The Legendary Regressor Devours the Tower - Chapter 35

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Episode 35
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Seongun retraced his steps and emerged from the lake, deploying an additional Mystic Shield to reach the surface.
‘Not bad—this dimension’s alchemy has some real merit.’
Leonis offered a short note of admiration at the Mystic Shield’s performance.
It was the work of South Korea, an alchemy powerhouse.
It would hold its own even if exported to another dimension.
‘But I never imagined it buried down here. How on earth did you find it?’
“It took considerable effort. I used two Grade A Artifacts just to locate it.”
‘That Chicler fellow… he really did plan ahead to hide it.’
As for Leonis, he’d lost his life at the hands of traitors, denied even a proper burial before being carelessly discarded.
That was also why the monument had branded him a criminal.
Then how could he have possessed the imperial treasury?
It was because he, sensing what lay ahead, had entrusted the treasures he held to Doctor Chicler beforehand.
[I will ensure these never fall into their hands.]
He’d left word that he would later retrieve his remains and return the treasures, then disappeared.
“There’s something I’ve been curious about.”
Seongun spoke, gazing down at Blood Liqueur still watching him from the lake.
‘What is it?’
“This Doctor Chicler—was he able to practice Necromancy as well?”
Necromancy.
It operated on an entirely different principle than alchemy, using spirit and life force as mediums.
Seongun had mentioned Necromancy because of how the Fortuitous Encounter came to be obtained.
It wasn’t simply about destroying the robot and excavating the tomb to claim Guardian: Zickrote.
Through Necromancy, he’d summoned Leonis’s spirit via a refined orb found within the robot, gained his recognition, and thus brought Guardian: Zickrote into his possession.
‘That’s right. He was quite skilled, actually.’
Leonis conceded readily.
“It seems the Zickrote Empire had a fairly open view of Necromancy?”
In South Korea, Necromancy was heavily taboo.
The reason was that it used spirit and life force as mediums.
Life and death were the natural order, and this art defied that order.
Moreover, because Necromancy drew on others’ life force rather than the practitioner’s own, it amounted to discarding the dignity of another person, which was why such a stigma had taken root.
‘On the contrary, the Zickrote Empire executed every Necromancer they found.’
“Then how could he have kept a Necromancer by his side?”
Anyone guarding imperial treasures would have needed to hold the rank of at least a knight commander.
Why would someone in such a position have turned a blind eye to a Necromancer?
‘Because he was his brother.’
“I see.”
‘He was simply able to practice Necromancy on top of that. He was the greatest alchemist of his era.’
After Leonis’s death and abandonment, Doctor Chicler used his spirit as a medium to perform Necromancy, then transported the entire tomb deep into the caves.
“And then when the dimension was deleted, it was moved deep into the sixth floor.”
‘That’s how it went. After all, a Fortuitous Encounter comes from the arrangements left behind by the defeated.’
That was true.
A Fortuitous Encounter was, in essence, a legacy left by the vanquished.
So that future climbers might benefit and claim victory over this accursed Tower.
Guardian: Zickrote, which Leonis had cherished more than life itself, was no different.
Whether passing the imperial treasure to future climbers or stabilizing them as a remnant spirit—all of it was for this purpose.
‘If that is the case.’
Then I will seize the victory I have so long desired.
Without fail.
[Would you like to begin a Sponsored Broadcast?]
The conquest of the sixth floor begins.
* * *
At that same moment.
Han Gunwoo had come to the Association in response to Choi Hyuk’s summons.
“It’s been handled cleanly, so you can rest easy,” Choi Hyuk said.
The reason for the summons was to report the results.
“Th-thank you so much.”
Han Gunwoo bowed his head, his eyes trembling.
A few hours earlier, word had come from the Paldo Guild.
Since he’d already requested help from the Association, Han Gunwoo had no qualms about taking the call.
‘I’m sorry. I won’t trouble you again.’
His father had apologized.
Hearing those words left him stunned.
Rather than relief, what struck him was the bitter realization that even his father—that man—was just another weak creature who buckled under pressure.
“Jingeom stepped in personally.”
“J-Jingeom?”
The undisputed number one ranked Climber in South Korea.
That Jingeom himself had moved to crush the Paldo Guild—he never would have imagined it.
But why Jingeom instead of the Association?
“Do you understand what that means?”
“Um… I should be grateful to Jingeom for helping?”
“No. It means you’ve been removed from the Blacklist.”
“Really?!”
“Yes. It took considerable effort to win over the Cheonha guild, but… they’ve ultimately decided to forgive you.”
Han Gunwoo’s heart thundered in his chest.
Once blacklisted, he’d thought entry into any respectable guild would be impossible for life.
But if he’d been cleared, it meant he could knock on the doors of major guilds again.
Reading his thoughts in his brightened expression, Choi Hyuk smiled softly and added a word.
“It’s all thanks to Seongun.”
“What? Him?”
“Yes. The Association secured a promise that he won’t leave the country once the lockdown period ends.”
“I… see?”
Cheonha forgave him over just a promise not to go abroad?
Choi Hyuk continued his explanation, matching Han Gunwoo’s eye level.
“You may not know this, but Seongun is currently an Irregular that everyone in the world wants. America alone would offer astronomical sums.”
“You’re saying he’d give that up?!”
“Yes. Not leaving the country means staying in Korea, so Korean guilds are attempting to build goodwill and recruit Seongun.”
