[Round 17, Day 25, 15:40]
[Welco to the 18th Floor’s waiting room.]
As soon as I entered the waiting room, I put away the armor inside the inventory and lay down on the bed.
The timing was not good for entering the 19th Floor anyway. Also, I didn’t feel like training.
I just wanted to lay down and rest.
I didn’t think I would feel this relaxed and at ease.
Anyway, I feel great.
Let’s rest today like this and be lazy for a day, just for today.
I pulled up the blanket and thought about Lee Hyung-jin.
There was plenty of ti left until he would reach the 17th Floor.
There was no reason for him to not able to beat the 17th Floor if he made preparations as planned.
No matter how big of difference in our abilities is, doesn’t that an he just need to work twice or three tis harder?
Also, if I send him items I will get in higher floors too, he should be able to get past the floor.
I already thought about all these when I was at Kiri Kiri’s field, but I organized them in my head once again.
It’s all right.
It’s possible.
Lee Hyung-jin will end up having tougher days ahead of him, but well, what else could we do?
He entered the h.e.l.l Difficulty, so he should just accept it as his fate.
I brought out a chocolate bar from the inventory and tried to console myself.
I wonder why, but for so reason, I suddenly really want to eat sweet stuff.
I usually don’t really care for sweets.
I only ate so when I ate cake with Kiri Kiri...
Um...
It could be that I just want to eat so sweets.
Let’s just eat so chocolate and empty my head.
When I woke up, it was the next day morning.
I thought I went to sleep around the dinner ti last night...
I think this is the first ti for to sleep so soundly in the waiting room.
Yesterday, I ended up eating five chocolate bars before going to sleep.
It was the perfect behavior to turn into a pig.
However, it was no big problem.
It was not like my body was going to get fat from doing that.
The problem was...
Everything is such a bother. I an everything.
Also, I keep on wanting to eat sweets.
I purchased a candy stick and put it in my mouth.
It tastes good.
Only if there was a gentle breeze...
How co this G.o.d d.a.m.n waiting room is always inside a building?
I wish I could sleep while feeling the breeze while lying on green gra.s.s.
If there was a warm sunlight for to bathe on, that would be placing flowers on a table made of gold.
I should have napped at Kiri Kiri’s field.
That’s too bad. So, I decided to take nap at the waiting room’s bed.
I got up, and it was the next day.
Lately, why is it always the next morning when I close my eyes?
I thought it was strange, but I didn’t think too much of it.
Instead, I ate soft ice-cream as I watched the community.
I spent the ti like that for a long while, and eventually, even reading the articles on the community beca a bother.
Like that, I went to sleep again.
I got up, and it was the next day again.
Now, I could not help but to think it was weird.
Even though I had beco relaxed a little, it was odd for to waste my ti away so much like this.
I wondered if I ever spent days away doing nothing like this inside the Tutorial.
Is it a ntal illness?
If it is an illness due to stress, I think that is possible.
I checked the symptoms.
Everything was such a bother. I want to sleep, and I want to be outside.
Also, I want to eat sweets.
In middle of all these, fortunately, my mind was still sharp.
Even if it is a ntal illness, I literally feel like I’ll go insane from the symptoms.
When did these start?
I was able to figure out the answer as soon as I thought about it.
It started from Kiri Kiri’s field.
When I was not able to organize my thoughts and was in chaos, suddenly, all of my thoughts were organized perfectly.
After that, I sent a ssage to Lee Hyung-jin and explained the situation.
Next, I said goodbye to Kiri Kiri and ca straight to the waiting room.
I didn’t even think about getting more information from Kiri Kiri.
After entering the waiting room, I decided to organize my thoughts so more and rest.
Right after that, I felt that everything was such a bother.
Before this, I don’t think I was feeling like that in particular.
I suddenly started to feel the desire to eat sweets.
It started right after I saw Kiri Kiri making scribbles on the ground.
My mind, which was in a disarray, beca clean in an instant so that it would be easier for to organize my thoughts.
After that, when my thoughts ended, these symptoms started to show up together.
Is it a form of magic?
If this is done by Kiri Kiri, then she was probably not intending any ill effects on .
This is Kiri Kiri after all.
She probably did it, thinking it would help .
I thought about main symptoms.
First, my head was calm. I could organize my thoughts with ease.
After that, it beca such a bother for to think.
Also, I developed a desire to sleep.
It does not make sense.
