I Became a Gallery Newbie Beloved by Transcendents
Chapter 33
ㄴ Heavenly Demon) Will you also make a deal with me?
I could guess why Senior Heavenly Demon commented with a tone containing traces of anxiety.
The deal with Senior Priestess, who said she would give me a talisman to block lightning, was something I absolutely had to do to prepare for the fight with the waiting boss monster, “Son of Lightning.”
It seemed that the deal with Senior Heavenly Demon appeared to be for something less certain.
But I was more drawn to Senior Heavenly Demon’s martial arts than Senior Priestess’s talisman, which I probably wouldn’t be able to use permanently.
ㄴ Anonymous*) I will make a trade with Senior Heavenly Demon too
Of course, I had no intention of revealing my considerable expectations in my comment.
Hide it completely. Completely.
ㄴ Ice Queen) Completely!
…Looking at the comments, maybe my mind has become a bit corrupted. By the “completely” style.
ㄴ Priestess) This humble girl would be satisfied with anything Climber Sir wishes to give her. This girl is more than full just watching Climber Sir use the talisman.
ㄴ Heavenly Demon) Hmm, I want to eat proper pasta after a long time.
I had many foods to give.
[User ‘Heavenly Demon’ has requested an ‘Interdimensional Trade’.]
[Do you accept?]
I pressed the circular blue button attached to the text.
[You have accepted the trade request.]
Then, a separate chat system that can only be used during interdimensional trades appeared.
[Heavenly Demon: What I’m giving you is a fist technique manual. It has some footwork mixed in, like Light’s Sword’s Dragon Slaying Sword.]
[Heavenly Demon: When you read it, it will probably be thoroughly auto-translated. I’ve drawn detailed pictures for the more difficult techniques and movements, so someone like you, who clearly has some talent in martial arts, should be able to use it well.]
[Heavenly Demon: Later, when you climb to the 30th floor and can enter the Climber Gallery, you can reveal then that you are a disciple of Heavenly Demon Baek Un-hwi.]
[Anonymous*: …Uh, I’ll see about that when the time comes.]
Hmm.
If I say I’m Heavenly Demon’s disciple, wouldn’t anyone find that suspicious?
[Heavenly Demon: Fine. Anyway, after you read the martial arts manual and properly learn the fist techniques, you’ll proudly consider yourself my disciple even if I don’t want you to.]
Quite self-conscious, aren’t we. Looking at the reactions of those who occasionally cling to Heavenly Demon, he really does seem like a strong person.
Unfortunately, he completely lacked any sense of authority or seriousness.
[Heavenly Demon: And. What food do you have?]
[Anonymous*: You have to choose one from these four: pork cutlet, sandwich, spicy pork rice bowl, or cream bacon pasta.]
[Heavenly Demon: Hmm…! Pasta is somewhat better. But it lacks authenticity. Don’t you have something like aglio e olio(garlic and olive oil pasta)?]
[Anonymous*: I don’t.]
[Heavenly Demon: Tsk, I guess I’ll have to walk the evil path reluctantly. Send me the cream bacon pasta.]
If cream bacon pasta is the evil path, then is aglio e olio(garlic and olive oil pasta) the righteous path…?
[Anonymous*: Understood. But since when did you become such a pasta connoisseur?]
[Heavenly Demon: After the 30th floor, enjoying fine cuisine became my only pleasure after clearing dungeons.]
I see.
I took out the cream bacon pasta from my inventory and held it in my hand.
Still in its container.
“Designate.”
The cream bacon pasta disappeared with a poof right before my eyes.
[Trade completed.]
RRRRIP
What emerged from the torn space was a book.
I picked up that thick book.
The book that appeared to be a martial arts manual had this written on it:
Flowing Flame Space-Breaking Technique (流燃破空訣).
I opened the martial arts manual and skimmed through it.
Just as Heavenly Demon had said, there were even kindly drawn pictures for the really complex techniques.
There was no time to master the manual and use it right now.
The person who would give me something I could use immediately was…
[User ‘Priestess’ has requested an ‘Interdimensional Trade’.]
Here she comes.
Naturally, I pressed the accept trade request button.
[Priestess: Hawa, the talisman, the Holy Binding Talisman, can be used about 100 times with the spiritual power this humble girl has infused into it.]
