I’m the Only One With Two Towers - Chapter 18

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Only I Have Two Towers Episode 018

Things Moving Fast

Right after returning from Mount Inwang.

“Chicken is the best after all!”

“I agree. Nothing beats chicken.”

Three people sitting around in the basement room, instantly demolishing five whole chickens.

Jinhyeok, who had been patting his full belly, got up.

“General? Where are you going again?”

“No, I’m going to pack.”

“Didn’t you say we’d leave later?”

“Since we’re leaving anyway, let’s go right away.”

“Is it because of that man from earlier?”

“That’s right.”

Jin Yun-ho, team leader of the Player Hunter Guild.

He didn’t think the man had approached him just out of boredom.

There must have been a purpose.

The first thing that came to mind was the Hall of Fame that was being updated almost daily.

The Player Hunter Guild doesn’t just leave people classified as talent alone.

Moreover, it wasn’t a coincidence that he had been singled out from nearly thirty people who had descended the mountain.

The most likely hypothesis was that he had used some ability to check cleared floors and picked him out when it matched the Hall of Fame records.

“Did he ask threatening questions?”

He shook his head.

The problem was that there were none at all.

The Hunter’s Guild would have detected that the portal had disappeared.

Yet not asking a single related question clearly meant they were worried about making this side wary.

“Actually, if this had already been a house I’d moved to, I would have just stayed calm. It’s not like I did anything wrong. But if possible, I’d like to postpone getting involved with the Hunter’s Guild.”

“Why?”

“Because they’ll definitely be 100% annoying. Job recruitment offers from the Hunter’s Guild would be basic, and questions would pour in. How did you clear it so fast? What’s your synchronization rate? And so on.”

Thwack!

Kancheo slammed the floor.

“Can’t you just shout ‘If you want me, bring all your treasures!’ and join?”

“I would if I could. But my current state is too exceptional for our world.”

He turned his eyes to the status window.

Even with Kancheo and Seira’s manifestation released.

# Synchronization Rate 100%.

This was the problem.

The moment this was revealed, the world would turn upside down.

If there was some strange ability user at the Hunter’s Guild who found out, it would really, really become troublesome.

Perk up!

“General. Someone came outside! A car stopped but they’re not getting out!”

“How many?”

“Two!”

“Ugh.”

As expected of the Hunter’s Guild, should he say.

They must have already arrived after looking up his address.

Assuming the other side had means to check floors, he could picture what they were trying to do.

They would definitely wait and try to confirm the moment he cleared the 20th floor.

Although it was past midnight, he decided to postpone entering the Tower for today.

“You don’t need to worry. General. I’ll go handle it.”

Kancheo pulled out thick explosive clay from his chest.

Truly a scary guy.

“No using that at home.”

“I forgot for a moment.”

Jinhyeok chuckled and roughly grabbed visible items to stuff into his backpack.

Since he hadn’t brought much to begin with, his hands were light when leaving too.

‘I’ll get the 1 million won deposit transferred to my account later.’

Jinhyeok brought his finger to his lips.

“From now on, we need to leave quietly.”

“Understood.”

The trio left the room lights on and went up to the rooftop.

Standing on the railing, Jinhyeok looked at the high-rising moon.

‘Why is this fun?’

Even though it was a midnight escape that wasn’t in his nature, laughter leaked out.

He wondered if it was because his bag was full of uudium ore.

“Let’s go, Seira.”

Seira nodded and carried Jinhyeok in a princess carry.

Kancheo climbed onto Seira’s shoulder on his own.

After confirming all passengers were aboard, Seira began leaping across building rooftops.

‘Oh my.’

His legs felt a bit weak, but after a while, even this became fun.

Kancheo burst into excited laughter, “Puhehehe!”

Jinhyeok thought of the villa growing distant and Jin Yun-ho who would be waiting in front of it.

‘See you again sometime. A bit later.’

He had no intention of avoiding them forever.

Someday they would meet in some form.

However, that would be after he had finished his preparations.

Even if his synchronization rate or abilities were discovered and caused a commotion, even if unexpected storms came.

Preparations that would allow him to handle it very lightly and preserve himself.

The evening of the day they carried out their midnight escape.

Beep beep beep beep, beep beep.

Jinhyeok entered the room carrying a large backpack.

Kancheo and Seira manifested as if they had been waiting.

“Woooow! It’s so spacious!”

“Is this also a type of house?”

“It’s a place called an officetel. It’s one where you can move in the same day.”

An officetel in the old town scheduled for redevelopment.

Since it was a place he had scouted beforehand, the selection didn’t take very long.

“The exterior is all falling apart, but the inside is really nice!”

“That’s because it was remodeled.”

“Remo… what?”

“Roughly speaking, they made it clean again.”

After quickly finishing his explanation, Jinhyeok checked his bank account balance.

# 130 million.

The money left after visiting the General Store at dawn to sell uudium and paying 100 million for the house deposit.

-W-where did you get all this?

It was the first time.

The first time the General Store grandfather’s eyes had bulged out like they might pop.

Oh Jae-gap had even pulled down the store shutter so no one would see.

The quantity was so large that it took quite a long time to calculate the settlement amount.

‘Come to think of it, not just anyone can run a General Store.’

The cash power to drop 230 million in one go.

The General Store is the best.

“Phewwww.”

Jinhyeok set down his luggage, caught his breath, and lay down on the ground.

Then he rolled around once from side to side.

