Chapter 110: Interim Closing (1)
「The messages from Administrators that had been blocked have been reactivated again.」
The moment I retrieved the Replica's soul with Necromancy.
"...?"
I remembered the messages that had appeared at the beginning of the Trial.
「To block helping messages, the Administrator's messages have been blocked temporarily.」
Now that I think about it, that was the reason why I hadn't received any messages while doing the Trial was because of the Tower.
Now that the Trial was over, that restriction would be lifted.
But...
「87 Administrators have looked at your Trial.」
「All the messages that had been restricted will appear at once.」
Unlike the previous floor...
An overwhelming amount of messages appeared in front of me.
「Administrator 'Knight Who Lost his King' is impressed by your talent.」
「Administrator 'Right Arm of the Vampire Lord is looking at you with curiosity. Asking from where a monster like you has appeared.」
There were some who were impressed by my talent or said that the difficulty of the Trial was monstrous.
「Administrator 'The Hero Who Died Seven Times' is looking at you in disbelief. Asking if monsters like you still appear on a floor like the 12th one.」
「Administrator 'The Assassin Who Killed the Emperor' is wondering if you're really someone who has just finished the 12th floor's trial.」
「Administrator 'Hero of a Fallen World' says that he isn't surprised anymore by your monstrous growth.」
「Administrator 'Fallen Heir of the Blood Demon Cult' is interested in you.」
「Administrator 'The Only One Who Serves the Holy Knight' has great expectations of you.」
「Administrator 'Seeker of Divinity' is looking at you cautiously.」
There were some who looked at me with great interest as if they wanted me.
'Even if you have interest in me, you won't be able to get anything...'
Of course, I've constantly been receiving interest from different Administrators.
Maybe the Administrators could get something from a challenger they hadn't signed a contract with.
'I'll have to think about that later on.'
I found it entertaining looking at these messages.
But once I realized most were impressed or greedy messages, I stopped being interested.
'Just acting like I’m interested in Administrators like these should be enough.'
After a while, the messages finally stopped.
Lastly, messages from Administrators I knew very well appeared.
「Administrator 'White Crane Sword Saint' is smiling. She says that her eyes weren't wrong and is happy to look at the talent of her contractor.」
「Administrator 'Iron-blooded Monarch' says you've just recovered what should have been yours from the beginning.」
Unlike others, the 'Iron-blooded Monarch' and the 'White Crane Sword Saint' have reacted as if they were expecting this to happen.
Of course, that meant that they had that much trust in me...
But after thinking about it carefully, I thought that the reaction of these two Administrators was the result of numerous calculations.
The Iron-blooded Monarch had recognized in me a talent for martial arts. And even the White Crane Sword Saint had reacted as if she wasn't surprised.
'Maybe it was a correct guess.'
From the point of view in terms of effectiveness, it might be better not to consider the Administrator's comments as simple praise...
「Administrator 'The Only One Who Serves the Holy Knight' is looking at you.」
「Administrator 'Fallen Heir of the Blood Demon Cult' is staring at you.」Rread latest chapters at novelhall.coministrator 'Seeker of Divinity' is looking at you as if he is expecting something.」
"..."
'But I also don't care about it that much.'
Though it seemed like that wasn't the case for other people.
「You've entered the unified community.」
「Difficulty - Hard」
「13th Floor Community (2182/3121)」
- TeokRamyeonMandooStew (Korea): Fuck... What kind of nonsense is this? Why unify a perfectly good community?
- Grieff (U.S.A): Everyone, calm down. The communities being unified isn't that much of a big deal.
- Maymay (China): I have a lot of complaints about using the community with inferior people like you all.
- Radin (Russia): Stop saying bullshit. You're probably the useless one. Seeing people like you talking high and mighty makes me want to give everyone a good punch.
- Maymay (China): LOL? If you're mad, come to the common area. Sending off a guy like you is probably going to take only one hit.
- Radin (Russia): Okay. Wait for me there. If you escape because you're scared, I will beat your ass off if I meet you in a future Trial.
- Maymay (China): I'm also going to beat you in a Trial. So I'm not sure what nonsense you're saying.
- TKP1870 (Netherlands): Woah. So there are people that still fight in the communities even at this point.
It seemed like most people hadn't gotten used to the unified communities.
After looking at that, I realized what would happen later.
'Don't tell me... Is the community going to get mixed with one from another dimension from the 20th floor onward?'
It seemed possible.
It seemed like before inter-dimensional issues happened, they were testing the waters by fusing the communities of different countries.
I didn't think it mattered that much, so I turned off the communities and opened the inventory.
Instead of things like that, I should put more effort into personal growth.
'There's still a lot of things I need to take care of. So I have no time to waste.'
Of course, leaving the community's issue aside, I became interested in the unified rankings.
I was wondering how many people as strong as me there were on Earth.
I couldn't resist the urge to see the rankings and opened it.
And—
"...?"
I looked at the rankings with a blank expression.
The reason was...
「12 floor's Trial ranking board」
1st. Hunter (SSS)
2nd. Great Sorcerer (SS+)
3rd. Kim SeungHoon (SS)
4th. Katherine Bennet (SS-)
5th. Bloody Lightsaber (SS-)
6th. Clock Tower's Magician (SS-)
7th. Andrei Tarkaposki (S+)
"What the..."
It was because the nickname I had selected was on top of the list.
"..."
After looking at the ranking board for a while, I accepted reality.
That's right.
I had come closer to becoming the strongest challenger from Earth.
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