I Became a Gallery Newbie Beloved by Transcendents
Chapter 31
Body-Strengthening Technique.
⠀— Heavenly Demon) This body-strengthening technique is something in which I am the foremost expert.
⠀— Your eminence Heavenly Demon, please maintain your dignity!!!!
The Heavenly Demon senior explained the body-strengthening technique better than I expected.
He really is an expert.
⠀— Heavenly Demon) Have you tried swimming before? The sensation of water currents swirling around your body when you’re in the sea or river. Imagine achieving that sensation with your magical power.
To summarize it very simply, maintain the feeling of having your body lightly shrouded in magical power.
Following that explanation, I was naturally able to maintain a veil-like state of energy flow covering my body.
Fortunately, unlike the fluctuating sword aura, it wasn’t completely pure white.
It was somewhat more transparent.
After about eight hours of research, I uploaded a photo of the body-strengthening technique I achieved to the gallery.
The white energy flow covering my arm.
Title: This took quite a while.
Author: Anonymous*
– Successfully covered everything in detail. No difficulty moving. Can adequately withstand opponent’s attacks.
Anyway, armor is the primary defense. This is something to deploy quickly in emergencies, right?
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⠀— That’s right, you understand correctly.
⠀— Your learning speed is impressive as always.
⠀— Sewer Sword Sage) As you practice more, you’ll develop a sense for when to use it.
⠀— Water King) Wow, that’s fast. So fast.
⠀— Heavenly Demon) Next, I’ll teach you fist techniques and kicking techniques.
⠀— Famous One) Even the Little Heavenly Demon doesn’t receive such care, how curious indeed.
⠀— Anonymous*) How do you increase your rank? I don’t think the rank automatically rises just because your magical power stat increases.
⠀— Light’s Sword) Magical power does influence it. But more importantly, it’s about enlightenment.
⠀— Even ordinary commoners like us have almost all reached Rank 5. Know how to infuse weapons with energy. If you circulate and accumulate magical power properly, Rank 5 is achievable.
⠀— After all, we weren’t just randomly called to the tower.
⠀— We were summoned because we had the potential for Rank 5, whether innate or acquired.
⠀— Pioneer) Yeah, that’s right. We might seem insignificant here, but everyone has their own strengths.
⠀— SNIFF SNIFF, thank you, Pioneer.
⠀— Taking care of commoners, that’s our Pioneer for you.
⠀— Heavenly Demon) Rank cannot be considered an absolute measure of power. Those with greater potential might reach Rank 4 later than those with less.
⠀— Spear King) Still, you should be cautious when facing someone of Rank 7. From Rank 7, one begins to develop their ‘unique domain’.
⠀— Closed Room Theorist) By that logic, you should be somewhat careful with Rank 6 too, as they can imitate domain creation to some extent. – This world consists of a massive sealed room
⠀— Anonymous*) What about the Hard mode seniors?
⠀— Archmage) Those above Rank 9. After returning alive, I realized that to clear Hard difficulty level 100, you must reach Rank 9.
⠀— Dragon King Of Demons) Belt-ui~ That’s right. 95% who couldn’t achieve that died.
⠀— Archmage) There must be someone who reached Rank 10. It’s not me though. Anyone here Rank 10?
⠀— Water King) As if they’d raise their hands! Most are probably Rank 9. Even those who reached Rank 10 might be uncertain if they truly hit Rank 10 HAHAHAHAHA
Hearing these numbers, I was newly reminded of how far I was from the Hard difficulty seniors.
For now, I’ve learned everything I needed to know immediately.
⠀— Anonymous*) I’ll rest well today and depart tomorrow morning.
Tomorrow I should enter the 4th floor stage.
⠀— Priestess) Is it true that there are still two days left on the interdimensional trade cooldown?
The seniors who lined up to trade with me were the Priestess and the Heavenly Demon.
While the Priestess would need to consider the stage I’m currently in, trading with the Heavenly Demon was quite enticing.
Learning fist and kick techniques from the person with the highest martial power in the martial arts world.
It was very appealing.
This was especially true since yesterday, when I realized after being able to release sword aura that using Light’s Sword senior’s Dragon Slayer Sword technique would become much more versatile if I used sword aura as a reference point.
I devoured the cream bacon pasta that I had brought for lunch but hadn’t had time to eat.
I sat cross-legged, holding the blood red dagger.
Stabilizing sword aura release.
I continued to emit sword aura to practice that.
SWISH SWISH SWISH!
I also kept practicing the body-strengthening technique I had just learned.
Magical power recovers when resting anyway.
It recovers faster when you utilize magical power.
I trained thoroughly to eliminate any variables during combat.
[Skill ‘Concentration Enhancement’ level has increased. Lv.5]
A welcome achievement.
***
Hmm.
Since being summoned to the tower, I’ve never once failed to sleep properly, but today I slept more deeply than usual.
Was it because I faced information about the death lurking beyond the 13th floor?
Or was I just tired?
I had spicy pork rice bowl for dinner yesterday. It was food that I had brought for the 3rd floor stage but couldn’t eat.
[4th Floor Coin Shop]
1. Food 2. Beverages 3. Potions
As expected, it wasn’t much different from the 3rd floor.
