During this time, Ju-hyeok had been vividly revealing the appearances of gigantic monsters through the Awakening Management Agency's YouTube channel.
The 81st-floor Behemoth,
82nd-floor Apophis,
83rd-floor Arachnoid,
84th-floor Colossus Condor,
85th-floor Magnus Gigant,
and even the 86th-floor Superheated Calamity Phoenix.
Since the purpose was information disclosure, only the monsters' appearances were shown.
To ordinary people, it wasn't entertaining or pleasant to look at.
Some even left malicious comments, asking why such disturbing things were being shown.
But the newly released video—
it was on an entirely different level from the previous ones.
Our friend, Magnus Gigant Unit No. 1?
They were going to show the deceased's insanely badass footage?
This was the content of the video.
A combat scene where the Magnus Gigant subdued a Behemoth with fluid, graceful movements.
Blinding it with a destruction beam, charging and knocking it down, pounding it, then sitting on it and finishing with punch after punch—bam, bam, bam!
The intensity overflowed.
The filming was so good it felt extremely real.
It was impossible to call it CGI.
From the ground, from the sky.
Zoom-ins and zoom-outs.
Even drones couldn't have captured footage like that.
Viewers went wild.
The Korean Awakening Management Agency's YouTube channel subscriber count skyrocketed, and the video hit 100 million views in a single day.
L This is insane. It really is badass. Absolute peak.
L That's a lifetime collectible.
L Gerald struggled to beat Behemoth, and this thing beats it to a pulp with punches.
L Of course—if that's really the Magnus Gigant, it's an 81-level vs 85-level fight.
L But why are monsters fighting each other?
L Look at the title. The Gigant is our friend.
L Our friend? Then it must belong to the top player.
L Who else could it be?
L How did he even get that?
L There's a rumor the top player's trait is summoner, so it's probably a summon.
L He cleared the Tower with that thing. An S+++ clear makes sense now.
L Damn, my golem is a toy.
L Different class entirely. It's over 100 meters tall.
L A Gigant armed with the people's self-reliant revolutionary spirit!
L But if it's a memorial video, does that mean it's dead? We can't see it anymore?
L The title says No. 1—there's probably a No. 2.
L Whoa, how many units are there?
L The mystery's solved.
L What mystery?
L I work at a steel mill. We're currently making a 60-meter sword.
L Typo. You mean 60 centimeters.
L No, I wrote it right. Sixty meters.
L No way.
L Think about it—who would use a 60-meter weapon?
L Right… a 100-meter Gigant would wield it perfectly.
L So we'll see a 100-meter Gigant fighting with a 60-meter sword soon?
L Blockbuster movies are doomed this year.
L Won't they show this in theaters?
L It'd be insane on a big screen.
L Release it!
L Yeah, release it!
L There are theaters even in the Republic of Gojo.
Articles poured out nonstop.
The Awakening Management Agency was flooded with calls verifying the video's authenticity.
A Gigant was practically a giant robot.
A robot versus a monster—how could that not excite people?
Kids and adults alike, men especially, felt their hearts race.
Gigant Unit No. 1's popularity soared to the heavens.
The Awakening Management Agency even screened the "Gigant vs Behemoth" video in theaters.
Since it was under ten minutes, it was shown as a pre-movie advertisement.
Every theater was packed.
The "advertisement" was more popular than the actual movie.
Thus, Ju-hyeok's Gigant Unit No. 1 was etched deeply into people's memories.
After finishing all preparations, Ju-hyeok and the P-summoned beings arrived at the first floor of the White Tower.
Their goal: to defeat the Superheated Calamity Phoenix.
The 86th-floor fire suppression conquest of Earth No. 675's Black Tower.
They cloaked themselves in a concealment veil and went outside, summoning the P-summoned beings one by one.
At that moment—
Ding!
[World Announcement: From now on, the use of thermal weapons inside Towers will be strictly restricted. Explosive reactions based on Earth science—such as gunpowder, nuclear fission, or nuclear fusion—will not occur.]
"They blocked it."
