Stuck in The Tower - Chapter 1

Prologue

Everyone in this world climbs the tower before becoming a Hunter.

From the 1st floor to the 100th floor.

A system that gets stronger as you go up.

Over 80% of those who couldn’t even pass the tutorial.

Those who were eliminated on the 10th floor were classified as E-class hunters.

The one who reached the 20th floor was a D-class Hunter.

The 30th floor is C grade.

The 40th floor is class B.

Currently, the one who gained fame as an S-class was a person who had risen to the 60th floor.

and i

The 100th floor is just around the corner. Chapter 1 Entrance

Dungeon. The space created by the opening of the gate.

A fierce battleground where numerous monsters live and at the same time, a superhuman named Hunter hunts.

More than 10 years have passed since the monster appeared.

Humanity has also evolved to adapt to the changing world.

Hunters and ordinary people. They were pretty used to each other by now.

At first, there were conflicts, but now Hunter’s popularity is skyrocketing.

“Wow, crazy.”

I was amazed by watching Beautv on my cell phone.

What you see on the screen is Kim Han-seong, an S-rank hunter.

He was one of the strongest players in the country.

“You look handsome. okay. take it all Take them all.”

He was everyone’s lover with his good looks and upright mind. In fact, I even showed my face in numerous commercials.

A strong hunter gains strength. I earn a lot of money as much as I risk my life.

State support does not cease. Because without them, monsters cannot be stopped.

Even for the safety of the country and the people, the Hunter was a must-have.

Among them, the person at the top is Kim Han-seong.

restrained action. Calm but resolute to end the life of a monster with certainty.

He has so much charisma.

“The 61st floor.”

I murmured briefly. The number of floors climbed by Kim Han-seong, an S-class hunter.

All Hunters are summoned to the tower before awakening.

In the early days, the country was paralyzed due to the pouring of monsters, so it was simply treated as missing, but that was for a while.

Those who had been forgotten returned as powerful people.

Superhumans who exhibit incomprehensible supernatural powers and show supernatural powers that cannot be thought of as human beings.

they said

[Climb the tower as high as possible.]

[The higher you climb, the stronger you will be given.]

[Coin. Possibilities vary depending on the given coin. If you haven’t climbed the tower yet, pray. Ask them to get as many coins as possible.]

Coins. It was a challenging opportunity given to individuals.

If you have 1 coin, you can climb again even if you die while climbing.

If you have two, you can try again even if you die twice.

Whether you climbed once or twice, the strength of the Hunter was determined based on the number of floors climbed the highest while in the tower.

Countless Hunters lamented.

He said that he would have climbed even one more floor, and that if it hadn’t been for that mistake, he would have become a high-ranking hunter.

“Because there is a limit to being strong in real life.”

Numerous hunters testified.

Even in real life, you can become stronger by going around dungeons, but it’s not comparable to the tower.

Climbing the first floor of the tower more than going around dungeons for 10 years makes me grow a lot.

“If only I could climb the tower.”

I muttered as I looked down at the video that had ended before I knew it.

damn world. Monsters to tear apart. absurd life.

It took strength to solve all of that.

A world that has changed. It was no longer a joke to say that the fist preceded the law.

– Bahak!

“Heuk!”

As I was alone in my thoughts, a dull pain ran through my head.

I grabbed my tingling hair and turned my head to see Park Seon-hak, an E-rank hunter, glaring at me with a crumpled face.

The way he touches his lips with the corner of his mouth raised is exactly what Yangachi is.

He leaned down to eye level with me and started pushing my head with his fingers.

“You are touching your phone again. Anyway, that’s the problem with stupid bastards. You have no concept? Don’t you know you’re entering a dungeon? You can’t just throw it away.”

It’s pure nonsense. There were still 30 minutes left before entering the dungeon.

When I glanced behind him, my fellow hunters were also giggling.

I’m just doing this because I’m bored, you scumbags.

Swearing rose to his throat, but he couldn’t spit it out.

Despite their low rating, they are hunters.

It’s not something that I, a normal person, can stand against.

In particular, dungeons are virtually lawless. It is a place where people often die.

It meant that even if a porter like me died, it would be treated as an accidental death.

“What? look at the eyes You know they don’t use porters these days, right? I can’t thank you.”

“Oh no. I’ve heard a lot of stories about how dirty my eyes are. I am always grateful.”

I waved my hand with the clearest face possible.

Gratitude is a bottom hunter who doesn’t even have money to buy a subspace pocket to freeze to death.

