The Heavenly Demon Destroys the Tower - Chapter 78

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Episode 78
-???
-What? Why did the poison disappear?
-How’d you do that? Crazy
Viewers reeled in shock at the sudden vanishing of the poison gas.
Many players had entered the Garden of Death before.
But they all died and respawned on the 1st Floor.
This was the first time anyone had seen poison gas erased like this.
‘The Thorn Flower, then.’
Lee Kang-han recalled the message that had flashed moments earlier.
He examined the flower he’d touched closely.
And there it was.
‘Ah. There are thorns here.’
Unlike the other flowers, this one had tiny bumps of thorns along its petals and stem.
“When I touch the flower with thorns, the poison disappears.”
Lee Kang-han raised the Thorn Flower and spoke aloud.
-Thorns?
-That flower had thorns?
-Now that I look, there are some there lol
-So touching the Thorn Flower makes the poison go away?
-But how’d he even find that? All the flowers look identical
-Right, how did he know which one had thorns lol
The viewers marveled at having barely spotted the thorns themselves.
They were astounded at how he’d figured it out.
-But the poison didn’t all disappear
-Yeah, there’s still poison gas over there
-So he has to find another Thorn Flower there? How’s he supposed to find it lol
-Because Heavenly Demon did it before
-Right, his eyes are sharp
And just as the viewers’ chat predicted.
Only a section of the garden’s poison had vanished—not all of it.
To clear the lethal poison zone here, he’d need to find more Thorn Flowers.
‘The barrier’s almost gone. I’d better hurry.’
Lee Kang-han studied the Thorn Flower’s appearance carefully.
Whoosh!
Then he sprinted into the area where poison gas still billowed.
The vapor was so thick he could barely see ahead.
‘Good. The Adventurer’s Eye activated again.’
Flash. Flash.
The Adventurer’s Eye pinpointed the Thorn Flower’s location.
He had no trouble reaching it and touching it.
Then—
[Thorn Flower discovered.]
[The flower’s bud closes tightly.]
[The blossom absorbs poison once more.]
Along with the discovery message.
The poison gas zone purified instantly.
After finding roughly three more Thorn Flowers.
[The potency of poison spread throughout the Garden of Death decreases.]
A message appeared saying the garden’s poison itself had weakened.
‘The poison gas has definitely faded in color.’
But good news wasn’t all there was.
Crack!
The barrier shattered.
[Barrier duration has ended. Use again after recharge completes.]
[Recharge duration: 30 hours required.]
A message arrived announcing the barrier’s maintenance time was over.
-Oh no, barrier’s down 🙁
-I thought we’d see the tower clear here, shame…
-Wait, Heavenly Demon’s health is crazy high, he could just clear it through the poison gas, so why not
—Those player soldiers were dropping like flies though, weren’t they?
Regardless of level or tier.
The Poison Gas of the Garden of Death—just breathing it in and they collapse.
Even if you’re Lee Kang-han.
From the viewers’ perspective, this seemed nearly impossible to withstand.
And yet.
“I found several Thorn Flowers, and a message appeared saying the poison had weakened. So I’m thinking I should give it a try.”
After finding the Thorn Flowers.
A message had appeared confirming the poison’s potency had decreased, so I’d have to keep pushing forward.
As Lee Kang-han prepared to advance.
—Wouldn’t it be better to search the safe zone instead?
—Search for what? There’s nothing but flowers everywhere.
—You could dig through that flower bed…
—But that flower has poison in it, and if you touch it, won’t you just get poisoned? ㄷㄷ
—Yeah, I remember some mage once set those flowers on fire and died instantly from the smoke lol
The consensus in chat was to explore the safe zone thoroughly before entering.
‘There’s not much to find, though.’
The surroundings were nothing but those purple flowers.
Even if you wanted to search, there wasn’t much to investigate.
Touching the regular flowers with closed buds would probably release poison again.
Everything else had nothing worth noting.
As he scanned the area methodically.
The thorns of the Thorn Flower caught Lee Kang-han’s attention.
‘The only thing here worth examining is those thorns.’
The Thorn Flower that had drawn in the Poison Gas.
That was definitely worth a closer look.
As Lee Kang-han brought his hand to the Thorn Flower to examine it from different angles.
Snap.
Suddenly the flower’s stem broke.
Whoosh!
The thorns of the Thorn Flower shot out all at once, embedding themselves one by one into his hand.
