I Conquered the Tower with the EX-Class Character That I Raised - Chapter 71

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Chapter 71
Interesting.
Earth had divinity too?
‘I thought such a thing didn’t exist.’
I’d assumed divinity was something that only existed in fantasy games like Lost Honor.
I never imagined it would exist on Earth—in the modern world, in reality itself.
‘Though I suppose reality has become fantasy now that the Tower has appeared.’
Earth’s divinity, the Multitude of the Nameless, had a bizarre appearance—like a fluffy white cloud with countless masks plastered all over it, flying through the air.
‘Both Octopus and this thing—why do all divine beings look like failed creations?’
Even with the most generous eye, it wasn’t appealing to look at.
Angels too, when they appear, greet with “fear not.”
It seems beings that transcend humanity all have equally arbitrary appearances.
[How dare you…!]
Cheon-kong uttered a line worthy of a third-rate villain, glaring at the Multitude.
Octopus’s eyes turned blood-red, and the entire space trembled with a rumbling sound as it unleashed black anti-divinity.
Crash—!
A thunderous roar that seemed to annihilate the world erupted forth, striking the Multitude directly.
Yet the Multitude blurred its form and slipped through the attack.
“Wow….”
The clouds composing its body shuddered and scattered, suggesting the damage wasn’t entirely negligible, but it was still a remarkable feat.
Though it appears as a cute octopus to my eyes, Cheon-kong is known as the supreme ruler among evil gods.
It’s a divine being that doesn’t lose even when facing Gaia herself.
For such a being’s attack to be deflected with minimal damage…
‘It’s stronger than I expected.’
This was quite surprising.
Cheon-kong continued firing tentacles and unleashing anti-divinity, pressing the Multitude hard.
The Multitude blurred, and sometimes sacrificed its masks, enduring Cheon-kong’s assault in silence.
‘Why isn’t it counterattacking?’
I’d wanted to witness a grand clash of divine power, but the excitement dimmed somewhat.
But soon I understood the reason, and I felt a surge of genuine emotion.
While the servants caught in the battle between the two divinities were vanishing like dust, Chul-soo’s body was being protected by solid divine power.
The Multitude wasn’t engaged in a power struggle with Octopus—it was devoting all its divine power solely to protecting Chul-soo.
“This bastard… passes.”
In this moment.
I abandoned my plan to corrupt Chul-soo.
From the situation, it’s now certain that the divine being lending power to Chul-soo is indeed that Multitude.
Until now, I thought it was a pathetic, stingy being that only granted B-rank divine power…
But it was a true god who knew how to cherish its believers.
Then I checked the compendium.
[Awakened Ability: Reversal Divinity (B)]
‘Reverse Sanctity?’
I confirmed that Chul-soo’s B-rank subordinate ‘Recovery’ had transformed into an awakened ability I’d never seen before.
‘This is Cheon-kong’s power, isn’t it?’
The power Cheon-kong obtained through his fall was ‘Reversal’.
Flipping front and back.
A power perfectly suited to Cheon-kong, who was once a radiant god of starlight.
Which meant Chul-soo had successfully extracted Cheon-kong’s power… but the rank being B was strange.
It was an odd thing that the rank was only B.
‘Even being conservative, it should be at least S-rank?’
This made the title of strongest fallen god seem rather underwhelming.
There’s one plausible explanation.
Chul-soo’s unique trait.
[Unique Trait: The Most Ordinary Being (B)]
I’m not entirely sure what kind of ability this is… but
the important thing is that it has enough potential to convert even the blessing of the strongest evil god into B-rank.
‘So you were quite the monster after all, Kim Chul-soo…!’
Special bloodline or something.
A monster sealed within his body.
Or eyes that split apart.
He didn’t have any of those protagonist-like settings at all, did he?
Anyway.
The mask of the Multitude of the Nameless, which had been one-sidedly beaten by Octopus, was steadily diminishing.
If there was a sanctity protecting Chul-soo…
And moreover, if it was a benevolent sanctity that even showed signs of wanting to protect Chul-soo…
then it deserved my favor.
Click.
I targeted Octopus.
[Wait. Nebula?]
“You dare torment my Multitude? Presumptuous Octopus.”
I prepared my ultimate skill…
[Stop! Stop, please! I’m leaving. I’m leaving right now!]
The moment I began preparing it, the quick-witted Octopus frantically vanished beyond the spatial rift.
“Mind your conduct.”
It’s a grand spell that could make even that goddess weep.
There’s no way a fallen sanctity could endure it.
The situation had ended.
I cancelled the ultimate skill…
Click.
This time I targeted the ‘Multitude of the Nameless’.
The broken masks of the Multitude twitched.
“Can’t you speak?”
My ultimate ability…
[I offer my greetings, Great One.]
A pleasant, melodious voice.
“So you can speak.”
[I humbly apologize for intruding upon the world you command without permission.]
Courtesy passes the test.
I kept my ultimate ability on standby and continued listening.
[This child is an Apostle I hold particularly dear… and as their very essence faced corruption, I had no choice but to intervene.]
