I Just Subscribed and It’s the Best Hunter of All Time - Chapter 234

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#Chapter 234.
The construction of the Kelthuran Religion temple had been underway for quite some time.
Originally, I had planned to use the facility construction function within my Territory, but after considering various conditions, I decided to build it directly instead.
Still, thanks to sparing no expense and deploying resources generously, only simple finishing touches remained before completion.
“Have you given thought to who should be enshrined?”
Baek-seol approached and posed the question to Jung Han-sung. He paused briefly before responding.
“Well, as I mentioned before, I’ve already decided on two of them.”
Those two were none other than Arthur, the Sword Master, and Indra, the Thunder God.
Indra was a renowned deity, so there was nothing more to say about him, but truthfully, Arthur wasn’t an exceptionally famous god.
‘Gods typically belong to the Transcendent rank, but not all Transcendents are enshrined as gods.’
However, there was no issue with enshrining them in a religious facility like this.
After all, the gods enshrined in the Pantheon of the Neutral Zone were, strictly speaking, more often those who merely met the criteria of being Transcendent.
Fundamentally, Transcendents are those who have attained divinity by acquiring a certain level of divine essence.
Like gods, they can bestow power upon those who direct their faith toward them.
Besides, those two formed the very foundation of my current strength.
I intended to enshrine them in this temple as a gesture of gratitude.
“And I’ll include the Earth God as well.”
I had also decided to include the Earth God, though our connection was relatively recent.
The power I received from the Earth God had proven invaluable.
“Now, adding the gods that our residents believe in most, I think enshrining around twenty deities would be ideal.”
“An excellent decision, sir!”
Baek-seol nodded without hesitation at my suggestion.
While enshrining twenty gods in a single temple seemed absurd, it wasn’t particularly unusual within the Tower.
Unless the city grew immensely and the population exploded, but at its current modest size, housing all of them in one temple was standard practice.
“The stone statues of those you mentioned have already been completed, and we’re currently crafting statues of the gods most beloved by our residents!”
“Then we should be able to open the temple within this week.”
“Yes, sir!”
That would suffice.
Since everything seemed to be progressing well, I decided to verify the temple’s interior upon opening rather than now.
“Then I’ll take some rest.”
“Yes, sir!”
I had planned to enter the Hidden Floor of the 115th Floor tomorrow.
Since I had already cleared up to the 114th Floor, I intended to rest today.
After parting with Baek-seol, Jung Han-sung returned directly to Earth.
His home was as quiet as always.
Beep—.
Jung Han-sung naturally turned on the television and switched to the news channel before heading to the bathroom.
Shortly after, freshly showered and changed into comfortable clothes, he settled onto the living room sofa.
Then he saw a news anchor on the television speaking with a grave expression.
―Recently, the frequency of monster appearances across various nations has been increasing. In particular, the emergence of a monster in a small European nation not long ago has shocked many.
I crossed my arms and focused on the news.
It appeared that the Tower conquest problem was becoming increasingly severe.
Originally, monsters appearing due to Tower conquest issues had been limited to a few countries in Africa and Southeast Asia.
To be precise, that was the case until recently.
But in the meantime, the problem had expanded further, and now it was occurring even in Europe, where Awakeners’ circumstances were relatively favorable.
“If things are in this state, the places where the problem first occurred must be far more dire now…”
Initially, if the conditions weren’t met, only some monsters would appear around The Tower.
But if the conditions continued to go unmet, the situation would progressively worsen.
The number of monsters appearing around The Tower would steadily increase.
Moreover, in the early stages, a barrier was erected around The Tower, preventing them from venturing beyond a certain distance, but later that barrier would also disappear.
Monsters would be able to spread freely.
‘Once that happens, it becomes virtually impossible to completely eradicate the monsters, or so I’ve heard.’
It wasn’t simply dangerous because monsters spread far and wide.
Monsters that escaped the barrier would hide in various places to survive and begin breeding.
As time passed in that manner, monsters would endlessly multiply in number and spread to other countries as well.
Then not only the country that initially failed to conquer The Tower and received the penalty would suffer damage, but the surrounding nations would also be affected.
Particularly in places like Europe, where multiple nations are adjacent, the problem becomes even more severe.
If even one central nation fails to deal with the monsters, they could spread to all surrounding nations.
Yet resolving this situation all at once was also difficult.
―However, the reason this problem is becoming critically serious is that even if Awakeners are recruited or dispatched, it cannot be resolved in one go.
The news was also discussing the relevant matter at that moment.
―To remove the penalty from that region, an Awakener must personally climb to a certain floor. Starting from the 1st Floor.
That’s right.
If a powerful Awakener were to visit another country to offer assistance.
Assuming they needed to reach the 50th Floor, that Awakener would have to climb from the 1st Floor all the way to the 50th Floor again.
Records from climbing at different floors held no significance whatsoever.
“Hmm.”
I turned off the television at that point.
For a moment, I had considered going to another country to help with Tower conquest.
But I soon realized that would be a poor strategy.
‘They said that by continuing to climb The Tower, I could expand the barrier not just throughout our country but to the surrounding regions as well.’
