Chapter 100
As expected, the users of the Climber Community showered me with attention.
……Though it was heading in a slightly different direction from what I had intended.
The mysterious A+-grade dagger obtained from the new difficulty!
The imposing majesty of the terrifying Death Knight!
You should be reacting to those things, so why am I the main attraction?!
“It’s not even anything particularly special!”
The attention my drunken post got last time? Fine, I’ll grant that.
It was understandable, since that post was worth drawing aggro over.
But this time, all it did was play my ordinary voice and show the hand holding the dagger.
What are they seeing to go “Wakya-pyah, heok” over?
And that whole long-legged vampire thing is seriously…! What even is the snake?!
Clearly, thanks to the previous Light’s Apostle incident, my image had once again settled into something moderately dangerous.
On top of that, rumors were circulating that I had subdued(?) Solo Warrior and the Light’s Apostle this time too, further emphasizing my greatness and majesty.
Yet a short video lasting only a few minutes completely reversed public opinion and spawned True Ancestor fans by the dozens.
“Haa…….”
I let out a deep sigh and checked the community’s reactions.
What on earth was so exciting about it?
[Title: The True Ancestor is freaking adorable lolㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]
[Author: Anonymous]
Did you watch the video? Doesn’t the way they introduce the item look like a kid showing off a new toy? ㅋㅋㅋ
I know because I’ve listened to all the True Ancestor’s voice clips posted on the community, but even though they all sound cold and haughty, their tone subtly changes depending on their emotional state ㅇㅇ
The tone in this video is slightly more upbeat overall,
and it gets brightest of all when the Death Knight slices through the monsters.
In other words, the True Ancestor got all smiley after seeing the Death Knight’s performance ㅋㅋ
If you think the True Ancestor is freaking adorable for getting excited over the Death Knight’s performance, should I hit the upvote button?
- Upvote
- Crazy, analyzing the tone of voice too is true madness ㅋㅋㅋ
- Aah, the True Ancestor is too adorable—aaaah!!!
ㄴ Adorable (freaking adorable)
[Title: I gathered all the True Ancestor’s most adorable moments from this video]
[Author: Anonymous]
(An enlarged photo of the True Ancestor’s small white hand)
(A photo of the True Ancestor’s silhouette faintly reflected in the dagger’s blade)
I captured every fleeting 0.1-second clip frame by frame.
Look at those white fingers and the silver-haired silhouette reflected in the dagger.
Auh, auh.
- Wow, this guy is a total pervert.
- Saved it.
- Their hands really are pretty.
- But aren’t you guys going to get assassinated by the True Ancestor for posting stuff like this…? They say the True Ancestor is an incredibly powerful vampire.
ㄴ Author) I know.
ㄴ Crazyㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
ㄴ True Ancestor fan mentality ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
ㄴ Ahㅋㅋ Even if I die, I gotta do what I gotta do.
[Title: This from the True Ancestor is too cute too ㅋㅋ]
[Author: Anonymous]
When they first came here, they definitely said they’d wipe us all out if we didn’t shut up because we were being noisy.
But now they say our chatter is pitiful and have even personally filmed us a vlog…….
They’re always saying they’ll kill us, but last time they even rescued one climber and caught a bad vampire ㅋㅋㅋ
The Great True Ancestor really looks after us climber bros.
- Wow
- Tsundere True Ancestor-nim ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
- Pretending to be cold on the outside while actually taking care of everyone ㅠㅠ
- Seriouslyㅋㅋㅋ They even taught Solo Warrior.
- Isn’t that why the Light’s Apostle quieted down too? They received “grace” and were converted.
- Great True Ancestor.
After roughly checking the reactions, I felt dizzy.
‘…Are all these people seriously insane?’
Why were they analyzing everything frame by frame, from my tone of voice to the silhouette reflected in the dagger’s blade?
It wasn’t as if they didn’t know I was dangerous. They knew, and they were still acting like this!
I genuinely worried that they had been mentally contaminated too.
Of course, there were still people emphasizing my dangerous nature and expressing concern, but most of public opinion had shifted to worship and shameless simping.
Haa. At this rate, my feat isn’t going up.
But then.
‘Huh?’
[The Lord’s Great Feat (Unique)]
- Current progress: 15%
It had gone up by 5%.
‘It goes up even like this?’
In any case, did this count as influencing powerful people too?
Uh…. Hmm. In that case, is this good…?
Even if my image had become a little strange, an increase in the number was still a benefit.
Moreover, after a little time passed, the reactions I had originally intended began to appear too.