He bit his molars, but did not express himself.

Thinking like this, I was also living as a porter without a proper job.

It wasn’t because I was particularly lazy.

I just lost everything because of the damn monster.

It was a common story.

When you go to work one day, the company building is gone.

I don’t know if it’s a place with a scale, but in the case of small and medium-sized enterprises, there were many cases where it was dismantled in the air.

On the day he lost his job because bad things happen, even his family lost their lives in the monster wave that exploded.

That was the story two years ago when I was 26 years old.

“Hey hey. Let’s have fun and go inside.”

Like a toy, his head was turning back and forth at Park Seon-hak’s fingertip, when his colleague called him.

My cheeks are tingling. Even an E-class hunter is a hunter at first, so even if I tap it lightly, it seems that my mouth is slightly torn.

woo.

Seeing the saliva mixed with blood, it really exploded. You bastard.

“already? You still have 30 minutes left.”

“I got a blind date. You have to finish it quickly and go.”

“If you go anyway, you’ll be embarrassed because you’re ugly.”

“Stay still. Because he is more handsome than you.”

The centipedes flirting with each other flirted with me.

It means to pack your bag.

My role was to pack by-products and miscellaneous items as a porter.

From now on, you must keep your mind straight. They don’t know, but my life as an ordinary person can be endangered even with a small threat.

Each equipment was thoroughly checked.

The lightweight bag is good, and the potions and equipment they will use are well placed in the designated space.

I wanted to throw poison instead of potions, but…

‘If they live, I’ll live too.’

I can’t help it even if it’s dirty. Because the possibility of returning alive from the dungeon as a normal person converges to zero.

-Chulkyong

Lastly, I checked the dagger for self-defense that was worn around my waist.

It’s just a lump of metal about 40 centimeters long, but I feel relieved.

Ready with this.

“hey! Come to the inventory. Don’t fall behind this time. It’s really behind.”

“All right.”

They don’t call me by my name Even though you obviously know my name.

Other than that, he laughed without getting tired of it.

‘Let’s endure today as well.’

Because someday, I too will be called by the tower.

I followed them into the dungeon in front of me.

* * *

3 hours since entering the dungeon.

“omg! Huh!”

I was nervous.

Cold sweat flowing. Anxiety about not knowing when.

It was all because of them.

“Hahahahaha! Look at this bastard’s face.”

“Are you really peeing?”

“What are you afraid of in the inventory? Give me a shot.”

The goddamn sneers and ridicule. Occasional flying stones and spittles.

shameful and insulting I wanted to swear at him coolly, but I couldn’t.

“Kreurreuk!”

Because in front of my eyes was a hound drooling and baring sharp fangs.

‘Crazy bastards! Do you want me to stick with him?’

Are you tired of repetitive hunting? Or maybe the taste has finally gone.

I thought I was hunting quietly for some reason, but I never thought I would do something like this.

so-called kennel.

I had heard rumors that there were criminals who put normal people or hunters and monsters on stage to fight.

I hope these guys are like that too.

‘Although I knew it was a joke.’

It’s like going out completely.

If I go out and report it, I will be registered as a villain and I will be punished by the special handling team.

in other words.

‘They’re going to kill me.’

I mean, I have no intention of keeping him alive.

why the hell what did i do wrong

Are you staring? Is that a reason to die? No matter how much I think about it, I don’t know.

Do you think this is just a form of entertainment for them?

I heard that there are many crazy people among hunters, but isn’t this true?

“ah. Do something.”

“Monthly! bitch ask Let me take some pictures.”

“I didn’t like that kid from the beginning. Just do a quick search.”

Hunters booing.

You treat people’s lives like bugs.

I came out to earn a few fucking bucks, but what is this like?

Once again, I thought I was going to have a good time, but I came to my senses for a while.

I can’t die like this. Even if it’s unfair, I can’t end it like this.

-I

added strength to the hand holding the dagger.

hound. Beast type monster. Among them, it was the lowest level monster, but it was not classified as a monster for nothing.

Unlike a skinny belly, legs full of muscles. A viciousness that won’t let go until the end once bitten.

Even the size is bigger than a Jindo dog. About the size of a large dog.

It doesn’t make sense for me, a normal person, to deal with a person like that when there are people who die from being bitten by wild dogs.

The good thing is that Hound doesn’t rush into it because he cares about the guys behind me.

Glance.

I checked them out. A team led by Park Sun-hak. total of three people.

All of them were E-class hunters, and if I had to put it mildly, they had physical abilities closer to those of athletes than superhumans.

