I’m the Only One With Two Towers - Chapter 76

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Only I Have Two Towers Episode 076

Gluttony

Jinhyeok covered his mouth after drinking the potion.

‘It’s rotting!!!’

How should I describe this?

It’s a taste that absolutely cannot be expressed in words.

I thought I had built up some resistance to bad-tasting things from Ellia’s potions, but that was a huge mistake.

The phrase “beyond the heavens” naturally came to mind.

“Gweeeeee…!”

“The General is dying!”

“No!”

“That’s right. Absolutely not.”

Ellia reached out and covered Jinhyeok’s mouth.

“You can’t throw up, okay? Unless you want to pick up what’s spilled and eat it again.”

Jinhyeok gave a thumbs up.

Just hearing it was horrifying.

It was tremendous motivation.

“That’s right, that’s right. Just endure a little longer and it’ll calm down.”

Ellia stroked his back from top to bottom.

It reminded him of his grandmother’s healing touch from the countryside.

[The spirit medicine’s energy spreads and settles throughout your body!]

[Your body’s aging completely stops!]

It’s fortunate that Qin Shi Huang couldn’t see this scene.

If he had, he would definitely have been jealous.

“Phew.”

Jinhyeok caught his breath and sat up.

Then he looked down at his hands.

He couldn’t really tell what had changed right now.

“How is it? Does anything hurt?”

“Yeah. I feel completely fine.”

“Really? Then let’s wait a little longer. You’re about to not be fine anymore.”

There was no need to ask what that meant.

His heart suddenly started beating rapidly.

Then fever rose and his condition rapidly deteriorated.

[The Imugi’s vicious energy penetrates your body!]

[It’s poison that causes fatal poisoning! All cells will melt away shortly!]

Ding!

[All Status Ailment Resistance SSS+ resists the status ailment poisoning! You become immune to poisoning!]

[All Status Ailment Resistance SSS+ resists the status ailment serpent’s curse! You become immune to the curse!]

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Just how much resentment had this insane Imugi accumulated?

Status ailment immunity messages kept appearing endlessly.

Without this trait, immortality or whatever, he would have died a dozen more times.

“Truly a magnificent body. To be unaffected by all these curses and poisons.”

“The General’s face is about to explode!”

“It’s probably the fever. High fever doesn’t seem to be classified as a status ailment.”

“What are you saying so calmly, old lady! Do something! The General is going to explode!”

“I was just about to do that.”

Ellia made a grunt sound as she took something out.

Jinhyeok’s eyes widened as if they would pop out.

A syringe almost as big as Kancheo.

Moreover, purple liquid was bubbling inside it.

He wanted to stop her but couldn’t make a sound due to the fever.

“Here I go, okay?”

Swoosh!

The syringe plunged straight into his chest.

“Kyaaaah! The old lady killed the General!”

The purple liquid was injected instantly.

Convulsions wracked his body once again.

After that, Ellia continued taking various things from her bag and sticking them into Jinhyeok’s body.

“You do know what you’re sticking in, right! You’re not a priest or doctor, are you?”

“Huh? If you’re asking about healing, of course I don’t know. I’m just a mere alchemist, you know?”

“What?”

‘What?’

Even while hovering between life and death, his ears perked up.

Since she kept sticking things in non-stop, he thought she was treating him?

“Your body’s cells are activated to the extreme fighting the vicious energy. I need to stick in as much as possible now so it grows well.”

An incomprehensible explanation.

Even while talking, Ellia’s hands didn’t stop.

As if she intended to stick in everything she had taken out.

Poke poke poke poke.

Finally, Ellia stuck in four acupuncture needles and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

“Phew. That’s the end!”

“What are you saying with such a refreshed face? The General’s body has turned blue!”

“It’s fine. Because of that ridiculous trait, he absolutely won’t die even if you try to kill him with medicine or curses.”

“You were trying to kill him?!”

“Is there a club or something around? Seira, could you quiet this raccoon down?”

Jinhyeok squeezed his eyes shut.

His friends’ voices felt like they were running farther and farther away.

[The fire spirit Inferno’s breath tries to burn your body!]

[The player’s body resists and fights against the breath! Resistance and immunity grow stronger!]

Ding!

[Inferno’s breath, defeated in battle, gradually disperses!]

A spirit’s breath – just what had Ellia put into him?

That aside, the number of energies fighting inside his body began to gradually decrease.

After some time passed, even the fever that seemed ready to consume his mind began to subside.

His blocked ears cleared up.

His blurry vision returned too.

He could see his friends’ faces looking down at him in a circle.

“Are you okay? Master.”

“Yeah. But why am I okay? It’s not like the last leaf situation, is it?”

“It can’t be.”

It seemed Ellia had fought and tussled with Kancheo in that short time.

Ellia, her hair disheveled, examined Jinhyeok’s body.

“Wait a little longer. You’ll feel the changes.”

As he lay still for a moment, he turned his head at the strange sensation washing over him.

He was currently lying on a peak located in Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.

A fierce blizzard was still raging there.

‘Why isn’t it cold.’

He had stripped off his clothes due to the heat.

Even with snow pouring down on his body, he couldn’t feel the cold.

“Ice guy. Put some of your ice on master.”

Dark created a palm-sized Thousand-Year Ice Prison and placed it on Jinhyeok’s body.

Before, just being nearby would make his body temperature drop drastically, but now it didn’t affect him at all.

Rather, it felt refreshingly cool in a pleasant way.

“Next.”

