To be honest, he had been curious.
What kind of missions awaited in the 70s floors of the Black Tower on Earth No. 843?
On Earth No. 1001—his own world—the Black Tower from the 71st floor onward had been an event floor designed specifically for Juhyeok, who possessed summoning traits.
Story-driven missions tied to the pasts of the summoned beings.
Thanks to that, they had resolved long-held regrets from their pasts and raised their ranks.
But here?
If a summoner existed on Earth No. 843 as well, then the 71st floor here should also be a storytelling mission.
He had brought the summoned beings as a group of seasoned veterans.
They still didn't know what kind of mission it would be.
Better to bring the strongest possible team.
[Entering Black Tower, 71st Floor.]
The mont they entered, a world announcent appeared.
[World Announcent: Congratulations! The first player to reach Black Tower Floor 71 has received a two-item celebration gift set in their inventory.]
Ah, right!
There had been gifts.
The only difference was that it had gone from four items down to two.
[World Announcent: A Potion of Disease Cure has been delivered to your inventory. Permanently cures all diseases.]
[World Announcent: An Elixir of Rejuvenation has been delivered to your inventory. Upon consumption, it makes you younger by up to 10 years.]
"So the Ring of Form Transformation and the Rune Necklace of Liberation are missing."
He could guess why.
What use would those two be now?
Given how the world was,
any player could freely use their abilities in reality as well.
Then, another announcent followed.
[World Announcent: With the ascent to Floor 71, Black Tower Conquest Season 2 has begun.]
[World Announcent: From now on, upon successful mission completion above Floor 71, the tower collapse deadline will stack, adding six months to the existing tir.]
[World Announcent: Tower Jumping Ticket exploit strategies will not apply from Floor 71 onward.]
The collapse deadline stacking announcent too.
The outside world would probably be shocked again.
Just as he had said,
just as Commander Jeon Seong-il had publicly declared.
Then what about the mission?
What was it?
[Floor 71 Mission: Defeat 3 Large Beasts, Giant Mountain Bears.]
[Ti Limit: 15 hours.]
[Completion Condition: Giant Mountain Bears 0/3]
Huh?
Large beasts?
"Huh?"
"What the hell?"
"… Large beasts."
"Huh?"
It wasn't a storytelling mission.
Which ant—
"So this dinsion doesn't have a summoner either."
"Tsk tsk, sa parallel Earth and all."
"There was a reason it went downhill."
Earth No. 675 hadn't had a summoner either.
That was why the first Black Tower mission there—on Floor 79—had been a Large-type Cerberus extermination.
Sa deal here, probably.
Anyway, let's clear it.
If they were large beasts, how big were we talking?
Right then—
Thud! Thud! Thud-thud-thud!
From afar, three massive gray bears lumbered forward.
Their appearance was practically—
"Eh…"
"They're baby Behemoths."
"They don't even reach a Behemoth's knees."
"Even so, they are large, even as juveniles."
"Brigadier General Veronica Caliber! Leave this to !"
"Hoooeeek!"
Everyone seed to think it was easy.
And they weren't wrong.
Compared to the gigantic monster Behemoth on Floor 81,
these were teddy bears.
To the summoned beings who had reduced Behemoth to minced at,
these weren't even a threat.
"Well, Floor 81 really was overkill."
A gigantic monster had been far too gigantic.
Normal conquest would've been impossible.
But large beasts were a reasonable size.
They seed to serve as a buffer stage before true gigantic monsters.
Obviously easy—
though for ordinary players, sothing house-sized would still be difficult.
"Alright, then. Begin the clear—"
That was when—
Ziiiiiing!
A superheated magic cannon.
Pajujuzuzuk!
A large-caliber round fired.
Sploosh!
Boom!
One Giant Mountain Bear exploded on the spot, scattering into fragnts.
The other two—
Sploosh! Sploosh!
Boom! Boom!
"Brigadier General Veronica Caliber, firing complete!"
[World Announcent:Black Tower Floor 71 conquered! A nationality player has cleared the mission with astonishing ability, achieving an S rank.]
"Firing complete, my ass!"
"This is illegal sniping! As the White Party representative and 10-term Assemblyman, Kosak, I cannot allow this!"
"Then you take Floor 72."
"Deal! Sounds good. Everyone else, hands off."
"What kind of rule is that? First hit gets the kill."
"Don't overdo it, old man. You'll get wind in your knees."
"O Light!!! The shield of my lord, I, Bardin—!"
It was too easy.
Not even near-light-speed rounds—
just Brigadier General Veronica's sploosh-grade shells were enough to blow them up.
[You may now challenge Floor 72.]
[Exiting Black Tower.]
Spot!
They were outside.
"Hurry! I need to enter Floor 72. The large beast there is mine!"
Kosak was impatient.
But—
"Everyone, good work."
"… Huh?"
"See you next ti."
"What do you an?"
"Brigadier General Veronica Caliber, did I hear that right?"
Juhyeok waved his hand.
"I'm switching players. Go rest—no, actually, hurry up and make holy-attribute equipnt."
"W-wait!"
"Summoner! This old man hasn't even tasted combat yet!"
"The warrior feels the sa. Please, leave so for us!"
"O Light!!!"
Without rcy, group summoning was canceled.
Spapapapap!
And then—
"Group Designated Summon No. 18."
Spapapapap!
New recruits appeared.
"Yes! A summon!"
"Thank you! I love you!"
"Summoner, this is Chunbok! I'll give my life!"
"Please keep calling us like this! Hehehe."
"Chuuung!!!"
This was how it should be.
Veterans couldn't hog everything.
At tis like this, they needed to step back and nurture the juniors.
Alright, let's go to Floor 72.
What'll co out there?
Up until now, world announcents had been sounds of terror to people everywhere.
No one wanted to hear them.
Every ti the ding! sounded, hearts dropped—
below-average performance,
this country designated as a climbing acceleration nation, and so on.
But after the Kabalon conquest, everything changed completely.
The sound was welco—
whether people were working, playing, or sleeping.
Not noisy. Not annoying.
The ding! sounded like a beautiful lody.
This ti too, the world announcent rang out without fail.
The content?
Floor 71 conquered.
Season 2 begins.
Breaking news exploded across the dia—
though everyone had already heard it.
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