I’m the Only One With Two Towers - Chapter 34

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Only I Have Two Towers Episode 034

Getting Money

Luxury Officetel in Hannam-dong.

Ranker Cheon Se-yeon appeared on the marble floor.

“Haa. Haa.”

She lay down, breathing heavily.

And with her arms and legs spread out in a cross.

“I cleared it againnnnnnnn!!!”

She screamed loud enough to shake the house.

She was so happy that she threw punches wildly.

She had been stuck on the 83rd floor for a long time, but four days ago she cleared the 83rd floor, and today she finally cleared the 84th floor.

Se-yeon rolled around on the floor, not caring about the blood on her body.

Se-yeon picked up her phone nearby and made a call.

# Hunter Cheon Se-yeon?

The cautious voice of a Hunter’s Guild employee could be heard.

“I cleared it! I beat the 84th floor!”

# Wowwwwww!!!

The cautious voice completely disappeared.

Cheers burst out so loudly that she had to hold the phone away from her ear.

# Congratulations! Two floors in just one week in the 80s section! You really worked hard!

“Don’t mention it! You must be busy since you just became my new handler, but thank you for taking good care of me.”

# It’s my honor! I’ll continue to support you wholeheartedly!

“Thank you! I’ll call you again!”

# Yes! I’ll report to my superiors right away!

Se-yeon hung up and let out a sigh of relief.

A message appeared before her.

[The effect of the Potion that Harbors Darkness will disappear!]

Se-yeon smiled brightly.

The 83rd and 84th floors where holy attacks didn’t work at all.

Since attribute conversion was essential, clearing the Tower was all thanks to this potion.

‘How am I really going to repay this debt.’

The Phoenix’s Breath she had given to Jinhyeok had long since disappeared from her memory.

Now she wanted to meet Jinhyeok as soon as possible to convey this overwhelming gratitude.

“But seriously, this person.”

Se-yeon checked CocoaTalk and let out a deep sigh.

Yoo Jin-hyeok said he would read it well but was still silent.

Given Se-yeon’s personality, she would normally just go find him, but she couldn’t since she didn’t know where he lived.

“He’s really working hard on the Tower though.”

Se-yeon stuck out her tongue as she checked the Tower Site.

Jinhyeok’s Tower climbing couldn’t be hidden even if he tried.

The Pantheon was updated almost daily.

Thanks to this, everyone in the world could notice as soon as the Runner climbed the Tower.

‘It’s chaos. Complete chaos.’

The Runner’s popularity was sky-high.

As if to represent this, games related to the Pantheon Runner appeared on the world’s largest gambling site.

Whether he would fail on a given floor or not, whether he could get SSS+ or not, when he would eventually fail, etc.

They were sprouting up like mushrooms and enjoying a second golden age.

@ I bet on this bastard failing but he succeeded again. Is that thing even human? Shouldn’t we investigate?

@ What are you gonna investigate, idiot. You gonna send police to the Tower of Despair?

@ Runner bastard! If I find out who you are, I’ll kill you!

As the floors got higher, more people bet on failure, but the Runner mocked them by destroying the Tower every day.

Thanks to this, more and more people were losing money and cursing the Runner.

‘No wonder he wants to hide his identity.’

Just looking at Se-yeon’s mailbox, it was full of curses.

Now they were focused on the Runner, but before that, rankers were also major targets of gambling.

“Oh my. Let me wash first…”

Ring ring ring ring.

Se-yeon’s eyes widened.

Speak of the devil and he shall appear.

“Ahem.”

Se-yeon cleared her voice and picked up the phone.

And before he could say anything, she smiled and spoke.

“I thought you deleted CocoaTalk!?”

# I just reinstalled it.

“That’s quite original.”

Yoo Jin-hyeok was someone who could finish in 5 or 10 minutes what others took an hour to clear.

If he had said he was busy climbing the Tower, she would have called him shameless.

