I Became a Gallery Newbie Beloved by Transcendents
Chapter 23
Among the items that King Kobold possessed, the only useful ones were indeed the swords.
King Kobold had used two swords.
What caught my attention was not the great sword which seemed excessively inefficient for me to use, but a straight sword of appropriate size.
[Sword of the Malevolent King]
Classification – Weapon (Sword)
Attack Power: +50
Effect: Increased resistance to the power of light
Usable Level: 17 or higher
Grade: B+
It seems like it’s time to let go of the Nameless Knight’s straight sword.
I’ll use the great sword Karnavalt as my main weapon.
And this sword as a secondary weapon.
There were no other notable items.
I pressed the blinking text in the lower right corner of my field of vision.
[Would you like to leave the Exchange Meeting and return to the Tower Floor?]
[Yes / No]
Everyone who disappeared must have vanished with a POOF through this process.
I expected many things would happen at the Exchange Meeting, but there were even more events than I anticipated.
I pressed the left side with my index finger.
A circular light rose from beneath the floor where I stood.
“……”
My vision, which had been tinged with light, returned to normal.
[Entering the 3rd Floor Tower waiting room.]
It was back to the dreary waiting room world.
It was still the size of a high school auditorium, but it seemed subtly larger.
Seeing that the “Exchange Meeting Return Document” I acquired didn’t disappear, it appeared to be an item I could use in case I entered the hidden boss room alone during the next Exchange Meeting.
Just because it hasn’t disappeared doesn’t mean I’ll need to use it in the future.
I looked at the clock attached to the center of the right wall.
Current time, February 26th 14:53
The next Tower Exchange Meeting was on March 25th.
I need to advance up the tower floors as much as possible before the Exchange Meeting.
Title: Returned. This is the 3rd floor waiting room.
Author: Anonymous*
– There were more events than expected. During the two days of the Exchange Meeting.
ă„´ Good work.
ă„´ There still aren’t any posts about you killing two guys at the Exchange Meeting in the Tower Climber gallery.
ă„´ Spear King) I’ll let you know as soon as it’s discovered.
Very reassuring.
But murder cases at Exchange Meetings aren’t uncommon. I didn’t think I would be specifically identified.
I even used the fake name Jung Woo-hyun just in case.
ă„´ Elf) Ah, the Elven Kingdom has finally been normalized… I couldn’t watch the Tower Climber ranking first on the 2nd floor in real time.
ă„´ So that’s why you haven’t been seen until now??
ă„´ As expected of a pointy-ears. Unaffected while humans are dying.
ă„´ Elf) You non-pointy-ears are just as unaffected!
ă„´ Closed Room Theorist) Aren’t you in quite a high position in Elven Kingdom society? Why are you doing the purification? – This world consists of vast sealed rooms
ă„´ Elf) That’s because unlike you demon folk, I’m not an evil superior but a noble elf who rolls up their sleeves and takes action.
ă„´ Closed Room Theorist) Why are you suddenly picking a fight? – This world consists of vast sealed rooms
ă„´ Mr. Sealed, they’ve always been like that.
ă„´ Closed Room Theorist) They seem worse than before. – This world consists of vast sealed rooms
ă„´ It’s because they’re getting old.
ă„´ Elf) In the name of Mother World Tree, I pray for your short life.
ă„´ Speaking of pointy-ears, wasn’t there another weird pointy-ears in the super gallery?
ă„´ That’s a different kind of pointy-ears. They got blocked for posting too many selfies. They would have been flooding posts with dopamine while watching Tower Climbers grow. Blocked now? Can’t post anymore?
ㄴ Dragon King of Demons of Demons ) KYAAAH! Beltuii~ Cute elf, nice to see you. Come here.
The elf showed no reaction to the demon Closed Room Theorist.
ă„´ Why does that one attack Mr. Sealed but show no reaction to Dragon King of Demons ?
ă„´ They’re in the same world, those guys. Along with Light’s Sword.
ă„´ Elf) Don’t talk about me like I’m some basement dweller who only shows off online. I can beat up demons even if they’re right next to me.
ă„´ Dragon King of Demons ) Beat up Beltuii~ too.
á„‚ Look at how they’re clenching their teeth and pretending not to notice.
ă„´ Light’s Sword) Good job. Let’s climb to the next floor without resting at all.
ă„´ ??? Crazy… I thought I misread “let’s rest a little before going to the next floor” so I rubbed my eyes and looked again, but I read it correctly the first time.
ă„´ Archmage) 7 days left on the interdimensional trade cooldown?
ă„´ Anonymous*) Yes, 7 days left.
ă„´ Heavenly Demon) Don’t forget that I was the first in line…
ă„´ No, there’s no such thing as a line.
ă„´ They’ll probably trade with humans who can provide the power needed for the 3rd or 4th floor stages.
ă„´ So if they don’t trade in the waiting room but in the stages, do the transcenders only get beef jerky and nuts from the Tower Climbers during interdimensional trades?
ă„´ This one has completely lost their memory of the tower, items stay fresh for a day in the special storage box.
ă„´ You just need to trade within 24 hours. But this time there’s a 7-day cooldown left, so the timing is just a bit off.   Â
   What’s this?
ă„´ Anonymous*) ?? Is it possible to put the entire storage box into the inventory? Then why have I been carrying only nuts and beef jerky in my inventory?
