I’m the Only One With Two Towers - Chapter 174

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Only I Have Two Towers Episode 174

Helios Meteorite

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Pleasant friction sounds echoed from all directions.

The intervals between sounds weren’t regular.

Since we were smashing ice wherever we could find it.

I held pickaxes in both hands and swung them enthusiastically.

Nearby, tremendous destructive sounds like crash! or crackle-crack! could be heard.

Those were the sounds of Seira and Dark smashing ice to pieces.

When I glanced over, I saw Kancheo perking up his ears.

He had an expression that showed he wanted to join the pickaxe work.

‘Thank goodness. I gave him surveillance duty.’

If he had participated, he probably would have just blasted everything indiscriminately.

The meteorite might have sunk into the sea.

“Mmm.”

On one side, Teacher Daemomo sat cross-legged.

With her eyes closed to catch the scent of treasure.

Snooore!

“Teacher Momo!?”

“It’s fine. It’s fine.”

What’s fine?! It looks like you were sleeping.

Momo, who had been openly stretching, suddenly opened her eyes wide.

“I smell it!”

A tiny bit of distrust came first.

Didn’t she smell it in her dream?

“Over here!”

Momo rushed down and pointed at one of the cracks.

I immediately ran over and swung my pickaxe.

The crevasse crumbled at high speed.

Claaang!!

When I swung once more, the shattered ice wall collapsed.

And it revealed itself.

A black ore stuck right in the center of the ice.

‘Is this the Helios meteorite?’

I swallowed dry saliva and reached out my hand.

Whoooosh…!

As soon as I touched it, black paint-like liquid poured out from the meteorite.

The liquid instantly enveloped Jinhyeok’s group, dyeing the surroundings black.

After waiting a bit longer, twinkling lights appeared here and there in the darkness.

“They’re stars.”

Star clusters that gradually increased, densely filling the darkness.

It was truly a festival of stars.

“Wooow! So pretty!”

Momo let out a cry of admiration.

Jinhyeok also smiled.

This was the first time.

Seeing so many stars.

“Is that Helios?”

Dark pointed in one direction.

Among the star clusters twinkling in white, there was one star alone emitting black light.

The black star flickered for a moment, then began falling downward.

Leaving a long black tail, the star crossed the Milky Way at high speed.

“Oh, it’s getting all dark!”

Momo was right.

All the stars where Helios had passed lost their light.

More precisely, Helios was absorbing all the nearby light.

With the sight of Helios becoming a meteor and falling as the finale, the curtain surrounding us was drawn away.

Ding!

[The star that alone emitted black light among countless galaxies, Helios! Helios has had the power to harvest something since its birth!]

[You have obtained a meteorite of Helios, the harvesting star!]

Ding!

[Materials are updated in the Transcendent-grade one-handed sword ‘Soul Harvester’ crafting recipe!]

Among the materials written in dark gray, ‘Helios Meteorite Fragment’ lit up brightly.

Nice!

I threw an uppercut into the air.

I had already collected one out of three.

This was the moment when the Soul Harvester, which had seemed so distant, came within reach.

“Huh, how fascinating. Fascinating. A black star.”

The Star Alchemist also seemed intrigued.

Ellia kept turning the fragment this way and that to examine it.

Puff.

Camilla walked over through the expelled smoke.

Then she carefully examined the fragment.

“You’ll need to use this well.”

“Why?”

“It’s trapped inside for now, but its energy is quite strong. Depending on what it’s combined with, it could become something dangerous.”

I nodded.

Soul Harvester.

It was a name that seemed both cool and menacing.

It wouldn’t actually suck souls away with a whoosh as soon as it touched something, would it?

“Let’s try making it for now.”

After exiting the crevasse, I stretched my back fully.

Maybe because it was refreshing, I hadn’t broken a single drop of sweat despite working hard with the pickaxe.

Anyway, my business with the transition was done here.

I had completed the temporary clear condition that arose instead of exterminating all yetis.

Ding!

[The 63rd Floor transition has been cleared!]

[The transition is disappearing!]

The snowy plains that had been creating fierce blizzards quickly scattered.

Camilla also snapped her fingers to remove the barrier.

# Transition cleared.

After sending a message to Jin Yun-ho, I boarded Duram Unit 1.

Thanks to the cold-weather cover, it was perfectly fine.

Just as I was about to slide down the ice path like when we came, a reply arrived.

# Thank you for your hard work. Mr. Jinhyeok, if it’s alright with you, may I visit your home? There’s something I’d like to show you.

Before leaving the Cheongsan Clan, there was something I had asked Jin Yun-ho about regarding Maredo’s box.

It seemed he had discovered something.

# Yes. I’ll be waiting at home!

After putting away my phone, I started the engine.

What could he have found?

Jin Yun-ho and Yun Mi-ri entered the house.

“Could we use the TV for a moment?”

“Of course.”

As soon as greetings were finished, Yun Mi-ri connected her laptop to the TV.

This was a first.

The TV being used for something other than Kancheo and Momo’s games.

But anyway, this seemed more serious than usual.

