Stuck in The Tower

Side Story Episode 7:

Rilka’s Battle.

After returning from a mission, Lick Jjakjak, who was resting, leans his back against the wall and looks at me.

To be exact, the materials piled up next to Lilka’s workbench.

“…so. “You swept up everything there?”

“Did you do well?”

The guy called the King of Cheonggyecheon is good at his job.

Still, I couldn’t just let him do the job, so I took out a few weapons I had roughly stored in my inventory and gave them to him.

I made it to deliver it to the Flower and Bird Bureau, but when it came back, I kept it for myself.

‘When I think about it, I wonder if this isn’t a scam.’

Is there anything else?

What should I do if I am so good at clearing the 100th floor?

Empress Geumcheon is rich, so even if she doesn’t supply a few weapons, she will eat well and live well.

Or not.

Nyangpun didn’t say anything, so I guess it’s okay.

If you do it, it will come to Earth.

“Oh no. “Most of them are criminals anyway, so we should at least help in this way.”

“Okay then. As expected, it’s a lick. “I learn a lot from watching you.”

“Do you want to sleep?”

Why do I get criticized even when I praise him?

I swallowed my anger at this sadly unreasonable world and packed my equipment.

Should I say I am fortunate?

“Mmmmm! “I can make one with this amount!”

After carefully checking the equipment and supplies, Lilka gave a thumbs up.

What I scraped together wasn’t enough, but thanks to Lee Jun-seok’s raiding of a large guild, I was able to meet the quantity.

Not a bad result for something that was collected in a hurry.

“Afterwards, the materials will arrive sequentially. “The government is also moving, and Big Star and other places have said that they will send it immediately whenever they collect a certain amount.”

It may take some time as it comes from overseas, but it’s not bad.

All you have to do is make it whenever you have the ingredients.

“Would you be okay alone?”

“Everyone is busy. “I’m the only one with time left right now.”

There was always a demand for top tier hunters, including Lick Jjakjak.

It looks like we’re resting right now, but we’re on standby in preparation for an unexpected gate that might explode at any moment.

Even if it’s not Korea, if a high-risk gate occurs in the capital of another country, we have to go there to remove it.

“The monster field there is quite large. “Please contact me if you need help.”

“I’m taking Lilka with me and I have reinforcements.”

“Reinforcements?”

“uh. They say the magma fairy is coming. “If that explodes, Türkiye and Russia will also suffer great damage.”

Above all, magma fairies are experts at dealing with large quantities of monsters.

Since breaking down special gates is an important task, I was assigned that mission.

“There won’t be any problem because there’s Teacher Okto.”

“Teacher Okto?!”

Lilka’s ears perk up at my words.

I wonder if you don’t know this guy called Lilka.

“If you’re ready, let’s go. “To meet my ancestors.”

“Ugh. “The tone is strange.”

Lilka packed the equipment in the subspace artifact and set off straight away.

To open the gates to the Obelisk Project.

* * *

The operation was simple.

I enter the special gate alone.

Teacher Octo protects Rilka while she works, and Magma Fairy moves to identify geographical locations for effective annihilation of enemies.

If there is one important point, it is to protect the village that exists in the monster field.

The goal was to relocate them if possible.

“Hey. The US is big. “Send all the transport planes.”

A C-5 transport plane was also prepared for that time.

Although it is difficult to participate directly, it is helpful in this way.

I don’t know how many people there are in the village, but I’m sure we can burn them all.

If it’s really unclear, there’s also a way to use tunnel movement.

“Evileye!”

“Oh. How did it become more flashy?”

“Heh. “I recognize it.”

He usually wears armor that looks like a tin can, but now he is wearing armor with gold patterns.

Although he was dressed loosely enough to allow the lava to flow easily.

Anyway, the briefing was completed with a familiar face.

“It’s big.”

“It will have to be done in two stages. Guided to the center through external sweeps. “A total loss.”

The dangerous thing about a monster wave is that they leave the area and scatter in all directions.

Conversely, if pressure is applied from the outside, they turn inward.

