The Heavenly Demon Destroys the Tower - Chapter 113

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Episode 113
Beyond the mist, an unobstructed vista opened before him.
‘The First Tower—its height is absolutely staggering…….’
As Lee Kang-han gazed upon the First Tower stretching endlessly downward,
the sheer scale of it struck him anew.
It was like falling from a skyscraper over a hundred stories tall.
He could see what looked like a floor far below,
but whatever lay there remained shrouded in darkness, indistinct.
And then,
‘The fall is slowing down.’
Now that he’d breached the Red Mist, gravity itself seemed to weaken.
His descent had noticeably slowed.
He plummeted with a far more composed expression, surveying the depths below.
He’d already made peace with death anyway.
He meant to glean as much information as possible before the end.
‘The tower’s structure remains unchanged down there…….’
The First Tower looked identical from above or below.
Now that he’d penetrated the Red Mist Zone,
if he entered the tower here, would he descend to B3?
Curiosity stirred, and Lee Kang-han tried to drift toward the tower’s wall.
But then—
Fsssssh……
A powerful pressure emanated from all directions,
‘Hm……?’
and pushed his body away from the tower.
So the tower wouldn’t let him re-enter?
‘Well, fine. Let’s just see how far down this goes.’
If the tower wouldn’t permit re-entry,
he’d simply die and revive on B2.
Having resolved to fully test the Infinite Authority,
Lee Kang-han continued his descent.
‘Down there…… I can’t see anything.’
The First Tower’s sky had never known a sun.
Light came from the red mist pooled overhead, seeping downward,
or from the pale white glimmers that occasionally flickered in the void.
The darkness made visibility poor,
“Though I still can’t see much. You don’t think so, Shin Nyeo?”
Finding so little entering his field of vision,
Lee Kang-han habitually called out to Shin Nyeo.
But the spirit who normally answered at once gave no response.
‘Ah. Did she fail to follow from up there?’
The spirit Shin Nyeo, who’d widened her distance when he donned the Dark King’s Garment,
hadn’t been clinging to his shoulder as she fell, so
it seemed she’d become trapped in the mist zone above.
‘Looks like I’m on my own then.’
If Shin Nyeo were here, he could have sought counsel on various matters. A pity.
Still thinking this, Lee Kang-han considered what light source he might use.
‘Ah. I could summon the Sky Blade Spirit.’
The Sky Blade Spirit, manifested as a blade of light—
that thing could serve as a torch.
But then,
“Hm……? Why won’t it work?”
For some reason, the Demon Realm Territory function wouldn’t activate here.
He’d summoned creatures just fine in the First Tower before.
So why was it broken now?
‘Strange.’
Lee Kang-han tilted his head in puzzlement, then
decided to retrieve the Worn Flame Angel’s Sword instead and opened his inventory.
Unlike the Demon Realm Territory function, the inventory worked normally.
Whoosh.
Lee Kang-han drew it out.
A worn sword materialized in his hand.
‘If I channel qi into this…….’
Whoosh!
Even without a celestial spirit, the Worn Flame Angel’s Sword blazed with pure white fire.
The sword ignited.
The darkened world gradually came into focus.
‘There’s nothing here.’
In the oppressive darkness, an empty expanse.
Only the First Tower stretched downward at his side.
Beyond that lay nothing but a desolate void.
Even with light piercing the gloom, what he could confirm was:
Truly, there was ‘nothing at all.’
‘Still, I should stop falling eventually. There has to be an end.’
There had to be something anchoring the tower at its base.
Thinking this, Lee Kang-han continued to fall.
Yet the longer he fell, the slower his descent became.
And then——
“This is…….”
The density of the air grew thicker and thicker.
A piercing, overwhelming force crashed into him from all sides.
As his body began absorbing this energy bit by bit,
[The Cheonma Divine Arts accepts the Deep Layer Demonic Energy.]
A system message appeared before Lee Kang-han’s eyes.
‘Deep Layer Demonic Energy……?’
Did that mean the magical energy from the deepest levels?
Certainly, the force flooding his body felt far from ordinary.
But this was……
‘Like before, when I absorbed too much mana and my body burst—if I accept more than my limit, won’t I explode?’
Just as had happened in the Magical Training Grounds.
The accumulation of Deep Layer Demonic Energy in his body felt increasingly unstable.
Was he going to end this entire reconnaissance with a bang—literally?
As Lee Kang-han felt the surging demonic energy and contemplated his impending doom,
[Mana increased by 0.5.]
A message confirming the increase appeared.
‘So that puts me at 16 mana.’
Decimal increases had never appeared before.
Was this another effect of the interface’s evolution?
Quite the impressive upgrade.
