The Heavenly Demon Destroys the Tower - Chapter 51

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Episode 51
‘I haven’t done anything, yet here comes a Tower Core Fragment.’
All Lee Kang-han had done was.
dodge the spear thrust from the elf Hilde, then strike back.
The moment her blade pierced her, she fell.
A Tower Core Fragment from the Achievement Record Holder tumbled toward him.
‘If I get just one more, I can exchange it for a Celestial Coin?’
He needed five Tower Core Fragments to trade for a Celestial Coin.
He’d collected four so far.
One more would get him the coin.
Lee Kang-han pressed further.
“I don’t suppose another Tower collapsed, did it?”
Since he’d obtained a Tower Core from the elf.
He wondered if perhaps Earth’s other Towers had been destroyed.
But.
-Tower didn’t collapse
-But how could you kill an elf? ㅠㅠㅠ
-Truly heartless ㅠㅠ
-You see that face and still had it in you to thrust a blade?
-God, these deranged elven fanatics, what do we do;
-She came at you first, come on ㅡㅡ
-If she’d killed you, you wouldn’t make it to the 200th Floor, right?
-One elf was enough… the enemy is the enemy…
The chat window had already descended into chaos.
over the fact that he’d struck down the elf.
-But why did the elf mention Valkyries?
-Aren’t Valkyries from Norse mythology
-Right lol
-Elves are based on Norse mythology too, aren’t they?
-But didn’t they show up as more like tiny sprites there?
In the meantime.
the word the elf had spoken before dying.
‘Valkyrie’—viewers had begun conducting deep analysis of it.
Why would the elf mention Valkyries.
They debated, saying that elves had etymological roots connected to Norse mythology.
Back-and-forth arguments were in full swing.
‘I’ll leave the analysis to the viewers.’
He didn’t know mythology all that well anyway.
This kind of thing was best left to collective intelligence.
As Lee Kang-han thought this,
he stepped over the elf’s corpse, now vanished, and headed toward the portal leading to the 161st Floor.
-No elf this time…
-Orcs again
-Orcs keep showing up lol
-Can’t they just disappear already…?
As he pressed through the 161st Floor.
viewers couldn’t hide their disappointment when the same monster reappeared.
After seeing the elf, the orc did feel ordinary by comparison.
And so, crossing through that familiar battlefield.
-So no more elves…?
-We’re already in the 190s ㄷㄷ
-Looks like no more exotic races will appear?
-If so, it’s basically just difficulty ramped up from floors 1-100
until he’d conquered the 190s.
No Competing Races appeared again.
‘This’ll be smooth sailing to the 200th Floor.’
When he’d learned that Competing Races might appear, he’d assumed the climb would be treacherous.
But the only one that showed was an elf, and she was easy to handle.
Climbing smoothly onward like this, he arrived at the 199th Floor.
-Wait? Suddenly a marble map?
-Another alien race showing up?
-Think we can count on an elf?
This floor was just like the 160th, earlier.
Marble tiles covered the entire ground.
[You are encountering a Competitor.]
[You are encountering the existing Record Holder of Iron Tower No. 2, the Infinite Tower.]
A message flickered into view as he took it in.
Before, the system said Achievement Record Holder.
This time it’s Record Holder.
‘Hmm…… I don’t know who this is, but they should be stronger than that elf, at least?’
With that thought, Lee Kang-han walked toward the center of the 199th floor.
There stood—
“…….”
A bronzed man with a lion skin pulled deep over his head.
Arms crossed, he watched Lee Kang-han in perfect stillness.
He was a full head taller than Lee Kang-han, who stood at six-foot-three.
His eyes and nose were hidden behind the lion’s face.
Below the nose, his jawline and cheeks bore rough, unkempt whiskers.
-Even the Demon Lord isn’t small, but why’s this guy so huge?
-Looks like he’s pushing 6’10” or 6’11”?
-Why is he wearing the lion skin inside-out? lol
-What race is that? Is he definitely an alien?
As the viewers wondered what race the lion-skinned man belonged to, he spoke.
“I never thought my first-place record would be threatened by a mere human.”
The man with the lion’s head opened his mouth slowly.
Calling humans “mere” suggested he was indeed an alien race.
‘I can’t figure out what race he is at all.’
Because of the lion skin worn over his head,
aside from his exceptional size, the opponent showed no traits that set him apart from humanity.
Lee Kang-han asked directly.
“What race are you?”