# Se-yeon, by any chance…

As Jinhyeok started to speak.

“Wait a minute!”

Se-yeon quickly interrupted.

“I don’t know what you’re going to say, but let’s meet and talk. Whatever favor you ask, I’ll try to grant them all. I just cleared the 84th floor so I’m in a really good mood!”

# Oh really?

Se-yeon made a “ugh” expression at his answer without hesitation.

A memory she had forgotten suddenly came back.

This person was the one who asked for Phoenix’s Breath for free.

But she had to convey this overwhelming gratitude, so Se-yeon quickly set up a meeting place.

# Understood. I’ll be there on time.

“Yes. See you in a bit.”

Se-yeon hung up with a smile and went into the bathroom.

A good day in many ways.

By the way, what kind of favor is he going to ask?

Milk Tea Shop Known Only to Insiders.

A place famous for its chewy and savory pearls in the tea.

And currently those pearls were.

“Pfft!”

Flying toward Jinhyeok’s face with a thud.

He had dodged arrows shot by Orc archers well.

But he couldn’t react to the suddenly shot pearls.

“S-sorry!”

Se-yeon, who had spit out the milk tea, quickly wiped Jinhyeok’s face with a handkerchief.

Since she had chewed a bit before spitting, the shape wasn’t very good either.

“It’s okay. That’s worth spitting out. Here too.”

Se-yeon wiped off the pearl under Jinhyeok’s eye and steadied her breathing.

The reason she spit out the pearls was none other than.

“F-fifty billion?”

“Five hundred billion.”

“Wow.”

Se-yeon let out a small exclamation.

An amount too large to come without warning.

No, even if he had put on his turn signal before coming in, it was a number that would make you doubt your ears.

Suddenly feeling parched, Se-yeon grabbed her milk tea cup.

Jinhyeok reflexively backed away.

“I won’t spit it out, so come here.”

Jinhyeok pulled his chair back and made an extremely serious expression.

“How is that even possible?”

“Wait a moment.”

Se-yeon checked her bank account balance.

Her annual salary was 100 billion.

But despite her enormous salary, her bank balance was quite poor.

After all, people naturally increase their spending as their income grows.

“It won’t work.”

Reading Se-yeon’s expression, Jinhyeok squeezed his eyes shut.

“Ah, don’t give up yet! Just wait a bit!”

Jinhyeok had helped her clear the 83rd and 84th floors that seemed impossible to break through.

She wanted to help him in every way possible.

“Investment is important these days! I put a lot away in advance!”

Se-yeon logged into her cryptocurrency account.

She had been steadily investing her spare money based on recommendations from acquaintances.

“Ah.”

She let out a single exclamation and rubbed her eyes.

Minus 98 percent – what would you have to do to create such numbers?

‘I’m ruined.’

She glanced at Jinhyeok’s reaction.

Even combining everything, it didn’t reach 7 billion.

Se-yeon suddenly realized how serious her financial situation was.

“I’m sorry. I said I’d help you with everything, but this won’t work.”

“Don’t apologize. I made a sudden unreasonable request.”

If he had asked anyone else, getting slapped and told to come to his senses wouldn’t have been enough for such an amount.

He was just grateful to Se-yeon for taking it seriously.

“Jinhyeok, did you borrow from loan sharks? If you can’t pay back, they’ll take your kidneys…?”

Even if you’re skilled in the Tower, if your synchronization rate is low, you’re not much different from ordinary people.

In this world, quite a few Players disappeared without a trace after acting recklessly without understanding this.

Jinhyeok also had an amazing clear speed but was on low floors.

His synchronization rate would be correspondingly low, so it was a reasonable assumption.

“No, it’s not that. There’s something I need to buy.”

She didn’t lecture him about excessive spending that didn’t suit him.

The loan shark question was just in case – Jinhyeok wasn’t that type of person anyway.

“Hmm.”

Se-yeon pondered while drinking her milk tea and scrolled through her phone.

