I Conquered the Tower with the EX-Class Character That I Raised - Chapter 60

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Chapter 60
[Skill: Synchronization (EX)]
[Constellation Corridor] (8/99)
[Unlocked Classes]
[Spirit Lord—Lee Ah-woon’s ‘Spirit Lord’]
[Warlock—Lee Ah-woon’s ‘Spirit Lord’]
[Blood Mage—Lee Ah-woon’s ‘Spirit Lord’]
[Curse Caster—Lee Ah-woon’s ‘Spirit Lord’]
(…)
[Spirit Summoner—Lee Ah-woon’s ‘Spirit Summoner’]
[Frost Mage—Han Seol-ah’s ‘Absolute Zero’]
Below the familiar skill description window.
[Traits] (+)
A new category had been created.
Beneath the newly formed ‘Traits’ section, everything remained empty.
Instead, a golden cross gleamed beside the name.
Click.
I immediately pressed it with the mouse to check.
Pop!
Three cards filled the monitor.
‘…What is this?’
Was I supposed to pick one at random from these three?
‘No way.’
Such a luck-based reward didn’t exist.
Whoosh.
Fortunately, the cards flipped one by one, revealing their faces.
‘Phew.’
I’d doubted it, but Lost Honor was an unpredictable game, so my suspicion had merit.
I read from the leftmost card first.
[‘Unique Trait’ Unlocked]
“Oh?”
‘So this card grants me a unique trait as well.’
The card bore nothing but these six characters shimmering in gold.
Yet the nuance alone made the intent clear.
A unique trait!
When I’d examined hunters through the compendium, every single one possessed what was called a ‘unique trait.’
Han Seol-ah had the Nine Yin Meridian.
Min Ji-hee possessed the Abyss of Truth as her unique trait respectively.
Han Seol-ah’s combination of the Nine Yin Meridian unique trait and her Absolute Zero awakening ability made her the strongest frost hunter.
Min Ji-hee’s awakening ability, Mystic Eye, was unremarkable, but her unique trait—one focused entirely on intellect—allowed her to serve as South Korea’s greatest strategist.
In other words, a unique trait represents a Hunter’s identity while simultaneously, a good unique trait significantly amplifies a Hunter’s abilities.
‘…That’s insane.’
Once selected, it’s guaranteed to be beneficial.
With Synchronization active, I possess strength at EX-rank or higher.
If I can further enhance myself through a unique trait on top of that?
‘Just how strong am I going to become…!’
The mere thought sends a thrill down my spine.
“After all, the championship is card number one….”
I wanted to choose immediately, but there were still two more cards remaining.
‘I should at least check them first.’
The second card.
[‘Switching’ Unlocked]
‘…What?’
Switching?
‘That kind of switching?’
A word meaning to exchange or change.
Switching is unlocked for the Synchronization skill?
This could only mean one thing.
I could swap the synchronized job with a single click!
Card number two, having just heard that card number one was the championship, seemed to be saying this right now.
—Cancel it…! Take back what you just said…!
“Cancel.”
In this Resonar subjugation campaign, I did clear it by selecting the Warlord.
Since I unlocked one pinnacle, I could just use that alone?
I cannot afford such complacency if I’m to protect this nation.
‘I cannot become a traitor.’
Let me recall that moment when South Korea truly seemed on the brink of collapse.
The cause was that Han Seol-ah was a frost-specialized Hunter.
Moreover, at this very moment, I am the only dealer available.
While Han Seol-ah freezes and Lee Ah-woon holds the line, it falls to me to eliminate the boss.
The warning alarm for when the boss appears has already vanished.
In an extreme situation, the boss could burst forth at any moment.
So I hastily deployed after synchronizing with the Warlord, but what if the boss that emerges has a mechanic that counters dark mana?
Game over.
Isn’t that too extreme an example?
Don’t forget.
This is not a game—it’s reality.
Far worse situations are entirely possible.
In any case.
From that perspective, the ability to switch synchronized jobs grants me a tremendous tactical advantage.
Counter dark mana?
‘Yeah, I’ll switch to a spirit mage.’
Spirit magic blocks it too?
‘Then I’ll switch to a frost mage~’
This way, I can engage in fights like ‘rainbow reflection’—countering the counter itself.
But that’s not the real core of it.
