The Heavenly Demon Destroys the Tower - Chapter 2

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Episode 2
Infinite Tower Tutorial Mission.
This is the first mission a newly qualified Player faces.
It was infamous for forcing them to experience ‘death’ from the very start, with absolute certainty.
Before a Player who has only recently awakened and is unfamiliar with everything,
a boss monster appears and systematically crushes them without mercy.
[You can revive anytime, even if you die in the Infinite Tower.]
[Challenger, do not fear death — take up the challenge!]
You die and return to life, so don’t worry and grow accustomed to death.
This was the intention behind the mission’s design.
—Ah, I can’t take this anymore. Am I just going to keep dying every day?
—I want to quit being a Player… it hurts so much ㅠㅠ
—There’s a reason adults told us to study, you know.
Many quit the Player path due to the agony of death and psychological trauma they experienced during the tutorial.
This is why the nation measured the “Survival Rate” during the tutorial—how many Players would persevere without giving up.
For a high Survival Rate, the identity of the first boss monster a Player encountered was crucial.
Some bosses killed Players with a single strike.
Others tormented them cruelly, toying with them like playthings.
When the former type appeared, Players would push through the tutorial.
But when the latter type appeared, many would abandon the game.
And this month’s tutorial mission boss monster was the Neutered Goblin Chieftain.
—I heard this month’s tutorial boss is that castrated goblin.
—Oh, the one with three horns on his groin? Totally disgusting ugh
—Yeah he literally strips flesh bit by bit and tortures you
—And then he licks the wounds with his long tongue, it’s so gross.
—The chieftain made me give up too…
Once he subdued a Player, he would tear flesh away piece by piece.
He would lick the blood of his dying opponent with a long tongue as they hemorrhaged.
The worst boss for Player Survival Rate—the Goblin Chieftain.
Summoned into the tutorial mission, Lee Gang-han
“Kee-kee-kee……”
faced the boss monster who stared at him with a repulsive grin.
[You face the tutorial boss, the ‘Neutered Goblin Chieftain.’]
Slurp. Slurp.
The Goblin Chieftain licked his curved blade while baring his teeth.
Ordinary goblins were roughly the size of a child.
But this boss monster, the Goblin Chieftain, stood over two meters tall with massive bulk to match.
With such a boss wielding a blade and radiating murderous intent,
how could ordinary people who had lived as civilians before entering the tutorial possibly prevail?
And yet.
“Hmm.”
Lee Gang-han showed no fear at the chieftain’s oppressive presence.
“My body feels light.”
Whoosh. Whoosh.
He bounced lightly on the spot, completely at ease.
“Kee-kee-kee… so you’re putting on airs of confidence?”
“Your Korean is quite good. Automatic translation?”
“I look forward to seeing if you’ll remain so arrogant once I peel away your flesh bit by bit!”
Boom! Boom!
The Goblin Chieftain bounded forward with each heavy step.
His footfalls thundered loudly, befitting his massive frame.
A speed too quick for a beginner to react to.
One.
Crack!
“Guh…?”
Lee Gang-han threw out a casual punch.
The Goblin Chieftain’s face caved in on itself.
A counterattack he never saw coming.
As the chieftain’s momentum faltered,
“Is this how it works?”
Thwack! Thwack!
Lee Gang-han’s fists.
He kept pounding the face that crumpled faster and faster with each blow.
“Ugh……!”
The Goblin Chieftain thrashed his arms, desperately trying to mount a counterattack.
Whoosh.
Lee Gang-han dodged it effortlessly and kept hammering the same spot.
By now, no one could tell who the boss monster was.
Crack!
A tooth shattered with the sound.
Drip, drip…….
Blood streamed from the Goblin Chieftain’s mouth.
[You have obtained the skill ‘Demon God Fist’.]
A message appeared along with it.
‘I just threw a few punches at his face and he gives me a skill?’
Did they slap “Demon God” onto everything?
Lee Gang-han chuckled and raised his fist again.
Then.
Tear!
The Goblin Chieftain’s head was ripped clean off and flew through the air.
Splash splash splash!!!
