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ㄴ SSS-Rank Gearhead : But I don't know when they'll see it. No one might show up until the year-end gacha season.

“But waiting several months would be a problem too…”

In any case, everything is so extreme.

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Title: What do you think the verified vanguard users will think when they come back and see the newbie?

Author: ㅇㅇ(418F)

By the time the newbie breaks through Floor 100 and parks there, at least one of them should have returned. I'm really curious how they'll react lol

Remember that verified user who climbed seven floors in a year back in the day.

That bastard wrote three whole pages of the gallery all by himself back then.

Looking at the newbie's climbing speed, wouldn't he be instantly exposed as an ordinary nobody? lol

[Comments]

ㅇㅇ(312F) : You mean Blood Demon Dao Venerable? Just a complete nobody. The newbie did 60 floors in four days lol

ㅇㅇ(505F) : Seven floors a year really was an unprecedented talent in the history of the Demon King's Tower.

ㄴ ㅇㅇ(148F) : Yeah, but the newbie crossed the line way too hard.

ㄴ ㅇㅇ(277F) : What's with the simple math? That guy started in the 700s.

ㄴ ㅇㅇ(461F) : Spend more time in the gallery, dumbass. He's just messing around and taking the joke way too far.

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‘Seven floors a year.’

In this Demon King's Tower, where taking several years to clear a single floor was the norm, someone who pushed through seven floors in one year deserved to be called a legend.

By contrast, my clearing Floor 60 wasn't particularly impressive.

The theory that the monsters below Floor 100 were weak had practically been confirmed by now.

And at the same time, that was precisely what made it dangerous.

It meant that even an intruder who entered the tower could climb it with ease.

But I had already gotten quite far from Floor 1, and I couldn't recklessly force my pace and die for nothing just because the hero might show up at any moment.

I had already learned the hard way what happened when I pushed through twenty-five floors in a day and then collapsed for three whole days.

I still had one Fatigue Recovery Potion left, so I could climb as far as Floor 84, but…

There was no need to burn through the potion and run right now.

The longer I took, the more benefit I would get from the Fatigue Recovery Potion.

The next Golden Carriage wouldn't come for another month anyway.

I leisurely clicked on the next post.

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Title: No, fuck, newbie, you really were in danger lolol

Author: ㅇㅇ(351F)

You were breezing upward so easily that I thought the early mobs were pushovers, just like 574F said.

But after reading the newbie's review of Floors 2–60, it was way more fucking spectacular than I expected…

Fatigue bullshit, ranged sniping, status ailments, and everything;;

This is basically an HP 1 run, isn't it?;;;;;;;

[Comments]

ㅇㅇ(418F) : The fact that you had to dodge attacks or cheese them with teleportation is itself the problem. If your luck had been a little worse, you could've just died right there.

ㅇㅇ(312F) : For real, this is fucking absurd. With your Defense looking like that and no Magic Shield, you'd die instantly if you got hit. You're genuinely insane.

ㅇㅇ(341F) : Newbie, please take better care of yourself… You're making my heart race;;

Fenrir : I don't know how many times I've said this, but I really wish you'd train.

ㄴ ㅇㅇ(123F) : The ordinary nobodies are having a full harvest lol

ㄴ ㅇㅇ(431F) : The 100F bro dropping truth bombs ㄷㄷㄷㄷ

ㄴ ㅇㅇ(561F) : As always, the leading digit was a 1.

ㄴ ㅇㅇ(311F) : Aaaagh, the 100F guy's tragic story!!!!

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There were tons of worried posts.

The gist was that I should take the promotion matches more slowly.

ㅇㅇ(60F) : Got it. I'll take a break from promotion matches.

ㄴ Fenrir : How long are you going to rest? I'm not asking for a year.

ㄴ ㅇㅇ(60F) : About eight hours?

ㄴ Fenrir : ?

ㄴ ㅇㅇ(358F) : Excuse me?

ㄴ ㅇㅇ(351F)(Author) : ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

And then the next post.

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Title: But when is the newbie learning black magic?

Author: ㅇㅇ(180F)

I genuinely don't know.

It's honestly ridiculous that you haven't had a truly life-threatening crisis, so you haven't had a chance to go to the Reaper realm lol

If it were me, I'd have gone to the Reaper realm the moment I saw something like a skeleton with a bow.

Can't you just go to the Reaper realm now, learn the instant-death ability, and then quietly learn black magic?

Do you really have to save it as an invincibility move?

It's not as though going to the Reaper realm once would cut your stay there in half…

[Comments]

ㅇㅇ(505F) : There are people who can't awaken because no crisis comes?!

ㄴ ㅇㅇ(351F) : ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

ㄴ ㅇㅇ(180F) : Not planning on one ever coming.

ㄴㅇㅇ(431F) : No, knowing the newbie's personality, they'll probably still take it slow even after reaching Floor 100.

ㄴFenrir : For real, that's exactly right. I told you. People like the newbie are destined to die eventually, no matter what. I fucking hate this coddling atmosphere too.

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As that post said, the situation had become rather ambiguous.

I had naturally expected a crisis to occur by the time I reached this far, and planned to use Death's End to cheese the attack, use the instant-death ability, clear the floor, and then learn black magic.

‘But I still haven't gotten the chance to do that.’

Could a crisis arise during the remaining forty floors?

Or would I simply be able to crush everything without trouble using the item buffs from my growth-type gear?

I couldn't help thinking that.

After all, most of the stats I had raised while climbing the tower were Intelligence, Magic Power, and Senses.

“And yet, fifty-nine wins in a row…”

It was only natural to grow confident when I was winning consecutive close-range battles without even investing in Strength or Agility.