As Lee Kang-han managed a bitter smile,
“You’re holding up pretty well?”
A voice like that of an innocent child drifted from behind him.
Swish.
Lee Kang-han spun around at once.
There hovered a pristine white mask with a smiling face.
It had no nose.
Where eyes should be, one circle and one square were drawn,
Each half-colored black.
“Hello?”
As the smiling mouth seemed to move,
Swish.
The mask rotated 180 degrees.
And what appeared on the inside of the mask——
‘What is that……?’
Inside swirled countless vortices of black and crimson light, spinning endlessly.
At the ominous sight that made Lee Kang-han furrow his brow,
“Become a demon with me?”
Whoosh!
The mask expanded in an instant, engulfing Lee Kang-han’s entire body.
Before he could even react, the mask descended upon him with terrible speed.
But.
A flash of light—!
From Lee Kang-han’s chest, a brilliant white radiance erupted.
It shoved the mask backward with tremendous force.
‘Did it shift from demon to extreme……?’
Thanks to the extreme that Yudoa had inscribed.
I’ve been helped more than once.
Watching Lee Kang-han’s automatic invocation of the extreme demon’s power.
“Huh? Holy power?”
Whoosh!
The mask shrank in an instant.
Then it spun a full one-eighty.
“This one’s interesting, isn’t he? Almost too good to turn into a common demon right away.”
Chuckle.
The mask’s smile stretched wider and wider.
Then.
-Uh… could that be… that thing?
-The Smiling Face Demon, right?
-Yeah… that’s definitely it
-Why is that monster even in the human tower?
The chat window, which had been silent until now.
Suddenly flooded with frantic messages.
The viewers seemed to recognize something about the mask before them.
‘This mask…… is it famous enough to be known even in other worlds?’
Every viewer recognized it, their tone shifting to something like dread.
Compared to the arrogance they’d shown before, this reaction was startling.
Then.
A flutter.
The mask called the Smiling Face Demon turned to look at the chat window Lee Kang-han was watching.
“Noisy.”
Crackle—crack—!
The chat window warped, sparks scattering from its surface.
Then.
Ding.
-◑◡◧ : Quiet now, yeah?
A new message appeared in the chat.
-◑◡◧ : Gonna pay your place a visit again? ^ㅇ^
The user ID matched the face of the mask itself perfectly.
* * *
‘What… that’s possible?’
Simply by looking at the chat window.
The white mask intervened immediately.
While other viewers from outside worlds had faded, dimmed IDs.
Only this one had an ID shaped exactly like the mask’s own face.
-This insane freak really…
-How is it even possible to breach TowerTube like this?
-◑◡◧ : Curious? Want me to come show you? Going after the ones who keep talking about me first, yeah? ^ㅇ^
The moment it said it would go after whoever was spreading rumors about it.
The chat cut off abruptly.
The white mask’s threat had clearly worked.
With the chat window now silent.
“So, my friend—shall we try some evolution research together?”
“Evolution……?”
“Better than becoming a lowborn demon outright, isn’t it?”
Chuckle.
The mask’s smile climbed higher, unsettling and wrong.
“First, let me snuff out that flame—hate looking at it.”
Whoosh.
Wind escaped from the mask’s mouth.
The sword energy channeled into the Worn Flame Angel’s Sword died instantly.
‘I thought if I died, I’d just return automatically…… but seeing what the mask is doing, dying doesn’t seem that easy either?’
Calling it evolution research is a polite euphemism.
There was no chance it would involve anything peaceful.
And given this creature’s power.
Any suicide attempt would be blocked halfway through.
Even if I somehow succeeded, it would bring me back before I was completely dead.
The Smiling Face Demon radiated an overwhelming presence.
‘If I keep getting held here…… it won’t end well, I’m sure of it.’
When Lee Kang-han was falling, he’d thought he could trust in the Infinite Authority and simply die.
But now instinct screamed danger at him.
If he got caught by the thing before him talking about evolution research.
Even if he somehow managed to die later or the time limit ran out and he escaped the First Tower.
Could he really make it out unscathed?
‘I don’t think so.’
Either he’d carry lingering aftereffects.
Or else, like that sensation he’d felt when he saw the star before.
Lee Kang-han’s very ‘self’ would vanish.
He couldn’t rely solely on the Infinite Authority now.
‘I need to escape somehow.’
Better to flee than to clumsily attempt suicide.
Escape was the better option.
But how?
Any clumsy movement here wouldn’t break him free from that white mask’s sphere of influence.
He needed something drastic.
He thought for a moment.
‘Ah. Right.’
Then an item came to mind.
‘The wing feathers I’ve been keeping in my inventory…… I can use those, can’t I?’
He’d received them as a bonus along with the sword from the angel Kael.
