The Heavenly Demon Destroys the Tower - Chapter 96

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Episode 96
“Universe 101?”
“Wait — isn’t that what showed up during the arena?”
Universe 101.
The people who watched Lee Kang-han’s TowerTube broadcasts
already knew of its existence from the title he’d worn in the arena.
[Universe 101 – Record Breaker].
“Right. And I remember seeing ‘affiliated with Universe something-or-other’ when he unlocked achievements. But an official enrollment? Does that mean he wasn’t formally admitted until now?”
“I know. And it says the protection period has ended — honestly, that gives me chills.”
“So we’ve been under protection this whole time? But look at what happened in Mogadishu — the casualty count was catastrophic.”
Shin Dong-seok grumbled at the message announcing that humanity’s protection period had ended.
Ever since the Tower of Light had obliterated Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia,
humanity had managed to survive ten years through worldwide cooperation without any major catastrophes.
But it had been far from easy.
Especially recently, when high-risk Score countries began cropping up everywhere.
August had brought a brief reprieve when Lee Kang-han broke through several achievements,
but now, in September, a message suddenly announced that the protection period had ended.
“I just hope nothing happens.”
“They sent this message to all of humanity. Isn’t something bound to occur? Ah, we’re here.”
As everyone discussed the matter with grave expressions,
the car had already arrived at Lee Kang-han’s new house in Hannam-dong.
“The security detail is already deployed.”
“The reporters got the news fast too. I saw cameras snap this car several times.”
“It’s probably impossible to keep it completely secret.”
Under the watch of government-dispatched security personnel,
Lee Kang-han arrived at the new house.
As he pulled his luggage from the car trunk,
Shin Dong-seok, stepping out of the vehicle, spoke to him.
“Mind if I look around the place?”
“Of course.”
“Nice. Wow. This beats our place — a Bronze house better than a Diamond!”
While Shin Dong-seok toured the house with audible wonder,
“Let me explain the house’s systems for you,” Shin Yu-ri offered.
She walked him through the premium furnishings already set up to perfection,
and briefly showed him the location and operation of all the latest appliances.
‘Everything’s already configured.’
Good call bringing only clothes.
As Lee Kang-han moved from the first floor up through the upper levels,
he listened to Shin Yu-ri’s briefing.
“If you need anything else, just let me know anytime. I’ll arrange it right away.”
“This should be sufficient.”
What was already prepared seemed excessive.
What else could he possibly need?
Lee Kang-han gave the bedroom a once-over.
A space of luxury incomparable to the single-family home in Yongin.
He felt the stark difference in living conditions immediately.
Then.
“Oh. Hey, Universe 101 — some info just dropped about it.”
After touring the house for a while and growing restless,
Shin Dong-seok, looking at his phone, spoke up.
“Yeah?”
“Yeah. Apparently there’s a new League Rankings section on TowerTube now?”
“Let’s check it on the living room TV, then.”
They went down to the first-floor living room, turned on the television, and pulled up TowerTube.
“Huh… The UI’s changed a bit?”
The TowerTube main screen had shifted subtly from before.
A new icon that hadn’t existed before now appeared in the lower left of the screen.
“Is it that one?”
Shin Dong-seok pointed at the icon.
Shin Yu-ri picked up the remote and selected it.
So it was.
[Universe 101 League Standings]
Zing……
Two league tables materialized on the screen.
“Prime League and Reserve League…… split into two, I see.”
“First division and second division?”
At the top of the screen: Prime League.
At the bottom: Reserve League, the titles appearing side by side.
A standings table divided into two columns.
But.
[Prime League]
1st Place – ***
2nd Place – ***
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10th Place – ***
In the Prime League section, every single race name from 1st to 10th place was obscured.
And in the Reserve League as well.
[Reserve League]
1st Place – ***
2nd Place – ***
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10th Place – Humanity
Apart from Humanity in 10th place, every other race’s name remained hidden.
“What? They’re not telling us a single name? They called it official registration.”
Shin Dong-seok grumbled about being stingy with the race names.
Shin Yu-ri tilted her head with a puzzled expression.
“The elves and giants you faced before, Lee Kang-han…… and races like beastkin and dwarves—wouldn’t they be part of the same Universe? So it’s strange why their names aren’t showing.”
“Right? And why are we dead last? Being last in the second division doesn’t sit right with me.”
“Prime League, Reserve League…… could it be a league system with promotions and demotions?”
“Maybe. But if there are promotions and demotions, what happens if we get demoted from dead last in the second division?”
Hmm…… yeah, that’s unsettling.
The race names hidden behind ***.
And Humanity, dead last in the Reserve League.
While they all stared at the standings with uncomfortable expressions,
Ding.
[Notification: Prime League 2nd Place race ‘***’ has made a ‘Takeover Reservation’ on Humanity’s tower.]
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[Notification: Prime League 10th Place race ‘***’ has made a ‘Takeover Reservation’ on Humanity’s tower.]
Messages appeared, races from 2nd to 10th place in the Prime League making takeover reservations on the tower.
[Notification: Reserve League 1st Place race ‘***’ has made a ‘Takeover Reservation’ on Humanity’s tower.]
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[Notification: Reserve League 9th Place race ‘***’ has made a ‘Takeover Reservation’ on Humanity’s tower.]
Now races from 1st to 9th place in the Reserve League were all beginning to file takeover reservations on Humanity’s tower.
“……Takeover reservation? What is this?”
Takeover reservation.
The ominous phrasing made Shin Dong-seok furrow his brow.
