I’m the Only One With Two Towers - Chapter 64

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Only I Have Two Towers Episode 064

Compression Ticket

36th Floor of the Tower of Despair.

Hissssssss.

Steam rose from one side.

While Seira and Dark were beating down monsters, someone was enjoying a sauna on the side… no, let me correct that.

He wasn’t enjoying it. He was doing it because he had no choice.

‘Going in like this would be a total nuisance.’

From excessive potion drinking, foul-smelling bodily fluids were flowing out of every pore.

Tomorrow was moving day anyway.

Today was the last day he’d spend at Cheon Se-yeon’s house, and he couldn’t go in looking like this.

So he came straight into the Tower of Despair.

To pour out all the bodily fluids here before going back.

“Momo! Water!”

“Okay!”

Momo, who was standing far away, threw a plastic bottle over.

Kancheo and Momo absolutely wouldn’t come close, probably because of the earlier experience.

He caught the cold water and gulped it down.

Since he had to get everything out, regular hydration was essential.

Ellia, who had carefully put on a mask, approached.

“How’s the effect of the potion that can withstand any heat?”

“Excellent.”

Currently, Jinhyeok wasn’t wearing any heat-resistant equipment.

Even when climbing up to the 35th floor, he couldn’t endure even a moment without heat-resistant gear, but now, though it was hot, it was bearable enough.

Though he still shouldn’t touch his body to lava or heated rocks.

Jinhyeok poured the remaining water over his head.

Now that he’d finished his makeshift shower, it was time to check the smell.

“Ellia. Please.”

“Master. I was thinking about it earlier, but this seems like too arduous a task for an elder like me.”

“Can’t help it. Kancheo and Momo won’t even come close. Seira and Dark are busy hunting monsters. And I’ve gotten used to it so I can’t smell anything.”

“I suppose so. Can’t be helped then.”

Ellia took a deep breath and removed her mask.

Then she sniffed with her nose.

“Oh? It’s much better than before. Just a little more and you should be fine.”

Earlier she had screamed “My nose is rotting!!” and quickly put her mask back on.

Since she wasn’t doing that now, it had definitely improved.

“Okay! Let’s go somewhere a bit hotter.”

He walked toward the lava rocks to make a final sprint.

Then he drew his Dark Night Sword and swung it vigorously.

This would make him sweat more than just sitting still.

Crash!

Dark’s glacier shot up in the distance.

‘Sorry, Seira, Dark. I’ll fight hard from the next floor.’

Actually, this was force majeure.

Originally, he had planned to pour out sweat while fighting.

It was just that Seira and Dark had shown reluctance due to the terrible stench and he had quietly taken a corner spot.

He grabbed the Dark Night Sword with one hand and swung it around.

‘The sword has gotten incredibly light too.’

The potion binge had been really tough, but the return value was definitely solid.

Next time, he planned to ask them to make it taste better so he wouldn’t have to suffer like this.

‘Maybe I should get another greatsword and try being a dual-wielding knight.’

He had asked Seira about this once before.

Whether all knights of the Black Knight Order used two-handed greatswords.

– Of course not.

Seira had shaken her head.

The swordsmanship of the Black Knight Order wasn’t limited to weapon types and used various kinds.

– If possible, Master should also get familiar with various types of swords. Having more usable swords also means diversifying tactics.

Hearing this answer, Jinhyeok had let out a sigh of relief.

He had been very careful when asking this question, and for good reason.

This was right when he had just reached Basic Swordsmanship Level 5.

He felt guilty because it seemed presumptuous for someone who couldn’t even properly handle one greatsword to ask such a question.

– The reason I only use one sword is because there’s no weapon like Tarkan.

Saying this, Seira had picked up two wooden swords and demonstrated dual-wielding.

While she had been incredibly heavy and solid until then, the Seira at that moment was light as a feather and impossibly fast.

Just changing one sword had completely transformed her style.

It definitely seemed like something that would give a very advantageous position in actual combat if mastered.

Roaaaaar!

With a thunderous sound, the lava centipede’s body collapsed.

[You have cleared the 36th Floor of the Tower of Despair!]

The clear message appeared at the same time.

There were unusually few messages that followed.

Because neither Jinhyeok nor the heroes leveled up, it ended with just experience gain messages.

But there was still one left.

[A lava centipede that lived for a hundred years in the hot lava area! You dealt with a centipede with scales harder than most armor at an incredible speed! SSS+ grade achieved!]

[Achievement gauge is full! A special reward will be given!]

Two shapes appeared on the rapidly spinning slot.

A trait acquisition ticket?! Or maybe a Blank Card – True?!

While he was listing various hopeful possibilities.

A shape he’d never seen before appeared.

[You have acquired a 30th Floor Section Compression Ticket for the Tower of Despair!]

[You have acquired a 40th Floor Section Compression Ticket for the Tower of Despair!]

‘What’s this now.’

He quickly opened his inventory and took out the compression tickets.

[30th Floor Section Compression Ticket]

# Compresses floors in the corresponding section that have not yet been cleared into a single floor.

# The player can decide how many floors they want to compress.

# Currently, the player can compress floors 37, 38, 39, and 40.

# The difficulty of the resulting floor increases according to the number of compressed floors. Difficulty affects both terrain and monsters.

# Number of attempts: 1. If climbing fails, compression is released!

“Oh ho.”

