The Legendary Regressor Devours the Tower - Chapter 21

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Chapter 21
Han Geon-woo received supplies and items around the time Seong Un began Climbing the second floor.
‘I’ll have to go in alone.’
There was no way around it—The Association had only provided support, nothing more.
They didn’t organize an additional party or help with clearing the dungeon.
Since he wasn’t even an official member, receiving items at all was already generous enough.
He’d memorized the strategy guide so thoroughly that the first floor should be manageable.
Still, just to be safe, he wanted to double-check the strategy once more…….
“What? A broadcast?”
[Seong Un’s broadcast just started!]
Before beginning his own climb, Han Geon-woo had ducked into the community forum to review the strategy once more, only to discover that Seong Un had launched a broadcast of the second floor.
Han Geon-woo found Seong Un’s channel out of curiosity.
“Fifty thousand?!”
His eyes went wide at the viewership count exceeding fifty thousand.
And this was just a broadcast of climbing the second floor.
Given that he’d finished with an EX+ Grade rating, it made sense the numbers would be this high……?
“Damn, I’m jealous as hell.”
If the second floor alone had over fifty thousand viewers, the sponsorship gold would hit the ceiling, and if this continued, the fame he’d gain from the tenth floor would be beyond imagination.
Han Geon-woo forgot all about climbing the first floor and started watching Seong Un’s broadcast.
“Monster of a man…….”
That exclamation burst out when Seong Un destroyed the Hidden Mid-Boss.
“Why’d you kill an NPC! You’re going to lose all your Bonus Points!”
A sigh when he gunned down Arth, the NPC wrapped around the packaging.
“Wait? The Elder acknowledged him……?”
Surprisingly, the Elder recognized Seong Un even after he’d killed the Successor, and extra Bonus Points were actually added.
“EX+ Grade?!”
And when Seong Un completed the second floor, he casually finished with an EX+ Grade rating.
With consecutive EX+ Grade ratings appearing after the first floor, the viewers went wild.
Saying a monster had appeared in South Korea.
“No, wait, don’t end it!”
Now that he’d finished with an EX+ Grade rating, it was time to check the rewards.
But Seong Un ended the broadcast before even revealing what he’d received.
Because of that, posts in the community praising Seong Un instantly transformed into fury and criticism.
Yet he showed no interest in any of it, calling Han Geon-woo to order him to bring the Potion of Luck.
He’d even give him an A-Grade Sword—only an idiot would refuse.
‘He said to bring the Potion of Luck.’
Han Geon-woo hurried toward Woo Min-chul’s Residence.
“The Potion of Luck? Ah, he’s planning to use it for rolling the dice, I take it.”
“Yes.”
The dice was a reward given upon completing the second floor.
Since it was a matter of probability, he wanted to use the Potion of Luck to secure higher numbers.
Because the effect was reliable, those with sufficient capital would always boost their Luck stat with the potion before rolling the dice.
“Should I give him the one with the best effect?”
Woo Min-chul hesitated.
There was a potion that raised Luck by a full fifty percent.
However, once the duration ended, he’d suffer an equal amount of Misfortune as a consequence.
For that reason, it might be better to give him the potion one tier lower—the one that raised Luck by twenty percent.
“Just give him the best one.”
“Is that what he asked for?”
“Yes.”
“Wait a moment.”
Only after Woo Min-chul contacted Seong Un did he hand over the Potion of Luck to Han Geon-woo.
“……You’re doubting me right now, aren’t you?”
Han Geon-woo’s brow furrowed at something that didn’t sit right with him.
Woo Min-chul’s response to that irritating reaction was as if he’d asked something obvious.
“If I give you this and the outcome’s bad, you’re going to take responsibility for it?”
“Well, no, but…….”
“Then get out of here with it.”
Han Geon-woo felt a powerful urge to drive his fist straight into that mouth.
But thinking of the fallout, he barely restrained himself and gave a nod of acknowledgment.
“Yes.”
At his docile reply, Woo Min-chul produced another potion as though he’d been waiting for exactly this response.
“Here, take this as well.”
“What is it?”
“Better than the potion you took before.”
