The Return of the EX-Class Wizard - Chapter 50

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The Return of an EX-Rank Mage Episode 050
‘Limited Time’, ‘Super Value’ Shop.
That lethal combination materialized on the screen.
It was a name that seemed impossible to resist purchasing.
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[
Super Value Shop (Value+7,777%)
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[Available for Purchase]
1. Floor Occupation Right (3/3) – 10,000,000,000 Dia
2. Transfer Benefit Ticket (1/1) – 20,000,000,000 Dia
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‘Floor Occupation Right?’
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[Floor Occupation Right]
Occupy one floor of another city’s Tower.
※Limited to floors where the ticket holder ranks 1st in the world rankings.
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Information flooded into my mind.
It was a ticket to forcibly occupy one floor of another city’s Tower.
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[Transfer Benefit Ticket]
Earn 1,000 Dia per user when traveling between EX-rank floors
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“Wow.”
Choi Kang-mok immediately called Christine.
“I just got a super value shop. I’d need about 50 billion Dia to buy the Floor Occupation Rights.”
Originally it was 10 billion.
I’d inflated the number slightly, but combining three Floor Occupation Rights and one Transfer Benefit Ticket roughly came to 50 billion anyway.
Though I explained it briefly, Christine understood immediately.
-You mean we can connect London and Seoul, right? Got it. I’ll transfer 50 billion Dia right away! Buy it no matter what!
“This is a limited-time special, so I need the Dia sent right now.”
-Sending it now!
Such enormous sums of money couldn’t move through system mail.
However, Christine was already in Korea.
In less than three minutes, the Dia was transferred.
Using the system exchange to convert won into Dia wasn’t difficult.
Numbers appeared in my system account.
The zeros stretched on fearfully long.
‘Ah, the recipient gets charged a fee too.’
Choi Kang-mok quietly confirmed the commission amount and nodded.
I’d have to bill Christine for this later.

* * *
Christine put the blindfold back on.
Her breathing grew ragged.
“Hurry! Faster! To Foster’s place!”
With the Seoul Guild’s assistance, they departed toward the An House where Choi Kang-mok resided.
‘If I can make them occupy one floor of the London Tower….’
Her pride might take a small hit.
It would synchronize with the Korean Tower, and the tribute from that floor would flow to the Seoul Guild.
The Hall of Fame would bear Seoul’s name instead of London.
But pride doesn’t put food on the table.
‘London and Seoul will be connected!’
Western Europe and East Asia.
A warp portal would be created between two continents.
‘Korea has the Golden Labyrinth.’
Even now, countless players lined up waiting for entry permits to Korea.
In such circumstances, the London Guild members had already secured approval.
Just one floor. Give up merely one floor to Seoul,
and the intangible gains the London Guild members would reap would be truly astronomical.
‘The lower floors boast world-class tower quality.’
It might mean nothing to high-level awakeners.
But most of the world consisted of low-level ones.
Ordinary awakeners. For those who hadn’t even cleared the tutorial, Seoul was a dream.
A city of opportunity where even the lower floors offered chances to acquire mana stones.
‘I’ll connect them no matter what. By any means.’
They arrived at the An House.
She burst through the door breathlessly, blindfold removed.
“You got it?”

* * *
There were three Floor Occupation Rights in stock total.
[You have purchased a Floor Occupation Right.]
[You have purchased a Floor Occupation Right.]
[You have purchased a Floor Occupation Right.]
[You have purchased a Movement Benefit Voucher.]
Total expenditure: approximately 50 billion Dia.
I purchased them all with the help of the London Guild.
[Will you use the Movement Benefit Voucher?]
I used it immediately.
[Movement detected.]
[+1,000 Dia!]
[+1,000 Dia!]
[+1,000 Dia!]
….
[+1,000 Dia!]
[+1,000 Dia!]
Countless notifications flooded my vision.
I felt slightly bewildered.
‘This isn’t even by the second—’
1,000 Dia was added in infinitesimal intervals.
It felt like I’d become an extraordinarily successful streamer or content creator.
At this rate, the 100 billion Dia that Ssuk-Rocket had proposed would soon seem trivial.
Before the notifications could disappear, hundreds and thousands more continued to cascade.
My entire field of vision was plastered with [+1,000 Dia!]
‘This is overwhelming.’
I adjusted the settings and deleted those notifications.
Only then could I finally find some peace.
‘Better than being a landlord.’
No maintenance required, no tenant stress, no real estate fees.
This seemed to be the best money-making method in existence.
‘More money is always better.’
Eventually, there would come a day when I’d establish a magical research institute or purchase high-grade artifacts.
‘I’ll need to start acquiring mage-exclusive items soon.’
I had now reached Level 40.
From this point onward, equipment quality became the critical factor.
Grimoires, artifacts, specialized scrolls.
The phase of ‘converting money into magical power’ was approaching.
Then, the door opened.
Christine rushed in, removing her blindfold.
“You bought it?”
“Yeah.”
At the brief response, Christine’s eyes gleamed with intensity.
“You’re going to take over our Tower, right?”
“That’s… I need to coordinate with the Seoul Guild first—”
“Hey, we just dropped 50 billion won with zero conditions attached.”
“If an unavoidable situation arises, I’ll pay it back with interest.”
“Who asked you to pay it back with money! I’m asking you to take over the Tower!”
Text materialized above Mayo’s head.
-…My. You just attempted to coerce your user’s will.
-I recall a similar case. That damned entity…
Damn bastard
…did not last long.
-For reference, we have never drafted a contract.
Indeed, no contract had been signed.
Christine became polite.
“Okay!”

