I’m the Only One With Two Towers - Chapter 24

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Only I Have Two Towers Episode 024

Gathering Materials

“Jinhyeok, are you talking well with your sister? Don’t beat her up like the old days.”

“Don’t worry, Dad. We’re talking well.”

“Good.”

Jinhyeok carefully brought his ear to the door.

It had been 30 minutes since he entered the room under the pretext of trying to stop Yoo Jin-hee from climbing the Tower.

And exactly 28 minutes ago, Yoo Jin-hee had entered the Tower.

‘Sorry, Dad. She doesn’t listen anyway.’

Rather than doing something pointless, Jinhyeok chose a path that was win-win for both.

After waiting a while, tapping his fingers, the disappeared Yoo Jin-hee revealed herself.

“Damn, the path was ridiculously difficult. I killed the monster quickly, but it took forever to find the way.”

‘Ah, I should have lent her the Yodel Compass.’

He had completely forgotten since he hadn’t used it recently.

“Good work, sister.”

Jinhyeok rubbed his hands together.

Knowing what her brother wanted, Yoo Jin-hee took out the box without delay.

“How did it go?”

“How did it go, you ask.”

Jin-hee opened the box.

Lava properly contained in one of the material compartments.

Whether it was the box’s ability, it didn’t spill even when shaken left and right.

“Excellent. You worked hard…?”

Jin-hee pulled the box back.

“With just words?”

Should I say she’s truly my sister.

He took out his phone as Yoo Jin-hee raised her eyebrows.

“Check it.”

“Oh, one million won. You’ve definitely become more generous since climbing the Tower.”

Only then did Yoo Jin-hee hand over the box with a satisfied face.

He had told his sister about his awakening in advance.

Though he had appropriately made up stories about his class and abilities.

“But how did that person clear the 6th Floor in 10 seconds?”

“That person?”

“The Hall of Fame runner.”

‘She’s talking about me.’

“Is he using some kind of game bug? Otherwise, that record doesn’t make sense. What do you think?”

“Maybe it’s a pathfinding specialized class.”

“But he’s good at killing monsters too?”

“That’s true.”

It would be better not to lend her the compass.

If she found out he was the Hall of Fame runner, a barrage of annoying questions would pour out.

“Anyway, tell Dad that I talked well. I won’t tell him about your awakening either.”

“Deal. So you’re going to climb the Tower while attending school now?”

“Yeah. It’s not strange at all. In my class alone, there are over ten Players. They say they go in before sleeping. They talk about the Tower every break. There’s even some competition.”

“What a proper school.”

After giving a thumbs up, he left the room.

Seira was still being held captive by his parents from dinner time until now.

Kim Min-ji was continuing the conversation while even holding Seira’s hand tightly.

‘Seira, you’re going through a lot.’

Resolving to grill beef for her when they got home, he walked toward the table.

“Dad, Mom. Your son is leaving.”

“What? Already?”

“You came after so long, why don’t you sleep over?”

“I have some business to take care of. I’ll come again.”

Since he had awakened and was earning money, he could come much more comfortably than before.

“Oh, that’s too bad. I wanted to talk more.”

“That’s right. You’ll come visit again, right? Right?”

Now that he looked, the object of regret wasn’t their son.

It was Seira, who was still holding hands with them.

“I’ll come again.”

“Yes. Please come for sure. For sure.”

“Our door is always open anytime.”

Jinhyeok left the house, taking along Kancheo who was lurking in the corner.

Jinhyeok waved his hand after greeting them once more.

“I’m going.”

“Go safely! Jinhyeok.”

“Yes?”

“But why are you going over the wall? There’s a perfectly good gate.”

“I don’t want to meet those suit guys.”

“The Hunter’s Guild does good work, so why.”

“Let him handle it himself. He must have his reasons, really, asking so many questions.”

After giving his father a thumbs up.

“Then I’m really going!”

He swiftly jumped over the wall.