She also looked somewhat urgent.

After continuing the setup with skilled movements for a while.

When the screen appeared, Yun Mi-ri spoke.

“Just as Jinhyeok said, there were really many unnatural aspects. First, the soul-trapping box Maredo. This only dropped in Korea.”

No wonder the number of trapped souls was small.

“I contacted other national Hunter Bureaus too. They all replied that they’d never heard of it. Since there’s no reason to hide such an item, the probability of lies is low. And second, why was it never reported in Korea?”

“Right. If you die in the Tower of Despair you go missing, but this just means not waking up. The box would have been sitting right there.”

“Exactly. I spent all day looking for similar cases. Both reported cases and news articles. There were quite a few reported cases. But strangely, there wasn’t a single related article. More precisely.”

Various news outlets appeared on the monitor.

“Not a single one remained after being updated. They disappeared without lasting even 30 minutes, let alone an hour.”

Jinhyeok swallowed dryly.

This pattern was familiar.

It frequently appeared in the crime thriller movies and dramas he enjoyed watching.

Patterns like pulling advertisements if they don’t comply, or quietly eliminating them if that doesn’t work.

“So I made some calls. The Player Hunter Bureau has some influence as an organization. But I couldn’t reach the people who made these decisions. Not a single one. They were all either on vacation, sick leave, or overseas business trips.”

“That’s fishy.”

“Extremely fishy. And what’s even fishier.”

A single photo appeared.

“This is a reporter friend of mine. She’s like a complete bulldozer. When higher-ups tell her not to do something, she posts it on her SNS.”

“That’s cool.”

“She’s a cool friend. But right now, I can’t reach her.”

I could understand why she looked urgent.

Based on the circumstances revealed so far, there was a high possibility she’d gotten involved in something bad.

“Fortunately, my friend disappeared two days ago. It’s relatively recent. The control room and search hunters are working together to find her now.”

Yun Mi-ri leaned back on the sofa and let out a deep sigh.

I thought it was concluded when the people trapped in the boxes were freed.

But now I could see it was just the beginning.

Ding.

She checked her tablet.

# No clues found around the house. All CCTVs are down too, so there’s no data worth transmitting.

Yun Mi-ri frowned.

She needed something to use her ability on.

With absolutely nothing like this, there was nothing she could do.

“Could I take a look too?”

“Of course.”

Jinhyeok crouched down beside her and examined the tablet’s contents.

Even though two or three hours had passed since the search began, no significant clues had emerged yet.

“Could you give me the address? I probably won’t be much help, but just in case.”

Yun Mi-ri’s face brightened noticeably.

Jin Yun-ho let out a small sigh of relief.

Though they’d stopped by on their way to the scene, he’d been hoping for this inwardly.

Wondering if they could get even a little help from Runner Yoo Jin-hyeok.

“We were about to head to the scene now anyway. Let’s go together.”

“Should we? I’ll follow on my motorcycle.”

“Understood. Then…”

“Let’s go right now. It’s urgent.”

Jinhyeok smiled.

Whether he belonged to the Player Hunter Bureau or not didn’t matter.

Since Jin Yun-ho and Yun Mi-ri had helped him countless times, if he could repay them even a little, he’d do his best.

And separately from this, he was also curious.

Maredo’s box was from the Tower of Despair.

But the location of the current incident was reality.

Nothing had been confirmed yet, but if there really was a connection between these two incidents.

What form would the connecting point take?

What was the purpose?

Aside from teleportation, were the Tower of Despair and reality truly completely separate worlds?

Various questions began to arise.

At the top of Seoul N Tower.

A man sitting there looked around at the brilliant night view.

“It’s a beautiful place no matter when I see it.”

The corners of his mouth slowly rose.

“At the same time, it’s incredibly unstable. It would go out completely with just a light breath. Don’t you think so?”

The man raised his gaze.

People hanging precariously below the observation deck.

Their faces pale as sheets, they cried out pitifully.

“P-President Kang Woo-jin! Haven’t we done everything you asked until now! Why are you suddenly doing this?!”

“We took things down when you said take them down, changed them when you said change them, we did everything! Please!”

“Don’t talk as if you did something for me. Have you forgotten who lifted you from dying on the streets to that position?”

“How could we forget! That’s why we swore loyalty! For as long as we live, to Laksha…”

Crack!

A head shot up into the sky.

Kang Woo-jin caught it before it could fall.

“I told you not to dare speak that name. From the mouths of lowly beings like you.”

People gasped at his chilling gaze.

Though a head had flown off and blood had splattered, they couldn’t even think of wiping it away.

The man before them was that terrifying.

“Hah.”

Kang Woo-jin let out a deep sigh and looked up at the sky.

Useless rabbits, all of them.

Far from completing their assigned mission, they’d even created unwelcome variables.

‘By the way, I’m curious. Who exactly won the game from Maredo?’

An interested smile formed at the corners of his mouth.

Since things had come to this, it would be nice if he could see.

No, he intended to see somehow.

Beings with outstanding abilities were always welcome.

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