Chapter 281: Chapter 281 – Tutorial 60th Floor (17)

Chapter 281 – Tutorial 60th Floor (17)

[Hey, why don’t you take a shift?] I talked to Hochi, but received no answer . I held Yong-yong, who kept turning around . It had already been three days since Hochi and Yong-yong returned from the tournament .

After Hochi returned from the tournament, he spent more time alone . I heard from Park Jung-ah that she was doing well and without any problems, but Hochi seemed to have something serious . But he didn’t look very upset or depressed; he just seemed a little confused .

Maybe I should think of it as just adolescence . Considering Hochi’s age, it was possible . It’d been the first time he’d gone out into another world and encountered people . I was sure he’d think about many things .

Yong-yong had slept for three days as soon as he returned . He seemed to have slept very little throughout the tournament because he was too excited . So he, who usually slept for a certain amount of time every day, went to sleep for a long time as soon as he returned home, not waking up .

The problem was that he was not sleeping in his bed but in my arms, not even in a human form, but in a hatchling form .

This was slightly uncomfortable . It was not a matter of weight, but it was quite difficult to hold his short legs and flapping wings and hug them in a comfortable position . I agreed to Yong-yong’s request to sleep with me . If I knew he’d sleep for days like this, I should’ve just told him to sleep in a bed .

I was sitting in front of the desk with Yong-yong lying on my lap . I patted Yong-yong’s head with one hand while the other hand was over a book .

Well, it was not a big book . It was just my diary . It’d been quite a while since I started writing this . I began when the creation of a sect on the 41st floor led to the urge to write a religious journal .

The first chapter contained only brief details: the name and orientation of the newly established sect, means used to tempt the people, and the number of believers who changed day by day and their natures . It was merely a diary for record purposes . I turned over a page .

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[41st round]

-In two sessions, I succeeded in collecting a little faith through the sect . If I had known the desert people had such a closed disposition, I could have succeeded a little faster . I didn’t notice any kindness in dealing with outsiders .

-These people had indigenous religions . Can’t even call it a religion . The rulers of the Great Volcano and Stormy Snow Mountain were treated like gods . This is why the sect’s growth is slow .

-I recovered my left arm quickly . It wasn’t as difficult as I thought .

-After the desert, we arrived at the oasis . There was a portal in the oasis, and I could reach the Great Volcano through the portal .

-There were many enemies on the Great Volcano . Since the fire did not damage them, it was an opportunity to utilize my physical strength in various ways .

-I got the boss mob . The answer was to gather my power to restore my left arm . It would have been hard to deal with without the power .

-The boss mob seemed to know something about the stage . It was taken aback that I could face it alone . It may be fun to simply challenge it alone .

-I’m back on the 60th floor . My left arm disappeared again .

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That was the end of the 41st record . I was deeply hurt at that time . When I returned to the empty 60th floor, I wondered how many times I would have to repeat this . After hundreds of repeated clears, I wasn’t sure if I could do it . Fortunately, I was still alive .

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[42nd round]

-Seregia insisted we go straight to Snow Mountain, but I decided to stay on the 60th floor a few days .

-When I returned to the 60th floor, I lost all my powers from the 61st floor; however, a little bit of the power I had from before remained the same . The power restored my left arm .

-I’ve been using this new power, organizing my knowledge of sorcery, the 55th floor Mado knowledge that Ahbooboo had remembered as well as Contract magic . I had a mountain of homework that I had put off to study when I had time later .

After this, there was talk of research and studying for a long time . Ahbooboo played a huge role . As an apostle of the God of the Sky, there were no restrictions on sharing the information he knew . Because he had signed a contract with me, I could easily receive his knowledge .

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Let’s read ahead a little .

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[44th round]

-The ruler of the Great Volcano remembered me .

-They called me the first challenger . This was definitely different from other stages .

-We got quite close . After returning from killing him, I talked about him for a long time with Ahbooboo . I wish I could go back to Kirikiri and ask her about this stage in detail .

Later, I decided to send a request to the Order of Vigilance .

[48th round]

-Hyung-jin died .

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Only one line was written in the 48th entry . It was a real mess back then . Lee Hyung-jin died on the 17th floor .

I still don’t know how he died . Obviously, I prepared him enough to clear the 17th floor .

But just 15 minutes after he entered the 17th floor, one number decreased from the Hell difficulty’s list . It meant Lee Hyung-jin’s death . I didn’t know if Lee Hyung-jin let his guard down, or if his arrival on the 17th floor had more danger than I thought . Lee Yeon-hee was able to enter the 17th floor with overwhelming power . Then again, I did almost die on the 17th floor . [1]

Anyway, I was half-crazy back then, smashing the residential area . Perhaps that was the first time I had destroyed a residential area .

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[49th round]

-We need another challenger . Some of the remaining people on the first floor are useless . Even if they changed, it might take a few more years to reach the 60th floor . It was necessary to replace them .