Compression tickets had appeared on the Top Site before.

More precisely, they were special rewards that players called duds.

This wasn’t something convenient like an auto-clear or a jump ticket to skip floors.

The difficulty increase from compression was something only the player had to bear.

Most players struggled with each individual floor.

On top of that, the standard practice was to rest for several days after clearing one floor before going up.

Increasing the difficulty of such climbing – unless you enjoyed pain, you wouldn’t use it even if given for free.

Of course.

Grin!

In Jinhyeok’s case, the story was different.

It was quite regrettable that I couldn’t climb multiple floors in a day, but something like this appeared.

If I could clear it, it meant I could enter the 50th floor section in just two days.

“Mm!”

Jinhyeok nodded with a very satisfied expression.

It seemed the Tower of Despair climbing would accelerate significantly.

As expected of a luxury officetel.

Having separate shower facilities on the first floor was excellent.

‘How refreshing.’

After putting on the new clothes I received from Momo, I finally felt human again.

I had thrown away all the clothes I wore when drinking the potion into the 36th floor lava.

That was waste that shouldn’t exist in this world.

“How is it? Kancheo. I don’t smell anymore, right?”

“Sniff sniff sniff sniff! Perfect! There’s no smell at all now!”

I clenched my fist.

I was liberated from the stinky life that felt long despite being short.

Kancheo and Momo wouldn’t run away anymore either.

‘It was a sad experience.’

I should always wash well and stay clean from now on.

“General. Shouldn’t we feed chicken to grandma too?”

“That’s an excellent opinion. But let’s hold off just for today.”

Today was the day I promised to have a last late-night snack with Cheon Se-yeon.

I just received a KakaoTalk message saying she arrived home with various foods.

“Understood. There’s lots of delicious food besides chicken!”

Kancheo’s eyes sparkled.

He seemed excited about the late-night snack I’d bring him soon.

“I’ll bring it as quickly as possible, so eat some snacks from Momo’s bag while waiting.”

“Understood!”

Momo’s inventory was full of various crackers, nuts, jerky, and other long-lasting foods.

Since I also gave him thousand-year glacier fragments, he could take out cold drinks anytime.

Ding dong!

When I arrived by elevator, Se-yeon appeared in comfortable clothes.

“Uh… you need to dry your hair first, don’t you?”

“Ah.”

I must have dried it too carelessly before coming out.

My hair still had moisture in it.

“But what were you doing? It’s not even raining.”

“I showered after light exercise.”

“Why not at home?”

“There were unavoidable circumstances. It was for this house.”

Se-yeon nodded with a dazed expression.

Asking more would probably just give her a headache.

“I bought a variety of things. Sushi, sashimi, ribs, and so on. I bought a lot since you’ll probably eat more after I sleep.”

“Thank you! Did the Newcalliope situation wrap up well?”

“What I needed to do is finished, but the case itself will probably take a long time. There are so many unexplainable situations. Why did the sea suddenly freeze, who protected the Newcalliope from the terror group’s attacks before I arrived, what was that explosion that completely destroyed the enemy fleet at the last moment, and so on. Ugh, just thinking about it gives me a headache.”

“I know. It’s a world where many mysterious things happen.”

A drop of sweat ran down my forehead.

Fortunately, my hair was wet.

“Jin Seo-hee seemed to know something, but she wouldn’t open her mouth at all. The West Sea Police Station and Hunter Bureau also quickly arranged for her return home, probably because they were being mindful of Genex.”

I should express my gratitude when I meet her next time.

“Oh right, and. You’re lucky, Jinhyeok.”

“Huh? Why?”

Se-yeon narrowed her eyes and drew a strange smile.

“The influencers who were on the Newcalliope were looking for you like crazy. All women, of course.”

“Oh.”

“They said Jinhyeok protected them with Jin Seo-hee in front of the event venue, and they wanted to express their gratitude.”

Jinhyeok glanced down at his phone.

The number of KakaoTalk messages or Instagram friend requests that came after arriving home was zero.

“Of course I said I didn’t know. I thought Jinhyeok wouldn’t like getting involved in various things. Why? Should I have told them?”

“No way. It’s not like being an influencer is my dream.”

“But regardless of your will, Jinhyeok, your name will become quite well-known. The passengers are all people with some influence.”

Jinhyeok scratched his head.

Even though I tried my best to attribute everything to Jin Seo-hee, erasing the name itself seemed impossible.

“I feel sorry that Team Leader Jin Yun-ho is working so hard to hide me, but I seem to have stood out too much.”

“He actually said it was good?”

“Hm?”

“The video of Jo Gang-tae and Jinhyeok fighting is still hot. It’s thanks to that. The reason people on the Newcalliope couldn’t guess you were a Runner even after seeing you fight.”

I think I understood what she meant.

The weapon Jinhyeok used in the video that spread worldwide was chains.

But on the Newcalliope, he used a sword.

Two weapons with too big a gap to be considered dual-use.

Unintentionally, it created the effect of separating the Runner from the name Yoo Jin-hyeok.

“Well, what’s done is done, let’s hurry and eat! The food will get cold.”

“Let’s do that!”

“Thinking this is the last time makes me feel regretful.”

“The house isn’t far, so we can eat together again.”

We walked to the table while chatting as usual.

The last night at Cheon Se-yeon’s house.

Tomorrow, I would finally move.

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