I Got a Monster Spaceship from the Tutorial Tower - Chapter 4

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Episode 4
Chapter 4
“Phew…….”
Yeon Woo couldn’t remember the last time his heart had felt so at ease.
“Honestly, even push-ups feel this good. Huff, huff.”
He’d deliberately put his body through a grueling calisthenics routine, yet it hadn’t worn him down in the slightest.
Just think of that impressive checkout at the convenience store.
“Yeah! Yeon Woo, you’re totally badass!”
He caught his reflection in the mirror and couldn’t help but smile with satisfaction.
The old wisdom about confidence flowing from a full wallet proved truer than ever.
“Ah, right.”
Something occurred to him, and he sprang to his feet, snatching up his phone.
Was he thinking of ordering chicken—something he’d scraped together money for but rarely managed to afford, maybe once a month at best?
‘It’s late today anyway. I’ll get it tomorrow.’
Besides, he could only clear one floor per day, so there was no rush to celebrate after clearing the second floor.
Instead, Yeon Woo opened his banking app.
After a few taps, his phone rang almost immediately.
“Hello?”
— Yeon Woo, where is all this money coming from?
He’d sent each of his parents a million won.
At first, he’d kept the amount modest—worried that sending too much might put a strain on his father’s heart.
Besides, if a son who rarely calls suddenly starts sending tens or hundreds of millions of won, wouldn’t that raise suspicion?
They’d worry, naturally.
Even a single million had prompted an immediate call.
“It’s nothing much. I just came into some money. Allowance for you and Mom.”
— Where would a part-timer get money like this…….
— Yeon Woo, did you pick up? What’d he say?
— He says it’s just allowance.
— He didn’t do anything bad, did he?
— Oh, come on. Our Yeon Woo doing something bad? He’d be the victim, not the perpetrator.
“…….”
Parents really did know their children too well—that was the problem.
‘Still, they didn’t have to jump to conclusions like that.’
Even if he used to work part-time, their son was now the captain of a Space Battleship that was beginning to shake the world.
Though he appreciated their faith in him, being flatly dismissed this way stung his pride a little.
Regardless, he’d be sending them far more money going forward, so it seemed wise to explain things beforehand.
‘They need to stop struggling and enjoy their lives now.’
His parents had spent their entire lives raising him and managing the household, sacrificing even their sleep.
When the time came, he’d have to move them to a better place too.
“Dad.”
— Yeah? What is it, Yeon Woo?
“Are you home right now?”
— Sure. Just got back from work.
“Is it just the two of you?”
— Yeah. Why do you ask?
“I’ve Awakened.”
— What?! You coughed up blood?!
“……No, Awakened. Not blood.”
— Oh, I see. Awakened. Not blood, Awakened.
— Whew, you scared me there. ……Wait a minute.
A brief silence stretched across the line.
— Y-y-you’ve A-A-AWAKENED?!
— You mean the thing where you fight in fighter jets?!
He should have seen this coming.
His own timidity had to come from somewhere.
It was genetic, passed down directly from his parents.
These days, everyone celebrated when their children Awakened, but his parents—knowing it was a dangerous profession—were apparently losing their minds.
Yeon Woo held the phone away from his ear for a moment, waiting for the commotion to settle before continuing.
“Yeah. Actually, the money I sent you came from this. I’ve made quite a bit, but I didn’t want to shock you, so I kept it small.”
— Look, son, we’d rather not receive it if it means putting you in danger.
— Your mom says the same thing, Yeon Woo. If you Awaken at a low Rank, it’s genuinely dangerous.
He’d anticipated this reaction well enough.
The Tutorial Tower really was perilous, after all.
‘But that’s only true for mass-produced fighters!’
A Relic Grade Space Battleship is something else entirely.
“Fortunately, I got a high Rank. I think I’ll be able to earn well.”
— Oh, did the Rank come out well? How high? Around D Rank?
“Be a little more generous.”
— Then C Rank?
“Haha, a bit higher.”
— B, B Rank?
Yeon Woo could perfectly picture his parents’ wide-eyed faces in his mind.
He shook his head slowly as he spoke.
“A little higher.”
…….
The speaker fell silent after that.
Even if they couldn’t quite imagine a Space Battleship, at least they’d grasped that his Rank was beyond anything they needed to worry about.
