The Heavenly Demon Destroys the Tower - Chapter 19

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Episode 19
How to Upgrade the Demon God’s Body.
A great deal hinged on this.
‘Acquiring the Demon God Divine Sword also required upgrading the Demon God’s Body first.’
[The trait ‘Demon God’s Body’ has not reached the minimum Rank of D.]
[You cannot acquire the skill ‘Demon God Divine Sword’.]
Lee Kanghan recalled yesterday’s tower run.
He’d thought he was about to subdue the Sword Spirit.
But his Demon God’s Body Rank was insufficient, so he hadn’t obtained the Demon God Divine Sword.
‘Once the Demon God’s Body reaches Rank D, I’ll be able to get the Demon God Divine Sword.’
And once he had that, there was a real chance of subduing the Sword Spirit.
Then an SSS+ Clear of Iron Tower No-777 became within reach.
‘So, what’s the condition?’
Lee Kanghan examined the lower half of the slip of paper.
[Method to Upgrade the Demon God’s Body]
Settle 2 or more races in Manma Palace.
The condition was written briefly—simpler than he’d expected.
‘Settle two or more races…….’
Currently, only the Goblin race had settled in Manma Palace.
Adding just one more would satisfy the requirement.
For Lee Kanghan, it wasn’t particularly difficult.
‘Hmm. Then I should put off clearing Iron Tower No-777 until I settle another race.’
First, he’d clear other towers while settling another race in Manma Palace.
Then upgrade the Demon God’s Body and tackle No-777 again.
Having made this plan, Lee Kanghan looked at the slip of paper once more.
“But how did I even get this?”
Maybe I should watch yesterday’s recording.
Lee Kanghan got out of bed and checked the video.
Then—
Whoooosh!
A red portal materialized above him as he slept peacefully.
The footage showed him being sucked inside.
And after some time had passed—
A portal opened again in midair.
Thump!
Lee Kanghan tumbled back onto the bed.
The slip of paper clutched firmly in his hand.
‘What is this, dragging me off somewhere every time?’
Since he’d gained information about the Demon God’s Body after visiting that portal, it was clearly related to the Demon God somehow.
But beyond that, he couldn’t say.
Lee Kanghan fast-forwarded through the video of his own screaming after that.
Seeing there was nothing else noteworthy, he turned it off.
“Maybe if I develop my Demon God abilities further, I’ll find out…….”
Before awakening the Demon God’s Body, it was just sleep and nothing more.
But there was definitely something different after that point.
Lee Kanghan resolved to push the Demon God’s Body up to Rank D.
He finished preparing to enter the tower.
[Will you use the Iron Tower No-777 Entrance Ticket?]
A message appeared before he could enter the tower.
Since he still had two tickets left.
The system asked first whether he wanted to use one.
Lee Kanghan pressed no.
Beep.
[Infinite Tower, Stage 3.]
[Entering Iron Tower No.4.]
A message appeared—he was entering Infinite Tower, Stage 3.
When he’d used the 777 ticket, the Infinite Tower had stayed at Stage 2 the whole time.
Now, entering without the ticket raised him one stage higher in the Infinite Tower.
‘So the stage doesn’t increase on treasure chamber maps.’
Thinking this, Lee Kanghan reflected on the Infinite Tower’s progression.
Up to Floor 10 was Iron Rank territory.
To advance from Iron to Bronze Rank, two conditions had to be met.
Clearing Floor 10 of the Infinite Tower and clearing an Iron Tower.
And reaching Level 25.
Once both conditions were satisfied, a player could finally ascend to Bronze Rank.
‘So I can farm the No-777 Entrance Ticket around Floors 8 or 9 of the Infinite Tower.’
Of course, if the Demon God’s Body upgraded before then,
I could enter 777 immediately.
As Lee Kanghan entered the tower with these thoughts in mind,
-Oh, you’re logging in
-Still got the Demon God Divine Technique?
-Still? What do you mean ㅋㅋㅋ
-Watching you get tossed around yesterday, wouldn’t be weird if they took those powers back ㅋㅋ
-What tower number today?
The chat window flooded with messages asking if Lee Kanghan had survived another day.
“Yes. I survived today as well. The tower number is 4.”
-4? Isn’t that the Forest Path map
-This is just going to be crushed ㅋㅋ
-Has there ever been a map you didn’t crush
-Yeah but this one’s even easier ㅋㅋ
Iron Tower No.4.
The Forest Path was remarkably simple.
[You enter the Forest Path, deep within a lush forest.]
[Defeat the enemies blocking your path and ascend to the next floor!]
A lone path winding through the forest.
Follow it and you’d find a portal.
Step through and you’d advance to the next floor.
Beasts like wolves kept springing up at every turn in the corridor,
but at Iron Rank, it was an easy difficulty that could be managed by fighting through them.
“But what kind of monster appears in No.4?”