Chul-soo is an Apostle? Their essence is being corrupted?
These were words whose meaning still eluded me.
I remained silent and listened further.
[My divinity has suffered tremendous damage from the battle with the Demon God. Moreover, due to your overwhelming influence pressing down upon this world, merely remaining here consumes my divinity greatly. If you would permit it, I wish to bestow a fragment of my power upon the Apostle and withdraw!]
The Multitude of the Nameless spoke with increasingly frantic speed.
I could feel the desperation radiating from every word—’I’m really in a hurry.’
“No need for such lengthy explanations.”
Instead of answering, I pulled Nebula back one step.
“Let’s see just how generous you’re willing to be.”
My ultimate ability remained primed and ready.
If this disappoints me, I’ll simply press the button.
“Mind yourself.”
The Multitude of the Nameless began pouring forth brilliant golden light in haste.
* * *
Chul-soo felt countless warm hands caressing his shoulders, his back, his cheeks.
People living in a world where the Tower had collapsed, covered in dust and dirt every single day.
Nameless hunters who bled and gripped their weapons to protect their families.
The colossal will of hundreds of millions of ordinary humans gathered together, embracing Chul-soo.
I looked to the side.
There lay only pitch-black emptiness.
Within it existed nothing, yet at its very source, a tremendous power churned and surged.
A force I could reach with merely an outstretched hand.
A moment of binary choice.
Chul-soo sensed it instinctively.
Would I step sideways and choose the emptiness?
Or would I remain here and accept who I am now?
I had tasted, however briefly, the omnipotence granted by overwhelming power.
I could not help but covet that force churning within the void.
‘With that power… couldn’t I break the Tower?’
The strength I felt was so immense that such thoughts naturally arose.
While Chul-soo hesitated…
[Do you want to become stronger?]
Someone asked.
“…Of course.”
[But you’re weak right now?]
“I’m only B-rank.”
[That isn’t weakness.]
Chul-soo’s face twisted as displeasure surged through me.
A-rank, S-rank…
Had my abilities been just a little stronger, my circumstances could have been vastly different.
[You still don’t understand your own power.]
“Recovery? This is just….”
An ability that merely heals wounded injuries.
[Average and ordinary. That means leaning toward neither side—neither superior nor inferior.]
“What are you talking about….”
[Fortunately, this world has something useful.]
Whoosh!
As if someone were blowing hot wind directly at my face, a wave of heat suddenly washed over Chul-soo’s face.
From far away, I heard what sounded like a fanfare—pam-pam-pam!
At the same time.
Ding!
[You have obtained ‘Holy Kingdom Combat Arts (F)’.]
Beep!
[Unique Trait: The Most Ordinary Being (B) Resists]
[All external factors are forcibly recalibrated to match the owner’s rank.]
[The capacity of F-rank ‘Holy Kingdom Combat Arts’ is forcibly upgraded and compressed to ‘B-rank’.]
Ding!
[You have obtained ‘Holy Kingdom Combat Arts (B)’.]
“…?”
In Chul-soo’s mind, the combat arts used by priests in the Holy Kingdom—a fantasy nation—suddenly appeared, understood instantly, and became embodied knowledge.
Just like when I first ‘awakened’.
The way to use Recovery and how to channel holy power had been grasped ‘naturally’ back then.
This wasn’t the end.
[You have obtained ‘Holy Kingdom Holy Magic (F)’.]
(…)
[You have obtained ‘Holy Kingdom Holy Magic (B)’.]
[You have obtained ‘Apostate’s Profane Reversal Magic (F)’.]
(…)
[You have obtained ‘Apostate’s Profane Reversal Magic (B)’.]
“This is….”
Next came the method of wielding holy power.
I had also learned how to use Heretical Holy Magic.
Absolutely contradictory knowledge that could never coexist had simultaneously embedded itself into my mind.
And then…
Ding! Ding! Ding!
Countless System Messages cascaded at tremendous speed, obscuring Chul-soo’s vision in a blur.
Feeling myself becoming proficient in all manner of miscellaneous tasks in real-time at ‘B-rank level’, I cried out in bewilderment.
“Wait! What in the world is this….”
[You are the most ordinary existence capable of making anything ordinary.]
A voice heavy with exhaustion murmured with great effort.
[Remember. You are special because you are ordinary. It was not I who chose you, but you who summoned me…]
With that voice as the last, it faded away.
And I lost consciousness, feeling my body drift weightlessly.
* * *
“Wow, what is this.”
I examined Chul-soo’s compendium and could not hide my astonishment.
[Unique Ability: The Most Ordinary Existence (B)]
└B-rank (-)
└Holy Kingdom Combat Arts (B)
└Holy Kingdom Holy Magic (B)
└Heretical Holy Magic (B)
(…)
Abilities directly beneficial to combat appeared one after another, all bearing the ‘B-rank’ label.
└Earth Magic Basics (B)
└Field Commander’s Judgment (B)
└Barricade Creation (B)
Special abilities that only mages, tanks, or commanding-class hunters could obtain.
