The Legendary Regressor Devours the Tower - Chapter 38

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Episode 38
[Lv.40 Garpagos]
A massive centipede monster.
‘I never thought something like this would appear on the 6th Floor.’
As for the 2nd Floor’s Hidden Boss, it had been recorded in the records, so he’d been able to trigger it.
But this Garpagos had never been recorded in those chronicles, and he’d never encountered it in his previous life either.
Seong-un’s eyes darted to the comments.
-Huh? Garpagos?
-What kind of monster is that?
-How the hell do you even play to summon something like that?
-Is it the same concept as the 2nd Floor’s Hidden Boss?
-He’s gonna get EX rank again lol
-Impossible to replicate;;;
Even I didn’t know.
If someone asked why it appeared here in the first place, the answer would be simple: the difficulty had risen to its ceiling.
‘Being relocated to the center of the village occupied by the Lizardmen must have been part of the scaling too.’
Normally, you’d earn the right to advance by wiping out thirty Lizardman Warriors and contributing something to the Wa’boro Tribe.
But in Seong-un’s case, he’d been dragged to the village’s heart with no way out unless he annihilated every last Lizardman Warrior.
As the difficulty spiked, Garpagos—a creature that had never appeared before—emerged alongside them.
“I-I think he’s got it, sir!”
Then Lutart pointed toward Garpagos.
“Yeah?”
“Yes! The mark I left is reacting!”
“Okay, so it’s on him?”
Seong-un drew out a dagger and hurled it at the approaching Garpagos.
Ting!
But the A-Grade Dagger dealt no real damage to Garpagos and ricocheted off to the side.
‘This won’t be easy.’
Its body was sheathed in black armor-plating.
The A-Grade Dagger, built entirely for offense, hadn’t even scratched it—let alone lodged in place.
Seong
‘I threw it with all my strength.’
Unbelievable defense for a Level 40 creature.
Seong-un had no choice but to draw Purdorf’s Shield, grip it with his left hand, and brace his weight evenly across both legs.
“Uh, it’s over……!”
Lutart, crouched behind him, squeezed his eyes shut.
He wanted to run, but being someone who feared insects, the moment he locked eyes with that hideous centipede, his legs went weak and he couldn’t move.
Boom!
Garpagos collided with Seong-un’s shield.
“Urgh!”
The one who’d been struck was Seong-un, yet it was Lutart who cried out.
Expecting death, he’d been trembling—but feeling no pain, he slowly lifted his head.
A stunning scene unfolded before him.
Screee—
The massive centipede’s head and Seong-un’s shield scraped against each other in a prolonged contest of strength.
What was astounding was that Seong-un wasn’t giving an inch.
“Hissss!”
Realizing a strength match wouldn’t work, Garpagos began wriggling its body to coil around Seong-un.
At that moment, Seong-un thrust the Asgard Sword he held in his right hand upward.
Clang!
The metallic ring echoed as Garpagos’s writhing body suddenly went rigid.
“Oof, tough.”
He’d driven it with all his might toward the space beneath its head, but all he’d managed was a surface gash.
Yet unlike the dagger, there was damage—and Garpagos slowly backed away.
Seong-un immediately burst forward.
He drove the monster’s head back, his body shielded behind Purdorf’s Shield.
It lost its balance and toppled sideways, its body rolling directly into Seong-un’s range.
Seong-un drove the Asgard Sword toward that writhing mass.
A focused strike, channeling mana through the blade’s edge to maximize impact.
Crack!
It worked.
The blade hadn’t pierced clean through, but the tip had driven past the creature’s armor and lodged itself shallowly in its body.
Seong-un’s lips curved upward as he yanked the sword free with a quick motion, then drove his shield forward to shove the creature’s head back.
“Shrieeeeek!”
The creature let out a roar of rage.
Yet whether it had grown wary of the blade’s sharpness or simply hadn’t expected to taste pain, it didn’t come at him easily now.
‘All its stats dumped into defense, then. Looks like it’s not used to suffering.’
