My Right Hand Is Too Strong - Chapter 7

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

My Right Hand Is Too Strong Episode 7

Episode 7. Tower of Recording (1)

Click.

After hanging up the phone, I scratched the back of my head vigorously.

“He’s not picking up.”

Come to think of it, I came out of the gate yesterday and was supposed to call hyung, but I completely forgot.

I suddenly remembered on the way back and tried calling right away, but no matter how many times I called, he wouldn’t answer.

“Well, at least the call log will remain.”

He should have at least realized that I came out of the Tutorial Tower.

I put my phone in my bag, closed it, slung the bag over my back, and let out a small breath.

“All set.”

After returning home.

I finished making complete preparations for any possible situation.

“Let’s go right away.”

I don’t have much time left.

Only a week.

Even this moment was too precious to waste.

I calmly took a breath, closed my eyes tightly, and used the skill.

[Tower of Recording]

Come on.

I smiled slightly at the floating sensation that lifted me up.

Right after the floating sensation disappeared, I opened my eyes wide and tilted my head stupidly.

“What’s this?”

I quickly looked around.

Here, and there.

“It’s all white?”

It looks familiar somehow.

Right.

This appearance is just like.

“The Tutorial Tower?”

Doesn’t it look like the Tutorial Tower?

I received skills in this space in the Tutorial Tower too.

That means, could it be.

[Searching for a unique skill suitable for Han Mi-reo…]

So that’s what it is.

I clenched my fist tightly.

A new unique skill.

I wonder what I’ll receive.

I looked at the system window with an excited heart.

[Search complete]

Oh!

[The new unique skill will be unlocked when you clear the ‘Tower of Recording’.]

Damn it.

“If that’s the case, don’t bother telling me now.”

My excitement instantly cooled down.

I clicked my tongue and shouted toward the air.

“Whatever, send me to the 1st floor right now. Every minute and second is urgent.”

[Understood.]

[I will skip the Tower of Recording usage notice and move you to the 1st floor.]

Notice?

“W-wait a minute. Let me hear that notice.”

If there’s something like that, tell me in advance.

Seeing the light that was rising from under my feet fade away, I let out the breath I was holding.

[Unlike the Tutorial Tower, in the Tower of Recording you cannot revive if you die, and you will also feel hunger.]

[However, you can exit and enter the Tower of Recording at any time.]

[If you want to exit the Tower of Recording, you can reuse the skill at any time.]

I can exit and enter at will?

I opened my eyes wide and looked at the backpack I was carrying.

‘I brought this for nothing.’

I packed everything from lunch boxes to all sorts of items.

I just increased my load for nothing.

‘You said I can exit, right?’

Then shall I try going out?

I casually reused ‘Tower of Recording’.

Then.

“I really came out.”

I was back in my room.

I really packed the luggage for nothing.

I quickly put the food from my bag into the refrigerator and used the skill again to return to the Tower of Recording.

[This concludes the notice.]

[Entering the 1st floor.]

Whoooosh-!

Again, bright light shining from under my feet.

I rolled my now much lighter shoulders in circles and entrusted my body to the gradually felt floating sensation.

* * *

Hmm.

So this is the 1st floor.

I stroked my chin and quietly looked around.

“From the looks of it, it seems like a forest where goblins would appear.”

It looked not much different from the 1st floor of the Tutorial Tower.

I thought the system might have made a mistake and sent me to the 1st floor of the Tutorial Tower instead of the 1st floor of the Tower of Recording, but.

[1st Floor]

[Defeat the ???]

[0/1]

Seeing that the conditions are different, that doesn’t seem to be the case.

By the way, what are those question marks?

Since it says ‘defeat’, it seems to be a monster like a goblin.

“The Tower of Recording doesn’t spoon-feed you like the Tutorial Tower, is that it?”

Well, it doesn’t matter.

If I smash everything I encounter with my fist, I’ll hit the target eventually.

I thought that and turned my head toward the direction where I felt a presence.

Thump, thump.

Heavy footsteps that shook the ground.

