The Heavenly Demon Destroys the Tower - Chapter 65

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Episode 65
“Ah… she passed away?”
“Yes, well. My mother passed three years ago. When she was alive, she had the youthful appearance you mentioned—people used to think she and I were sisters.”
“I’m sorry. That was a thoughtless question.”
Shin Yu-ri’s mother should have been in her prime years.
He’d never have guessed she was gone.
As Lee Kang-han apologized, Shin Yu-ri waved a hand dismissively.
“Oh, not at all. It’s been three years now. But why did you suddenly ask…?”
“I spoke briefly with your father earlier, and he mentioned something interesting—among parents of Tower Syndrome patients, a surprising number have remarkably youthful appearances. So I wondered if the same applied to you.”
“Oh, is that so? One of the parents having a youthful appearance… how fascinating.”
Lee Kang-han answered carefully, omitting any mention of demons.
Shin Yu-ri reacted with genuine interest.
“Your mother really didn’t age, did she? She looked exactly the same when I first met you.”
“Mm… When her health started declining rapidly, the aging accelerated too. I remember her being devastated when she saw herself in the mirror.”
“Well, isn’t that what happens to everyone when they get sick?”
Shin Dong-seok spoke as if it were a perfectly natural thing.
‘The demon’s aura must have naturally leaked out before she passed.’
Lee Kang-han, who understood the true reason for the youthful appearance, thought to himself.
“But the hardest part was… we never found out what illness it was.”
“I was shocked too. She died just three days after being admitted to the hospital, and the tests didn’t show anything definitive.”
“Yes. I’ve wondered ever since if we should have gone to another hospital…”
She had passed without ever knowing what disease had taken her.
As the conversation took on this somber tone, Shin Yu-ri’s expression darkened.
Lee Kang-han spoke up.
“I’ve brought up something I shouldn’t have.”
“No, not at all. I’m glad you mentioned it—it’s been a while since I thought about my mother.”
“Still, it’s remarkable that such a pattern exists among Tower Syndrome patients.”
“It really is.”
With that, the conversation wound to a close.
Lee Kang-han closed his eyes on the airplane.
‘Angels and demons… today has certainly been eventful.’
That oddly-featured eye angel.
The revelation that Yu-ri’s mother might have been a demon.
He’d boarded the plane with a light heart, merely to collect an item.
Instead, one unexpected thing after another had unfolded.
‘The angel seemed favorably disposed toward me, but I can’t be certain of her true intentions.’
The feather she’d deliberately given him at the First Tower, almost as if urging him to use it.
And that head-like shape that burst from the massive eye at the end—that troubled him too.
The angel wasn’t quite trustworthy enough yet.
As Lee Kang-han lay in this uneasy state of mind, unable to sleep and lost in thought,
the long flight eventually came to an end.
The plane was touching down on solid ground.
“Well, we should’ve at least done some sightseeing in LA… but here we are, back already.”
Shin Dong-seok lamented as he stepped off the plane.
Shin Yu-ri spoke from beside him.
“Come on. You need to build up your Score back in Korea. Fifteen billion won is on the line.”
“Ah, right. Does the Score increase in America if I clear towers here?”
“Yes. Representative Ju Yong-wan’s side has been quiet lately, but we still need to secure the Score gains and nail it down solidly.”
Because of what happened with FIPA, he hadn’t given much thought to Score.
But as Shin Yu-ri pointed out, to ensure a firm entry into the Score rankings by month’s end, he’d need to keep clearing towers consistently in Korea.
‘Alright, I’ll clear a tower lightly and then head to the First Tower.’
Lee Kang-han thought of tower climbing the way one might think of a casual neighborhood stroll.
In fact, clearing ordinary towers rarely took him more than thirty minutes.
A neighborhood walk might actually take longer.
“You’ve really gone to so much trouble for us today.”
“I haven’t done anything. If anything, your agency worked much harder.”
“Oh, come now. For an agent, becoming professionally connected with FIPA like this is an enormous opportunity.”
“I never thought the usually high-handed FIPA would provide this level of courtesy.”
“Is FIPA really that arrogant?”
At Lee Kang-han’s question, Shin Dong-seok nodded.
“Yeah. FIPA’s been raking in substantial donations, and their direct-affiliated player guild is pretty formidable.”
“You mean Angels’ Wing, right? They’re all out there in dangerous countries pushing hard for their Score.”