Of course it’s not easy. The monsters inside are strong, so those who have been pushed out to the outskirts may not want to go inside.

“What will they do if it’s a natural disaster?”

“Four volcanoes will do.”

If the threat is a natural disaster, things are different.

It is most difficult to rescue civilian villages.

I plan to leave this to Teacher Okto.

Even if the monsters go crazy, Teacher Okto can stop them.

All I have to do is clear the gate and catch the guys gathered in the center with the magma fairy.

“You are the descendant that that robber was talking about.”

“Ugh.”

“Hehe. chuck.”

Lilka was being loved by Teacher Okto.

Still, perhaps because he is the founder of the species, he cannot resist and gives the ball away.

Lilka’s cheeks are soft. I know something.

First of all, Teacher Okto likes everything with fur, so I don’t think the two will have a problem.

anyway.

“Let’s start right away.”

“It’s been a while since I’ll be able to run wild!”

[Entering the gate.]

-Uuuuuuung.

I lightly spurted the air and entered the gate.

I’ve already conquered the special gate.

Ancient monsters are a bit tricky though.

“There is no way you will lose.”

However, I have no intention of letting down my guard.

It’s not embarrassing to lose against an enemy you can’t beat.

If you are careless and die, you will be made fun of for the rest of your life.

If you’re going to do it, be sure.

-Quaaaaaang!

As soon as I entered the gate, I set off the fire bomb.

just as expected.

“Keeeeek!”

“Hehehe!”

Those engulfed in flames struggle.

Judging from the way I was greeted as soon as I entered, it looks like the owner of the gate is not an easy person.

I turned over the burned monster with my feet.

“It looks like marine life.”

Why is it fluttering on land?

There was nothing much on land.

There is a building on the verge of collapse in the desolate background, and around it are computers and data that have lost electricity.

It’s full of things that look like disks and USBs, and you can also see rock samples and dissected creatures.

‘Is it a futuristic field?’

That may be possible.

I glanced briefly.

The sea extends beyond the land.

A round head sticking out of the water.

The eyes of a crocodile-like monster scan me.

A clear look of caution.

-Quaang!

He kicked his feet and thrust out his sword at the same time.

Speed like a flash of light.

He reacted late, but he was one step too late.

-Chuck!

The body of the guy with his head cut off falls.

The cervical spine is strong.

no.

There are mechanical devices attached to the areas where the spine passes, including the neck.

In terms of durability, it is top-tier.

“Are you planning to come here in earnest now?”

Whilick. I twirled my sword and looked at the monsters filling the water’s edge with pitch black.

I looked at them closely.

At first, I thought it might be a mermaid or some type of fishman.

Those guys crawling on the bottom with fish-like bodies and human arms were glaring at me with their unique shiny eyes.

97th floor. It reminds me of Assamba, the ancient monster I saw in Erembatt’s territory.

He is the origin of fishmen and existed before mermaids and fishmen were born.

The monster he was controlling also had the appearance of a human and a fish mixed together like that.

‘no.’

Similar but different.

Those.

“There’s a mixture of machines.”

-Oooh. Oooh.

-Guooooong.

Monsters that have no vocal organs and make the sound of wind blowing on a bottle.

Just like the one we just caught, there is a machine stuck along its spine.

I see something particularly black in the distance.

Although it is hidden under the sea, it is not difficult to guess its size.

large. Maybe extra large.

-Chollaalalak!

I headed towards the sea, cutting down those who were attacking me.

Underwater warfare is tricky.

It was a battlefield that most hunters avoided, but I was an exception.

Whether on land, sky, sea or underground.

“Everyone who caught me died.”

“Geez!”

-with a plop!

I followed Deokchun and threw myself into the sea.

Objectively speaking, Deokchun is better at underwater combat than I am.

A fish in water. No frog.

Not just a frog.

-Pow!

-Puhuaaaaaaaaa!

He is a super frog who gained the status of a divine beast by clearing the 100th floor.

Splash in the water once.

With a single upward gesture, a column of water rises like a bomb exploding.

The first monster that was sucked into it fluttered.

[Frozen Break (SS) Lv.MAX]

It was frozen as is.

