The Heavenly Demon Destroys the Tower - Chapter 112

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Episode 112
[You’re not going to attack the barrier anymore? If you use the Cheonma Divine Arts and attack, I think you could actually damage it.]
Nero’s protective barrier—the one that had deflected the Breaking Heaven Meteor Spear.
But Shin Nyeo suggested that if more force were applied, it might be breached.
She tilted her head as Lee Kang-han headed toward the fractured wall.
“Ah. I want to see what’s beyond the wall. Aren’t you curious what’s there?”
[Well… I suppose so?]
“So let’s take a look.”
Crunch. Crunch.
As Lee Kang-han approached the gaping hole in the wall.
-What is this guy even doing?
-Is this really the one who beat Gersh? He can’t even breach a simple barrier.
-This channel is starting to feel like a waste of time…
-Could it be someone with the same name?
The TowerTube viewers were taking a dim view of Lee Kang-han, questioning whether he was truly the one who had defeated Gersh.
Clearly, unlike the human audience, these extraterrestrial viewers were far from sympathetic.
‘At this rate, viewers aren’t going to gather—they’re going to leave.’
There was no way he could clear Nero’s second condition.
Lee Kang-han thought this as he poked his head through the wall.
A hole large enough for his entire body to fall through.
When he looked down from there.
Due to the thick Red Mist blanketing the depths.
He couldn’t see anything below at all.
‘The upper side… is exactly like the sky I saw in Cheonma Valley.’
Cheonma Valley—the starting point of the First Tower.
In the ceiling he’d seen there, instead of a sky.
Inverted black towers bristled densely overhead.
Lee Kang-han gazed at that identical scene for a moment.
Then he looked downward again.
“Shin Nyeo, can you see what’s down there?”
[No. The mist is too thick—I can’t see anything either.]
“Hmm……”
To see what lay below.
He’d have to push through that fog.
‘Should I try climbing down the outer wall of the tower?’
Lee Kang-han recalled the message he’d received upon first entering the First Tower.
[You have entered the First Tower.]
[Infinite Authority is in effect.]
[Upon death, you will be revived.]
The First Tower—where revival was possible even upon death.
Having died and revived countless times already in the training grounds of Cheonma Valley at the highest level, Lee Kang-han.
Had absolute faith in resurrection itself.
Death was recoverable anyway.
So why not try climbing down the wall?
‘Or maybe just fall? I’ll revive anyway.’
But there was one thing that troubled him.
“If I fall and die here, where will I revive?”
[Well… I’m not sure?]
“If I revive at the very bottom, that defeats the purpose.”
[But isn’t the point to go down anyway? Wouldn’t going all the way to the bottom be good?]
“Not really. I’d miss out on the Clear Reward.”
After defeating Columbus in B1.
Lee Kang-han had obtained the Adventurer’s Eye and even freed a Constellation.
He had no desire to abandon these rewards and jump straight to the lowest level.
Then.
-Of course he’d revive here if he died…
-There’s an uncleared mission on this floor—does he think he can just skip it?
-This guy knows nothing about Infinite Authority…
-But wait, can the outer wall of the tower actually be destroyed? This is interesting…
-I was trying to leave anyway, but now I just want to watch him fall…
The alien viewers, as if ignorant of it themselves, began to offer unsolicited advice.
‘You’d only know how the Infinite Authority works if you’d used it regularly.’
In truth, Lee Kang-han had only experienced the Infinite Authority directly.
When his body exploded in the Mana Training Hall while absorbing mana.
‘Well, either way, even if I fall and die, I won’t start at the lowest level.’
Might as well go down and see.
Whoosh.
Lee Kang-han leaned his body outward.
The ghost spoke.
[Shall we descend and have a look?]
“Yeah. Besides, I’ll just revive anyway, right? Thought I’d check what’s down there.”
[Then I’ll follow you!]
The ghost moved to perch on his shoulder.
“Good. Let’s go.”
Lee Kang-han stepped outside with her.
‘Let me try climbing down the wall first.’
The outer wall, dark as pitch.
The smooth surface didn’t seem to offer any handholds, but.
Crack!
Lee Kang-han punctured the wall with a single finger and.
Descended slowly.
‘I feel like I’ve become a spider-man.’
