The Novel's Extra Chapter 168

Chapter 168: 168

“…What do you think?”

She sounded gloomy . I wasn't so insensitive as to not know the meaning of her question and tone .

“Still the same . ”

In the past, Boss asked me what I thought about murder . That to be with her, I would have to kill many innocent people .
My answer was still the same as it was back then .

“I'm a murderer too . ”

Whether someone is beaten to death, shot to death, or cut up into bits and pieces, the result was the same .

Boss stopped .
Behind her small shoulders, I also stopped .
Perhaps she was afraid that I was disappointed . After all, she had never killed anyone so brutally in the three years we worked together .

“…I see . ”

Boss left behind these two words and began walking again .

“They'll be revived anyways . Though they'll have to start over from the tutorial . ”

In truth, being dismembered was a rather severe way of dying . Those thugs should have lost 2~3 lives from it . Also, with the pain they must have suffered, they wouldn't be able to avoid mental trauma either .

But they were the ones who started it in the first place . Boss had given them a chance to back down before it was too late .

“They were probably Djinns anyways . I heard about 500 tickets were released in Pandemonium . ”

“…Yeah . ”

Boss muttered . She didn't sound as dejected anymore .
This was probably the right time to show her my new artifact .
I called the dwarven supercar over .
Shoong—
Seeing the supercar slide towards us, Boss became startled and unleashed her magic power .

“What is it?!”

“It's mine . It's our transportation . ”

I jumped in like I was getting in a sports car .

“Get in, Boss . ”

“…What is this?”

“Like I said, there are lots of useful items on the 2nd floor . ”

I smacked the back seat with a grin .

“Hoee…”

Before getting on the dwarven supercar, Boss examined the vehicle with curious eyes .

“Is it pure gold…?”

As expected, that was what caught her attention first .
Boss rubbed the golden symbols engraved on the vehicle before jumping in .

“Alright, it's rather fast, so hold on tight… . Oh, also…”

Before setting off, I took out the Yggdrasil Leaf and casted a blessing on the dwarven supercar .

[Yggdrasil's Blessing envelops the Dwarven Supercar . ]
[All effects of the Dwarven Supercar increase by 1 level . ]

“Hold tight . ”

“Okay . ”

I stepped on the accelerator .
Vroom— Driving the quick snowmobile, I sneaked a peek at Boss . She was leisurely watching the scenery .
She looked beautiful except for one thing .

“Boss, you should take off that bear head now . ”

“…Ah?”

Boss' eyes widened, and in the next moment, she quickly took off the helmet .

“…I, I forgot I was wearing it . I was thinking about other things . ”

Her face turned slightly red .
It was the most meaningful change in expression I had seen from her .

Day two .
Like Rachel, we built an igloo to spend the night . By the time we woke up, the fiercely blowing blizzard was gone . A blinding sunlight reflected off the snowy field .

As soon as I came out of the igloo, I took out the dwarven supercar from my inventory . Since Cheok Jungyeong and Jain were starting to get bored, I had to quickly find the dwarven steles and go up to the 3rd floor .

“Let's see…”

Murmuring, I took out the Book of Truth .
It was the first time I was using it in the Tower of Wish . Although the system warned me about using Stigma, I hoped Luke wouldn't notice if I used less than a single streak . After all, the 2nd floor administrator, Luke, wasn't a highly ranked NPC .

“…Hm . ”

Speaking of NPCs' ranks, the 3rd floor's administrator should be the famous magician, Medea . Unfortunately, her personality wasn't too good .
To think that the administrator of a trash-like residential area would be a mythical-rank NPC… what a shitty setting .
…Anyways, I asked Book of Truth the question I currently needed an answer to .

[Is there a dwarven stele within a 3km radius?]

The Book of Truth immediately sucked in 0 . 5 streaks of Stigma, and along with it came an intense pain .

“Argh . ”

As I thought, using Stigma in the Tower came with a greater backlash .
However, the pain was worth enduring as the Book of Truth revealed the stele's location to me .

“…It's not far . ”

Northwest, 1 . 3km .
I got on the dwarven supercar and stepped on the accelerator .
It took less than 3 minutes to get to the coordinate shown in the Book of Truth .
Inside a huge crevice at the edge of the glacier land near an ocean, a stele-like object was buried under the snow .

