I Alone Going To The Tower

Chapter 1

“Please go to Sanggye-dong.”

When I said that in the back seat of the taxi, the driver asked, widening his eyes as if puzzled.

“Sanggye-dong?”

“Yes.”

The uncle turned on the fare machine and stepped on the accelerator.

“What are you going to do in that gloomy town?”

“…haha, I just have something to see.”

“Usually they don’t want to go to that town. There’s a strange tower.”

“right.”

It’s called an overlay phenomenon.

The reason why monsters from different worlds suddenly appeared on Earth for several years and plants that had never been seen before were growing, scholars said, was because another world was overlaid on Earth.

Of course, it is not only animals and plants that have migrated to Earth.

Treasures of this world.

alien language.

alien civilization.

And above all else, the ‘remains’ of another world were also transferred.

There were no people in the ancient imperial palace, the hanging garden, the dragon’s nest, and the underwater city, but they were unmistakably traces of another civilization.

And there is one of these ruins in Seoul, Korea.

A huge ‘tower’ that was transferred with the overlay incident.

The city of Seoul suddenly won the third tower, reaching Namsan Tower and Lotte Tower, but people’s perception of the new tower was not very good.

“The rumors are so bad.”

said the knight uncle.

“It’s like a tower that summons monsters. The monsters that will invade the world will swarm therein.”

I nodded. Citizens at the time who suffered irreversible damage from monsters had a tendency to reject anything from another world.

In fact, the area around the tower was also a control area where monsters often appeared.

“The military even went out and tried to demolish the tower, but I don’t know that guns or missiles didn’t even scratch the tower!”

“Incredible.”

“You look like a hunter looking at your outfit, but be careful.”

I nodded my head at the talkative knight uncle’s words and gave a light smile.

There is a story that the truth cannot tell to this uncle.

I am a wizard, not a hunter.

and that tower.

now it’s mine

* * *

6 months ago.

After the ‘Overlay’ incident in which Earth and another world overlapped, mankind was faced with a new natural enemy called monsters.

Just like weeds grow thickly if you leave an empty vacant lot alone, it has become a strange era in which monsters suddenly appear for no reason.

And being able to hunt that monster.

‘Player’.

Literally like a character who plays a game, they are beings who can become infinitely strong by hunting monsters and raising their stats.

but.

Not all players can become ‘pro hunters’.

Name: Kim Yoo-shin

Unique Ability: Detect

Personal Characteristics: [Over-immersion Lv.6] [Analysis Lv.1] [Child of Mana Lv.1]

Basic stats: [Magic 56] [Right 7] [Strength 5] [Stamina 5]

Special stats: [Concentration 3] [Patience 2] [Intellect 2]

Total stats: [80]

‘You still haven’t climbed today.’

Going to expensive player-only gyms to increase strength stats.

Up to high-intensity schedule aerobic exercise for physical strength.

I’ve been maintaining this pattern for five months, but my stats show no sign of rising.

It’s been 2 years since I’ve been Awakened as a player. Even if the growth is slow, it is too slow.

“Whoa.”

I tilted my chin with a tired face.

A rattling city train.

Several people come into view.

Middle school students babbling and laughing at strange new words, a father waving to his young daughter over a video call, a young girl trapped in her own world with earphones on.

Today’s landscape is the same as usual, but at the same time nothing has changed from yesterday.

For me, everyday life means a stagnation in which I have not been able to move forward even one step.

… … what else do i say

I just felt depressed.

To change my mood, I moved from my breathless status window to the screen of my smartphone.

As always, news of famous hunters occupied the main portal site.

[Oracle Guild Team 1 led by Team Leader Kim Ha-jin. Finally attacking the ‘Temple of Mukroe’!][Focused light! What kind of dungeon was the ‘Temple of Mukroe’, where the three guilds failed to attack one after another?][Team leader Kim Ha-jin, ‘The role of Cha Young-ho, who is in the tank position, is bigger than me’.][The market value of the item ‘Ring of the Dark House’ unearthed in the Temple of Mukroe is estimated at 70 billion won.]

Write, I’m jealous

I also want to go to some dungeons.

In fact, it is much more efficient to hunt monsters in the dungeon than to follow the Earth’s training method for increasing the player’s stats.

It’s not that I don’t know that fact, but I, who is evaluated as ‘out of power’ in the hunter world, had no qualifications to enter the dungeon.

