I’m the Only One With Two Towers - Chapter 261

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Only I Have Two Towers Episode 261

Sea of Lamentation

Tower of Reinforced Despair 85th Floor, Sea of Lamentation.

How much time had passed since entering this place?

Jinhyeok, who had been silent, opened his mouth.

“Even if the difficulty increased, isn’t this going a bit too far?”

“That’s right! This is clearly the Tower being tyrannical!”

“Tyrannical.”

“That’s right! It’s tyrannical!”

I corrected the word and looked straight ahead.

Currently, we were out on a vast expanse of sea.

Aboard a small sailboat that could sink at any moment.

I turned around.

The pilgrims were following us on sailboats as well.

I had placed Seira and Renia on each boat for protection.

“Camilla.”

“Hmm?”

“Is this what the Pilgrimage Path is normally like? Couldn’t we use bigger boats?”

“Hmm, then it wouldn’t be called a Pilgrimage Path. The path only has meaning when hardship follows.”

“Did you ride a boat like this when you walked the Pilgrimage Path, Camilla?”

“No? I rode a massive galleon without a single shake.”

“Then that wasn’t hardship, was it?”

“I hate physically difficult things.”

Camilla answered nonchalantly and blew out smoke.

Looking at her, I got the feeling that her Pilgrimage Path probably didn’t involve any hardship.

Then did she actually go on a pilgrimage?!

I heard a clicking sound.

“That old hag is no good. She’s a complete fraud!”

This time I almost found myself nodding without realizing it.

Anyway, when would the monsters that were the clear condition for the 85th Floor appear?

If they didn’t show up soon, we might be in big trouble.

And for good reason.

“Captain. Dark is on his last legs!”

Just as Kancheo said.

Dark, the owner of terrible seasickness.

He looked ready to cross the Jordan River at any moment.

I walked over to Dark, who was sprawled halfway over the back of the boat.

His face looked like he was bearing all the hardships of this pilgrimage.

“Dark, are you okay… No, you’re not okay.”

Let’s not ask.

He clearly looked terrible.

“I told you to cancel your manifestation.”

Dark, who had become unrecognizably gaunt, shook his head.

“I’d rather have motion sickness. Better than listening to those two’s mockery.”

Dark glanced sideways at Seira and Renia on the boat behind us.

He must really hate the sight of them.

The image of those two people who would sneer at him for being weak.

“I’ll have to ask the alchemist teacher to make one later. A potion that makes you faint while standing.”

It made me think once again.

About the pride he wanted to protect even while drinking a fainting potion.

“Captain! Can’t we fish? The water is so clear! There must be lots of fish… Huh?!”

Kancheo was looking down at the sea when he suddenly backed away in shock.

“What’s wrong?”

“Just now something with a huge shadow went whoosh past us!”

I swallowed dryly.

A giant shadow passing under a tiny sailboat in the middle of the ocean.

It was a moment that reminded me of the thalassophobia I’d often seen on the internet.

Moreover, the unhelpful System hadn’t told us yet.

Why this sea was called the Sea of Lamentation.

As I was breaking out in a cold sweat, I heard the sound of prayers from the boat behind us.

For some reason, they were all on their knees, reciting prayers as if crying.

“It’s scary!!”

Kancheo jumped onto my shoulder and clung tightly.

It was ticklish because of his fur, but I decided to endure it since he was scared.

I quickly went over to the back.

“Why are you suddenly praying?”

Belia Blackwell opened her eyes while praying with her hands clasped together.

“We have entered Tehalram’s trial.”

“Tehalram?”

“The first sea creature created by the Divine and a Remnant of judgment left in the waters.”

Belia continued with ominous words as if it were nothing.

“When Tehalram rises from the abyssal sea, its body parts the black waves and grows so large it touches the sky. Tehalram’s breath makes the sea boil, and when it turns its body, waves rise like mountains, so those thrown into the trial shall bow their heads in fear. Humans will be swept away and crumble in an instant before it, so they must quietly receive and pass Tehalram’s trial.”

Had about 5 seconds passed since the long recitation ended?

Ding!

[Tehalram is a Remnant of judgment that has ruled over the Sea of Lamentation for ages!]

[To avoid judgment, you must pass the trial that Tehalram presents!]

[If you fail to pass, Tehalram’s wrath will blow across the sea!]

[Clear conditions updated! Cross the Sea of Lamentation!!]

“Why is there a sea inside the Tower?”

I tried blaming the Tower of Despair for no reason.

There was no way that would work.

The sailboat began to rock.

More precisely, the sea began to churn.

I instinctively realized.

That something was rising from the depths of that deep sea.

“How do we pass the trial?”

“We must offer sacrifices to Tehalram and pray with respect and sincerity for 100 days. Otherwise, the Sea of Lamentation will never give us passage.”

This was why they had suddenly knelt down and started praying.

“The apostle and his party must also pray. If even one person doesn’t give their all, Tehalram will not withdraw his anger. We have some items, so let’s use these as sacrifices and pray.”

The pilgrims took out various ingredients like meat, fruits, and vegetables from their bundles.

They said it was a path of hardship, but they were eating well along the way.

Belia, who had laid out the sacrifices, looked puzzled.

Her face asked why I was standing there blankly instead of praying when she had just explained everything.

“Please hurry and pray before Tehalram appears, apostle…”

“I’m not going to.”

“What do you… ?! Everyone will drown!”

