The Heavenly Demon Destroys the Tower - Chapter 70

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Episode 70
‘Adventurer’s Eye activated the moment I obtained it.’
So it counted as being inside the Tower, even here.
I never expected to find a hidden place after clearing B1 and emerging into this space.
‘I should take a closer look.’
Lee Kang-han approached the point where green light shimmered.
The moment his foot touched the place where light wavered.
Whoooosh——!
Light surged up from the floor.
Something emerged abruptly from beneath.
‘What is this…….’
Examining it more closely.
The object that had risen was a rectangular wooden box glimmering with golden light.
‘Is this a treasure chest?’
A hidden reward like this.
Good thing I chose Adventurer’s Eye.
Lee Kang-han approached it with a smile tugging at his lips.
Hshhhhh…….
Before he could even fully extend his hand.
A protective barrier of green light formed around the box, and a message appeared before his eyes.
[Verifying player access rights…….]
[You have received an SSS+ evaluation for clearing the Sea of Darkness.]
[Access granted.]
Ziiiiing.
Then the barrier vanished.
Lee Kang-han blinked.
‘So I wouldn’t have been able to access the box if I hadn’t gotten SSS+?’
What exactly was the reward
that they made it so difficult to obtain?
Lee Kang-han opened the box lid with building anticipation.
Whoooosh——!
Brilliant light burst forth from within.
[Releasing sealed Constellations.]
[Constellation “Feathered Serpent” is released.]
[Constellation “Smoking Mirror” is released.]
[Constellation “Hummingbird of the South” is released.]
Then.
Messages poured out all at once.
‘Constellations?’
There were Constellations sealed inside this small box?
The angel Kael, whom I’d met in the FIPA Underground not long ago, radiated an enormous presence.
Yet here were beings as great as Constellations, pathetically sealed in something like this.
Even after opening it, Lee Kang-han found it hard to believe the message displayed before him.
Meanwhile.
[“Feathered Serpent” proposes to become your guardian Constellation.]
[“Smoking Mirror” proposes to become your guardian Constellation.]
[“Hummingbird of the South” proposes to become your guardian Constellation.]
The three Constellations now freed
all proposed to become his guardian Constellations the moment they were released.
Of course.
[You possess the trait “Cheonma Body Constitution.”]
[If you accept a Constellation, your Cheonma Body Constitution will be permanently fixed at Rank F.]
Just as it had been with the angel Kael.
A message appeared warning that accepting would reduce his Cheonma Body Constitution to F.
So Lee Kang-han rejected all of their proposals.
Then.
[The three Constellations are disappointed by your choice, but they respect it.]
[Still, they wish to offer you a separate reward.]
[Will you accept the Constellations’ reward?]
Ding.
A message appeared offering him an additional reward.
Well, they were giving him this much anyway.
There was no reason to refuse, was there?
“I’m grateful to accept.”
Lee Kang-han gave his consent.
Flash!
A brilliant white light burst from his body.
[Stat ‘Holy Power’ has been created.]
[‘Holy Power’ increases by 1.]
‘Holy Power…?’
A stat he’d never heard of before had appeared.
“Status window.”
Opening the status window, he saw the newly created ‘Holy Power’ below his Mana.
Since the value was only 1,
he didn’t feel any particular change in his body.
‘Still, it’s an ability granted by a Constellation, so it’ll be useful somewhere.’
Lee Kang-han thought this and bowed his head slightly in gratitude.
Then.
Whoooosh…!
Light scattered in all directions from within the box.
[The three liberated Constellations begin their activity.]
With this message as the finale,
the box that had been sealing them became transparent,
and vanished completely from sight.
[What on earth was that just now…?]
“It said ‘Sealed Constellation.'”
[Constellations? They’ve lost their power now, but it seems they were once powerful divine beings…]
“Really?”
Unlike Lee Kang-han, who hadn’t felt any particularly intense presence,
Shin Nyeo’s spirit had stood quietly beside him while they were there,
and only began to speak after they left.
“You can sense things like that too. Is it because you’re a spirit now?”
[I’m not a spirit! But honestly… one would be manageable, but with three of them, my presence just shriveled up rapidly.]
“One was fine, then?”
[One is bearable~ Besides, I’m still the High Priestess of the Celestial Demon Religion.]
Shin Nyeo was confident she could hold her own in a one-on-one match.