-Successful cloning of Ahbooboo . The main point was that he was an item with an error . Although unstable and soon to be destroyed, there was still a possibility of the item working .

-Time-slowing skill is very helpful . Slowing down time has no real advantage, but it allows you to maintain high concentration during that time . As it has become difficult to focus on one thing in recent years, the time-slowing skill has been maintained .

[52nd round]

-I put my memories in a replica of Ahbooboo’s .

-I don’t know how to make this a person .

[56th round]

-Frog got hurt .

-According to the Voluntary Agency Network of Korea, it had a short life span .

-I tried giving it Elixir and more cures, but the frog’s health hasn’t improved .

[57th round]

-The clone is complete . It was more of an alter ego than a clone .

-It’s not perfect yet . I can’t use it recklessly for experiments . We must make sure it doesn’t break somehow .

-There’s a problem . The clone looks like the chimera I saw on the 20th floor .

[58th round]

-The God of the Sky took Ahbooboo .

Damn it . For protection? This is some high level bullsh*ttery . I still have a lot of magic knowledge left to learn from him . It was something that I had put off later because I could learn anytime . I’ll keep a record somewhere .

-The God of the Sky will one day pay this price .

[60th round]

-I wondered why time was passing so slowly . The time-slowing skill was still being maintained . I didn’t know how much time had passed .

– The duration of time slowing had increased almost indefinitely . Due to the nature of time-slowing, which raised concentration to the limit, it was difficult to notice the flow of time and escape it voluntarily .

[61st round]

-The clone has been completed . But it was just a creature that had my memory . There was no sense in it . It looked more like a mannequin than a person . Training was needed .

-If it had intelligence, it would have burned itself to death and made me take a different route .

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Thinking about this time, I still felt sorry for Hochi . I had already apologized many times, but I would continue to apologize for what happened then .

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[64th round]

-I attacked one side and sent Seregia to the other side .

Since Seregia had grown stronger steadily, it wouldn’t be dangerous for her .

-The attack on the 61st floor failed . We failed to enter the last room through the portal .

The 64th round was a memorable episode . I had swept away the residential area . I stayed in the tent for a while, thanks to the clean sweep .

[66th round]

-I was losing my confidence . As Seregia said, maybe the faith that I gave myself was draining away . If I’m losing faith, then I’m losing faith in myself . It was true .

[67th round]

-I insisted that the Korean government withdraw its ban on Hell Difficulty . It was seriously discussed through the Order of Vigilance, but was thwarted by Park Jung-ah’s opposition .

-I looked for a way to move another difficulty’s challenger to Hell difficulty . Park Jung-ah’s opposition led to the cancellation .

-I had a big argument with Park Jung-ah .

– I regret talking to Park Jung-ah and Kim Min-hyuk about the 61st floor .

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Since then, the records had been cut off for some time . At that time, I didn’t record anything .

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[70th round]

-I could feel my mind getting more and more exhausted, perhaps because I’ve been doing nothing .

I felt more like a research machine than a human being . If Park Jung-ah hadn’t been continuously talking to me through messages, I’d probably have forgotten that I’m a human being .

-To be “alive” wasn’t just a matter of my heart beating but a matter of interactions as well . I’m headed for the 61st floor . I’ll stay there for a while .

-I signed a contract with the ruler of the Great Volcano . I decided to get support from him in return for achieving my goals .

But honestly, I don’t know what he’ll do . Even the ruler of the Great Volcano won’t be able to guarantee that I can achieve my goals . We both just bought one low probability lottery ticket .

[71st round]

-When I got into the 61st floor, I got a power boost . It was a power coming from the ruler of the Great Volcano . No matter how many times he was killed, whether the rounds were repeated, whether I had finished my attack and returned, or whether I had died, the power was not reset .

-What can I do with this power?

[76th round]

-With the help of the two rulers, I succeeded in connecting the 60th and 61st floors . Now I can also get my power from the 60th floor .

[78th round]

-I don’t know what more I can do . I was already close to a god . I’d achieved all the growth I could think of . There was nothing more to try .

[79th round]

– The use of time-slowing has been eliminated .

-I spent my time blankly . Time went by in seconds . Due to the slow-flowing time, I suspected several times that time-slowing had been applied without my knowledge .

[81st round]

-Newbie in Hell’s Difficulty . I hope this challenger survives .

The 81st round was the time of Lee Yeon-hee’s entry . I was happy that a useful challenger came in, but I didn’t know if she could really come this far . I had watched the challengers who had failed before her for too long .

I thanked Lee Yeon-hee . Every time she climbed up a floor, one by one, I had hope . Thanks to that hope, I was able to get up again after sitting helplessly . Every time an attempt to get out of the 61st floor went in vain, I confirmed that she was coming up and helped her immediately prepare for the next stage .

And on the other hand, I felt sorry for her .

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[Lee Yeon-hee, 59th floor: Mister . I’m coming up now . ]

[153rd round, Day 1 . 8:20]

At last, Lee Yeon-hee had reached the 60th floor .

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