Ugh, its been a while since Ive left my dwelling. I was really bored, truly.
Thanks to the intruder, we got a chance to stretch our bodies. Its fortunate.
Umm. How long has it been since I breathed the outside air?
Everyoneis too noisy. Keep it down, would you?
A wind elental resembling an innocent girl, Sylphid.
An earth elental in the form of a small golem, Gno.
A water elental with the appearance of a mature woman, Undine.
A light elental taking on the shape of a listless boy, Wisp.
The four elental spirits each erged through their respective gates.
They all seed excited for a rare outing, having been confined for so long.
Of course, their excitent was for the brutal handling and amusent of the intruder.
But then.
Huh?
The wind elental, who erged second, cocked her head to the side.
Sothing was off.
Before her lay a red lizard with its head buried in the ground and hands clasped behind its back.
Ugh
Sweating profusely, its limbs trembling.
It was hard to believe that this was a salamander, notorious for their ferocity.
How did this happen? Why are you like this?
The earth elentals eyes widened, as dirt fell from its mouth.
Has it gone mad from being trapped for too long?
Pull yourself together, salamander! Where did you sell your pride as an elental to assu such a pitiful stance?
Keep it down, everyone.
The rest of the elentals were equally flustered.
It was then.
Mooogi!
Goguma unleashed its skill, Piiel.
The roaring sound reverberated along the passageway.
A magical power rivaling Dragon Speech dominated the space.
Aaaaah!
Gasp!
What is this?!
All of a sudden.
The color drained from the elentals faces, turning as pale as the earth.
At that mont, they understood why the salamander was so frightened and had curled up its tail.
Even fully grown summons and elentals dared not encroach upon the territory of ancients.
In the presence of an Ancient Dragon, arguably the most special among ancient creatures, who could dare to bare their teeth?
Considering they were only interdiate elentals who had not even reached adulthood.
The fight was over before it had even begun.
What are you waiting for? Theres a spot next to that fire lizard. First co, first served; why arent you bowing your heads?
Jinhyuk sat on a rock, tilting his head.
None of the elentals understood why this re human could command an ancient being, but that wasnt the important question right now.
They had to hurry.
To be faster than anyone.
And to bow their heads more passionately than anyone else.
That was the only way to survive against this overwhelming ancient creature.
Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!
Soon after, the five elental creatures all bowed their heads in submission.
The five interdiate elentals representing the major elents.
Who would have imagined they would see such proud beings with their faces flush red?
But this was no dream or fancy; it was the damn reality.
Well done, Goguma.
Jinhyuk gently scratched Gogumas neck.
Mogi!
Goguma enjoyed the strokes with its eyes gently closed, its tail swaying contentedly.
Now then
The question was how to deal with these creatures.
Jinhyuks lips curled into a smile.
Though you may not know, this sweet potato here is one of the outside directors of our Veteran Corporation.
To be exact, it held the position of Sales Director.
Just in ti, our company is hiring interns for the next half of the season, any interest?
Naturally, refusal ant death.
Failure to get hired also ant death.
I really want to join!
too!
In tasks given, were known to perform exceptionally well!
If it ans serving with the ancient being, Id follow to the ends of hell, hehe.
Id prefer you to speak more quietly. But I also want in.
The elentals clamored one after another.
True to beings who lived near-eternal lives, their attachnt to existence was extraordinary.
Hmm. While Im proud to see such enthusiasm for our company, I personally dont like to brag without substance. I hope you all can understand.
Whoosh!
A bright fla flickered at Jinhyuks fingertip.
The power to enforce a binding oath.
It was the Seal of Soul Fire.
Once the Seal was imprinted, the elentals bodies trembled faintly.
[The elental spirits of the five major elents swear subservience to you.]
It feels like picking up gold off the street.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
Jinhyuks heart raced uncontrollably.
It was a feat he wouldnt have dared to attempt in the past, taming interdiate elentals known for their strength and complexity.
Our growth is becoming more efficient.
The path to the summit of the tower.
Although the addition of characters as variables had increased the difficulty, such positive variables easily offset that part.
No matter how much more difficult it beca, it was possible to cope.
No, its beyond that.
At the current pace, he might surpass the records of the past, and far sooner than expected.
To prove it.
Ding!
Several status windows appeared one after another.
[You have earned 5,000 points of rit!]
[Current rit point rankings]
1st Place: Jinhyuk Kang (5,100P)
2nd Place: Nangong Chun (450P)
3rd Place: Cheon Yuseong (190P)
4th Place: Maria (150P)
5th Place: Patrick (130P)
6th Place: Yoshio (125P)
The gap with second place was incomparable.
Understandably, everyone else would be sowhat immobile in this situation.
Jinhyuk reviewed the rankings.
It was expected that Nangong Chun would be near the top, and it wasnt surprising that Cheon Yuseong, who disliked idleness, would also make it to the top.
