I’m the Only One With Two Towers - Chapter 10

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Only I Have Two Towers Episode 010

Slaying the Orc Warrior

In an instant, the world was dyed gray.

It wasn’t simply that the background color had changed.

The blood spraying from the Orc Thrower stopped mid-air.

The throwing weapons that had been falling to the ground also ceased moving in place.

It seemed time had stopped.

A different phenomenon from when I first met Seira.

‘There are all kinds of features.’

I had never seen cases of experiencing such phenomena on the site either.

What could have acted as the trigger?

The moment I tried to think about it.

Whoooosh.

Just like before, images began flowing in.

This time too, it was someone’s first-person perspective.

A forest thick with green grass and large trees.

The owner of the perspective was moving forward quickly, climbing over vines and pushing through bushes.

‘The viewpoint is incredibly low.’

They must be very short.

It seemed similar to the badger Konu I saw when entering.

I didn’t know what they looked like, but I decided to think of them as the same kind of badger since they were short and stocky.

The badger that had been running for a while rummaged through a pouch.

Whoosh!

The creature threw something without even looking at what came out.

And shortly after.

Boooooom!!

A tremendous explosion sound came from behind.

“Puhehehehe!”

An incredibly annoying voice pierced my ears.

It was very similar to the voice of that elementary school kid who had scammed Jinhyeok out of game money in high school and laughed at him.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!

The throwing continued after that too.

The crazy badger bastard throwing bombs in all directions.

The thick forest was blown away in an instant and engulfed in flames.

The last bomb fell not far away, whether by mistake.

Kwaaaaang!!

With a loud roar, the short and stocky body shot up.

It was a height that would make ordinary people worry about dying.

“Hehehehehe!!!”

Whatever was so exciting, the badger bastard just kept laughing gleefully.

Thud!

The memory cut off around here.

The background that had been dyed gray returned to its original color.

The weapons floating in the air fell, and the orc’s blood also sprayed toward the wall following its original direction.

The second hand began moving again.

I raised my head.

The wall where I had just stabbed my sword to destroy the pattern.

There was a very old-looking mural painted there.

It was a picture of an annoyingly ugly short and stocky badger throwing something around.

‘That’s the bastard.’

Cold sweat ran down my back.

The crazy bomb maniac badger bastard.

I had no way of knowing why such memories had seeped in, but I desperately hoped.

That I would never encounter that insane badger anywhere.

I came to my senses again and left the hut.

Seira had already gone far in the distance while I was spacing out for just a moment.

To avoid falling further behind, I diligently went around the huts destroying patterns.

Slash!

Seira, who had cut down the last Orc Shaman, looked this way.

There happened to be only one hut left.

Jinhyeok slipped in there and took a sharp breath.

I thought there would just be a thrower like before, but there was an Orc Warrior that seemed to be about 3 meters tall positioned there.

Screech!

Jinhyeok hit the brakes hard.

The Orc Warrior had an incomparably superior build compared to the throwers I had just killed.

This one was still scary.

Strategic retreat.

Shriiiek!!

But the Orc Warrior had no intention of letting Jinhyeok go.

An axe flew toward Jinhyeok’s eyes as he tried to back away.

I took a deep breath.

The amount of force behind it was obviously tremendous.

It was uncertain whether the breastplate could withstand it.

I had to dodge that.

I quickly lowered my body and rolled on the ground.

Thanks to that, the distance became even closer than before.

“Seiraaaa!! Help!!!”

While shouting loudly, I swung my sword and slashed the Orc Warrior’s leg.

“Kararararak!!”

The enraged Orc Warrior roared and brought down his axe.

This time it seemed I couldn’t dodge completely, so I blocked with my sword.

Clang!!

It was heavy enough to make my whole body ring, but I didn’t drop my sword.

Because Seira’s wooden sword that I had been receiving until just yesterday was much heavier.

Rather, it was the Orc Warrior who staggered after putting all his strength into it with an injured leg.

-The Orc Warrior’s skin is generally tough and hard. Except for one place, the back of the neck!

I recalled the strategy guide I read yesterday.

However, the height difference was so great that just reaching out my hand was far from enough.

‘Amen. Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva.’

After offering a prayer, I stepped on the retracting axe and leaped according to instinctive judgment.

The Orc Warrior swung his other hand widely.

He intended to grab the airborne Jinhyeok and crush him.

But Jinhyeok’s speed was one step ahead.

Before the approaching hand could clench, Jinhyeok instead used that hand as a stepping stone to get behind the orc’s back.

The Orc Warrior shook his body to shake off Jinhyeok.

For a moment, Jinhyeok also lost balance and staggered, but he didn’t miss the moment when the nape came into view.

He put strength into both hands and drove his sword into the Orc Warrior’s neck.

Puhwaaaak!!

Blood gushed into his field of vision, and the Orc Warrior’s body collapsed without even being able to scream.

Jinhyeok immediately created distance without relaxing his tension.

I extended my sword and poked at the Orc Warrior to check.

“Haaaaaaaah!!”

After confirming it was completely dead, I collapsed onto the ground with a thud.

‘I almost died.’

My whole body was drenched in cold sweat.

I felt around my body here and there to check if I was injured anywhere.

Completely fine.

Another sigh of relief escaped me.

And during this time, Seira was watching this scene from the entrance of the hut.

To be precise, she had been watching from the moment the battle started.