Deploy as a frost mage and I freeze enemies.
Switch to a spirit mage and I tank damage.
Change once more to a death lord and I become the damage dealer.
I can fulfill the roles of three people—no, more than that—all by myself through switching.
‘…If things work out this way, South Korea will be perfectly safe as long as I don’t fall.’
If Card 1’s unique ability awakening is a choice that raises the ceiling, then switching is an ability that dramatically raises the floor.
I can sum it up like this.
‘…Card 1 or Card 2. I’ll have to choose one of them.’
My head already hurts.
A happy dilemma…
“Whitey, what do you think?”
[In your current situation, Card 2 is logically sound as it can create variables.]
“Hmm….”
Now for the last one.
I opened Card 3 without much expectation.
[‘Terminal’ Expansion]
“….”
Hmm.
Did I misread it?
There’s a word written here I can’t believe.
‘Heh.’
“Heh.”
A hollow laugh escaped both my thoughts and my lips simultaneously.
‘Did I understand this correctly?’
“Right? Yeah?”
My head and mouth move of their own accord.
Terminal.
By definition, it’s a device at the end point that handles input and output of data.
Considering Lost Honor and that this is a characteristic of the synchronization skill.
This means only one thing.
Until now, what did I have to do to activate synchronization?
I had to be home!
Why? Because synchronization is a skill that can only be activated in Lost Honor.
And Lost Honor is a mysterious game installed only on my PC.
Because of this, I could only operate within the range where synchronization mana was permitted.
The moment synchronization threatened to deactivate, I’d scramble back home.
Of course, acquiring an anchor seemed like it would free me from this earthbound existence.
But even that didn’t overcome the fundamental limitation: the only space where I could toggle synchronization was in front of my PC.
What if an extreme situation arose where I couldn’t use my PC?
It wasn’t an impossible scenario.
What if something went wrong and all of Incheon was wiped out?
When this typhoon’s eye passes, there’s a real possibility The Tower could realize “Oh, so Incheon is your weakness” and obliterate it.
When that happens, whether I have an anchor or not won’t matter—I’d experience something catastrophic.
And that’s not all. What about the constant pressure of ‘mana calculations’ that dogged me like a shadow?
If I miscalculated and failed to reserve mana for returning home, and synchronization deactivated?
Disaster. If I accidentally crossed the lifeline while fighting, I’d die the instant synchronization severed.
But with terminal expansion, all these risks vanish like a mirage.
I’d just need to keep a terminal running in a safe zone right in front of the boss’s battlefield!
The center of the lifeline itself would shift to the battlefield, so I’d never cross it, and I could pour 100% of my mana into combat without needing to reserve any for the round trip home.
All this inconvenience. All this risk.
The massive penalties I had to bear in exchange for the superiority of synchronization…
That absolute premise: ‘I can only toggle synchronization on and off at home’!
It was certain.
If I chose this third card…
I could install Lost Honor on a ‘different PC’!
‘Insane.’
Electricity crackled down my spine.
Option one? Excellent. A truly excellent trait.
Option two? It was just as good as one.
But the moment option three appeared.
Both one and two paled in comparison.
‘This is a broken trait!’
That insane developer bastard!
So this is what they were hiding!
When developers create games and provide them to players, they sometimes introduce ‘intentional inconveniences’.
It’s mostly like a sandbag designed to maximize the ‘rush’ a gamer feels when that inconvenience is finally removed.
Of course, there are also cases where they make something inconvenient simply because they want it to be inconvenient.
‘There are hipster developers who think inconvenience is cool, who find it fun.’
I’d actually assumed Lost Honor’s developers were that type when it came to synchronization.
But I was wrong.
The developer had clearly designed synchronization this way intentionally.
To make it fun.
To let people experience dopamine that would make them lose their minds when this inconvenience was finally solved!
‘It’s tingling.’
The dopamine rush from resolving intentional inconveniences in games is absolutely exquisite…
But in reality, facing my own death and my nation’s annihilation, feeling the seal lift—the euphoria, the joy, the rush, all manner of positive sensations and that electric thrill coursing through me made me feel like I was losing my mind.
“Huff. Huff.”
Calm down.
I was far too excited.
“How am I supposed to calm down about this!”
Kyiyahoo!