Holy Binding Talisman.
[Anonymous*: 100 times?]
[Priestess: That’s an estimate based on combat situations. Based on 20 minutes.]
[Anonymous*: That’s not a lot.]
The time of 20 minutes might seem too short at first glance, but it wasn’t.
Battles end within 10 minutes at most anyway. Most of them.
Reflecting on the battles with enemies I’ve fought so far, the outcome of combat was always instantaneous.
Real combat isn’t sparring to improve each other’s skills but to take each other’s lives.
Real combat could only be settled in an instant.
[Priestess: Hawa, this girl would like to make something permanent, but it’s obvious that the interdimensional trade system would deem that impossible.]
[Priestess: Even getting 100 uses was only possible because this girl focused the talisman’s function entirely on defense.]
[Priestess: Though we’ll have to see later, it seems that the interdimensional trade system is also connected to the Tower. It seems it won’t let Climber Sir climb the Tower easily.]
Damn it.
[Anonymous*: After 100 uses, can I recharge the talisman myself?]
[Priestess: Since the talisman’s power source comes from spiritual power, you would need to consume a large amount of magical power to recharge it. Right now, Climber Sir is probably overwhelmed just using your own skills, but by the time the 100 uses are up, you’ll likely have the capacity to spare magical power for the talisman as well.]
[Anonymous*: Thanks for thinking I’ll still be alive by then.]
[Priestess: Hawa, that’s only natural. This girl would be very bored if Climber Sir disappeared.]
[Anonymous*: What would Priestess like to receive?]
[Priestess: Hmm! This humble girl doesn’t particularly have cravings for food.]
“Anything” again, huh. Then it was the female shaman senior’s turn to win the pork over rice.
[Anonymous*: Will have something appropriate. But how do you use the talisman?]
[Archmage: It works when you breathe your magic power into the talisman.]
What is this?
It wasn’t that my magic power wasn’t needed.
[Anonymous*: How much magic power are we talking about?]
[Priestess: Just a speck is enough. It can be channeled in 5 directions, five ways. The attribute you can block depends on which direction you send it.]
[Priestess: You breathe in magic power and throw it in the direction needed for defense!]
The female shaman senior explained very excitedly.
I could vaguely guess what she meant.
“Designation.”
Each other’s trade items were designated.
RIIIIP!
The space tore again and a piece of paper fell down.
I caught the talisman that was falling to the ground.
Maybe because it was an item from outside the tower rather than from inside.
No item description window appeared.
Just like when I received two items from the Light’s Sword senior or just now with the Heavenly Demon senior’s martial arts manual.
With this, two trading opportunities flew away at once.
The talisman named Formation Talisman had four directions drawn on it.
At the end of each extending direction was a circle.
East, west, south, north.
To the east, blue.
To the west, red.
To the south, gray.
To the north, black.
And in the center was a black circle.
Since chatting with the trader becomes impossible immediately after ending the trade, I had no choice but to take out my terminal.
Title: I’ll have to go to the 5th floor waiting room to read up on the fist technique. Priestess, is it east or south that blocks lightning for this? Seems like attribute-based defense.
Author: Anonymous*
– Since I don’t know when variables might arise, I should get this over with quickly and leave.
ㄴ Heavenly Demon) Do some speed reading.
ㄴ Anonymous*) I’ll just read the first few pages and fight for now.
ㄴ What speed reading HAHAHAHAHAHAHA It’s not like you’re studying. You need to use it in the field, what nonsense is that. You should read thoroughly.
ㄴ Priestess) Gray blocks lightning. Blue is water. Red is fire. Black is curse. If you’re in a place like the Forest of Magical Beasts, just sending a little magic power to black will completely block mental attacks!
ㄴ Look how she’s happily going on and on because someone is using her item.
ㄴ She’d be like that if you used your item too.
ㄴ You’re being sarcastic because you know that’ll never happen.
ㄴ TTTT
ㄴ Heavenly Demon) With your talent, you should be able to master Yurin Pagyeol or Yeonam Flash of Light right away.
ㄴ Look at him forcing it down your throat.
ㄴ Well-known fact) The Heavenly Demon holds the Climber’s talent in very high regard.
