The Heavenly Demon Destroys the Tower - Chapter 50

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Episode 50
‘I’d heard that Competitive Species players show up in the Tower now and then.’
The higher the tier climbs.
These aliens appear during Tower ascents.
When the half-elf Karana appeared, viewers got excited thinking they could actually converse with elves.
That was because there were documented cases of Diamond-tier players encountering elves during Tower climbs.
‘Apparently, the elves they met there expressed extreme disdain for humans.’
So they made those orc-like chittering sounds.
But Karana, with whom actual conversation was possible—wouldn’t that make her even more captivating?
But what if these Competitive Species
were literally that—species competing against humanity?
‘If that whole species represented 0.1%, that would be a pretty respectable record.’
Just as Lee Ganghan was thinking he’d done well to rush here,
Ping.
[You receive the 100th-floor reward.]
[This is the first reward given to humanity. An additional reward is granted.]
So the 100th floor had its own separate reward?
The message that called it the first ever reward, then offered “1+1″—the meaning was clear.
‘I’d better take this.’
He’d planned to push through the 100th floor immediately using the Demon Heaven Dominating Strike.
But if it was offering a reward, he had to accept it.
So Lee Ganghan waited to receive his reward.
Whirrrrr……
From the center of the 100th floor,
two massive star-shaped jewels rose into the air.
-Huh?
-Isn’t that a Tower Core?
-Wait, there’s two of them?
-Holy crap, if we destroy that, does the Tower actually disappear???
The chat exploded into chaos.
And for good reason.
This star looked identical to the Tower Core that had appeared when Lee Ganghan first climbed the 11th floor.
If he destroyed it, the expectation naturally arose that the Tower would vanish again, just like before.
And then,
[100th-floor reward… it’s quite satisfactory, yes?]
The moment the Tower Core appeared,
the spirit’s voice emanated from the sword.
Had it known the Core would appear, and urged him to reach the 100th floor so quickly for this reason?
“Yeah. Good reward.”
The Infinite Tower, rising in various locations across the world.
If he destroyed two here, and two towers disappeared from each country as a result,
there were still far more towers sprouting up elsewhere.
‘But if I keep dealing with them one by one like this, eventually they’ll all be gone.’
Whoosh.
Lee Ganghan raised his sword with that thought.
Then,
[The Core activates its Self-Protection Protocol.]
Unlike last time,
the Self-Protection Protocol activated without him even touching the Core yet.
Along with this message,
“Shrieeek, shrieeek……!”
Lizardmen began materializing from all directions.
And then,
Squelch. Squelch……
Slimes burst from the floor around him,
crawling toward Lee Ganghan’s position.
-These mobs… I think I’ve seen them before
-The lizardmen look like the ones from Map No. 16, and the slimes seem like ones Demon Heaven encountered in a previous Tower too?
-Is there a connection to one of the Towers Demon Heaven played before?
-Seems like it
—Fortunately, the maze map seems intact. Ha ha.
The spectators were right.
The monsters summoned around him appeared to come from towers Lee Ganghan had already cleared in Iron.
‘Both of them were S-rank creatures from those towers.’
It was a shame he hadn’t managed an SSS+ rating before clearing them.
But now that he’d graduated from Iron, there’d be no reason to enter those two towers again.
‘No time to waste on these. I’ll demolish them in one stroke.’
Swish.
Lee Ganghan drew his sword.
The Demon Heaven Divine Sword.
One Sword Breaks Heaven.
He pierced straight through the stars.
The blade of light flashed, brilliant and sharp.
Crack—!
The cores of both stars, floating suspended in empty air.
Pierced through simultaneously.
And then.
Shatter—!
The two stars burst apart cleanly before the monsters could even close in.
Last time, even using the Demon Heaven Divine Technique, he’d had to hammer them repeatedly with his fists.
‘This time was clean.’
Without using the Demon Heaven Divine Technique, a single slash shattered both stars.
He could feel it now—his power had genuinely increased.
As the stars vanished.
“Uhhhhh…….”
The Lizardmen and Slimes that had been approaching.
Soon turned to light and dispersed.
The monsters of the Self-Protection Protocol couldn’t slow Lee Ganghan down in the slightest, and were erased.
And from the shattered fragments of the stars.
The largest piece flew toward him.
‘Will it be absorbed like last time?’
Lee Ganghan caught the two fragments in his hand.
[You have absorbed Core Fragment No.16.]
[You have absorbed Core Fragment No.33.]
The Core Fragments numbered 16 and 33 were absorbed in sequence.
These fragments.
It was fine that they were being absorbed, but what were they actually for?
