I’m the Only One With Two Towers - Chapter 62

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Only I Have Two Towers Episode 062

Starry Forge

After soaking my body in hot water, I came outside.

‘This will be the last bath I take here.’

I looked around Cheon Se-yeon’s house.

Se-yeon had gone to the Central Hunter Bureau to wrap up the Newcalliope operation.

She would probably return late.

When I turned on the TV, news about the Newcalliope was pouring out.

The people who had been on the ship were doing interviews with various broadcasting stations, living up to their influencer status.

‘Thank you, Team Leader Jin Yun-ho.’

Jin Yun-ho had pulled Jinhyeok out midway, saying media exposure was absolutely forbidden.

– We need to take your statement.

The West Sea Hunter Bureau had shown reluctance, saying he needed to cooperate with the investigation, but it was no use.

They used the Central Hunter Bureau’s power to suppress them and even drove Jinhyeok to Se-yeon’s house.

“Phewwww! So refreshing!”

Kancheo and Dark, who had finished showering in their respective bathrooms, walked out.

Seira and Momo were sitting on the sofa, drying their hair.

‘Se-yeon would really be dumbfounded if she saw this.’

She thought one freeloader had increased, but it was actually five.

Fortunately, we weren’t caught until the last day.

Jinhyeok went into his room and took out the star necklace from his bag.

“Hmm.”

He examined it from various angles while rubbing his chin.

The necklace that wouldn’t go into Jinhyeok’s inventory.

For verification purposes, he handed the necklace to Momo.

“Could you try putting this in your bag?”

“Sure!”

The star necklace slipped in without any resistance.

Since it went into Felix’s bag, it wasn’t rejecting inventories themselves.

Then there was only one remaining possibility.

The gemstone composing the necklace wasn’t from the Tower.

“Seira, could you remove this stone for me?”

“Sure.”

“Don’t break the stone.”

“I know.”

When Seira applied light pressure, the Sirius gemstone popped off.

He took out the disc from his inventory and tried placing the stone in the empty spot.

Saaaaa…!

As soon as it was completed, light seeping from each gemstone began connecting to each other.

A cluster of lights representing various constellations by changing connection points here and there.

Finally, light pouring from the entire disc engulfed Jinhyeok.

[These are memories embedded in the disc.]

A hologram began unfolding within the light.

The location was some high ground where the night sky could be seen at a glance.

The owner of the memory was looking toward the stars while making something with their hands.

When it was somewhat finished, a circular formation appeared in the air.

‘Oh? A mage?’

Constellations were carved into what looked like a magic circle.

The light pouring from there seeped into whatever they had been fiddling with until just now.

# Is it complete?

A low muttering voice was heard.

The view that had been directed toward the sky slowly began moving downward.

Gulp!

His heart pounded.

What had the memory’s owner created with their magic-like ability?

Finally, the view reached the result.

“Whoa!”

Startled, Jinhyeok bumped his head against the sofa.

The hologram memory disappeared accordingly.

“Boss, are you okay?”

“What did you see that surprised you so much?”

After taking several deep breaths, Jinhyeok frowned.

He didn’t know how to explain it, but it was a creature made by combining various body parts.

Roughly what would be called a chimera in manga or anime.

[The incomplete prototype disc has been completed!]

[Entry conditions for the 5th Floor of the Mythic Tower have been met!]

Sweat formed on Jinhyeok’s back.

Though the memory was somewhat bewildering, this kind of situation itself wasn’t unfamiliar.

Starting with Kancheo, Dark and Momo’s memories were mostly “Huh?!” situations when just looking at them.

‘Come to think of it, only Seira was normal.’

He looked at Seira and nodded with a pleased expression.

As expected of his master.

“…?”

Leaving behind Seira, who tilted her head in confusion, he stood up.

Since he had refreshed himself with a shower, there was no need to delay further.

[Entering the 5th Floor of the Mythic Tower!]