Why ‘out of power’?

Simple. The most important thing for modern hunters is ‘unique abilities’.

It is a factor that ultimately determines a player’s fighting style.

And my unique ability ‘detection’ is the ability to see the status window of others.

If someone asks, ‘Isn’t it useful because it’s an information-gathering skill? If you ask me, I will answer you with a friendly smile.

‘Then please fight by looking at the status window! The monster doesn’t even have a status window!’

… … Hmmmm, anyway, as a hunter, it’s not the ability to feed.

I can get a job like a guild scout anywhere, but what I want is a real ‘hunter’ who runs in the field.

I sighed resignedly and looked back at my status window, which I didn’t want to look at.

Basic stats: [Magic 56] [Right 7] [Strength 5] [Stamina 5]

It’s a lousy status window, but if I had to pick one up, it’s magic ability.

This one is unusually high. Perhaps because of the personal trait of ‘Child of Mana’, the level of magic power rises just by breathing.

But here is a problem. A player’s ‘Magic Stats’ is an effect that enhances abilities such as unique abilities.

For example, if a person who can use fire has a high magical ability, the firepower of the flame becomes stronger or the range is increased, and various applications are possible.

My ability to spy on other people’s status windows?

The status window looks better than before, and it seems to open faster than before, but there are subtle feelings like that, but the bottom line is that it’s just useless.

My only strength is magic, but my magic ability is nothing short of a bummer for me.

Even if it is twisted, can it be twisted occasionally?

The reactions of my friends who heard about my status window were all the same.

damn.

A warrior character full of magic.

The eternal tormented status window shuttle.

Still, I didn’t want to give up becoming a pro hunter.

After all, there is only one way I can become a Hunter.

It’s just a matter of raising the strength and stamina stats that are directly helpful in battle and filling them with the body. But since I can’t go to the dungeon, this is also not easy.

While looking at the status window and taking a deep breath, I heard a train announcement.

– This station is the last station of this train, Sanggye Station. This is Sanggye Station. The door to get off is on the left.

There was a rush of people packing their luggage on the quiet train.

I also got up with the bag I had brought, and the view of the final station was reflected through the window on the other side.

‘Yeah, what do you do if you’re complaining?’

I calmed myself down and got off at the last station.

* * *

Sanggye-dong, Nowon-gu, Seoul.

Old and gloomy gray houses were densely packed, and the rubble of broken concrete was cluttered on the floor. This is probably the cheapest neighborhood in Seoul right now.

I looked up and looked at the cause of the house price drop.

“It’s just that.”

A huge gray tower that leads to Seoul’s abomination.

It looked great in this town.

Rumors were circulating that the tower was gathering monsters and that a demon king was living in it.

Most of them are just urban legends that have not been verified, but the surrounding area is a ‘control area’ where monsters appear due to the strong influence of another world.

There is no arguing that it is a hazardous area.

And there is only one purpose for me to come this far.

I turned on my smartphone and went to the page I had linked in advance.

-Monster hunting spot.

– Simple without hunting permit, dungeon license, or hunter license!

– How to break into the control area without getting caught.

right. My purpose is illegal hunting.

Earth-style growth methods such as simple physical training were now feeling the limit.

If the association says ‘out of power’ and won’t allow you to enter the dungeon, I plan to forcefully catch monsters and raise their stats.

As the day began to darken, I made my way towards the control area.

Passing by the gray concrete buildings, I could see a point in the distance where the trees were growing thickly like a jungle.

Surrounded by barbed wire and barricades, the place was full of signposts prohibiting access, as if proving that it was a dangerous area.

A silent warning to turn away immediately.

The dry saliva passed unconsciously.

‘Okay, let’s go in.’

I checked the entry and exit location once again.

Well, it’s a controlled area, but the security isn’t very strict.

Basically, the monsters in the control area live only in their area. Sometimes hunters come in and clean up, but monsters are constantly popping up all of a sudden as if they were regens.

So, the troublesome land that both the government and the Hunter Association gave up is this control area.

Sending dozens of regular hunters to such a place is itself a waste of power.

It is too difficult for the association to block monsters that are directly created in large cities.

I climbed the sparsely populated hill as stated on the Internet, crossed the barbed wire, and entered the control area.

Fortunately, no cameras or security personnel were visible.

