I Got a Monster Spaceship from the Tutorial Tower - Chapter 13

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Chapter 13
Episode 13
Ha Yoon, freed from Death Side’s paralysis.
She placed the Hades in the hangar and headed straight to the Clan.
It didn’t matter whether she worked on strategy at the Clan or at home.
But she needed to file a report on the Raid Portal, and rushing into the Tutorial Tower right away would have been reckless.
Her apartment was a private residence near the Mang Ho Clan anyway, so the commute didn’t take long.
Still, something felt off about the atmosphere at the Clan headquarters.
A few staff members she knew approached her.
“Pilot Ha Yoon, have you seen this?”
“Seen what?”
“The Space Battleship cleared the fifth floor. S+ Grade again.”
“What?”
Ha Yoon rarely let confusion show on her face, but this time her expression betrayed her completely.
The fifth floor?
Was that the video from yesterday?
‘But yesterday was definitely the fourth floor…….’
So then.
They went straight to the fifth floor after finishing the Raid Portal?
And cleared it in the short time it took her to get to the Clan headquarters?
The staff members smiled warmly at Ha Yoon’s bewilderment.
“Pilot Ha Yoon gets so adorable whenever the Space Battleship comes up~.”
After leaving affectionate jokes and words of encouragement, the staff dispersed.
If Ha Yoon had harbored any inferiority or self-doubt toward the Space Battleship, they wouldn’t have said such things.
There was an addictive cuteness in Ha Yoon’s expression as she genuinely pondered the impossibility of it all.
Meanwhile, Ha Yoon stood in place for a moment, collecting her thoughts.
‘Is that why they cut communications so abruptly—to get into the Tower faster?’
If so, they must be a truly dedicated person.
I need to work harder too.
With that, she headed straight for the Clan Leader’s office.
Knock, knock.
— Come in.
At Jin Yong’s response, Ha Yoon opened the door and entered.
Sure enough, the large TV in the Clan Leader’s office was also displaying the Space Battleship’s fifth-floor clear video.
“Ah, Pilot Ha Yoon, you’ve arrived.”
Jin Yong welcomed her with perfect timing and gestured for her to take a seat.
“The Space Battleship really is impressive. Breaking through Stealth like that…….”
Scratching the back of his head as if bewildered even by what he saw with his own eyes, Jin Yong casually poured tea.
“I imagine they received a Stealth Detection Module as the top Pilot reward.”
“Yes.”
Ha Yoon had already anticipated that much and nodded quietly.
You could say it was good luck, but ultimately it was a reward earned through their own strength.
Ha Yoon had also refused when the Mang Ho Clan offered to provide her with such an item.
She saw it as a chance to test her own abilities, and she didn’t want to climb the Tower easily by borrowing someone else’s power.
That would never become her own strength.
That’s why Ha Yoon’s fifth-floor record was a C.
Even so, she was praised for setting such a remarkable record without Stealth Detection.
Clink.
After placing the teacup in front of Ha Yoon, Jin Yong took his own seat.
“Coming all the way here means you have something to report, doesn’t it?”
“Yes, I came to file my report, and then I plan to enter the Tutorial Tower.”
“Straight to the tenth floor? You really are diligent, Pilot Ha Yoon, but the way the Space Battleship is performing…….”
Jin Yong felt regretful.
Not because she was his Clan’s Pilot, but because she was truly an excellent one—and yet was only ever compared to someone else.
Ha Yoon herself didn’t seem bothered, which made Jin Yong all the more thoughtful and impressed.
“But let me guess what you came here to tell me.”
Jin Yong paused as if in thought, then spoke with a smile.
“You made radio contact with the Space Battleship, didn’t you? During the Raid Portal.”
“How did you……?”
Ha Yoon’s words faltered in confusion.
“I was a pilot myself, so when that Orc Cruiser appeared and you hesitated for a moment, I wondered what could possibly rattle you like that.”
“I see…….”
Ha Yoon nodded as if she hadn’t quite realized it herself.
She thought that someone with Jin Yong’s level of experience would have been able to perceive it from that alone.
“Did you come up with the strategy to take down the Cruiser?”
Jin Yong’s eyes glinted with sharp interest.
A strategy that used the legendary Hades as bait to draw out the Cruiser.
It was certainly a plan Ha Yoon could have devised.
