Chapter 6: Millions of Stabs (5)
[User Details]
Na: Jaehwan
Level: 100 (At maximum level)
Title: (EX) Nightmare of 99th Floor
Class: Swordsman
Skill: (EX) Perseverance
[Status Detail]
Strength: 100 (At maximum)
Dexterity: 100 (At maximum)
Stamina: 100 (At maximum)
Will: 100 (At maximum)
Mana: 100 (At maximum)
He pulled up the screen through the Interface System. Jaehwan had tried hard to reach the limit at every end all this ti. 30 years, and he had hit the maximum limit on all stats. That was when he began to think.
Can humans really be calculated with such numbers?’
After so ti, he began seeing sothing weird. He thought it was just an illusion, but it wasn’t. He realized what he saw was the nature of this world. It was sotis a smooth particle and sotis beca rough rocks. It always seed to be in various shapes and sizes.
That’s when his stabbing beca unstable.
He felt a weird sensation each ti he used his [Stab] skill. The skill that he had stuck in its form in perfection, had beco loose and Jaehwan felt sothing he had been forgetting was coming back.
It was the feeling of being ‘alive.’
Jaehwan nad it [Suspicion] for now. The power to look into the truth of the world. However, he had no idea how to use the power yet.
The quick thrust of Jaehwan’s Dragon Sword was easily deflected. Beastlain shouted in irritation,
“Hey, Jaehwan! Talk to !”
Jaehwan did not answer.
“Wow, this is crazy!”
Beastlain seed frustrated.
“You are not going back! You’re just starting the real ga!”
The second reason Jaehwan wasn’t ending the Tutorial, was the demon Beastlain.
After so ti, Jaehwan realized that for so reason, Beastlain could not kill Jaehwan.
‘I don’t know why, but he can’t force .’
Beastlain not forcing the ga to end or not killing Jaehwan right here was the proof. If he had opened the tower, he must have the power to close it, but he didn’t do so. There must be a reason why. For Jaehwan, Beastlain was just a good teacher right now. He challenged him countless tis to adapt to the change happening with him.
Beastlain was growing even more frustrated.
‘Dammit, the due date is coming closer!’
However, there was nothing he could do. The only thing he can do was to ask Jaehwan,
“Hey! Please, answer !”
“Answer what?”
Jaehwan asked as he pulled away the sword grabbed by Beastlain.
“Wow, thank you! I thought you had gone mad because you didn’t speak! I was worried that the precious [Product] had been damaged... uh, nevermind that,”
Beastlain stuttered.
“Good. What do you want of ? I will do anything, other than killing myself, and moving to the next floor.”
Jaehwan then stopped the sword.
‘There we go.’
After Jaehwan realized he had the upper hand, he had been waiting for this very mont. He had waited until the Demon in front of him beco frustrated. Jaehwan waited until Beastlain could not wait any longer and took the bait.
“I need to ask you sothing then.”
“What is it? Anything!”
Beastlain brightened up and continued,
“Do we now have room to negotiate?”
“Well, that depends on you.”
The answer made Beastlain frown.
After pondering for so ti, Beastlain sighed and explained,
“Don’t be surprised. The universe isn’t connected in just one dinsion.”
“I know.”
“...huh? You know?”
Jaehwan scowled.
“Do you think I’m a fool?”
Jaehwan did not know much about the universe. Everything he knew about it was what he had learned from school and what he had heard from Sakamoto when he climbed the tower. But he did hear a lot of different theories about the universe.
“So, the universe is comprised of and countless ?”
“You are right.”
According to Beastlain, the universe was comprised of one main dinsion called and millions of other . The earth was a small planet within one of many . Beastlain called Earth as World 294. Jaehwan summarized the explanation,
“So this Tower of Nightmare is to prepare Walkers to adapt to the .”
“Right.”
“And only the Walkers who successfully completed the Tutorial and the real ga gets to move to the .”
“You are absolutely right. You sure grasp the idea quick.”
Beastlain did not use the word [Cultivation] or [Harvest]. He knew what the product would beco if he heard it. Jaehwan then asked,
“So what does adaptation do? Does it just an getting stronger?”
Beastlain shook his head.
“No, it’s to get used to the of the .”
“...the one to use skills, get items, or invest status points?”
“You can say that.”
Beastlain grinned.
“Most races going to the without preparation die out because they can’t adjust to the system. That’s why we made this to help them adjust. Through the tutorial and the real ga, you learn what it is like to have the system on the and increase your survival rate. Demons like work as an aid to this ga.”
Beastlain was careful with his explanation, but he was also astonished. He had seen no product this calm after hearing the truth about the world. All the products he had cultivated either refused to believe it or had gone mad. However, Jaehwan calmly accepted what he was hearing. It seed like he had been born for the ga. And Beastlain was satisfied by it.
“Let ask you one more thing.”
“Go ahead.”
“Why are you doing ‘this’?”
Beastlain smiled bitterly. He knew that Jaehwan would ask this in the end. He had cultivated thousands of products for hundreds of years. So had beco powerful beings in the while so had perished to its spirit. But all of them had asked this.
-Why are you doing this?
Beastlain asked back.
“I don’t get your question. Do you want to know why I manage the Tower of Nightmare?”
“Yes.”
“Well, I don’t think that’s what you really want to know.”
Beastlain grinned and continued speaking,
“Isn’t it that you want to know why I brought the Tower of Nightmares into YOUR world, instead of countless other options?”
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