Blood erupted from the neck like a fountain.
“Oh.”
Lee Gang-han lowered his fist.
Was that the Demon God Fist activating?
Pretty strong.
‘But why am I so good at fighting?’
Ever since he’d grown to 190 centimeters from Tower Syndrome in middle school.
Lee Gang-han had never been challenged in all these years.
He’d never started a fight either, so he hadn’t thrown a single punch in a decade.
Yet when he faced off against the Chieftain today.
He’d dodged attacks and counterattacked with fluid precision.
It didn’t feel like something he himself had done.
‘I’ve never even seen a head fly off before, and I feel nothing.’
In his entire life, the only living things he’d killed were cockroaches and mosquitoes.
He should have recoiled when he sent the Goblin Chieftain’s head flying.
Instead, he remained calm in a way that even surprised himself.
‘The fighting and all this……is it because of the Demon God Divine Art? Strange.’
True, Players usually grew numb to the instinctive revulsion of killing once they awakened.
But someone as composed as Lee Gang-han was rare.
Tilting his head, he observed.
“For someone so bulky, that was easier than expected.”
He stared at the Chieftain, now headless.
By all rights, this boss monster should have overwhelmed the Player and left him dead.
‘The Demon God Body—it’s a better trait than I thought.’
What had interested Lee Gang-han throughout his life wasn’t the Tower missions themselves, but their connection to Tower Syndrome.
Still, he’d known from the tutorial that all Players typically died once at the start.
But now that he’d effortlessly crushed what looked like a formidable boss.
He felt viscerally that this trait he’d acquired was quite useful.
Then.
Whisper whisper…….
One of the three horns on the Chieftain’s lower body vanished.
Squelch. Squelch……!
The head began regenerating from the neck stump.
And soon.
“You vermin……! How dare you!”
The revived Goblin Chieftain roared with renewed force.
“And what exactly am I supposed to do about it?”
Boom!
Lee Gang-han’s strike sent the head flying once more.
Hiss…….
And then the horn vanished again.
‘So it dies once all the horns are gone.’
Those three horns—
they seemed bound to the Goblin Chieftain’s very life force.
“Wait…… Who are you? Are you really a newcomer?”
The revived chieftain spoke, confusion flickering across his face.
“Yeah. I am.”
Bang!
Lee Gang-han answered lightly and hurled the regenerated head away once more.
Hiss…….
And this time, the last remaining horn vanished.
Glub. Glub…….
The Goblin Chieftain’s head regenerated again.
‘This should be the last one.’
Lee Gang-han was preparing to launch the head again when—
“Hold on! Wait, wait!”
The Goblin Chieftain, whose lower horns had completely disappeared,
“K-kik! You…… Player! Please, just a moment!”
had done an about-face from his earlier arrogance.
He began to grovel before Lee Gang-han.
“If…… if you just pass by, the mission’s complete. You don’t have to kill me…….”
“So? But killing you would be better, wouldn’t it?”
“That’s…… true. Items! I’ll give you all my items!”
“But I can take them all if I kill you, can’t I?”
Was this really what a Tutorial newcomer should be saying?
The Goblin Chieftain stood speechless.
It was then that Lee Gang-han recalled the skill he’d received earlier.
‘Didn’t it say to receive bows?’
—Receive the reverence of all. The stronger your reverential treatment, the stronger you become.
The Demon God Eternal World, Ten Thousand Demons Prostrate—an unusual condition.
Lee Gang-han decided to test it here and now.
“Fine. I’ll give you a chance.”
“A chance?”
“Yeah.”
Whoosh.
He pointed at the ground with his finger.
“Bow to me.”
* * *
“A bow…… ?”
“You do know what a bow is, don’t you?”
“I…… I’m not sure…….”
The Goblin Chieftain’s eyes rolled as he spoke.
Lee Gang-han raised his fist again.
Then—
“I know! I know, yes!”
Thud!
To avoid death, the Goblin Chieftain quickly pressed his head to the ground.
And then—
[The boss monster pays you reverence.]
[Your Demon God Body trait is enhanced.]
[The duration of your Demon God Divine Art extends.]
