Chapter 6.
The horn of the Castrated Goblin Chief.
Lee Ganghan knew very well what this item was.
‘That’s the thing that was attached to the chief down there.’
The horn that was attached to that area instead, since it was castrated.
In the tutorial, every time it died, one horn would disappear and it would resurrect.
Before such Lee Ganghan’s eyes.
An item description appeared.
[Horn of the Castrated Goblin Chief]
Grade: S
A horn attached to the crotch of the castrated Goblin Chief in place of what was removed.
When equipped to the crotch, Mana increases by 1.
When dying while equipped, you gain one resurrection opportunity.
If you choose to resurrect, the item is destroyed.
Mana +1, and even a resurrection function.
In the Tower of Infinity where the value of a single stat is high.
This could be called good equipment.
However,
‘The equipment location is really not good.’
You have to equip it to the crotch for it to be effective…
Do I really need to go that far to raise Mana by 1?
Lee Ganghan, who hadn’t greatly felt the importance of Mana.
Felt resistance to having to equip the horn to his crotch.
‘Should I just sell it?’
As Lee Ganghan was pondering this.
Swooooosh.
An additional window appeared below the item description.
[If you bestow the item to the Goblin Chief in Ten Thousand Demon Battle, the Goblin Chief will be strengthened and a Goblin Territory will be established in Ten Thousand Demon Battle.]
‘Strengthening the chief and additionally establishing a Goblin Territory…’
According to the chief, Ten Thousand Demon Battle only had thick darkness.
If a Goblin Territory was newly created there, changes would certainly occur.
But.
‘The previous Beginner’s Tower was a tower with goblins, so auto-hunting was possible, but wouldn’t it become rather useless in towers without goblins?’
The Goblin Chief who had brought 50 goblin subordinates from their meager livelihood.
But this was only possible because it was a tower with goblins.
If he went to a tower filled with other monsters, such persuasion would be impossible.
‘Hmm. I need to think about this a bit.’
Lee Ganghan decided to store the horn for now.
As he closed the special reward window.
[Opening clear rewards.]
[Level increases by 5.]
[You gain 10,000 TP.]
The clear rewards appeared afterward.
Clear rewards that increase proportionally according to evaluation grade.
TP stood for Tower Point.
Points used like currency in all content related to the Tower of Infinity.
‘I heard 1 TP can be exchanged for 1 dollar.’
I heard that the Beginner’s Tower literally being for beginners doesn’t give big rewards even when cleared.
Maybe it’s because I received an SSS+ grade.
The rewards were more generous than expected.
10,000 TP would be 13 million won.
And in addition to that.
[You have entered Korea’s ‘Top 10 Promising Players’.]
[You receive TP rewards proportional to TowerTube viewer count.]
[You gain 50,000 TP.]
[Viewer count has reached maximum.]
[You gain TowerTube channel creation rights.]
Was it mainly because viewers were packed full from achieving a new record?
As a reward for TowerTube content.
He could gain 50,000 TP and even channel creation rights.
‘60,000 TP is… 78 million won? I won’t need to go to the logistics center.’
So this is why people say player, player.
As Lee Ganghan thought he wouldn’t have to worry about living expenses for a while.
[All rewards have been received.]
[Logging out from the Beginner’s Tower.]
After receiving all rewards.
Lee Ganghan’s body flashed with light, then soon disappeared into the portal.
***
A park in Gyeonggi Province.
Swooosh!
When Lee Ganghan suddenly popped out from thin air.
A passing pedestrian flinched.
“Ah, what a surprise.”
“Must be a player.”
“Ah, today’s the 1st? Must have been selected as a beginner.”
“Oh. I didn’t get selected again this time… What a pity.”
Every 1st of the month.
This day was when the Tower of Infinity selected beginners.
It’s already been 10 years since the Tower of Infinity was created.
If you simply count the number of people who became players, it should have been 1,440,000.
“Even if selected, you would have given up midway, right? You can’t stand pain.”
“Well, that’s true.”
