◈ Tower – ?F (3)
After completing training, Seo Ji-han returned to Yoosung Academy and headed to the tower with Astiel as scheduled the next day. Fortunately, Noah Park, a dangerous person, could not follow.
Seo-han himself was well aware that if he took Noah Park as Ahart warned, there is a half-half chance of causing trouble. Considering that part, he asked Drakhan to come out cooperatively, unexpectedly.
‘It was for other reasons.’
It’s not that Drakhan restrained his personal feelings of revenge, but rather Park Noah, because he decided that it was dangerous to deal with them alone. So he was able to catch Noah Park under the pretext of another training.
Drakhan could not accompany him because he could not escape from the villagers in the meteor academy and the temple. If Drakhan had been with him, he would probably have had to cancel the plan to meet with the heads of state in advance.
“…then I wish you good luck. The former president too.”
“Yes, thank you.”
“Go back carefully.”
Yoon-seong Oh, who accompanied me as an escort, and other students from the leading team returned. In front of the tower, only Seo Ji-han and Astiel were left.
They stood in front of the entrance, staring at the huge black pillar. It was a smooth, glossy top with no scratches on the surface. Before going inside, Astiel said to Seo Ji-han. About what I heard yesterday.
“Did you say you were waiting on the 44th floor?”
“yes. Hearing Sir Arthur Grande, he knew he was getting calls.”
“Hmm. If the party was about two wizards, they wouldn’t have come to fight.”
“I wouldn’t come here like that before instead just because I was crazy. still···.”
“okay. The problem must have been that he approached the saint in an instant.”
That alone was enough to be a threat. Because it meant that you could come and go to Daeshinjeon at any time you like.
‘It must have been avoided because of his personality.’
After running the simulation dozens or hundreds of times, the wizards who came with him approached the saint’s place without being detected.
The wall could be overcome using space magic, and it was clear that the security had moved to the optimal route before the danger had been signaled.
“Maybe Sir Arthur can’t be with us.”
The reason why only Seo Ji-han and Astiel climbed the tower was simple. Because I decided to go with Arthur Grand on the 44th floor. If the commander of the Holy Knights of the Great War was a party, it was certain that even the top powers would not be able to come out recklessly.
However, the schedule could have been changed due to a situation that could put the saint in danger. Then, to meet the heads of state, we had to climb together, or we had to give up climbing.
‘You can go up to the 44th floor with a direct ticket, but beyond that, you have to pierce the monsters yourself.’
Of course, the people on the 50th floor had come down, so the lower floors would have been cleaned up to some extent, but it wasn’t safe.
As he entered the tower, the system appeared in front of Seo Ji-han. This is a perk related to the tower. It was a very useless sentiment-related content.
“It’s crowded.”
The inside of the tower has turned into a mess compared to the last time I came with Park Noah. Still, seeing mercenaries and other people sporadically, the security itself may have been better than it was back then.
All nearby shops were closed. Seeing that some of them were broken, there must have been some who caused a commotion.
“By the way, have you ever heard of the child of prophecy?”
“yes. Rumors.”
Even though he said that, Seo Ji-han even met him in person. On a game basis, though.
‘Child of Prophecy’.
Although it is often mentioned in the beginning of the story, he is a hidden character that only appears in some routes in the second half of the original story.
“Oh, you can go over there. I told Ellen, so I’ll just have to borrow the Aiden family car this time.”
“Is it okay if Aiden doesn’t come to the 25th floor?”
“For now, they say that Olivia Roa takes care of the manager’s job. There is Myeong-Myeong, and there are people from other Aiden families, so it’s not like he’s the only one doing the job, contrary to what he says.”
It’s Ellen who gets scolded by Carol later. Serge Han told what she had heard from Ellen.
“Ellen did talk about it. The 50th floor was encroached on, so they might come down to the 25th floor. She then said she had to go back on her own too.”
“Perhaps it is. After the 50th floor, there are only 25 floors where people can live. The problem is that it’s too narrow for everyone to be together.”
“After all, we should meet the heads of state and talk about it.”
“Does the tower seem to know we are coming and move the child of prophecy?”
“yes. Almost.”
It is probably Seo Ji-han that the child of prophecy wants to meet. There is only one condition for the child of prophecy, a hidden person who does not appear, to move.
‘When the future you see is constantly changing as a variable.’
The hidden condition for the appearance of the ‘Child of Prophecy’ was that the stack in which the element of luck was generated was accumulated more than a certain number in the original work, or that growth that was originally impossible such as ‘awakening’ was filled.
In that regard, Seo Ji-han was more than satisfied with the conditions. Rather, even if the condition itself was satisfied in the past, it did not appear because of the situation of the tower. Since the 50th floor had been eroded by erosion, it was clear that it was only now moving with the slack created in reverse.
‘Before meeting the heads of state, you must want to meet in advance.’
I wondered what the reason was. Maybe it was because there was a conflict with the heads of state in the future that he saw as foreknowledge, so he was trying to get ahead of that.
Neither would be good intentions. That’s what Seo Ji-han could be sure of.