Elise, who found everything botherso, wouldnt care about passing through the traps, hence not being within the ranks.
And the rest.
They must be watching each other, paralyzed by the penalty of the defense nerf.
Its hard to rashly enter traps when a slight graze could an severe injury and a direct hit, death. Even the ones with strong hearts might reluctantly hesitate.
Using this psychological gap, he had been siphoning off the rewards. But this stalemate couldnt last forever.
At best, in a few dozen minutes, theyll gather their wits and start moving.
That would be inconvenient.
If players started dying en masse, all the bla would be directed at him for choosing the 25th floor.
Before those with valiant stupidity embarked on their reckless challenge, he needed to wrap up the next step quickly.
Jinhyuk closed the rit points window.
About ti they start showing so interest
Just as he thought that.
[A number of factions are showing great interest in you!]
[The Empire sends you their admiration for your overwhelming performance.]
[The Martial World feels fear towards your existence.]
[The Elental Realm finds the presence of the Ancient Sweet Potato extrely intriguing.]
[A total of 13 minor factions would like to join forces with you.]
[The Third Faction expresses a very strong affinity for you.]
Indirect ssages from various factions poured in.
The Empire, the Martial World, the Elental Realm.
Just as expected, the prominent players had entered the fray.
Including the nurous minor factions, quite a few powers had taken a strong impression of him.
Well, if theyre not interested after seeing this, they must be out of their minds.
Overwhelming performances, the ability to find solutions in adverse situations, and even ticulous planning of the overall ga.
He had all the qualities that factions eager to expand their territory could wish for.
They must be drooling at the sight.
But what caught Jinhyuks attention wasnt the Martial World, the Empire, or the Elental Realm.
The Third Faction.
To think even they would reach out.
Things were getting more interesting.
Maybe it was possible to make the situation even more complicated.
Heh
A hollow laugh ca from the lips of Penheir, the Sword Master of the Caladium Kingdom.
Even when the character of interest had chosen the 25th floor of the tower, the atmosphere in the banquet hall heated up rapidly.
It had to.
At the current level of player skills, they would never breach the labyrinth on the 25th floor.
Especially the debuff effect, negating all defense, was a formidable shackle, even for a Sword Master.
But then.
Not scared, is that it?
His relaxed deanor with a smile on his face, even amidst the panic of everyone else.
It was like he had chosen this floor not without reason but with conviction.
The expectation turned into reality when, shortly after, there was the discovery of a hidden route leading to the labyrinths entrance followed by the revelation of doors representing the five elents.
Then, anticipation grew about which elental to fight next.
But, to think hed choose to fight against all five
What is he thinking?
Penheir clenched his fists without realizing.
Each one of the elental spirits was a powerful nad character, taking on all five simultaneously was akin to suicide.
Of course.
All those worries turned out to be unfounded.
This cant be
Those damn elentals are cowering
And to think theres a player who owns an ancient being. We havent secured an ancient creature on our side yet.
What kind of thod did he use
The faces of the residents on the second floor were contorted in shock.
The supre life forms were hard to co by even in the middle levels of the tower.
Just witnessing one was astonishing, but the creature under scrutiny had completely tad an ancient being.
The purity of the ancient being, eager for its masters attention, was a never-before-seen occurrence.
As the head of the Muyong family representing the Martial World, Muyong Soo also felt a chill run down his spine.
Hes far more dangerous than I thought.
He had been aware of Jinhyuk since the fifth floors Elven Forest, but that was solely related to combat.
Not just military strength, but knowledge about the tower too, is off the charts.
Perhaps
He could even bring significant changes to the entire tower, not just the middle layers of power.
But all the shock was rely a prelude.
Huh?
Whats that?
Wait a mont!
What followed
Caused the residents to run out of words to say.
Alright. Begin!
Jinhyuk nodded.
Then.
Earth!
Fire!
Wind!
Water!
Light!
With shouts echoing.
The elental spirits leaped from all directions, coming together in one place.
Due to intimidation and fear, there was no hesitation or awkwardness.
Excellent!
Their movents were near perfect, swelling pride in ones chest.
But that was not the end.
The real climax was starting right now.
When the five powers combine!
The voices of the elentals rged into one.
Elental Special Forces!
Just like superheroes making their entrance, the five elentals gathered together.
Wow!
Jinhyuk rose to his feet with exuberance.
Even Gogumas eyes sparkled, repeating Mogi, mogi.
Thats it. Everyones passed as interns!
Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap!
Jinhyuk applauded, seemingly truly impressed.
There was no way to deny them. They had a debut befitting the Veteran Corporation.
Just then, as Jinhyuk continued to marvel.
[The Empire wishes to speak with you.]
[The Martial World wishes to speak with you.]
Both factions representatives sought him out at the sa mont.
They took the bait.
Hook, line, and sinker.
Now the real ga begins.
Jinhyuk steadied his breath.
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