I’m the Only One With Two Towers - Chapter 101

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Only I Have Two Towers Episode 101

End of Exchange Meeting

Hiyori came down the stairs.

The Hosaka children, including the youngest Rito, whimpered and hesitantly backed away.

These were people who had been beaten up by Hiyori once when they were young.

The memory was so intense that it remained as trauma even now that they were adults.

But Security Manager Woo Ryu was different.

‘Is that the famous Tiger of Kansai?’

He simply waited in place for Hiyori to approach.

“W-Woo Ryu. Let’s retreat for now. We really don’t know what she might do!”

“Right! We could really die! It might not end with just a few beatings!”

The Hosaka children fussed like puppies needing to poop, but Woo Ryu remained unmoved.

“It’s fine. I’ll handle it myself. That’s why I came here.”

After showing composure once, instead of retreating, Woo Ryu actually climbed the stairs.

In the past, Woo Ryu would have feared Hiyori too.

Japan’s official ranking 7th place wasn’t a position just anyone could reach.

But now the situation was different.

‘Does this Woo Ryu look like he’d fear some sick tiger?’

Matsuna Hiyori had disappeared without a trace overnight.

The government and Player Hunter Bureau, unable to wait any longer, called for her, but Hiyori didn’t respond.

To be precise, the entire Matsuna Family maintained silence.

After that, strange rumors began to circulate.

That Hiyori had been struck by an insurmountable family curse.

Since it was a rumor that circulated only among high-ranking officials, it didn’t leak to public opinion.

However, the families participating in the exchange meeting had tentatively reached a conclusion.

That the tiger had fallen ill. So ill that they would never see the tiger at exchange meetings again.

Hosaka Rena also knew this, which is why she could act even more boldly as a tiger.

Hiyori and Woo Ryu stopped walking, leaving one stair between them.

Woo Ryu bowed his head first.

“Good evening, Miss Hiyori. I am Woo Ryu, Security Manager serving Chairman Hosaka Judo.”

Hiyori nodded lightly.

She didn’t return the greeting.

This midnight visit itself was already disgustingly unpleasant to her.

“We would like you to permit Hosaka’s re-participation in the exchange meeting. If not, we would like to meet with the head of the family. Chairman Judo has a message to convey.”

“No. And Dad is sleeping, so tell me.”

Woo Ryu let out a small scoff.

To think she would charge in so recklessly without regard for consequences.

It seemed the Matsuna Family had spoiled her too much.

“Miss. This is between a corporate chairman and…”

“You’ll die.”

“Excuse me?”

“If you make that kind of expression in front of me one more time, you’ll die.”

Hiyori’s face had turned cold.

Woo Ryu, who had flinched for a moment, calmed his mind again.

It’s okay.

That’s a sick tiger.

“I apologize if I offended you.”

“Enough. As you heard earlier, re-participation is impossible according to the rules. Go back. If you absolutely must enter even by breaking the rules.”

Hiyori pointed to the stairs below with her chin.

The single stair remaining between her and Woo Ryu.

“Come up.”

Sharp tension filled the main gate.

Woo Ryu quietly steadied his breathing.

It would be wise to retreat at this point, but greed arose.

This is an opportunity.

A golden opportunity to prove that Hiyori, Matsuna’s pride aside from being a Runner, had fallen ill.

He decided to give an ultimatum without climbing the stairs first.

“I would like to ask once more…”

CRASH!!!!

The eyes of the Hosaka children below widened.

It happened in an instant.

Hiyori’s left arm swung widely and Woo Ryu simply disappeared.

Rito trembled as he slowly turned his head.

Security Manager Woo Ryu had flown to the opposite forest, broken several trees, and crashed into the ground.

From his lack of response, he seemed either dead or completely unconscious.

“I told you. If you look down on me one more time, you’ll die.”

Hiyori smiled as she rotated her fist a couple of times.

Her strength had returned.

Perfectly at that.

“Hey, Hosaka youngest.”

“Y-Yes!”

“Pick that up and get lost. And tell your grandfather. I’ll be billing the Hosaka Family for the broken trees, so wait for it.”

Perhaps because he was stuttering and couldn’t answer properly.

Annoyed, Hiyori clicked her tongue.

“I’ll give you 10 seconds. Pick him up. One.”

“H-Hurry up and move!”

Rito and his brothers ran to the forest.

Sure enough, Woo Ryu had rolled his eyes back and was foaming at the mouth.

Even watching it directly, it was hard to believe.

As a corporate security manager, he possessed formidable force, yet he was taken down in one hit.

It was hard to gauge just how strong she was.

Vrooom!!

Not long after, the Hosaka Family picked up Woo Ryu and disappeared hastily.

Hiyori sighed deeply at their pathetic appearance and climbed the stairs.

If it hadn’t been for Jinhyeok, if she hadn’t been freed from the curse, she would have had to retreat.

Against such a weakling.

“Ah.”

Come to think of it, she had forgotten to tell Jinhyeok something.

“I should ask him to be friends.”

A pleasant smile formed on her lips.

Matsuna Hiyori, 22 years old.

She had made up her mind.

For the first time in her life, she would make the first friend request.

