Tower of Heroes
The Weed leading the Geomchis with ambitions to climb the Tower of Heroes.
“As humans, humm. How dare you tread here without permission.”
The Heraim people who were barely covered by the primitive leather clothing spat coldly.
“Humans, this is not a place for those who have not learned the ancient martial art. If you turn back now, then you can preserve the life that you have.”
The Heraims resembled beast type humans.
While their whole body filled with coarse hair and porous; their hands, feet, and head were large.
Their muscular bodies were on the verge of exploding; seemed as though the race had been optimized for battle.
Weed hurriedly stepped forward before the Geomchis starting some sort of incident.
“The reason we came here is to put ourselves to the test.”
They immediately reacted.
“What is the test called?”
“It’s a topic among the weak human; is it possible for to go through if we passed the Beginner Training Center?”
The presented Heraims on the first floor murmured.
Weed said quickly.
“So yeah. By passing the Beginner Training Center, we came to the Tower of Heroes. In order for us to test our strength.”
And then, an older Heraim approached.
“Outside have a lot of bats of darkness; didn’t expect you to defeat them to make it here.”
“……”
Weed did not speak of the fact they conspired with the Vampire by doing commissions and gaining money in return.
In a brief moment, he had already identified the characteristics of the Heraims.
‘So that’s how it is with all the training center instructors huh. Venerate strength and likes to sweat.’
Fortunately, the older Heraim did not ask about the Vampires.
“I understand the willingness of you humans. The weak human could not have possibly passed through the Beginner Training Center. But this is different. If you want to test it then be ready with your life.”
“We understand that that is the price to pay in order to attain strength. We are prepared in order to save the persecuted human beings, and in order to build a just world by our definition.”
The illustrious Weed filled with chivalry of the knights kicked it.
The aged Heraim nodded.
“If your determination is at that level then it’s adequate enough. On the first floor, you will need to learn how to be patient. On the second floor, if you do not walk the road you must tread, then you will not survive in the third. If you can reach the third floor, you will succeed in challenging of the Tower of Heroes.”
Weed was not satisfied with just that. If he survives till the third floor, there wouldn’t be any desire to go back down.
“What about the fourth floor also?”
“On the fourth floor you will need to overcome your limitation. On the fifth, you will be able to see a legend. We’ll see how far you can climb against vicious hordes of Monsters.”
Weed no longer cared for the Heraims.
The behavior was just to gain enough information and that was that.
***
Pale, Hwaryeong, Zephyr, etc, were not qualified to climb the Tower of Heroes.
But the tower was something they’ve only heard, so they did not want to miss the opportunity to watch the climb.
Thus, they decided to assemble at KMC Media broadcasting station.
In the station, they could watch the live feed via Weed.
Shin Hyemin picked them up and explained as she led them to the cinema room.
“The Tower of Heroes. 12 were built on the Versailles continent by the Heraims. But only available to those that passed the earlier ones.”
Kim In Young, who uses the nickname Irene, eyes were filled with curiousity.
“How do you know?”
“Actually, the Tower of Heroes was just a secret rumor.”
The information regarding the Tower of Heroes belongs in the top class of info.
Even if the person knows the location of it, he would keep it to himself rather than tell others.
Monopoly of information!
The station was also barely able to pick up this data.
“The story spreading regarding it is that there’s some kind of tower that if you pass, you’d be considered as a true warrior. I too, until I heard the name Tower of Heroes, was also convinced that it was such.”
Without knowing, they arrived to the cinema room.
In there, the events happening in the Tower of Heroes was already underway in full swing.
***
Dark dungeon.
Weed and the Geomchis were fighting against an enormous amount of Stone Golems in the passageway.
Bearing their swords, sparks were flying off but there were no cut.
Also, they couldn’t go back.
The entrance happened to be blocked.
“So this is the endurance stage huh.”
Weed was clearly worn out.
They had to get through the Golems and search throughout the complex maze.
More heavily weighted Golems were also dropping from the ceiling.
Hidden pitfalls and hidden arrows were also presented.
Weed and the Geomchis moved forward slowly while defeating numerous Golems.
The Golems did not give them time to rest.
As if to replace the fallen, from all directions in the passageways, a lot more were attracted.
The battle in the labyrinth went on for seven hours!
The weariness in the body increased, so did the fun.
‘EXP is rising, and the item from the golems looks good.’
No matter how dangerous. If it’s the chance to make money, he’ll get stronger.
That was Weed’s soul.
“Ajajajajajaja!”
Bursting shout of joy!
“Let’s go!”
“Let’s kill them all!”
The Geomchis too, desperation filled and fought.
They did not fear death. However, a death here meant an embarrassing failure. So they tried their best not do die.
Pushing through the enemies while taking care of each other, they found the staircase to the second floor.
The fight with the Golem was 14 hours since its conception.
***
The cinema room.
Rumor spread of Weed challenging the Tower of Heroes, and suddenly the station employees gathered.
The program ‘Weed’ rating was significantly low.
They were trying to give the audience an accurate depiction of Seirun so it was inevitable.
Earlier on, the Weed’s presence wasn’t great.
From food, sword grinding, ironing, and up to bandaging, he was the person who did all sorts of chores.
Even when they did not edit the battles, all could really be seen from him was the ability to conduct the attack and sweep of surrounding areas.
Although that alone was awesome, each time they saw the Jeonshin Weed and built up on the traumatic experiences, and his charismatic self falls short each time.
Not only that, the Geomchis were somewhat of insectivores.
‘But it may be different if we watch it this time.’
The staffs hyped themselves.
They also came to the cinema room and watched for about an hour or so, and were bored.
‘Just fighting golems.’
‘Tired, tired.’
Even after three hours they were still fighting while searching.
The Royal Road footage was played at the rate of 4x the norm.
Endless fighting, monsters wearing away.
From the viewers’ perspective, everything they saw up to the strike of the swords, there was no hint of giving up.
At the end of the bloody battle, the staircase to the second floor was found.
Then, they felt a lump in their chest.
If it’s time for dungeon quests, then most will take the more rational approach.
First, they will gather up each type of the needed occupation, and readied the equipments.
After entering the dungeon, reconnaissance and dismantle traps.
Wizards attacks and archers suppresses!
Also conversely, traps are installed to fight effectively.
There are still a lot of risks; even with the Clerics’ heals.
But this was the most commonly used method most large guilds practiced.
‘It has been a long time since I’ve seen bodies collided like that to solve a quest.’
‘A lack of the combination of cooperation and faith means no way to persevere through this…’
‘Seeing this these days is rare.’
***