└Artier’s Medicinal Cooking (B)
└Leaf’s Organization (B)
└Billy’s Security Secrets (B)
(…)
…these life skills brimming with practicality, and…
└Alchemy Basics (B)
└Artifact Maintenance (B)
(…)
Crafting abilities.
└Rhetoric for Gaining Trust ~Beginner’s Edition~ (B)
Even bizarre abilities whose purpose I couldn’t fathom.
Beneath the unique ability, an enormous number of B-rank abilities had manifested.
It was difficult to read and memorize them all.
“Whitey.”
[To summarize, you could think of it as gaining an all-purpose, versatile worker.]
“Ah….”
So I’d gained the ability to handle most mundane tasks competently.
That’s remarkably convenient, isn’t it.
‘…I thought I’d only use them to break through the 94th Floor’s mechanics, but they’ve suddenly become a genuinely useful party member.’
Unobtrusive and labor-intensive, yet these “chores” are absolutely essential.
You don’t notice them when they’re there, but their absence becomes painfully obvious.
It’s no wonder Hero parties regret kicking out their utility members.
‘Clearing the 94th Floor itself shouldn’t take that long….’
But Floor 95? Who knows how long that will take.
Some floors take a month just to clear.
[Then, may I return?]
The Multitude of the Nameless, having poured everything into that effort, offered their farewell in an exhausted voice.
Seeing how they’d shrunk to roughly one-tenth their original size, they’d clearly endured tremendous strain.
I had to respect that kind of determination—squeezing themselves dry for their believer.
“I’ll let you live.”
So I canceled my ultimate ability to make their departure easier.
[Phew.]
The Multitude of the Nameless vanished, enveloped in radiance.
As the final authority they left behind wrapped around Chul-soo, he too disappeared in a flash of golden light—logged out, as if being sent back to his original world.
Before heading to Next Door to meet Chul-soo upon his return, I checked his entry one last time.
[Kim Chul-soo]
[Awakened Ability: Reverse Divinity (B)]
[Current Ability: B]
[Latent Ability: B]
Despite receiving all those powers, he remained B-rank.
“I really do acknowledge you, Kim Chul-soo.”
You’re a true B-rank existence.
…Wait.
Was that an insult?
* * *
“You’re a true B-rank existence.”
“You wanna die?”
It was indeed an insult.
When I crossed over to Next Door and threw the same line at Chul-soo, who was sitting there in a daze, he erupted in irritation.
“It’s a compliment.”
Chul-soo splashed water on his face and let out a heavy sigh.
“What the hell… is there an ability that turns everything B-rank when you acquire it?”
“It’s like the Midas Touch. Or rather, since it’s B-rank, the Bonus Touch? Oh, Kim Chul-soo, are you the goddess of love?”
“Shut your mouth.”
Thwack!
While receiving a massage courtesy of his sweet fists, I explained the situation to Chul-soo.
“…So there’s something called Divinity on Earth, and it’s been protecting me and granting me abilities?”
Since he’d experienced it firsthand, Chul-soo grasped the situation quickly.
He picked up on the vague murmurs of “Ah… so that’s why,” and soon his eyes grew serious as he looked directly at me.
“So what are you going to do now?”
“Next is….”
There’s no such thing as perfect preparation.
It’s impossible to predict and prepare for every variable.
All I, a mere human, can do is struggle to avoid the worst-case scenarios.
I’d averted the worst—”I can’t clear the 94th Floor alone”—by assembling a party.
I’d averted another worst—”Someone must inevitably be sacrificed”—by securing Kim Chul-soo, the finest B-rank male hunter.
Now came the next one.
It was time to prevent the worst: “The defense team collapses.”
But…
Ding—
[Notification: The difficulty of the Tower Break is rapidly increasing]
Time was not on my side.
“Damn it.”
Chul-soo reflexively cursed.
[Notification: The clear count for the 94th Floor Tower Break has exceeded the standard ‘once again’]
[Notification: The difficulty of the Tower Break ‘Boss’ has been deemed inappropriate]
It mentioned the difficulty of the ‘Boss,’ not the Tower Break itself?
This was a pattern I’d never seen before.
[Notification: The intensity of the Tower Break becomes extremely powerful, and the cycle drastically shortens]
‘…So, what of it.’
What kind of boss was coming?
The truly important detail still hadn’t appeared.
[Time until start: 2 hours]
“2 hours!”
Chul-soo let out a sharp cry.
Simultaneously, a loud emergency alarm blared from Chul-soo’s hunter watch.
An emergency mobilization.
I sharpened my mind and waited for the System Message that would follow.
‘So what kind of boss is it!’
Depending on what appeared…
my response would differ by a complete 180 degrees.
[Notification: From now on, the region South Korea will proceed with ‘Unlimited Monster Wave’]
“?”
What in the world was this supposed to mean?
[Notification: The endpoint is set to when you clear the 94th Floor]
“…Damn it all.”
A curse slipped from my lips despite myself.
Beep—
[Ascend the Tower]

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