The Flame Angel Wing Feathers had been stored away, never finding a real use until now.
When activated, fiery wings would bloom and allow for flight.
And these wings were said to possess devastating power against enemies of shadow nature.
‘Of course I can’t destroy the monster before me…… but I should be able to fly away.’
If I fly upward.
If I ascend into the Red Mist Zone, in my current state without Instant Death Immunity, death would be certain.
Then I’d be freed from the white mask’s grip, at least for now.
‘So the important thing now is when to use it…….’
As Lee Kang-han was watching for an opening to activate the item.
“So…… our friend, do you happen to have any stat over 20?”
“20?”
Abruptly, the white mask.
Asked Lee Kang-han about stats exceeding 20.
‘Stat Threshold 20 again.’
When his mother had brainwashed him at the Cheonma Valley training hall, saying he needed to reach stat 20.
And during the ‘Domain of Death’ trial that involved Hades, the final benchmark was definitely Health 20.
At the time, of course, his Health requirement was reduced by the number of deaths and he passed the trial.
But the original standard was 20.
‘There seems to be real meaning to this threshold of 20.’
As Lee Kang-han noted stat 20 appearing for the third time.
“Right, humans could never clear a bar that high, yeah? So maybe 18? 17? 16? 15? Got any of those?”
The Smiling Face Demon dismissed the idea that Lee Kang-han could exceed stat 20.
“Not answering? Do I have to look myself?”
When Lee Kang-han didn’t respond.
Ssshhhhh…….
In the eye portion of the white mask.
The circle and square, which had been half-darkened.
Started turning entirely black.
It stared intently at Lee Kang-han in this state.
Then, for the first time, its grin faded.
“That light in your chest—could you turn it off? I can’t see your information.”
“…….”
“Won’t you listen?”
The figure continued speaking in questions.
“Wow. You really don’t listen……. I like you, you know?”
“You like this?”
“Yeah! I can torture you so much fun!”
When Lee Kang-han refused to comply, the figure’s expression shifted.
Instead, it drew its lips upward in a long smile that reached its eyes.
“Kehehe! It’s been so long since I got to torture someone! Okay. Want me to go prepare?”
With that,
Hiss…….
The white mask vanished.
What kind of torture was it planning to prepare for?
Still, now that the white mask had left momentarily,
this was Lee Kang-han’s chance.
“Inventory.”
Lee Kang-han opened his inventory at once and withdrew the Flame Angel Wing Feathers.
‘I can’t afford to hold back now.’
The angel had given him two wing feathers.
Once he retrieved them both, Lee Kang-han used the items immediately.
Then,
Whoosh……!
A massive inferno erupted from his back.
From the Worn Flame Angel’s Sword too, a pure white blaze shot up with violent intensity,
dispelling the darkness in an instant,
and suppressing the Deep Layer Demonic Energy that had been consuming Lee Kang-han’s body.
‘The effect is tremendous.’
With this, couldn’t he stand against that white mask?
Lee Kang-han gazed at the pure white flames erupting from his entire body and entertained the thought for a moment,
but then a startled voice called from below.
“Huh? Huh? What?”
Hiss…….
When he looked down at the sound, his heart sank.
‘When did it grow so massive?’
The white mask, which had disappeared to prepare for torture, had the Smiling Face Demon swollen to a grotesquely unreal size,
and it now completely blocked his view downward.
The demonic energy pouring from within was so suffocating that
‘stand against it’ — forget about it.
He shouldn’t kid himself about using the angel feathers.
The original plan was the right one: fly upward.
“Go.”
Lee Kang-han commanded.
Whoosh……!
The flames from the wings spread further,
and then,
Swish!
The wings of fire beat once.
At that,
Screeeee……!
Lee Kang-han’s body shot upward like an arrow.
“Hey!!! Where did that come from?!”
“Ah. Okay, okay, I won’t torture you, alright? Promise, promise. You get it? So won’t you come back down?”
The mask shrieked frantically from below, but
‘a demon’s promise?’
As if he’d trust that. Lee Kang-han scoffed and flew swiftly toward the Red Mist Zone.
Once he reached that place, he’d die instantly as planned.
Lee Kang-han steeled himself for death,
but then
Hiss…….
‘The mist…… it’s absorbing it?’
The instant death judgment—that crimson mist.
Absorbed by the Flame Angel Wing Feathers, it opened a path.
Whoosh!
As Lee Kang-han slipped through,
“Where are you going!!!”
Unable to cross the Red Mist Zone,
the colossal white-masked figure could only scream from below.
‘It can’t follow me this far, then.’
Exhale.
Lee Kang-han finally released a breath of relief.
The Cheonma Shatters the Tower (Serialized)
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