That suited him fine.
Fighting like this meant he’d essentially already claimed victory.
Still, he couldn’t afford to grow careless.
Without information on Garpagos, a single moment of inattention could leave him exposed to a killing strike. Caution was essential.
He expected the creature would wield some kind of poison ability, but he’d have to see exactly what.
Whiiiishhh!
And there it was.
Black gas began erupting from the creature’s legs.
The gas engulfed Seong-un in an instant.
‘Volatile Neurotoxin.’
Leonis identified the gas’s nature at once.
‘Are you certain?’
The moment the gas burst forth, Seong-un activated Mystic Shield.
[Durability decreased by 1%.]
[Durability decreased by 1%.]
The poison’s destructive force rivaled magma itself—the shield’s durability plummeted at alarming speed.
‘Right. Breathing that in would be a real problem.’
‘Then we kill it first.’
Garpagos, emboldened by the toxin it was now spewing, writhed its body again and attempted to coil around Seong-un.
But Seong-un simply drove his blade into the wound he’d already opened.
Squelch!
With the armor shattered, a third of the sword sank into Garpagos’s body.
“Sscreeeeech!”
The coiling body convulsed violently.
The thrashing was intense enough to see with the naked eye.
Seong-un applied pressure to the hilt and slowly drew the blade free.
Drip-drip-
Black liquid fell in drops to the ground.
The battle was over.
Seong-un thrust his sword in once more, severing the body clean, and Garpagos’s head slammed into the sand.
[You have slain the King of the Sands, Garpagos.]
[You have achieved a remarkable accomplishment.]
[Damage taken: 0. Bonus points awarded.]
[Level increased.]
[Obtained 3x D-Grade Magic Stone.]
[Obtained 2x Garpagos Poison Stinger.]
The accomplishment was registered.
With it came the bonus points.
‘Better than expected.’
Seong-un clenched his fist tight.
With the difficulty now raised, he’d earn bonus points each time he climbed flawlessly.
* * *
[Durability decreased by 1%.]
Even as the durability continued to drain, Seong-un used the fallen dagger to dissect Garpagos’s corpse.
Once the creature had expired, the armor wrapped around its body vanished, leaving no obstruction to the work of dismantling.
“Is that everything?”
The reason for the dissection was straightforward.
The creature had swallowed all of Lutart’s items whole.
Many of them were damaged, coated as they were in digestive fluids, but the item Seong-un had been searching for remained fortunately intact.
“Ah…”
Once Lutart had surveyed the condition of his possessions, deep despair seized him—he scooped handfuls of sand and hurled them at Garpagos’s corpse while tears and mucus began streaming down his face.
“You bastard! Give it back, give it back! Do you know what this is, you son of a bitch! Noooooo!”
At Lutart’s wail—something between a shriek and a death cry—Seong-un watched with a hint of sympathy.
-Poo-ha-ha-ha-ha!
-Zzingzzinga, resummoned!
-Though I’ll admit it stings. Not only stolen goods, but over half destroyed—
-Ugh, Zzingzzinga, can’t be helped. That’s your karma. Accept it gracefully.
The viewers laughed at Lutart while simultaneously feeling a measure of sympathy.
“You alright?”
Seong-un approached Lutart and patted his shoulder.
“Not at all…….”
The bastard never lied and said he was fine, not even out of politeness.
“I see. In that case, how about I add one more item to what we already agreed you’d take?”
“……?”
Lutart stared at Seong-un with a face that screamed “What are you talking about?” and Seong-un shrugged before continuing.
“Originally, you were supposed to leave with items as payment for me not killing you. But since you rescued me from that Garpagos, it’s only fair to add another one, wouldn’t you say?”
“Ah…… waaahhhhh…….”
At this clear accounting, Lutart buried his face in his hands and wept openly.
‘And here’s a man whining over something like this.’
Leonis clicked her tongue at Lutart in disapproval.
His image was already so tarnished that no sympathy could take root.