If the method were simple, I would have prayed.

But as soon as I heard “100 days,” I immediately rejected it.

I was in a hurry to get going, so 100 days on the sea? I wouldn’t do it even for 10 billion.

‘That last thought was a bit arrogant. Just because my annual salary became 100 billion.’

Even as I quickly reflected, Belia continued pulling at my arm.

“You must pray! Hurry, before it’s too late! We can’t sink after coming this far! Tehalram is a Remnant of judgment! Human strength can never oppose it!”

“We’ll see once we try.”

“But if it doesn’t work…”

“If it doesn’t work, then there’s nothing we can do.”

I quickly crossed back to the original ship before Belia could say anything more.

The waves rose high, indicating the imminent appearance.

The sailboat now shook so violently it was hard to maintain balance.

Thanks to this, Dark’s face had turned not just pale but deathly white.

“We’re doomed. We’ve already followed Grandpa Toto across the river.”

Kancheo arbitrarily pronounced our death sentence.

Grandpa Toto is still alive and well, so why does he keep…?!

I approached Dark and spoke.

“Let’s go with Plan B.”

He seemed to have been eagerly waiting.

Dark’s lips curved upward in a long smile.

Dark stood up from his seat and rolled his neck and shoulders.

Then he took out his Eternal Ice and kicked off from the ship to move forward.

“Please set up the barrier.”

Camilla nodded and pulled out several talismans from her bosom.

With light hand movements, she threw the talismans, creating thick barriers around all the ships.

Dark glanced back to confirm the completion of the barriers.

Now that those pilgrims wouldn’t freeze to death, let’s freeze to our heart’s content.

“Sssss.”

Dark inhaled deeply and glared at the angry sea with an irritated expression.

“Settle down now, you damn sea.”

He crossed his Eternal Ice once and cast it toward the sea.

Blue energy seeped from the Immortal Dark’s body and traveled down through the Eternal Ice.

As soon as that energy touched the water.

Crackle!!

The sea began to freeze.

“!!!”

Belia Blackwell’s eyes widened as she watched this scene.

The apostle who wouldn’t listen to anything.

She thought everyone would die in Tehalram’s fury, but she was wrong.

The doctrine had said this about Tehalram.

Unless he calmed his own anger, the sea’s wrath would never be subdued.

But how could this be happening?

Silence came to the violently raging sea.

The sea became even calmer than before Tehalram’s appearance.

Even witnessing it directly, the scene was so surreal it made one doubt if this was reality.

As Belia hesitated, Seira, who was standing at the bow, spoke.

“Be careful. Don’t leave the barrier. You’ll freeze instantly.”

After finishing her words, she slowly looked around the frozen sea.

Honestly, I had to admit it.

That it was always a wondrous disaster to behold.

“Phew. Now I can finally live.”

Dark returned to the ship with the most satisfied expression in the world.

With the ground beneath his feet no longer shaking, nothing could be more stable.

“Let’s freeze it a bit earlier next time, Master.”

Jinhyeok smiled.

He had been delayed a bit while checking the clear conditions.

Since we just needed to cross anyway, now we could take it easy… Rumble!!!

“It’s an earthquake!”

Kancheo, who had been trying to go down, quickly scrambled back up to my shoulder.

Rumble!! Rumble!!!

It wasn’t called a Remnant of judgment for nothing.

What vibrations, shaking this entire thick ice sheet.

This was a moment when I seriously worried about this friend Tehalram’s skull.

“Kyaaaah! It’s judgment!”

“The Remnant of judgment is angry!”

For us, whether there were vibrations or not, we could just cross over.

But looking at the pilgrims’ state, it wouldn’t be easy.

“Captain. I think it would be better to blow away those cultists. They’re just holding us back.”

“Right. I’d like to do that too if I could.”

The vibrations continued endlessly.

Tehalram didn’t seem to have any intention of giving up on us.

Swoosh!

A massive shadow passed right beneath the ice.

Being close, I could now somewhat gauge its size.

‘Damn, it’s huge.’

It felt like an incredibly long eel.

After watching the shadow to the end, I spoke.

“Dark, could you make a hole over there? So the eel can come up.”

“Sure thing.”

With a light wave of his hand, the ice at the edge of the glacier crumbled.

Tehalram quickly noticed and swam toward that spot.

And not long after.

Roaaaaar!!!

The Remnant of judgment, Tehalram, revealed itself.

The pilgrims gave up even praying and collapsed at its overwhelming majesty.

On the other hand, Jinhyeok and his party, who had seen the Black Dragon Drakan before, took it in stride.

“Kancheo, get down. We’re about to go into the eel’s mouth.”

“Understood! The mouth is troublesome!”

It must have been very angry that we froze the sea.

As soon as it spotted us, Tehalram shot toward us at a terrifying speed.

I got off the sailboat and gauged the creature’s length once more.

The distance was insufficient to completely slice through it with Black Shadow Island alone.

Swish.

I drew the Soul Harvester and spoke.

“Dark. I need a foothold at this angle.”

Dark created an ice stepping stone at the precise angle.

I climbed onto it and lowered my stance.

Soul Harvester Katiel’s gait.

[Resonance – Swift Extreme]

Whooooom!!!

Feeling the explosive power seeping beneath my feet, I waited.

And when Tehalram’s snout came right in front of me.

Kicking off the stepping stone.

[Black Shadow Island]

It drew a pitch-black line.

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