“Exactly. The loyalty those members show is almost eerie. Does FIPA treat them that well?”
“I reached out to a few players there myself, and they said they’d bury their bones in that guild. Usually someone with that kind of skill wants to settle comfortably in a major city, you know?”
FIPA’s direct-affiliated guild—Angels’ Wing.
‘I wonder if those players have some connection to angels too.’
The name alone suggested it, and the loyalty their members displayed hinted at something deeper.
There was something about it that felt tied to angels somehow.
‘Well, anyway, I probably won’t have any dealings with them for a while.’
Lee Kang-han thought as much and
parted ways with Shin Yu-ri’s group, heading home.
The apartment looked exactly the same—emptied not long ago.
‘Not much to unpack, so I should get started right away.’
With that, Lee Kang-han entered the tower.
[Infinite Tower, Floor 12.]
[Entering Bronze Tower No. 73.]
[You are entering the Cemetery, a land where the undead lie in ambush.]
[Defeat the undead rising from the graves and ascend to the next floor!]
No. 73.
He’d been matched with the colloquially named Cemetery map.
* * *
The Cemetery map, shrouded in darkness.
The moment Lee Kang-han entered,
-Damn, look at the Cheonma going hard lol
-I just saw the news about him returning to Korea, and he’s streaming already?
-Still, didn’t he just get back from LA? Shouldn’t he rest a bit?
Chat exploded with viewers’ messages.
“That’s why I’m clearing it fast. Won’t take long anyway.”
-Lol he’ll finish in 30 minutes tops
-The Cheonma who can’t watch live streams if he’s even a little late ㅋㅋ
-Bronze usually hits over 5 hours average playtime…
-But not for the Cheonma lol
At his words about finishing quickly,
viewers predicted today’s stream would wrap up in thirty minutes or less.
‘Undead monsters probably won’t be affected by Cheonma Cheonse Manma Angbok… I should level up my goblins instead.’
The Goblin’s Black Market—where upgrades became available once the average goblin level reached 30.
There was a Goblin Training Facility, but he hadn’t seen much combat action with them lately,
so he still had a fair bit of grinding ahead to hit that average.
‘I’ll leave the lower floors to the goblins.’
Lee Kang-han opened the Demon Realm Territory and summoned his goblins.
Whoooosh…!
A regiment of goblins emerged in orderly formation from the crimson portal.
“Cheonma Cheonse Manma Angbok!”
And the Goblin Chieftain standing at the front
dropped to his knees the instant he saw Lee Kang-han.
“Thank you for calling us! Master!”
“Yeah. Haven’t had the chance to summon you lately. This is an undead map—level up a bit.”
“Understood!”
The goblins at the vanguard beamed with delight
as they advanced forward.
-Oh, goblin leveling time?
-But aren’t goblins useless now? Time to retire them lol
-The chieftain looks pretty strong though lol
-Didn’t he diss the chieftain too for being useless goblins lol
Viewers spammed chat asking why he was even bothering to raise goblins,
“There’s content that only unlocks once I hit a certain goblin average level.”
Lee Kang-han explained, then
stood back quietly, watching the goblins fight.
As the goblin legion marched across the blackened earth,
a low, rumbling growl echoed out—
The ground trembled, and skeletons began crawling up one by one.
“Kee-hee……! One-on-one won’t work. You lot! Three of you per skeleton!”
“Understood, Chieftain!”
The goblins surrounded each skeleton in a basic three-to-one formation.
And the battle commenced.
-Three-to-one against skeletons…
-Goblins are seriously useless lol
-But watching them fight so hard reminds me of those zombie movies lol
-Without the chieftain, those goblins would’ve been wiped out by the first floor undead already
Goblins versus undead.
The battle progressed with the goblin forces holding the advantage.
But this was only possible because the Goblin Chieftain was performing brilliantly in the thick of it.
Without the chieftain, more than half of those goblins would already be corpses.
‘They’re becoming more and more useless in actual combat.’
So that’s why goblin-related facilities in the Demon Realm Territory were so cheap?
Lee Kang-han watched the two forces fighting fiercely, arms crossed.
Part of him wanted to just go sweep them all away.
But to raise the average level to 30, he held back that impulse and waited patiently.
-Even zombie fights get old after a while…
-Yeah fr lol
-Did you get any items from FIPA, Cheonma?