[Title: But what rank is that dagger?]
[Author: Anonymous]
It has a Spell Power amplification option and directly summons undead that look insanely strong, so it must be at least somewhere between A+ and S-grade.
He got an item like that just as tribute?
What the hell is the farming level of ■■ difficulty like?
- Judging from the video alone, it seems to be S-grade level.
- Even on the Tower’s high floors, items like that must be hard to obtain ㄷㄷ
- But the True Ancestor treats it as nothing more than a toy. They’re in a completely different league.
[Title: The Death Knight is really strong ㅎㄷㄷ]
[Author: Anonymous]
Look at it wipe out all the monsters with a single basic attack each.
Calling something like this a mere shield is truly incredible.
- For real, if it were me, I’d make it my main tank the moment I summoned one….
- The True Ancestor’s definition of a shield = an S-grade summon ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- It really is freaking awesome.
[Title: Something even more surprising than the Death Knight ㅇㅇ]
[Author: Anonymous]
You’re all looking only at the dagger and the Death Knight, but look closely at the video’s background.
It just summons monsters out of thin air and then erases them again.
The background is also some endless white space.
What on earth is that?
Is it a unique domain or a space-creation ability? Or does it materialize illusions?
- Holy crap, it really is.
- What kind of ability is that?
- Is that where the True Ancestor lives?
‘Heh. That’s right!’
This was exactly the reaction I had wanted.
The discussion on the board was shifting toward the dagger’s value and the Death Knight’s incredible power.
And not only that, the special training room was also attracting a great deal of attention.
‘Hmm. I wasn’t aiming for that.’
I had only used the pure-white training room to hide the background of my house.
But to the community users, it seemed to be not an ordinary background but an astonishing spatial ability.
Come to think of it, perhaps I only found it ordinary because I used it every day and had grown accustomed to it, but controlling a subspace where I could freely manifest and erase monster illusions was indeed no ordinary feat.
In any case.
Seeing the analysis posts and the users’ horrified reactions made my heart swell with pride.
[The Lord’s Great Feat (Unique)]
- Current progress: 20%
And the progress rose by another 5%.
With this one video, I had gained a total of 10% additional progress on the feat.
I had only written a single post from my room, yet the feat was filling up this easily for free.
That wasn’t all.
Ding! Ding!
[Anonymous sponsor has donated 5,000 gold!]
[True Ancestor-nim, you look like you’re in a really good mood today hehe]
[Anonymous sponsor has donated 10,000 gold!]
[Please make videos more often ㅠㅠㅠ]
[Anonymous sponsor has donated 30,000 gold!]
[I heard the great True Ancestor-nim’s heavenly voice loud and clear!!]
…
Donations had begun pouring in too.
In an instant, I had made about a million gold.
‘Hehe. Then maybe I can upgrade the domain again?’
I thought it had been a wonderful idea to upload the video.
But then a thought suddenly occurred to me.
All the donation messages were phrased as if they found me cute too.
If my feat progress rose this rapidly from reactions like these alone,
‘Couldn’t I clear the quest just by filming videos myself, without even needing some amazing item?’
For example, if I filmed something like ASMR once, just as everyone really wanted…?
‘Ah, no!’
I hurriedly shook my head.
No matter what, that would be far too embarrassing!
It’s not as if I’m a YouTuber or streamer.
‘B-but… if an amount of donations so huge that it would surprise even me came pouring in, then maybe I wouldn’t be opposed. Ahem.’
Though a materialistic thought had begun to timidly rear its head.
But then.
Ding!
[CorpseLover has donated 500,000 gold!]
[True Ancestor~! Please check my message just once, pleaaase~!!!]
‘Huh?’
CorpseLover.
He was one of the named registered users of the Climber Community, as well as one of the big-spending sponsors who had shown me great favor from the very beginning and given me a great deal of support.
Why had he sent such a large amount again this time?
Besides, his message had an oddly urgent tone to it.
After shelling out 500,000 gold, checking his message was the least I could do.
I immediately opened my inbox.
[CorpseLover: Hey hey hey hey heeeyyyy]
[CorpseLover: How on earth did you get the dagger from the videooo~!!]
[CorpseLover: (A photo densely displaying numerous items of unknown rank)]
[CorpseLover: (A photo of dozens of undead, preserved by type inside a huge glass display case)]
[CorpseLover: If there’s anything you need among what’s here, I’ll give it to you]
[CorpseLover: No. Even if there’s something you want besides what’s here, I’ll get it all for you]
[CorpseLover: So couldn’t you hand that dagger over to meee~?]