ă„´ Boss) Ah, you’re right. I was too busy at the 2nd floor waiting room to tell you about it haha.
ă„´ Archmage) For real lol
“Lol” my ass.
They knew and deliberately didn’t tell me.
ă„´ We can’t just easily tell you what we learned through trial and error. At least not about food.
Look at this.
ă„´ Light’s Sword) Rather than that reason, the tower stages are battlefields. Eating too luxuriously only has adverse effects. That’s why we didn’t tell you.
ă„´ What a stickler.
ă„´ Ice Queen) FREEZE! Stickler!
I got goosebumps for a moment.
Because I could feel from the text that Light’s Sword senior’s comment was completely sincere.
ă„´ Even so, ordinary people like us don’t get opportunities for interdimensional trades.
ă„´ Why? If you have an amazing item that the hard tower players don’t have, you can trade with Tower Climbers.
ă„´ Aren’t you saying that because you don’t have such items?
ă„´ Anonymous*) Give it a try, I’m open-minded.
Of course, I wouldn’t trade with Normal or Easy mode players for average items.
What can you do when class distinctions are openly established in the gallery?
I’m going to rest for one day.
Though saying “one day” means less than half a day remains.
If I entered the 3rd floor stage right now, I’d probably collapse unless the stage setting was literally hell.
Not just physically. I needed mental rest too.
While the swords were in relatively good condition, my armor was a mess.
When I placed my hand on the armor, a window I’d never seen before appeared.
[Nameless Knight’s Armor Set – Would you like to repair it?]
[Repair Cost – 15 coins]
I repaired it immediately.
While my weapons had been upgraded significantly, it was unfortunate to still have the same armor from the 2nd floor.
If the 3rd floor stage is a place where I can obtain armor, I’ll try to get some.
When I posted about repairs, comments mentioned that repairs using coins are only possible in the waiting room.
Additional comments explained that during stage progression, repairs are only possible when there’s a blacksmith NPC or when players directly repair items at a forge.
For now, I closed the gallery.
Lying in the sleeping bag, I gradually fell asleep while reviewing my fierce battle with King Kobold.
My eyes opened.
My body felt refreshed and my mind clear.
<Player Status>
Name: Han Yuseong
Race: Human
Lv.19
Strength: 107
Agility: 97
Vitality: 101
Mana: 70
Skills: Pain Suppression Lv.5 Composure Lv.5 Cover Lv.3 Risk Detection Lv.3
Field of View Expansion Lv.3 Conentration Enhancement Lv.4 Fighter’s Movement Lv.4
Magic Body Enhancement Lv.4 Doombringer Lv.2 Mental Barrier Lv.1
It was a new experience having my strength and vitality stats reach three digits.
If I had reached level 20, I would have trained sword energy thoroughly here before entering the stage, just like I practiced diligently in the 2nd floor waiting room, but I’m still one step away from level 20.
As someone wrote in the gallery yesterday, I can receive necessary items for the 3rd or 4th floor stages through interdimensional trade.
Though I doubt the 3rd floor would take a whole week, no matter how long it is.
After organizing my thoughts, I opened the coin shop.
I had an abundance of coins.
Thanks to earning 1000 coins at the Exchange Meeting.
[3rd Floor Coin Shop]
I repurchased the potions that served me well at the Exchange Meeting.
Then I went to the food section.
Last night, I treated myself to ramen with a small amount of kimchi as a gift of home flavor after all my hard work.
For breakfast, I chose spicy pork bowl, a new menu item in the 3rd floor coin shop. At a rather expensive 13 coins, it came with a small salad and soup on the side.
This made me wonder who makes these meals and provides them this way.
I asked the senior gallery members, but even they didn’t know.
I wrote one more post.
Title: Entering the 3rd floor stage with creamy bacon pasta, spicy pork bowl, and sandwiches in my inventory.
Author: Anonymous*
– With this, I can have proper meals for about two days in any situation.
ă„´ Look at how quickly bad habits form once we tell him.
ă„´ Well, it would be troublesome if he ended up somewhere with nothing to scavenge.
ㄴ Light’s Sword) Eat in moderation.
ă„´ Boss) Wishing you good luck.
ă„´ Absolute Monarch) Write down where you are as soon as you enter.
ă„´ Elf) Phew, now I can finally follow the progress in real time.
ă„´ Ice Queen) THUMP THUMP!
I closed the Transcender Gallery and put the terminal into my inventory.
Just like on the 2nd floor, when I opened the gray door at the end of the waiting room, the scenery completely changed.
As if the waiting room itself had never existed.
『Welcome to the Pandemonium Difficulty 3rd Floor Stage.』
This time the landscape was a forest.
An impure forest where trees and undergrowth had a suspiciously dark color.
SWOOOOSH-
Even the sound of the wind was strange.   Â
“The 3rd floor of Pandemonium is a quest type.”
A quest type like the 2nd floor.
The slight difference is that this time the quest window popped up immediately.
“Quest! – Join the rescue team dispatched to rescue members stranded in the Forest of Beasts, and together rescue the stranded members.”
The black undergrowth shook.
Something huge with gleaming red eyes jumped out and lunged at me.
SMELL.
The smell that this won’t be easy this time either.   Â
