The Legendary Regressor Devours the Tower - Chapter 45

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Episode 45
At that same moment.
Jang Byung-jun was waiting in a parking lot some distance from the tower.
“Do you really think it’ll be all right……?”
Choi Han-su, his bodyguard, asked him with an anxious face.
Just moments ago, when Seong-un and two others entered the Small Tower, its entrance had been bathed in yellow light.
From this unfamiliar phenomenon, he could tell it was a Small Tower with enhanced Destruction.
Since the search had succeeded, the bodyguards would now join up and provide support.
But Jang Byung-jun had no intention of leaving the car despite the order to wait.
“If it were a dangerous situation, they would’ve sent a support request.”
“Isn’t it possible they can’t even send a support request in that situation?”
“No, it’s fine.”
He had something to rely on even without a support request.
The artifact attached to Seong-un’s body.
This artifact was designed to automatically send out a support request if anything happened to Seong-un.
But the fact that there had been no response so far meant there was no need for support.
“Sigh…… This just doesn’t feel right…….”
If something went wrong even by one in a million chance, not only Jang Byung-jun but he himself might have to resign.
Seong-un was that important to the Association.
He wanted nothing more than to rush into that tower right now, but with Jang Byung-jun holding him back, that wasn’t an option.
“You’re annoying me. Go buy some coffee or something.”
Jang Byung-jun handed him a card.
“I don’t feel like eating anything…….”
“You can get the expensive stuff.”
Even though he was offering to buy him something expensive, Choi Han-su shook his head.
How could coffee go down when he was anxious to death?
“Forget it. But are you really just going to stay put like this?”
“If there’s no support request.”
“……I don’t know anymore. If something does happen, you’ll handle it, won’t you, sir?”
“Don’t worry. Nothing like that will happen.”
“What makes you so certain, sir?”
“Just a feeling, you could say?”
“A……feeling?”
At Choi Han-su’s blank response, Jang Byung-jun’s eyes rolled once before he suddenly jumped out of the car and sprinted toward the tower.
Left alone, Choi Han-su hurried down and followed him.
But where Jang Byung-jun was heading was toward a group of climbers approaching the tower.
“You cannot enter here.”
It wasn’t to provide support—rather, he was thoroughly blocking others from getting any closer.
“What? Why can’t we go in?”
“Did you rent this place out exclusively?”
The Small Tower rippling with yellow light seemed ominous, and the climbers showed no sign of backing off easily.
“This is a warning. You could die if you go in.”
Jang Byung-jun showed them his Association ID Card and issued the warning.
“We could……die?”
At the appearance of the Association ID Card, the climbers’ eyes changed.
Jang Byung-jun nodded and added more.
“Yes. So I’d appreciate your cooperation.”
“Ah, understood.”
Only then did the climbers seem convinced and turned to leave.
“We’ll need to secure the perimeter. We can’t have outsiders getting close.”
“Wait, sir……?”
Choi Han-su, who had been listening from behind, looked at him with a bewildered face, and Jang Byung-jun’s brow furrowed.
“Stop standing there gawking. Call all the men together. We need to guard this tower until a support request comes in.”
“Ah, yes sir.”
Hell, I’ve got no idea anymore.
Come what may.
* * *
[Your Level has increased.]
By the time Seong-un had completely wiped out all the Blue Lace at Level 40, his own level had climbed to 37.
“Wow……. It went up.”
Seo Jae-pil, who had been stuck at Level 73, was now 74, and Han Geon-u had broken through the barrier of 20 to become 21.
With lower levels came faster growth—that much was certain.
“Now I can actually hold my ground!”
Though the level gap between them and the Blue Race was still nearly twofold, as his level climbed, the effect of Indomitable grew stronger, and his endurance stretched incrementally longer than before.
At this pace, by the time the climb was complete, reaching Level 30 seemed within reach.
What struck him was that not a single reinforcement had arrived while they were clearing out the Blue Race.
‘Are they deliberately holding back?’
When someone entered a tower reinforced by Destruction, the color of the entrance changed.
He’d assumed that once they discovered the Small Tower, support would come rushing in.
But the silence so far could only mean one thing: Jang Byung-jun, as the person in charge, was deliberately blocking them.
‘Not that I mind.’
Even if the security detail joined, reaching Level 40 posed no problem, and since he’d already satisfied the First Entry condition, there was no risk of losing the Fortuitous Encounter.
‘I’ll have to thank him properly later.’
With him actively blocking interruptions, Seong-un could focus entirely on the climb.
“Hey, can I ask you something real quick?”
Just as they were about to advance to the next zone, Seo Jae-pil placed a hand on Seong-un’s shoulder.
“Yeah, what is it?”
“Those Blue Race things—when they saw you, they looked like they were trembling. Is that a skill?”
Whenever Seong-un moved, the Blue Race creatures, seized by terror, failed to mount any proper defense and simply surrendered their lives.
Seo Jae-pil, who had been casting spells, was bewildered by the sight.
“Precisely speaking, it’s a Title effect.”
“A Title effect?”
So he’d guessed right.
But a Title effect, not a skill?
Seo Jae-pil studied Seong-un from every angle.
No matter how hard he thought about it, he couldn’t fathom why the monsters were gripped by fear.
“What’s got you so curious?”
“Well, you said it’s a Title, right? Normally Titles activate constantly, but… I don’t feel anything from you at all.”
“That makes sense. Only the beings who dwell in towers can perceive it.”
“There’s something like that?”
“Yeah. When I recorded EX+ Grade, the tower gave me a Title called ‘First Climber.'”
“First?”
“It means I’m the first to record EX+ Grade. The first to set foot on the highest tier.”
Seo Jae-pil’s jaw dropped.
Such a Title actually existed in this world.