“Ah…”
Jingeom stepping in personally, Cheonha removing him from the Blacklist—
it was all possible because he had stepped forward…
“I presented it as the condition for helping Han Gunwoo. From the guilds’ perspective, they simply calculated the profit and acted on it.”
Choi Hyuk had deliberately leaked this information to the major guilds alone.
‘Seongun appears to be showing interest in domestic guilds.’
He’d added this while putting his position as Association Chairman on the line.
After all, Seongun was indeed planning to establish a guild domestically—it wasn’t a lie.
Perhaps because of this commitment, the major guilds moved eagerly.
“You…”
Han Gunwoo kept his head bowed, unable to lift it.
‘What have I done to deserve this much…’
The first place he’d met Seongun was in the Tutorial.
He’d even tried to kill him there, and afterward, he’d played the lapdog of Cheonha, trying to obstruct Seongun.
Though he’d eventually sided with Seongun, he still hadn’t proven anything.
So why was he helping him at such enormous cost?
“You’re lucky, Han Gunwoo. Seongun places tremendous trust in you.”
“Trust…”
“So, what will you do about this?”
Choi Hyuk produced a business card as he spoke.
Han Gunwoo’s pupils dilated as he examined it.
“Pyo Byungwoo of Jingeom?”
“Yes. Guild Master Pyo wants to recruit you.”
“Recruit…? Me?”
Choi Hyuk nodded.
They wanted to recruit Han Gunwoo just to create a connection to Seongun.
“Yes. What will you do?”
Choi Hyuk glanced down at Han Gunwoo’s hand holding the card.
He could see it trembling slightly.
Well, that’s the natural response for Jingeom.
It’s the guild every Climber in South Korea dreams of joining, so hesitation would be inevitable.
So what choice would the man before him make?
Would he follow Seongun and look to the future?
Or would he look at the present right before his eyes?
“I must decline.”
“You won’t have regrets?”
Han Gunwoo set the business card down again, his expression grave.
“Yes. I promised to become your right hand. So I could never join Jingeom.”
“I see. I’ll speak well of you to Jingeom.”
Choi Hyuk smiled faintly and tucked the business card back into his pocket.
The conversation ended there.
Once Han Gunwoo left the Association, his legs gave out and he sank to the ground.
His eyes were already reddened, and soon tears began to stream down his face.
‘I will serve you with all my loyalty for the rest of my life.’
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The sponsored broadcast had begun.
As soon as Seongun started streaming, viewers flooded in within moments.
-Whoa, Seongun’s streaming.
-But why floor 6 and not 3?
-Huh? Yeah, that’s right.
-Give us an explanation!
The viewers were confused by the sudden jump from floor 2 cleared to floor 6, skipping floors 3 through 5.
‘What does that even mean?’
Leonis, unaware that Seongun had jumped three floors, also looked bewildered.
“After clearing consecutive EX Grade floors, the tower automatically skipped three floors.”
He deliberately made no mention of the Tower of Miracles.
-?
-Wait, that’s a thing?
-So what happens with the first clear bonuses from floors 3 to 5?
-You must’ve gotten them, right? Surely you got them?
First clear bonuses.
“I didn’t receive them.”
It was true that he hadn’t obtained the rewards for floors 3 through 5.
-Ugh… if this is how it works, I’d rather not get EX Grade.
-What’s that guy saying lol it’s not that you don’t ‘get’ them, you ‘can’t’ get them.
-Still though, that’s disappointing… we won’t get to see the strategy for floors 3 to 5.
-Actually, even if you can’t get the bonuses, you can still enter floors 3 to 5, right? If you go in and record strategy videos, it’d blow up.
It was a fair point, but he had no plans to prepare strategy videos right now.
Time wasn’t infinite.
He had to rush upward.
‘Wait, what does EX Grade even mean?’
Leonis couldn’t hide his confusion.
EX Grade.
It was a grade he’d never once heard of.
‘You don’t know it either?’
Seongun asked Leonis silently.
‘How could I? The highest we ever saw was SSS Grade.’
Communication flowed smoothly without either of them speaking aloud.
Seongun’s expression showed mild surprise.
‘Really? How high did you climb?’
‘I stopped at the 48th floor. I’d probably have gone higher if I hadn’t died.’
‘You didn’t find anything on the 44th floor?’
‘Huh? Find what?’
‘Nothing at all.’
From his tone, Leonis clearly had no knowledge of the mysterious memoir Seongun had discovered on the 44th floor.
There was no need to reveal the fact of his Return, so he wrapped up the conversation casually.
[Mission registered.]
[Floor 6 Evaluation Score: EX Clear – 3,000 Gold]
[Do you accept?]
Already three thousand Gold had been accumulated.
This condition, too, was EX Grade.
The intention was likely to witness the process of reaching EX Grade firsthand, revise the strategy guide based on that knowledge, or attempt the climb myself by applying what I’d learned directly.
I’d come to understand that results differing from my previous life were beginning to surface, one after another.
A prime example: a Climber residing in Jeonju who completed the first floor of the Tower of Ruin at SS+ rank under the name “Little Seongun.”
Since she stated outright that she’d referenced my own gameplay in her climb, I could say with certainty that the broadcast had altered history.
‘A good sign.’
Items and Titles were distributed according to broadcast rankings in what was called the year-end settlement, and while I’d begun this partly to aim for that, there was also a genuine hope that Climbers’ standards would rise even slightly through the broadcast.
‘Well then, shall we begin?’
Now came the real ascent of the sixth floor.
An Unparalleled Returner Devours the Tower (Serialized)
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