I slowly drove the dwarven supercar down the cliff . As this snowmobile could go down vertical paths, going down a cliff was no problem .

“Found it . ”

A dwarven stele was buried under the snow .
I dusted my hands off in front of it . At the same time, a system alert popped up .

[You discovered a dwarven stele . ]
[The contents of the dwarven stele have been stored in your database . ]
[Ecorld Qowemr FcmoE Roalz… . ]

Although I couldn't understand it at all, I could leave the translation to the Book of Truth .
I immediately asked the Book of Truth for the translation of the stele's content . Was it because the dwarven language was easy to translate? It didn't take too much Stigma .

[Young Dwarf's Diary of Enlightenment]
[Today, Old Man Hairy Nostrils taught me the most important mindset as a descendant of Hephaestus…]

“The heck is this?”

I frowned in the middle of reading the translation . A diary? What happened to the potion recipes?
After continuing to read the diary, I walked up to the stele to check if there was something else to it .
But when I touched the stele, a burst of light erupted from the stele .
It was a brilliant golden light that I had experienced a few times before .
Right, it was the light from the activation of accumulation of luck .

Chwaaa—
The golden light emanating from the dwarven stele poured into my eyes .
I stood still and received it fully .

['Young Dwarf's Enlightenment' resonates with your Trait 'Dexterity' . ]
[Trait 'Dexterity' disappears . ]
[It has been replaced by 'Young Dwarf's Dexterity' . Its rank has been increased . ]

“…Ha . ”

I trembled in excitement from the series of system alerts .
Dwarves, the descendants of Hephaestus . The innate dexterity possessed by this mystical race .
I clutched my beating heart and took a deep breath .
There was only one thing I could say in my current level of excitement .

“Jackpot . ”

After the blissful activation of 'accumulation of luck', we stayed on the 2nd floor for another 36 hours .
Meanwhile, the landscape changed from Antarctica to a volcanic zone, and I found two more dwarven steles . One had a recipe for brewing 'Special Dwarven Potion' and the other had a recipe for crafting 'Special Dwarven Shoes' .
Both of these recipes resonated with Young Dwarf's Dexterity and entered my head . Now, I was able to make them as long as I had the ingredients .

“Now, everyone, let's go up to the 3rd floor~”

“I almost died from boredom . We're finally going up?”

Cheok Jungyeong grumbled .
I smiled in response .

“Didn't you have fun fighting the Flame Octopus? You said it lasted 12 hours . ”

“…I'm tired of it now . I want to fight with humans . ”

Judging by Jain and Boss' expressions, they were probably thinking the same thing . Of course, I didn't blame them since there wasn't anything fun to do in this place .
Cheok Jungyeong shot up .

“Alright, we're really going up now, right?”

“Yes . ”

“You better not be lying . Otherwise, I'll squash your head . ”

Cheok Jungyeong sounded impatient, but in truth, none of us were too worried . It was because I had already found an elevator .

We left our temporary base and walked towards the elevator .
We arrived not too long afterwards . As it was covered in granite from the magma we poured on it before, it didn't look like an elevator at all .

“I'm breaking it . ”

“Yes . ”

Cheok Jungyeong immediately punched the granite mound .
KWANG!
The granite covering the elevator shattered, revealing the elevator within .

“Alright, let's get on~”

“By the way, Hajin, is everyone going to be able to come up? There were about 2000 people, and only four of us are taking a single elevator right now . ”

Jain asked .

“I'm not too sure, but I'm guessing about 80% will be able to make it up . ”

In truth, the speed of the elevator would double after a week from something called the 'acceleration phenomenon' .

“Really? Hm, I can't see more than 50% going up though . ”

“Well, we'll see… anyways, hop on . We don't have time . ”

“Oh, right, okay . ”

With that, we got on the elevator, which only had three buttons: floor 3, open, and close .
After pressing the 3rd floor button and the close button without hesitation, I sat down on the floor .
Wooong—
Along with a huge roar, the elevator began to float up .

“…Ah~ I'm hungry . Hajin, let's eat some deer meat . ”

“Oh, I gave all of it away to my friend . ”

“What? All of it?”

Jain was shocked . It was understandable since it was enough to feed all four of us for a week even if Cheok Jungyeong ate three people's worth every meal .