"They blocked it."
"It's blocked."
"Blocked."
"Blocked."
"Hoe."
Too bad.
Nuclear clears were no longer possible.
"Those administrator bastards really have no guts."
Earth No. 1,001 or No. 675—it was all the same.
Get hit a little and they immediately cry and change the rules.
"Bunch of pathetic cowards."
Let's just clear the Tower.
Then Kosak spoke.
"Summoner Bong."
"What is it?"
"I've been thinking—this Black Tower should be used as a testbed from now on."
A testbed?
"Even if we fail a clear here, the world can't get any more ruined, right?"
Ju-hyeok nodded.
After Max Kruger, the last survivor of Earth No. 675, died, that world was completely finished.
"Our Earth is different. If it collapses, it's over."
Exactly.
"As you've experienced, the 70th-floor and 80th-floor bosses always bring beings that affect the real world."
Right.
Kabalon on the 70th floor, Diamat on the 80th.
They tried to exert influence on reality itself.
"So what about the 90th floor? If we climb it first and something happens to the world, it'll be a disaster. We'd be cursed to hell."
"Mm."
He understood.
In the past, Player Gieum reached the 70th floor first, and France nearly got branded a nuisance nation.
The U.S. too.
A player affected by Diamat's temptation skill reached the 80th floor first.
That was why Diamat came out of the Tower,
and the U.S. endured massive backlash.
In the end, Diamat defected and now stood beside them—but still.
"So we climb the 90th floor in Earth No. 675?"
"Not just the 90th floor. We should start testing from the 87th floor."
Oh!
That was a great idea.
This Black Tower was perfect for gathering advance information on uncleared upper floors—
a testing ground for experimental climbs and data collection.
"Our strategist Kosak—how do you even come up with this stuff? Genius, a genius!"
"This Kosak strives day and night to become a P-summoned being worthy of the greatest genius in the universe, Summoner Bong."
"Oh my, you sure know how to flatter! Hahaha!"
"Hehehe! You flatter me!"
Meanwhile, some of the P-summoned beings didn't look too pleased.
They didn't say it out loud, but—
I was going to say that first.
Brown-noser instincts never die.
He's transcendent at sucking up.
So sly. It's almost admirable.
How do we beat that guy?
Hooe…
Anyway, the Tower ascent began.
First thing to check:
whether administrators from different worlds were communicating properly.
"Mr. Rajiks."
"Huh?"
"Is there space to store one Gigant?"
"Huh?!"
There was.
In that case—
Spot!
[Entering the German Black Tower, 85th floor.]
Sssss—
Let's pick up a Gigant produced on Earth No. 675.
Our suicide warrior fell here, so recruiting a new warrior here was only fair.
True equivalent exchange.
First, fire a magic EMP round from the Gigant-response magic gun.
Flash!
After immobilizing it, Berserker Kosak was deployed.
Crack, clank!
Armor plates opened.
"El-nim, check the circuitry. Is it self-destruct?"
"I'll bet everything I own and my hand that it's not. Unless you're scared."
"It's a standard automatic type. No self-destruct circuit."
Jackpot.
"The administrators don't seem to be communicating, do they?"
"It seems so. If they were, they'd have patched everything before the nuclear clears."
As expected—every conflict stems from poor communication.
Thanks to that, Ju-hyeok benefited.
"Let's take it."
Sssss—
Rajiks smoothly stored the Gigant.
Repeat clear successful.
Collected rewards casually.
[Exiting the German Black Tower.]
Spot!
Entered again.
[Entering the German Black Tower, 86th floor.]
Superheated Calamity Phoenix conquest.
It had to be overwhelming—
enough to make the administrators faint in shock.
For that, they brought 40 chemical fire engines and as much liquid nitrogen as possible.
Who drives the fire engines?
Chemical fire trucks don't spray hoses—
their extinguishing agent launchers are mounted on top and can fire automatically by remote control.
Meanwhile, Mackenzie used flight magic, carrying Rajiks into the sky, and dropped all the liquid nitrogen tanks at once.
