Chapter 267 – 266. The First Test
As for a bar, of course, a bar with an inn is the national rule.
Upon entering, he sits at an empty table and scans the surroundings while eating small snacks and drinks by himself.
It’s hard to find someone who seems to know the tower’s information well at first sight, so listen closely to the conversation.
“Isn’t there something that almost killed Gullus on the 37th floor this time..”
“Puhaha! Not even a crap, to Gullus?”
“I hear you’re running rampant in darkness again lately?”
“Tsk tsk… But they can’t figure out the topic and run amok…”
Numerous conversations about the tower that I can’t understand at the moment.
Fortunately, almost everyone here seems to have a lot of knowledge about the tower.
Among them, the one I chose.
“There..”
“Yes?”
As I approached and started talking to them, a group of tough middle-aged men with big muscles stared at me sternly.
According to conversations, these men are a group of blacksmiths.
These blacksmiths are more likely than other climbers to know exactly what I want.
“It’s the first time I’ve seen him.. What’s the matter with us all of a sudden?”
The fathers are very wary, as if I looked suspicious when I suddenly started talking to them.
Let’s laugh stupidly at those old people and buy them a drink.
Haha! Was it the chick that came in today? I’m sorry for scaring you! Haha!!”
“It’s okay.”
He pats my back with his palm and smiles broadly.
“Yeah, there’s nothing I can’t tell you about buying alcohol. What do you want to know, chick?”
I ask all the questions I have been thinking of to the old people who speak in an atmosphere that seems like they will tell you anything you ask.
First of all, how to climb the tower.
“Yes? You don’t have to be a climber to know that.”
“There are some circumstances, ahaha…”
“Did you do some kind of training while stuck somewhere deep? Well, first of all, you just have to go to the place where the black pillar is and pass the test given by the administrator, just like you did when you took the climber test.”
“Are all floors like that?”
“You’re asking the obvious.”
Do I have to take a test every time I go up?
I’m not worried about the test, but I think it’s a little annoying.
“Is there any way to climb the tower in one go?”
“There could be something like that in this tower.”
At my words, Blacksmith Ajae 1 shook his head as if it were nonsense.
However, unlike when going up, when coming down from the tower, it seems that you can come down at once.
It’s a very unkind top.
How nice it would be to make a test that allows you to go up 10 floors at a time.
Anyway, other than that, how to make money in the tower, the highest floor that climbers have climbed so far, various risk factors, points to be aware of when taking the test, and so on.
After getting the information I need, I get away from drunkards who tell me information that I don’t need and don’t care about.
“How much do you eat?”
I thought it was a lot because it was gold.
In this tower, this gold coin was not worth the gold coins I knew.
After drinking alcohol with the blacksmiths and paying for the inn here, there was almost nothing left.
To the extent that I will have to sleep on the street tomorrow.
It’s not a big deal though, as long as you make money.
The test is a real problem.
The test itself can be taken at any time during the daytime before evening.
It is said that you can take the test to climb the tower once every two days, regardless of whether you pass or fail.
It is said that such a rule was established for climbers who are unable to control their physical condition and behave badly.
“Haaa..”
Thanks to that, only I was harmed.
They say that the top floor with Yul is the 100th floor.
It takes 200 full days to take the exam without a break for two days according to the rules.
Moreover, there is no guarantee that the test will be completed on the same day.
Survive for a week where you unleashed strange monsters! If the same test is given, it will take more than 200 days.
“Ugh…”
I feel dizzy just thinking about it.
I’m already dying of missing my wife and children.
Some people commit suicide because of homesickness…
That could be me
Ehh… What are you thinking about, just get a good night’s sleep and pass the exam tomorrow and climb the tower?
I lay down on the bed at the inn and close my eyes to sleep.
It’s been a long time since I’ve been in a lonely bed without a woman next to me.
Thinking of having to sleep like this every night for the time being made me want to cry both up and down.
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“Hmm..”
Are there fewer people taking the test than you thought?
I woke up early in the morning and came to the black pillar to climb the tower, but there are fewer people than expected.
Even if it’s not as crowded as the first floor, I thought it would come quite a bit after seeing the number of people in the Colosseum…
Or is it strange that they challenge the exam from such an early morning as soon as they arrive on the second floor?
Anyway, about 30 people gathered and looked at each other as if they were checking each other little by little, waiting for the challenge of the test.
While waiting like that, light leaks out and an angel jumps out just like on the first floor.
“I want all test takers to put their hands on the pillar.”
Following the angel’s words, one after another touches the black pillar and moves.