“Yes, but you know the dwarven supercar, right? You could say I traded it for the meat . We also have lots of boar meat left . ”

“…Ah, I see . If that's the case, then I guess it's fine… though I don't know what kind of an idiot would trade that artifact for food . ”

Knowing the versatility and usefulness of the dwarven supercar, Jain quickly accepted it .

“By the way, is this thing going up?”

“Probably? Haam . ”

A yawn came out .
It took eight hours for the elevator to travel back and forth . In other words, we would be in here for the next four hours…

“This is the perfect time to sleep~”

We decided to sleep until the elevator arrived . I took out four pieces of monster leather from my inventory for each of us .

“Good night, Boss~”

“Yes . ”

“You too, Newbie~”

“You too, Jain-ssi . ”

I checked my messenger before going to sleep .
I had a few new messages .

[Nayunjajangman . ]
「Hyung-nim, did you clear the 2nd floor?」
「If not, you can join the elevator we found . We decided to wait for about three hours before leaving . I'll give you the coordinates if you want to come . 」

The message was sent 30 minutes ago . At first, I turned the messenger off without replying .
But if Nayunjajangman was really that girl…

「I'm on the 3rd floor now . 」

I felt like Nayunjajangman would wait for more than three hours if I didn't reply . So, I sent a brief reply .

Nayunjajangman: 「Oh ㅋㅋ as expected of Hyung-nim . 」
「Oh right, before you go, make sure you stock up on food . 」
Nayunjajangman: 「Food?」
「Yep . Deer or wild boar . If you've never dismantled wild animal before, now is the time . 」
Nayunjajangman: 「Got it . Is there nothing to eat on the 3rd floor?」

I didn't say anything more than that . Of course, I wasn't sure whether Nayunjajangman was Chae Nayun yet . But because my heart felt heavy, I cast the thought away with a deep sigh .
Zzz—
Zzzz—
Zzzzzz—

“Pft . ”

My depression didn't last long hearing the unique snoring length of each member .

“I should sleep too . ”

I closed my eyes and began to breathe regularly .
One, two, three…
…DING!

In my blurred consciousness, a clear ringing noise echoed out .
I opened my eyes and got up . The elevator door was slowly opening .

“Haam~”

“Kuhu, I like this leather . It's from the bear I defeated, right?”

“…Yes . ”

I put the bear blankets back in my inventory and stood in front of the door .

[3rd floor . You are now on the 3rd floor . ]

Along with the system alert, the elevator door fully opened .
I looked out .
3rd floor .
The first residential area which Players would soon come to label the 'worst' without hesitation .
Its name was 'Prestige' .

[Welcome to the 3rd floor's residential area, 「Prestige」]
[Inside residential areas, you can freely use the messenger, personal waiting room, and Community . ]
[However, please be careful of sudden attacks by hordes of undead monsters . ]
[Prestige Boost – stat increase rate is increased by 5% (7% for magic power) . ]

“…What is this place?”

Jain frowned as she looked out at the outskirts of the city .
That was how poor the city looked . Even I thought it looked poor and I knew how bad it would be beforehand .
Even at first glance, the city was filled with run-down shacks, with homeless drunks sleeping by the road . There was a mysterious knee-depth fog blanketing the city, and the air had a thick smell of coal .

“…It's a city . ”

“This is a city?”

“Yes, the system called it a city, so it's a city . ”

Roads filled with life and death .
Lifeless NPCs .
As the 3rd floor didn't have a sun, the entire world was black and dark blue .

“Now, let's enter . ”

But since it was a place where people lived, it surely had things like shops . This part of the city was a bit more hopeless only because it was on the outskirts .

“Wait, wait, let me rest in my waiting room first . This place smells too bad… uwek—”

“Be patient . We have to figure out what kind of a place this is first . '

Going to the waiting room right away wasn't such a good choice . Not only would you be unaware of anything happening outside, but you also wouldn't receive Prestige's stat increase buff .

“Right, don't overreact and just endure it, Jain . ”

“…Okay . '

Jain had no choice but to nod with Boss chiming in .
And with that, we walked through the city .
The way NPCs looked at us were similar yet different from the tutorial city . Some were aiming for our pockets, while some were innocently begging for help .

“…Oh right, where did the Players go?”

“They're probably working . You know, to make TP . ”

“Auuu, this smell!”