In a way, standing firm against Constellations—beings of such powerful divinity—seemed remarkable in itself.
‘Hmm. Anyway, the names of those Constellations… I should search them up once we’re back.’
A feathered serpent, a smoking mirror, a hummingbird of the south.
With such distinctive names, surely a search would turn up something.
Having thought this, Lee Kang-han looked around again.
‘The Adventurer’s Eye isn’t activating this time.’
He must have already collected everything there was to get here.
Then it was time to head to B2.
‘My time here seems to be running out anyway… I should at least see who I’m facing on the next floor before I leave.’
He’d stayed much longer than when he first entered the First Tower last time.
It wouldn’t be strange if a Forced Return came now.
So before that happened,
he needed to know who his opponent on B2 was.
Lee Kang-han quickly ran forward and stepped into the red portal.
Then.
Whoooosh!
In the newly unfolded space beyond the portal,
darkness lay thick and heavy, just as it had on B1.
[Here we go again… would it kill them to light a single flame?]
Looking at the surroundings, bereft of even a glimmer of light,
Shin Nyeo glanced nervously around.
‘She’s getting scared again.’
Judging from how she’d grasped the Spirit of the Heavenly Sword like catching a mouse, she seemed like no ordinary fighter.
Yet watching her fear this darkness was simply amusing.
Then.
Whoosh……!
Flames suddenly bloomed before his eyes.
[Eek!]
Shin Nyeo startled again, just as she had before.
Though this time she’d been through it once already.
[Ugh, not again, seriously……! Why do you keep scaring me like that? What’s wrong with just appearing from the start?]
She complained more out of irritation than fright.
And she shouted at the flames.
At that.
The fire faded softly…….
As it died away, a massive circular wheel appeared in its place.
* * *
‘So this is the roulette from the Seven Sins Sect selection.’
A circular wheel divided evenly into seven sections.
On each section was written:
Pride, Greed, Envy, Wrath, Lust, Avarice, and Sloth.
But.
‘There’s an X marked through the Avarice section.’
Perhaps because he’d defeated Columbus, the guardian of avarice.
Unlike last time, the Avarice section now bore a large bloodred X across it.
So one of the remaining six would be selected this time?
While Lee Kang-han was making this deduction.
Whirrrr…….
The circular wheel began to spin clockwise, just as it had before.
[One of the Seven Sins Sect’s sins will now test you…….]
After spinning for some time, the wheel.
Gradually slowed.
Click.
A single section locked into place at the needle pointing toward twelve o’clock.
[‘Pride’ will now test you.]
[Your current Rank is Bronze. You will be matched with either a ‘Minion’ or a ‘Jester’.]
[Your opponent is the ‘Jester of Pride’.]
‘The Jester of Pride, then.’
The Minion didn’t come up this time either.
As Lee Kang-han waited to see how his next opponent would appear.
[Your current Rank is Bronze.]
[Your opponent does not wish to reveal their name at this time.]
Another message came through.
‘When I was Iron Rank, the name was revealed right away.’
Now that he was Bronze, they wouldn’t tell him the name?
Though he supposed he had to account for the fact that his opponent simply didn’t want to reveal it.
[The Jester of Pride summons a battlefield suited to them…….]
[The B2 Floor battlefield is the Domus Aurea.]
‘The Golden Palace?’
At least it wasn’t the sea this time.
As Lee Kang-han examined the map name carefully.
Burst……!
The darkness lifted.
A new landscape revealed itself.
What first caught his eye was.
An enormous bronze statue rising high into the air.
‘This is supposed to be the Golden Palace…… but it looks like a garden?’
Looking around.
The gleaming golden structures rose far in the distance.
Here there were fountains and flower beds, arranged with various statues and a small lake.
It gave the impression of a resting place within the palace.
[The garden is well maintained. It would be perfect if not for that enormous statue.]
“Yeah? But I don’t see the opponent yet.”
As Lee Kang-han spoke with Shin Nyeo’s spirit in this way.
[Ah-hahaha! You can’t see me?]
Screeeech!
A colossal bronze statue suddenly lurched into motion, its mouth gaping open.
[Ah, wh—what! You startled me!]
“So you’re my opponent this time?”
Since the opponent on B1 had been Columbus, Lee Kang-han had assumed he’d always be facing people.
But it turned out to be a massive bronze statue?
