Chapter 3 – 01. A Strange World
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“The news just arrived.”
“… How about it?”
“Power… Died.”
“Annihilation….”
A bobbed-haired woman buried her body on her sofa with a trembling expression.
He waved the cigarette in her mouth up and down her. Is it because of nervousness?
“After….”
Cigarette smoke billows far away.
“Certainly… The instructor also accompanied me, but after losing contact, they were wiped out… I thought it was already a stable class, but it wasn’t.”
The reporting man bowed his head.
“Sorry. It is my negligence.”
“No. You didn’t do anything wrong. Because we all didn’t expect it. To think that something like that could happen in a place that was occupied 10 years ago.”
“I will write up a detailed damage report soon and post it.”
“Okay.”
Her woman nodded her head, and the man bent her even deeper and left the room.
“After… Annihilation….”
Inserting the pipe into her right hand, she tapped her on the table, lost in her thoughts.
A month ago, trainees and some instructors went up to the 11th floor due to the academy graduation exam.
This layer is used only for the graduation exam, and the entire land the size of a country is used for the test.
“The instructor is dead….”
Trainees can die.
Even if you learned about the tower and trained here at the academy, it doesn’t change that you’re a kid.
But instructors are different.
To become an instructor, of course, you have to be a ‘Warrior of the Tower’. The instructors who led the trainees this time were 10 Solferino class and 3 Fratelli class.
It may not be enough to be active on the front line, but the fact that he was officially appointed as a ‘Warrior of the Tower’ in the first place means that he is a great talent, and among them, if he was given the title of Solferino or higher, he would not be talking about anything.
They were all wiped out on the 11th floor.
What the hell happened
Smart.
Someone’s knocking in her wake woke her from her thoughts.
– Instructor General, all test takers gathered in the plaza.
It’s not that man.
Woman’s voice.
“Yes. I know. I’ll be leaving soon.”
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“What is that?”
“Are you human?”
“Why are humans here?”
“Have you been taken as a slave?”
I just opened the door and came out, but my attention was focused in an instant.
Hmm… Let’s see Do they all look human? There are people who occasionally have ears on their heads.
“Sihwan-nim, they are not human.”
“Okay?”
“It is a sub-species. Like elves or dwarves, so to speak.”
“Five.”
You mean the beings you only see in fantasy are really in front of your eyes? That’s interesting.
“The abilities are judged to be far above the human average.”
“How does it compare to me?”
“Of course, Sihwan-nim is greatly inferior. Very loud absolutely.”
“Hmm… Okay?”
It’s very emphasized…
Yes what It’s natural that human beings are below average ability. I’m a body that hasn’t even had an enhancement procedure.
I’m not worried though Because I have a bar.
Thump thump.
Suddenly, an unlucky-looking guy approached me.
“Being human… If it’s a seed test, it’s in the building across the street. Are you lost?”
“Strain?”
“Because what a human being can do is, at best, serve. If not….”
The guy savagely crumpled his face.
Now I see he’s handsome
Even when I see her as a man, and despite her crumpled face her, she is so beautiful that I admire her.
If you see the pointy ears, is it an elf? Well. Suited.
“Are you claiming to become a ‘Warrior of the Tower’ without knowing the fountain?”
It wriggles its beauty and grows like a beast.
Why do you cringe as soon as you see it?
“What did you say. Move.”
I pushed him past.
Even a second is a waste of time dealing with a strange guy.
Barry followed me.
“This… You crazy bastard!!!”
A shout came from behind.
“Dare… Go, dare to the human subject… How about touching an elf from an advanced race on a human subject?”
Advanced what?
The elf that approached me quickly turned around and grabbed me by the collar.
Attention focused at once.
“OK. I had a fantasy because I wanted to die. I–“
“It’s spitting, so speak slowly. Do you have no manners? And bad breath How about getting some care?”
“What, what… ?”
“My breath stinks. What do you eat I want to pour deodorant in my mouth.”
Is actually half false…
Speaking of breath, it’s fruity….
It’s because it’s a race that’s gone wrong, so it has a refreshing scent. Should I ask for an upgrade as well? Bari could do it.