“It didn’t have any effect at all, though.”
This was why Han Geon-woo couldn’t bring himself to think well of Woo Min-chul.
His condition had dropped noticeably after taking the potion, and even after recovering, there hadn’t been any discernible change.
“What nonsense. Your Poison Attribute Resistance went up by one percent.”
“What?”
Han Geon-woo hurriedly opened his information window and confirmed that his Poison Attribute Resistance had indeed increased by one percent, exactly as Woo Min-chul claimed.
When did this happen?
As he stared with a dazed expression, Woo Min-chul shook the glass vial with a triumphant smile.
“Beg me.”
“I shall dedicate myself to your service for life!”
Han Geon-woo quickly dropped to his knees and bowed his head.
Without an Attribute Resistance Passive Skill, the fact that an attribute resistance option had been added meant the value of that potion transcended imagination.
‘Didn’t he just say what he’s holding is better than what he gave last time?’
There was no reason not to bow.
“Hmph, don’t flatter me. Your acting is too unconvincing.”
Yet Woo Min-chul set the glass vial containing the potion down in front of Han Geon-woo.
“Th-thank you!”
“Last warning: get out of here.”
“Yes! This lowly one shall take his leave at once!”
Han Geon-woo disappeared with a gleeful grin, clutching the potions.
Once he was gone, Lee Sang-hyeon, Woo Min-chul’s disciple from the inner chamber, approached and asked carefully.
“Master, but why are you giving potions to that man?”
He understood the man was a client of an important business partner.
Yet giving away a potion capable of granting an attribute resistance option as a service seemed excessive.
“Heh, I honestly didn’t expect it to work.”
Woo Min-chul stroked his chin with a cunning expression.
“Sir?”
“This isn’t giving, my disciple—it’s an experiment.”
“An experiment?”
“Yes. What I gave that fellow first was a poison called Cartapos.”
“Poison?!”
Lee Sang-hyeon’s eyes went wide with shock.
Cartapos.
The lethality of that poison was considerable.
If someone who hadn’t undergone training by climbing the Tower became contaminated with this poison, they could lose their life in severe cases.
He never imagined Woo Min-chul would use such a poison on Han Geon-woo, who hadn’t even reached the first floor.
“That’s an inborn constitution. I never thought he’d survive the Cartapos poison and build up tolerance in such a short span.”
The Cartapos poison.
He’d calculated that if tolerance was built through exposure to this poison, one could gain up to one percent resistance.
However, for an Awakened who had trained through climbing the Tower to the point of easily overcoming poison, it would have no effect.
A body that could be genuinely poisoned while simultaneously possessing the strength to overcome it.
This was precisely why Han Geon-woo had been chosen.
The result was a spectacular success.
The only drawback was that the effect only manifests once per attribute type.
“Then what is what you gave him this time?”
“It’s made from an extract of the Jester’s Mushroom.”
“The Jester’s Mushroom?!”
The Jester’s Mushroom.
A poisonous fungus that blooms on the fourteenth floor.
Consumption brings on severe hallucinatory symptoms, yet Woo Min-chul had extracted it and passed it on.
The problem was that addicts became so desperate for it that the addiction and dependency were extraordinarily strong.
Moreover, being a poisonous mushroom, overuse caused continuous damage to both body and mind, ultimately claiming life.
“Why? Do you think I’d hand it over in its raw extracted form?”
Giving it as-is would be no different from a narcotic.
Woo Min-chul had created a potion by extracting only the necessary components from the Jester’s Mushroom.
If he can absorb it, it would be a tremendous help in climbing to the second floor.
Of course, if he can’t digest it, the aftereffects would be considerable, but there shouldn’t be any dependency issues.
‘Just a shame, really.’
At Level 1, there aren’t many who possess a body as resilient as his.
* * *
“You’re here?”
“Yes. I’m here.”
Han Geon-woo offered the potion with a respectful bow.
A smile played at Seong Un’s lips as he accepted it.
[Potion of Luck]
-Type: Consumable
-Grade: A
-Upon consumption, grants a buff that increases luck by 50% for 1 hour.
-After the buff ends, a Misfortune debuff is applied for 24 hours.
