Stuck in The Tower

Chapter 122

After passing the aquarium for a span of time, I checked the road carefully.

From here on, it is not marked on the map, so you have no choice but to figure out the location on your own.

I recorded all the alleyways. Thanks to that, the number of notebook pages quickly decreased, but what can I do? It’s too complicated and big to memorize in my head.

I didn’t forget to mark the wall in the middle. If you burn it with a fire, soot will remain. Even if you get lost, you should be able to find the sign and come back.

-The

only thing that echoes in the empty aisle is the sound of my footsteps.

There were no signs of presence and no threatening traps.

Maybe it’s because there’s a little bit of leeway? I remembered things I hadn’t thought of before.

“Deokchun, you have a treasure map. Didn’t you say that the creators of the labyrinth shared the pieces?”

“Gweek.”

The Snow Spirit Queen Hainu has now become the seed of the World Tree. she said it herself

She had two pieces of a treasure map.

Assuming that each person had two of them.

“Even if it’s not possible, six people participated in the production of the labyrinth. There are only a few loose pieces for something like that.”

Like Hainu, the creators of the labyrinth probably weren’t ordinary giants.

To create a labyrinth of this scale and level of difficulty, you must have something, whether it be power or money.

With a high probability, he must have been called by the tower and become an NPC.

“NPCs have to play a role in order to live in the tower. Whether it’s business or whatever you do in the field. right?”

“Quack.”

“Hainu endured on the field. To the point where his energy is weakened and he returns to the seed. So I was able to keep both pieces.”

If I had contacted Hainu a little later, what would have happened to her?

how does it happen He must have become a real NPC and played the role of a minion of the tower.

It’s a piece of the treasure map you’ve been guarding. It should have been scattered as the system intended.

The pieces of the treasure map I got from each floor prove that.

Some of them are already real NPCs. and others.

“I would have sold it to the system.”

to survive in the tower. You have to earn points like that to buy the right to survive.

The reason Bella was able to buy the map pieces was because they sold them.

In a word, labyrinth production personnel exist in the tower. Now that you’re an NPC, you have to compromise with the system to some extent.

In other words, it is highly likely that the map fragments they had were placed under the system’s intention.

I have 8 pieces of the treasure map and 4 pieces left.

If it’s one or two, you can think that another NPC bought it and move on, but four is too many.

Because it’s a number that corresponds to one-third of the whole piece.

I don’t like this.

I put my chin on my chin and thought of a few situations. One possibility.

“Somewhere in the tower, there is an NPC holding out like Hainu.”

wherever?

The labyrinth is on the 28th floor. That means you have to be located below the 28th floor to give the treasure map.

On the way to this place, the field was all over the field.

no matter how much i think

Am I thinking too hard

I scratched my head. Nothing is clear about this damn tower.

You have to constantly think, doubt, and look for clues.

Because of this, there are many nervous people among Hunters.

Top eats up all of Hunter’s average personality.

-Wheeik!

Thoughts are like thoughts. While walking steadily looking at the labyrinth, an arrow flew by.

I lightly grabbed it with my hand and inspected the arrowhead.

Because there may be poison or special options.

Upon inspection, it was an ordinary arrow.

“It’s strange.”

“Geuk?”

Deokchun looks at me, asking what is wrong.

“It’s so easy since Hydra Shell.”

There are no proper traps.

At best, these crude arrows were shot, spear blades were sticking out, or land mines were stuck in the ground.

It may still be intimidating to ordinary people, but it is not very dangerous to those who challenge the labyrinth.

Right now, am I not going around without any injuries?

Traps that do not suit the overall difficulty of the labyrinth.

Maybe once or twice. How would you create traps using artifacts for each aisle?

But this place…

“There’s never been a trap using an artifact.”

Is that all?

I inspected the mechanism protruding from the wall.

Destroyed Trap.

[Broken Upper Illusion Trap]

– Cast ‘Illusion Prison (A)’.

-Currently broken and not functional.

It is an item that activates an A-class skill.

Is the elaborate trap broken?

How long has it been? can it be The loaded arrow trap works fine, but the trap using the item is broken?

You have to sound sensible.

I raised my guard and looked around.

One possibility I can think of.

“Someone passed here first.”

Then it makes sense why there are no threatening traps.

because everything is destroyed Because it’s already working!

delusion? I don’t think so.

I don’t know why I came to realize this now.

“There was no initial discovery message.”

Looking at the message log again, it’s the same.

There was a word that they entered the labyrinth, but there is no mention of the first discovery and the first challenge.

What kind of guy are you?

Are you among those who climbed the tower before me?

It’s not impossible.

What is the constant anxiety?

“Gweek!”

As I was grabbing the sword, Deokchun pulled my ear.

The place pointed by the little finger is a passageway with relatively few entrances.

A pattern was drawn on it.

circle.

I quickly checked the map.

I entered the labyrinth and saw some signs.

square circle triangle.

I didn’t know what it meant at first, but now I know. Every time I saw it, I marked it on the map, and as a result, I succeeded in grasping the meaning, albeit roughly.

A place where squares lead to a dead end. Triangles and circles are connected somewhere. I don’t know where the end is.

What is the difference between a triangle and a circle?

don’t know that yet Only one thing I doubt…

“I think it’s on the way to the place where the treasure is hidden.”

If you look at the map, there are more places where circles are drawn than where triangles are drawn.

At least that’s the way I’ve passed.

Presumably, the triangle leads to the place where the treasure is, but isn’t it a place where you go around a bit more?