Thump
“You do that. If you do not let go, I will use force.”
“What…? Under… What is this again….”
Bari grabbed the arm that was holding my collar, but his expression was his spectacle. Feeling like you witnessed maggots crawling all over your body?
Even though I am like that, Bari is a pretty beauty, but she still has dirty eyes like that.
How much do you hate humans?
“Seeing that you don’t feel any abilities, you seem to be human too… Shut up—”
“We are going into force.”
Kuduk.
Barry held her hand her very lightly.
However, the results were not light.
“Quaaaaah
The one who sits down screaming for the plaza to leave.
Barry lightly brushed his hand her.
“It is a solid body. I can’t even compare him to Shihwan. It needs an upgrade.”
He looks at me with a nonchalant expression and demands.
Go ahead and upgrade your body.
But I still have no desire to do so. Would you like to feel a more natural body? That’s why I only got the minimum amount of nanorobots.
Um… But now that I think about it, this is a rather dangerous neighborhood, right?
Should I upgrade as well?
“Once later.”
“I’m sorry, but considering the average ability here, Sihwan-nim’s physical ability is at a serious level.”
“… You can’t do it here anyway. No, there are no more facilities than that.”
“Yes.”
“But what….”
“But if Sihwan-nim wants to upgrade, he will focus on that side as much as possible and develop.”
“Okay… Okay, let’s think about that later.”
Right now, he’s staring at us with terrifyingly menacing eyes.
“This dog—”
Chuck.
“If you approach more than that, I will consider you an enemy and exclude you.”
The moment he was desperate and about to attack,
Barry stood in front of me and held out his arm.
Not as a sleek and elongated woman, but as a weapon focused on eliminating the target.
If she puts her mind to it, she can blow his head off right away.
Only the head It could just erase its existence itself.
Jiying.
Hard.
The disc-like object attached to the tip of Bari’s arm, which had been converted into a weapon, began to rotate intensely.
At the same time, the area around the elbow, where the human part still remained, was constantly transmitting blue energy and emitting light.
“Radish….”
Did you feel that it was not serious?
The elf gets scared and hesitates.
Even those who are staring at us from all sides are very surprised and whisper.
“What’s the fuss?”
A voice that breaks through that tension at once.
Someone was appearing on a podium on one side of the plaza.
“Uh?”
Cold,
Sharp.
At the same time, I feel an unknown grace.
“….”
The illusion that time has slowed down.
Her bobbed hair and her cold eyes drooped down.
Bari was also designed to follow my ideal type, but she feels like she transcends what is called an ideal type.
“Wow. Pretty.”
To the extent that such words come out inadvertently.
Huung.
The women who had been training alongside her suddenly appeared in front of me.
“Human…?”
Also surprised to see me
Is it that strange to be human? Humans.
“Report what’s going on.”
Another woman looked at us and said, not surprised.
“To think that kids who haven’t even passed the exam are already in trouble.”
The tongue is not full, but the expression is pathetic.
“I just punished that guy over there who was fussing over there.”
“….”
A woman looked up at the elf bastard who was bleeding her.
And just as I was about to say something,
“That’s Okay. Just come back It’s kind of silly to make a fuss about something like that.”
The woman on the podium said so and looked around her audience.
It’s nice to see you again
Neat jet black short hair.
One covers the ears and the other is neatly tucked behind the ears.
And in the exposed ear, something blue about half the length of a little finger flickers.
What is that? I don’t think it’s a gem I know.
It’s oddly eye-catching.
The gaze that looked around the square seemed emotionless.
When that gaze finally passed through Bari and me, only then did I see a slight change.
Are you surprised that you are human?
“Tell me later.”
“Wow… You’re human It’s something to live for a long time to see.”
The two women spat out one word at a time and went back to the woman on the podium.
Super fast speed. I can’t even see it in my eyes.
“By the way,”
The square itself is silent.
The fuss surrounding me and Bari disappeared after she appeared.
“Elves and humans collide… But the wounded were elves….”
The corner of her mouth raised slightly as she cast her gaze toward us again.
Seeing only one side go up… I guess you’re laughing?
“Is there an elf?”