‘Okay then, ready.’

I put the bag I had wrapped around the floor and pulled out something like a white baton.

There is an official name, but I just call it iron pipe. It is a weapon that can be crafted by mixing monster’s bones and metal to store mana.

I closed my eyes and raised my concentration to the maximum.

You can feel the mana flowing through her body.

By gently interfering with the flow, she induced mana as if turning a flowing river, and slowly pushed it into the iron pipe she was holding in her right hand.

Whoa!

I felt the power draining from my body, and the surface of the iron pipe took on a bluish light.

Success.

This is the basic skill of players, mana coating.

It is a technique that transforms even ordinary objects into weapons that can defeat monsters by granting mana.

After getting everything ready, I slowly walked around looking around.

It must have been around 19 o’clock, but the dark forest was gloomy.

It’s not too late yet.

I have to go back now.

I shook my head to empty out those disturbing thoughts that came up intermittently.

Soon it will be player evaluation day. Until then, I had to somehow get out of the ‘out of power’ judgment by raising my strength and stamina abilities.

After that, you can grow while catching monsters with the normal procedure. That’s how desperate I was.

Sabujak, Sabujak.

I could feel a sign over the bushes. He approached with as little footsteps as possible and hid himself behind a tree. And I just poked my head out.

There are monsters!

Gurma.

A monster with eyes, nose, and mouth attached to its face without regularity, which looks like it was created by the creator, and it bounces around with a body like a dwarf, and attacks people using its large rabbit-like ears as arms.

a million good luck

Gurma is considered the weakest rank 1 among players.

If the monsters in this control area were rank 2 or higher, I wouldn’t have an answer at all.

I wanted to approach him undetected and surprise him, but I guess he found me first, so he rolled up his big ears and clenched his fists like a fist, and rushed over there.

‘Calm.’

I watched Gurma’s movements to the end from the same place and leaned back.

Boo woo woo!

The hairs all over his body stood in jagged as the attack cut through the wind and passed in front of him.

It has power, but the pattern is honest.

I escaped the next attack by pulling my shoulders back, and I headed towards Gurma’s side.

Paaaah!

He swung the iron pipe in a full swing.

Its flanks dented like jelly and turned gray.

– Kuruuk!

Gurma jumped up like a dwarf and started attacking again.

Yes, the monotonous one-two pattern repetition. I thought over and over again.

Where else is his weakness other than his side?

Oh yeah.

I tilted my head to dodge the attack, and with my left foot I jumped on the tree behind me.

And as it floats in the air.

Boo woo woo!

A weight-bearing blow was applied to the head.

It’s like jelly! With the sound of an explosion, his upper body was dyed more than half gray.

As soon as I landed, I bounced off the attack, twisted my body and kicked it.

Good luck!

At last, Gurma’s entire body was dyed gray, and the body collapsed with a squeaky sound.

… … won!

[Magic power has increased by 1.]

“Heo Eok! Heo Eok! Whoo!”

I caught a monster!

are you watching Association guys! Why am I out of power?!

… … After being in a state of narcissism for a while, I came to my senses and checked my abilities.

Everything else was good, but despite the melee combat, my mana, not my strength or stamina, increased.

It’s really fucking body.

Well, if it’s still like this, there’s not much left for other stats to rise. I got up vigorously and resumed hunting.

* * *

After one taste of hunting, he swung an iron pipe without realizing that it was late at night.

Today’s harvest is 2 magic power and 1.

strength 1.

Considering that there was no change even after working out like crazy for several months, the pace is incredibly fast.

‘Let’s just do this today.’

Actually, I wasn’t in very good shape.

There was no problem with his stamina, but mana in his body was boiling anxiously because he had been fighting monsters for a long time.

I don’t know what the symptoms are, but I’m a little scared. The stories of players dying from mana reflux were common on the Internet.

Now I’m thinking of going back.

“……”

As I was hunting Gurma like crazy, my surroundings became completely black. The sight of the bare branches of the trees scattered all over the place was even more gloomy.

It’s going to be a thing to get out of this.

Turn on the smartphone and launch the GPS and Maps apps. When I checked the location, I found that they had entered the depths of the forest.

‘… … Me too.’

know.

I am also aware of my problem.

He’s the type of person who, once stuck in something, can’t get out of it.