“That part will be important. Is the child of prophecy moving directly, or is it moving after talking with the manager?”
Seo Ji-han quietly nodded at Astiel’s words.
“It must be in front of the portal by now.”
“Then I will be here soon.”
“Do you not already know when you will arrive?”
“ah. Then it will take about 30 minutes.”
The child of prophecy trembled and said. The attitude was so unpleasant that even the saint, Albain, frowned for a moment.
The wizards were not here. For the safety of the saint, they were being watched in a similar manner in confinement in another place. The wizards tried to rebel, but the child of prophecy told the paladins it was okay.
“Then this is also a relationship, so you can ask a few questions.”
The child of prophecy said while eating refreshments.
“Aren’t you curious about the future, Lady?”
“If you were to differentiate between curious and not curious, you would be curious. But I don’t see it.”
“Hey, why?”
“I don’t feel the need to see the future because I follow you.”
“Ah⎯, that was the reason.”
When Albain asked, the child of prophecy shrugged.
“In the future I saw, the saint was angry in this conversation. Perhaps I was rude.”
I guessed roughly what he was talking about. Albain warned by indirectly talking around.
“This is Daeshinjeon. It is a place where we believe in the Goddess Grand.”
“Yes. I know it well.”
After an uncomfortable refreshment period, I got up when the time came. At the same time, Arthur appeared as the door opened. Arthur looked like he had finished preparing to go upstairs, as he had been told by Seo Ji-han.
“Are you ready, Sir Arthur?”
“yes. It is said that the saint and the hero have entered the Great Hall.”
When the saint spoke, the child of prophecy nodded.
“good.”
Albain and the Child of Prophecy moved together. As soon as I came out of the main hall, I saw two familiar people walking from the opposite side.
Seo Ji-han and Astiel Grand. A holy sword was tied to Seo Ji-han’s waist.
Before anyone else could move, the child of prophecy walked first.
Astiel was surprised to see the child of prophecy getting closer and closer. Even though his face was covered with a bandage, there was no discomfort at all in his behavior.
“Is it your first time seeing you? nice to meet you Have you heard the rumors about me?”
“…Ah, yes. hello.”
Astiel carefully glanced at the child of prophecy who was talking to each other. His size similar to his own was unexpected. As the nickname ‘child of the prophecy’, the age is not certain, but he was like a child.
When Astiel greeted him, the child of prophecy immediately turned his head as if his business was over.
“And that one….”
With a voice full of laughter, his gaze turned to Seo Ji-han. Seo Ji-han looked down at the child of prophecy with a sullen expression.
“You are the one who sealed the demon.”
“I am well aware of it.”
“Because I saw it.”
The child of prophecy smiled and pointed towards his eyes. She couldn’t see her eyes covered with bandages.
“I can’t see in front of my nose, but thanks to my personality, I can see many things. I saw you too.”
“okay. So have you seen this too?”
“Yes? which···.”
Before the child of prophecy could speak, Seo Ji-han’s hand moved.
The place the hand went to was a bandage covering his face. Seo Ji-han pulled the bandage tight and released it.
“You haven’t seen this.”
“you···! What is this!!!”
The untied bandage slid down, revealing a hidden face. The child of prophecy belatedly raised her hand and tried to cover her face, but it was already too late.
“hey! Seo-han. What are you doing rudely…!”
Astiel, who was in front of him, clearly checked the face that was hidden even as he hit Seo Ji-han.
“Uh, uh…?”
And it turned into a pale blue face.
The child of prophecy staggered, covering his face with both hands. Seo Ji-han, who had committed such an act, looked at him bluntly.
“The road to go is busy, so let’s not waste time looking at things that have gone in vain.”
“Well? It’s strange.”
Forced death continues. Obviously, this happened over and over again, even though I did what the child of prophecy told me.
[- Noah. On the 80th floor…]
Should it be called Hidden Peace? After coming into contact with the child of prophecy, which was only mentioned in the story, they agreed to the goal of meeting the master.
This guy told me one after another the elements of the tower that would appear in the future.
Even things that were hidden somewhere, including those I’ve seen on routes that have already been cleared. Those were information that would be helpful in other rounds.
He even told me how to attack the boss monster that guards the stairs to the next floor, so it was very comfortable. But from the moment before the final chapter, it was strange.
Not only did it give you the wrong information the first time, but every time you return to the save, the information it tells you is different. When I restarted the save for the tenth time, only then one assumption came to mind.
That the child of prophecy had an intention to prevent him from heading to Tapju. After building trust, I lied to kill myself, the playable character, and my teammates at the decisive moment.
Later, he took the risk of losing his favorability and confirmed the identity of the guy. And I realized and understood the intent of what the child of prophecy had done so far.
The Child of Prophecy did not want the tower to be attacked. Its goal was not to stop the tower, and the erosion would hit the ground and the end would come.
The face covered by the bandages was not familiar and had the same shape.
This guy was another ‘Park Noah’.
Noah Park as a ‘lugger’ who was not chosen as TOP’s child.