“I’ll take this one.”
Seong-un didn’t hesitate a moment before reaching for the scroll.
The other item wasn’t one scattered about the floor—it was a ring he’d pulled from his own robes.
[Secret Flame]
-Complete map of the 6th Floor
The words inscribed on the scroll’s surface.
Secret Flame.
A map depicting the entirety of the 6th Floor, including the Village of Fire where the Wa’boro Tribe dwelled.
Moreover, this map served as a pass of entry as well.
Unlike the Hidden Script that Seong-un had accessed earlier, the secret zones here could only be crossed with the map in one’s possession.
He hadn’t wasted time on Lutart for nothing.
Next came the ring.
[Summoning Ring]
-A ring that seems as though it could summon something unknown.
At first glance it was indistinguishable from any ordinary ring, yet subtle fluctuations of mana were detectable.
A ring that seemed to continuously transmit signals somewhere.
Seong-un noticed that a tracking device had been embedded in the ring.
“Pl-please, couldn’t you just return the ring?”
Lutart wiped his tears with his sleeve and asked.
He looked up at Seong-un with puffy eyes, but Seong-un grabbed him by the collar.
“Who’d you get this from?”
“It’s a keepsake my father left behind…….”
The bastard rolled his eyes as he made his excuse.
“That so?”
As Seong-un’s lips curled into a smile, Lutart rushed to add more.
“Yes! I’ll give you something else instead! You see the Cup of Wisdom here? If you pour wine into it, you’ll never get drunk! You could go anywhere and brag about drinking!”
“If you’re lying, I’ll cut your throat?”
“Ye-yes……?”
“If it’s not actually your father’s keepsake, you die by my hand.”
“…….”
At that threat, Lutart’s mouth snapped shut like a trap.
‘How’d he know it was a lie?’
Leonis showed a look of genuine curiosity.
‘He just took a shot in the dark.’
That was a lie.
Anyone who’d climbed the 6th Floor even once couldn’t help but know.
The NPC who served as a guide was none other than the tribal chief leading the Wa’boro Tribe.
Lutart’s father.
-Hahahaha he basically made his own father dead
-This guy’s really something lol
-Beyond redemption lol
-Hahahahahaha
Most of the Climbers who had scaled the 6th Floor couldn’t suppress their laughter at Lutart’s words.
“Anyway, you can head back now.”
“Yes, understood…….”
The creature had much to say written all over its face, but fear of a beating sent it scrambling away in silence.
Seong-un watched Lutart’s retreating back and muttered quietly.
“The bastard should have bitten down on the bait.”
* * *
After obtaining the Secret Flame, progress came swiftly.
Seong-un moved with ruthless efficiency to make up for the time squandered on Lutart, clearing four zones in just two hours.
[The skill ‘Steel God’ has risen one rank.]
The effort bore fruit.
As Steel God climbed one rank, it reached D-Grade.
Frustratingly, unlocking new abilities wouldn’t come until C-Grade, but the hazy mana armor had grown noticeably more vivid.
It meant the armor’s durability had increased proportionally.
‘The growth rate really is exceptional.’
Hypersensitivity, Sword Mastery, Trace of One Who Endured All, One Strike Two Cuts.
While those skills topped out at SS-Grade, Steel God could climb all the way to SSS-Grade.
The higher the maximum rank, the faster the growth from lower tiers—and Steel God had already jumped to D-Grade far more rapidly than One Strike Two Cuts, which was still crawling out of E-Grade.
Using the privilege to ascend the Tower of Miracles had been an exceptionally shrewd choice.
‘Should I go in now?’
Seong-un turned his gaze to the massive boulder.
A stone jutting from the sprawling plains like a monolith.
The Secret Flame had pointed to it as the entrance.
The final step toward reaching EX-Grade.
He approached the boulder slowly and placed his hand upon it.
Rumble—
The stone rolled backward, revealing a descending staircase beneath.
An Unparalleled Returner Devours the Tower (Serialized)
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