‘If that’s the case, I shouldn’t limit my expectations to human opponents anymore.’
Lee Kang-han was thinking this as he regarded the bronze statue.
[Haha! That’s right. If you were human, you’d surely know my name, wouldn’t you?]
The colossal bronze statue shrugged its massive shoulders.
It was certain that Lee Kang-han would recognize it.
“Does a bronze statue have a name?”
[Ha! You don’t know who I am?]
At Lee Kang-han’s retort,
a flash of light—
A golden instrument suddenly materialized in the statue’s hands.
At first glance, it resembled a massive harp.
Ting……!
The statue plucked one of the strings with its finger.
A sound that seemed to split the eardrums echoed out.
[Master of the Domus Aurea! And champion of the Olympics! Surely even one from the East would recognize that much?]
“No.”
[You ignorant fool!!!]
The colossal bronze statue immediately began pointing an accusatory finger at him.
How many hints had it already given? Did it really need to resort to this?
Lee Kang-han let out a soft laugh.
Beside him, the ghost of Shin Nyeo whispered,
[You said earlier it was the Pride Jester, didn’t you? The name really does fit.]
[The Pride Jester? Haha. I cannot accept such a title! I am an Emperor! Call me the Emperor of Pride!]
Hearing this declaration,
the bronze statue—calling itself an Emperor—
‘Emperor, master of the Domus Aurea, and Olympic champion. Add to that a considerable degree of vanity…. Are these clues connected to his true identity?’
Something was on the tip of his mind, but it wouldn’t quite come to him.
Lee Kang-han decided he’d need to return and investigate further.
‘Well then, I should test how strong he really is.’
Before the Forced Return timer kicked in,
he would engage the colossal bronze statue in a preliminary clash.
He needed to know how powerful it was.
That way, he could return next time fully prepared.
Whoosh!
Lee Kang-han’s form shot forward like an arrow,
closing the distance to the statue in an instant, but—
“Ugh!?”
Zing!
A massive golden barrier materialized around the bronze statue,
flinging Lee Kang-han backward.
[You barbarian!!! Do you mean to fight with no audience present!!!]
Slowly,
the statue pointed its finger at Lee Kang-han once more.
“An audience……?”
[That’s right!]
Lee Kang-han stared at the bronze statue, bewildered.
It pounded its chest with both fists.
[Art is ultimately perfected only in the presence of an audience! How could you engage in such a meaningless act with no one watching!!!]
As the statue declared that an audience was necessary,
Ting.
[Special Streaming can be conducted on TowerTube.]
A new option labeled “Special Streaming” had appeared.
‘What is this?’
Was this the option that appeared when the bronze statue just demanded an audience?
Then.
[‘Will you proceed with Special Streaming?’]
[‘Currently, ‘humanity’ viewers cannot enter ‘Special Streaming’.’]
It was asking whether to enable the Special Streaming function.
Along with the additional note that human viewers wouldn’t be able to see it.
‘My viewers… weren’t they all human?’
If I excluded humanity, who on earth would watch?
Lee Kang-han found himself puzzled by the question.
‘But the stream’s ending soon anyway. Might as well try turning it on.’
The end was almost here.
So he decided to activate this new feature once.
As he initiated the Special Streaming.
A faint buzz filled the air.
The chat window materialized.
Below it, a number began climbing steadily upward.
‘Fifty-three viewers?’
What?
So there were actually other species watching the Celestial Demon channel besides humans?
‘Ah… could this be connected to the non-human audience from the arena before?’
As Lee Kang-han watched the simultaneous viewer count climb in real time, amazed.
[NOOOOOO!!! This is all the audience we have?! It’s MY—Nero’s—HISTORIC COMEBACK MATCH!?]
The bronze statue he faced, on the other hand.
Upon seeing the viewer count, clutched its head in anguish.
‘Nero?’
This bronze statue.
So when he wondered what its name was—it turned out to be that tyrant Nero?
‘He does seem genuinely unhinged….’
As Lee Kang-han observed the massive bronze statue making such a fuss.
Thud.
[I’m not fighting!]
The giant bronze statue Nero suddenly crumpled to the ground, curling himself up as tight as he could.
[I won’t fight in front of such a pathetic audience!]
He categorically refused to engage in combat.
The Celestial Demon Wrecks the Tower (Serialization)
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