There seems to be a reason why my first personality trait I got while Awakened as a player was ‘over-immersion’.

‘Let’s hurry.’

I moved on, relying on the Maps app.

I wanted to turn on the flash because it was so dark around me, but I had to put up with it because it could attract the attention of other monsters.

tuk.

Then something hit my foot.

A distinctly different feel from the bare ground rides on your toes and sticks in your mind.

I raised my leg and stepped on it again.

“…!”

This time it was bare ground.

I had goosebumps all over my body. I quickly turned off my phone and took a few steps back.

In the pitch black darkness, a low, gloomy cry rang out.

damn it!

It’s not like gourma. Without hesitation, I ran in the opposite direction of the sound.

– Kyaaaaaah!

And as if waiting, a scream erupted from behind.

I quickly jumped into the bush.

I couldn’t see properly, so I had to charge with both arms in front.

There were scratches and scratches all over the body.

It’s crazy! Kwajik!

And just behind him, the sound of whole trees being broken and uprooted was deafening.

A situation where you are being chased by a monster that looks strong. In addition, the mana in his body, which had been boiling anxiously since before, was fluctuating more and more strongly.

“…heh heh! heh!”

A heavy breath came out of his mouth.

Still, the physical training I did to raise my stats is helping me at this moment.(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

But in the end, at my speed, I will not be able to outrun him and will catch up with him.

now maybe good?

perhaps?

Whoo!

At the sudden sound of the wind behind my back, I instinctively bowed down.

A cool sensation passed right over my head.

I felt cold sweat flowing and lifted my head.

A black-haired monster moving upwards was glaring at me with wide open eyes.

It’s crazy, really!

🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

The furry monster slipped on the dirt floor and then flexibly leaped again. Confused, I clenched my teeth and threw out an iron pipe.

turn up.

But it was simply caught in his grasp.

When I let go of the iron pipe, terrified, he simply folded it in half and tossed it backwards.

… … grade is different

It seems to be at least a rank 3 monster.

The bastard ran again and swung his arm, and I hurriedly backed away.

thud!

The attack was avoided, but as he tried to retreat quickly, he bumped into a tree behind him without seeing it.

The sudden shock shook my body and I lost strength in an instant.

– Crumble.

And the monster that drove the prey into a corner was approaching to give the death sentence himself.

Bare hands with no weapons.

Unique ability to detect.

No matter how many players you become, there is no way you can defeat such a monster.

“…Shut up!”

There, it happened as if it had fallen on the floor.

The mana in his body, which he had been ignoring, finally began to boil with the momentum of an active volcano exploding.

A red light went on in the light in my head.

“…heh heh! Whoo!”

He clenched his teeth and stretched his trembling arms toward the monster.

I did this because I thought that if I didn’t empty my mana somehow in my body, my body would explode before I was attacked by him.

must be released somehow.

I induced the mana that was boiling in my body to feel like I was releasing it through my palms. Unlike when mana was blown into the iron pipe, the violently churning mana flowed down his forearm as if he had been waiting.

OK.

Whoa ah ah ah ah!

With a sense of liberation that seemed to have resolved the constipation of years old, the mana spewing out of her palms began to build up in the air.

‘… … What, what?’

Mana became a line and continued to weave to complete a single figure.

The radiant brilliance drew an elegant circle as if filling the empty space of darkness with paint.

It was the appearance of a huge magic circle.

hey hey hey hey!

A pillar of light emitted from the magic circle hit the monster’s body directly.

The monster was engulfed in a dazzling brilliance and was pushed out of sight at once. I too was swept away by the recoil and rolled to the floor.

Cuckoo Cuckoo Kuk Kook!

The sound of falling trees could be heard in the distance.

‘… … Is this really what I did?’

I looked at my palms blankly and turned my head.

All of a sudden, he came to the very vicinity of the gray tower.

And to my surprise, the same pattern that I had opened earlier was painted on the body of the tower.

“……”

Seoul’s abomination.

The monster’s base.

All kinds of bad rumors popped into my head, but I walked towards the tower with a bewitched face.

It was not a decision based on logical thinking.

It’s just instinct to move your legs right now.

I am convinced that if I do not go inside now, I will regret it for the rest of my life. and necessity.

Finally, walking on my own feet to the front of the tower, I put my palm on the firmly closed front door.

Shoo!

Then, like a lie, he was sucked into the door.