While Lee Kang-han recalled the wall-crawling spider hero from those hero movies he’d seen.
The ghost spoke to him in a trembling voice.
[Now that we’re outside, I can feel a thick miasma…….]
“Really?”
[Yes. Especially in the mist below—there’s an ominous aura thickly condensed there. If you didn’t have the power of resurrection, I would have absolutely forbidden you from going down. ]
At those words, Lee Kang-han gazed down toward the mist.
That much, huh?
‘It does feel like I shouldn’t go there… but I’m not sure if it’s as ominous as the ghost says.’
Well, I’ll just revive anyway, so it should be fine.
Because the Infinite Authority applied to the First Tower.
Lee Kang-han, who hadn’t actually experienced the benefit of ‘resurrection’ while traversing the Infinite Tower normally.
Resolved here to make certain use of it.
Crack! Crack!
Puncturing the wall like that, he descended near the Red Mist zone and.
“Before I go down further, let me destroy this wall.”
[Ah. Are you trying to figure out if this is the third or fourth basement level?]
“Right. Seeing if we can enter through the outer wall.”
Whoosh.
He raised his fist and drove it into the wall.
Crash……!
The wall crumbled easily.
-What kind of tower crumbles this easily?
-Is it because it’s a species-exclusive tower for humans?
-This is species-exclusive for humans?
-My data has no record of such a tower.
-If a species-exclusive tower is at this level… humans are as fragile as I thought.
The alien viewers who witnessed this.
Marveled at how easily the tower broke while simultaneously expressing contempt for mankind.
“Species-exclusive tower? There’s something like that?”
-What an arrogant tone.
-Human. We are not beings with whom you should casually converse. If you wish to ask something, use the most deferential speech.
-It feels like watching a newborn who understands nothing.
-Tsk. Just think of it as watching a jester’s antics.
These bastards.
They won’t answer the question, only criticize his tone.
What makes them so full of themselves?
‘Hmm. If they’re watching alien channels, what tier of being are they?’
Lee Kang-han pondered this and.
He passed through the shattered wall and re-entered the tower.
The scenery that greeted him was oddly familiar.
“What?”
[Isn’t this where we were just now?]
“Right? I’m sure we went down.”
Despite descending from above.
The inner chamber matched exactly the place where Nero’s portal had been.
Lee Kang-han thought it worth trying.
He climbed the outer walls both up and down, shattering the barrier each time.
[We keep ending up in the same place.]
Inside, Nero’s red portal continued to greet him.
If that’s the case.
‘The Red Mist must be the boundary between B2 and B3.’
If he could break through it.
He might be able to scout what lies below the First Tower.
‘Let me just fall.’
Climbing walls wasn’t going to cut it anymore.
He’d have to trust his resurrection and take the plunge.
Lee Kang-han jumped toward the wall he’d breached.
[I’m coming with you~!]
In an instant.
Shin Nyeo rushed toward him at speed.
Clinging to his shoulder, she.
[Ugh…… such terrible magical energy…….]
Trembled at the presence emanating from the Red Mist.
As Lee Kang-han drew closer to the fog.
‘This is…… no joke.’
Could he even pierce through that?
Doubt crept in.
And the moment his body entered the mist.
Whoosh—!
His entire form erupted into flames.
[Player has suffered Instant Death Judgment.]
[Resurrecting from the starting point.]
The message flashed across his vision in an instant.
And then.
“…… I’m back.”
Lee Kang-han stood once more before Nero’s portal.
* * *
[Lee Kang-han! Are you all right?!]
“Yeah. It burned so fast I didn’t even have time to feel pain.”
That made twice he’d died while conscious.
Compared to when his body had exploded in the Mana Training Hall.
This time his form had ignited and crumbled to ash in the blink of an eye.
There was no sensation to it at all.
“You okay?”
[I’m fine. I’m a spirit, after all.]
“You didn’t see anything below?”
[No. The fog was too thick…….]
So it was impossible to see what lay underneath.
‘Bet on resurrection and made the attempt anyway. A shame.’
At that moment.
-Was that the fire of Instant Death Judgment?
-For a Species-Exclusive Tower meant for humans, that’s quite a powerful barrier.
-But the wall was so fragile…… this tower’s strange.
-So this guy can’t enter the portal, and can’t go down either?