Jain seemed to hate the nasty smell of the city more than anything else . It was the same for the other two . Cheok Jungyeong had a harsh frown on his face, and Boss had put on her Lv . 3 Bear Head Helmet .

“…Wait just a little longer . I'll make a gas mask for you soon . ”

I consoled Jain .
For now, the group quest Prestige City Hall gave out came first .
Although it was a little annoying that I had to deal with that damned Medea, I had no other choice since there was no way to live in Prestige if we got on Medea's wrong side .

Same time, 2nd floor .
Rachel was energetically walking towards the coordinates sent by the second team . The two guild members who fainted after touching the dwarven supercar were also with her .

“Vice-leader~!”

“Over here~!”

She could see two members waving their hands in the distance . Rachel wanted to quickly run up to them, but she purposely walked slower to match the two members who weren't fully recovered yet .

“Geez, look at those two . They're nothing but burdens . ”

“I heard you two fainted… Why didn't you just die!? You're going to revive anyways, right!?”

“…Sorry, vice-leader . ”[1]

“…Sorry . ”

The two guild members dropped their head in shame . However, Rachel only smiled kindly .

“It's fine . No one expected such a thing to happen . ”

Just like that, the seven members of the Royal Court guild reunited in front of an elevator .
There was just one worry .

“…Should we wait? 50 people can ride the elevator . ”

Davin, who was the leader of the second team, asked .
Rachel also thought for a moment . She recalled the 'Empire of Glory' guild, which she met not too long ago . Rachel didn't want to be like them .
As a vice-leader, however, she knew there were times when she had to make cold-hearted decisions . In this place, kindness would only be a burden .

“Let's go up . ”

Rachel came to a decision and got into the elevator with her guild members .

“You can do the honors, Vice-leader . ”

“Yes . ”

Rachel pressed the 3rd floor button .
Then, as the elevator door was closing…

“Waaaaaait—!”

A loud voice rang out .
Startled, Rachel pressed the open button instinctively .

“Let me go with youuuu—!”

The elevator door opened once again, and Rachel could see a white-haired kid and her supposed guardian . They looked dirty and tired, but their running speed was extraordinary .

“Uwak!”

The child stumbled on a stone and fell forward . Then the man following her quickly snatched her up and entered the elevator .

“Ah, thank you so much!”

The man bowed and expressed his gratitude .

“No problem…”

Rachel responded aloofly . For some reason, she felt like she had seen the man's face before .

“Thank god, thank god… . ”

She was also familiar with the white-haired child's face . She felt like she could remember it if her unmade hair was properly combed .
Tap, tap .
At that moment, one of her guild members tapped on her shoulder and whispered .

—Vice-leader… I think they're Aileen and Yi Yongha . They're Heroes of the Temple of Justice .

Immediately, Rachel's hair stood on end .
After hearing their names, she easily matched their faces with the faces in her memory . In fact, white hair was almost a symbol of Aileen .

—But what do you think is wrong with them?

Rachel whispered back . Why was Aileen, who reigned as one of the strongest Heroes in the world, in such a state?

—It must be because they both heavily rely on magic power . As you know, magicians are heavily disadvantaged in this place .

He was right . In this Tower, one had to know how to 'use their body' to easily get through it . Even the greatest magician couldn't do anything if he was hungry .

“Ah, thank you, thank you~! Really, you guys are the only ones who opened the door . ”

Even so, Rachel was still curious . Aileen's Gift, Spirit Speech, was well-known for being able to control people's actions . Was her magic power restricted that much?

“No, it's only obvious . Nice to meet you, Aileen-ssi, Yi Yonghssi . ”

Rachel reached out to Aileen who was about 20cm shorter than her . Aileen looked at Rachel's hand then grabbed it with a grin . It seemed she had not washed it for a while as it was dirty and sticky .

“You know us?”

“I don't think there are many who don't . ”

“There were . No, actually, they just pretended not to know . They must have been scared of me . ”

Meanwhile, the elevator door closed on its own .
Its destination was obviously the 3rd floor .
Ssss— The elevator began to move .

“Anyways, thank you so much~!”

Relieved, Aileen smiled like a child and plopped down on the ground .

“Ah~ but I'm hungry . No, I'm starving . Yongha, do you have anything to eat?”

