Stuck in The Tower - Chapter 3

Chapter 3

What is the false strategy? what kind of situation is this

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Apart from the piled up questions in my head, my body lost strength and I fell to the floor.

Sight aligned with the goblin I killed.

As I raised my gaze past the empty pupil, I saw another goblin.

A guy whose bony ribs are shaking while covered in blood that is clearly mine.

He is holding a knife in one hand.

It’s an eye-catching knife. It’s something I put on my backpack myself.

when did you steal it?

No, why are you there before that?

“Kiruk. Kiruk.”

“Heuk!”

Is my appearance funny?

The goblin, who was laughing and baring his teeth, kicked me in the side.

Pain enough to make your brain go numb.

The wound opens and blood drips.

At first glance, the bleeding is serious. It’s hard to breathe too.

The vision also blurs slightly.

I saw that the organs were stabbed properly.

liver? Maybe the lungs were pierced as well.

The face is completely distorted.

“…why?”

Is it because of bleeding? In my receding consciousness, I thought.

I thought there was only one goblin on the first floor.

Even the head of a guild with numerous hunters with public confidence said it.

There is only one goblin on the first floor.

[Tip. Goblins live in groups.]

[Tip. Goblins are good at stealing. Be careful.]

A tip message that pops up with a cheerful notification.

who doesn’t know that One of the most common monsters is the goblin.

But on the first floor.

“under. Fuck.”

Suddenly I burst into laughter.

what is the first floor? Only one goblin appears?

No matter what others say, there are two that I personally saw.

No matter how much we try to refute and rationalize, the reality does not change.

When you’re halfway out of your mind, you accept the situation with clarity.

The strategies used by the government and guilds were wrong.

Somehow, the government and the guild, who couldn’t kill each other, got along so well.

“Bastards.”

It was too late to find out.

I’ve already been stabbed and I’m dying.

I wish I could eat a potion, but my hands don’t even move.

Regardless of the will, consciousness became distant.

[Died.]

[Coins deducted.]

[Move to save point.]

I could hear a faint notification sound.

Fortunately, there are still coins left.

* * *

“Huh!”

I took a deep breath and opened my eyes.

As I quickly looked around, a familiar space caught my eye.

the starting point of the tower. lobby.

I wasn’t as surprised as the first time. Because I listened carefully this time.

Go back to the save point.

“damn.”

I checked myself. The pain lingered in the side of the goblin’s sting.

Although all the wounds were healed as much as he was resurrected.

I guess I just freaked out. I don’t know if it’s like phantom pain.

“Whoa.”

A sigh comes out.

I never thought I would blow a coin like this.

It’s nothing else, but I feel even worse because I’m being attacked by goblins.

I stood up while chewing on my lips.

“Am I supposed to say that there’s only one left?”

This is already the second death.

Considering that I had three coins on average, I could see that I had one left.

Assuming that I have an average amount of coins.

If you’re unlucky, this might be the last time.

“Government guild bastards.”

I was furious.

How to attack the tutorial section that has been plastered on the Internet.

I heard that it is even included in survival education at school.

“But it was a lie.”

not one two.

Maybe there are more hiding.

Come to think of it, even in the clear conditions, there was no explanation that only one came out, even though it said to kill one.

A subtle pun. In addition, I thought that only one animal would come out because of the contents that I had been taught through the injection method.

I rubbed my chin and fell into trouble.

“For what?”

Why did the government and the guild do this? what is the benefit

Is it necessary to deliberately spoof information and cause people to die?

Aside from anything else, what are you going to do with your back?

Even if it were me right now, I would have protested if I went outside.

“wait for a sec.”

Did anyone from the tower protest against the government and the guild?

I was interested in towers and hunters.

It was to the extent that I did not miss related news, blogs, View Tube channels and magazines.

I recalled all the information I knew.

Articles such as the rumors of hunters that were posted on the Internet community, official government materials, and Jirashi.

There has never been a controversy over the wrong strategy…

“None.”

No matter how much I reminisce not even a single line. Even in a brief interview, there was no mention of tutorial strategies.

I got goosebumps.

“What happened?”

At the time, I didn’t really care.

Anyone would want to hear what they went through upstairs rather than going through the tutorials that can be found with a little search.

this part is weird

They know that the strategy is wrong, but why didn’t they reveal it?

“It’s not that I didn’t do it, it might be that I didn’t.”

There may have been some kind of pressure.

either legally or physically.

Because the government hides things that are disadvantageous or dangerous.

“But you wouldn’t be able to control the individual?”

There are only a few people who come out without passing the tutorial section.

Whatever it was, they would have noticed that there were several goblins because they would have challenged the first floor.

There are many places where you can post articles, such as anonymous sites or SNS overseas portal sites.

That you can post as much as you want.

It is practically impossible for the government to control it.

“Isn’t it possible to meet people and have a drink and talk even if it’s not on the Internet?”

It’s ruined now, but it was at the company I worked for.

A person who was summoned to the tower and returned. Assistant Manager Kim, Marketing Department.