-Oh let’s see what items you got lol while the goblins are fighting
The item selection that FIPA had conducted in secret.
Even at the press conference held afterward, Lee Kang-han had revealed nothing about what he received.
But.
‘The sword I’ll have to keep using anyway, so I can just show it without revealing everything.’
The feather — I’d rather not reveal it because of its connection to the ‘angel.’
As long as I don’t expose the sword’s name, it should be fine to show it.
With that thought, Lee Kang-han drew the Fallen Angel’s Faded Sword from his inventory.
-???
-What’s with that rusty sword?
-Wait, FIPA made all that fuss for this? –|
-That’s too much, isn’t that insulting to Cheonma?
-Insulting Cheonma is… insulting South Korea itself…!
-Cheonma might emigrate anytime lol
-Don’t say unlucky things
The viewers who saw the sword Lee Kang-han had pulled out were disappointed.
And no wonder.
At first glance it was clearly worn and weathered, with cracks running through the blade.
It was only natural they thought FIPA had made such a fuss over this pathetic item.
“It was my choice. And despite how it looks, it’s an A+ rank.”
Unable to mention the angel, Lee Kang-han offered what defense he could.
-lol what –|
-That’s A+? Did FIPA scam you or something?
-Didn’t you guys remember that the Goblin Chieftain Horn was S-rank?
-You got a sword worth less than that horn –|
-FIPA needs to get you a new sword right now
Public opinion continued to burn as people questioned whether that was even a sword at all.
‘The evaluation’s pretty harsh. Would the Heavenly Sword Spirit think the same?’
The spirit seemed like it should pair well with the sword anyway.
As Lee Kang-han thought this and summoned the spirit.
Whoooosh……!
A red portal materialized behind him.
And from it emerged a sword of light.
Then suddenly the spirit’s face popped out from the blade.
“My disciple……did you prepare a sword? My Holy Fire firepower’s still insufficient……at this rate I can’t……huh?”
The Heavenly Sword Spirit, mid-complaint about insufficient Holy Fire charging,
stopped speaking as if something had caught their attention.
“Huh? Huh?”
The spirit suddenly withdrew from the blade.
It flew toward the sword Lee Kang-han was holding at blinding speed.
“What, what is this? Where did you get this sword……?”
“I received it as a reward.”
“Wow…… this is insane……!”
Whoosh. Whoosh.
The weariness that had plagued it before vanished without a trace.
The Heavenly Sword Spirit circled the blade, its eyes gleaming with an intensity they’d never held before.
“D-do you really think I can go inside it, me……?”
“Why? Isn’t this good enough?”
“Good enough? This is practically a royal palace……!”
Whoosh!
With that, the Heavenly Sword Spirit entered the blade.
Flash!
A brilliant light exploded from the sword in all directions.
And then.
“Kiiiiiek?”
“Oh, the undead……!”
Burst into flames!
The horde of undead ignited in an instant.
-Huh? Why are the undead doing that?
-They’re vaporized the moment the light touches them?
-So it’s not just some crappy sword after all?
-Is it the spirit’s doing?
-But the spirit was so hyped lol
-Not acting lazy like usual lol
The Heavenly Sword Spirit had merely entered the blade.
Yet with nothing but that light, every undead on the first floor burned to cinders.
[Wow…… this sword is truly the best…… how can such a blade even exist…….]
“Why are you so excited about a broken sword?”
[Even in this damaged state it’s so wonderful…… I can restore it to my liking…… hah…… hah…… you’re mine…….]
Inside the angel’s blade, the Heavenly Sword Spirit trembled with an excitement unlike anything before.
“Let’s head up, everyone.”
“Yes!”
After Lee Kang-han ascended to the second floor with the goblins, enemies now gone,
“I won’t interfere anymore. Hunt well.”
he ordered the goblins to level up once more.
Flash……!
The angel’s blade flashed again.
Burst into flames!
The undead coming up were instantly incinerated.
[Hah…… incredible…….]
“Hey, the goblins need to level up. Stop burning them already.”
[Incredible…… absolutely incredible…….]
Whatever had captivated it so thoroughly,
the Heavenly Sword Spirit kept flashing the blade, disrupting the hunt.
Only when they reached the seventh floor did
[Hah…… I…… got carried away unlike myself…… didn’t I…….]
the Heavenly Sword Spirit finally stop its flashing display.
The Demon King Destroys the Tower (Serialized)
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