Though things proceeded a bit hastily due to Jin Yun-ho’s sudden appearance, he had successfully escaped the basement anyway.

‘Goodbye mold. Goodbye rainwater that poured through the window. Goodbye cats that would peek in while passing by.’

After bidding farewell to various things, he got up again.

Remodeled with two rooms plus a living room, with a 100 million deposit and 300,000 monthly rent.

Even considering it’s in the old town scheduled for redevelopment, it’s an excellent price.

“Since we moved, should we eat chicken?”

“I think that’s a good idea too.”

Kancheo made the suggestion and Seira nodded as if she’d been waiting for it.

“Chicken sounds good. Then I’ll order it, so let’s go to the Tower first.”

Jinhyeok looked at his watch.

9 PM.

Since time was a bit tight, he had to go to the Tower first.

After Kancheo and Seira finished preparing and got up, he pressed the entrance button.

[Entering the 20th Floor of the Tower of Despair!]

“Hey there.”

Konu, a resident of the Tower, waved his hand.

Unlike usual, he wasn’t sprawled out.

He felt that today’s floor would need explanation even for these guys.

“There are still 2 hours left before the Tower mission starts. Let me give you some explanation in the meantime.”

Konu went “Ahem!” and cleared his throat.

This was a first.

These humans lining up to listen to a story.

“Do you happen to know the clear condition for the 20th floor?”

“Base defense, right?”

“Correct. I heard there’s some Tower Sa-to? Site? Something like that in the players’ world, so information sharing is fast. Could you take a look around this place?”

A fairly large village made of tents and wooden planks.

Gnomes, one of the Tower’s residents, were positioned throughout.

“The 20th floor’s mission is to protect the Gnome Village from the incoming Orc Warrior units. Naturally, the gnomes who own the village will also help the players.”

Konu’s explanation continued.

Meanwhile, Jinhyeok was checking the information he’d researched beforehand against the current layout of the village before his eyes.

On the 20th floor, you can’t get a good rank just by finishing quickly.

He had to be careful since the degree of village destruction and gnome casualties would affect the ranking.

“That concludes my explanation. By the way, I won’t help and will just lie down, so please proceed well on your own. There are still 1 hour and 59 minutes left for village preparation time, so please let me know when you’re ready.”

Konu gave a chubby thumbs up and lay down in the spot he’d picked out earlier.

But before his back could fully touch the ground, Jinhyeok raised his hand.

“Please start.”

“Huh?”

He had to ask back.

Only one minute had just passed.

Naturally, nothing that could be called preparation had been done.

The gnome residents who hadn’t received equipment were blankly waiting for the players’ orders, and the sandbags left to block the entrance were somehow stacked high like a tower.

It seemed Seira and Kancheo had been moving even during the explanation and had built a tower.

“At least deploy the gnomes…”

“It’s fine. Start, start.”

Preparation time isn’t included in play time.

So it wouldn’t matter if he used it all, but today time was a bit tight.

It was 9 PM when they entered.

After clearing the 20th floor, they also had to go to the Mythic Tower, so he decided to hurry.

“Hey badger! Can’t you hear the Commander’s words?! Start quickly before I blow you up!”

‘That foul-tempered raccoon bastard!’

Konu frowned and let out a deep sigh.

“I clearly told you. It’s not my fault! Then I’ll start!”

Konu snapped his fingers.

As the curtain lifted, the gnome residents began to panic.

“Gnomes, please go inside here!”

A tower of sandbags built to surround a small hut.

While the gnomes went inside, Seira drew her sword and left the village.

‘That won’t work.’

Konu clicked his tongue and shook his head.

The orc units weren’t pouring in from just one side.

Since they were swarming from all directions, defending from within the village was most important on the 20th floor.

But Seira, this party’s greatest fighting power, was abandoning the village and leaving. The remaining Jinhyeok would be surrounded by the swarming Orc Warrior units and end up pressing the escape button.

Thud thud thud thud thud thud thud…!

Not long after the ground trembling began, all sides were dyed green.

A brutish charging unit composed entirely of Orc Warriors, carrying only primitive weapons like swords, axes, and clubs.

Swoosh!

Seira’s sword energy scattered from one side.

Dozens of orcs were cut in half with one strike, but that alone was far from enough.

Eventually Seira would cut them all down, but the village would be destroyed first.

‘He’s still relaxed in this situation.’

Jinhyeok gripped his sword and stared at the approaching orc units.

When the guys got somewhat close, Jinhyeok turned his head.

“Kancheo, not yet?”

‘Not so relaxed after all.’

Sweat was beading on Jinhyeok’s face.

With those large Orc Warriors charging like that, it was natural to sweat.

“Complete!”

“Phew.”

Jinhyeok let out a sigh of relief.

Kancheo had dawdled more than expected, which was a bit scary.

‘What the hell is that crazy raccoon saying is complete…?’

Question marks floated in Konu’s eyes as he looked back.

Kancheo was holding a weapon he’d never seen before.

A smile spread across Jinhyeok’s lips.

Before coming to the officetel, he had stopped by a toy store.

Kancheo always put tiny clay explosives into small pipe-like things and went pew pew shooting them.

It was to give such a Kancheo a wonderful modern weapon as a gift.

“Then I’ll shoot!”

Kancheo, equipped with the new weapon, shouted loudly, and shortly after.

With a whirring sound, it began to rotate.

The barrels of what’s called a Gatling gun, Vulcan cannon, or minigun, that is.

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