Flare……!
A deep crimson light flickered across Lee Gang-han’s body.
He felt noticeably lighter.
‘Oh…… So that’s what it does?’
He couldn’t quite feel how much stronger he’d become,
but his body was definitely sharper, more refined.
Lee Gang-han clenched and opened his fist.
[When a reverential supplicant chants “Demon God Eternal World, Ten Thousand Demons Prostrate,” you may receive an even greater effect.]
The system provided a tip.
Quite considerate of it.
“Listen, while you’re bowing, try saying ‘Demon God Eternal World, Ten Thousand Demons Prostrate.'”
“Demon God Eternal World? What is that?”
“I’m not entirely sure either.”
“…… Pardon?”
“But if I’m telling you to do it, you’d better do it, wouldn’t you?”
Lee Gang-han said this while raising his fist.
The goblin chieftain had no choice but to obey.
“Demon God Eternal World, Ten Thousand Demons…….”
“Prostrate.”
“Ah, yes…… Demon God Eternal World, Ten Thousand Demons Prostrate!”
Thud!
The goblin chieftain bowed and struck his head against the ground again.
Flare——!
An even more brilliant light poured forth from Lee Gang-han’s body than before.
And then.
[You have completely subjugated the boss monster.]
[Duration of Demon God Divine Art maintenance increases significantly.]
[You may now register the opponent in the Ten Thousand Demon Registry.]
[Register ‘Neutered Goblin Chieftain’ in the Ten Thousand Demon Registry? (0/10,000)]
‘Ten Thousand Demon Registry? What is this now.’
Seeing that it displayed 0/10,000,
it seemed he could register ten thousand creatures.
Lee Gang-han tilted his head.
‘Since there’s plenty of space, let me test this.’
He tapped yes.
Then.
Whoosh——!
“Ahhhhh……!”
The goblin chieftain’s forehead erupted in flames,
and a Chinese character meaning “demon” was soon inscribed there.
[You have registered ‘Neutered Goblin Chieftain’ in the Ten Thousand Demon Registry.]
[Ten Thousand Demon Registry functions become available from level 5 onward.]
So after registering it,
the function was only usable from level 5 and up.
“What…… ? Registered to the Ten Thousand Demon Registry? What on earth does that even mean!”
The goblin chieftain seemed to have received some message as well, expressing confusion,
when a flash——!
lit up from the character inscribed on his forehead.
“Arrghhhhhh……!”
His body was sucked into the character.
‘So this is connected to the Ten Thousand Demon Registry function?’
That bastard.
He made him bow and then disappeared—what a waste.
Lee Gang-han smacked his lips.
‘But he said completing the mission would count even if I moved on.’
Beyond where the goblin chieftain had been,
he walked toward the portal glimmering with brilliant white light.
Flash——!
The moment he stepped beyond the portal into that world,
[Welcome to the Infinite Tower.]
[You have subdued the Tutorial boss.]
[You may skip the tutorial. Will you ascend the tower immediately?]
A system message appeared before Lee Gang-han’s eyes.
It had already been ten years since the tower appeared.
Perhaps because so much information about the Infinite Tower had been released,
most beginners tended to skip the tutorial.
But.
‘I should listen to this.’
Lee Gang-han had a personal need to go through the Tutorial.
When he pressed ‘No’.
[Proceeding with Tutorial.]
[1 – Open your Status Window.]
The system began teaching from the very basics.
* * *
‘This really is beginner-level stuff.’
The Tutorial progressed through system messages.
What it taught was basic of the basics—opening the Status Window, opening the Inventory, that sort of thing.
Now, ten years after the Tower appeared.
System operation methods that even children knew.
Yet Lee Gang-han endured through it all and listened to the entire thing.
[Tutorial complete.]
[Do you have any questions related to this?]
There was a reason for it.
‘Questions… Finally, here it comes.’
Once you conscientiously finished the Tutorial, you were given a chance to ask.
Of course, the system only answered questions related to the Tutorial itself.
“I’m currently suffering from narcolepsy—what people call Tower Syndrome. Is this disease connected to the Tower at all?”