As if it was something to brag about, he made a fuss whenever it was time for a dinner party.

“You mean that manager Kim said that the man also challenged to the third floor and came back.”

At that time, I was very interested in the tower, so I asked all sorts of questions.

Even when he was drunk, he never said that the information was wrong.

It was too natural to hide it on purpose.

“I don’t know.”

There’s something I don’t know.

Maybe it’s just the tutorials I’ve been through that are different.

You may have overreacted.

For now, pretending not to know is the way to go.

“I can’t do that.”

If the government and the guild were intentionally distributing the wrong strategy, they would have to pay the appropriate price.

To prevent the development of hunters who are already lacking. It was an insult to those like me who lost their families, friends and jobs to monsters.

I did something I shouldn’t have done.

And above all.

“I died because of them.”

fast. grinded teeth

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

It’s me who started using a coin because of the trash hunters.

But this time, due to the wrong strategy, another one was blown.

How long have I waited for this day What hardships did you endure!

Those who traditionally play with other people’s lives should be treated the same.

Like those who threw me in front of the Hound before I was called by the tower.

“Whoa.”

I took a deep breath. so excited now

Even if you act calmly, you can’t do this to death.

It’s not confirmed yet.

Even if it turns out to be true, there is nothing you can do right now.

It’s like the government and large guilds.

It’s a story that only my head would break if I hit it blindly.

So let’s just make a plan. A safe way to fuck.

I cleared my head for a while and soon I was able to think of a way.

In the end, what I had to do was decided.

“Let’s go up.”

In order to use that method, you have to climb the tower to become a high-ranking hunter.

Saying that nothing is solved by being here.

You shouldn’t be careless this time.

Let’s move assuming that the strategy is wrong and erase what we already knew.

After all, the only person I can trust is me.

I entered the portal.

-Seueueueu

[Entering the 1st floor.]

“Kiruk. Kiruk.”

1st floor back.

As expected, a goblin was standing in the clearing.

Looks like the monster has been regenerated.

but. If killed and permanently destroyed, the Tower would have been conquered long ago.

-Sueuk

Unlike last time, I lowered my posture.

Because I can’t let him see me for the first time.

Apart from the monsters, there was a difference.

“I don’t have a knife.”

The backpack and dagger he was carrying returned to the lobby, but the stolen knife was not returned.

What does that mean?

The dropped equipment is in their hands.

And the guy who stabbed me was nowhere to be seen.

must be hiding somewhere

[Dealing with goblins (0/1)]

Clearing conditions have also been restored.

Even if the clear conditions are met, if you die without being able to pass, it seems that you have to start again from the beginning.

“Tsk. It would have been better if I had just let it go.”

I can’t help it.

Having regained my composure, I moved slowly, reducing my presence as much as possible.

I have no intention of going to the vacant lot. Think of turning in a circle around the clearing.

You never know where the other goblins might be hiding.

It hurts to die, but there is no harvest at all.

First of all, that guy is a bait.

A role that provokes me without knowing that I will lose.

It was a structure where another goblin approached and attacked while I caught my attention.

“Smart guys.”

Digging a trap for a goblin subject.

I have no intention of matching their goals.

Ignore that guy. Instead, let’s aim for another guy hiding somewhere.

i’m slow However, he moved his steps thoroughly with his senses.

With a dagger in one hand, ready to stab at any time.

* * *

[Level 1]

[Kill Goblins (0/1)]

“Greuk.”

The goblin hiding in the bushes stared at the notification window floating in the air.

It’s an unknown text, but I knew that someone would come in after that message appeared.

And that I had to kill him.

It was a kind of instinct. It’s like a stamp that must be done that way.

However, the goblins had no weapons and no proper group.

“Kiruk.”

It wasn’t that it didn’t exist at all.

4 in total. It was the number of goblins on the first floor.

The people who came through the portal were diverse, but they had one thing in common.

Most of them were taller than they were and that they couldn’t win without any weapons.

That is, except for those who are sometimes frightened and punished.

“Kiruluk.”

So the goblins made a plan.

Let’s finish the other two while one kills time.

If you die before that, you can’t help it.

One in the clearing like that. Two perched in the bush.

one left?

He positioned himself as far away from the clearing as possible.

Because the goblins had two roles to play here on the first floor.

first. Kill the humans who come in.

second. guard the treasure

Even if the first three die, the remaining one will run away with the treasure.

Fortunately, the humans who entered this place passed through the portal that was created after catching one.

So, if the person who came in was judged too strong, they waited until the person in the clearing died.

Because if I just jumped up, I could have died as well.

You can also protect treasures.

Of course, that wasn’t always the case.

Goblins are basically a greedy race.

Although he said he used his brain, it was true that his instincts took precedence over reason, and he would attack when the person who had just entered had a lot of luggage.

That’s how I got the knife that the goblin currently crouching in the bush is holding.

A kind of booty. The goblin holding the dagger smirked.

-Titling!

[Killing Goblins (1/1)]

“Kieack?”

I immediately sensed that something was wrong.