“It’s like they were waiting for Humanity to arrive and are now putting in their requests. We should be grateful the 1st place race of the Prime League didn’t apply.”
“Seriously. What are we, a restaurant? Everyone’s making reservations.”
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Eighteen species had rushed ahead to reserve occupation.
The message left an unsettling feeling.
Yet there was no tangible change to be felt immediately.
“It’s quite a coincidence that something like this happens on the day you move in, sir.”
“Indeed.”
“Father wanted to invite you as neighbors to celebrate, but it seems difficult given what’s happened today.”
Since he’d moved next door.
So Chairman Shin Gyeong-cheol had originally planned to share dinner with him.
“Well, there will be other opportunities. For now, this matter seems more urgent.”
“All right. We’ll have a drink together later—but first, let’s go back and investigate this situation.”
“Will do, Uncle. Sir, if we come across any important information, I’ll let you know right away.”
“Understood.”
The sudden announcement that had erupted.
Shin Dong-seok and Shin Yu-ri both left the house with grave expressions.
‘I should check the news.’
Lee Kang-han fixed the TV channel to the news.
On his phone, he pulled up the internet community forums for the Infinite Tower.
Then.
[Species candidates presumed to be *** – Elves, Dwarves, Beast-kin?]
[Universe 101, which already showed signs on the Heavenly Demon channel.]
Several posts with information Lee Kang-han had already been theorizing about were already up.
[The Infinite Tower changing shape in real-time ㄷㄷ – Busan]
[The Infinite Tower transforming in Beijing.GIF]
[Twin towers in the neighborhood changing simultaneously ㄷㄷ]
But what caught Lee Kang-han’s attention was a different post.
‘The towers are changing?’
As for tower changes that had appeared so far.
The only thing created in countries where over a hundred Infinite Towers had spawned was the ‘Tower of Light.’
Now that the protection period has ended, are they changing further here?
Lee Kang-han clicked on the forum post.
Then.
Writhe. Writhe.
Enveloped in black energy.
An ordinary tower undulating in an ominous manner.
Until now, ordinary towers had been nothing but eyesores.
But now, completely consumed by black energy, they writhed like living creatures.
It gave viewers a sense of dread.
-What the heck is this ㄷㄷ
-Why is it wriggling like that;
-We’re done for, the tower near our house is doing that too ㅡㅡ
-Is something weird about to burst out?
-I thought the Heavenly Demon cleared that achievement so we could finally relax, but what’s happening now
-ㄹㅇ The scores came out good this time, so a lot of countries didn’t even get towers
For the month of August.
Humanity’s score situation had greatly improved thanks to the achievement Lee Kang-han had cleared.
The Tower of Light charging had stopped.
With increased score acquisition and many high-scoring elements like a +1 accessory slot.
When the points came out, people cheered, saying the tower growth had finally stopped and they could catch their breath.
But it was short-lived.
With the sudden admission to Universe 101.
And the ‘occupation reservation’ that appeared uniformly in notifications.
People’s anxiety rose sharply.
-But could that actually be related to the occupation reservation?
-Wait, is that being reserved right now…?
-So humanity is a restaurant everyone’s scrambling to get into?
-What on earth is going on…
It seemed likely that such a phenomenon had occurred.
Because of the ‘occupation reservation’ that had appeared in the announcement—or so people speculated.
‘The timing does line up perfectly…’
Since they’re currently in the reservation period, the towers appear like this.
Once the occupation ends, will the tower change further?
Nothing is certain yet.
Everything remains in the realm of speculation.
‘Ah. Right. Should I ask the Demon Realm Territory people about this?’
Thinking back to when the goblin chieftain let something slip before.
The summons seemed to have restrictions on providing tower-related information.
But surely I could glean some hints from them.
‘Especially today, since I can’t enter the tower anyway.’
The end of the month, when tower access was blocked during the Performance Evaluation period.
There was still some time before September arrived.
I decided to spend it in the Demon Realm Territory, resolving my curiosities.
And besides.
‘I need to retrieve the items in the black market warehouse too.’
A week ago, I’d given the goblin chieftain one hundred thousand TP and told him to purchase goods.
By now, surely he’d bought a decent haul?
Lee Kang-han opened the guild interface.
Then.
[The outer sanctuary of the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect is currently designated far from your present location.]
[Would you like to relocate the outer sanctuary of the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect to your current location?]
A message appeared asking if he wanted to move the outer sanctuary of the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect, which had been installed in his old house.
‘Ah. That’s right—the outer sanctuary was set up in the old place.’
If there hadn’t been a relocation function, I would’ve had to make the trip all the way to Yongin after moving.
Lee Kang-han pressed yes.
[The outer sanctuary of the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect has been designated to your current location.]
The living room of the new house became the outer sanctuary of the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect.
‘Access should come up if I press the sacred flame button in the Demon Realm Territory function.’
He opened the Demon Realm Territory and pressed the sacred flame.
[Do you wish to enter the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect?]
[You may currently remain for thirty minutes.]
‘Huh?’
Thirty minutes?
The time limit just jumped up significantly.
Changes over a week…
‘Could the two-star upgrade to the Cheonma Divine Arts and the mark carved in my chest be connected?’
The time restriction had been just over ten minutes before.
It rising to three times that in a week was probably influenced by those factors.
Whoooosh…!
A crimson portal bloomed in the center of the living room.
Lee Kang-han stepped through it.
And entered the Demon Realm Territory.
“Huh…”
The landscape of the Demon Realm Territory’s core
had visibly transformed since a week ago.
The Demon Breaks the Tower
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