“Hmm……? You don’t know who I am?”
“……I just saw you for the first time today. How would I know?”
“Your knowledge is limited.”
Not recognizing him.
Did he really have to hear that his learning was narrow?
Lee Kang-han found it absurd.
“Fine, never mind.”
But then—
Thump!
The lion-headed man kicked at the ground.
Rumble……!
A circular marble table rose up from the floor.
“If you match strength against me, I’ll tell you my name and race—regardless of who wins or loses.”
“You want to test strength?”
“That’s right.”
The man planted his elbow on the table.
Crack……!
The marble shattered as his elbow drove deep into the table’s surface.
-What, an arm-wrestling match?
-Why not just stab him with the sword and move on?
-Not interested in that guy’s race anyway
-lol true
-Looks like a pure strength build, no need to humor him with arm-wrestling lol
The viewers, colder-blooded than they’d been against the elf.
They were right—the 200th floor was just ahead, and shattering the Tower was the priority.
There was no real need to arm-wrestle this brute.
So Lee Kang-han had initially thought to simply thrust his sword through and move on.
“And if you win through strength…… I’ll give you another Tower Core Fragment.”
The opponent was now betting a Tower Core Fragment.
The conversation had taken a turn.
“You’re giving me the Core?”
“That’s right.”
He clenched his right hand, which he’d planted on the table, then opened it.
Shimmer…
A Tower Core Fragment materialized in his palm.
‘If I get that, I’ll definitely have all five pieces.’
This was an arm-wrestling match now.
There was no way to refuse.
“All right.”
Lee Kang-han stood across from the lion-headed man.
He extended his hand.
Then.
Whoosh!
The man dropped the Core Fragment to the ground instead.
“The winner takes that.”
Crrrunch…!
He gripped Lee Kang-han’s hand with crushing force.
‘So that’s why he wanted a test of strength. This is serious.’
Nothing like the time he’d arm-wrestled Shin Dong-seok before.
A completely different level of raw power.
As Lee Kang-han began drawing on his own strength to counter,
“My name is Heracles.”
The lion-headed man
stated calmly, introducing himself,
“And my race is the Giants.”
revealing his lineage.
-??? Heracles???
-Like from Greek mythology?
-But he’s not a different species; he’s a human hero
-More importantly, how is he a Giant?
-Didn’t Heracles fight Giants?
-Right?
The viewers who’d shown no interest in the man before
erupted in reaction the moment that single name was spoken.
“Heracles… is a Giant?”
“You don’t believe me?”
To Lee Kang-han’s question,
the corners of the mouth visible below the lion’s head curved upward in a smile.
“Then I’ll show you.”
The moment those words left his lips,
Thump. Thump…!
Heracles’ entire body began to swell.
His form expanded in an instant.
-Wow…
-That’s a Giant…?
Crash-bang!
Until his head split through the ceiling,
Heracles’ body continued its gigantification.
* * *
“Do you believe I’m a Giant now?”
From high above,
Heracles’ voice echoed down from the ceiling.
-Wow, he really is a Giant ㄷㄷㄷ
-Can’t even see his head from here
-That Lion Skin they flipped over is basically underwear now ㄷㄷ
-And that’s what you notice first? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-The Lion Skin grew with him too ㅋㅋㅋ
Among all the sights presented by the gigantified Heracles, what captured the viewers’ attention most was
the enormous Lion Skin draping across his lower half.
Well, it made sense.
It was the first thing Lee Kang-han’s eyes caught whenever he looked up.
Meanwhile.
“I appreciate you proving you’re a giant and all, but…….”
Lee Kang-han let out a hollow laugh as he watched his opponent tower above him.
“What about arm wrestling?”
The right hand they’d just locked together moments before
had now grown to match Lee Kang-han’s own size.
At this scale, arm wrestling was no longer possible.
“Arm wrestling…… I see. We can’t do that in this form.”
The giant, glancing down at his own arm at those words,
“Fine. Then instead…… take this.”
Slowly……!
He raised one foot.
And then.
Whoosh!
His foot came crashing down toward Lee Kang-han.
[What kind of strength test is this……? Why don’t we just use a sword and stab him…….?]
The test of strength had abruptly shifted from arm wrestling to weight resistance.
The Celestial Blade’s spirit suggested they simply draw their sword,
but Lee Kang-han’s eyes flickered toward the Tower Core lying on the ground.
‘But I need to secure that.’
