◈ Short cut (2)
“What will happen to Mr. Moo-myeong if I bring this?”
Then, Noah Park shrugged her shoulders as if she did not know me. It’s as if she’s saying, ‘So you’re not going to use it?’
“Ugh···.”
I breathe out a sigh of relief. I was an idiot for trying to somehow go for the good last year. Is Myeong-myeong thinking that he has lost it? When did you steal it?
‘no. That’s not what’s important.’
…Anyway, what is certain is that this direct ticket saved the time to travel to the 25th floor. I’m sorry to Myung-myeong, but Park Noah must have done something helpful in the current situation.
Knowing that, Noah Park also showed her cards with such pride. It’s a different thing to have a mean attitude.
The time was already dawn. If you think that the Red Hawk mercenaries are leaving their base and moving, so they’re taking all the important equipment…, obviously they’re still preparing.
‘I’m going to leave in the morning.’
If you move when it’s dark, you won’t be very noticeable, but there’s no way the demon’s night eyes are dark. Rather, it is much better to have the dawn time to respond to an attack. Ahat remains there, so even if he tries to move, he will stop him.
‘The problem is Desaruuk.’
The variable was that I had never been in contact with him yet, so I couldn’t tell what he looked like. The only thing that comes to mind right now is hardcore difficulty, hell mode. Even artifacts are three variables that have already occurred.
The immortality characteristic would still be there, and apart from that, intelligence and physical would have increased… Considering that the only way to stop such a bastard was the relic, the only thing he could do was move quickly.
Anyway, to use the direct ticket, you had to go up to the 3rd floor and use the portal. I stopped thinking about taking a break for a while.
“I can’t take a break because I have a direct ticket. Let’s go now.”
“Where else are you going?”
Park Noah moved to a remote place, not the road.
I feel like I’m getting back to my old personality, even though it’s a bit reckless. I didn’t expect that I would be dragged, not dragged.
After following Noah Park, he was headed to a warehouse in a remote place. I knew why I was here. This is where the Aiden family’s car is kept.
“Um, ah? Long time no see.”
A spherical man through the window found us and spoke to us. There were no people on the first floor, so it was gloomy, and it must have been that he was carrying out his mission without leaving his seat.
“But why did you come…?”
At that question, Noah Park looked at me. Are you telling me to tell you instead? She said as she approached the window on the main road.
“I’m on my way to see Ellen, and I want to rent a car up to the third floor.
“Yes? Still, it’s a principle that you can’t use it without a lady. Could you please prove that you allowed it?”
groan If there was a phone call, she would have called Ellen. Communication was interrupted, so there was nothing I could do.
‘If there was a phone call, there would be no reason to go directly to the temple in the first place.’
When I couldn’t answer, the man looked apologetic as if he knew that. He knew that he too knew the situation, so he could not help it.
“If you go to the third floor without a break, it will take about four or five hours. And if you go to the 25th floor, it will take a few days, so take it easy…”
tung. Noah Park’s hand suddenly appeared behind me, stopped the man’s words, and touched the window with the back of her hand. Park Noah, who drew attention like that, showed the stolen direct ticket to Myung-myeong.
“Uh, that’s…”
The man’s eyes widened and he stood up straight away.
“Please show me that. If you get a direct ticket, that’s enough.”
“Ah, that’s good. I’m going to tell you this.”
As I helped, Noah Park, standing next to me, slapped her arm with her elbow. do you mean good
It was stolen rather than received, but from the reaction of the man, it seems that Myeong-myeong did not go through this place. Then you’re going up the stairs yourself right now.
…it’s not my fault, but I’m sorry.
The man opened the door to the warehouse. Inside, there was a black magic engineering car with the Aiden family pattern engraved on it.
“You ride. I will take you.”
The man who closed the warehouse said excitedly as he opened the car door.
“Yes? There is no need for you to do so…, isn’t it automatically moving along the path anyway?”
“I need to retrieve it, and if the car breaks down, it’s my fault. Um, are you feeling uncomfortable?”
Even if I didn’t notice, I wouldn’t have known this. The man wants to follow him because he is lonely all the time.
How do you find this uncomfortable? When I asked, the man got into the driver’s seat.
“…what, how are you?”
Me and Noah Park made eye contact and got into the car. The man placed his hand on the spherical stone that was placed instead of his handle.
“Then I will leave.”
Whoa! As the man drained the mana, a blue light came out of the sphere, and the car floated in the air with a small noise. And he started moving at a fast pace.
Moving at high speed by car, you are passing the first floor and then the second floor. There were no people on the road, so there was no reason to be blocked. Thanks to you, I’m running at top speed. Even on the second floor, the mercenaries did not even see their noses.
Then you hear the sound of breathing behind you. When she turned her head, Noah Park closed her eyes and bowed her head.
sulkingly sleeping alone I also wanted to close my eyes for a moment, but it is a rule of thumb that the person sitting in the passenger seat does not sleep while driving. I’d rather have Park Noah in front.
“Is it bleak?”
As I was looking out the window, the man spoke to me.
“Yes? Ah yes. Is it because the protection of the tower has disappeared?”
“Recently, there were few, but now there is no inflow, so there is no one. Thanks to you, I will die of boredom.”
The man started talking as if he had been waiting for the word to be accepted.
