I’m the Only One With Two Towers - Chapter 73

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Only I Have Two Towers Episode 073

The Reason for Seeking Eternity

A cave not far from where we landed.

Crackle crackle.

As we lit a campfire, warm heat began to spread.

“The blizzard is fierce.”

“The wind is super strong! Both the mouse and parrot got blown away without knowing!”

Kancheo had been swept away with a whoosh on the way to the cave.

He got blown away a couple more times after that, so I had to dismiss and resummon him several times.

“Let’s eat first.”

“I’m about to starve to death!”

“You just ate the in-flight meal.”

It didn’t even reach my liver!”

“That’s true.”

Momo put down her bag and started taking out food.

Jinhyeok stuck out his tongue at the food that appeared one by one.

When did she steal all this?

The bag was packed full of things we’d eaten on Xiao Chen’s plane earlier.

She’d packed so efficiently that it seemed like she’d brought everything that was on the plane.

Bankrupting someone else’s house to fill our own pantry – truly an excellent housekeeper.

“Momo will cook!”

Momo rolled up her sleeves and pulled out a frying pan and pot.

After bustling around for a while, delicious-looking soup and stir-fry appeared.

“Mmm!”

“How’s Momo’s cooking!!”

Jinhyeok, who tasted it first, gave a thumbs up.

The moderately sweet taste was even better than what we’d eaten on the plane earlier.

The friends rushed toward the food as if they’d been waiting.

“What kind of food is this? It’s a bit bland.”

“You have to dip it in this sauce. And this one you eat wrapped up like this.”

Only after being shown how to eat it did Seira make an appreciative sound.

“There’s this kind of taste too.”

“It’s called Vietnamese spring rolls, a Vietnamese dish.”

“Is that also a country?”

“It’s a place with lots of delicious food.”

“I know too! Batman! I saw it on TV!”

“Momo knows too!”

Momo and Kancheo got excited because something they knew came up.

Something was wrong, but I decided not to correct them.

If they’re happy, that’s good enough.

“By the way.”

Ellia, who had been chewing thoughtfully, looked at Jinhyeok’s shoes.

“Those are strangely shaped shoes.”

“Could you say they’re uniquely shaped? The shoes are listening.”

Though he defended them, Jinhyeok agreed too.

Since we’re on a deserted snowy mountain, he could wear them, but they’d be embarrassing to show outside.

“Are those shoes the only thing you bought last time?”

“I couldn’t get armor made. The blacksmiths in Pellid are backed up with orders and said it wouldn’t be ready until next month.”

Ellia rubbed her chin.

“It would be really nice to have a blacksmith in the party.”

“Did you have one, Ellia?”

“I did, but he ran away.”

“Why?”

“I didn’t really do anything special. Just secretly mixed newly developed potions into his food, or placed cute chimeras next to his pillow while he slept?”

Jinhyeok stopped eating and nodded.

Not running away would be abnormal.

‘Well done, unknown blacksmith.’

Anyway, having a blacksmith would be good in many ways.

We could turn materials into equipment immediately or enhance our current weapons.

And so the noisy mealtime passed.

Seira, who had somewhat filled her stomach, gave a meaningful look.

Jinhyeok nodded with a serious face and stood up.

Now he knew without being told.

It was time to get beaten up.

He grabbed four wooden swords, including one for Seira, and walked toward the back of the cave.

“Let’s go outside.”

“Pardon?”

“You need to get used to fighting in extreme cold too. Never dying in any environment – that’s the goal you should aim for, Master.”

“You’re absolutely right, Master.”

He immediately agreed and turned toward the outside.

Whoooooooooooo!!!

He came out boldly, but.

The blizzard really is fierce.

‘Thank goodness. I took Ellia’s potion.’

If he hadn’t raised his cold resistance, his body would have frozen immediately.

Seira gripped her wooden sword.

Jinhyeok, who was about to get beaten up enthusiastically, also gripped his wooden sword and took his stance.

‘This is going to hurt.’

His body already flinched at the coming pain, but he didn’t dislike this process.

[Black Knight Order’s Swordsmanship – Beginner LV7]

His swordsmanship level steadily rose with each Tower climb and training session.

As the level increased, the sensation from the sword became much more comfortable.

If it used to be just a sharp and scary weapon, now it felt like they’d become one body, with a bit of exaggeration.

Moreover, since it was a fundamental characteristic of swordsmanship, it raised the power of related skills all at once, making it very rewarding.

“Master. I’m curious about something.”

“What is it? You’re not going to hit me after asking, are you?”

“I’d hit you anyway, so there’s no need for that.”

“True.”

“Why did you decide to make the elixir of immortality? I know well that immortality has been every human’s wish throughout the ages. However, I’m curious if you had a different reason.”

“Hmm, I don’t think I’m different from those people.”

Jinhyeok thought for a moment and continued.

“As I climbed the Mythic Tower, this question suddenly occurred to me. Will I be able to climb this entire Tower before I die?”

The Mythic Tower that he played as a game before awakening was 100 floors alone.

Even after clearing the 100th floor, there was an option to continue climbing.

This meant that the Mythic Tower didn’t end at the 100th floor.

But Jinhyeok had just reached the 5th floor.

