I Conquered the Tower with the EX-Class Character That I Raised - Chapter 24

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Chapter 24
I received the reward immediately.
Flash!
At the same moment, my vision flickered, and in an instant, the space around me transformed.
From a cramped corner of a room, to the heart of a vast Constellation Corridor stretching across an infinite cosmos…
This was the place I had briefly visited when I first experienced my awakening.
[Welcome to the Constellation Corridor, Savior]
The Constellation Corridor.
A mystical place where statues of the 99 professions I had cultivated thus far stood in rows.
“Still magnificent.”
[New Feature: ‘Achievement’ has been unlocked]
‘Let me take a look.’
Whoosh.
The moment I wished to see it, it appeared before my eyes with such convenience.
[Achievement]
Antique letters inscribed in golden hue.
Beneath them, countless professions were arranged in rows.
‘This must be information about professions I haven’t unlocked yet.’
I pressed my finger down as if manipulating a touchpad and scrolled downward.
“Oh.”
I could see the unlocked entries.
[8. Grand Sage] (Locked)
[8-1. Frost Sorcerer] (Unlocked) (new!)
[8-2. Flame Sorcerer] (Locked)
[8-3. Lightning Sorcerer] (Locked)
(…)
“Hmm….”
‘Where is the Void Knight?’
I scrolled all the way up.
[0. Void Knight] (Locked)
[1. Sword God] (Locked)
[1-1. Sword Master] (Locked)
(…)
“Ah. It’s number 0.”
However, there was something odd about this.
There were a total of 99 professions in Lost Honor.
If each profession had an Achievement, then the Achievement list should have exactly 99 slots.
But… when I counted them all.
The Achievement list currently had 100 slots.
Moreover, the very last Achievement was…
[???]
is marked as such.
‘Oho!’
In cases like this, there’s only one answer.
“It’s a hidden class.”
Heh heh.
They even created a hidden class here?
They really know what I’m obsessed with.
“Well played.”
‘So there exists a 0th or 100th class beyond the 99 classes I know about?’
Fascinating.
Very much so.
I thought there was nothing left in this game I didn’t know.
‘…I’ll look into the details later.’
I tapped the [Frost Mage] entry, which shimmered in gold.
[Frost Mage]
[Achieved Achievement: EX-Rank]
“Oho.”
The ‘Achieved Achievement’ was also gleaming, so I tapped it once more.
[Possessed an EX-Rank Frost-type Hunter]
(Achieved)
[Possessed an S-Rank Frost-type Hunter]
(Achieved)
[Possessed an A-Rank Frost-type Hunter]
(Achieved)
(…)
Han Seol-ah had entered as S-Rank but left as EX-Rank.
In other words, because I possessed a Hunter of the supreme EX-Rank, all the lower-rank Achievements were automatically completed as well.
“So what’s the reward?”
Typically, Achievements with higher difficulty yield generous rewards.
With anticipation, I tapped the [EX-Rank Achievement] entry.
[Frost Mage EX Achievement Unlock Bonus]
[1. Natural mana consumption during Frost Mage synchronization decreases by 90%]
“…What?”
Currently, just keeping synchronization active drains Nebula’s mana completely in ten minutes, causing it to shut off automatically.
That’s why my activity limit was ten minutes.
But a 90% reduction?
“That means one-tenth of the original consumption.”
Now I could maintain synchronization for a hundred minutes!
‘Synchronization duration was a bigger bottleneck than I realized. I suspected there’d be a way to resolve it eventually… but I obtained this far sooner than expected.’
That’s just how game developers are.
They force players to experience inconvenience.
And then they show you how to resolve it.
Then gamers work incredibly hard to achieve that resolution…
and when they finally overcome that inconvenience, they experience an overwhelming sense of liberation.
They accept this as ‘incredible fun.’
‘It’s absolutely sweet, isn’t it?’
Just like me right now!
How much trouble the usage restrictions on Synchronization had caused me.
If this were a game, I could simply say ‘I won’t do it’ and quit.
But this is reality. Say ‘I won’t do it’ here, and it becomes ‘then you die’—a brutal place indeed.
In this moment, with that inconvenience drastically alleviated.
I felt an immense sense of liberation.
‘If things go this way….’
This means far greater freedom in my future actions.
“Heh, heheheh.”
Laughter spilled out uncontrollably.
Out of curiosity, I checked the lower-tier rewards as well.
[S-Rank Achievement Reward: Mana Consumption Reduced by 50%]
[A-Rank Achievement Reward: Mana Consumption Reduced by 40%]
[B-Rank Achievement Reward: Mana Consumption Reduced by 30%]
“….”
