I’m the Only One With Two Towers - Chapter 257

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Only I Have Two Towers Episode 257

An Enticing Proposal

[Player Yoo Jin-hyeok has accepted the conversation!]

[You will be summoned to somewhere between the Player’s world and the unspecified being’s world!]

[This is a space where combat is impossible! All abilities of entering beings will be completely sealed!]

The System, a being that connects reality and the Tower and serves as a mediator.

It doesn’t even miss the exception handling for peaceful conversation.

Rustle.

It’s a bit different from entering the Tower.

Blue spheres rushing from somewhere to surround me.

Just as my vision seemed to be blocked, the space instantly changed.

I closed my eyes briefly, then turned around.

I should have just told them to rest instead of calling them here for nothing.

Complete ability sealing means that Seira and Camilla, the Collector’s hero cards, can’t accompany me either… Huh?

I blinked at Seira and Camilla standing there as usual.

Why are they here?

“Master, what’s wrong?”

“Did you see a ghost or something? I didn’t sense any such presence though.”

I hurriedly checked my status window.

[Synchronization Rate: 135%]

Why is it still the same when they said it was sealed?

I lowered my voice so no one would hear.

“Seira. Can you use your abilities right now? Your Bogu or techniques?”

“No problem.”

Camilla nodded, saying the same applied to her.

I rubbed my chin with a low hum.

Could it be because I’m connected to the Mythic Tower?

I turned my eyes to the space that was gradually taking shape.

The System wouldn’t have failed to notice this.

I wonder what kind of reaction it will show?

Beep!

[Fatal error detected! Failed to seal Player Yoo Jin-hyeok’s abilities! Retrying!]

[Failed! Retrying!]

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Even after hundreds of retries using various methods, the result didn’t change.

At this point, I’m starting to feel a bit sorry for the System.

After a long period of attempts, the System seems to have realized it’s impossible.

After a moment of silence, a message appeared.

[This power is beyond the System’s domain and authority. It’s impossible to seal what doesn’t exist in the domain, cannot guarantee non-combat in the space. Cannot mediate.]

“I won’t fight.”

I held out my pinky finger as a promise.

Does the System know what this means?

[The System is a neutral being. As a subjective entity, it cannot impose mandatory penalties for promise violations. Since penalties cannot be imposed, the concept of promises cannot have meaning either.]

A System that defines promises as something that can be broken at any time from the start.

It seems bleak, but on the other hand, it’s very realistic.

I shrugged and spoke.

“Then ask them if they still want to talk given this situation. They’re the ones who requested it.”

[To protect the Player’s personal information, details about the fatal error cannot be disclosed to the other party. Will convey the ‘non-combat guarantee impossible’ status excluding this information.]

It seems to have gone to relay the message.

The System falls silent again.

I leaned toward Seira and Camilla.

“They say there’s no penalty even if we just kill them outright.”

This is a very enticing fact.

If the opponent isn’t a Tower resident like Konu, but a monster I’ll have to fight someday, it might be better to kill them here in many ways.

Seira nodded as if agreeing.

“If Master commands it, I’ll cut them down immediately.”

Camilla shook her head at their conversation.

No wonder the System can’t trust promises.

Ding!

Jinhyeok, who had been whispering, quickly straightened his posture.

They didn’t hear that, right?

[The other party has accepted the conversation! Completing space configuration!]

They must have really wanted to talk.

If it were me with my terminal paranoia, I would have refused and fled immediately.

Swoooosh…!

I frowned at the scattering beams of light.

The light contained a familiar energy.

The divine power I had just felt from Cheon Se-yeon moments ago.

The completed space was filled with very dense divine power.

And the other party who requested the conversation was.

‘Kuhehe…!’

Damn huge.

All I could see were giant legs draped over a luxurious chair.

From the waist up was too high to fit in my field of vision.

A moment when the term “cosmic horror” immediately came to mind.

“Welcome, human. I welcome you to my space.”

A voice echoing from very high above.

An incredibly heavy yet authoritative voice.

“Your tone is arrogant. I’ll cut you down.”

Camilla shook her head at Seira reaching for her sword.

“The other side didn’t accept the conversation while taking risks either. They came in a state where they can’t be touched from the start.”

Now that I look, the form is somewhat blurry.

If you look closely, you can see the chair through the legs.

I looked up and spoke to the being somewhere in the sky.

“I came here directly, but it seems you didn’t.”

How many seconds of silence passed?

Laughter that shook the entire space burst out.

How could one not laugh?

When a mere human speaks in such a manner.

But punishment for this was postponed for later.

Right now, I need that human’s help.

“Please understand. My main body is imprisoned in the Abyss and cannot move. Bringing out this spirit form was all I could manage.”

“Then it can’t be helped. I’m Yoo Jin-hyeok. And you are?”

“I have countless names, but Azriel would be good.”

“Nice. Azriel.”

“I have been watching you. You revived the dying light of divinity and defeated the Remnants of long darkness. I express my gratitude. You saved my children who would have otherwise perished.”

They’re probably talking about Saintland.