“No, we already ate everything we had . ”

“What do you have? Hmm…”

Afterwards, Aileen naturally turned to Rachel . She was too ashamed to directly ask for food, but she seemed to be asking with her eyes .

“We don't have any either . ”

Rachel shook her head . Of course, it was a lie . Her inventory still had a lot of the deer meat Kim Hajin gifted her .

“Mm? Ah~ no, I wasn't asking for food or anything . I'm thankful for the ride alone~”

“Ah, yes . ”

===
[Lv . 2 Kim Hajin's Special Sauce Deer Meat]
○Lv . 2 Satiety
○Lv . 3 Taste
===

Letting them in the elevator was one thing, but Rachel couldn't share this Lv . 2 food with them . It was an extreme~ly delicious food that she planned to share with her guildmates .

1 . The vice-leader here refers to the vice-leader of the team . The members call Rachel vice-leader since she's the vice-leader of the entire guild . The RAW uses the exact same word, so I kept it the same as well .

After commanding the dwarven supercar to follow us, I walked with Boss . We walked forward inside the snowstorm without a clear destination . Ssk, ssk . The sound of our feet touching the snow vividly resounded . It was then . Boss asked fleetingly . What do you think She sounded gloomy . I wasn t so insensitive as to not know the meaning of her question and tone . Still the same . In the past, Boss asked me what I thought about murder . That to be with her, I would have to kill many innocent people . My answer was still the same as it was back then . I m a murderer too . Whether someone is beaten to death, shot to death, or cut up into bits and pieces, the result was the same . . Boss stopped . Behind her small shoulders, I also stopped . Perhaps she was afraid that I was disappointed . After all, she had never killed anyone so brutally in the three years we worked together . I see . Boss left behind these two words and began walking again . They ll be revived anyways . Though they ll have to start over from the tutorial . In truth, being dismembered was a rather severe way of dying . Those thugs should have lost 2 3 lives from it . Also, with the pain they must have suffered, they wouldn t be able to avoid mental trauma either . But they were the ones who started it in the first place . Boss had given them a chance to back down before it was too late . They were probably Djinns anyways . I heard about 500 tickets were released in Pandemonium . Yeah . Boss muttered . She didn t sound as dejected anymore . This was probably the right time to show her my new artifact . I called the dwarven supercar over . Shoong Seeing the supercar slide towards us, Boss became startled and unleashed her magic power . What is it It s mine . It s our transportation . I jumped in like I was getting in a sports car . Get in, Boss . What is this Like I said, there are lots of useful items on the 2nd floor . I smacked the back seat with a grin . Hoee Before getting on the dwarven supercar, Boss examined the vehicle with curious eyes . Is it pure gold As expected, that was what caught her attention first . Boss rubbed the golden symbols engraved on the vehicle before jumping in . Alright, it s rather fast, so hold on tight . Oh, also Before setting off, I took out the Yggdrasil Leaf and casted a blessing on the dwarven supercar . Yggdrasil s Blessing envelops the Dwarven Supercar . All effects of the Dwarven Supercar increase by 1 level . Hold tight . Okay . I stepped on the accelerator . Vroom Driving the quick snowmobile, I sneaked a peek at Boss . She was leisurely watching the scenery . She looked beautiful except for one thing . Boss, you should take off that bear head now . Ah Boss eyes widened, and in the next moment, she quickly took off the helmet . I, I forgot I was wearing it . I was thinking about other things . Her face turned slightly red . It was the most meaningful change in expression I had seen from her . Day two . Like Rachel, we built an igloo to spend the night . By the time we woke up, the fiercely blowing blizzard was gone . A blinding sunlight reflected off the snowy field . As soon as I came out of the igloo, I took out the dwarven supercar from my inventory . Since Cheok Jungyeong and Jain were starting to get bored, I had to quickly find the dwarven steles and go up to the 3rd floor . Let s see Murmuring, I took out the Book of Truth . It was the first time I was using it in the Tower of Wish . Although the system warned me about using Stigma, I hoped Luke wouldn t notice if I used less than a single streak . After all, the 2nd floor administrator, Luke, wasn t a highly ranked NPC . Hm . Speaking of NPCs ranks, the 3rd floor s administrator should be the famous magician, Medea . Unfortunately, her personality wasn t too good . To think that the administrator of a trash like residential area would be a mythical rank NPC what a shitty setting . Anyways, I asked Book of Truth the question I currently needed an answer to . Is there a dwarven stele within a 3km radius The Book of Truth immediately sucked in 0 . 