You have entered the second floor.
The first thing I saw as I opened my eyes was a fountain made of stone.
In a large square, a fountain was placed in the center, and nurous alleyways were closely connected to the square.
In the center of the circular fountain, two cute baby angels were facing each other, drawing their bows, and the streams of water spouting from the tips of the bows crossed in midair, radiating beautiful colors.
Next to the fountain, an angel was passionately speaking about sothing while holding up a large wooden board, and about three or four n in brown clothes were nodding their heads as they listened to her.
“...Hmm.”
When I looked around, I saw a city in a dieval fantasy style. Houses made of wood. Floors made of stone. Small alleyways. The blue sky, and countless people.
Literally, I was in the middle of a dieval city.
“…”
I was a bit tense, staying on guard of my surroundings, but people were busy going their ways without paying any attention to .
Co to think of it, the touch against my skin felt a bit awkward.
“...My clothes have changed?”
I was not wearing my familiar modern clothes but was dressed in a full set of leather including leather trousers, armor, and shoes; anyone could tell it was the ‘beginner’s set’ with just one look.
When I entered the portal, I was wearing jeans and a hoodie, but it seed like my clothes naturally changed upon entry.
Judging by the disappearance of the phone that was in my pocket... it seed like everything I had disappeared when I entered the second floor.
“...There’s this, though.”
To be correct, almost everything had disappeared. Because the ‘Berserker’s pill’ that I shoved into my pocket was still there.
I couldn’t bring items from Earth... but it seed like I could bring items obtained in the tower to the next floor.
I was contemplating ways to utilize this when I unknowingly dodged, feeling a presence behind .
“...Huh?”
A tall, black man froze mid-action, his hand hovering where my shoulder had been. It didn’t seem like he intended to harm , but due to intensive evasion training, I had instinctively dodged him.
“...Bro, you have swift movents.”
He awkwardly scratched the back of his head.
He was wearing the sa full set of leather attire as I was. Judging by how the person at the fountain and others around were dressed the sa, it seed like it was the basic equipnt provided to all players.
“Well, that’s good.”
The man who was scratching the back of his head soon grinned widely, revealing his shiny white teeth.
“Dude, you were just summoned, right? I saw you appear out of thin air. I ca about 10 seconds before you. My na is David Troutt. Nice to et you.”
“...”
He extended his hand for a handshake, but I did not respond.
I thought that if this man suddenly decided to start a fight and gripped hard, I might have to regress. Besides, he seed to be almost 2 ters tall.
“Not a fan of touch? Sorry, sorry. I lacked consideration.”
Even though I didn’t respond to the handshake, David cheerfully brushed it off.
He spoke to in fluent Korean, but on closer inspection, his lip movents didn’t match his voice.
Is there so convenient feature like automatic translation magic encompassing the whole tower?
“I ant to ask… let’s team up temporarily. Did you get any stage objectives?”
“...No.”
“Sa here. They should have inford us by now; if this was an online ga, it would have failed long ago. It’s so user-unfriendly.”
David, shaking his head and rambling, was clearly a social butterfly, and just a short conversation was enough to understand that. And ? I’m the type who feels drained when around social people.
“Hey, buddy. Where are you going?”
“...There.”
Leaving David, who kept trying to continue the conversation, I approached the angel who was speaking fervently beside the fountain.
“You know now, right? Just bring the mark!”
It seed like the explanation had just ended, as the n listening to the angel dispersed in various directions.
“Oh, glad to et you, climber! Welco!”
“…”
Like David, the angel was also filled with extre enthusiasm, bouncing around in place.
“You all have worked hard, haven’t you? Ah, I can’t understand what the one who designed the 0th floor was thinking. No, isn’t it made just for death? It’s not for nothing that it’s not managed by a higher angel.”
“...”
“But, you can rest assured! Archangel Raphael, in charge from the 1st to the 5th floor, loves humans! We won’t forcefully lead you to death!”
The angel, gleaming with a bright smile, clapped her hands enthusiastically!
Then, a familiar ssage window appeared before my eyes.
2nd Floor -Clearance Condition: Earn the recognition of the city residents and bring the mark of acknowledgnt to clear the floor. However, you cannot leave the city area. Climbers, please get along with each other!
-Clearance Reward: Varies depending on the grade of the mark.
“Whoa…”
David, who had appeared behind at so point, exclaid in awe. The problem was, hearing his reaction, the angel’s enthusiasm rose even higher.