The difference is severe.
Far too severe.
EX is 90%, but the very next tier down, S-Rank, is only 50%.
On paper it’s a 40% difference, but converted to actual duration, it’s like heaven and earth.
“EX is 100 minutes, S-Rank is 20 minutes.”
A full five-fold difference.
It’s not merely ‘slightly worse’—the efficiency is in a completely different dimension.
“Settle for S-Rank? That’s absurd.”
I can’t endure all that suffering just to operate for a mere 20 minutes.
The answer is clear.
“It has to be EX, no matter what.”
Like Han Seol-ah, I’ll find a promising prospect and possess them.
Then I’ll coat them with all the precious elixirs and items Nebula possesses, forcibly remodeling them into EX-Rank.
“I can do it. If it’s me. And if it’s Nebula!”
I’ll show exactly how far a gamer’s abilities can reach after ten years of stagnation and decay.
‘The problem is finding a promising prospect.’
I could use Min Ji-hee for this…
or I could use the Black Market.
‘…I’ll reconsider this later.’
A premonition struck me that searching for this promising seedling would become an enormous obstacle.
The Achievement rewards didn’t end there.
[2. When synchronized with the Frost Mage, magical mana consumption decreases by 50%]
“Wow.”
This is incredible too.
Even though the natural deactivation time had stretched from 10 minutes to 100 minutes, if the skill shut down after casting a few spells, it was frustratingly impractical.
But cutting it in half?
That simply meant I could use magic far more frequently.
And.
“That’s not even the best part.”
The truly critical point of this reward was…
it doubled my ‘lifeline’.
If I overused magic while synchronization was active, a backlash would engulf me immediately after deactivation.
In severe cases, it was a horrifying penalty that could kill me.
By my calculations, this backlash threshold—my lifeline—was 50,000 MP.
To put it simply.
By the previous standard, using Han Seol-ah’s Eternal Permafrost once would have meant immediate retirement.
But now I could cast Eternal Permafrost twice before hitting that limit.
And the Frost Mage’s spells consumed far less MP than Han Seol-ah’s magic.
“How much stronger am I becoming… me!”
And this wasn’t even the end!
[First EX Achievement Completion Reward]
[You can now use ‘Overload’]
Overload!
Rarely for Lost Honor, this one came with an explanation.
[Synchronization Skill: Overload]
The classification was none other than a synchronization skill.
The description was…
[When casting magic during synchronization, designate the mana multiplier to consume and enhance the spell’s power accordingly]
Simple.
After the Achievement applied, if I cast Eternal Permafrost—which normally consumed 25,000 MP—with a 2x Overload, it would consume 50,000 MP instead while doubling its power.
“This could be used strategically.”
Instinctively, I sensed this skill would be more useful in human-versus-human combat than in battles against demonic beasts.
‘It’s like blending offense and defense.’
With this, the acquisition and confirmation of the first reward, [Constellation Corridor—’Achievement’ Unlocked], was completely finished.
Next… the [Possession Ticket] was safely in my pocket.
And finally.
The hidden reward.
[Constellation Corridor—’Codex’ Unlocked]
“Now then, what could this be?”
Pop!
[Codex]
[Han Seol-ah]
[Jin Cheon-jin]
[Min Ji-hee]
“Hm?”
Familiar names were listed before me.
So this Codex ability compiled information on hunters I’d encountered before?
[Min Ji-hee]
“….”
My eyes were drawn first to her name.
There was so much I wanted to know.
Min Ji-hee’s awakened ability was classified information so secret that even the Black Market’s intelligence division couldn’t uncover it.
All people knew was the vague concept that her eyes sparkled when her mind sharpened.
‘Will I learn the truth if I press this?’
I pressed down firmly.
[Min Ji-hee]
[Awakened Ability: Feline Eye (B)]
[Current Ability: S]
[Latent Ability: S]
‘…Feline Eye? Grade B?’
This was unexpected.
As I understood it, Feline Eye was the eyes of a cat.
That ability had exactly two functions.
Enhanced dynamic vision. The ability to see clearly even in darkness.
That was all.
There was no function for heightened intellect or eloquence.
‘…Then what was the ability Min Ji-hee displayed?’
[Stats]
[Strength] D
[Endurance] E
[Agility] C
[Mana] B
[Luck] C
‘The stats seem… ordinary?’
Only mana jutted out prominently, forming a small pentagon.