5 streaks of Stigma, and along with it came an intense pain . Argh . As I thought, using Stigma in the Tower came with a greater backlash . However, the pain was worth enduring as the Book of Truth revealed the stele s location to me . It s not far . Northwest, 1 . 3km . I got on the dwarven supercar and stepped on the accelerator . It took less than 3 minutes to get to the coordinate shown in the Book of Truth . Inside a huge crevice at the edge of the glacier land near an ocean, a stele like object was buried under the snow . I slowly drove the dwarven supercar down the cliff . As this snowmobile could go down vertical paths, going down a cliff was no problem . Found it . A dwarven stele was buried under the snow . I dusted my hands off in front of it . At the same time, a system alert popped up . You discovered a dwarven stele . The contents of the dwarven stele have been stored in your database . Ecorld Qowemr FcmoE Roalz . Although I couldn t understand it at all, I could leave the translation to the Book of Truth . I immediately asked the Book of Truth for the translation of the stele s content . Was it because the dwarven language was easy to translate It didn t take too much Stigma . Young Dwarf s Diary of Enlightenment Today, Old Man Hairy Nostrils taught me the most important mindset as a descendant of Hephaestus The heck is this I frowned in the middle of reading the translation . A diary What happened to the potion recipes After continuing to read the diary, I walked up to the stele to check if there was something else to it . But when I touched the stele, a burst of light erupted from the stele . It was a brilliant golden light that I had experienced a few times before . Right, it was the light from the activation of accumulation of luck . Chwaaa The golden light emanating from the dwarven stele poured into my eyes . I stood still and received it fully . Young Dwarf s Enlightenment resonates with your Trait Dexterity . Trait Dexterity disappears . It has been replaced by Young Dwarf s Dexterity . Its rank has been increased . Ha . I trembled in excitement from the series of system alerts . Dwarves, the descendants of Hephaestus . The innate dexterity possessed by this mystical race . I clutched my beating heart and took a deep breath . There was only one thing I could say in my current level of excitement . Jackpot . After the blissful activation of accumulation of luck , we stayed on the 2nd floor for another 36 hours . Meanwhile, the landscape changed from Antarctica to a volcanic zone, and I found two more dwarven steles . One had a recipe for brewing Special Dwarven Potion and the other had a recipe for crafting Special Dwarven Shoes . Both of these recipes resonated with Young Dwarf s Dexterity and entered my head . Now, I was able to make them as long as I had the ingredients . Now, everyone, let s go up to the 3rd floor I almost died from boredom . We re finally going up Cheok Jungyeong grumbled . I smiled in response . Didn t you have fun fighting the Flame Octopus You said it lasted 12 hours . I m tired of it now . I want to fight with humans . Judging by Jain and Boss expressions, they were probably thinking the same thing . Of course, I didn t blame them since there wasn t anything fun to do in this place . Cheok Jungyeong shot up . Alright, we re really going up now, right Yes . You better not be lying . Otherwise, I ll squash your head . Cheok Jungyeong sounded impatient, but in truth, none of us were too worried . It was because I had already found an elevator . We left our temporary base and walked towards the elevator . We arrived not too long afterwards . As it was covered in granite from the magma we poured on it before, it didn t look like an elevator at all . I m breaking it . Yes . Cheok Jungyeong immediately punched the granite mound . KWANG The granite covering the elevator shattered, revealing the elevator within . Alright, let s get on By the way, Hajin, is everyone going to be able to come up There were about 2000 people, and only four of us are taking a single elevator right now . Jain asked . I m not too sure, but I m guessing about 80 will be able to make it up . In truth, the speed of the elevator would double after a week from something called the acceleration phenomenon . Really Hm, I can t see more than 50 going up though . Well, we ll see anyways, hop on . We don t have time . Oh, right, okay . With that, we got on the elevator, which only had three buttons floor 3, open, and close . After pressing the 3rd floor button and the close button without hesitation, I sat down on the floor . Wooong Along with a huge roar, the elevator began to float up . Ah I m hungry . Hajin, let s eat some deer meat . Oh, I gave all of it away to my friend . What All of it Jain was shocked . It was understandable since it was enough to feed all four of us for a week