However, when I thought this was Kiri Kiri’s doing, one thing crossed my mind.
Kiri Kiri had warned about my stress several tis in the past.
She said I need to rest by emptying my mind.
Of course, I did not listen to her.
Could it be that she forced to rest with this thod?
Also, she watched getting stressed out, so I thought it was very likely that Kiri Kiri did so on purpose.
First, clear my mind and have organize my thoughts once, and make kick the idea of thinking about anything anymore and just rest.
That’s plausible.
In middle of all these, there are also the desire for sweets and sun bathing. Thinking about them...
It is very Kiri Kiri like magic.
Of course, this is just my conjecture.
I should check again when I clear 18th Floor and et Kiri Kiri.
What I should organize is that Kiri Kiri used a direct thod on , it is not to restrict but to provide with a form of help, and the fact that I cannot think of anything that was given as the paynt for this help.
As for the last two things, in addition to asking Kiri Kiri, I think I should inform the Order of Vigilance.
Like that, I organized my thoughts and opened the ssage window.
[Lee Ho-jae, 18th Floor: Do you have ti?]
The reply didn’t co right away.
Looks like I’ll have to wait for a bit.
Maybe because I had been sleeping while not caring about anything for a few days straight, inside of my head was surprisingly peaceful.
I felt very refreshed as well.
I purchased a bag of marshmallow from the store and opened it, and the reply arrived.
[Kim Min-hyuk, 30th Floor: ...]
What is this?
[Lee Ho-jae, 18th Floor: What’s up?]
Kim Min-hyuk kept silent without any reply for a mont.
I was able to get a response by the ti I ate the third marshmallow.
[Kim Min-hyuk, 30th Floor: Hey, why didn’t you respond for so long? Why, why! Why in this critical timing... Why did you go silent all of the sudden!]
Ah...
It looks like he must have contacted while I was asleep.
[Lee Ho-jae, 18th Floor: I’m sorry. I was sleeping.]
For a long while, Kim Min-hyuk’s hysteric ssages continued.
He complained that he had way too much work that he was sick of them.
He complained how could I be taking naps in middle of all these and make him worry.
As I listened, I wondered if he was not trying to express his frustration but just wanted to complain to soone.
It’s probably difficult for this rascal to complain about anything to anyone because of his position.
Thinking like that, I read his ssage and ate marshmallow.
It’s delicious.
Would it taste even better if I roasted it on fire?
[Kim Min-hyuk, 30th Floor: Are you ready for the tournant?]
[Lee Ho-jae, 18th Floor: It’s not like I need to prepare anything. I just need to wait for it.]
[Kim Min-hyuk, 30th Floor: ... d.a.m.n it. I envy you.]
I told him the new information I obtained from the manager.
Kim Min-hyuk only said that he will record what I told him.
It seed it was difficult for him to think about this side because he was so busy.
[Kim Min-hyuk, 30th Floor: Anyway, from now on, don’t go radio silent on . Be on standby. Synch your sleep schedule as well. If anything happens, we will let you know.]
I sent a ssage to Kim Min-hyuk saying I understood. I closed the ssage window after that.
It seed he was busy with preparing for the tournant.
I was embarra.s.sed about myself for having spent the days doing absolutely nothing.
I should do sothing too.
The sense of botherso-ness that surrounded my entire body had subsided to so extent now.
I still craved sweets, but it was not a problem for starting training.
First, I should start with magic.
To pick two most important information from what I obtained in the 16th Floor, they are the Aura Blade and magic.
Fortunately, I was able to understand and execute the Aura Blade. However, it was different with magic.
Let alone understand it, I couldn’t even get a feel for it.
The clues for taking a step forward was understanding the elental type for using the wind arrow magic.
Also, as for the elental type, I need to feel the sense of existence of the wind summon spirit to tell apart the feeling.
These two were the clues.
The first task was sensing the existence of the wind spirit who must be around .
According to the wind spirit’s blessing skill’s description, the wind spirit was always around . However, I was not able to feel the spirit.
First, I should figure out at least if cannot feel the spirit because I obtained the blessing when my senses were still lacking or if I’m just not able to feel the spirit.
Thinking that, I sat on the bed in ditation pose and focused my mind.
I increased my focus.
I brought back the feeling that I had when I was at the 13th Floor’s Master Monk’s room.
I isolated my mind inside the slowing ti.