‘It didn’t do this the first time I touched it, but this time it’s different.’
Then.
[Poison is being injected from the thorns.]
A message appeared saying poison was entering through the thorns.
‘So the thorns had poison in them too.’
But it was just a slight sting and then nothing.
As Lee Kang-han brushed the thorns embedded in his hand and arm.
[You have overcome the Thorn Flower’s poison.]
[Your Resistance to the Garden of Death’s Poison Gas has increased.]
When had he overcome the thorn’s poison.
A message appeared indicating his resistance to that toxic vapor had also grown stronger.
‘Apart from the sting, I hardly felt anything.’
Lee Kang-han tilted his head in puzzlement.
Then he approached the remaining Thorn Flowers he’d discovered earlier.
Just as before, thorns shot out from the flower and embedded themselves in him.
[You have overcome the Thorn Flower’s poison.]
[Your Resistance to the Garden of Death’s Poison Gas has increased.]
Messages confirming increased Poison Gas Resistance continued to appear.
‘Ah, I see. So the way to handle this is to find Thorn Flowers and raise your resistance to the Poison Gas.’
Aside from the method starting from the 1st Floor.
The Garden had provided an alternative way to Clear it.
As Lee Kang-han nodded to himself.
—Why do you keep trying to get stabbed by those thorns?
—Is there poison in the thorns?
—Judging by how lively the Heaven Demon’s moving, there doesn’t seem to be poison.
The viewers were curious watching his behavior.
“Apparently, if you overcome the poison from those thorns, your Resistance to the Poison Gas increases. So I figured I’d get stabbed by all of them and then head into the Poison Gas with boosted resistance.”
—Oh… so a strategy is forming? ㄷㄷ
—I thought starting from the 1st Floor was the standard Route.
—But first, finding that Thorn Flower is tough, and then you have to endure getting pricked by the thorns. Doesn’t seem easy.
—Yeah, just finding the Thorn Flower at the start is brutal lol
—Looks like you need to search for the Thorn Flowers first instead of fooling around during the waiting time at the beginning.
The viewers, having heard Lee Kang-han’s explanation, began sketching out strategies of their own.
Lee Kang-han watched for a moment longer.
“Then let’s head in.”
He made up his mind to enter.
Whoosh.
Stepping into the Poison Gas, Lee Kang-han drew a deep breath.
The smell was thoroughly unpleasant.
“But my body’s fine. I think that’s the strategy.”
His body remained in perfect condition.
‘Finding the Thorn Flowers is the problem, but after that, it’s straightforward.’
And Lee Kang-han possessed the Legendary Adventurer’s Eye.
Even the trickiest first hurdle was child’s play to him.
Swish, swish!
As Lee Kang-han pressed forward, he continued discovering Thorn Flowers one after another.
[The power of the Poison spreading through the Garden of Death decreases.]
[The power of the Poison spreading through the Garden of Death decreases.]
The message about the poison’s power diminishing appeared multiple times.
Sssss……
Then, at some point.
[The Poison Gas spreading through the Garden of Death dissipates.]
The poison throughout the garden vanished completely.
* * *
—Huh?
—Whoa, the poison’s all gone;
—Wait, he’s actually clearing it without dying? lolololol
—Everyone said it was a troll for not going to the 1st Floor, but he just blazed an entirely new route lmao
—This guy’s insane seriously;;;;
The poison seemed to weaken gradually.
Once the poison completely cleared, the viewers were left in shock.
Countless players had tackled the Garden of Death map before.
But Lee Kang-han had forged an entirely new Clear route instead of starting from the 1st Floor.
Their astonishment was only natural.
Meanwhile.
‘So that’s it—find the Thorn Flowers, get pricked a few times, and it’s done.’
Lee Kang-han thought the map was rather anticlimactic for a Cooperative Raid.
And he posed a question to his viewers.
“What floor is this, by the way?”
—This is the 9th Floor
—Just one more floor up and you Clear lol
“The 9th Floor? So you’re supposed to pass through here again on the way up, then.”
But then when you go down to the 1st Floor and come back up to the 9th, don’t you still have to Clear the Garden of Death anyway?
The thought occurred to Lee Kang-han.
—But when you die and come back up, all the flowers disappear and it’s just an empty space
—It’s used as a regrouping area before the boss fight
—You just bypass the carnivorous plants on the lower floors without fighting them
His viewers quickly resolved his confusion.