even if Cheok Jungyeong ate three people s worth every meal . Yes, but you know the dwarven supercar, right You could say I traded it for the meat . We also have lots of boar meat left . Ah, I see . If that s the case, then I guess it s fine though I don t know what kind of an idiot would trade that artifact for food . Knowing the versatility and usefulness of the dwarven supercar, Jain quickly accepted it . By the way, is this thing going up Probably Haam . A yawn came out . It took eight hours for the elevator to travel back and forth . In other words, we would be in here for the next four hours This is the perfect time to sleep We decided to sleep until the elevator arrived . I took out four pieces of monster leather from my inventory for each of us . Good night, Boss Yes . You too, Newbie You too, Jain ssi . I checked my messenger before going to sleep . I had a few new messages . Nayunjajangman . Hyung nim, did you clear the 2nd floor If not, you can join the elevator we found . We decided to wait for about three hours before leaving . I ll give you the coordinates if you want to come . . The message was sent 30 minutes ago . At first, I turned the messenger off without replying . But if Nayunjajangman was really that girl I m on the 3rd floor now . I felt like Nayunjajangman would wait for more than three hours if I didn t reply . So, I sent a brief reply . Nayunjajangman Oh as expected of Hyung nim . Oh right, before you go, make sure you stock up on food . Nayunjajangman Food Yep . Deer or wild boar . If you ve never dismantled wild animal before, now is the time . Nayunjajangman Got it . Is there nothing to eat on the 3rd floor I didn t say anything more than that . Of course, I wasn t sure whether Nayunjajangman was Chae Nayun yet . But because my heart felt heavy, I cast the thought away with a deep sigh . Zzz Zzzz Zzzzzz Pft . My depression didn t last long hearing the unique snoring length of each member . I should sleep too . I closed my eyes and began to breathe regularly . One, two, three DING In my blurred consciousness, a clear ringing noise echoed out . I opened my eyes and got up . The elevator door was slowly opening . Haam Kuhu, I like this leather . It s from the bear I defeated, right Yes . I put the bear blankets back in my inventory and stood in front of the door . 3rd floor . You are now on the 3rd floor . Along with the system alert, the elevator door fully opened . I looked out . 3rd floor . The first residential area which Players would soon come to label the worst without hesitation . Its name was Prestige . Welcome to the 3rd floor s residential area, Prestige Inside residential areas, you can freely use the messenger, personal waiting room, and Community . However, please be careful of sudden attacks by hordes of undead monsters . Prestige Boost stat increase rate is increased by 5 7 for magic power . What is this place Jain frowned as she looked out at the outskirts of the city . That was how poor the city looked . Even I thought it looked poor and I knew how bad it would be beforehand . Even at first glance, the city was filled with run down shacks, with homeless drunks sleeping by the road . There was a mysterious knee depth fog blanketing the city, and the air had a thick smell of coal . It s a city . This is a city Yes, the system called it a city, so it s a city . Roads filled with life and death . Lifeless NPCs . As the 3rd floor didn t have a sun, the entire world was black and dark blue . Now, let s enter . But since it was a place where people lived, it surely had things like shops . This part of the city was a bit more hopeless only because it was on the outskirts . Wait, wait, let me rest in my waiting room first . This place smells too bad uwek Be patient . We have to figure out what kind of a place this is first . Going to the waiting room right away wasn t such a good choice . Not only would you be unaware of anything happening outside, but you also wouldn t receive Prestige s stat increase buff . Right, don t overreact and just endure it, Jain . Okay . Jain had no choice but to nod with Boss chiming in . And with that, we walked through the city . The way NPCs looked at us were similar yet different from the tutorial city . Some were aiming for our pockets, while some were innocently begging for help . Oh right, where did the Players go They re probably working . You know, to make TP . Auuu, this smell Jain seemed to hate the nasty smell of the city more than anything else . It was the same for the other two . Cheok Jungyeong had a harsh frown on his face, and Boss had put on her Lv . 