The thing that mattered most to Lee Kanghan now, though, wasn’t the map’s difficulty.
It was the enemies that appeared here.
The best outcome would be if a monster showed up that he could force into subjugation and drag back to Manma Palace.
-Isn’t it mostly wolves here
-Orcs show up further in
-ㅇㅇ if you fight enemies in the Forest Path too long, orcs and stuff join in
-If it doesn’t work out, just sprint through
‘Wait… orcs show up?’
Orcs meant pig-headed monsters.
Weren’t they a race that could actually speak, like goblins?
‘I can catch one of those and force it into subjugation.’
Lee Kanghan’s face broke into a fierce smile.
It felt like things were going to go his way today.
“Good. Let’s go.”
Lee Kanghan set ‘Orc Subjugation’ as today’s objective
and started from Floor 0.
* * *
Floor 1.
In front of the Forest Path.
Five gray wolves’ eyes flashed as they turned toward Lee Kanghan.
-Five of them on Floor 1 already
-Doesn’t it spawn up to 5 randomly here? Bad luck from the start ㅋㅋ
Looking at the number of monsters blocking the path at the start,
the viewers thought Lee Kanghan was unlucky.
Whoosh!
His figure flickered and vanished.
Crack-crunch…!
All five wolves’ heads caved in.
The audience was reminded once again that he was the Demon God Divine.
-Who said you were unlucky
-E-Rank limited-time Demon God, this is insane lol
-I feel like this tower might actually be a five-minute clear;
Iron Tower No.4 is the kind of map where you just follow the Forest Path and enter the portal to beat it.
For a powerhouse like Lee Kanghan who could obliterate enemies with a single blow.
A five-minute clear, just as the viewers said.
Or he could even set a faster record.
But Lee Kanghan’s real objective was Orc Subjugation.
‘Sure, clearing fast and getting a high rating would be nice, but finding the Orc matters more.’
He surveyed his surroundings.
A thick forest.
Most ordinary players wouldn’t dare venture in.
“What do you think happens if we go in there?”
Lee Kanghan was no ordinary player.
-???
-No clue???
-Nobody’s ever been inside…
-Wait, can you even enter? Isn’t it blocked off?
None of his viewers had any answers.
“Let’s find out.”
Whoosh!
Lee Kanghan plunged straight into the forest.
The towering trees blocked out the sun.
The forest grew dark in an instant.
But Lee Kanghan paid no mind, tearing through the undergrowth with reckless speed.
“Grrraaahhh—!”
A few wild beasts lunged at him.
Smash! Smash!
Each one that appeared had its head crushed on sight.
No more enemies emerged from the forest after that.
But as he pushed deeper ahead,
Sssshhhhh…
a thick golden haze rolled in before his eyes.
-Mist appeared
-Guess that’s the edge of the map
-Forest isn’t as big as I thought
-This is an Iron-rank map… who goes into the forest on Iron-rank lol
Even the tower’s terrain had its limits.
A golden haze typically signaled that a player had reached the map’s boundary.
‘Can’t go any further.’
Lee Kanghan stared at the wall of golden fog blocking his path, then smacked his lips in frustration.
‘Might as well head up and search the higher floors.’
He decided to climb to the upper levels and hunt for Orcs there.
From the second floor to the fourth,
Lee Kanghan tore through wolves as he combed the forest.
‘Not a single trace of them.’
No sign of Orcs anywhere.
But these were still the lower floors.
They’d show up eventually.
Clinging to that hope, Lee Kanghan pressed through the tower.
“Seventh floor now, and still no Orcs?”
He’d climbed all the way to floor seven.
Yet Orcs remained nowhere to be seen.
-Wait, was digging through that forest because of Orcs?
-Why are you looking for Orcs? ㄷㄷ
-Just finish the clear quick lol you’re tanking your rating
“I need to make the Orcs kneel to me.”
It was essential for upgrading his Demon God’s Body—subjugation from another race.
But so far, on the Forest Path, he’d only encountered wolves.
‘If only wolves could talk, I’d make them kneel.’
The condition for Manma Palace subjugation was having them chant “Eternal Demon God, Eternal Manma Worship” while bowing.
‘At this rate, I’ll miss my clear time window.’
Having entered the seventh floor, Lee Kanghan resolved to pick up his pace.
“Demon God Divine Technique.”
To seriously unleash his power, he activated the Demon God Divine Technique.
Mm.
He drew in a deep, measured breath.
“OOOORRRRAAAGH!!!”
The entire forest shook.
A roaring lion’s cry tore from his throat.
-Wait, is he insane? lol
-That voice is absolutely deafening lol
-Even the orcs would get spooked and scatter lol
Whoosh!
Then came the full deployment of the high-speed Demon God Domination Strike.
Lee Kanghan tore through the forest for a good while.
At the far edge, where golden mist hung thick—
“Ha!”
A race with heads resembling swine and skin of olive green.
He spotted a pack of orcs.