Before properly going to bed.

[You have cleared the 55th floor of the Tower of Despair!]

[Time taken: 27 seconds. You obtain SSS+ grade!]

She had lightly climbed the Tower of Despair.

A simple floor where you just had to kill monsters within a set area.

The guys had set traps everywhere and put up a siege, but this side had overwhelming firepower and trap specialist Kancheo.

As a result, the monsters disappeared without lasting even 30 seconds.

I didn’t level up, but I gained quite a bit of experience and plenty of poison-related byproducts.

“Granny! You can’t take everything!”

Momo blocked Ellia, who was grabbing byproducts left and right.

“We need to sell these to buy delicious food!”

“You chubby little thing. Why would I take these for myself? I’m going to make potions to feed you kids.”

“You make potions from poison?”

“What you ate last time was also made from poison. Poison is dangerous, but if used well, it can become medicine.”

“That’s why it always tastes bad! Momo doesn’t want to eat poison!”

“You’re so naive. Things that are good for your body are supposed to be bitter. So move those steamed bun-like hands of yours.”

Momo sat down with a tearful face at the merciless plundering.

It seems I’ll have to buy her something delicious tomorrow.

“Phew! We got lots of good materials today too.”

Ellia wiped the sweat from her forehead.

She looked delighted with all the alchemy materials she’d gained.

Momo, who finally got up, hastily packed her bundle and stuffed it into Felix’s bag.

“Then let’s go.”

Jinhyeok moved his hand toward the entrance button.

His body felt drowsy, but he couldn’t sleep yet.

There was still one left.

[Entering the 8th Floor of the Mythic Tower.]

How much time had passed since the entrance message appeared?

Thunder roared in his ears.

The sound was so loud it made his ears ring.

“Momo is scared of thunder!”

“What’s scary about that lightning? It won’t fall here anyway.”

They say words become reality.

Shortly after, lightning struck nearby.

Kancheo went flying from the aftermath with a whoosh!

“Kancheooooo!”

Not long after, Kancheo appeared with the smell of burning hair.

“Phew. I almost died.”

I patted Kancheo, who let out a sigh of relief.

The fur on his back was completely burned off.

I should ask Ellia to make some hair growth tonic.

I slowly looked around.

What a strange place.

A plain where lightning struck relentlessly despite there being no storm clouds.

And today, the system was unhelpful as usual.

It didn’t even give a clue about what to do here or which direction to walk in this vast plain.

Since it came to this, I had no choice but to find it myself.

I took out the Yodel Compass from my inventory.

When I brought out the piece of Raven’s sword hilt, the Yodel Compass began to react.

After a moment, the needle finally fixed and determined a direction.

“Phew. Thank goodness.”

Jinhyeok patted his chest in relief.

Before entering the Tower, Jinhyeok had tried bringing the piece to the compass at the shrine.

The compass needle hadn’t moved even 1mm.

It meant there was nothing related to Raven outside the Tower.

If it hadn’t reacted on this floor, he would have had to climb to the next floor indefinitely again.

[Basic Stellar Alchemy]

Jinhyeok extended his hand and used alchemy.

He was gradually learning from Ellia whenever he had time.

A bright light flashed, and a small rubber piece appeared above Jinhyeok’s hand.

“Ellia. Can you make this bigger? In an umbrella shape.”

Lightning was still raging across the plain.

He couldn’t cross here without any protection.

“I probably have something extracted from rubber trees.”

After rummaging through her bag for a while, Ellia pulled out a bottle filled with brown liquid.

Ellia put on the Stellar Gauntlets and placed the bottle on the transmutation circle.

As the transmutation circle began to move, light incomparable to before was emitted.

“Ta-da!”

Ellia spread both hands wide to show her work.

Soon Kancheo’s criticism followed.

“What ta-da? Are you a ta-da granny? And don’t you know what an umbrella is? I asked for an umbrella and you made some squishy leaf!”

“You can’t make a sturdy umbrella with rubber alone. I could mix in something harder, but I’d have to find it at the workshop, which is bothersome.”

“How can you be so lazy already? You should live diligently!”

“I’ve already lived for 3,271 years.”

“Eh.”

Kancheo closed his mouth, perhaps finding the reason reasonable.

Jinhyeok roughly lifted the rubber umbrella that was made.

“Seira, hold this part. It’s the heaviest.”

“Sure.”

“Dark, let’s hold this part together.”

He and Dark raised both hands to support the drooping leaf parts.

“What about Momo?! Where should Momo hold?!”

“Momo, just stick close to our side and follow.”

“Okay!”

After making sure the short Momo and Kancheo stayed close, they began walking following the compass.

It had been a long time since he held his hands up like this, not since detention in elementary school.

Crash!

Though inconvenient to use, the defensive effect was certain.

The rubber leaf remained unaffected despite several lightning strikes already hitting it.

After walking through the lightning rain for quite a while, a towering hill appeared ahead.

“Huh.”

He let out a quiet exclamation.

Up close, he could tell.

What was falling now wasn’t random lightning from a clear sky.

More precisely, all this lightning was flowing from one place.

He was certain.

Raven, the Sword of Thunder, was here.

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