My senses were slowing down, and soon, it felt like I could not feel anything. My thought had accelerated that much.
Slowly, I tried hard to find my senses that could not be felt anymore.
Inside the ti that was flowing slowly, I found a sense, and I found the other sense.
As I identified each sense that I found, I started to observe myself.
[Round 17, Day 29, 23:55]
I had wasted a few days being lazy. However, I was able to spend the remaining days productively.
First, I was now able to sowhat sense the wind spirit.
It was difficult to notice the spirit at all because the spirit was with through whole day everyday, but I could feel the presence becoming stronger when I received the blessing and acceleration effect from the wind spirit’s blessing skill.
I focused on that presence and tried hard to be able to feel it at all tis.
However, I was not confident about if I could call this presence as the elental type.
Moreover, even if it is the elental type...
What could I do with it if I did feel the elental type?
It is not like I could do anything with it.
It was not like I could utilize it for sothing either.
I think I should be satisfied with this for the magic training and stop for now.
First, I should acquire the rune related magic textbook that’s said to be obtainable after reaching the 30th Floor. After that, when I can understand the magic knowledge obtained from the doppelganger, I think I’ll be able to resu magic training only after that.
Since then, until the round 17 ended, I spent the days practicing the utilization of the Aura Blade.
[Kim Min-hyuk, 30th Floor: Are you all ready?]
Like I said before, I don’t have anything to prepare.
It seems that he was asking out of habit.
I bet he is spreading the sa questions to everyone beside .
[The 18th Round is starting.]
[Round 18, Day 0, 00:00]
[The Tournant is comncing.]
[Please enter.]
[ti let until the mandatory summon: 4 minutes 59 seconds.]
During the last tournant, I spent the ti away and entered late in leisurely manner. However, it was different this ti.
As soon as the ssage ca, I activated the portal below .
From the waiting room, I was transported to the place of the tournant. The place had bright sunshine. As soon as I got there, there were new ssages.
[Please decide about your partic.i.p.ation until the tournant starts. You can decide at the entrance of the arena.]
[Tournant Day 1, 00:00]
[You acquired the Tournant Rule Book (2). Please check the inventory.]
[You acquired the Knowledge Before the Ti of Babel Lv. 1. Please check your status window.]
I already heard from the Order of Vigilance that the Knowledge Before the Ti of Babel was issued for free to everyone for the second tournant which was going to be held with servers from other countries.
Instead of reading the ssage, I moved first.
The strike division mbers of the Order entered the place as soon as the tournant started. They gathered up in their divisions and surrounded the main plaza, the place of summoning, in a large formation.
The scene setting for the second tournant was the 60th Floor’s residential area.
The ground was made entirely of marble blocks. The main plaza had a highly decorative fountain.
The water fountain was made of an ivory color marble stone.
The buildings around here appeared to be made of stones instead of wood.
There were high rise buildings here and there. There were street lights on the streets as well. It seed the place was made based on quite a developed world.
The buildings and the street were clean and sparkly. They looked pretty.
Also, there was bright sunlight which was raining down on us. It was the best.
The place could not be compared to the waiting room which made feel confined.
I felt the urge to go on a stroll on the street.
Ah...
Why does the sunlight feel so good?
The gentle breeze also feels so great.
Could it be that the magic that Kiri Kiri placed on still has so effects left?
I closed my eyes and enjoyed the happy feeling. When I opened my eyes, my eyes t with one of mbers of the Order.
He looked like he was panicking.
I cleared my throat by doing a fake cough and hardened the look on my face.
After a mont, the people really started to arrive at the tournant.
They are not from Korean server.
Other than the Order’s strike division mbers, everyone else planned to arrive when there was only 30 seconds left until the mandatory summon.
The people who were arriving now were from the servers in foreign countries.
There were two foreign servers who were going to partic.i.p.ate in the tournant with us.
It was fortunate that there were not many foreign servers.
If there were over ten foreign servers partic.i.p.ating in the tournant, the Order of Vigilance would have had to give up on their plan or make serious adjustnts.
The people from foreign servers were generally divided in Asian and Western worlds.
They were talking, but they all sounded Korean to , so it was hard for to tell which countries they ca from.
They looked at the ssage windows, checked the status window or inventory. They looked around to find others they knew.
While doing those, so found us, who were surrounding the main plaza.
So started to voice their questions about us, and...
The mbers of Order of Vigilance all drew their weapons.
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