As that question crossed Lee Ganghan’s mind.
[You have absorbed 3 Core Fragments.]
[Collect 5 Core Fragments to exchange for a Celestial Coin.]
[The Celestial Coin is used to spin the Evolution Roulette.]
As if answering his doubt.
A message appeared at precisely the right moment.
‘A coin?’
Destroying towers wasn’t exactly an easy task.
So after collecting five fragments, you exchange them for a coin and spin a roulette wheel?
Lee Ganghan felt a bit deflated.
‘But the fact that they’re calling it an Evolution Roulette…… there must be some value to it.’
There had to be a reason they’d attached the word ‘evolution’ to it so grandly.
He decided he’d exchange the fragments for a Celestial Coin when the time came.
Meanwhile.
Ding.
[Announcement: Player Lee Ganghan has destroyed a Tower Core.]
[Announcement: Player Lee Ganghan has destroyed a Tower Core.]
[Announcement: Player Lee Ganghan has achieved an A-rank Achievement for the first time in human history.]
[Achievement: Destroy 2 Tower Cores simultaneously.]
Just like last time.
An announcement appeared for all humanity to see.
The message about destroying the cores appeared twice in succession.
And then a notification appeared about clearing the Achievement.
-WTF?
-What’s he done now?
-This is incredible. He’s been a Player for less than a month 🙂
-Will he destroy three at once next time?
-Why’d the tone suddenly get all formal? ㅋㅋㅋ
-Looks like foreigners are flooding in, shocked
-Ah, it’s chaos like when he hit a million followers last time;
Lee Ganghan’s chat window
was soon overflowing with so many messages they became impossible to read.
And then.
[For clearing an Difficulty A Achievement, humanity’s Score acquisition increases by 20% for six months.]
[The Score acquisition increase effect has already been applied.]
[The duration has been extended by six additional months.]
[All Towers belonging to No. 16 have been destroyed.]
[All Towers belonging to No. 33 have been destroyed.]
And then,
as the ‘rewards’ granted to all humanity appeared,
-OMG 😀
-Two Towers destroyed…
-Strong Lee demolished three Towers this month alone
-Who’s Strong Lee?
-Foreign kids keep calling him Strong instead of Demon Heaven ㅋㅋ
-Oh, because his real name is Lee Ganghan? ㅋㅋㅋ
-That 20% acquisition effect has been running for almost a year now, damn…
The ratio of foreign messages in the chat began skyrocketing.
Such was the destructive force of this ‘announcement.’
And at the same time,
[……donated 1,000TP.]
[Towers are being demolished in real time!]
[……donated 2,422TP.]
[Finally this eyesore is gone. Thank you! Thank you!]
As towers crumbled,
donation messages expressing gratitude began flooding in, as if competing with one another.
* * *
“Thank you for the donations. I’d love to give each of you a personal reply…….”
To respond to each one individually
would be overwhelming, given the sheer volume pouring in.
Lee Ganghan smiled wryly at this.
“Instead, the best way I can repay your support is to push deeper into the higher floors.”
-Higher floors?
-Are there levels above 100? ㄷㄷ
-Can only know if you try ㅋㅋ
“Yes. A system message appeared.”
The moment he cleared Floor 100,
ting.
[Do you wish to challenge Floor 101?]
The message that materialized before his eyes
made it abundantly clear there were floors above 100.
[If higher floors…… the rewards at Floor 200 would be nice too…… it’s just so hard to reach.]
“Then I should aim for Floor 200.”
With that,
Lee Ganghan walked toward the portal leading to the next floor at the end of Floor 100.
-Oh, Floor 200…
-If he reaches 200, can he destroy another Tower?
-At this rate Demon Heaven’s gonna blow up all the Towers???
-Then I’m seriously worshipping Demon Heaven ㅋㅋㅋ
-I’m dropping to my knees right now, hail Demon Heaven, may Demon Heaven prosper ㅋㅋ
At Lee Ganghan’s declaration that he would aim for Floor 200,
everyone grew excited, wondering if another Tower would fall.
Ting.
[From the 101st floor onwards, you will randomly encounter Competitive Species.]
As Lee Ganghan stepped through the portal,
a message appeared warning him that he might meet a competitor.
‘Meet a Competitive Species?’
Then climbing smoothly like before won’t be so easy.
Still.
I’d already held back the Demon Heaven Divine Technique up to the 100th floor.
I need to keep moving forward.
With that resolve, Lee Ganghan climbed toward the 101st floor.
-So this is the 101st floor…
-But it doesn’t look like much has changed?
-Goblins again?