But if it had come from the Space Battleship’s side, things would be different.
Ha Yoon shook her head.
“No. The Space Battleship’s pilot proposed it.”
“Mmm…….”
Whether to call it as expected.
Or something more.
‘So they commanded Hades as if it were their own Carrier Aircraft.’
Jin Yong slowly formed an image of the Space Battleship’s owner.
Cold-blooded.
Objective.
Someone who knew how to devise the best strategy.
‘And they only just reached the fifth floor.’
Ha Yoon was herself a pilot of the highest caliber, but it seemed the Space Battleship pilot was not far behind.
If that were the case, what Jin Yong had to do was already clear.
“I’m asking just to be sure, but they were Korean, weren’t they?”
“Yes.”
“Good. Then I have a favor to ask of you, Ha Yoon.”
“A favor?”
Ha Yoon tilted her head in surprise.
Jin Yong rarely asked her for anything.
He’d always said the clan’s role was merely to support pilots in flying freely.
Ha Yoon had come to Mang Ho precisely because of that philosophy of his.
Which made this request all the more unexpected.
“For now, stop entering the tower and get some rest.”
“?”
“Instead, once the Space Battleship reaches the tenth floor, we’ll attempt a full party clear.”
“Ah…….”
Ha Yoon hesitated instead of answering immediately.
At the Space Battleship’s current pace, reaching the tenth floor wouldn’t take long.
But to pause operations in the meantime?
Ha Yoon didn’t quite understand.
Jin Yong clapped his hands sharply and spoke.
“You need a rest anyway, Ha Yoon! Honestly, one clear a day—that’s not sustainable. No matter how low the floors are…….”
He paused for a beat, then continued.
“The Space Battleship pilot finishes in a snap and that’s that, but you’re not like that.”
Normally, after clearing one floor, a pilot’s condition deteriorates to its worst.
Fighting for your life is no trivial matter.
Jin Yong, who ran the clan as a former pilot himself, understood that better than anyone.
Especially considering Ha Yoon’s personal circumstances, he was all the more cautious.
Excessive ambition ultimately leads to early collapse.
Jin Yong had witnessed too many such falls over the years.
“As clan leader, that’s an order. Simulation training once a day to maintain your edge—understood?”
“But that’s…….”
“I’m not taking any objections.”
“…….”
At Jin Yong’s firm closing, Ha Yoon’s lips moved wordlessly.
It didn’t seem like he’d change his mind.
Eventually, Ha Yoon hesitated before answering.
“I’ll try to request contact with the Space Battleship through the platform.”
Meaning she couldn’t guarantee the result.
Jin Yong smiled brightly, as if that was enough.
“If they decline, there’s nothing we can do. But you know you’re the only one who knows what the Space Battleship pilot looks like, right?”
“Yes, well…”
“If you see me on the street, please grab me! For my sake!”
“……”
Ha Yoon’s mind drifted back to the moment of her transmission with Yeon Woo.
Perhaps it was the sharp urgency of that battle that came flooding back along with the memory.
Grab him, she’d said.
A faint blush bloomed across Ha Yoon’s pale cheeks and just as quickly faded.
* * *
「Tutorial Tower Floor 6.
S+ Grade Clear.」
「Tutorial Tower Floor 7.
S+ Grade Clear.」
「Tutorial Tower Floor 8.
S+ Grade Clear.」
「Tutorial Tower Floor 9.
S+ Grade Clear.」
Unstoppable momentum.
From the Incheon Raid Portal through to the ninth floor’s completion.
That was the only word for the tide of Yeon Woo and his Space Battleship.
Everything so far had been mere repetition and strengthening of patterns already conquered, so there was no room for hesitation.
The number of Small Fighters increased slightly, the proportion of Medium Fighters grew, obstacles like Gravity Field and Stealth were added…
Against enemies whose elements had already been overcome before, the Space Battleship and Carrier Aircraft that steadily grew more synchronized posed no real threat.
Other Pilots would have long since filled out their Squadrons with five units and begun tackling group-play strategies.
‘I already have three units forming a Squadron anyway, so there’s no real need.’
Not applicable to Yeon Woo.
Rather, analysis suggested that in party play, even with the same number of enemy craft, the difficulty scaled up slightly with each additional member.
In that sense, Yeon Woo held an even greater advantage.