The number of people who give up during the tutorial and.
The number who give up midway afterward is not small.
So Korea’s players numbered less than 1 million.
Meanwhile,
‘My shoes became clean.’
Lee Ganghan who came out of the tower first examined his shoes.
The shoes that had been stained with goblin blood and dyed green.
Had returned to pure white.
‘How much time is left to sleep… not much?’
He saw that the sky had already turned to sunset, dyed crimson.
Originally, the time to return home from work at the logistics center was 4 PM.
But since he spent a little over 3 hours in the Tower of Infinity.
The current time was a little past 7 PM.
‘This goblin auto-hunting was so convenient that I left it running too long.’
Lee Ganghan who faints at 8 PM because of sleeping 12 hours.
He realized that not much time remained.
‘Let’s run quickly.’
Swish.
As Lee Ganghan kicked off his feet.
Whoosh!
His body instantly crossed the park.
“Wow, incredibly fast…”
“Is he a track athlete?”
Lee Ganghan displayed tremendous speed to the extent that pedestrians taking walks nearby looked with amazed eyes.
‘My body feels lighter than usual. Is it because I became a player?’
Though he originally had a good physique.
Compared to before awakening as a player, his body was much lighter.
He tilted his head in wonder.
‘I heard player abilities can’t affect reality.’
Players who reach superhuman levels as their level rises.
Their abilities basically only activated inside the Tower of Infinity.
If they could use their tower abilities in reality too.
The world wouldn’t be this peaceful.
Public safety would have collapsed from various incidents and accidents caused by players.
The ability most related to reality, if any.
Would be basic stats.
Originally, physical abilities like Strength, Agility, and Stamina.
Followed real-world physicality.
However, this was a factor where reality influenced the tower.
It wasn’t a factor where the tower reversely influenced reality.
Even if your level rose in the Tower of Infinity, you couldn’t raise stat values.
So people who usually didn’t exercise.
Started harsh training after becoming a player.
They had to improve their real abilities to raise basic stats.
This was the general case, but.
‘It was interesting that basic physical abilities had + attached… Did this affect reality too?’
Lee Ganghan’s situation was different.
He achieved 10+ in all basic stats: Strength, Agility, and Stamina.
Even athletes find it difficult to achieve 10.
Having + attached afterward was probably due to Heavenly Demon Constitution.
And the + element gained from the trait.
Seemed to be reversely affecting reality too.
‘Well, anyway, becoming healthier is good.’
Lee Ganghan thought good things are good things and returned home.
A fairly old detached house located in Yongin villa town.
As he entered the house.
The clock hanging on the living room wall was already pointing to 8 o’clock.
‘It’s time to collapse… but I’m not sleepy at all.’
Even when in the tower, he didn’t feel sleepy at all.
Does the connection with the tower continue to affect him even after returning to reality?
Lee Ganghan washed himself and entered his room.
In the old house.
Only this room had the latest soundproof walls installed, giving it a disparate feeling.
This was inevitably installed when he fell into 12-hour sleep due to Tower Syndrome.
Because at some point he started screaming like crazy while sleeping.
They used to live in an apartment.
But there were so many complaints from neighboring residents that his parents moved to this house.
‘It’s time to collapse though…’
He prepared to fall asleep, turned off the light and lay on the bed, but.
‘…What?’
Blink, Blink.
He repeatedly opened and closed his eyes.
The clock hand was clearly pointing to 8 o’clock.
But strangely, sleep wouldn’t come.
‘…So this is what it feels like when you can’t sleep.’
Insomnia.
Lee Ganghan had only heard about it but never actually experienced it.
No matter how much coffee he drank, the urge to sleep would hit him like crazy after 12 hours.
But to be this clear-headed.
This is definitely.‘Because I became a player?’
They said there was a connection.
Experiencing it firsthand is interesting.
Lee Ganghan, who hadn’t opened his eyes after 8 PM for 10 years.
After rolling around on the floor several times, took out his smartphone.
Since it’s come to this.
I should collect some information related to the Tower of Infinity.