Seira also acted as if she was having a hard time climbing over.

“Kancheo, stealth. Seira, let’s meet behind that rice paddy ridge from earlier.”

“Got it.”

After hiding his body with stealth, he started walking.

Perhaps because he saw his parents’ faces after a long time and even obtained lava.

His steps felt much lighter.

‘One down.’

The moment he decided to go to Dongdaemun, his next destination, as soon as he got to Seoul.

A thought worth shouting “Eureka!” flashed through his mind.

Jinhyeok stopped walking and looked at Kancheo walking beside him.

“Why are you doing that?”

Come to think of it, he was right next to him.

The hottest Yodel in the world, that is.

“Kancheo, can you give me some explosive clay?”

“Even if I give you clay, you can’t detonate it without me.”

“That’s fine.”

“Ptui!”

“I can give you some I made earlier.”

“Since you’re the commander, I’ll give you the freshest one.”

Kancheo handed over the clay that had just come out of his mouth.

Jinhyeok took it and put it into the potion crafting box.

The clay itself wasn’t hot.

But since it was the main medium for explosions, it would be right to consider its inherent property as explosion.

Given the crafting box’s characteristic of synthesizing based on the properties objects possessed, there was definitely a possibility.

‘Let’s give it a try.’

Jinhyeok smiled and started walking again.

There was still quite a bit of time left until midnight.

If he was lucky, it might be finished today.

Dongdaemun General Store.

“Stone imbued with lava? Don’t have it.”

“Ah.”

Jinhyeok closed his eyes.

He thought a general store would have at least one.

“Isn’t there anything else? I’m looking for the hottest object in the world. Even if the object itself isn’t hot, it’s fine if its meaning or properties are hot.”

“Hmm. The hottest thing, huh.”

Oh Jae-gap rubbed his chin.

He didn’t ask why it was needed.

Not asking or questioning anything was an unwritten rule of the general store.

“There is something hotter than that.”

“Oh! What is it?”

“The item’s name is Phoenix’s Breath. You can obtain it through a spontaneous quest from Tower residents that occurs when certain conditions are met. Of course, you can receive it in the lava zone after the 31st floor.”

Jinhyeok’s face quickly fell.

Since absolute time was needed, he was postponing the option of climbing to the 31st floor as much as possible.

Moreover, the quest Oh Jae-gap mentioned was one that only occurred when various conditions like the player’s class aligned perfectly.

There was no guarantee that everyone who reached that floor would be able to receive it.

Just as he thought he’d have to substitute it with something else, Oh Jae-gap, who had been looking at Jinhyeok, spoke up.

“I do know someone who has Phoenix’s Breath though…”

Life returned to Jinhyeok’s eyes once again.

“Of course, I can’t just give out information freely. Wait a moment. I’ll ask.”

“Thank you.”

Oh Jae-gap blew out a thick cloud of cigarette smoke and went inside.

“Should I go eavesdrop?!”

Kancheo, who had been in stealth mode, whispered.

“No. Let’s wait.”

After hearing faint voices for a moment, Oh Jae-gap poked his head out.

“They’re asking who suddenly wants to buy it? Is it okay to give your name?”

“Of course.”

Jinhyeok was the only one climbing the Mythic Tower.

Since there was no competition to worry about, there was no need to hide his identity.

Less than 30 seconds later, Oh Jae-gap came out.

“Wait a bit. They said they’re coming to sell it now.”

“In person? Is the person you just called perhaps a team leader from the Hunter’s Guild?”

“Not really. Anyway, it’s unusual. They’re a homebody who usually doesn’t come out.”

Since it wasn’t even a Hunter’s Guild official but they were coming in person, there was no reason to refuse.

While having various conversations with Oh Jae-gap about tower climbing.

Twitch!

Kancheo tugged at Jinhyeok’s pants.

There was no need to ask why.

Jinhyeok, who had presence detection, was starting to feel it too.

‘What is this aura.’

Jinhyeok stared at the dim Dongdaemun alley.