And now, having reached the ninth floor.
「Random Summon Remaining Opportunities: 5
Advanced Random Summon Remaining Opportunities: 1」
Yeon Woo had six summon opportunities left in total.
‘And one of those is an Advanced Summon!’
Looking at the generously stacked numbers, Yeon Woo’s heart swelled with possibility.
Honestly, he’d been tempted to cash some in at the halfway point.
Especially after clearing the fifth floor and receiving an Advanced Summon opportunity.
But Yeon Woo had resisted.
Like postponing today’s marshmallow for tomorrow’s, he’d held firm and waited.
Why?
「Algorithm Enhancement 2.
Effect: Adjusts summon probability more favorably in your direction.
Required Points: 2」
‘Because I was waiting for this…’
How could he possibly summon before securing this?
When he’d invested a Directional Point and this appeared next, he immediately revised his strategy.
The Directional Points he’d allocated so far were, respectively, Engine Enhancement, Runway Output Enhancement, and Durability Enhancement.
The effects matched their names exactly.
It was a shame that Raid Portals only provided Regular Summon opportunities, and Directional Points were tied to level progression and thus never granted—or so the analysis went.
‘And they have nothing to do with Advanced Summons either.’
In any case.
「Applying Technique Directional Enhancement, Algorithm Enhancement 2.」
“Excellent.”
“Congratulations, Captain.”
“Now we can even replace the Paper Airplane!”
“Captain, stronger now.”
All crew members offered their congratulations on the enhancement of Yeon Woo’s greatest asset—his adjusted summon probability.
The timing was particularly satisfying: perfectly positioned before the tenth floor, the culmination of the Unmanned Aircraft stage.
Yeon Woo deflected their praise with a light gesture.
“It’s all thanks to you.”
“That’s true, Captain.”
“……”
Macross obliviously bobbed his beak in agreement.
Whoosh.
“Troll, harpy, eat them.”
“Cluck-cluck! Wait, no—Captain said that! No violence! Why am I always the target?”
Urelka slipped her hand into her pouch with a practiced motion, while Gudru swallowed hard.
Macross scrambled backward in panic.
Yeon Woo stepped between Urelka and Gudru. “All right, I think we’ve made the point clear. No violence, though.”
“But, Captain—you do it all the time!”
A captain who loved peace: Yeon Woo!
And there was an old saying about this very thing.
They said that seeing blood before something important brought bad luck.
He’d saved up six summon chances through careful restraint, and now he was supposed to spill harpy blood?
The odds of a curse were far too high.
‘Though come to think of it, talismans are usually drawn in chicken blood anyway.’
“Captain, you won’t reverse-summon me, will you?”
“Step back first. We’ll talk.”
Yeon Woo peeled Macross away from his side and headed for the Summoning Chamber.
* * *
The Summoning Chamber was really just a vast empty room.
Still, with their numbers grown to four—and one of them being the towering Gudru—it felt considerably more crowded than before.
Yeon Woo asked seriously, “What would everyone like to see come through?”
His subordinates fell silent, thinking hard, before speaking.
Gudru made up his mind first.
“Mountain vegetable bibimbap. Good.”
“…All right.”
Next came Urelka.
“Two Pilots should be sufficient for now. I’d prefer crew members to strengthen our foundation.”
Macross nodded in agreement.
“The Vice-Captain’s right. It’s about time we got maintenance done on the fighter anyway.”
“Hmm?”
The fighters came from the system, but maintenance was absolutely vital.
That’s why Scrap—the material used in repairs—was so desperately needed.
Yeon Woo currently held five hundred pieces of Scrap.
‘Now that I think about it, I should probably start figuring out how to move it…’
That was worth roughly a hundred fifty million won at market rates.
He’d have to register it somehow and then sell it off.
Of course, Yeon Woo didn’t actually need more money—he pocketed staggering fees just for clearing each floor.
But even to spend that money, registration had to come first.
After a moment’s thought, Yeon Woo began using his six summon chances.
「Performing Random Summon.
General summon opportunity will be used first.」
“Let’s go!”
“Let’s go!”
His subordinates bellowed back in unison at his call!
Crack!
As one summon chance was deducted, a portal opened in the spacious chamber.
And when the long-awaited result finally materialized—
“…?”
What is that?
Yeon Woo tilted his head at the unfamiliar shape.

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