,048.
It was no wonder that a hollow laugh escaped him whenever he glanced at his status window anew.
[Additional Condition achieved.]
[Defeat Arachnella within 5 hours]
[Calculating Contribution Rate.]
[Kim Moo-saeng: Contribution Rate 100%]
[Others: Contribution Rate 0%]
[Additional reward granted.]
[Hidden Condition achieved.]
[It was not that light was absent]
[But only that light was not being accepted]
[Light was always beside you]
[Calculating Contribution Rate.]
[Kim Moo-saeng: Contribution Rate 100%]
[Others: Contribution Rate 0%]
[Additional reward granted.]
[You are the 73rd achiever of this Hidden Condition.]
Kim Moo-saeng controlled Petit Hydra, and Petit Hydra defeated Arachnella, so his 100% contribution was inevitable.
Destroying the Black Forest was the same—none of the party members were involved in the “destroyed area,” so naturally only Kim Moo-saeng’s contribution could be 100%.
“I need to rebalance all my stats. Hmm, maintaining a stat difference of zero turns out to be trickier than I thought.”
General rewards, additional rewards, hidden rewards, plus individual stat increases like Strength and Agility from Petit Hydra’s single-strike elimination.
After fiddling with his Status Window for a moment and recalibrating all the stat differences back to 0, Kim Moo-saeng finally activated the communication function with a tap-tap.
“Everyone, can you hear me? Should we head straight to Floor 27? Whoever needs to use the restroom, say so in advance. Oh, but how do I get rid of this electricity? The static’s building up and it’s getting a bit sharp.”
Kim Moo-saeng swung the Blue Blade to dispel the flickering blue electricity dancing across its surface.
Swishing, swishing—waving the blade through empty air.
A user of an unbelievable skill.
“…Sang-gyu. You all right?”
“All right, though I’m not sure what I’d even call being ‘all right’… yeah, I’m okay.”
Was this something to trust in? Or not to trust in?
Was this something that could be understood? Or not?
Even Cho Sang-gyu, who prided himself on having gained much experience through his years of living, couldn’t find words for what had just happened—the climb of Floor 26.
―Special Traits: High resistance to Mana Pressure.
Additional Attack Power against Small Monsters +140%
Additional Attack Power against Large Monsters +170%
Additional Attack Power against Artificial Monsters +5%
Additional Attack Power against Beast-type Monsters +130%
Additional Attack Power against Flying-type Monsters +40%
Movement Speed +10%
Maia’s Mark Stigma
Ability Increase from Passive Skill Strong Bone
Nemesis of the High Orc Tribe
Nightmare of All Orcs
Slayer of the Giant Race
Dragon Slayer
Nemesis of the Blue Dragon Clan
Kim Moo-saeng confirmed there had been no change in Special Traits.
“Then I’ll go right now! Challenge!”
He climbed to Floor 27.
[Floor 027]
[The Threat Has Come—The Royal Palace of Rosal Kingdom]
[Persuade the King to Prepare for the Monster Invasion Threat.]
[Time Remaining: 240:00:00]
[Multi-person Climbing Adjustment Applied.]
[Contribution Rate Calculation Commencing.]
A quest had begun—a form never before encountered in the floors below 30, and the most heterogeneous one yet.

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