Lee Gang-han, if given the chance.
Wanted to ask the system about this directly.
Of course, most of the time.
-That question is unrelated to the Tutorial.
He already knew that was the kind of answer he’d get.
But he was grasping at straws, hoping against hope.
However.
[There is a connection.]
Unexpectedly.
The system readily admitted there was a connection.
“Really? How is it connected?”
He asked without much expectation, but hearing such an answer.
Lee Gang-han’s eyes lit up and he immediately asked a follow-up question.
[Tutorial has ended.]
[Ascending Level 1 of the Infinite Tower, the Beginner’s Tower.]
The system did not answer him.
Instead, it proceeded with the Tower ascent.
‘…Damn. It’s just pushing forward right away.’
Well, getting the system to admit there was a connection was at least some gain.
But it’s unfortunate I can’t ask more questions.
‘For now… I’ll have to figure it out as I go up.’
With that thought, Lee Gang-han stepped into the Beginner’s Tower.
[Out of 10,000 beginners, 1,812 have quit.]
[You are competing against 8,188 others.]
[Climb the Tower faster than your competitors.]
[Player Lee Gang-han’s Ranking: 1,524th.]
Then.
Crackle…!
Sparks burst through the empty air.
Pure white text floated and drifted upward.
What appeared there was the number 1,524th.
‘So I’m supposed to keep my current ranking constantly in mind?’
1,524th place.
He’d beaten the Tutorial boss quickly.
Maybe his ranking ended up like this because he didn’t skip the Tutorial.
Lee Gang-han looked around the area.
Floor 1 of the ‘Beginner’s Tower’.
The starting point was the Armory.
All manner of weapons, armor, and shields were displayed in rows.
As Lee Gang-han considered which to choose.
[You are a Player who suppressed the Tutorial Boss.]
[The Armory disappears.]
Fzzzzz…….
The weapons displayed in the Armory suddenly.
Faded to transparency, then vanished entirely.
“I subdued the boss and get no weapons?”
The Armory’s weapons were truly meant for novices.
Those strong enough to hunt down the Tutorial boss were meant to proceed on their own recognizance.
Lee Gang-han let out a hollow laugh and looked ahead.
And there.
“Kee-kee…….”
“Kee-kee-kee!”
Monsters with green skin.
Goblins baring their teeth at Lee Gang-han, crude weapons in hand.
More than half the size of the Neutered Goblin Chieftain he’d subdued earlier—small as children.
Compared to the Neutered Goblin Chieftain, the boss monster, these were clearly weaker opponents.
He felt confident he could dispatch them with ease.
But then.
[Duration of Demon God Fist has expired.]
[Enhancement effect has dissipated.]
Along with that message.
Psshhhhh…….
Black smoke rose from Lee Gang-han’s body, and the strength draining from every limb was palpable.
‘So there was a time limit.’
The source of that overwhelming strength he’d used to subdue the goblin chieftain was right here.
Lee Gang-han stood motionless, reading the message.
Rustle rustle……!
Two goblins spread to either side.
Cautiously closing the distance.
But when Lee Gang-han remained still.
“Kee-eeek!”
They shrieked and rushed at him simultaneously.
A spear and sword jabbing at him with nimble precision.
The weapons, crude as they were.
Posed a genuine threat to Lee Gang-han in nothing but a t-shirt and bare hands.
And yet.
“Hmm?”
Crunch!
Lee Gang-han caught the sword and spear with his bare hands.
And tilted his head in puzzlement.
“Even with the Demon God Fist ended…….”
Then he clenched his fist.
Snap!
Both blade and spear shattered instantly.
“Kee-ik……?”
The goblins’ eyes went wide at the sight.
Lee Gang-han extended his fist casually.
Boom! Boom!
The goblins’ heads erupted simultaneously.
“I’m not that weakened, am I?”
No.
Are these things just weak?
Tap. Tap.
He brushed the blood from his knuckles.
‘My ranking is still 1,524th……. Killing monsters doesn’t update it.’
Does it change only when I move up?
Lee Gang-han glanced once more at his ranking floating in empty space.
Then pressed forward.
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