“Just on the 5th floor, I met Seira, Kancheo, Dark, Momo, and Ellia. Not to mention facing various worlds and places I couldn’t even imagine. So I became impatient. There are still an unimaginably vast number of worlds and connections waiting above, but what if my lifespan runs out first?”

Seira quietly nodded.

“Besides, I’m setting new happiness records every single day lately. So I couldn’t imagine it. Having to leave all this behind and go alone just because my lifespan is up. That’s why I became greedy. I want to live for a long, long time.”

“Master leaving first – I can’t imagine that either.”

Seira met eyes with Jinhyeok.

Jinhyeok, who unlike herself had a finite life.

Ever since her first manifestation, Seira would often think while looking at Jinhyeok.

She would imagine the scene where time would pass and Jinhyeok would die, ending everything they had now, leaving her alone again in a forest where everyone had disappeared and no one remained.

Because she never wanted such an ending, she hoped Jinhyeok would stay with her forever as her master.

But she couldn’t force or ask for it.

Living forever wasn’t necessarily a good thing.

For some, it was like an inescapable curse.

Her own selfish desires shouldn’t influence Jinhyeok’s decision.

That’s why she had been suppressing herself, but he was the first to say he wanted eternity.

“You are my first master. I hope you will be my last master. I wish this companionship could continue forever.”

Seira, drawing a faint smile, spoke the words she had been holding back all this time.

It felt like the dark clouds that often loomed were finally clearing away completely.

Jinhyeok likewise drew a bright smile.

“Please take care of me from now on too, Seira.”

He spoke to Seira with a trembling voice.

Unlike her with her strong cold resistance, Jinhyeok’s body temperature was plummeting in real time.

He was on the verge of becoming a snowman, but the atmosphere seemed too precious to interrupt, so he had been enduring it.

“Then shall we tr-tr-train now?”

If he didn’t move now, he would really become frozen solid.

“Let’s do that. But Master, why are you shaking so much?”

Jinhyeok made a sad expression at Seira’s puzzled look.

Seira thought of her own monstrous physique as the default.

‘It’s my fault for being weak.’

Jinhyeok nodded and moved forward, swinging his wooden sword.

To survive, he had to move diligently.

Somewhere on Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.

Unlike Jinhyeok’s modest cave, this was a camp site equipped with cutting-edge equipment.

Bustling sounds leaked out from there.

“Hahaha! We’re almost there! Just a little further and we’ll reach the Imugi’s den!”

“Finally! Everyone has really worked so hard. How long has it been? Ryugai-nim, congratulations! You’ll be reborn as the continent’s top ranker!”

Ryugai, with his short hair neatly swept back, wore a smile.

“This is all thanks to the country and the Chairman’s support in every way. Without that, we wouldn’t have made it this far.”

Ryugai, a ranker among the top ten on the continent along with Xiao Chen.

He had achieved certain conditions on the 90th floor and received a Hidden Quest.

It was a quest related to the outside world rather than inside the Tower, involving finding an Imugi sleeping in some mountain.

“This discovery will turn the whole world upside down! It’ll be proof that the Tower and the real world aren’t completely separate!”

“Even other superpowers including America will have to bow down this time. Truly a discovery of the century. Many countries will have to grovel to China to get this information.”

Ryugai nodded and tilted his warmed cup of alcohol.

Actually, such national benefits didn’t matter to him.

What Ryugai wanted was the quest reward.

[Upon clearing, you can obtain a clue to eternity!]

He hadn’t revealed anything about this reward.

The moment it became known, everyone without exception would want to know this clue.

‘Not a chance.’

Though the country had provided massive support, Ryugai had also sacrificed a lot.

Despite being able to climb higher, he had re-climbed the same floor hundreds of times to find clues for this quest.

He had spent nearly two years that way.

Of course, those efforts weren’t in vain.

After lengthy exploration and countless trials and errors, he had discovered that the Imugi was sleeping on this Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.

‘It’s close.’

It had been months of combing through the vast snow mountain like searching for a needle.

Finally, the location where the Imugi might be sleeping had been identified.

At most two or three days’ distance.

The sweet reward was finally within reach.

“Since it’s a good day, let’s drink all night!”

“Let’s do that.”

Ryugai drew a bright smile and clinked glasses.

Soon it would be in his hands.

The clue to eternity that the Imugi possessed.

At the time when Ryugai and the expedition team, having drunk merrily, had fallen fast asleep.

Several shadows appeared under the dim dawn of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.

“The blizzard has weakened a lot.”

“Right. It’s much easier to walk. Kancheo, if you get tired, you can get in the bag.”

“No. It’s nice and cool.”

Jinhyeok smiled and turned his attention back to the Yodel compass.

Thanks to moving diligently, the compass number had dropped to single digits.

How many minutes had passed after that? Finally, the number changed to 0.

Jinhyeok stopped walking and raised his head.

A massive snow pile blocked their path ahead.

“Seira, could you hit this once? With moderate strength.”

“Moderately, that’s difficult. I’ll try.”

Seira lightly swung her fist.

Rumble…!

With vibrations, the snow pile collapsed.

A cave of tremendous size appeared.

Player Yoo Jin-hyeok, arrival at the Imugi’s den.

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