“… Yes..Yes?”
Even though it must have been very painful, the elf answered with a tense tone.
Is that woman a tall person after all? Just looking at it, it gives off that kind of atmosphere.
“You are not needed in the tower.”
“… Why… ?”
“Do I really have to say that at length?”
“Elf, you are eliminated.”
‘Why do I have to explain to you at length?’
On behalf of her, who exuded the same feeling as her, the woman who had come before me earlier clearly announced her elimination of her.
Circumstances, the tower doesn’t need an ‘elf’ who loses and gets injured even to me, a ‘human’… I guess this means…
Are the people here so weak?
It’s embarrassing though.
“What, what do you mean by that!!”
The guy who speaks with a lot of recall while suppressing the pain.
Unlike what he did to me, it’s a very polite attitude.
Huh.
But what comes back is a laugh.
“If it’s just enough to get injured by a bunch of humans, there’s no need to test it. Get lost.”
“That, like that….”
“And humans.”
This time i… No, look back at Bari.
“It would be better not to use force recklessly. The tower is different from the outside world. Humans are very insignificant.”
What did you say.
“With all due respect, I am neither human nor weaker than you. Stop worrying.”
Five. Barry is cool!
“Like?”
The woman’s eyes narrowed.
It scans Bari as if exploring.
“Are you not human? I can’t feel anything… Oh Right.”
She put on an expression of incomprehension, but suddenly nodded her head.
And she looked at me
“Then are you the owner?”
“….”
“It looks like you got a high-performance artifact from somewhere, but that’s about it—”
“Ah~ why are you so impatient? Are you going to make me wait?”
The nagging that had just continued was interrupted by a voice on the podium.
“… Sorry.”
The shrewd woman immediately withdrew her expression and backed off.
It’s a bonus that he gladed at me in the middle.
Guard? The same people dragged the elf.
“Wait a minute! How can I spend this day…! How long have you waited!!! No, no, no!!!”
Goodbye.
Go and die
“Looks like it’s been sorted out. This is really hard.”
The woman on the podium sighed.
In terms of the atmosphere, the atmosphere in the plaza became heavier because it felt like it was starting for real.
What starts?
I don’t know. How do I know
“There was a commotion just now, but this is nothing in the Tower. I just heard the news that the senior class that started a month ago was killed along with the instructor.”
“….”
It sounds bloody from the start.
“So, don’t worry about other people and take care of yourself. Well, some of the things here might be difficult to become a trainee for.”
Her tone of voice her seems sophisticated, like the wife of a conglomerate family that often appears in dramas, but if you go deeper, something like contempt creeps out.
I guess my personality isn’t very good.
“Hey, Barry.”
“Yes.”
“How is that girl?”
“You mean the woman on the podium?”
“Uh.”
I asked briefly, and Bari looked up at the podium.
Well, since you’ve already finished the search, you’re probably just pretending.
“It’s fine. I think it would be appropriate for Shihwan-nim’s mate. Even the inner compatibility—”
“No man. Don’t do that Whether it’s personality whether it’s personality It doesn’t look good for some reason.”
“….”
Barry looks at me blankly.
What. Why. What.
“For Sihwan-nim to talk about other people’s personalities….”
“Uh huh. Look at this impure android.”
“You can’t tell a person’s personality just by looking at the outside.”
“No; You can tell.”
“I do not know. There is no guarantee that humans and data will match, so we need to collect more information to get clear results.”
“At least roughly.”
“It certainly doesn’t look that good.”
“Isn’t it? But you come here and say the same thing very often. Performance has also deteriorated.”
“…… Still, it’s nothing compared to Shihwan-nim.”
What. Are you kidding me? Cute.
“I’m kidding, why are you doing this?”
“….”
A face that doesn’t like something.
Was Barry able to make such an expression?
I guess I was joking around a lot.
“Everybody focus. I’m going to tell you something important.”
While chatting with Bari, I focused again on the short-haired girl’s voice in her.
“Let me explain briefly. Everyone knows what this place is about, but how the test is conducted… How many steps are there in the test… What if I pass… What are the odds of surviving… You don’t want to know.”