3 Bear Head Helmet . Wait just a little longer . I ll make a gas mask for you soon . I consoled Jain . For now, the group quest Prestige City Hall gave out came first . Although it was a little annoying that I had to deal with that damned Medea, I had no other choice since there was no way to live in Prestige if we got on Medea s wrong side . Same time, 2nd floor . Rachel was energetically walking towards the coordinates sent by the second team . The two guild members who fainted after touching the dwarven supercar were also with her . Vice leader Over here She could see two members waving their hands in the distance . Rachel wanted to quickly run up to them, but she purposely walked slower to match the two members who weren t fully recovered yet . Geez, look at those two . They re nothing but burdens . I heard you two fainted Why didn t you just die You re going to revive anyways, right Sorry, vice leader . 1 Sorry . The two guild members dropped their head in shame . However, Rachel only smiled kindly . It s fine . No one expected such a thing to happen . Just like that, the seven members of the Royal Court guild reunited in front of an elevator . There was just one worry . Should we wait 50 people can ride the elevator . Davin, who was the leader of the second team, asked . Rachel also thought for a moment . She recalled the Empire of Glory guild, which she met not too long ago . Rachel didn t want to be like them . As a vice leader, however, she knew there were times when she had to make cold hearted decisions . In this place, kindness would only be a burden . Let s go up . Rachel came to a decision and got into the elevator with her guild members . You can do the honors, Vice leader . Yes . Rachel pressed the 3rd floor button . Then, as the elevator door was closing Waaaaaait A loud voice rang out . Startled, Rachel pressed the open button instinctively . Let me go with youuuu The elevator door opened once again, and Rachel could see a white haired kid and her supposed guardian . They looked dirty and tired, but their running speed was extraordinary . Uwak The child stumbled on a stone and fell forward . Then the man following her quickly snatched her up and entered the elevator . Ah, thank you so much The man bowed and expressed his gratitude . No problem Rachel responded aloofly . For some reason, she felt like she had seen the man s face before . Thank god, thank god . She was also familiar with the white haired child s face . She felt like she could remember it if her unmade hair was properly combed . Tap, tap . At that moment, one of her guild members tapped on her shoulder and whispered . Vice leader I think they re Aileen and Yi Yongha . They re Heroes of the Temple of Justice . Immediately, Rachel s hair stood on end . After hearing their names, she easily matched their faces with the faces in her memory . In fact, white hair was almost a symbol of Aileen . But what do you think is wrong with them Rachel whispered back . Why was Aileen, who reigned as one of the strongest Heroes in the world, in such a state It must be because they both heavily rely on magic power . As you know, magicians are heavily disadvantaged in this place . He was right . In this Tower, one had to know how to use their body to easily get through it . Even the greatest magician couldn t do anything if he was hungry . Ah, thank you, thank you Really, you guys are the only ones who opened the door . Even so, Rachel was still curious . Aileen s Gift, Spirit Speech, was well known for being able to control people s actions . Was her magic power restricted that much No, it s only obvious . Nice to meet you, Aileen ssi, Yi Yongha ssi . Rachel reached out to Aileen who was about 20cm shorter than her . Aileen looked at Rachel s hand then grabbed it with a grin . It seemed she had not washed it for a while as it was dirty and sticky . You know us I don t think there are many who don t . There were . No, actually, they just pretended not to know . They must have been scared of me . Meanwhile, the elevator door closed on its own . Its destination was obviously the 3rd floor . Ssss The elevator began to move . Anyways, thank you so much Relieved, Aileen smiled like a child and plopped down on the ground . Ah but I m hungry . No, I m starving . Yongha, do you have anything to eat No, we already ate everything we had . What do you have Hmm Afterwards, Aileen naturally turned to Rachel . She was too ashamed to directly ask for food, but she seemed to be asking with her eyes . We don t have any either . Rachel shook her head . Of course, it was a lie . Her inventory still had a lot of the deer meat Kim Hajin gifted her . Mm Ah no, I wasn t asking for food or anything . I m thankful for the ride alone Ah, yes . Lv . 2 Kim Hajin s Special Sauce Deer Meat Lv . 2 Satiety Lv . 3 Taste Letting them in the elevator was one thing, but Rachel couldn t share this Lv . 2 food with them . It was an extreme ly delicious food that she planned to share with her guildmates . 1 . The vice leader here refers to the vice leader of the team . The members call Rachel vice leader since she s the vice leader of the entire guild . The RAW uses the exact same word, so I kept it the same as well .

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