I Became a Gallery Newbie Beloved by Transcendents
Chapter 17
However, there were numerous comments asking how many orcs I had killed to get a score of 1532 points.
How many did I kill? I counted up to around 30, but after that I couldn’t keep track.
I didn’t feel the need to count the numbers specifically.
What’s certain is that I killed more than what I counted, so I probably killed around 70 to 80 of them.
ã„´ Anonymous) Not exactly sure but close to 80?
ã„´ HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Pandemonium is crazy
ã„´ Easy or Normal mode only has about 15 orcs on the 2nd floor WTF
ã„´ I only had 5 appear.
ã„´ Pioneer) What HAHAHA even on Hard mode, the maximum is 40. 80 is insane.
ã„´ Priestess) Indeed, with that many kills plus the Orc Commander and the Priestess, it makes sense to get that score.
ã„´ Dragon King of Demons) Beltui- I’m amazed. Seeing these Climber Gallery guys talking about our climber makes my dopamine levels shoot up.
So that’s the Climber Gallery’s reaction.
ã„´ Anonymous*) What’s the main reaction?
ã„´ You’re being heavily scrutinized from the beginning.
ã„´ Congratulations. You’re a mere 2nd floor player yet you’re starting to get a lot of attention.
ã„´ Your life is blooming now OO
ã„´ Light’s Sword) Still, few people would expect it to be Pandemonium. They’ll just have questions.
ã„´ Archmage) Anyway, you’re alone here during the climb, so it doesn’t matter much. Just be careful during the exchange meeting. The exchange meeting is currently your biggest variable.
That exchange meeting that could be the biggest variable was coming soon.
ã„´ Anonymous*) Anything I should particularly watch out for at the exchange meeting?
ã„´ Do you… still… trust people?
ã„´ Be careful of people~ Be careful of both men and women~~
ã„´ Sewer Sword Sage) Don’t just blindly trust people because you’re lonely.
ã„´ Anonymous*) Thanks to you all, I’m not lonely.
I am lonely though.
But I wasn’t lonely. It sounds like nonsense, but that was my feeling right now.
The great loneliness was somewhat alleviated just by being on the Transcender Gallery like this.
ã„´ Dragon King of Demons) GASP… Beltui- did you just get flirted with by a human?
ã„´ Look at this climber… charming people
ã„´ Priestess) This girl will send you a blessed talisman so you won’t be lonely. So when the interdimensional trade cooldown is over, trade with this girl.
ã„´ Heavenly Demon ) I was in line first.
ã„´ Priestess) Line…? There’s no such thing. The choice belongs to Lord Climber.
ã„´ Heavenly Demon ) RAGE! RAGE! RAGE!
ã„´ Heavenly Demon Lord, please for fuck’s sake maintain your dignity…
The courtship for the next interdimensional trade was more than I expected.
ã„´ Spear King) Didn’t you say you acquired a short spear? I’ll properly teach you spear techniques
ã„´ Absolute Monarch) I can teach spear techniques too.
ã„´ Stop it you creepy old men.
It was a bit creepy.
ã„´ Archmage) As I said before, you’re alone because you’re in Pandemonium, but those in other difficulty levels can make ‘friends’. And since it’s possible to be summoned together during the exchange meeting, you shouldn’t rule out the possibility that everyone except you might be friends.
Everyone was saying the same thing about not trusting people.
ã„´ Well, it’s just a gathering of people within the 10th floor, so nothing serious will happen. They’re still newbies, so they won’t conspire to take down one person
ã„´ Pioneer) That’s true. It’s still too low a floor for there to be such sharp people.
The majority opinion was that nothing much would happen.
Be careful of people.
That advice didn’t mean much to me. I wasn’t planning to trust anyone in the first place.
ã„´ Anonymous) When players meet each other, can they see things like levels?
ã„´ Levels aren’t visible. You can see which floor they’re residing on. If someone meets you now, it would show “3rd Floor Resident.”
3rd Floor Resident.
So that means they’d know I’ve cleared the 2nd floor.
I turned off the gallery for now.
A moment later, a notification window appeared.
[As you ranked 1st in the 2nd floor stage score, you will receive additional rewards. Check your ‘Inventory’.]
Oh.
It seems I’ve been given additional rewards on top of the original 2nd floor clear reward for ranking 1st.
“Inventory.”
Opening my inventory, I could see that two new items had appeared in what were previously empty slots.
First, I clicked on the item on the right.
It was a dagger emitting a red Light.
Pandemonium 2nd floor stage clear reward item.
[Blood Dagger]
Classification – Weapon (Dagger)
Attack Power: +40
Effect: 30% chance to inflict status ailment ‘Bleeding’ on damaged targets
Usable Level: Level 10 or higher
Grade: B
Next, I clicked on the item on the left.
A black bracelet.
This was the item I acquired as the 2nd floor 1st place reward.
[Anti-Evil Bracelet]
Classification – Accessory
Effect: Maximizes curse resistance against medium and low-level curse attacks
Usable Level: Level 10 or higher
Grade: B+
It was a bracelet with effects that looked good at a glance.
I took photos of both items with my terminal and uploaded them..
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Title: Two Items I Obtained This Time.
Author: Anonymous*
-These are the items I obtained. What do you think?