[Entering the 5th Floor of the Mythic Tower, Starry Forge!]

‘Wow.’

Various constellations filling the pitch-black walls.

With sparkles here and there, it felt like his eyes were being treated.

“Momo?”

Momo was pressed against the wall, struggling.

Getting closer, he saw she was straining to pull out something sparkling.

“Phew! This won’t come out!”

Excellent housekeeper Momo.

Of course, she was a friend with no sense of romance.

Seira, who had drawn her sword, approached to help Momo.

Beautiful or not, Seira first stuck the demon sword Tarkan into the wall.

Then she used the principle of leverage to pry out the sparkling stone.

“It came out!”

Momo, grinning broadly, quickly ran over to collect the gemstone.

He nodded with a pleased face.

Though the beautiful star cluster had disappeared, they had obtained a jewel.

Beauty disappears when you look away, but jewels don’t disappear.

The moment Seira approached to extract the next gemstone.

Gurrrrr…!

An ominous vibration was felt, then a giant test tube appeared in front.

A bottle filled with mysterious green liquid.

Cracks appeared in it, and the liquid began turning into smoke and spreading.

“It’s a huge pancake! We need to go eat it!”

The first to react was Kancheo.

Kancheo rushed toward the wall, saying he wanted to eat hotteok.

“It’s a royal gem!”

Momo scooped up the dirt scattered on the ground.

Seira, who was nearby, frowned.

“This is dangerous even for me.”

Until now, Seira had never been affected by any status ailment.

This was because his level and various resistances were ridiculously high.

If Seira said it was dangerous, it was no wonder Kancheo and Momo ended up like that.

“If it’s dangerous, come out.”

I spoke to them and dismissed everyone’s manifestation.

[This is an incredible level of hallucination! Even breathing in a little will trap you in inescapable hallucinations!]

Ding!

[All Status Ailment Resistance SSS+ trait activates! You are immune to status ailments!]

After confirming I was properly immune, I started walking.

The Starry Forge still sparkled beautifully, separate from the hallucinogenic fog.

They say beautiful flowers have thorns – this was something that would cause big trouble if touched.

“Hmm. Hmmm. What will come out, I wonder?”

How far had I walked inside?

I heard a humming voice.

Following the voice deeper inside, colorful smoke welcomed Jinhyeok.

[Dense poison fog seeps through your nose! Breathing in too much might melt your brain!]

[This fog is mixed with salamander’s breath! Inhaling it will cause high fever!]

Various other status ailments were listed one after another.

Without status ailment resistance, I would have died a dozen more times.

‘What is this place?’

Sweat formed on my back.

I was certain.

This was someone even more dangerous than the chain-explosion maniac Kancheo.

I looked up.

The owner of the humming voice wore a gas mask-like mask.

With her hair braided into twin tails, she was stirring an impossibly large pot with a ladle as tall as herself.

I couldn’t tell what was inside it.

But surely, the moment you ate it, you’d cough up blood and die.

“Hmm… hum… huh?”

The humming stopped.

Creak. Creak. With the sound of old wood, she came down.

Finally facing the workshop’s owner, Jinhyeok’s eyes widened.

Her ears were pointed.

‘An elf that I’ve only heard about in stories!?’

The elf examining Jinhyeok took out a small potion from her bag.

Jinhyeok flinched and stepped back.

Whatever it was, everything looked dangerous.

She smiled softly and dropped the potion bottle to the ground.

Whoooosh!

White smoke flowed out, and the smoke that had filled the workshop disappeared.

The constant stream of status ailment messages also quieted down.

“Master, you’re amazing? You’re perfectly fine without even wearing a mask.”

“My body is pretty sturdy.”

“Hmm. Good. Very good.”

I couldn’t tell what was so good about it.

But somehow.

The way she was looking at me seemed unusual.

“Nice to meet you, Master. My name is Ellia. Ellia Posen.”