‘I should also find out how to exchange TP.’
Lee Ganghan thought so and entered internet communities related to the Tower of Infinity.
Then there.
[Player ‘Lee Ganghan’ breaks Beginner’s Tower new record!!!!!!]
[Analysis of Heavenly Demon Ver.1]
[Heavenly Demon even made the news ㄷㄷㄷ]
[Mike who lost the record posts ‘Fake News’ on SNS]
[Let’s find out why ‘gaining muscle just by sleeping’ is a lie]
Posts related to Lee Ganghan were all up at the very top.
‘…What?’
No.
Why all this fuss?
Even after going through the most recommended boards, there was nothing but content related to himself.
Lee Ganghan tilted his head in wonder.
He did achieve a new record, but, it’s just a beginner-level new record anyway, isn’t it?
‘Even if this is a tower-related community, making news… is that really worth such a big deal?’
Tap,Tap.
Following links several times revealed an article.
Seeing an article from a major news outlet covering him, saying a Korean had overturned a new record.
Lee Ganghan shook his head.
Were there so few promising players in Korea?
Why all this excitement?
[What is Heavenly Demon? About its origins and background]
‘I should look at this.’
Lee Ganghan who gained Heavenly Demon Constitution but didn’t know much about Heavenly Demon.
The results were good, so.
Actually, Ten Thousand Demons Prostrate wasn’t chosen out of ignorance?
Honestly, if he knew it was a worship message, he wouldn’t have chosen it.
‘Let’s see. Heavenly Demon is…’
As he was slowly reading the Heavenly Demon analysis post.
Ding, Ding.
The phone vibrated.
A messenger notification came up.
Kim Juyeong: Hey
Kim Juyeong: Hey
Kim Juyeong: You’re the record guy, right? How did it happen?
Kim Juyeong: Ah, is it sleeping time?
Kim Juyeong: I’ll call tomorrow ㄱ
Lee Ganghan, whose human relationships were narrow due to sleeping 12 hours.
Kim Juyeong, a middle and high school classmate, was his closest friend.
This guy.
Come to think of it, after returning from the military and dropping out of college, he joined a major corporation guild’s recruitment team.
‘Since I’m clear-headed, I should make a call.’
Swish.
Lee Ganghan immediately contacted Kim Juyeong.
“I’m not sleeping.”
[What’s gotten into you that you’re not sleeping?]
“I know, right. I wasn’t getting sleepy.”
[How interesting. Is it because you became a player?]
“I’m trying to find out too.”
[But how did it happen?]
How did it happen?
I just received whatever traits were given.
Lee Ganghan talked about tower climbing for a while, then.
“Hey, but how do you exchange TP?”
[TP, you can exchange it at the Tower Management Office, or if you sell through a guild they give you a bit more. TP is connected to guild performance. It’s better to join a guild and exchange.]
“Really? Is your guild okay?”
[Our guild?]
At Lee Ganghan’s question.
Kim Juyeong answered firmly.
[It’s totally idiotic, don’t come.]
“…Ah. Okay.”
Kim Juyeong, despite being in the recruitment team, harshly evaluated his own company.
No, does he know better because he’s an insider?
[Rather than domestic, with your level, foreign guilds might send recruitment offers too? If you’re not in a hurry for money, wait a bit. Or exchange a little at the Management Office.]
“That would be better.”
[Should we meet tomorrow? I’ll come to your house.]
“Okay. But I don’t know what time I’ll wake up. Come leisurely after lunch.”
[Got it.]
After ending the call with his friend.
Spending time absent-mindedly with sleep that wouldn’t come, it was already past 11 o’clock.
Then.
‘Ah… now I’m getting sleepy.’
I was in the Beginner’s Tower for a little over 3 hours.
Sleep was delayed by exactly that much time.
Lee Ganghan solved today’s mystery and fell asleep.
And the next day.
“Ugh…? What’s this?”
After sleeping and waking up.
On his body, wounds that weren’t there yesterday had appeared.