The circle is the fastest way to the treasure.

In fact, there were more pitfalls where circles were drawn than where triangles were drawn.

Wouldn’t it be that the trap was put into the trap as much as it was directly related to the treasure?

The question is, why are these signs there?

The only people who know the structure of the labyrinth are those who participated in the production of the labyrinth.

Who the hell did this and for what purpose?

Clearly, Hainu said. What lies dormant in the labyrinth is not a treasure, but a disaster.

The labyrinth was created to seal the treasure, not to protect it.

My head is complicated. There is too much conflicting information.

let’s move Everything will become clear when you check it yourself.

“let’s go.”

“Geek.”

I entered the passage with the circle mark with Deokchun.

* * *

The corridor is narrow.

no it’s narrowing

At first he walked on two legs, but now he crawls on his stomach.

Fortunately, it didn’t narrow anymore, but it’s true that it’s inconvenient to move.

In this state, if the trap was triggered, let alone avoid it, it would be difficult to even respond.

“Whoa. after.”

He let out a rough breath.

Is it because it keeps moving? Or is the ambient temperature rising?

Maybe it was because my heart was beating because of the mental pressure.

Should I go back now?

How long have I been inside? Even if I can’t do it, I think I’ve advanced more than 30 minutes.

frustrated. It might be a bit difficult to breathe.

It could be claustrophobia.

A space where movement is restricted. It was more arduous than I could have imagined to have to constantly go through an aisle that could never end.

I can understand why fish trapped in narrow tanks die.

I thought I was pretty strong against stress, but once I entered the tower, the words came into my mind.

It’s good if you don’t go crazy driving people in all kinds of bizarre ways.

Shall we turn on the community and take a break? I think it will get better if you chat with the members.

“To the ark.”

Deokchun strokes my hair and encourages me, probably feeling that my condition is not good.

Deok-chun takes the lead because of his small size.

A bloody laugh came out.

“You are the best.”

“Geek. Gueg.”

A guy who bangs his chest for granted.

okay. I’m glad I have Deokchun.

Among those who have been in the tower for a long time, there are many who have mixed feelings.

I feel lonely because I am alone for a long time and I want to be with people, but when I meet them, I start to doubt them.

So there must be a lot of people who are crazy about the community.

far away chewed the tip of the tongue

A sharp pain rises and the fishy taste of blood is felt.

I’m feeling a little better now

Let’s not be weak. A healthy mind is just as important as a strong body if you want to live in the tower.

-Pass

“It’s light!”

Did my efforts work?

I saw the end of a passageway that seemed to continue forever. A passage that shows signs of widening again.

I stretched out my hand vigorously with a happy heart, and the power was manifested.

[The extinction magic circle is approaching!]

A clear warning.

Along with that, I felt a cool sensation behind my back.

An extinction magic circle?

[Single-shot, long cave disappearance magic circle (S)]

– A trap installed in an infinitely long passage.

-The space disappears from the entrance.

S-class trap!

I somehow turned and looked behind me.

The passage through which I crawled.

-Saaaaa!

It was disappearing quickly.

what should i call that

black hole? spark?

Waves of indescribable energy come rushing in.

I could tell intuitively. If exposed to it, you die.

Survival instinct screamed. run away! You can’t touch that!

“shit!”

Somehow it seemed to go easily.

I screamed and crawled forward.

“Almost there!”

I was able to reach the section where the aisle widened.

I was afraid to get up and ran forward.

The extinction magic circle is rapidly approaching.

50 meters? 30 meters?

I don’t know exactly, but I could feel it gradually accelerating.

-bang! Quaang!

I hit the door blocking the passage.

Soon I took out my sword and swung it, and I blew a fire bomb, but it didn’t budge.

The material itself is different from the doors I’ve seen so far.

A material similar to that of which the walls and ceiling are made.

– Kwajik!

“Open. It will open!”

I poked my sword through the gap in the door, but there were only minor scratches, but no major changes.

– Suaaaa!

Before I knew it, I was 10 meters away from the disappearance magic circle.

You have to open it somehow. I can’t die like this.

Efforts made in the past should not go in vain.

[Buff Dice (B) Lv.3]

[4]

[Splash Damage]

[Fire Bomb (A) Lv.7]

[Frozen Break (A) Lv.7]

I poured out my skills one after another.

An ear-piercing roar echoes.

My magic power went down rapidly, but I ignored it.

[The Unyielding Sword Demon (SS) demonstrates his authority.]

-Kwagagak!

– Kaaang!

He swung his sword amid the ceaseless explosions.

One place to aim for.

The gap where the door opens!

– Close to close!

After the indiscriminate attack ended, the results obtained were meager.

The door did open. only about an inch.

The distance from the extinction magic circle was five steps.

death is approaching

“Go in, Deokchun.”

I pushed Deokchun through the gap.

“hurry!”

“The Ark of the Ark!”

Deokchun, who hesitated when he shouted, ran inside.

Deokchun can get away with it. Even if you do this and that, a frog. It’s quite slim compared to the amount you eat.

I gestured to the guy who was looking back at me to go quickly.

“Whoa.”

After confirming that he was leaving, I turned around.

An extinction magic circle approaching right in front of you.

[The annihilation magic inflicts the pain of tearing even the soul.]

Description It’s bloody.

whatever it is

“I can’t treat you well.”

He raised his eyebrows.

Right before it touches the extinction magic circle.

[Running Fog (A) Lv.1]

I became a fog.

only one inch.

That was enough.