I’m the Only One With Two Towers - Chapter 167

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Only I Have Two Towers Episode 167

The Box That Traps Souls

I walked to the sofa carrying the tablet.

Jinhyeok had immediately called Jin Yun-ho after receiving an urgent message.

And he heard the name of a certain item.

-Maredo’s Box.

After burying myself in the sofa, I started searching.

I decided to continue the detailed conversation after learning about the box.

“This melon is perfectly ripe and incredibly sweet!”

“So good.”

Momo came running with a large tray.

On it were deliciously cut melon, watermelon, and mango.

“Momo! Why are you taking away even what I’m eating!”

Kancheo, who came running after, joined at the table.

Kancheo skillfully inhaled watermelon using a fork.

The fur around his mouth stained red and his plump belly – it was certain.

He had already devoured at least half a watermelon earlier.

I continued searching on Tower Site while munching on a melon.

[The Box That Traps Souls, Maredo]

I clicked on the post with the most comments.

# Let me start with a simple spec explanation.

# Drops between floors 61 and 70.

# Only usable by players who haven’t entered the 71st floor section yet.

# The moment you use it, you’re dragged to a place called ‘Somewhere Below the 71st Floor of the Tower of Despair’.

Huh?

This is a bit bewildering.

Those three or four lines I just read were the entire content of the post.

Naturally, the comment section was also full of curses.

@ What is this? Are you crazy? Don’t stop talking halfway.

ㄴ Author: This is all I know. It smelled like piss as soon as I walked in, so I bolted.

No no, what did you see that made you run away?

No no no Author: There’s this weird rabbit floating in the air and it looks scary as hell. I’m a hunter class so I have a dog companion that’s usually super brave, right? But the moment it saw that rabbit, it immediately pissed itself.

Nah nah nah nah, isn’t your dog just a chihuahua? Acting all tough only in front of weak ones, how pathetic.

No no no no no Author: It’s fine to insult me. But don’t dishonor my comrades.

I didn’t read any further after that.

An arena that could be seen in any comment section had opened.

I went back and clicked on other related posts.

# Best not to go in. Don’t ask why. I didn’t want to know either.

# I went in out of curiosity too. For reference, I have a class that can measure combat power, and it showed an absurd number. Send donations if you want to know.

I was curious about what kind of monsters appear inside and how to clear it.

But most were nutritionless posts saying don’t go in if you want to live, go in if you like thrills, etc.

Among them, one post caught my eye.

# If you go in and wait a bit, a rabbit will talk to you. Don’t know if it’s a Tower resident or monster. However, the moment you lose that game, you’ll be trapped forever. Even without losing your life, escape from the floor itself becomes impossible.

A post with some substance at least.

Of course, the comment atmosphere wasn’t good.

Most comments were asking if he wrote this from the trapped place or how he could know that.

“Hmm.”

As I let out a groan, Kancheo climbed up onto the sofa.

“Did you find out something?”

“A rabbit appears.”

“A rabbit? That’s nothing special. Just kick its side and grab its ears.”

“Good idea? When we meet it later…”

“Take this!!”

Momo punched his side and grabbed Kancheo’s ears.

“What! Why are you doing this to me!”

“Kancheo has two pointy ears too!”

I quickly left before it got noisier.

Then I called Jin Yun-ho.

“Yes, Team Leader. I took a look, but honestly I’m not sure what to look for. Most of it is unconfirmed content like a mysterious rabbit appearing or not being able to get out if you lose the game.”

# There must not be any useful posts on Tower Site either. But what you just mentioned is sufficient.

“Yes?”

# If something goes wrong, you could be trapped forever, separate from death. As most comments say, it’s a very dangerous box. So… although Hunter Eun Gang-seok made the request, I had many concerns until I called you.

I rubbed my chin.

No wonder his voice was full of hesitation.

‘It’s definitely dangerous.’

The world I’m living in now is reality, not a game.

That means even if something goes wrong, I can’t retry like in a game.

Tap. Tap. Tap.

I drummed my fingers and fell into thought for a moment.

A rabbit that suddenly appears and the game it proposes.

‘It seems similar, but also not.’

There’s still insufficient information to be certain of anything.

So, let’s find out a bit more.

“Team Leader. How about we go see Kang Seok first? To hear the detailed story as well.”

# Understood. I’ll come pick you up in front of your house.

“No, it’s fine. Could you just tell me the destination? I’ll be there soon. Yes. Yes. Then I’ll see you there.”

After hanging up, I stretched.

Duram Unit 1, deploy.

Somewhere below the 71st floor.

The rabbit floating in the air drew a sneer.

“Are you going to start the game? Or are you going to run away? I think it’s time for you to choose.”

At the unheard answer, the rabbit shrugged its shoulders.

“It’s already been over ten hours since you entered. Why aren’t you saying anything at all? What do you want? The liberation of the people I’ve trapped? Start the game or kill me. Or gold and treasures? Start the game or kill me. Anyway, you only have one choice. There are no other options.”

Words poured out as if frustrated.

Still, the man sitting there didn’t answer.

He just continued meditating with his eyes closed.

‘One more time.’

The man gritted his teeth.

‘One more time.’