Ellia, wearing the Star Gauntlet, created a small transmutation circle.

Ellia threw various things into it.

After a moment, a bright red fireball engulfed Jinhyeok’s body.

Kancheo and Momo backed away in shock.

“It’s not hot?”

Jinhyeok nodded with a dazed expression.

It was amazing to watch.

Even with flames blazing on his chest, far from being hot, it felt warm like a hand warmer.

Naturally, he wasn’t burned or scorched.

Ding!

[All attribute resistance has greatly increased!]

[You can now withstand attacks from highest-tier spirits!]

“Ooh!”

“Did something come up?”

“It says I can withstand attacks from highest-tier spirits?”

“Excellent! As expected, a body optimized for experimentation.”

Ellia patted Jinhyeok’s shoulder.

Then she blew out the flames.

“How did this happen? I thought I’d only get fire resistance and that would be it.”

“I crammed various essences and treasures I had into your activated body. Normally, you wouldn’t be able to endure even one of them, but you were strengthened to resist the energy of a thousand-year-old Imugi. I didn’t miss that moment and fed you as much variety as possible.”

Ellia let out a low hum as she examined various parts of Jinhyeok’s body.

“Still, I didn’t expect it to be this much. The materials I had were at most upper-tier spirit level. No matter how well a body accepts them, it can’t exceed the limits of the input materials. Your body seems even more ridiculous than I thought.”

Smack!

Ellia slapped his chest and smiled brightly.

“Anyway, it means you have a very good body.”

“Thanks. At first I really thought you were trying to kill me.”

“Hey, what a hurtful thing to say! Would I really do that?”

Cold sweat ran down Ellia’s back as she answered.

Actually, she had been feeding him hastily and accidentally put in something too strong.

If it hadn’t been Jinhyeok, it would have been really dangerous.

‘Since the result is good, it’s fine, right?’

Having rationalized it to herself, Ellia summoned the Starry Forge.

The now empty treasury.

She had separately selected only the most precious items she had collected so far and stored them here.

‘It took 3000 years to collect. But using it happens so quickly.’

She smiled with mixed feelings.

Of course, she didn’t regret it.

She had given everything to the person she most wanted to become strong.

“Ellia.”

Jinhyeok got up and approached her.

“I’ll fill it up again for you.”

“I’ll help too!”

“Momo too!”

“I’ll lend a hand as well.”

“If you make delicious potions, I’m willing to help too.”

Ellia smiled as her master and friends gathered around her.

Though it was empty now, the treasury would be filled again soon.

Until now she had collected alone, but from now on it wouldn’t be that way.

“I’m going to make the treasury bigger. So make sure to fill it up again.”

She spread her arms wide and embraced the young friends.

It was truly a warmth she hadn’t felt in a long time.

At the VIP Lounge located in Lijiang Airport, China.

Xiao Chen, sitting on the sofa, tilted his wine glass.

He was currently in contemplation.

Whether to return like this, or go to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain to look for Runner.

Originally, returning would have been the right choice.

Runner had jumped from ten thousand meters.

The probability that a human who had just entered the 40th floor range survived was close to zero.

‘Strange.’

His mind concluded without a shadow of doubt that Runner was dead.

But his intuition wouldn’t easily let Xiao Chen go.

Xiao Chen’s intuition was asserting with near certainty.

That he was alive.

“Jingyan.”

“Yes.”

“Has the Pantheon been updated?”

“Not yet.”

Xiao Chen sank into his seat with a low hum.

Jingyan quietly watched such Xiao Chen.

It was the first time.

That he had been this obsessed with someone.

Because he wanted to know Runner’s secret to climbing the Tower?

Of course, there might be such a reason, but that wouldn’t be everything.

Though it was a brief encounter, he had seen something different.

And that had definitely ignited Xiao Chen’s dulled interest.

Ring ring ring.

“Excuse me.”

Jingyan stepped back a few steps and answered the phone.

Various pieces of information poured out urgently.

Jingyan’s eyes widened as she listened silently.

“Understood. I’ll relay it immediately.”

After ending the call, Jingyan approached Xiao Chen.

“Xiao Chen sir. There seems to be a problem with the Chinese Government.”

“A problem?”

“Yes. Government-affiliated hunters are moving in large numbers. Liu Gai’s Organization has also disappeared all at once.”

Xiao Chen frowned.

Ryugai, who had once created fierce competition with Xiao Chen.

For some reason, that Ryugai hadn’t climbed the Tower for almost two years.

Investigation showed it wasn’t a personal problem.

He had simply postponed Tower climbing because he was absorbed in something.

What that was, they couldn’t find out due to Ryugai’s side maintaining thorough secrecy.

“Hmm. It’s pleasant news that he’s having problems. I understand. I’ll keep it in mind.”

Normally, she would have laughed out loud saying “serves him right,” but right now her mind was entirely focused on Runner.

She didn’t care what Ryugai was up to.

“Lord Xiao Chen.”

“Hmm? What else is there?”

“The place they’re heading to is Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.”

“!!!”

Come to think of it, she hadn’t asked Runner.

Why he was going to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.

Runner falling to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain a few hours ago, and Ryugai suddenly starting to move as if a fire had been lit under his feet.

A coincidence?

No.

This was inevitability created by overlapping coincidences.

“Prepare everything.”

Xiao Chen, who had put down his wine glass, stood up from his seat.

The moment he got involved with Ryugai, things might become troublesome.

But that didn’t matter.

“We’re going to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.”

Now was the time to go.

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