“If you go to the residents, they will give you suitable tasks! These days, it’s called a quest! Anyway, clear the quest, and co back here with the mark!”
Bang! Bang!
The angel tapped on the wooden board placed next to her.
“This floor is clear then! Additionally, you can choose one reward per grade! Moreover, the reward will be given safely after moving to the 1st floor! So there’s no risk of it being snatched away! It’s like killing two birds with one stone!”
“...?”
Did such a saying make sense here?
Anyway, the wooden board listed four grades: Bronze / Silver / Gold / Platinum. I decided to read the details later.
“Archangel Raphael loves you, humans! What you have to do is only one thing! Effort! Endless self-improvent! Drawing a better future is essentially human! Please show your potential!”
“Whoa whoa whoa!!!”
Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap!
Leaving the angel, who was completely imrsed in her speech, and David, who was fervently applauding, I decided to look around the plaza with the fountain a bit more.
For now... just as the angel had said, there were no signs of direct threat as if the Archangel indeed loved humans. What I was most cautious about was a situation of infinite regression where I couldn’t leave the entrance... but it didn’t seem like that would happen.
Of course, letting my guard down was not an option. There was the possibility that people could transform at night, when I tried to rest in a place like an inn.
And... I could see the possibility of exploiting the rules if one intended to.
I could also feel the gazes from everywhere.
Ignoring the stares, I quickened my pace.
I headed towards the place where the n, who were listening to the angel’s explanation before, were heading. They were reading a large poster attached to one side of the square, and although the content was in English, I could read it smoothly as well.
“So... is this the rumored M.J....”
“As expected... it’s M.J....”
“...?”
The n muttering while looking at the poster were all Caucasians, and at first, I thought I had heard wrong.
However, soon after seeing the signature swirled at the end of the poster, I understood. No, who would have thought the initials would be M.J.
“...Michael Jeter?”
Without a doubt, these were the initials of Michael Jeter, who would later be acclaid as the top player in the United States. I clearly rember the na of the man who held the fate of my coins.
“Oh, you know him as well? I thought only the Arican community knew... the news travels fast among our Eastern friends.”
The Caucasian man looked back at as he turned his head.
“...There’s already a community?”
“Huh? Yeah. Of course, it’s not an official community, but… ‘normal’ people can’t hear what we’re discussing anyway.”
The United States already had an unofficial climber community in place. No, co to think of it, there must already be one in Korea too. The precursor to PlayerNet would already be set up sowhere on the web.
“...Stock up on potions.”
It seems Michael Jeter, who likely did the sa experints on the first floor as , recomnded acquiring potions first.
What Michael Jeter recomnded was precisely the ‘Potion Training thod’. He proposed a training thod of training insanely to the point where all the muscles in the body are torn and then recovering by gulping down potions.
“...Smart, isn’t he?”
If my body wasn’t one to regress when injured, I would have trained like Michael Jeter as well. They say that torn muscles beco much stronger during the recovery process.
However, to the current , this advice was utterly useless. After all, when muscles are excessively torn, I regress, so how can I use the super recovery potion? I was destined to beco stronger purely by increasing my stats.
Now, just as I was slowly starting to get a grip on the quest and intended to look around the city.
“*gasp*, *gasp*...”
“...?”
A woman, with a large golden symbol floating above her head, was running crazily toward the square from within a narrow alley.
“Hoo, hoo!”
Her stats seed quite decent, as the speed she was running was relatively fast.
“Where do you think you’re going?”
But when three n, who had been waiting nearby, blocked the alleyway with their bodies, she had no choice but to stop.
“…”
There was no violence at all. It didn’t seem like they were using any abilities either.
They were rely blocking the alleyway with their bodies.
Moreover, the n blocking the way... their stances were quite shoddy. They were definitely not the stronger ones.
Given the performance the woman showed, it seed like she could just high-jump over the n or push them away with her strength, but…
“...What do you want?”
Instead of resorting to violence, the woman engaged in negotiation.
After witnessing the whole farcical situation, I was sure…
2nd Floor -Clearance Condition: Earn the recognition of the city residents and bring the mark of acknowledgnt to clear the floor. However, you cannot leave the city area. Climbers, please get along with each other!
-Clearance Reward: Varies depending on the grade of the mark.
‘Climbers, please get along with each other.’
…Violence is prohibited on the 2nd floor.
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