The Legendary Regressor Devours the Tower - Chapter 30

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Episode 30
Deferment had been the right choice.
Had I claimed the reward then, the grade wouldn’t have upgraded at all.
‘So there never was a choice to save them, after all.’
The miracle of the Fleeting Moment.
I’d tasted a brief freedom by slaying the Cyclops that had held the village in its grip.
But this world had been devoured by the Cyclops long before.
Killing a single one couldn’t save the world.
The Miracle Tower judged that I could no longer continue fighting and forcibly ejected me. I’d have to check the reward back at home.
…
The first reward issued was a book.
One so thoroughly corrupted that every character was illegible.
I widened my eyes.
‘Something quite extraordinary is hidden here, it seems.’
The rewards offered by the Miracle Tower were incomparably better than those from the Tower of Ruin.
I was certain of this because it was clearly recorded in the memoir left by the unidentified climber I’d discovered on the forty-fourth floor.
Thanks to that memoir, I could climb the tower at EX Grade now.
‘If that’s the case, this book’s value must exceed imagination.’
Though damaged beyond any readable text, wouldn’t restoration yield an extraordinary reward?
[Feather of Benu has been issued.]
A restoration method existed.
Next came the Feather of Benu.
[Feather of Benu]
-Type: Consumable
-Grade: SSS
-Upon use, you may restore any one item of your choosing.
With this, I could restore the book.
I placed the feather upon the tome.
[Restoration is impossible.]
[You may restore a single page of your choosing.]
Yet the Feather of Benu could only restore a single page, not the entire book.
“…Page one.”
I restored the first page without hesitation.
Even if I restored some middle section and pieced the content together, I couldn’t fully understand it, nor could I divine what the book even was.
I had to start from the first page to determine what I was dealing with.
[Page one will be restored.]
The feather shimmered and dissolved into the book.
The corrupted, illegible characters began to transform into Korean and became readable.
[Book of Burning Desire]
Book of Burning Desire?
No author’s name was written, so I couldn’t tell who had composed it.
I turned the page.
[Dreaming of Miracles.]
Dreaming of miracles, then.
Could this be connected to the Miracle Tower?
“To understand it, I’ll have no choice but to climb the Miracle Tower again.”
Fortunately, the rewards didn’t end there.
[Elixir of Steel God has been issued.]
The next reward was a glass vial filled with pink liquid.
[Elixir of Steel God]
-Type: Consumable
-Grade: SSS
-Upon consumption, one stat of your choosing rises dramatically.
“Hm.”
An elixir that raised stats like the golden die.
[Secret Manual of Steel God has been issued.]
Last came the Secret Manual of Steel God.
[Secret Manual of Steel God]
-Type: Skill Book
-Grade: SSS
—A tome that contains the very essence of Steel God.
—When the tome is used, one acquires Steel God.
*The Grade is determined according to the user’s proficiency and potential.
Unlike the Book of Burning Desire, which could not be read, this was a secret manual capable of granting a skill.
An SSS-Grade skill book, no less.
There was no reason not to use it immediately.
[Will you use the Secret Manual of Steel God?]
“Use it.”
The tome flashed with light for a fleeting moment, then vanished entirely.
[You have acquired Steel God (SSS).]
* * *
That afternoon.
After completing his accounts, Seong-un visited the Association to file his report.
Since no result notification had appeared, he needed to report in person.
His arrival caused considerable commotion inside, but thanks to the security team—including Jang Byung-jun—handling matters adeptly, Seong-un was able to visit the Association President’s Office without incident.
“I’ll wait out front. Please feel free to speak at your ease.”
“We’re at the Association, so you should be comfortable too, Team Lead.”
“I’m afraid that’s not possible. My role is to ensure you can climb comfortably, so please don’t concern yourself with me.”
“Understood.”
Jang Byung-jun opened the door, and Seong-un stepped inside.
“I apologize for having you come all this way.”
Choi Hyuk greeted Seong-un as though he had been waiting for him.
Having received advance notice of the visit, he had already suspended his work and prepared to receive Seong-un.
“Yes. Given the time constraints, would it be acceptable if I proceeded directly to the results?”
Choi Hyuk still had a considerable amount of work remaining.
It would be better for both of them to finish the report quickly and depart.
Choi Hyuk smiled warmly at Seong-un’s consideration and nodded.
“I appreciate your thoughtfulness.”
“The climb was concluded very successfully.”
“The result hasn’t appeared in the system, I see.”
“That’s correct.”
“May I ask how exactly you climbed the Miracle Tower?”
Miracle, not Ruin.
Choi Hyuk had harbored hope that this tower might be the key to invoking miracles.
And that hope was brutally shattered.
“I became an NPC within it and executed Episodes. In the end, it led to Ruin.”
“……Is that so?”
“Yes. The miracle was merely a fleeting moment.”
At those cold words, a bitter smile crossed Choi Hyuk’s lips.
So there truly was no way save reaching the hundredth floor of the Tower of Ruin.
“What reward, then, did you obtain from that place?”
“It would be faster to show you directly rather than explain.”
Seong-un rose from his seat and stepped back, creating distance between himself and Choi Hyuk.
‘What exactly could it be?’
Choi Hyuk watched Seong-un intently, his curiosity burning.
In that instant, mana poured forth from Seong-un’s body, took form, and wrapped itself around him.
Though the enveloping mana was somewhat rough-hewn, it maintained its shape and functioned as armor.
“Ah…….”
Choi Hyuk could not hide his amazement at the appearance of the Mana Armor.