If he could obtain just one Core, he’d earn a Celestial Coin.
It was worth the attempt.
Thunk!
Lee Kang-han drove his sword into the earth
and caught Heracles’s foot against his palms with both hands braced.
“Hnngh…….”
Tremendous pressure poured down from that foot.
Even Lee Kang-han, who transcended human limits, found it difficult to withstand.
‘The weight of a giant pressed into it makes the difference, I suppose.’
For now he could hold firm,
but if his opponent started to press in earnest, he’d be crushed like an ant beneath a heel.
“Cheonma Divine Arts.”
Having climbed all the way to the 199th Floor,
Lee Kang-han unleashed the Cheonma Divine Arts he’d been saving.
Then,
red light wrapped around Lee Kang-han’s body,
and a terrible grinding sound rang out……!
His arms, which had been pressed down and pinned, slowly began to rise.
“Ho…….”
Overcoming the giant’s weight
and even pushing back against it—perhaps Lee Kang-han’s strength had exceeded expectations.
An exclamation drifted down from above, from Heracles.
Slowly…….
“You’re strong enough to break my record.”
He willingly withdrew his foot.
-What, it’s over already?
-All the Heavenly Demon did was push back his foot a little…
-Pushing back is pretty impressive though lol
-Isn’t this basically an ant pushing back our foot
-He’s bigger than an ant though lol a praying mantis, let’s say
The moment the foot pressing down on Lee Kang-han vanished,
the viewers voiced their doubts about whether this was truly the end,
“I was weaker than this when I held the Iron Rank. You’re stronger. So you’ve won.”
With those words as his final statement,
a flash of brilliant light——
Heracles’s form was suffused with radiance,
and his figure vanished in an instant.
“……He really left?”
The moment I pushed off, you said I’d won.
Heracles accepted his defeat coolly.
Near the spot where he’d vanished,
the Tower Core Fragment I’d thrown earlier lay rolling across the ground.
‘I need to collect that first.’
Whoosh.
The instant Lee Kang-han touched the Tower Core Fragment,
[You have achieved victory against Record Holder ‘Heracles’.]
[You acquire 1 Tower Core Fragment from the Record Holder.]
A message appeared, slightly different from when I’d eliminated the elf Hilde.
The Tower Core Fragment was absorbed into him.
And then,
[You have absorbed 5 Tower Core Fragments.]
[Will you exchange the Tower Core Fragments for a ‘Celestial Coin’?]
[‘Celestial Coin’ is used to spin the ‘Evolution Roulette’.]
A message asking if he wanted to convert the fragments into coins appeared.
‘They were useless anyway… I should exchange them right now.’
Lee Kang-han proceeded with the exchange.
[You have acquired 1 ‘Celestial Coin’.]
[When using a coin in your inventory, you can spin the Evolution Roulette.]
One Celestial Coin was added to his inventory.
‘I could spin it right now if I wanted to.’
But for now, I’m still climbing the Infinite Tower.
I’ll spin it once I finish the climb.
Lee Kang-han decided to store the coin away for the time being
and moved toward the portal to the next floor.
When he arrived at the 200th Floor,
[You have arrived at the 200th Floor.]
[This is the final floor of Iron Tower No. 2, the Infinite Tower.]
Perhaps it was because of Iron’s influence.
Contrary to what the name “Infinite” suggested, the 200th Floor was indeed the top of the tower.
“This is it?”
I’d only been using the Cheonma Divine Arts for a short while,
and I still had time to spare.
As Lee Kang-han clicked his tongue in disappointment,
Ding.
[Notice: The Record Holder of Iron Tower No. 2, the Infinite Tower, has changed from ‘Heracles’ to ‘Lee Kang-han’.]
A global notice.
A message appeared announcing that the Record Holder had shifted from Heracles to Lee Kang-han.
‘So Heracles had made it to the 200th Floor as well.’
Come to think of it, remembering the gigantified Heracles,
he probably just bulldozed through the maze and everything else with his massive body.
As Lee Kang-han reflected on the strength of the gigantified Heracles,
Ding.
[Notice: Player ‘Lee Kang-han’ has achieved an S-Rank Achievement for the first time in human history.]
[Achievement: Break the Record of the Infinite Tower.]
In another global notice that appeared,
a message stating that Lee Kang-han had broken an S-Rank Achievement was displayed.
The Cheonma Demolishes the Tower (Ongoing Serialization)
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