Something is coming.

Someone is approaching this place.

Therefore, I immediately let my right hand hang down.

[Black Dragon]

Whoosh.

Scales immediately sprouting.

I clenched my fist tightly and took my stance.

‘Come on, come here.’

You kind monster who will raise my synchronization rate.

With that thought, I took my stance and waited for the monster to appear.

But.

“…?”

The presence suddenly disappeared.

What?

I blinked and looked in the direction where I had sensed the presence.

I was sure there was something there….

‘…A shadow?’

Suddenly, a dark shadow appeared beneath my feet.

My face hardened as I immediately jerked my head back.

There was a giant bear with rocks protruding from its back, falling toward me.

“Oh shit-.”

Thud- CRASH!

The giant bear came crashing down at me.

Just before being crushed, I barely managed to swing my right hand and successfully blocked the giant bear.

Not only that.

The bear rolled on the ground with its abdomen caved in.

As I was catching my startled breath, I turned my head toward the fanfare coming from the side.

[Defeat the Earth Bear]

[1/1]

[Success]

[Moving to the next floor]

Huh?

It’s over already?

[Synchronization Rate 1%]

My synchronization rate hasn’t even gone up yet?

“This won’t do.”

Hey, you.

I opened my mouth toward the system.

But before that, my body was already enveloped in light.

* * *

This is disappointing in many ways.

They gave me a warning so I came here worried.

And all that comes out are guys like that?

“At this rate, I’ll really have to trespass into a gate.”

If only monsters of this level keep appearing, my synchronization rate won’t go up at all.

When that time comes, I’ll have no choice but to trespass into a high-grade gate.

I scratched the back of my head and looked around again.

“So I did make it to the 2nd floor, right?”

It’s the same.

There’s no difference between the scenery I saw earlier and what I’m seeing now.

Both there and here are full of trees.

“I remember it changed in the Tutorial Tower though.”

The 1st floor of the Tutorial Tower was a forest, and the 2nd floor was a cave.

So I thought it would be the same here, but I guess not.

“Maybe it’s because the tower’s name is Tower of Recording.”

Surely the next floor won’t be a forest too.

I clicked my tongue softly and looked to the side.

There, as expected, the conditions for clearing this tower were displayed….

[2nd Floor]

[Defeat the Bloody Mantis]

[0/1]

This time, unlike the 1st floor, the name was revealed.

That’s why I couldn’t help but tilt my head.

“What’s a Bloody Mantis?”

It’s a monster I’ve never heard of in my life.

Come to think of it, I’d never heard of the ‘Earth Bear’ monster I killed on the 1st floor either.

Could it be that the monsters appearing here are new species that haven’t been discovered yet?

I scratched my cheek and shrugged my shoulders.

“Well, it’ll be easy.”

The monster on the 1st floor went down in one hit too.

Would the 2nd floor really be any different?

With that thought, I started walking to find the ‘Bloody Mantis’.

* * *

30 minutes later.

I lightly jumped over a rock blocking my path.

As soon as my feet landed on the ground, I immediately kicked off the earth.

I had no choice.

I glanced back and trembled as I saw a truck-sized mantis charging at me.

‘Crazy.’

What the hell is that thing?

What kind of monster is that supposed to be?

I never knew there could be a truck-sized mantis in the world.

And one that’s ominously colored blood red at that.

“Kiiiiik.”

Clatter clatter clatter clatter!

Sand and dust scatter every time its multiple legs touch the ground.

Trees blocking its path get crushed just by collision, without even needing to use its front legs.

A creature that’s clearly not ordinary.

In that case.

[Smoke Screen]

I have no choice but to strike with full power.

I stopped running and turned around, firmly supporting myself with my legs on the ground.

Then I twisted my waist and threw my punch with all my might.

“Kiik?”

My full-power punch shattered the mantis’s shell.

Damn.

Why is a mantis’s exoskeleton this hard?

Does it think it’s a stag beetle or something?

“Kieeeeek!”

Thud- CRASH!