Berserker and Officer Bae ruptured the tanks, spilling their contents.
Third attempt.
They were used to it now.
At Gyeondallae's ritual drum signal—
"Officer Bae, pull it."
"Officer Veronica Caliber, delivery ready."
The Phoenix conquest began.
SHHHHHHH!
Fire suppression agents sprayed everywhere.
A rainstorm of falling liquid nitrogen.
And one key difference from previous clears—
Mari joined the fight.
Chrrrrrrk!
A homunculus infused with frost potions coiled around the Superheated Calamity Phoenix's body.
How could it possibly endure that?
Ding!
[Superheated Calamity Phoenix 1/1]
[86th-floor mission cleared.]
[Rewards: Phoenix Feather / 860 kg of High-Grade Magic Stones]
It was a truly overwhelming victory.
They even got an extra feather.
The result?
[World Announcement: You have achieved an S+++ clear for the 86th floor of the Black Tower (Germany).]
"… Hah."
[S+++ Clear Reward: 2 Platinum Badges have been awarded.]
Disappointing.
Honestly, he'd been expecting an EX rank.
"Tch. I cleared it as fast as possible, too."
A clear needed impact.
Speed alone wasn't enough.
Ju-hyeok was still hungry.
Maybe it was because he'd already experienced an EX rank.
"An S+++ clear just doesn't quite satisfy me anymore."
Black Tower (Earth No. 675) Control Room.
[They're back again. I'm sick of these guys.]
[Don't tell me… 86th floor?]
[No, they entered the 85th floor.]
Thank goodness.
Thought they were clearing the 86th floor again.
But why the 85th?
Repeated clears?
[Huh?]
[… Whew.]
My head's pounding.
[What?]
[That labor bastard is stuffing a Gigant into subspace.]
Stuffing it inside?
[How?]
[Disabled it with a mana EMP and messed with the circuitry.]
[Ahh…]
So that's how they've been taking them this whole time.
[What should we do? That Gigant probably needs patching too.]
The designer thought for a moment.
Then—
[Leave it. If they want to take it, let them.]
It was useless past the 86th floor anyway.
Nowhere near enough to deal with phoenixes or dragons.
[Huh?]
[Huh?]
[Oh.]
At this point, who cared if they said "huh" or not.
[What is it? Say it.]
[They just entered the 86th floor. Phoenix clear?]
[… What?]
A phoenix?
They're trying to clear it?
[Pu—pull up the hologram.]
Click!
The clear began.
The administrators' mouths fell open.
[… Fire trucks?]
How many are there?
They spread the fire engines wide, like wings unfolding—
SHHHHH! SPLAAASH! SHRRRRRRK!
A massive deluge of fire suppressant flooded the area.
Liquid nitrogen even poured down from the sky like a tropical downpour.
[I see.]
They'd forgotten.
[That bastard came from a world that hasn't collapsed yet.]
[Not just nukes. With that subspace, he can apply intact Earth scientific firefighting tech directly.]
[I'm losing my mind.]
In the end, the 86th floor fell too.
Should they just give up?
But why did he look so disappointed after an S+++ clear?
Spot!
Ju-hyeok exited the Tower.
Just as planned, the 86th floor was cleared.
He got another phoenix feather.
He got badges.
But it still wasn't enough.
"Tch."
He wanted to raise the administrators' blood pressure even more.
"… Go up one more floor?"
Like Kosak said, wasn't the Black Tower of Earth No. 675 a sampling Tower?
Then he should sample it.
If it didn't work out, he could just leave.
"Want to go in once more?"
"… Huh?"
"87th floor?"
"I'm in!"
"The warrior believes it's a good idea."
"Proceed without hesitation."
Everyone was on board.
All he needed was one more person.
"… Mari?"
Mari was crouched nearby, scribbling away.
—Summoner, I'll stay by your side.
Perfect.
Let's go—all together.
Up to the 87th floor.
What would come out?
[Entering the German Black Tower, 87th floor.]
Spot!