“Nice to meet you, Ellia. I’m Yoo Jin-hyeok.”

I clasped Ellia’s hand.

Ding!

[These gloves are imbued with a terrible curse! Status ailment ‘Despair’ activates!]

[You are immune to status ailments!]

‘What?’

“You really are sturdy.”

Ellia smiled brightly, took off her gloves, and extended her hand again.

“I played a little prank to commemorate our meeting.”

“Ugh.”

I quickly stepped backward.

Another dangerous person had been added to the group.

[A new card is being added!]

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[Yoo Jin-hyeok]

Class: Collector

[Unique Traits]

Card Collector

# Currently owned cards 5/5.

## Seira Kinketon.

## Kancheo.

## Dalk Castro.

## Momo.

## Ellia Posen.

[Ellia Posen]

# Sage of the Stars.

# Class: Alchemist.

# Grade: Unique.

# Level: 100.

## Upon reaching Unique maximum level 120, evolution to the next grade is possible.

[Unique Traits]

# Stellar Alchemy.

# Blessing of the Stars.

# Counsel of the Stars.

# Primordial Curiosity.

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[Unique Skills]

# Stellar Trade.

# Constellation Interpretation.

# Equivalent Exchange.

# Workshop Summoning.

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[Possessed Treasures]

# Star Gauntlet.

*

Sage of the Stars.

It was a title that didn’t match at all with the witch-like appearance I had just seen.

By the way, aren’t people usually called sages quite advanced in age?

I rubbed my chin while examining Ellia’s appearance.

She looked roughly like an elementary or middle school student, so I wondered if she was some incredibly smart prodigy to be called a sage.

“If you’re thinking I look too young, thank you.”

“Oh, can you read minds?”

“As if. It’s experience, experience.”

“How old are you? We have a friend in our party who’s over a thousand years old.”

“A thousand years? What a baby.”

“Excuse me?”

Ellia pulled out gauntlets embedded with constellations from her bag.

It looked like the Star Gauntlet that was in the treasures section.

When she lightly waved her hand, a frog-shaped parrot appeared.

“Coco. How old am I this year?”

“Sage of the Stars Ellia Posen-nim is 3,271 years old as of today!”

Jinhyeok’s mouth fell open.

This wasn’t a matter of being old or young.

This was the 21st century.

It meant she had lived much longer than humanity had been recording centuries.

“Don’t call me granny. It makes me feel my age.”

“What, are you an elf?”

Dark, who had manifested first, smiled as if amused.

“Hey! What kind of way is that to talk to your elder? Use honorifics, youngster.”

“We all use casual speech unified by our master’s directive.”

“Really? If the master said so, then it can’t be helped. Hm!?”

Ellia’s eyes sparkled when she saw Seira, who had manifested late.

“A face that will go down in history! Huh? What are you supposed to be? A badger? A raccoon?”

“What kind of nonsense is that, you old hag! I’m a Yodel!”

‘He’s particularly feisty today. Kancheo.’

Whether she was called an old hag or whatever, Ellia didn’t seem to care.

She truly deserved to be called a sage.

“Grandma!”

“Hm?! What? When did you get there? You’re a friend with presence as small as a tadpole.”

Ellia quickly approached and gently caressed Momo’s plump cheeks.

“What high-quality cheeks. I shall allow you to always be by my side.”

“Wow! But is that a good thing?”

“Of course. The seat next to me is very precious, you know?”

While a round of noisy introductions continued.

Jinhyeok’s eyes shook terrifyingly as he looked at the message.

‘What?’

A question mark as big as a door was drawn on his face.

[You have cleared the 5th Floor of the Mythic Tower!]

The 5th floor didn’t have any monsters worth hunting.

He had somewhat expected that experience points wouldn’t increase.

But.

Something unexpected had gone up instead.

[Player Yoo Jin-hyeok’s synchronization rate increases by 2%! Current synchronization rate: 102%]

Why did this go up?

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