-They look stronger than the first floor, but still one hit, right?
And so,
like the monster patterns he’d encountered since the first floor,
Lee Ganghan first came across a goblin horde.
Of course, they wore better equipment than those on the first floor and were larger in stature,
‘but a goblin is still a goblin.’
Whoosh!
When Lee Ganghan deliberately unleashed the Demon Heaven Dominating Strike,
“Kee…….”
“Kiiiiek……!”
Most of them burst apart with ease.
As Lee Ganghan continued to clear the tower in a pattern similar to floors 1 through 100,
-What… it’s the same here too?
-The enemies got a bit stronger, but they still get knocked back by the Demon Heaven charge lol
-The map is longer though, so no ten-second clears anymore
-Can’t reach 300 floors probably, but 200 seems totally doable?
-Please, please destroy the tower in front of our house…
At this pace, reaching the 200th floor seemed more than feasible,
and many people found themselves hoping the towers near their homes would be obliterated.
As Lee Ganghan progressed smoothly and arrived at the 160th floor,
[You encounter a Competitor.]
[You encounter an Achievement Attainer of the Competitive Species.]
The warning message that had appeared when he entered the 101st floor
had finally mentioned this ‘Competitive Species,’
‘An Achievement Attainer… this won’t be an easy opponent.’
Achievement here meant
accomplishments grand enough to warrant a notice broadcast across an entire race.
Unlike before, Lee Ganghan steeled himself mentally
Step. Step…….
and advanced slowly forward.
-The map’s different here
-Isn’t this the marble terrain that shows up when you encounter Competitive Species lol
-Oh yeah, you’re right?
-Yeah that’s right I’ve watched the male elf video 256 times so I know well
-Don’t watch stuff like that ㅡㅡ
True to what the viewers said,
unlike the floors he’d climbed before,
a grand terrain environment spread out with milky-white marble tiles.
As Lee Ganghan moved forward,
he saw there, with a long spear planted in the ground,
a blonde elf resting while seated.
-Wow absolutely gorgeous ㄷㄷㄷ
-Insane…
-But see those long ears, that’s definitely an elf?
-Probably? The ears are about the same size as Karana’s
-She’s got it better than Karana who’s all bundled up…
-But she’s female, right? Not male?
-It’s an elf so who knows lol
Those elongated ears distinctive to elves.
A being possessing a mysterious, otherworldly beauty that transcended humanity.
By appearance alone, she seemed female.
But her race was so renowned for their ethereal beauty that one could never be certain.
“……An elf?”
Lee Ganghan spoke as he walked forward.
“How dare a lesser species set foot here…….”
Whoosh.
The elf who had been sitting and resting
drew a spear and fixed Lee Ganghan with a wary glare.
-Oh!!! Her voice is female!!!
-No no it could be a man with a feminine voice
-Why do they keep trying to make her male ㅡㅡ Those guys definitely have bolder features
-But this elf is actually talking to him? Different from the other ones
-Never thought being insulted as a lesser species would feel this good…
Meanwhile, even as the elf thrust the spear point at Lee Ganghan,
the viewers delighted that her voice was female.
‘These people are something else. Why do they lose their minds over elves like this?’
Lee Ganghan chuckled at the chat reactions.
“You’re laughing?”
The spear-wielding elf furrowed her brow.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, she lunged at Lee Ganghan with her spear.
‘Hmm. Her movements are quick, but…….’
The spear came at him with considerable speed.
The elf wielding it didn’t seem especially weak.
‘This much is simple.’
Whoosh.
Lee Ganghan lightly evaded the spear
and drove his blade of light straight through the elf.
Thrust.
“Ugh……!”
The elf, her abdomen pierced, coughed up a gush of blood.
-He killed an elf!
-How could he do that?!?!
-Demon Heaven, this isn’t right!!!
-You idiots, she stabbed first;;;;
-It’s literally self-defense lol
Regardless of the chaos in the chat,
‘An enemy must be thoroughly eliminated.’
Lee Ganghan drove his blade deeper,
finishing off the competitor.
Then—
“No…….”
The elf, impaled, widened her eyes
and collapsed to the ground.
What? She’s already dead?
“This way…… Valkyrie’s shame…….”
Even as she lay fallen,
the elf struggled to speak.
‘Valkyrie?’
Lee Ganghan found her words puzzling.
Ding.
[You have eliminated Achievement Holder ‘Hilde’.]
[You obtain 1 Core Fragment possessed by the Achievement Holder.]
Lee Ganghan received one more Core Fragment for the Tower Core.
Demon Heaven Razes the Tower (Serialized)
Author │ Yeom Bi
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