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Chapter 2: Millions of Stabs (1)

Chapter 2: Millions of Stabs (1)

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Ten years passed by. It had been a long time. Jaehwan had spent all that time alone on the 99th floor.

He had gone through thousands of dangers that almost killed him. He faced many dangerous situations as he climbed from the 1st floor to the 99th floor, but the number of dangers he faced just on the 99th floor easily took the cake.

The boss of 99th floor, Velkisus.

The dragon that came from <Forgotten Land> had a breath attack that Jaehwan could not resist even with his [Frost Resistance] that hit its maximum.

Not only that, the durable dragon scales had crushed swords and armor many times. If it wasn’t for the pieces of equipment left behind by the other Walkers, he would have had to give up a long time ago.

The Dragon Sword from 85th floor, the Frost Armor that Yoonhwan left behind, the [Bracelet of the Fire King] that Seoyul gave him before she died had been a huge help.

Han Seoyul.

Jaehwan thought of her. She had died even before she got up to the 77th floor.

Jay, the blacksmith of Atopos asked, “Jaehwan, are you going to try again?”

The village that formed after killing Monster Dragon Alteminas of the 50th floor, Atopos.

People of the world still had hope when the village was formed. Many Walkers were killed and wounded on the frontlines, but it still gave them hope. Priests formed an emergency team to heal the wounds while blacksmiths worked to provide free repairs to those who fought.

<Jay’s Blacksmith> was run by old man Jay and it was one of the best.

But he was now the last blacksmith left in Atopos.

“Jaehwan?”

“Oh, right. Sorry.”

Jaehwan came back to his senses.

“Yeah. I think I can do it this time.”

“Are you sure?”

Jaehwan smiled. “Yeah.”

It was a lie. He had no chance. He had no idea when, or if he could kill it. But he had to say it this way. Jay laughed.

Jay was a foreigner.

As people got up on the tower, their languages were combined into the common language of the tower, but the cultural differences still remained. But Jaehwan considered Jay like a family. Jay hammered the Dragon Sword as he talked to Jaehwan.

“There are no more supplies coming from below. It wasn’t a lot but there was some coming up until a few months ago.”

Jaehwan nodded. Last week, he had checked out every floor starting from the 1st to 99th floor. But there were no survivors. He even had waited a week at the summoning area of the 1st floor but there wasn’t even one who was summoned from below.

It probably meant that mankind had been wiped out. But it seemed possible.

Jaehwan did not know what the year was. There had been at least ten Tower Impacts and there probably was no one who could survive. Jaehwan managed to find one clue that was considered as a hidden piece.

The passage that used to be blocked by [Returning Stone] in the past, had some scribbling.

-Tower within the tower. A nightmare within the nightmare.

He couldn’t understand it, however.

“Oh and ol’ granny from <Hiren Potion> disappeared the other day.”