So when you go down to the 1st Floor and come back, the flowers and Poison Gas vanish.
As Lee Kang-han conversed with his viewers.
[A Portal to the next floor opens.]
[Your party members are summoned to your current floor.]
Zing……
A massive Portal opened in the center of the garden.
Flash! Flash!
The party members who had descended to the 1st Floor began materializing one by one.
“What—what’s going on?”
The first to appear was.
The Dwarf, drenched head to toe in green liquid.
And following behind them.
“As expected of you, Lee Kang-han! You’ve cleared it?!”
“Ever since you didn’t come to the 1st Floor, I knew you’d wake up!”
The two Human Players were summoned, and.
“Ooh…….”
So too the Fox Humanoid, gazing around with fascination.
“Sniff sniff. The poison’s really gone. How curious.”
“Human! How on earth did you manage it?!”
The Dwarf came bounding over with unbridled excitement.
“Do I really need to spell it out for you?”
Lee Kang-han tilted his head at the question.
“What, what?!”
“There’s no reason to share strategy guides with other races.”
Least of all with a Dwarf who’d spent the whole time hurling insults in chat.
Why bother telling him anything?
-Come on, maybe an Elf, but that Dwarf’s been swearing since earlier. No point telling him lol
-No point telling an Elf either…
-Fr fr Elves trash-talk humans just the same lol
-Let’s just keep the strategy among ourselves
-But even if we knew, could we find the Thorn Flowers?
-Probably impossible lolol
“…….”
At Lee Kang-han’s reply, the Dwarf fell silent like he’d been struck dumb.
“Sniff sniff. Fair point. Today we happened to team up for a Cooperative Raid, but we’re really competing races~”
The Fox Humanoid nodded beside him.
So they were competing races, then.
‘So it wasn’t random that we got matched with other races. There must be some competitive mechanic built in.’
While Lee Kang-han was pondering this.
Ding.
[The player who resisted the Thorn Flower’s poison may now challenge the 11th Floor from the Entry Portal.]
The message window that appeared mentioned the “11th Floor.”
‘Oh. I can go to the 11th Floor?’
Lee Kang-han, who’d climbed to the 11th Floor back on the Forest Path map when he was Iron.
When he’d destroyed the “star” there, the Forest Path map was erased, and the Tower itself was actually destroyed.
So if he went up to the 11th Floor this time, could he destroy the Tower?
At that moment.
“The 11th Floor?!”
This message hadn’t appeared only for Lee Kang-han.
The Dwarf and even the Fox Humanoid were too startled, examining the message intently.
“Ah. Thorn Flower, Thorn Flower… so that was the clue!”
Then.
The Dwarf, having spotted the keyword “Thorn Flower” in the message.
“My inventory!”
Opened his inventory.
And pulled out a Telescope sized to fit him.
“So I just need to find the flower with thorns on it, right?”
Whisk.
Surveying the flower bed through the Telescope.
“Got it!”
Thud. Thud.
Having spotted the Thorn Flower, the Dwarf walked into the flower bed with a flushed, excited face.
‘It’s the Thorn Flower I left alone after the Poison Mist disappeared.’
Since he’d already gained Resistance to poison.
He saw no reason to let the thorns prick him again.
“Ha! Human! You said you wouldn’t share the strategy, and look how that turned out! The message gives hints like this—did you think I couldn’t figure it out?”
As the Dwarf approached the Thorn Flower, sneering at him.
Lee Kang-han thought he should’ve just destroyed all the Thorn Flowers.
-Haha look at that face lolol
-What message appeared that made him guess the Thorn Flower hint?
-Ah the system’s so stupid keeping strategy info away from these idiots ㅡㅡ
—So you’re saying he only kept that foul-mouthed dwarf alive.
As the viewers grew more incensed at the sight of the Dwarf’s smile,
“Then… you just need to be pricked by a thorn?”
Swish.
The Dwarf reached toward the Thorn Flower.
“Gh—ghack—!”
His face turned ashen in an instant.
Foam frothed at his lips before he collapsed.
And then.
[‘Team Member 1’ has died.]
Ding.
A death notification appeared at once.
Followed by.
[‘Team Member 1’ will Resurrect on the 9th Floor.]
Flash!
A burst of light flickered near the Portal.
“Wh—what…? What kind of poison is this strong?!”
The Dwarf who had died was brought back to life.
The Demon King Levels the Tower (Serial)
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