[Traits]
[Unique Trait: Abyss of Truth] (EX)
└[Genius: Memory] (EX)
└[Calculation] (S)
└[Composure] (S)
└(Unavailable)
└(Unavailable)
└(Sealed)
[General Traits]
[Charisma] (S)
[Acting] (S)
[Eloquence] (S)
[Alcohol Tolerance] (D)
‘…I see.’
The trait section was fascinating.
There were no explanations detailing what each one meant.
But the combination gave me a rough sense of what they represented.
‘So she was just naturally brilliant?’
Everyone had been deceived.
They all believed Min Ji-hee’s intelligence stemmed from her awakened ability.
After all, whenever she displayed her exceptional intellect, her eyes would gleam brilliantly.
Yet her actual awakened ability was nothing more than a mundane B-rank skill called Keen Eye.
In other words, her brilliance wasn’t from her ability—it was simply that Min Ji-hee herself was extraordinary.
‘More precisely, it’s her unique traits that are incredible.’
But Min Ji-hee had been spreading false information, making everyone believe her awakened ability was the source of her prowess.
‘I’m not sure why, though.’
…I had only pressed the codex once.
And I discovered that Min Ji-hee was deceiving everyone.
Next, I pressed on [Han Seol-ah].
[Han Seol-ah]
[Awakened Ability: Frozen Silence (EX)]
[Current Ability: EX]
[Latent Ability: EX]
[Ability Stats]
[Strength] C
[Endurance] D
[Agility] C
[Mana] EX
[Luck] S
[Traits]
[Unique Trait: Nine Yin Meridian] (EX)
└[Genius: Frost Sealing] (EX)
└[Genius: Pure Yin] (EX)
└[Genius: Frozen Flame] (EX)
└[Heavenly Curse: Numbness] (Cured)
└[Heavenly Curse: Doomed Fate] (Overcome)
[Common Traits]
[Unyielding] (EX)
[Limit Break] (S)
[Guardian] (S)
[Sweet Food Addiction] (B)
‘Nine Yin Meridian? Isn’t this something that only appears in old martial arts novels?’
Hanging below the Nine Yin Meridian were traits strung together in succession…
It seemed Han Seol-ah’s genius came from this trait called the ‘Nine Yin Meridian.’
‘There are penalties too.’
[Heavenly Curse: Doomed Fate] (Cured)
A curse where the body freezes to death because mana affinity is far too high.
I resolved it by piercing through her mana core.
‘If it weren’t for me, she would have met an early death.’
My connection with Han Seol-ah suddenly felt strangely fated.
As for the other personal traits—the fact that they all bore the EX designation somehow felt… distinctly ‘Han Seol-ah.’
Of course, there were no detailed explanations of the traits.
But even interpreting only what could be understood, I felt these were ‘keywords’ that suited the hunter Han Seol-ah remarkably well.
‘…Which means.’
Even a hunter I didn’t know well could be identified by their traits.
“This compendium is absolutely insane.”
Now that I’d opened Han Seol-ah’s compendium, I understood for certain.
This is a broken ability.
I’d heard that the Hunter Association only had basic personal information and awakened abilities on file.
There was no other way to know a hunter’s information this specifically and in such detail.
And besides…
Surprisingly, that wasn’t the core of it.
[Min Ji-hee]
[Current Ability: S]
[Latent Ability: EX]
[Han Seol-ah]
[Current Ability: EX]
[Latent Ability: EX]
This was it.
This was the alpha and omega of the compendium ability.
Being able to see a hunter’s latent potential!
Why is this important?
To extract 120% from the newly acquired Achievement’s function, an EX-grade possession is essential.
But what expert in this world could guarantee with absolute certainty, ‘This one will definitely become EX-rank’?
What if you poured every elixir imaginable into someone expecting them to reach EX-rank, only to find S-rank was their ceiling?
In that instant, it becomes a waste of resources and time.
Complete ruin.
But with this ‘Codex’, everything changes.
I can pinpoint exactly which ones have EX-rank potential.
It means investments with a 0% failure rate become possible.
“That’s insane….”
Of course, someone might worry.
If their potential is high but their current ability is pathetic, when would you ever finish training them?
[Current Ability: F]
[Potential: EX]
Say I discovered someone like this.
A typical Guild wouldn’t even glance at them.
They’d click their tongues, asking when you’d ever finish developing them.
But.
“It doesn’t matter at all.”
A-rank, F-rank, even ordinary humans.
To me, they’re all the same.
Why?
Because with Nebula’s wealth, I can push anyone straight to EX-rank.
“Just have talent, that’s all that matters.”
I’ll take responsibility for developing you!

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