I, too, put my hand on the black pillar and moved beyond the black pillar.
A white… Room?
We arrived at a space filled with nothing but white.
When they came to a place where there was nothing to say they were taking a test to climb the tower, the other climbers looked quite puzzled.
“Ugh! Nice to meet you Everyone.”
“”…!!!””
A young boy who came out of nowhere.
He takes off his hat, wearing an ill-fitting suit with a red bow tie, bowing politely.
“My name is Shu, the manager of the second floor. The people here are the ones who came to take the test to go up to the third floor, right?”
In response to the clear-sounding question of a little boy named Shu who introduced himself as the manager of the second floor, the climbers nodded their heads in confusion, not answering.
“It looks like everyone is embarrassed because I’m young~? Even if it looks like this, I’m older than I look, so please don’t treat me like a child!”
You say don’t treat me like a child, but you talk like a child?
Most of the climbers, including me, made absurd expressions while looking at the manager, Shu.
Seeing that expression, Shu put the big hat back on his head and smiled.
“Shall we finish the exam and start the exam right away?”
Everyone is making absurd faces, but when Shu says that the exam is starting, their expressions immediately turn serious.
“Now, the content of the test is right!! Dou-du-du-gu-du-gu-du-gu-gu-gu-gu-!”
An act of pretending to beat a drum and making gurgling sounds with the mouth.
Behaving like a child with no regrets.
But even with such a childlike behavior, some climbers here seem to be nervous about what the exam will be like.
“Thumb… Nothing!”
“..No…?”
The shocking statement that there is no test immediately causes an uproar.
Of course me too.
What is that kid talking about now?
By the time your head is full of thoughts, Suga continues to speak.
“If you just stay in this room for 24 hours without doing anything, you will pass the test!”
“A test that’s as simple as that is…?”
“Really?”
“Yes! There’s no way the manager could lie, right?”
Climbers with bewildered expressions in disbelief at the simple test content.
Looking at the climbers, Shu laughs single single, then strikes her hand and shouts, as if he thought of something.
“Ah! One more! And my test was given up out of consideration for beginner climbers! If you shout out loud, you can give up the exam and go outside!”
No climber responded to Shu’s words.
Why are you giving up what you can climb if you hold out for 24 hours? He just looked at Shu with eyes that had the nuance of saying.
Despite the gazes of the climbers, Shu smiled.
“Good luck everyone!”
Shu, the manager, waved his hand and disappeared.
As soon as Shoo disappears, a timer appears in the air to tell the time and starts to decrease by 1 second.
It’s a kind manager who tells you the time.
I yawned and immediately lay down on the floor.
Even if someone attacked, I was confident that I would win while lying down, so I just lay down.
“Ummm..”
“Whew…”
Seeing me like that, they grab a seat one by one and start to sit down.
Even if he didn’t lie down like me, it seemed like he was going to take a break to survive the 24 hours.
Around an hour or so after the test started.
It is a simple test that can be passed without incident after 23 hours.
However, there are people who are always bad at such a simple test.
“You there. Would you like to talk to me?”
In a quiet room, three men who were particularly noisy among themselves got up from their seats and approached a red-haired woman who was sitting still.
The red-haired woman briefly gives her gaze to a group of three men, then wraps a bandage around her fist as they ignore them.
“That’s right.. You bitch.. You must have seen us as dog dicks earlier?”
Seeing the middle bald man’s face flushed red with anger, it seems that there was some kind of friction before entering the test.
“How do you know what you saw with a dog’s dick… Do you even know how to read my mind?”
“This, this fucking bitch..!!”
“It just went well.”
A bald man rushes at a red-haired woman with a face that looks as if he will lose his temper at any moment.
“I’m just going to come and get you beaten.”
The red-haired woman clenched her fist once with her bandages wrapped around her and ..
Perok-
“Keuheuk..!!”
Just stick her fist in it and throw it away.
While pretending to be the boss among the men, the man is blown away by a woman’s fist and collapses.
“What, what are you doing!”
“Shut up and attack me.”
The woman knocks down the other two men with a terrifying smile on her face.
It’s not just about hitting and knocking down.
“Po, give up.. Kuck.. Give up!!!!”
He beats all three men to the point of giving up, causing them all to give up the exam.
His bandaged fists were covered in blood before he knew it.
The fists dyed red like red hair are quite harmonious.
“Next.”
Next..?
Everyone’s eyes are drawn to the red-haired woman who suddenly utters incomprehensible words.
The woman flicked her hand with her just nonchalant face.
“I have to use the room by myself, so go ahead.”
I started fighting everyone.