-There’s no way this human beat Gershu. I’m leaving.
-Me too.
In the chat, viewers watching Lee Kang-han’s situation.
Began to flood out of the channel, muttering they must have clicked the wrong stream.
Far from growing in number, the viewer count was collapsing.
The streamers had already dipped below the five hundred mark.
‘There’s no way we’ll reach a hundred thousand.’
Lee Kang-han watched the numbers drain away in real time, his smile turning bitter.
Then he caught sight of “Instant Death Judgment” in the chat and remembered his equipment.
‘I’m not wearing Kyen.’
Kyen—Hades’ helmet, which negated Instant Death Judgment once per game.
Back then, he’d trusted his revival ability and hadn’t bothered equipping it for the reconnaissance.
But if he put it on before falling, couldn’t he push through the mist zone as well?
‘Of course, the instant death negation only works once per game, so if I use it here, I won’t be able to use it when I fight Nero.’
Unlike Columbus, Nero possessed formidable martial prowess.
When he thought of engaging him in combat, Kyen’s instant death protection might prove necessary.
But.
‘Beyond the mist… aren’t you curious?’
He could fight Nero with full intensity later.
Right now, going down there had to come first.
With that thought, Lee Kang-han equipped Kyen.
Then.
Whissssh.
His body seemed to be swallowed by darkness for a moment.
His clothes transformed into a black formal suit.
[Huh? Your outfit changed?]
“Yeah. New equipment I picked up.”
[Oh… I can feel the aura of death. It seems like really good gear?]
Shin Nyeo caught the deathly aura radiating from the Underworld King’s Garb immediately.
[But from a spirit’s perspective, it’s a little… frightening?]
“Why?”
[Ah. It just feels like you might drag me back to hell again…….]
“Since it’s the Underworld King’s vestments, I suppose you’d feel that way.”
[Ugh… could I follow from a bit further back? Being close makes my spine crawl.]
“Sure.”
Shin Nyeo, who usually perched on Lee Kang-han’s shoulder, now maintained some distance
once he donned the Underworld King’s Garb.
[So we’re starting the serious push on that barrier?]
“No. I’m going down once more.”
[What? That red mist was incredibly powerful……]
“The defense on this outfit is solid, so I want to try dropping in while wearing it.”
He’d thought about mentioning Kyen’s instant death negation ability, but—
-How does decent defense let him break through that hellfire?
-This idiot is beyond redemption
-Why do people keep watching this channel?
-Just here to watch this guy die honestly
-With intelligence this low, no wonder humanity got wiped out lol…
Seeing the alien viewers launch their pure mockery,
he decided not to reveal Kyen’s function.
‘I’m not telling these bastards a damn thing.’
After glancing once more at the channel barely hanging on to four hundred viewers,
Lee Kang-han approached the broken wall of the tower again.
Whissssh.
The wall with the hole was slowly regenerating.
By now, the opening had already become too narrow for Lee Kang-han to pass through.
Still.
‘I’ll just break it again.’
Bang!
Lee Kang-han drove his fist through the wall,
and plunged downward through the tower while clad in Kyen.
[Ah. I’m coming too ooo…..]
Shin Nyeo’s voice echoed from above, the distance she’d kept for Kyen’s sake forgotten,
and Lee Kang-han’s body rapidly fell into the Red Mist zone.
Whoooosh…!
The moment it touched the mist.
His body erupted into flames.
But then.
[The Underworld King’s Garb blocked the Instant Death Judgment.]
[The Underworld King’s Garb can no longer block Instant Death Judgment.]
Unlike before, the Underworld King’s Garb shielded him from the lethal damage.
‘Bearable, then.’
Even as flames consumed him, Lee Kang-han kept his mind intact
and continued his descent.
Breaking through the mist layer, he emerged.
-No… what is this?
-He’s alive? How on earth?
-That equipment. It’s no ordinary item.
-Hey, human! Sell it to me!
Messages flooded in, all asking the same question: what kind of equipment was this?
‘If they knew it was an SSS-rank item, they’d lose their minds.’
As Lee Kang-han observed the alien viewers’ reactions,
“Huh…?”
Beyond the mist, a vista opened before his eyes.
The Celestial Demon Shatters the Tower (Serialization)
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