<Cuisine>
1. Ramen with small amount of kimchi – 10 coins
2. Pork soup with rice – 10 coins
3. Chao fan – 10 coins
4. Cream bacon pasta – 10 coins
5. Sandwich – 8 coins
6. Nuts (peanuts, walnuts) – 6 coins
7. Beef jerky – 6 coins
8. Spicy pork rice bowl – 13 coins
9. Rosu katsu – 13 coins
Pork loin cutlet, I see.
Like the spicy pork rice bowl, it seems to come with salad and soup on the side.
The prices seem to be increasing somehow.
CRUNCH-
The tonkatsu I hadn’t eaten in a very long time was delicious.
What I realized while conquering the 3rd floor stage was that I could take more food than I thought.
The inventory has a 60-slot registration limit, but there’s no weight restriction.
Coins held: 2,451
My coins were very plentiful.
Thanks to the 1000 coins I received for ranking first in the exchange meeting and the 800 coins received as a reward for clearing the 3rd floor.
ROLL ROLL ROLL-
I rolled up the sleeping bag that greeted me as soon as I entered the 4th floor and put it in my inventory.
I checked the clock hanging on the wall.
Current time, March 2nd
Time remaining until the next exchange meeting D – 23.
If possible, I wanted to reach the 9th or 10th floor before the exchange meeting.
I’m not sure if that’s possible though.
Title: Entering the 4th floor.
Author: Anonymous*
– If the situation gets hairy after entering, I’ll come right back.
⠀— So what kind of crisis awaits the climber this time?
⠀— What will it be this time? Surely not another quest type.
⠀— Hey, don’t raise flags.
No way it’ll be another quest type, right?
⠀— Ice Queen) Ice ice, be careful!
⠀— Priestess) Hawa, Climber Gong. Climber Gong’s fortune today is not bad.
⠀— Light’s Sword) Take care. If anything happens, come back immediately.
⠀— Heavenly Demon) Use what you’ve learned and write a reflection.
⠀— Absolute Monarch) I wish you good luck.
⠀— HAHAHAHAHA Monarch hyung is finally back
⠀— Well, he can’t resist seeing people off
⠀— Sewer Sword Sage) What’s always important is survival.
⠀— Archmage) Go go
After quickly scanning the farewells, I closed the Transcender Gallery. Then I put the terminal in my inventory.
I took a deep breath.
“PHEW.”
And exhaled.
Once again, the beginning of a hard journey.
STEP STEP-
I walked toward the gray door at the end of the 4th floor waiting room.
When I opened the door, light engulfed my vision.
“Pandemonium difficulty 4th floor is dungeon type.”
Dungeon.
“Please clear the dungeon, ‘Golem Fortress'”
It had a similar atmosphere to the dungeon “Kobold’s Cradle” that I experienced during the exchange meeting.
Neatly arranged yellow and gray walls inside an enclosed space were visible.
Dungeon name: Golem Fortress.
And true to its name, a golem made of navy blue rock was crouching with its body tightly curled up.
STEP
As I approached, there was no reaction.
What is this?
Is it sleeping or something?
SWISH-
I took out the gallery terminal from my inventory.
FLASH.
I could see the golem’s eyes on both sides glowing red.
But still, it showed no signs of movement.
I photographed the golem with the terminal.
Title: What is this? It’s just standing still.
Author: Anonymous*
– Should I just destroy it? Is this an easy part?
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This time, the chat messages appeared faster than usual.
⠀— SHIT get down
⠀— Archmage) Duck.
⠀— Archmage) Or find cover.
⠀— Light’s Sword) Lie flat on the ground.
⠀— Absolute Monarch) The magic core at the back of the neck from a human perspective. That’s the golem’s heart.
⠀— Ice Queen) Probably! Magic beam! Ice!
⠀— Heavenly Demon) Look carefully at the eyes. The direction of the magic beam about to be deployed is being previewed.
⠀— Pioneer) Left first, right after.
THUD.
The sound echoed throughout the dungeon.
WOOOOONG!
I could see red light instantly condensing in the mouth of the navy golem as it opened wide.
I stuffed the terminal into my inventory and hunched down low.
BEEEEEEEEEE─
A strange sound accompanied a red beam that covered the entire horizontal area.
KWAAAAAANG!!
My heart went cold.
Shit.
Is this a bullet hell shooting game?
I held the shield, Mirror of Transformation, in my left hand.
The hint is in the eyes.
The direction in the left red eye is diagonal. The direction in the right eye is vertical.
[Magic Body Enhancement Lv.5 – Activating skill.]
While manipulating magic power, I activated the body-strengthening technique.
KWAAAANG!
Yuseong lowered his body like an acrobat to avoid.
KEEEEING!
The vertically plunging ray enlarged the mirror of transformation and flowed through it.
He concentrated his qi on both feet.
TUWOONG!
After bending his knees and then straightening them, he sprang up.
Literally, he soared high in the air for a moment.
With the blood red dagger in his left hand, he struck the shoulder of the navy blue golem and climbed up as if rock climbing.
The golem’s heart is the magical core at the back of the neck by human standards.
He struck down the Malevolent King’s sword imbued with sword aura toward that point.
KWAAANG!
The body of the navy blue golem with its magical core shattered began to tilt. He landed back on the ground.
PEEEEEENG!
“……”
Beyond there, red lights flickered in the darkness.
Not just one, but about fifteen of them.
He stepped forward.
If he stops, he dies.
Damn Pandemonium.