[Electric Shock (SS) Lv.MAX]

– Kwajijijijik!

It electrocuted the entire area with a strong electric current.

[Fire Bomb (SSS) Lv.MAX]

-Boogrrrrrr!

-Roar!

An explosion occurred in the sea.

Wouldn’t the power be halved because it’s underwater?

It is halved.

What I’m aiming for is not the explosion itself.

The sea around the area boils due to the extremely high temperature explosion.

Numerous bubbles rose like crazy.

“Oooooh?”

“Crurulook!”

Those swimming in the water twist their whole bodies and sink to the bottom.

They swim in water, not in bubbles.

It was the same for me too.

-Wow!

I kicked my feet, freezing them with frozen breaks.

They didn’t stay still.

A school of fish with human arms opened their mouths.

-Coooooooo!

threw a beam of light

The power of each individual ray is not great, but when dozens or hundreds of rays combine, the story is different.

Plus, to the side.

‘What kind of torpedo are you grinding!’

Torpedoes are flying at extremely high speed.

Eliminating all places to escape, the speed of the approaching attack increased.

If you dodge and block them one by one, it will take a long time.

In the meantime, the attacks will continue.

-Kwagwagwagwang!

Give what is right in moderation.

instead.

[Aurora Beam (SSS) Lv.MAX]

I will pay you back in the same way.

The fish monsters in front explode all at once.

Black oil, along with fishy blood, obscures my vision.

-Shoouuuk!

A huge mechanical arm comes in, aiming for that gap.

– Quad deuk!

I also stretched out my hand forward.

Even his palm was bigger than mine.

[Fire Bomb (SSS) Lv.MAX]

Durability is different.

Quang!

The metal hand shatters with the explosion.

A being that can be seen beyond that.

[NF-145D]

-The father of ocean exploration robots who gained self-insight through advanced AI.

-It’s an ancient monster!

-Even if humanity is destroyed, robots are invincible!

‘It’s been a while since I saw a mechanical monster.’

A body so massive and heavy that it could not have been maintained if it were not for the sea.

Is it a legacy of a world where science has developed?

Maybe our future would flow similarly to that.

That won’t happen though.

-Wooow!

The concept in the soul moves.

Machine-type monsters are strong.

Because there are no weaknesses that living things have.

The weapons they have are often higher than their level.

Instead, they were unable to reproduce and had weaknesses unique to machines.

[Clinging (S) Lv.MAX]

It stuck to the guy’s body.

The guy who turns his upper body to throw me off.

It may be a machine, but it rotates 360° and swings its massive arms.

Incredible physical power. If I collide, I will also be hit.

He quickly lowered his position and inserted his sword into the gap.

hard.

but.

[Fire Bomb (SSS) Lv.MAX]

– Quad deuk!

He used the explosion to force the sword in, as if driving a stake into it.

I touch something flexible and tough.

That’s enough.

[Enchant (S) Lv.MAX]

[Fire Bomb (SSS) Lv.MAX]

[Electric Shock (SS) Lv.MAX]

As it is an ocean exploration robot, it may have sophisticated waterproof functions, but even a small gap can be fatal.

After all, robots are vulnerable to water.

In addition, they even poured out electric shocks to cause disturbance.

“Coooooooo!”

The huge body shakes violently.

-Pad deud deuk!

He roughly pulled out the sword.

Deokchun fits through the hole.

It was obvious even without looking behind me.

-Pow!

With the sound of something breaking.

-Guhwaaaah!

Flames spew out from the cracks in his joints.

It was evidence that the inside had been completely destroyed by the characteristic flame.

-Roaring.

An entity that had been exploring the ocean for a long time fell into the deep sea.

[Gate clear!]

“Fuhua!”

A clear alarm rings as soon as you finish off the guy and get out of the water.

I looked at the hunter watch.

“Clear time is not bad.”

I came out through the portal before the gate completely disappeared.

After showering and cleaning, I cleaned up my wet clothes and rose into the sky.

I can see a reaction in the distance.

An untimely volcanic eruption.

A wave of monsters surges along with it.