50 billion – the amount was too large to even attempt.

“Ah.”

Then Se-yeon, remembering something, looked at Jinhyeok.

Seeing that look in her eyes, Jinhyeok smiled faintly and opened his mouth.

“The Hunter’s Guild?”

“Huh? Yes!”

Was he using mind reading?

Se-yeon’s mouth fell open at Jinhyeok’s accurate guess.

“Hmm.”

Jinhyeok leaned back against his chair.

‘So it’s only the Hunter’s Guild after all.’

An organization that wasn’t illegal, wasn’t dangerous, had enormous financial resources to throw 50 billion in cash, and had some connection with Jinhyeok.

There was nowhere else that came to mind immediately besides the Hunter’s Guild.

He thought about contacting Jin Tae-gon, but he was fundamentally an excellent businessman.

He would definitely require something equivalent to 50 billion in return.

“Jinhyeok, if it’s okay with you, please tell me.”

Se-yeon showed him her phone screen.

“Have dinner together.”

What appeared on the screen was a name Jinhyeok knew.

Hunter’s Guild Team Leader Jin Yun-ho.

The person he had been diligently avoiding for several days.

Sizzle!

A pleasant sound could be heard.

The savory smell of oil wafting to his nose.

He was confident this was a good restaurant.

Of course, separate from such confidence.

‘This is uncomfortable.’

Jinhyeok was on pins and needles.

Across from him, Jin Yun-ho looked back and forth between Jinhyeok and Se-yeon with a stunned expression.

It couldn’t be helped.

The Pantheon runner who had vanished like he’d evaporated despite all their searching.

That Yoo Jin-hyeok had come to find them on his own.

“Ahem.”

After clearing her throat several times, Se-yeon looked at Jin Yun-ho.

“The personal request the team leader made – it’s resolved, right?”

A week ago, Jin Yun-ho had made a private request to Se-yeon to find Jinhyeok, who was presumed to be the Pantheon runner.

Until now, whenever he asked, she only replied that there was no progress, but suddenly she brought him here herself.

“…Hunter Cheon Se-yeon, what is this about?”

Jin Yun-ho glared at Se-yeon with narrowed eyes.

Whatever the case, Se-yeon had already known about Jinhyeok.

She had just been hiding that fact for some reason.

“Don’t tell me.”

Jin Yun-ho pointed at Jinhyeok and Se-yeon with his finger.

He was reminded of the news Se-yeon had shared about clearing the 84th floor that afternoon.

“That’s right. Mr. Yoo Jin-hyeok helped me clear the 83rd and 84th floors.”

“Huh.”

Jin Yun-ho exclaimed at Se-yeon’s honest admission.

Unknowingly, Jin Yun-ho had been feeling sorry toward Se-yeon.

He had boasted that he would provide maximum support, but couldn’t provide any help for clearing the 83rd floor.

Yoo Jin-hyeok had solved this.

It was fair to say that not only Jin Yun-ho himself, but the Hunter’s Guild and the nation had received help.

Jin Yun-ho composed himself and stared at Jinhyeok.

“There must be a reason you suddenly revealed yourself to me, right? Let’s hear it straight and refreshingly.”

“Refreshingly?”

“Yes! Man to man!”

“Please lend me 50 billion.”

“50 billion!”

Jin Yun-ho picked up his water glass and tilted it without changing expression.

“Cough!!”

Water spurted from Jin Yun-ho’s mouth.

He pretended not to be surprised, but in truth, he was shocked out of his mind.

50 billion won?!

Jin Yun-ho, who had barely managed to calm himself, steadied his breathing.

“Is this necessary for climbing the Tower?”

“Yes. That’s right. It’s absolutely necessary. Absolutely, absolutely, absolutely.”

Jin Yun-ho, who had been thinking about something, nodded his head.

“It’s possible. However, there are conditions.”

Jinhyeok swallowed dryly.

Conditions worth 50 billion won.

What could they possibly be?

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