“Grruk. Grruk…….”
“Shriiek. Shiek……!”
About a dozen of them, perhaps.
The orc pack pressed toward the golden mist as if fleeing from something.
-Are they seriously bolting? lol
-lol they’re genuinely terrified
-if I heard that shriek from far off, I’d be spooked too;
Whether it was Lee Kanghan’s roar or not, he couldn’t say for certain.
But at this rate, the orcs would vanish into the mist.
‘Can’t let them slip away like that.’
Whoosh!
Lee Kanghan planted himself in front of the orc pack.
Then—
“GRRUK!”
The orcs snorted and raised their weapons in unison.
They were definitely bigger and stronger-looking than goblins.
‘They’ll make decent practice.’
Smirk.
Lee Kanghan smiled broadly and drove his fist into the nearby tree.
Then—
Crash-crack-boom!
The massive trunk shattered and toppled to the ground.
“Shiek……?”
The orcs’ pupils quivered in perfect synchrony.
What in the hells is this insane monster?
The armed orcs wavered, standing their ground hesitantly.
Swish.
Lee Kanghan pointed his finger at the ground.
“Kneel down, all of you.”
“Grruk?”
“Say it—Eternal Demon God, Eternal Manma Worship.”
“Shiek?”
“……Is that all you creatures can say?”
Grruk. Shiek.
The orcs only produced those sounds, blinking dumbly.
-Wait, they don’t understand language?
-Can you even have a conversation with just grruk and shiek
-The Goblin Chieftain spoke fine lol are these orcs dumber than goblins?
-That one’s a boss mob lol
-Only named-rank enemies have actual dialogue I guess?
As soon as the Goblin Chieftain was brought up in the chat window—
‘I should try summoning the chieftain.’
Lee Kanghan called him forth on impulse.
Goblins and orcs.
Both had green skin, so why couldn’t they understand each other’s speech?
“Eternal Demon God, Eternal Manma Worship!”
A crimson portal opened.
The Goblin Chieftain who emerged immediately bowed.
Certainly befitting his status as Subjugation Number One—a most proper bow.
“Do it like this.”
Lee Kanghan smiled with satisfaction as he pointed to the chieftain.
The orcs merely blinked their eyes.
This was frustrating.
Without being able to communicate, it was maddening.
“Chieftain, do you happen to understand the orc language?”
“I’m afraid I don’t, either…….”
With a whisper of motion.
The chieftain drew a blade.
He ran his tongue across it slowly.
“If I skin them one by one, they’ll figure out what I’m saying. Kehehe!”
So torture would eventually get one of them to talk, apparently.
But that would take far too long.
‘If I resort to torture, I can forget about an SSS+ Clear.’
SSS+ Clear.
Or orc Subjugation.
Lee Kanghan weighed the two options for a moment.
‘Hmm?’
A rustling sound.
He sensed movement from above the trees.
Chime. Chime……!
A bell’s ringing echoed from there.
“Grrrrr……!”
The orc horde’s eyes blazed crimson.
These creatures, who had been cowering before Lee Kanghan,
suddenly reversed their stance and came charging ferociously.
‘What in the—?’
The moment they heard the bell, the orcs transformed.
Their movements were swift enough,
but they were no match for Lee Kanghan channeling the Demon God Divine Technique.
A light flick.
Weapons flew from the orcs’ hands as he swatted them away.
After throwing a few more punches,
the orc horde was neutralized in seconds.
Yet.
Chime. Chime……!
The bell rang again from above the trees.
“Gruuugh. Gruuruugh……!”
The orcs’ bodies swelled a sickly crimson.
Boom-boom-boom!
They exploded in unison like bombs.
“No……! My orcs!!!”
Lee Kanghan, who had thrown himself beyond the blast radius, let out a wail.
-Why so attached lol
-He couldn’t even make them bow lol
-But did he even need orc minions? He summoned the Goblin Chieftain here anyway lol
-Yeah, with the Demon God solo-clearing everything, do minions really matter? ㅇㅇ
The viewers, hearing Lee Kanghan’s anguished cry, offered their own comments about whether Subjugation was even necessary.
He’d summoned the Goblin Chieftain only to interpret the orc language.
He hadn’t used him in combat at all.
But the orcs were essential to Lee Kanghan for upgrading his Demon God’s Body.
“I’ll avenge the orcs!”
—Why are you blaming me?
—Because in the end, the reason they died is your fault, isn’t it…?
—Who was it that grabbed those kids fleeing in panic?
Lee Kanghan paid no mind to what the viewers were saying.
Whoosh!
He jumped upward into the canopy to avenge the orc.
Then.
“Kee-ee…?!”
A figure in a jade-green robe came into view.
It shrieked like an orc would.
But the skin was pale as snow, and the ears were long and pointed.
Seeing those luminous, delicate features.
One race came immediately to mind.
“…An elf?”
The Demon God Shatters the Tower (Serialized)
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