Ready to come out and help at any moment.

‘He really doesn’t waver.’

The first day Jinhyeok faced a goblin.

Seira had watched every moment without taking her eyes off him.

Objectively speaking, Jinhyeok’s combat power was several times greater than the goblin’s.

Even so, he didn’t let his guard down.

The first enemy and living creature Jinhyeok had faced.

Most people have an instinctive aversion to taking the life of something.

The knights of the Black Knight Order that Seira had led were the same.

Regardless of their skills and talents, everyone initially struggled with taking an enemy’s life.

Especially when they had to kill an enemy, they would hesitate too much and end up in danger despite having overwhelmed their opponent.

She had watched in preparation for such cases, but in Jinhyeok’s eyes as he cut down the goblin, there wasn’t even a trace of hesitation.

It was the same afterwards too.

Jinhyeok didn’t hesitate to cut down enemies.

Without hesitation, his judgment was quick, and with quick judgment, his movements had no unnecessary elements.

This wasn’t something that could be taught.

It had to be innate.

Never hesitating when facing an enemy that must be killed, even if it’s a living being.

Only those born with it could apply such unwavering conviction in actual combat.

‘Good guts too.’

He watched the swinging axe until the very end and chose the route of stepping on it and turning at the optimal timing.

It was a performance unthinkable for someone who had only started real combat a few days ago.

A faint smile appeared on Seira’s lips, who rarely smiled.

It had been a long time.

Since she had felt anticipation for something.

“Huh?”

Upon discovering Seira, Jinhyeok’s unwavering eyes shook violently.

He wanted to brag about how damn scary it was, how he almost wet himself but somehow managed to preserve human dignity by not doing so.

But since he had his pride as a master, he kept his mouth shut.

Instead, he pretended to be nonchalant and quickly ran over to hand her a sports towel he had brought from outside.

“Wipe yourself quickly. If you go out like this, the room will be a mess again.”

Jinhyeok also took out a towel and vigorously wiped the sword and breastplate stained with orc blood.

Last time he had exited as is, and the room had become a complete mess.

So afterwards, he had been changing locations like the rooftop of the villa or secluded construction sites, but he had forgotten again and entered from his room.

“Can’t you just put it in the inventory or whatever?”

“You saw what happened last time when I just put it in there.”

Seira made a disgusted expression.

It was the day she first realized that metal could smell so rotten.

While the two were wiping their equipment with sports towels.

[You have cleared the 11th Floor of the Tower of Despair!]

[Player Yoo Jin-hyeok’s level rises to 12! Stats increase!]

[Clear time: 37 seconds. You achieve SSS+ grade! Achievement gauge increases!]

[You swept through the orc horde you first encountered! You obtain Orc Ranger’s Boots!]

# Orc Ranger’s Boots

## Tower-exclusive item.

## Rare grade.

## Level requirement 10.

## Movement speed increased by 40.

Despite being boots, which are armor, the defense was zero.

Befitting a ranger, it seemed to be all-in on speed.

“Seira, want to wear them?”

Seira looked at Jinhyeok with an expression asking if he was serious.

“I’m just asking out of courtesy. Of course I should wear them since I’m the slow one.”

Jinhyeok, wearing the new shoes, bounced around.

To think my body would become this light with just a 40 increase.

I could see why Tower-exclusive items sold for so much.

[Exiting the Tower of Despair.]

While Seira was devouring the hot chicken she had just ordered.

Jinhyeok, who had accessed the site, nodded his head.

“As expected, there’s another uproar. People are really diligent.”

There was another commotion because of the 11th floor record he had just cleared.

Assuming it would be similar content and comments, he didn’t bother clicking on the posts.

Instead, he opened the 12th floor strategy guide.

“Seira. Starting from the next floor, there’s an escort mission added. The kind where you have to protect while clearing a path?”

“Does the escort target just need to stay alive? Then it seems like we could clear the path until the target is about to die, then go back to protect them.”

‘Sometimes she’s scary with how coldly rational she can be.’

Jinhyeok swallowed dryly and shook his head.

“Seira clears the path and I protect. How about that?”

“Negative. The possibility of the master being in danger is high. You must move together with me at all times.”

“Hmm.”

He rubbed his chin.

She was definitely right.

Recently, his confidence had grown from killing goblins and orcs without difficulty.

However, that didn’t mean he should let his guard down.

If the escort target dies, he could just try again, but if he as the player dies, it would be over.

# Office worker A living in Songdo, Incheon has gone missing. Since his last internet access was to ‘The Everything of the Tower’ website, it appears he died while climbing the tower.

No matter how much you awaken and become a player, you only have one life.

No matter how excellent Seira’s speed was, she couldn’t teleport.

If they divided roles and fought far apart, and he got into a crisis, he might not receive help in time.

‘I need to think about this more.’

If the goal was simply to clear, he could do as Seira suggested, but Jinhyeok wanted to get SSS+.

That way the Achievement gauge would fill up and he could receive special rewards.

Crack!

Jinhyeok stretched refreshingly and looked back.

Seira had already eliminated one whole chicken and was separating general waste from food waste for recycling.

For a moment he wondered if it was okay to make the Black Knight Order leader do such things, but since it was convenient, he decided to look the other way.

Confirming the cleanup was finished, Jinhyeok got up.

Now that he had filled his stomach, it was time to wrap up the day.

[Entering Mythic Tower Floor 1-2.]

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