His head became hot as if it would burst.

A nosebleed flowed out and stained his collar.

Unlike reality, dozens of games had already been played in the man’s mind.

The man’s name was Jegal Hun.

A hunter belonging to the Player Hunter Bureau Strategic Division, currently attempting the 70th Floor of the Tower of Despair.

His absolute military power itself wasn’t high.

Nevertheless, Jegal Hun received the full favor of Strategic Division Chief Han Ji-won.

The reason was simple.

Because he had awakened an ability that was perfect for devising and verifying any strategy.

Not to mention the intelligence that was more than sufficient to utilize this ability.

‘One more… time.’

The battlefield progressing in Jegal Hun’s mind was reset.

Like death regression where time rewinds upon death, it couldn’t affect reality.

But the battlefield in his mind could be reset as many times as needed.

As long as his mana allowed, as long as his mental state could endure it, continuously.

[Puhwaaaaak!]

Blood spurted from his throat and his vision became blurry.

Another failure.

Terrible tinnitus struck his ears.

‘Is it really impossible?’

Jegal Hun’s face contorted.

This branch, the last branch, the one before that—he had failed in every single branch he had chosen after entering this place.

Thoroughly and completely, without even catching a glimpse of hope.

It was the first time since his awakening.

A fight this hopeless.

‘What am I supposed to do?’

Even clearing the game changed nothing.

The next game, and the next game after that.

Games appeared endlessly.

Until Jegal Hun was defeated.

He had tried directly attacking that rabbit, but it was futile.

No damage went through at all, as if he were swinging a cotton bat.

A bitter metallic taste filled his mouth.

He was already at his limit.

If he reset any more from here, his mind wouldn’t be able to endure…!!!

Jegal Hun’s eyes widened.

When had it come?

The rabbit with blazing red eyes had approached right up to his nose.

“You were doing something. In your head.”

The rabbit reached out its hand but was immediately repelled.

Right now, the rabbit couldn’t touch Jegal Hun.

Because the game hadn’t started.

“Humans are so cunning. So how was it? Did you see hope?”

The corners of the rabbit’s mouth curved up long.

“If I were to make a bet, I’d wager on ‘didn’t see any.’ Because such a thing couldn’t possibly exist.”

Facing this unknown existence, how should he put it.

He was forced to confront the doubts he had desperately denied and turned away from.

Wasn’t this a floor designed to be unbeatable from the start?

Wasn’t that why the choice of whether to start the game was left entirely to the player?

“So, what now? What will you do? Will you continue this meaningless repetition? Or will you actually start the game and challenge me? Or will you tuck your tail and run away like a coward? Leaving everyone trapped behind.”

Jegal Hun wiped his flowing nosebleed.

He wasn’t stupid enough to fall for such shallow provocation.

Without any more thought, he pressed the escape button.

Though he hadn’t figured out how to clear it, he needed to report the branches he had experienced so far.

“Oh my, oh my, so you were a coward after all.”

The final mockery reached him through his fading vision.

That mockery clearly contained something.

The regret of a hunter who had lost its prey.

He gradually reduced the speed of Duram Unit 1.

“Wow.”

A tile-roofed house so massive it drew spontaneous admiration.

The kind of house where you’d want to fan yourself and eat watermelon on the veranda.

‘What’s that smell?’

He turned his nose toward the house.

A sweet fragrance wafting from beyond.

Whatever it was, it made his mouth water.

After waiting a moment, a familiar sedan appeared from the opposite road.

Jin Yun-ho and Yun Mi-ri got out of the car and greeted him.

“Hello.”

After bowing in greeting, he faced the two people.

Less than 24 hours had passed since they parted.

Unlike yesterday, Jin Yun-ho’s face was full of worry.

Since he could roughly guess the cause of that worry, he spoke first.

“Don’t worry. I’m actually quite cowardly. I won’t do anything reckless like throwing myself into danger without thinking.”

“Haha… Was it that obvious?”

“I told you it was obvious from the start.”

Yun Mi-ri lightly scolded him.

“I’m embarrassed. This worry has been giving me such a headache. Let’s go inside first.”

Jin Yun-ho took the lead and knocked on the door of the tile-roofed house.

A house without a doorbell.

This tile-roofed house was the real deal.

The door opened with the sound of old wood.

“Please come in. He’s waiting inside.”

An old man dressed in pure white mourning clothes guided Jinhyeok’s group.

As he entered, he looked around the interior of the house.

So that’s why there was such a sweet fragrance.

There were alcohol brewing facilities scattered throughout.

“You’ve probably heard of it at least once. It’s called Cheongsan liquor. This place is a family that has been making that alcohol since ancient times.”

Jinhyeok’s eyes widened.

How could he not know Cheongsan liquor?

The royal liquor that only the king could drink in the past.

He had heard that even now, one bottle costs hundreds of thousands of won.

The quantity produced was so small that it was hard to obtain even with money.

Gulp.

Since the situation seemed serious, he hoped it hadn’t been heard.

The sound of swallowing saliva filled with greed.

“He’s inside. Please enter.”

The old woman who had finished guiding stepped aside and opened the tightly closed door.

And at the scene that was revealed, his eyes had no choice but to widen once again.

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