It was indeed the Potion of Luck.
A potion that grants a buff increasing luck by a full 50%.
The only drawback: once the buff expires, a debuff of Misfortune strikes in its place.
And not just for 1 hour—a full 24 hours.
Yet Seong Un had chosen the 50% because he judged it well worth the cost.
‘With an ordinary die, 50% would be excessive, but the Golden Dice are different.’
Each tick marks a difference of 10.
It was worth enduring the Misfortune to secure a higher number—that would accelerate his growth going forward.
“By the way, you didn’t receive anything else separately, did you?”
Seong Un glanced sideways at Han Geon-woo as he spoke.
Flinch—
His shoulders jerked noticeably, and Seong Un caught it immediately.
“No, no, I didn’t.”
His act was too clumsy to be convincing.
Seong Un extended his hand.
“Hand it over.”
“I really didn’t receive anything……”
Even as he protested, Han Geon-woo obediently drew out another potion and offered it.
“This……”
Seong Un’s expression stiffened slightly as he examined it.
[Jester’s Laughter]
Could this even be called a potion?
Jester’s Laughter referred to a type of poisonous mushroom that bloomed within the tower.
It was commonly used as a narcotic, but he’d never heard of it being refined into a potion before.
“That’s……. I received it as compensation for my hardship……”
Han Geon-woo couldn’t tear his eyes from the potion, anxious that Seong Un might confiscate it.
“Hold on.”
Seong Un set the potion aside and called Woo Min-chul.
[Yeah. Did you get the potion all right?]
“Yes. But why did you give him Jester’s Laughter?”
[Huh? That bastard showed it to you?]
Woo Min-chul’s voice through the phone was tinged with surprise.
“From what I know, Jester’s Mushroom is supposed to be extremely dangerous.”
[Ha! Jester’s Laughter is what you get when you remove all the dangerous parts! If he drinks it and digests it, his Darkness Attribute Resistance will increase by up to 1%.]
“Really? You’re not lying?”
This is strange.
A potion that increases Attribute Resistance exists?
At Seong Un’s doubt, Woo Min-chul’s voice rose.
[You’re doubting me now?! Ask that brawny bastard! Ask him if I’m lying!]
Seong Un’s gaze turned toward Han Geon-woo.
Han Geon-woo, who’d been listening to the conversation, nodded vigorously.
“Thanks to a potion I drank last time, my Poison Attribute Resistance increased by 1%.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes! I’m not lying!”
So that’s how it was.
“Does the effect work the same for everyone?”
[No, if your level goes past five, it won’t work. And it’s dangerous unless you’re naturally gifted from birth.]
Ah, so it wasn’t a proper potion after all.
Only the naturally gifted can absorb it, and there’s no dazzling transformation significant enough to justify the pain.
A 1% gain was a figure items alone could more than adequately cover.
“Understood. I’ll contact you again next time, then.”
After hanging up, Seong Un handed Han Geon-woo the potion he’d set down and the A-Grade Sword he’d promised.
“You’re giving these to me?”
“Yeah. I don’t need them anyway.”
Once Seong Un’s level exceeded five, the potion would be useless to him.
It was a shame not to drink it, but he harbored no regrets.
Holding back on leveling up for the sake of 1% would be far more inefficient.
“W-well then, I should be heading back.”
“Yeah. Next time, check before you take anything.”
“Yes, sir!”
Afraid Seong Un might change his mind, Han Geon-woo fled as if his life depended on it.
“Then I suppose I’ll give it a try.”
Seong Un drained the potion down completely.
[You have been granted a Buff: Luck +50% (1 hour)]
The moment he finished the potion, a Buff granting a 50% increase to Luck was applied.
Now it was time to roll the Golden Dice.
[Will you use the Golden Dice?]
[To proceed, please confirm your choice, then roll the dice.]
“Use it.”
The moment he declared his intent, the dice glowed gold.
Seong Un grabbed the dice and tossed it upward in a rolling motion.
The dice spun rapidly through the air, fell to the floor, and tumbled across it with a low rumble.
The Greatest Returner Devours the Tower (Serialized)
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