For externally released mana to hold its form without scattering meant he had acquired a skill related to it.
Moreover, those who acquired it typically began at Grade E, yet the color of the mana was far too dense to believe it was merely E-Grade.
“It’s called Steel God.”
“Steel God?”
“Yes. It’s a skill that dramatically increases both offensive and defensive power.”
“It seems like there’s more to it than that…… am I right?”
A perceptive man indeed.
Seong-un smiled and nodded.
“Not immediately, but once the Grade rises, it should be capable of manifesting various abilities. Its Potential Grade is SSS.”
[Steel God]
—Type: Active
-Grade: E
-Maximum Growth Grade: SSS
-Envelops the body in the Mana Armor of Steel God.
-???(Unlocks upon reaching Grade C.)
-???(Unlocks upon reaching Grade B.)
-???(Unlocks upon reaching Grade A.)
-???(Unlocks upon reaching Grade S.)
-???(Unlocks upon reaching Grade SS.)
-???(Unlocks upon reaching Grade SSS.)
Steel God capable of growth all the way to SSS Grade.
Unlike other skills, Steel God provided remarkably clear explanations.
Additional options unlock with each rise in the skill’s grade.
For now it was merely a buff, but in time it would become a skill worthy of the title God itself.
“SSS?!”
At the mention of SSS, Choi Hyuk shot to his feet.
His shock was so violent that the teacup before him trembled, then toppled sideways and spilled across the table.
“Shh.”
Seong-un raised a finger in a gesture for quiet.
Was he trying to broadcast that he’d obtained the first-ever SSS-grade skill, on top of the already clamorous situation with the EX+ grade?
“Ah, I… I apologize. I was simply overwhelmed.”
Choi Hyuk quickly regained his composure, sat back down, and drew out the Orb Artifact, rolling it across the tabletop with a soft tumble.
The small sphere enlarged at once, absorbed the spilled coffee, and rolled automatically across the table, cleaning it perfectly.
“In any case, what I obtained from the Miracle Tower was this skill—one capable of growth all the way to SSS Grade.”
Seong-un made no mention of anything else he’d acquired.
‘Getting from SS to SSS alone would be grueling enough.’
The world’s first SSS-grade skill.
This alone was more than sufficient to offset the evaluation for clearing floors three through five.
“Have no concerns. The conditions I offered you remain valid.”
Choi Hyuk’s eyes gleamed with trust.
“Thank you. Then I’ll take my leave.”
The business was concluded.
The rest would be handled by Choi Hyuk using his authority as Association President.
“Would you wait just a moment longer?”
As Seong-un turned to leave, Choi Hyuk stopped him.
“Is there something else?”
“Yes. Please accept this.”
What Choi Hyuk handed over was a glass vial filled with a deep crimson liquid.
“What is this?”
“I thought you might have need of it, so I arranged to obtain it beforehand.”
Lizardman Essence.
Seong-un had barely escaped a Lizardman shaman in his previous encounter—a creature of the same race that possessed Fire Resistance.
Woo Min-chul had crafted an elixir to harness that lizardman resistance, and drinking it would grant a temporary Fire Resistance buff.
He’d planned to visit Woo Min-chul before ascending the sixth floor, but this thoughtful advance was appreciated.
“Thank you.”
“Not at all. And I’ve decided to scout the alchemist you conducted business with.”
“Scout him?”
“Of course, not solely for your sake. I made the decision based on what I saw of Woo Min-chul’s alchemy.”
Woo Min-chul’s elixirs had been rejected by society and never surfaced, but through you, I was able to assess his potential.
So Choi Hyuk approached him before opportunity slipped away.
“Did he accept the offer?”
The reason Seong-un had been able to conduct business with Woo Min-chul was because he recognized the man’s talent—purchasing his elixirs while also pledging to subsidize material acquisition at half price.
For someone like Woo Min-chul, obsessed with alchemy, it was as though all his deficiencies had been erased, so he’d accepted the Association’s proposal?
“Jegeum has been pressuring him.”
“Jegeum, you say?”
Jegeum.
A guild that specialized in alchemy—a place even Jingeom watched carefully.
The alchemical creations they’d synthesized were recognized not just across South Korea but by many nations, which imported and used them directly.
By wealth alone, there was probably no guild that could rival Jegeum.
“Yes. After failing to recruit Woo Min-chul, they attempted to nip the problem in the bud—trying to prevent him from monopolizing the elixir market.”
“They were covetous enough to assume that risk.”
You have a keen eye for such things.
With Woo Min-chul’s alchemy, we could seize monopoly of the elixir market and still come out ahead.
“Precisely. That’s why the Association has decided to serve as your shield. We also intend to offer substantial financial compensation, patent protection, and a guarantee of personal recognition for your achievements.”
“Do you think Jegeum will sit idle?”
“They’ll push back fiercely, no doubt. But I won’t tolerate seeing them mold everything to their liking. If more people could climb at affordable prices, wouldn’t we see far better results than we do now?”
It was a fair point.
Currently, elixir prices were absurdly high—so steep that even mid-sized guilds refused to distribute them to climbers unless they showed exceptional skill.
Naturally, those without a guild couldn’t even dream of it.
But in the future, Yisang Hyun would push the elixir’s price down dramatically, bringing it into the light of day, and countless others would begin to use it.
Choi Hyuk was seeing that future clearly.
Even if it meant enduring Jegeum’s fierce resistance.
“Yes. I’m certain of it.”
At Seong-un’s affirmation, Choi Hyuk smiled softly.
An Unparalleled Returner Devours the Tower (Serialized)
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