I sprang from my chair.
* * *
I chose option 3 immediately.
[Trait]
[Terminal Expansion 1]
“Excellent, excellent.”
Excellent, excellent, excellent!
A broad grin spread across my face.
The moment I acquired the trait, a pleasant prompt appeared before my eyes.
[ Which terminal will you install ‘World’ on? ]
A golden System Message.
‘I don’t have one right now.’
I tried installing it on Whitey to see if it was possible, but an error message appeared saying “invalid terminal,” so I gave up.
I dismissed the message for now.
[Agent, shall I set up a high-performance desktop for you?]
Whitey offered a timely suggestion.
“No.”
I declined coldly.
“That’s not necessary.”
The one I have at home is more than sufficient.
‘That’s already the most powerful PC on Earth.’
What did you think I was doing for ten years?
Mining materials diligently, selling items to accumulate points!
My PC was built by gathering only the finest components with those points, piece by piece.
There’s no need for another monster like that to exist on this planet.
‘It absolutely has to be something portable.’
A PC that’s easy to carry around!
Specifically.
“Search for laptops.”
A laptop.
[Here are the laptops you can purchase with the ‘Gold’ you currently possess, Agent.]
Whitey carefully handed over the list.
“Ugh.”
I felt nauseous at that garbage-tier performance.
“Get rid of it immediately.”
There was one thing I absolutely refused to compromise on.
A computer’s performance.
I called right away.
[Special One, the foundation business plan you requested isn’t quite ready yet…]
“That’s not it.”
[Ah, phew…]
Kang Hyo-jun exhaled a long, heavy sigh.
[Then what can I help you with?]
“Just get me one laptop.”
[What tier are you looking for?]
“Earth’s finest.”
[…]
Kang Hyo-jun fell silent for a moment.
[Special One, I’m interpreting your request two ways. Do you mean ‘the highest performance available from the Black Market’? Or do you mean ‘the most superior performance that exists on Earth’?]
He was asking the obvious.
“The latter.”
[I’m afraid I cannot assist with that.]
“Doesn’t the Black Market procure anything?”
[We can only procure what’s available. Very rarely, there are things we cannot obtain. Things that cannot be bought with Points…]
Kang Hyo-jun trailed off as if the matter were difficult.
But I had no intention of compromising whatsoever.
I’d always been obsessed with computer performance.
Moreover, the laptop I was acquiring this time would become a terminal for installing Lost Honor.
‘Even if it’s not quite as good as my desktop, it needs to run Lost Honor smoothly.’
I couldn’t treat this carelessly.
The fate of South Korea—and my own life—depended on it.
If I needed Points, I could earn them however necessary.
I possessed the ability to create potions superior to the Red Elixir.
Points were essentially infinite wealth for me.
If other abilities were required?
I was burning with the will to mobilize everything I had.
“I must have it.”
[A laptop of the caliber you’re requesting, Special One, doesn’t currently exist as a finished product on Earth.]
“It doesn’t exist?”
[Correct. The components representing the pinnacle of global hardware are each ‘fractionally owned’ by powerful individuals with vast wealth, distributed across their respective laptops.]
I heard Kang Hyo-jun typing away.
It sounded like he was messaging someone, with messenger notification sounds pinging repeatedly.
[The laptop with the most outstanding graphics card is… owned by Happy.]
“Happy?”
Unexpected.
[The Primordial God Sect’s Yereche possesses the CPU model with the most remarkable computational speed.]
“Hmm.”
‘Curious. Both of them are connected to holy water.’
[Both leveraged holy water as their weapon to accumulate not only substantial points but also solidify their connections with powerful figures. That’s what made it possible.]
I glanced at the calendar.
Tomorrow. Yereche arrives in South Korea.
Biting at the bait of ‘holy water enhancement’ I dangled.
Moreover, Happy is the chief administrator of holy water supply.
Additionally, the second ‘competent slave’ caught on my radar.
Yereche has one.
Happy has one.
The laptops they possess naturally belong to me as well.
‘The picture is becoming clear.’
My mouth watered.
[Ah, the best storage space is in South Korea. It belongs to ‘the Silent Assassin,’ Jang Ho-hyun…]
He’s in South Korea right now?
“Have him brought to me.”
That too becomes mine.
There is no compromise!

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