‘Even a Hound, a 1-star monster, is threatening if they unite.’

You can’t escape even if you kill the hound in front of you anyway. ‘Cause they’re behind me

If so, there is one way.

– Dig!

“Kreurreuk!”

I ran straight for the hound.

A hound that reacts with a howl.

I swung my dagger at the guy who was baring his teeth.

It is not intended to attack. It’s meant to threaten.

Again, quickly turn around to dodge the attack. As you wished.

momentary gap. I took a marble from my backpack and tossed it on the floor.

-Pahaaaaagh!

“Break! Yikes!”

“That bastard!”

“Cheak! Spicy!”

teardrop beads. It is an item to take with you when attacking a dungeon with a hound.

Like a canine monster, it’s sensitive to smells.

If you had to fucked the stupid baby, you should have taken it from the backpack.

With the inside of my elbow plugging my nose, I ran between death and life.

“catch!”

“Your eyes sting!”

They chase after me with weapons to catch me running away.

okay. follow me

“Even if I die, I won’t die alone.”

I put the whistle I had hung around my neck into my mouth.

-Beep-beep—!

blew hard

An ear-piercing noise.

The whistle that resonated for several kilometers was sharp.

-Kurrure!

-Kong! kong!

Hounds have good ears.

What I did now was simple.

to summon monsters.

While I was running, I turned my head and looked at them.

contemplative face.

Even if things were twisted, you must have felt that they were tightly twisted.

Numerous footsteps and howling could be heard among the bushes.

“Fuck it. Let’s all die together, right?”

“I’ve already caught up behind you!”

“Shit!”

-Kuhung!

The bush behind them cracked and a hound came out and attacked the hunters.

They fought back wielding swords and spears, but only ten hounds showed up.

“Quaaaaagh!”

“My arms! portion! Damn the potion. He has it!”

It wasn’t long before the hunters were bitten while surrounded by hounds.

The sound of blood gushing and bones breaking is heard loudly.

“Nice assholes.”

I don’t think it’s going to be that different from me.

I was besieged by the Hounds as well.

It was unfair to die alone, so I did it, but the situation is the worst.

“Can I?”

swallowed saliva

Those who have secured their prey leisurely circle around me.

I held the same teardrop ball I used earlier.

Five pieces left. If you’re lucky, you might be able to buy some time to escape to the dungeon entrance.

– Suddenly,

I put a bottle of potion in my mouth.

With a tear ball in one hand and a dagger in the other, there won’t be time to leisurely take out the potions one by one.

I counted the numbers as I slipped behind me.

one.

two.

three.

Goes!

-Pahaaaaagh!

At the same time as throwing a tear ball, he turned around and ran.

As expected, the Hound frightened and left the place.

– Fu-wook!

I thrust a dagger through the throat of one of the distraught hounds and ran through the trees.

Please, I hope they are lethargic for a long time.

– Kreurreung!

-Kuhung!

Hearing the cries coming from all directions, I don’t think that’s the case.

clever guys. It catches up in places out of reach of the scent range.

“Khaaaang!”

The hound, which overtook me with quick mobility, jumped out.

“Kheop!”

I swung my sword to try to block it somehow, but it missed.

The Hound, who did not miss the opportunity, pushed his mouth.

– Fast!

Sharp teeth lodged in the arm.

A terrible pain arises. trembling arms.

-Changgang!

I immediately bit the potion in my mouth.

Shards of glass pierced his mouth, blood oozing out, and at the same time, the wound began to heal.

My throat feels sore from swallowing a piece of glass.

“Two. Eat this!”

He spat out the remaining glass in his mouth and shoved a tear ball into his mouth.

Tear powder bursting from within.

“Kegeg! Yikes!”

Tears and mucus poured out, and I stabbed the man who let go of his arm with a dagger in the eye.

The guy who is drooling as if his brain was stabbed.

I didn’t feel happy.

“Khaaaang!”

“Kreurreuk!”

Time wasted because of this one.

It was enough for the rest of the hounds to rush in.

It runs without turning back or left.

Perhaps it was mixed with resentment from the tear gas.

I too struggled and stabbed the dagger.

“Aaaaaaa!”

There are too many of them. It’s E-class, but I couldn’t beat the hunters, so can I be different?

He tried to keep his neck and head alive, but it was just a meaningless action.

Consciousness fading due to flesh-ripping wounds and excessive bleeding.

In it I saw

[Conditions are met.]

[The tower invites you.]