The enraged mantis releases massive mana in all directions.

Just from that alone, all the trees in the area, as well as the rocks, began shattering to pieces.

“Kugh….”

I took the torrent of power head-on from the closest distance.

It hurts.

It feels like all the bones in my body are shattering and my organs are getting tangled up.

I spat out a stream of blood and flew backward, rolling pathetically on the ground.

‘…That mantis.’

Wobble.

With my whole body throbbing in pain, I struggled to get up and looked at the giant mantis.

The creature tilted its triangular head sideways as it stared at me.

Though its exoskeleton was cracked, it seemed completely unfazed.

It was just calmly watching me, nothing more.

‘Strong.’

It’s strong.

Not as strong as the Guardian of the Tutorial Tower, but still very strong.

This is driving me crazy.

The Earth Bear that appeared on the 1st floor died in one hit.

But this monster from the 2nd floor looked fine even after taking my punch.

‘The difficulty scaling is all wrong.’

It’s only a one-floor difference.

But the difficulty increased by dozens of times.

I don’t know who designed this tower, but they definitely screwed up the design.

I let out a hollow laugh and shook my head.

[Synchronization Rate 1.1%]

Just getting hit once increased the synchronization rate.

That’s enough.

I don’t need to force my way through.

I wiped the blood from my chin with my hand, smirked, and closed my eyes.

[Tower of Recording]

I can no longer revive if I die.

And my whole body was throbbing with pain.

Even moving was at my limit.

Therefore.

“Strategic retreat.”

See you later.

You damn mantis bastard.

As I was enveloped in brilliant white light, I raised my middle finger toward the Bloody Mantis.

“Ugh, my whole body aches….”

Thud.

The moment I exited the tower, I collapsed to the floor from the pain coursing through my entire body.

[The Lord of the Twisted Underworld asks if you can’t even dodge something like that.]

Shut up.

How was I supposed to notice and react to that?

It really released mana all of a sudden.

So suddenly that there wasn’t even time to dodge or anything.

I let out a small groan and sprawled out on the floor.

It hurts.

It hurts quite a lot, but how should I put it.

“It’s better than burning to death.”

Having already burned to death hundreds of times in the Tutorial Tower, it was more bearable than I expected.

Gritting my teeth and enduring the pain, I got up, took a deep breath, and pulled out my phone.

“As expected, nothing.”

Bloody Mantis.

And even the monster called Earth Bear.

After searching for everything, not a single related result came up.

“I guess those monsters only appear in towers.”

Tower of Recording.

I don’t know what kind of place it is, but it was definitely a space I could welcome with open arms right now.

[Synchronization Rate 1.1%]

Getting hit once raised the synchronization rate by 0.1%.

If I defeat the Bloody Mantis, no one knows how high it might go.

“9 o’clock….”

Maybe because I went to the tower right after coming back from going out.

It was later than I thought.

At this hour, the only things that could treat me would be the emergency room or a healing Hunter….

“Let’s get treatment from a healing Hunter first.”

If I wait for natural healing like this, the Black Dragon will take over my body before I recover.

I opened the entrance door and staggered toward a nearby hospital run by a healing Hunter.

* * *

“…You have fractures throughout your entire body.”

“Excuse me?”

“How did you manage to walk here?”

I thought it was pretty bearable though?

I quietly looked away from the healing Hunter’s gaze, which was looking at me like I was insane.

The healing Hunter clicked their tongue and pointed at the X-ray image displayed on the TV.

“Arms, legs, even ribs. Everything is cracked, and the severe areas are completely fractured. The only thing that’s fine is your right hand.”

“….”

Wow.

So a person can still move even when this broken.

If this wasn’t my own body, I’d really want to report this to ‘Believe It or Not.’

[The Lord of the Twisted Underworld says they absolutely cannot understand how you got injured to that extent from just that much.]

Do you understand human sensitivity?

I was already in enough pain to die, and this annoying system kept bothering me, so I squeezed my eyes shut.

This is so unfair, really.

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————