“New Awakeners do not enter the tower, and veterans who have already passed away are staying above. Perhaps the upper floors are still crowded and lively. The stronger the demons, the better quality materials come out.”
but. No matter how grim the situation, there are always those who benefit.
“But, that’s why the downstairs is a problem now.”
“Why downstairs?”
“Even though there are still a small number of Awakeneds on the front line, on the contrary, there is no one to deal with the monsters below. Besides, the longer the monster has survived, the stronger it gets, and as a result, the cost to bet as a quest reward increases.”
“Ummm, it’s a vicious cycle.”
It seems that the amount of monsters has increased in the section skipping through direct tickets.
In addition, the number of monsters seen near the stairs when passing the first floor also increased. Even though it was rare to see monsters up to the 3rd floor normally. If the magic to erase the presence of the car hadn’t been engraved on it, there was a possibility that the demons would have attacked it.
“Ah, it has arrived.”
As soon as I saw the stairs going up to the third floor, I woke up Noah Park, who was drooling from behind, and got out of the car.
“Thank you for taking me. then.”
“Yes, be careful!”
After saying hello, the man turned the car around and went back.
I went up to the third floor with Noah Park, who quietly yawned. My vision flickered for a moment, and when I reached the third floor, I could see portals from the beginning.
“Some cards.”
When he reaches out to Noah Park, he hands me a direct ticket. He grabbed it and brought it to the portal.
beep. The achromatic passageway recognized the card and turned blue. Now the coordinates to the 25th floor have been set.
Whoa! When I first entered the portal, my view changed once more and I reached the 25th floor in an instant.
‘It saved me a lot of time.’
It’s also a short cut. Soon, Noah Park followed.
The 25th floor is like a city where people live. As it is a residence mainly where NPCs live, I did not feel any change externally.
‘Ah, but the atmosphere on the street has changed.’
It was dawn, but the brightness of the street lamps that always lit up the streets had also dimmed. It was not known whether it was because the supply of mana was difficult, or if the situation in the tower meant not to wander outside because the situation was horrendous.
Park Noah, who returned to the 25th floor after almost a year, looked around. I said to Park Noah.
“Noah. Before going up to the temple, I’m going to tell Ellen what the world is like. I will also tell you about Mr. Myung.”
“I don’t have to go all the way to you, would you like to see some people?”
Upon hearing that, Noah Park shook her head. She is the specification that there is no need for that. It’s dawn, but she said if Park Noah came, she would all run out in a hurry.
“Well, don’t hate it.”
Ellen, the manager on the 25th floor, will be staying at the round table. She would normally have gone home from work as she had time, but she’d be eating and sleeping at the round table because she couldn’t afford it at the top.
Me and Noah Park moved to the place where the round table was.
Then he found something near the round table and stopped walking. In the distance, a group was standing outside the round table. He is seen wearing armor that reflects the light of a street lamp. There was no way he was unaware of their familiar armament.
‘Temple?’
It is the Holy Knights of the Temple. Why did they come to the 25th floor? Now wasn’t the time to be on the front line.
As Noah Park tried to approach them, I grabbed Noah Park by the neck as she rushed ahead.
Noah Park grabbed the collar that was dragged and looked back at me. She said, ‘What are you doing?’ she was swearing with her eyes.
“Are you stupid? You are here.”
Is there anything to die for? I pointed to my magic sword that Noah Park was carrying on her shoulder.
It was then that Noah Park seemed to understand what it meant.
“If you find out about this, it’s the end of both you and me.”
It can be changed at any time, but in the eyes of others, it is no different than corrupting the holy sword, the holy sword of the temple, into a demon sword.
Even I am a person who is called the hero of the temple. No matter how generously the temple appears to me, if you show me this kind of favorability, the favorability you have accumulated so far will plummet to the bottom.
I’m not going to kill you because I’ve been doing it for a while, but… just in case you don’t know. In the eyes of others, this was like a heresy.
“Or, now, let me awaken with the Holy Sword again.”
This one is safer. I held out my hand in the sense that I should bring a magic sword.
Noah Park reflexively embraced the sword and took a step back. …I didn’t even expect it.
“Ugh. If Arwell sees this, he will shed tears of blood. Then I’ll go alone, so wait here.”
I left Park Noah nodding and approached the Paladin. The fact that the Paladins of the Temple are here means that I have something to share with Ellen. Or maybe he was going down to understand the situation on the ground.
‘···If you wish.’
I had a gut feeling that I could skip the process of going up to the 44th floor for the Holy Relic.
“It’s been a while.”
“okay. Manager.”
Astiel accompanied by two paladins sat opposite Ellen and the round table. After he said his first goodbye, he didn’t say any more. The paladins who were together were sweating in an uncomfortable atmosphere for some reason.
“Are you on the front line? It must be difficult, but you worked hard.”
Breaking the silence, Ellen spoke first. At that, Astiel put on a surprised expression.
“what. How does the manager know? I didn’t know that the 25th floor would be interested in wires.”
Astiel spoke, Ellen grinned and sipped the thickly brewed coffee.
“no? I guess it was just because he had a more tired face than when he was a student.”
“······ha ha ha.”
It was probably Meg. Astiel let out a stiff laughter.
‘Do you want me to just bring Noah Park?’
And Seo Ji-han was listening to the conversation in the aisle. The thought of going out again came to mind.