For example, South Korea’s problem was North Korea.
If North Korea failed to conquer The Tower and monsters spread rampantly, South Korea couldn’t avoid the damage.
Then should I go to North Korea and conquer The Tower to prevent that? And do so periodically?
That would be far too cumbersome and exhausting.
On the other hand, if I continued to conquer South Korea’s Tower, I could not only prevent a monster breakthrough in South Korea but also expand the range of the monster barrier.
I could even extend it beyond South Korea to include North Korea and other nations.
‘And furthermore, it’s supposedly possible to prevent monsters from invading Earth entirely.’
These matters were explained to me by Onyx.
That’s why I’m also concentrating on conquering The Tower.
Jung Han-sung turned off the news after that thought and lay down on the sofa.
He planned to rest well today in preparation for tomorrow.
* * *
The next day.
Jung Han-sung reunited with Maren at the Neutral Zone as contracted.
“You came.”
Maren had been waiting at the meeting place with an anxious expression, but her face brightened the moment she saw Jung Han-sung.
Despite having made a thorough contract, she seemed to have been fretting over the possibility that he might not show up.
“We made a contract. Should we leave right away?”
“Yes. There’s no point in dragging this out.”
Jung Han-sung nodded at Maren’s words and spoke.
“Alright. Let’s depart immediately then.”
“Take my hand. Oh, and you can call me Maren.”
Though confirmed during the contract, the Elf’s true name was quite long and complex. In contrast, Maren was easy and comfortable to call, so Jung Han-sung grasped her hand as he spoke.
“Sure. Call me Han.”
“Understood. Han. Then let’s depart.”
Maren replied thus and retrieved something from her inventory, gripping it in her hand.
It resembled a knot of some kind, and as Maren muttered something while holding it, a message appeared before my eyes.
It was a message asking if I would enter the Hidden Floor with Maren.
Jung Han-sung immediately agreed.
[Entering Hidden Floor ‘Purgatory’]
Whoooosh!
With a familiar sensation, my body began to be pulled somewhere.
Jung Han-sung waited for the transfer to end with his eyes closed. And not long after.
Pop!
Light returned and I felt my feet touch something solid.
Jung Han-sung opened his eyes and looked ahead.
“Hmm.”
The first thing I saw was Maren, still holding my hand.
She frowned slightly as if experiencing dizziness, then released my hand and spoke.
“We’ve arrived safely.”
“Is this the Hidden Floor?”
“Yes. A message should appear soon.”
Just as Maren said, not long after, a message appeared before Jung Han-sung’s eyes.
[Objective: Eliminate the Guardian of Purgatory]
[Time Limit: 72 hours]
Jung Han-sung scanned the message with his eyes, then spoke to Maren.
“So this is the place called Purgatory?”
“Yes. I came here once before and failed, then had to leave. I went through hell obtaining the key to the Hidden Floor again.”
Maren spoke with a furrowed brow.
“First, this space itself is formidable. As I mentioned before, most of the enemies here are spiritual entities, and ordinary physical attacks or magic don’t work on them.”
Upon hearing those words, I could see pale, translucent forms drifting in the distance.
In essence, they were immune to both physical and magical attacks—a tremendously dangerous foe, considering that possessing even one such immunity was already troublesome.
Without a means to deliver certain damage to spiritual entities, one couldn’t attack at all.
“You said you have a way to attack them, right?”
“That’s right.”
But I had no concerns whatsoever. I had Arzka.
Ordinarily, my combat prowess alone sufficed, so it rarely stood out, but Arzka was a weapon specifically specialized in attacking spiritual entities.
Maren, too, drew her bow with confident expression, apparently having prepared a special weapon for this conquest.
“Good. Then follow me. I know where our destination is.”
“Understood.”
With that, the two of us began moving immediately.
Maren moved with stealth to minimize combat, and I followed as quietly as possible in her wake.
But we couldn’t avoid battle entirely.
Sssssssss—.
The spiritual entities possessed extremely keen senses, so they detected us and attacked the moment we drew near.
Whoosh!
When that happened, Maren stepped forward first and fired arrows in rapid succession.
Arrows should have passed straight through spiritual entities, but Maren’s arrows embedded themselves in their bodies with each shot.
Her archery skill was breathtaking.
But when spiritual entities swarmed in large numbers, I had to step in as well.
Shriek!
As I swung my blade, the spiritual entities were torn asunder without resistance and vanished.
Maren stared at me with a dazed expression when she first witnessed this.
“W-what in the world is that weapon?”
“It has a special effect that inflicts damage on spiritual entities.”
Perhaps because they lacked physical bodies, it seemed to be even more effective.
With my assistance added, the spiritual entities couldn’t land a single attack on us.
Thanks to that, we crossed the Plains at remarkable speed.
“Phew. We arrived much faster than expected.”
We reached the first destination an hour earlier than planned.
Maren pointed ahead and spoke.
“This is it. This is why I had to turn back last time.”
What she indicated was an extraordinarily tall stone wall.
Maren tapped the middle section with her hand as she explained.
“Open this, descend below, and you’ll find the Guardian’s nest.”

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