A brief silence stretched out.
His mother’s voice came through, closer now—she must have taken the phone from his father.
— You’ve got this, son. Fighting.
Yeon Woo found himself laughing despite everything.
‘Well, there’s only A and S above B Rank anyway.’
At that level, he could practically coast through the first fifty floors without breaking a sweat.
Even if he didn’t climb the tower seriously, the state would support him somehow.
In a world where you might need a certificate just to land a job, having this was practically a windfall.
“Thank you. I absolutely won’t go anywhere dangerous. I promise.”
I won’t go.
The carrier fighters will.
At least it wasn’t a lie.
His parents, sensing the sincerity in his words, both let out relieved sighs.
— Phew, alright. Absolutely don’t go anywhere dangerous.
— And if anything feels even slightly wrong, stop immediately. What’s it called? Parking? Yes. Just park.
“I understand.”
From the sound of their voices, both of them would be sleeping well tonight.
Yeon Woo mentioned he’d stop by the house since he had time now, then ended the call.
“Oh!”
— What, you remembered something else?
“The fact that I’ve Awakened—it’s absolutely secret. Completely.”
— Of course, son.
— If word gets out that you Awakened at a high Rank, apparently even your acquaintances’ acquaintances will call asking to borrow money.
For whatever reason, they seemed certain to keep the secret.
“And don’t tell Jeong Hwan’s aunt, either.”
— That one should be trustworthy, though…….
“No, absolutely not!”
— Alright, I’ve got it. Don’t worry.
After making absolutely certain they’d stay quiet, Yeon Woo finally hung up for real.
“Good, I’ve told Mom and Dad…… I’ll hold off on registration for now, but tomorrow I need to reach the second floor.”
Floors one through ten only had Unmanned Drones to contend with.
It was the tutorial within the Tutorial Tower itself.
He needed to get a solid read on how much firepower the Space Battleship truly possessed before registering.
“Let me just get some sleep!”
He proclaimed this boldly and lay down with high spirits.
Thump-thump. Thump-thump.
But his heart kept racing, and he tossed and turned, unable to sleep.
And that night, Yeon Woo was not the only one who lay awake until dawn.
* * *
The Republic of Korea, Space Control Bureau—main conference room.
Park Tae Geun, a retired four-star Air Force general, had received an emergency briefing after leaving work and rushed straight back to headquarters.
Actually, he didn’t even need to hear the details.
[Relic Grade Space Battleship, Identity/Nationality Unknown, Floor 1]
How could anyone turn away from footage this extraordinary simply appearing out of nowhere?
At first, he’d assumed it was some kind of AI-generated hoax.
No information about the pilot—just a single unmanned drone and what it had accomplished.
Though could it even be called an unmanned drone, really?
In the Space Control Bureau’s conference room.
Directors and department heads had already assembled.
Park Tae Geun reviewed the documents laid before him first.
There was a preliminary analysis of the Space Battleship from the imaging department.
[Estimated specifications.
Width 3 kilometers, height 2 kilometers, length 8 kilometers.]
He’d anticipated something enormous based on the size differential with the drone, but this exceeded even those expectations.
Shin Ha Yoon’s Hades measured forty meters by eight by twenty-five.
Even at those dimensions, it matched or surpassed the flagship units of other major powers in both scale and combat capability.
But this was an entirely different order of magnitude.
To date, machines exceeding a hundred meters in any dimension were countable on one hand across all nations.
What struck him harder, though, was a different detail altogether.
[The main cannon that destroyed the drone is assessed to be at least one hundred times more powerful than any existing fighter aircraft weapon system.]
The strongest weapon to date was undoubtedly the main cannon of Wang Zhu Lin’s S+ Rank Ares.
Its destructive power was formidable, but the modifications had been so extreme that after just three shots, it became inoperable.
The consensus was that because of this limitation on their ace unit, China had failed to breach the seventieth floor.
And this was at least a hundred times stronger.
In Park Tae Geun’s estimation, even that was an extraordinarily conservative projection.
Lost in thought, Park Tae Geun finally spoke.
“A monster has arrived.”
“Yes… I have nothing else to report, Director.”
No one, not even the analysis director who’d submitted the report, could add anything further.
Even without this analysis, the evidence spoke for itself—the first S+ Rank clear on the first floor in recorded history.
That alone was proof enough.