He had encountered various players on the way here, but this was the first time he felt such an enormous aura.

“I’ll cancel my manifestation. There’s a risk of being noticed.”

Kancheo quickly canceled his manifestation.

Since Seira had also canceled her manifestation when entering Dongdaemun, there was no risk of being detected.

The aura quickly approached.

Step.

Soon after, the owner of the aura appeared from the alley.

Despite wearing a hat pulled low and a mask, the silhouette was strangely familiar.

‘Ah.’

Jinhyeok broke into a sweat as he quickly realized why it was familiar.

And the woman who approached Jinhyeok smiled meaningfully.

The owner of 100 unread and ignored KakaoTalk messages, and 30 missed voice calls that he pretended not to see.

“It’s been a while. Mr. Yoo Jin-hyeok.”

Cheon Se-yeon, one of South Korea’s famous rankers, gave a bright yet menacing greeting.

Cheon Se-yeon and Yoo Jin-hyeok coming out of the general store and entering the alley.

“You read the KakaoTalk. You must have just read it. The number was still there when I left home earlier.”

“Oh my, when did this become 100… haha.”

“Still, it’s a relief. I thought you had blocked me. I thought I had done something terribly wrong during our brief meeting.”

“Blocking you? That’s ridiculous.”

“But ignoring messages makes sense, I suppose.”

“That doesn’t make sense either. I’ll read them properly from now on.”

Sweat beaded on Yoo Jin-hyeok’s forehead.

Seeing this, Se-yeon burst into laughter.

Three syllables heard over the phone: Yoo Jin-hyeok.

As soon as Cheon Se-yeon heard that, she literally flew from home to the general store.

“But we’re going the right way, right?”

“Yes. You don’t need to worry.”

After exchanging greetings, Cheon Se-yeon made a small request.

She said there was a tteokbokki restaurant from her childhood memories nearby, but she couldn’t find it because it wasn’t registered on the map.

So he agreed to find it as an apology for ignoring her KakaoTalk messages.

“We’ve arrived.”

The tteokbokki restaurant they arrived at while sneakily checking the Yodel compass: Miyeong’s.

Indeed, even the old sign gave off the aroma of a famous restaurant.

“Wow. You really found it.”

Shortly after Cheon Se-yeon finished speaking.

“Did our puppy come?”

An elderly grandmother appeared from inside the restaurant.

“If you’re here, sit down. What are you doing standing there? Oh my? Se-yeon has really grown up. Even bringing a man with her.”

“Oh, Grandma. I’m an adult now, so I can bring someone anytime. Please give us tteokbokki, sundae, and fried food for two people each.”

“Alright. Wait a little. Grandma will make it for you right away.”

Cheon Se-yeon guided Jinhyeok to a seat.

“This place is really delicious. Once you try it, you’ll want to come again tomorrow, right?”

“I’m looking forward to it. I like tteokbokki.”

“That’s good to hear.”

A brief silence followed.

Then Cheon Se-yeon suddenly made a meaningful expression.

Cheon Se-yeon leaned forward and casually spoke.

“You’re Yoo Jin-hyeok, right? The Hall of Fame runner.”

“Yes. That’s right.”

“What?”

Cheon Se-yeon, who reflexively asked back, made a dumbfounded expression.

She expected him to be very flustered, but why was he so confident?

“You asked me to find a regular tteokbokki restaurant you already knew the location of just to figure that out. Pathfinding ability is essential to clear the 6th floor in 10 seconds.”

“Uh… yes. What, you knew but still didn’t refuse?”

“The world is all about give and take, after all.”

Jinhyeok rubbed his hands together with a relaxed smile.

“So, shall we talk about the Breath of Phoenix now?”

Cheon Se-yeon let out a small, hollow laugh.

She knew that Yoo Jin-hyeok was a runner of the Book of Honor.

But why was this happening?

Her curiosity, which should have naturally diminished, began to expand even more.

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