Chapter 243

243. Reward rise (1)

「Enter the common area on the 21st floor.」

In the blink of an eye, I was back at the place I had stopped before entering < The Field of Proof >.

A desolate prayer room with no one there.

I couldn’t see where Karnil, the apostle who had let me into < The Field of Proof >, had gone...

I didn’t want to pay too much attention to it.

“...”

Immediately after disabling deification, I sat down on a chair in the prayer room and stared into space.

It was worth it.

Beyond the throbbing sensation in my head, the feeling of bubbling continues.

Even the frosted ice water makes me want to chew on it.

He dismissed it as a trivial idea, since his body could no longer feel cool with such a thing anyway.

And instead of thinking about ice cold water, I turned my attention to the essential task.

Not different...

‘Do I really have to kill the administrators in the 27th floor ordeal...’

I thought about what I had heard from the God of Proof before.

Of course, this is not a reasonable doubt.

It was because I had already checked whether the words of the God of Proof were true or not with the Fire Dragon’s eyes.

And the result was a neat ‘truth’ that was not worth further weighing.

“shit....”

I knew the truth.

That this is a meaningless doubt, and 9 out of 10 probabilities the God of Proof is right.

Although the god of proof is not an ancient deity, he is a deity in a lower position...

If the future that his divine authority read through the causal law is true, then there is a high probability that it will be true.

‘And it’s not like I don’t understand why that happens.’

I frowned at him and recalled the words of the God of Proof I heard a few minutes ago.

──The trials on the 27th floor must have been prepared by the Tower to completely remove your brakes.

The ultimate goal of the Tower of Trials is to make the challenger transcend omnipotence.

In addition, in this tower, I am one of the precious candidates for the tower with an unusual growth rate.

But the top would be worried at the same time.

For some reason, it stopped growing, or it didn’t want all deities to be destroyed.

‘...Maybe the trials on the 27th floor are the tower trying to accelerate my growth.’

As a countermeasure, if the ordeal on the 27th floor was presented as a battle with the administrators, there was nothing I couldn’t understand.

A lot of things will change once you cross the last line you’ve been guarding.

Not to mention the genocide I’ve been reluctant to do so far, I can harm the innocent as much as I want.

It will reach the end of the tower with the same acceleration as if it were a cargo truck without brakes.

but....

‘It’s not very nice to go according to the tower’s will.’

If that happens, it is the picture that TOP draws, not the ending I want.

Presumably, if I reach the end of the tower as it is, I will change like a degenerate.

It was worth it.

Even if you climb the top of the tower like that, you won’t get what you want.

Oh, of course, it will be used like a tool of the tower, and it will be able to achieve the obliteration of all the divinities that it earnestly desires.

But that’s it.

You won’t get anything you want.

Perhaps that would be the worst possible outcome under the current circumstances.

‘In the end, if it breaks once, it will be used as a tool for the tower and then it will end in vain.’

After that, I leaned back in my chair for a moment and closed my eyes.

I started thinking about where I went wrong.

Then, suddenly, the words of the god of proof came to mind.

-Will new convictions dwell in you, who have no interest in anything other than becoming stronger?

“Is it a belief...”

I seemed to understand why the god of proof mentioned the word belief.

The fact that he murdered the administrators on the 27th floor and became mentally unstable must ultimately be attributed to his lack of conviction.

It is said that it is no longer a clumsy motto to actively supply power while not touching those who are not involved as much as possible.

If so, it was decided what to do.

‘From now on, I’m going to be more proactive in looking for enemies.’

So far, I’ve only picked out and dealt with those who took a hostile stance against me.

But from now on, a lot will change.

It was because the thought of promoting growth by dragging out a clumsy fight was gone.

The vigilante in the common area on the 21st floor is one such example.

‘At that time, it was like saying, ‘Come back later, or not,’ but that shouldn’t be the case.’

Even if the vigilantes guarding the common areas don’t come, I’ll put an end to my relationship with them.

That too, very thoroughly.

And get all the rewards you can get.

Then I took out another reward from my inventory.

Right-.

“Mirror of Faith”

「Rating: SSS-」

「Completion of Holy Relic: 0%」

“A special mirror created by the God of Proof in the hope that a certain challenger will grow in faith.”

「※When the conviction is completed by deeply responding to the emotions of the challenger Han Seong-yoon, the mirror of conviction also becomes complete as a holy relic.」

It was the final reward obtained in the < Chapter of Proof [Step 4] >.

‘I never thought they would hand over something like this.’

To be honest, I didn’t do anything in < The Field of Proof [Step 4] >, but the reward was excessive.

Even the ratings currently recorded in system messages are SSS-class.

In a word, it means that it is the second highest grade item among the relics I have seen so far...

It was a part that showed how kind the god of proof was to me.

‘...Perhaps he doesn’t want to let the tower run the way he wants.’

He was genuinely looking forward to the path I was going to take and was annoyed at the tower ruining it.

That’s why they gave such a high level of compensation.

Feeling grateful to him, I read all the explanations that popped up in the system messages.

Then I was able to figure out what type of item the Mirror of Faith was.

“Growth type item...”

no.

To be more precise, should we call it a ‘growth-type completed item’?

It was a type of item that was completed only when it grew under the condition set by the item itself.

‘It’s the completion of belief.’

It’s the first time I’ve seen this, so I was a little excited.

When the Mirror of Faith is completed, how good will it be?

Perhaps a fraudulent diversionary effect, such as a regression attached to a regressor’s wristwatch?

「The skill ‘Fire Dragon’s Eye’ is activated.」

Even looking at the detailed abilities with the Fire Dragon’s Eye skill, it was not a simple growth type completion item.

「※ The fate of challenger Han Seong-yoon is partially guided to an advantage according to various conditions.」

The Mirror of Faith had the ability to guide my fate in part to my advantage.

‘Is there such a thing as a hidden effect?’

Of course, I can’t figure out what effect this had, but...

Still, I was satisfied with this additional ability.

It was when he left the temple and walked through the forest to check all the rewards.

Suddenly, in the open street beyond the bushes, a living voice was heard.

“Stop.”

And—

Clap-!

In the blink of an eye, a knight in golden armor approached me with a sword.

“Are you the one who attacked the vigilantes in the common area on the 21st floor?”

And that, too, with the earnest shedding of life.

‘...Are you referring to the vigilantes in the common area on the 21st floor?’

I smiled at him.

It was worth it.

Even when he dealt with all of the knights in black armor, he had some intuition.

It was because he did not know that the enemy would come for revenge so quickly.

“Answer the question. If you do not respond, a somewhat coercive investigation may begin. An unknown challenger.”

I replied with a low smile at the words of the knight in golden armor.

“Come to think of it, when I entered the common area on the 21st floor, even the vigilantes said that.”

really...

“Is it characteristic of knights to hold on to anyone like this from the beginning and act as if they are justice?”

It was fun.

“...Right. Are you the worshiper of the abyss who attacked the vigilantes? Then there would be no need for long words.”

It was worth it.

“come. You evil spirit whose soul is rotten. I will judge you in the name of justice.”

Even if it’s not, I just fixed the motto that was clumsy...

Is there an opportunity to put this new motto into practice?

It was like watching a well-written script, so I couldn’t help but be dumbfounded.

But that was only for a moment.

“It seems that the justice you speak of is the word of the strong.”

At that, I smiled the deepest smile and held the Blood Heaven Demon Sword in my hand.

“I don’t hate that definition either.”

Guess-.

“If that’s the case, I’ll be the only justice here today.”

Today, much of this 21st floor common area seemed to change.