But the way they speak has a blatant ‘I’m a god!’ feeling – could they really be a being from the Bible or mythology?

“There’s no need to doubt.”

As if reading my inner thoughts, Azriel continued speaking.

“Don’t you know best what kind of existence I am? You who serve the gods.”

Camilla exhaled smoke with an indifferent expression.

When I looked at her, Camilla shrugged her shoulders.

“He speaks the truth. He has the dignity worthy of being called a god.”

I swallowed dryly.

A real god – it wasn’t just about having a large frame.

“Hah.”

For some reason, Azriel let out a great sigh.

“You do not serve the one true God. Just how many have you mixed together? It’s not just murky, but downright messy. You even started as a pilgrim yet abandoned that path. Just how far have you fallen?”

Camilla raised the corner of her mouth.

“Indeed, the eyes of a god cannot be deceived.”

Camilla, who chose the inverted cross of the apostate Judas Iscariot and abandoned the pilgrim’s path.

It seemed Azriel had also noticed that fact.

“Be grateful that my true form is bound. Otherwise, I would have already annihilated trash like you.”

Jinhyeok turned his gaze with an utterly relieved expression.

The earlier statement had cleanly clarified his relationship with Azriel.

Unconditionally hostile.

Ding!

An alarm rang at an unexpected timing.

[The Epic advancement Quest ‘Manshin Who Stepped on Gods’ for Camella Shirin, the Sky Reader, begins!]

# Shamans, medicine men, and high monks are beings who serve gods and borrow their power to read the heavens.

# The maximum limit of that ability cannot surpass the gods who lend power and reveal heavenly secrets.

# To advance to the next stage, you must step on and rise above a being with divine nature.

# Quest completion condition: Defeat a being with divine nature 0/1.

Jinhyeok and Camilla, who confirmed the message, looked at each other.

Both shrugged their shoulders and smiled simultaneously.

There was no need to feel flustered or dismayed.

They had just decided to kill that thing sitting over there anyway.

“Azriel, was it? Since the conversation seems like it’ll be long, shall we get to the point? What’s your reason for calling me?”

“First, I wanted to praise you. For eliminating the Remnant of evil…”

“Just the main point.”

Rumble rumble rumble rumble!!!

The entire space shook violently.

Even with abilities sealed by the System, it seemed capable of this much.

A brief silence followed.

Azriel, having composed his anger, continued speaking.

It seemed reluctant to overturn things.

“I shall enhance the Tower’s level as you did before. All floors within my authority’s reach.”

Ding!

[Azriel has made a proposal to Player Yoo Jin-hyeok! If accepted, floors 81 through 90 of the Tower of Despair will be enhanced!]

[Azriel has not revealed the reason for this proposal! What effect this section’s enhancement and clearing will have on the Tower is unknown!]

[This is a veiled proposal! The Player can stop the enhancement of subsequent floors at any time if desired!]

[Will you accept the proposal from the unidentified divine being Azriel?]

What!?

My eyes widened.

I had been troubled about how difficult it was to obtain enhancement rights for that section.

Due to rumors that a Runner would enhance the Tower like the previous section, prices had skyrocketed.

Sellers were continuing their annoying practice of raising prices even higher when the Player Hunter Bureau expressed interest in purchasing.

In the midst of this, to offer such a sweet deal, even allowing me to quit midway.

There was absolutely no reason to refuse.

“If you need time…”

“Accept!”

[Player Yoo Jin-hyeok accepts Azriel’s proposal!]

[Floors 81 through 90 of the Tower of Despair will be enhanced!]

High in the sky, somewhere beyond Jinhyeok’s sight.

A deep smile formed on the lips of the divine being Azriel.

It had finally arrived.

The moment to end the long wait.

China Player Hunter Bureau Foreign Cooperation Headquarters.

Director Rang Peng, who had been staring at the monitor, sneered.

“They’re desperate to get enhancement rights.”

The official exchange used by Player Hunter Bureaus of all countries.

Here, the Korean Hunter Bureau was struggling to obtain enhancement rights for the Runner’s 81st floor section.

But it was a futile endeavor.

Using anonymous accounts, they were buying up everything that appeared at prices far higher than what Korea offered.

Then they proposed sales to the Korean Hunter Bureau.

At ridiculously unreasonable prices.

And if they said they’d buy it? They raised the price even higher and proposed again.

Someone might ask.

What benefit does the Chinese Hunter Bureau gain from such actions?

There was none.

‘How dare a damn small country.’

This was revenge against Korea for making him, making China, look foolish.

What profit and loss calculations matter in revenge?

Rang Peng leaned back leisurely in his chair.

Go ahead and struggle day and night, let’s see if any dried-up enhancement rights appear… Ding!

[South Korea’s Player Runner has successfully made a deal with a Tower entity! All floors in the corresponding section will be enhanced!]

[This is the first enhancement of the corresponding section! It will be recorded in the Book of Achievements!]

Crash!

Rang Peng, who had fallen backward, stared blankly into space.

And after a moment, it leaked from his mouth.

“…Chao Xima.”

A curse that went beyond mere profanity.

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