Park Tae Geun exhaled a deep breath.
“Thank you all for convening so late. Though statistically, the likelihood that this ship is in Korea is rather low.”
By now, pilot divisions across most nations would be on high alert.
The appearance of this monstrous battleship threatened to collapse the existing fighter classification system entirely.
Or rather, it had already transcended the old F through S framework—one could say the system had already crumbled.
“Still, since this is the first floor, shouldn’t we allow ourselves some hope?”
One of the executives ventured the question carefully.
Perhaps the Space Battleship’s owner was in Korea.
“That’s true, but I’m not sure how we’d even find them…”
Of course, that worry followed naturally.
Usually, high-Rank Awakened individuals begin livestreaming their first-floor attempts from the start.
They use that footage as a portfolio to apply to their Clan of choice.
But this situation was entirely different.
They hadn’t livestreamed at all, and the video’s release had been a forced measure by the system itself.
Of course, since it was the first floor, they might have been too panicked during the attempt to think about such things.
‘If that were the case, they would’ve revealed their identity afterward.’
The disclosure of personal information could be decided entirely at the pilot’s discretion.
From every angle, it seemed unlikely the Space Battleship’s owner would willingly step forward.
After the footage surfaced, they’d pressed the Clans hard, but all came back saying they genuinely had no idea.
Finding it in another country would have been less of a headache.
While the Space Battleship was incomparable, Korea had recently acquired the S+ Rank Hades, after all.
That alone would have made for a successful generational transition.
But as long as there remained a possibility that the Space Battleship was in Korea, the pressure from above would only intensify.
The executives sat absorbed in their own deliberations.
The Planning Coordinator, seated to Park Tae Geun’s left, ventured carefully forward.
“Director, there may be at least one way to determine which country has the Space Battleship.”
“Ah, yes? What method would that be?”
“Well… this isn’t exactly something I should suggest as a civil servant.”
Seeing his deep hesitation, Park Tae Geun gestured for him to continue.
The pilot of the Space Battleship clearly had their reasons for hiding; ordinary methods would get nowhere.
Any suggestion, no matter how unconventional, deserved consideration.
“Given the current situation, does propriety really matter now?”
“I’d prefer if the battleship’s pilot registered anywhere soon, but I’m speaking under the assumption they’ve deliberately chosen to remain hidden.”
The hesitant planning director soon continued in a grave tone.
“The only way would be for a Raid Portal to appear that meets the conditions for a Space Battleship.”
“…….”
Tae Geun, along with everyone else in the conference room, wore an expression of shock.
A Raid Portal.
A terrifying scenario where a specific location above Earth became sealed airspace and combat aircraft piloted by monsters descended in attack.
Sealing the airspace meant restricting not only conventional aircraft, but every aircraft that didn’t meet the system’s conditions.
That condition was level.
For example, a level 30 restricted Raid Portal meant no aircraft level 30 or above could participate.
The planning director was essentially asking whether the Space Battleship’s pilot would take off and engage if an appropriate Raid Portal appeared in their location.
He’d hesitated precisely because he understood how grave such a statement was.
“Mmm…….”
Tae Geun, who’d fallen silent for a moment, spoke quietly.
“Let’s consider this meeting adjourned, and let’s agree this statement was never made.”
Finding the Space Battleship was desirable, but hoping for a Raid Portal to appear was madness.
It was proof of how desperate the Control Bureau had become.
And yet.
‘Though Raid Portals do appear regardless of whether we wish for them…….’
The planning director’s opinion had burrowed deep into Tae Geun’s mind.
The Republic of Korea had already succeeded in laying the groundwork to rise among the world’s great powers, rivaling America itself, with the emergence of the S+ Rank Hades and Shin Ha Yoon.
There was no need for further ambition.
The ten-year time limit applied equally to the entire world, after all.
‘Still…….’
Tae Geun’s footsteps as he left the Control Bureau felt heavier than when he’d arrived.
And the next day.
A video was posted on the Earth’s Hero Channel without fail.
[Relic Grade Space Battleship (Super Carrier), Identity/Nationality Unknown, Floor 2]
Just like the first floor.
Someone had cleared the second floor at S+ Rank for the first time, and the notification accompanied the video.
And among the comments on that video, this one received the most upvotes.
└ What the hell is a Super Carrier?

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