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ã„´ What do you mean, punk, it doesn’t make sense
ã„´ LOLOLOLOL How does someone on the 3rd floor waiting room have Bloody Dagger and Anti-Evil???
ã„´ Anonymous) When do these usually drop?
ã„´ Pioneer) On Hard difficulty, around floor 15. Bloody Dagger drops around there, and Anti-Evil requires at least floor 20.
ã„´ That’s for Hard difficulty. On Normal and Easy, Bloody Dagger drops on floor 18, and Anti-Evil requires at least floor 25.
ã„´ By the way, did you pass level 10?
ã„´ Anonymous) 12.
ã„´ You’re leveling up incredibly fast.
ã„´ Level 12 on the 2nd floor LOLOLOL
ã„´ Absolute Monarch) This kind of thing does happen on Hard difficulty, though it’s rare. What matters is how much your stats have increased.
ã„´ Archmage) That’s right.
Stats.
I opened my status window to check my current stats again.
<Player Status>
Name: Han Yuseong
Race: Human
Lv.12
Strength: 71
Agility: 65
Vitality: 68
Mana: 44
Skills: Pain Suppression Lv.4 Composure Lv.4 Cover Lv.2 Risk Detection Lv.3
Field of View Expansion Lv.2 Concentration Enhancement Lv.3 Fighter’s Movement Lv.3
Mana Body Enhancement Lv.2 Doombringer Lv.1
My level has increased more than I expected.
I opened the Transcender Gallery again and posted.
Title: My current stats.
Author: Anonymous
– Strength 71 Agility 65 Vitality 68 Mana 44
As soon as I posted, comments quickly accumulated.
ã„´ ??
ã„´ Crazy
ã„´ Aren’t 21st century Earth humans’ average starting stats around 10-13?
ã„´ Anonymous*) That’s right, I was like that at level 1 too.
ã„´ And you’ve increased that much on the 2nd floor???
ã„´ Archmage) Pandemonium, is this what it’s like…
ã„´ Closed Room Theorist) I’ve wasted my life! – This world consists of closed room-
ã„´ That’s not life, you demon
ㄴ Light’s Sword) With these stats, we can worry a bit less.
ã„´ It’s not just worrying less, it’s completely gone. You’ll only meet other 21st century Earth humans at the exchange meeting anyway.
ã„´ We should worry about the people who’ll meet this guy LOLOLOLOL
ã„´ Absolute Monarch) I’m proud to see you growing so well
ã„´ The old man didn’t do anything.
Based on the reactions, it was clear that my stats were abnormally high for my current floor.
After reading a few more comments, I closed the gallery.
Let’s see what’s in the store.
[3rd Floor Coin Shop]
- Food 2. Drinks 3. Potions
Items 1 and 2 weren’t different from the 2nd floor, but category 3, Potions, was new.
That’s a significant upgrade.
- Low-grade Health Recovery Potion – 5 coins
- Low-grade Mana Recovery Potion – 6 coins
- Low-grade Poison Recovery Potion – 8 coins
- Pain Suppression Stimulant – 15 coins
Potions weren’t exactly cheap.
But I received 600 coins as a reward for clearing the 2nd floor.
Current remaining coins: 726.
I had some leeway.
I went ahead and bought them.
15 Health Potions and 15 Mana Potions.
5 Poison Recovery Potions just in case.
3 of the most expensive Pain Suppression Stimulants.
According to the seniors on the Transcender Gallery, coins would be issued again after successfully completing the exchange meeting.
I didn’t need to worry about what to do during the 2 days before the exchange meeting.
If I read the Dragon Slayer Sword technique book from my inventory, those two days would pass quickly.
I reflected on my encounters with the Orc Commander and the Orc Sorcerer .
Killing the Priestess was entirely due to my own ability.
But killing the Commander involved luck. If I hadn’t obtained Doombringer, I would have died.
Perhaps because of the lengthy battles on the 2nd floor stage,
I felt my combat instincts were finally taking shape.
How to slash with the sword in which direction. How to turn my body for more efficient results.
I established my own fighting style while recalling the battles I’ve experienced so far.
Of course, the roots and foundation of that fighting style had to be based on the “Dragon Slayer Sword” given by Light’s Sword.
I practiced sword techniques and also trained in the body techniques described in the middle part of the Dragon Slayer Sword manual.
There might be situations where drawing a sword would be inappropriate.
Preparation for all situations was necessary.
In that sense, the Bloody Dagger I obtained this time was meaningful in many ways.
The two days quickly passed in a cycle of eating and training.
The time had come.
Current time: February 25th, 12:00
[Starting the Tower Exchange Meeting.]
[Tower Exchange Meeting Server#1298]
[Tower Exchange Meeting Theme: Dungeon]
[Number of Recruits: 7]
[Entering.]
FLASH-
My vision was flooded with Lights.
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[Automatic Language Translation System is operating.]
[Communicate with the recruited members to clear the dungeon.]
A man with the number <7> above his head approached me.
“Haha, nice to meet you. You must be confused being summoned to an exchange meeting so soon after entering the tower. I’m Sun Haoran.”
Chinese, 7th floor.   Â
   I could understand why Sun Haoran reacted that way.
Everyone matched with me was above floor 6.
“Yes, nice to meet you.”
In contrast, the number above my head was, naturally, 3.
I must look like a complete newbie who just cleared the 2nd floor and is now residing in the 3rd floor waiting room.