I calculated that breaking through Floor 100 would be more comfortable than I had expected.

“All right, I've decided.”

In this Demon King's Army gallery, which had never seen a hero in its history, the lowest-floor user had reached the early 100s.

Once I reached that safe zone, I'd start proper training.

“Let's learn the instant-death ability after clearing Floor 100.”

I lightly tapped out a reply.

ㄴ ㅇㅇ(60F) : A month is overkill. I'll rest today, and starting tomorrow, I plan to climb about one floor a day.

ㄴ ㅇㅇ(312F) : ;;;;

ㄴ ㅇㅇ(148F) : We're amazing for managing to drag “one floor a day” out of this bastard.

ㄴ ㅇㅇ(741F) : Yeah, yeah, please just lie down for a while…

That was all for today anyway.

I had obtained my target Unique item and bought plenty of necessities from the Golden Carriage.

“Should I set up a camp?”

I stood up and rolled my shoulders.

I opened my holographic inventory and dumped the things I had bought from [Soldier-Customized PX] onto the marble floor.

A folding chair.

A folding table.

A one-touch mini tent.

And food and various daily necessities.

I set up all the larger items and unfolded the chair last.

“Phew.”

With all this, it really felt like I had come to a campsite.

I would probably get more furnishings later.

“I wish something like a bed would show up.”

I didn't even have a sleeping bag right now.

I set a burner on the table and placed a pot on it.

After pouring in bottled water and boiling it, I emptied two packets of instant mix coffee into a paper cup.

Then I added more clean water and put in the sausages and frozen fried rice whole to heat them up.

“Ah, I wish I had a microwave.”

I'd need a generator first, though.

If I kept getting stronger like this, perhaps someday I could produce enough electricity for a small power plant just by turning a crank with my hand.

That was assuming such items actually came out of the Golden Carriage, of course.

“I suppose a game console won't come out…”

I imagined all sorts of things.

Seeing photos of people decorating their floors in the gallery, it did seem possible that I could build my own little vacation home as I climbed the tower.

ㅇㅇ(60F) : Wow, it's pretty. I hope I get a wooden table later too.

ㄴ ㅇㅇ(431F) : Declaring a tower makeover lol

ㄴFenrir : Yeah, take it slow, set up a human place, and live like a person.

ㄴㅇㅇ(244F) : Live like a person (not human)

Clatter, clatter.

On the common area of Floor 60, the delicious smell of food and the aroma of coffee began to fill the air.

Everything was ready.

“Let's eat.”

Before that.

I sat in the folding chair with the tent in the background and took a photo of the steaming food.

Then I uploaded it to the gallery right away.

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Title: Floor 60 Base Camp—How's It Looking?

Author: ㅇㅇ(60F)

{A silver-haired, blue-eyed girl sitting in a chair with a tent in the background, holding a steaming cup of coffee}

For now, I've set up camp on Floor 60.

[Comments]

Fenrir : Yeah, get plenty of rest like that. Looks nice.

ㅇㅇ(505F) : LOL, isn't that where a gargoyle's head was rolling around until just now?

ㄴ ㅇㅇ(341F) : Definitely a psychopath. A Demon King's Army asset.

Knowing the Leisure of a Cup of Tea : It's coffee,,! I'm jealous.^^

ㄴMacanon: What's coffee…?

ㄴKnowing the Leisure of a Cup of Tea : The little one isn't allowed to drink it,,,^^

ㅇㅇ(415F) : Looks like your first PX run turned out pretty well. I slept on the bare floor for two months at the very beginning.

ㄴ ㅇㅇ(60F)(Author) : I don't have a sleeping bag, so it'll probably be similar. I'm planning to sleep with a snack bag as a pillow.

ㄴ ㅇㅇ(431F) : The bag will burst, and you'll sleep on a pillow of snack crumbs.

ㄴ ㅇㅇ(321F) : ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

ㄴ ㅇㅇ(315F) : Your head did look a little big though lol

ㄴ ㅇㅇ(60F)(Author) : Huh?

ㄴ ㅇㅇ(731F) : No, you bastards, Newbie-chan's head isn't big at all????

ㄴ ㅇㅇ(387F) : Simp apprehended.

I let out a small laugh as I read the comments.

“Slurp.”

A sip of sweet mix coffee slid down my throat.

“Wow… this is fucking amazing.”

“Wait, what is this…?”

It was practically an ecstatic experience.

This female Reaper seemed to be tasting sugar for the first time, too.

Afterward, I took a bite of the warmed sausage and leaned deeply back into the chair.

“This is so freaking delicious.”

After finishing the fried rice, I let myself sink into the warm, drowsy feeling that came with being full.

Swinging my feet in the air, I read through the gallery's amusing comments.

ㅇㅇ(464F): I'm eating along with you right now lol

ㄴ ㅇㅇ(351F) : Hey, you too?

ㄴ ㅇㅇ(432F) : Let's all eat together after posting photo proof.

“Heehee.”

Before I knew it, I was smiling.

I felt a small, simple happiness.

Yeah. I was trapped in a place like this, but what else could I do?

I should allow myself the leisure to open my heart to small pleasures.

I didn't need to beat myself up for failing to do that because I had been wracking my brain over maximizing efficiency.

If I parked above Floor 100 soon, then decades from now, today's four days might look laughable.

‘What was I in such a hurry for? I must've been crazy lol,’ I might say.

Once I cleared Floor 100, I'd be able to use all the information on the gallery, so I shouldn't be impatient.

I would take comfort in everything, catch my breath, and move forward one step at a time.

I hummed a tune.

“~♪”

“~♫”

[Warning. An intruder has reached this floor.]

[The defense battle begins.]

“♭𝄽What the

fuck?”