“The effect must be insane…?”
“You just saw it—those things couldn’t move an inch.”
“Wow… so you could just waltz through to the boss and demolish it without breaking a sweat?”
Someone who’d recorded an off-the-charts grade was truly cut from different cloth.
With an effect like that, couldn’t he tear straight through to the 24th floor that Olympus was currently climbing?
But Seong-un shook his head.
“Unfortunately, it seems the effect barely works on creatures more than 10 levels above me.”
“10?”
“Yeah. Remember that Small Tower with the Level 50 orc lurking at the entrance, before we came here? The orc didn’t flinch at all there.”
It was true.
To gauge the extent of his Divine Aura, Seong-un had investigated and discovered that monsters whose level exceeded his by more than 10 were barely affected.
They were aware of the aura’s existence but remained largely unimpressed by its influence.
‘Though if the Title grows, things could change.’
For now the gap was 10, but if the Title strengthened and the Divine Aura grew more potent, it might well affect higher-leveled creatures.
There was no need to panic over its ineffectiveness against anything beyond 10 levels higher.
“So for the creatures in here, it works across the board?”
“That’s right.”
The Small Tower’s regular monsters were one thing, but the boss was fixed at Level 40 as well.
Seo Jae-pil nodded, a smile spreading across his face.
“Then you should take the front.”
“I’ll do it, sir. Don’t tell him to.”
Han Geon-u, who had been listening quietly to the exchange, abruptly cut in.
“No, wait—think about it. Right now Seong-un can paralyze monsters with fear so they can’t fight back properly.”
“I still can’t. You’re putting me in front to train me, aren’t you?”
“This guy’s killing me. What do you want to do?”
Seo Jae-pil sensed the conversation was going nowhere and turned his head toward Seong-un.
“Fine. That’s enough. I’ll handle the rest up front.”
“Yes!”
Han Geon-u answered loudly at Seong-un’s words and fell back.
* * *
The climb that followed went remarkably smoothly.
The Level 40 monsters held no resistance to Seong-un’s aura, and they reached the boss in less than two hours.
“Wow……. This is seriously incredible. I’m already at 77.”
“I’ve reached 29!”
Han Geon-u had achieved 77 from the massive experience gains, and he’d also hit 29.
Most importantly, Seong-un’s level was now 42.
He’d already surpassed his initial target of Level 40, gaining two additional levels beyond that.
Once they defeated the boss, reaching 44 should be well within reach.
“How’s that? Glad you came?”
Seong-un grinned, and Seo Jae-pil answered with a hearty laugh.
“I’ll say!”
“Then let’s go secure the most important Fortuitous Encounter?”
“Let’s do it!”
Seo Jae-pil hummed a tune as he moved into the next area.
“Sir! Leave the boss to me! I’ll take the front position!”
Han Geon-u, who’d been knocked flat by a single body tackle before, could now hold his ground with nearly perfect endurance.
If he continued to grow at this steady pace, he’d be a Tank without equal.
Brimming with confidence, Han Geon-u strode into the next area.
Left alone, Seong-un examined a single ticket in his inventory.
It was a Golden Tower Admission Ticket.
‘What kind of place is the Golden Tower?’
Leonith revealed his curiosity.
‘I don’t know. How many times do I have to tell you?’
He’d lost count of how many times Leonith had asked since obtaining the Golden Tower Admission Ticket.
‘Hmph, you could be pretending not to know.’
‘Me?’
‘Yes. A fellow who knows everything under the sun couldn’t possibly be ignorant of the Golden Tower.’
‘What can I do? I really don’t know this one.’
‘Then there’s nothing for it but to go inside and find out. Let’s move on quickly.’
‘Fine, fine.’
Seong-un finally moved into the next area.
“Damn……. How the hell are we supposed to handle that?”
“Uh, sir…….”
The first thing he saw was Seo Jae-pil and Han Geon-u both rendered speechless.
[Lv.80 Spirit Remnant of Rais]
The boss that should have been Level 40 had transformed into Level 80.
‘What the—?’
Seong-un was equally taken aback.
Until now, in every major event, he’d never encountered a boss that exceeded the first climber’s level.
Whoosh—
The Spirit Remnant of Rais was a monster composed of spiritual essence, holding a singular form.
The problem was that it couldn’t be dealt with by brute force alone.
“Hey! Call for backup! We can’t handle this on our own!”
To eliminate a Spirit Remnant, Purification Power was necessary.
The source of that purification was Holy Power.
While Mana is described as the energy that produces physical change, Holy Power is also called regenerative energy—it recovers what Mana expends.
Most often it awakened alongside Mana when those who relied on faith underwent awakening.
Since it was also called spiritual energy and purification was thus possible, such monsters required the aid of Holy Power.
‘What do you mean we can’t? You have Jicrotae’s Blessing.’
Leonith sighed as if disappointed and spoke.
‘Does Jicrotae’s Blessing work on monsters too?’
The power contained in Jicrotae’s Blessing was multifaceted.
One of those aspects was Purification Power, which Seong-un had understood to remove him from abnormal states.
‘Of course. Jicrotae’s Blessing doesn’t just purify its bearer. If you channel the Purification Power into your blade and cut with it, you can slay monsters like that.’
‘There’s something like that?’
‘The Dark Mages couldn’t figure out what to do with this treasure. Those trifles are definitely manageable.’
I’d had no idea that a skill activated from an accessory could be transferred to different equipment.
So this is what they call a fortuitous encounter.
‘I did something insane swimming through lava, but I’m glad I did.’
Whoosh—
“Seong-un!”
Then Seo Jae-pil’s urgent cry rang out, and my vision went black.
The boss had chosen Seong-un as its first target.
An Unparalleled Regression Swallows the Tower (Serialized)
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