ㄴ Priestess) It is high.
ㄴ Pioneer) If the Son of Lightning is the boss… he won’t just be good at using lightning. Be careful of close-range attacks too.
ㄴ Anonymous*) Even the golem used a sword.
ㄴ Spear King) Lightning golems almost all used something like tridents. They weren’t martial arts fighters but spear users, but their destructive power was easily above 4th rank.
ㄴ Dragon King of Demons) Beltui- when the Son of Lightning’s eyes turn black, that’s when lightning strikes.
ㄴ Pioneer) There are also golems with twelve arms each, swinging all kinds of weapons.
ㄴ Yeah, they called it an octopus golem.
ㄴ Water King) I’m craving octopus.
ㄴ Elf) Keep those thoughts to yourself, beast.
ㄴ Water King) Hehe, got scratched, got scratched.
This is crazy.
ㄴ Light’s Sword) Come back safely.
ㄴ Anonymous*) Yeah, I’ll come back alive.
I turned off the gallery and put away the terminal.
I briefly considered using the Formation Talisman that Senior Priestess gave me once before entering the rift, but the limit of 100 uses couldn’t help but weigh on my mind.
I’ll just use it in the actual battle.
As Heavenly Demon senior requested, I skimmed through Yurin Pagyeol and Yeonam Flash of Light at the beginning of the “Flowing Flame Space-Breaking Technique Manual” and understood them roughly.
RUMBLE!!
Blue lightning surged from the rift once more.
It wasn’t a one-time thunderbolt.
“No need to go down, huh?”
RUUUMBLE─!
The massive golem raised its brutish arms to the rift, then revealed itself completely above.
CRACKLE… CRACK-!
[BOSS MONSTER]
The navy blue golem extended countless lightning hazes the same color as itself.
[Son of Lightning]
The boss monster of the 4th floor stage made a personal appearance.
Both of the golem’s eyes turned black.
The lightning that tore through the air and struck down was shot toward me.
I infused a speck of magic power into the Formation Talisman in my left hand.
CRASHHHHH!!
The Formation Talisman advanced without hesitation in front of me, and the lightning concentrated on it intensively.
So it wouldn’t even touch where I was.
To the left, which I judged to be the golem’s blind spot.
Its eyes turned black again.
Lightning that struck with pinpoint accuracy following the direction of my approach. The talisman chased after that lightning fiercely and defended against all of it.
CRACKLE!
I threw my body through the remnants of the electric shock.
I tracked the trajectory of the trident that thrust in like a flash with my naked eyes until the end.
And I avoided it by a thin margin.
[Skill ‘Trajectory Analysis’ level has increased. Lv.3]
RUMBLEEEE!!
Lightning covering my field of vision.
The lightning was once again drawn to the Formation Talisman like a magnet, and lost its form miserably.
I’ll finish this.
At that moment, the massive body of the golem, which didn’t seem like it would move easily, instantly moved to the left.
While discharging electricity.
SWOOOOOSH!
The golem’s fist reached right in front of my nose.
The second form of the Flexible Breaking Technique I had just read stirred in my mind.
Yurin Pagyeol (Flowing Scale Wave Knot).
A technique combining stepping method and fist technique.
That movement emphasizing flexibility allowed me to avoid the giant fist.
The sound of breaking air.
My ears rang with tinnitus.
I concentrated pure white sword energy on the Fierce King’s sword.
CLAAANG!
Heart Roar.
I directly struck the center of the golem’s body with the Dragon Slayer Sword’s 2nd form, the thrust, but it only dug into the surface.
Not enough.
To break through that shell and destroy the magic power core.
– Light’s Sword) Sword energy moves according to your will.
I thought of a wave.
The technique that the 4th-rank swordsman Rainer had performed.
That sense of dissonance that came crashing down as if to kill me.
Exploding concentrated sword energy at once.
That is my will.
Dragon Slayer Sword 6th form.
Sword Energy Explosion.
Vortex Flow.
BOOOOM─!
White light exploded.
Fragments of rectangular stones scattered everywhere. Hundreds of stone fragments.
The magic power core emitting red light was visible.
THUD.
While stomping down hard.
One more time, Heart Roar.
[Boss monster ‘Son of Lightning’ has been defeated.]