* * *
Articles flooded the news.
The Seoul Tower had taken over the 1st Floor of the London Tower.
It was the first instance of a Tower being conquered without a territorial war.
[Breaking News] Seoul Successfully Expands Overseas Tower Operations!]
[Breaking News] The Underdog’s Rebellion—How Far Will Seoul Rise?]
The national rankings climbed accordingly.
South Korea, which had been hovering around 30th place, rose to 29th.
It was an unexpected windfall.
But the atmosphere in Europe was decidedly different.
[London Surrenders to Seoul—Is This Acceptable?]
[London Stands at the Center of Humiliation’s History]
And the decisive blow.
The fact that this entire process had been carried out with the London Tower Lord’s ‘consent’ became public knowledge.
International communities erupted.
[No pride at all? Disgusting watching them crawl like dogs lol]
└The 1st-ranked Guild is pathetic. Calling them one of the Big Three is embarrassing now
└Total national disgrace
└Foster is a monkey who doesn’t understand British honor
└Ranking drops again lol probably losing to America too lol
Another of the Big Three Guilds.
The ‘Real Madrid’ Guild openly expressed its disappointment.
Along with reviews calling it “shocking.”
Yet the criticism didn’t last long.
[London Guild Recruiting Affiliated Guild Members!]
The London Guild moved swiftly. After conducting background checks and identity verification, they rapidly appointed affiliated guild members.
They soon held tickets to Seoul in their hands.
[Numerous London Awakeners Heading to Korea!]
[Low-Rank Awakeners Glimpse New Hope!]
[The Era of Tower Civilization Begins—The Korean Dream Starts Now!]
Even though Western Europe led the charge in the Tower civilization era, it wasn’t without low-rank awakeners.
It was simply that the elite stood out all the more.
Travel was free. No time difference. Safe lower floors.
Moreover, entry to Seoul’s Golden Labyrinth was possible.
For low-rank awakeners, Seoul was nothing short of paradise.
[The Korean Dream Sweeps In!]
└Ugh, here we go with national pride again?
└No, this is actually real though?
└Even the original article came from Europe lol
└Whoosh whoosh~ (the sound of European lords waving the Korean flag)
They set aside their pride and brought every practical benefit with them.
And those benefits spread evenly across all levels of society.
Low-rank players accumulated experience in Seoul, the premier low-floor tower city, while high-rank players received the scarce “Orbs” supplied by the low-rank players.
Seoul strengthened its bonds with London while preparing for its leap forward.
EX-rank Awakener Choi Kang-mok was drawing in Europe’s diamonds under the guise of passage fees.
Criticism persisted.
Yet even amid it all, the London Lord’s standing was gradually rising.

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The Seoul Guild had been in a state of emergency for days on end.
The office lights never went dark.
Choi Kang-chul returned home today after pulling another all-nighter, dark circles hanging heavy beneath his eyes.
“Brother, are you alright? The bags under your eyes are practically tunnels.”
“Ugh… Even ten bodies wouldn’t be enough, honestly.”
Even he, belonging to the Scout Department, was being deployed to the field in this emergency situation.
Managing the newly conquered Busan Tower, not to mention accommodating the explosively growing number of European awakeners.
Manpower was scarce and work was overflowing.
“And this.”
Choi Kang-chul pulled a document from his inventory.
“What is it?”
“In short, it says they’re transferring 99 percent of the increased tribute from conquering Busan Tower to you.”
“99 percent?”
“Yeah.”
“…Brother, you’re not overextending yourself again, are you?”
I know Choi Kang-chul is making an effort for me.
But I don’t think he needs to strain himself this much.
“Ranking 1st—I didn’t accomplish that alone.”
Countless Seoul Guild members climbed the tower with united effort.
In the end, we secured the top ranking and successfully conquered Busan Tower.
Choi Kang-mok tilted his head in confusion.
“Won’t the vice-lords and existing guild members have serious objections?”
99 percent to Choi Kang-mok.
The remaining 1 percent divided among all other guild members.
It was a ratio that was bound to spark complaints from anyone looking at it.
In fact, the internal message board was already in chaos.
-We also sacrificed sleep to conquer the tower.
-Are you saying our contribution to the conquest doesn’t even amount to 1 percent?
-No matter how much it’s an EX-rank clear, it’s only up to the 20th Floor.
-Most of us climbed the 30th Floor range. Some guild members even risked their lives climbing the 40th Floor range.
None of it was wrong.
Currently, the Seoul Guild had cleared up to the 43rd Floor with London’s cooperation.
For guild members handling the higher floors, indignation was a natural response.
[At this point, isn’t he dating an EX-rank Awakener?]
[There were rumors that the EX-rank is actually female?]
[They said family? Niece? Younger sibling? Could it be a son?]
└But seriously, that could actually be it;; The distribution is way too abnormal
As all manner of rumors swirled.
The Seoul Guild released an official report.
Choi Kang-chul held an identical report in his hands.
【Territorial Conquest Contribution—Detailed Statistical Breakdown】
“Contribution statistics.”
“Right. It’s an analysis of what had the greatest impact during this territorial conquest. The Tower provided it directly. I still don’t quite understand it myself. If anyone would know the reason, it’d be you.”
At first glance, the statistical graph was difficult to comprehend.
Choi Kang-chul asked with a vacant expression.
“Could you explain this to me? I can’t make sense of it at all.”

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