Ju-hyeok and the P-summoned beings arrived on the 87th floor.
The environment was a field.
Dead, withered grass.
A foul stench hung in the air—
like rotting animal carcasses.
"Creepy…"
Maybe coming here was a mistake.
Regret set in.
The most dangerous moment was when confidence swelled.
Complacency was deadly.
They should have been satisfied and left.
But then—
"… Ha!"
Bardin exclaimed.
Then—
"Light!!!"
WHOOOOOSH!
Brilliant, overwhelmingly dense radiance flooded the 87th floor.
"This humble one shall lead the way."
What?
After promoting to LSSR, did he pick up a detection skill like Rajiks?
Bardin strode forward.
And then—
Ding!
[87th-Floor Mission: Defeat the Undead Bone Dragon That Has Lost Its True Name.]
[Time Limit: 15 hours.]
[Completion Condition: Undead Bone Dragon That Has Lost Its True Name 0/1]
At the same time, something flew toward them, wings spread wide.
Flap, flap!
A skull for a head.
Its body still had skin and flesh in places, but exposed bones jutted out.
A grotesque mix of zombie and skeleton, wrapped in a chilling dark aura.
"A dragon."
"It's a dragon."
"A dragon indeed."
"A dragon?"
"But it's undead…"
"An undead dragon can't really be called a dragon."
"And it's even lost its true name."
"It's far weaker than a real dragon."
"But can we kill it?"
In that moment—
everyone's gaze focused on one spot.
If it's undead, there's a natural enemy right here.
LSSR Holy Knight Bardin puffed out his chest confidently and raised his massive shield.
"Light!!!"
Ahh—
Behold that dazzling radiance.
The perfect counter to undead.
The sacred authority of a holy knight that repels all corruption.
"Light!!!"
Brilliant.
Blinding.
Yes.
Let's trust Bardin.
But at that very moment—
ZZZZZZZK!
Pfft.
The light vanished.
What?
Why did the light go out?
Bardin tilted his head in confusion.
"Light!!!"
WHOOOOOSH!
But—
ZZZZZZZK!
Pfft.
It went out again.
This was absurd.
Premature radiance?
From an LSSR holy knight?
"L-light!!!"
WHOOOOOSH!
ZZZZZZZK!
Pfft.
"Why does it keep— ah!"
They realized the reason.
There was a culprit.
Officer Bae had a magic gun pressed against Bardin's body.
The weapon in her hands glowed brilliantly with holy energy.
"It's been a while since I used Attribute Absorption."
"… "
Right—attribute absorption existed.
Veronica learned it back when she was SSR.
Now she was LSSR.
She was siphoning LSSR-grade radiance with LSSR-grade attribute absorption.
"W-why are you absorbing my radiance…?"
"It's a flying monster. We need to pull it."
"Uh—uhh."
Officer Bae assumed a firing stance.
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ—
The magic gun vibrated violently, heating up.
"Y-you're pulling with a sub–light-speed round?!"
Click.
She pulled the trigger.
"You could've just fired a small-caliber round!!!"
Ignoring Bardin's desperate scream—
BOOOOM!
A massive backblast erupted.
WHUUUURRRR—!!!
BANG!
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!
KABOOOOOOOOOM—!!!
The dark aura tore apart like paper.
The holy-attribute sub–light-speed round struck the Undead Bone Dragon square in the body.
"KUAAAAAAAH!"
Radiance was the undead's natural enemy.
And this was LSSR-enhanced radiance—
plus a sub–light-speed round.
The Undead Bone Dragon plummeted helplessly.
"One shot?"
"One shot."
"One shot, huh."
"One shot?"
"Well… almost—"
"It doesn't look dead yet."
"One more shot?"
Then—
"Light!!!"
Holy Knight Bardin charged at terrifying speed toward where the dragon had crashed.
Even though he'd lost the opening blow—
Right.
The finisher belonged to the holy knight.
Are you watching, administrators?
These are my P-summoned beings.
[…]
[…]
[…]
The administrators of Earth No. 675 said nothing.
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