1004 < 1001.6. Ghost Tower >

The darkness slowly brightened his vision, and he remembered two concise lines of messages in front of his eyes.

- Tyring!

- You passed the Gate of Oblivion.

- You have entered the Land of the Ghosts.

Then, in a new environment that opened up in front of him, Ian quickly looked around.

Isn't this a dangerous field from the start? ’

The land of the first stepped spirits was a very simple structural field.

Both sides were blocked by an unknown wall of darkness, and the path was winding only forward.

Normal Path (?), which is a very favorable structure for Ian.

Ian takes a quick peek at the mini-map and opens his mouth to the arcane who approached him one day.

“There's a Spirit Tower at the end of this map, right? ”

“Yes, Ian. ”

“The map is very narrow, apparently. I'll be right there.”

Ian says, Arcane looks a little surprised and asks.

“It's your first time... coming here, right? ”

“Of course I am. ”

“But how did you know the map was narrow? ”

It was natural for Arcane to be surprised.

The land of the spirits was a simple structure with only one path, but apart from that, both sides were serpentine structures that were blocked by dark walls, so that no tower of spirits could be seen regardless of the size of the map.

Besides, the trail would be full of darkness, so you'd be surprised how Ian guessed.

Ian replied indiscriminately to the surprised expression of Arcane.

“You can see the scale when you enter the minimap details. ”

“Oh…? ”

“If you look at the scale, you can estimate the overall map size roughly. ”

“Th-that way... ”

Scaling on a map is the percentage of time that the actual distance on the indicator is reduced on the map.

For this reason, the scale criterion of the mini-map was the smaller the proportion of the overall map, and Ian assumed the size of the map based on the larger the proportion.

In fact, this was not such a difficult or surprising level of reasoning.

However, it was usually not possible to come up with this idea unless you were a user with a thorough and analytical disposition.

“Now that you've moved on, let's move on. ”

“Very well.”

“Go!”

With Ian and Arcane exchanging a few words, all the parties pass through the gate of forgetfulness to the land of the spirits.

And while walking towards the Ghost Tower, Arkane gives Ian some information about some of the towers.

“The Ghost Tower consists of 10 floors in total. ”

“The floors aren't that high. ”

“Well, it's not the top content, it's not the high floors. ”

“How many floors did you successfully attack in the Baller Guild? ”

“Previously on Challenge, it was blocked on the seventh floor. ”

“Aha.”

“But I've done a lot of research and specs, so I'm guessing this time, our power alone will penetrate the eighth floor. ”

“Now that you've added me and Hoon, take it a little higher. ”

“Of course. If you weren't planning on finishing it today, you wouldn't have gotten Ian's offer." ”

Unlike the Maw of Oblivion, where so many monsters often appeared, not even an ant cub was seen in the land of the spirits.

Thanks to you, it takes less than 10 minutes for Ian and the Baller Guild to arrive in front of the tower.

“This is the Tower of Ghosts.... ”

“The image and the name match perfectly. ”

“Is there anything else you should be aware of? ”

“Hmm……. ”

In Ian's question, Arcane pauses to touch his chin and thinks.

Then, I shared some more information with Ian.

“For starters, you'll be fine to go up to the sixth floor without thinking. ”

“Easy for you to say. ”

“That's right.”

Arcane looks up at the Spirits Tower and opens her mouth again.

“But starting on the seventh floor, there are some tricky ones. ”

“What……? ”

“Powerful monsters with the modifier ‘Pluto's' in front of their names. ”

“ ……? ”

“A Skeleton Soldier of the King or a Escort Archer of the King.... ”

“Aha?”

“Especially the Knights of the King, they're really powerful. You'd better think of it as being at least level 50, because apparently it's transcendent. ”

Arcane told Ian and Hun a few more details.

Although the content was quite long, the summary of the information was as follows:

1. The Tower of Ghosts lasts up to 10 floors in total.

2. On each floor of the tower there are five "Altars of Ghosts", and in time, all five altars must be affixed with a "Fire of Ghosts" to open the door to the next floor.

3. The fire of the Spirit can be attached to each altar using the "Torch of Spirit", and the "Torch of Spirit" can only be used by one person.

4. Each time you clear one floor of the tower, you can get a "Spirit Bead" item for each person. (It doesn't know what it's for yet, and it vanishes as soon as it leaves the Spirit Land.)

5. Named monsters with the modifier ‘Pluto's' start appearing on the 7th floor, and these monsters drop an item called 'Pluto's Mark’. (The signs of the prince are also unknown and disappear as soon as they leave the Spirit Land.)

6. When HP falls below 5% on the Spirit Land, it is forcibly summoned outside the gate of oblivion, and it is impossible to re-enter the Spirit Land for 24 hours.

“Hmm... A spirit bead and a sign of a prince..." If you see it vanish as soon as you leave the Spirit Land, it must have some use in it somehow. ”

In Ian's story, Arkane nods and answers.

“I suppose so.”

“And there's a good chance it's on top of the Ghost Tower. ”

Arcane shakes his head again.

“That's what we're guessing. ”

Ian raises his head, glancing up at the top of the Ghost Tower.

A bizarre form of ghost tower with its upper body faintly hidden by dark fog.

Ian's mouth suddenly dries up, looking through the tower once.

‘Maybe there are spiritual wings at the top...... and they're meant to be exchanged for spiritual pearls, right? ’

Ian speculated that the system of the haunted tower content would be similar to the ruins that were raided in the spirit system in the past.

And if he's right, here you'll find plenty of high-end equipment as well as spiritual wings.

"Huh, I'm looking forward to this. ’

With thoughts on content rewards, Ian rolls the Happiness circuit ever after!

“So, shall we go in? ”

Ian stops contemplating Arkane's words, nodding his head and stepping forward.

“Very well, Master. Once we get to the sixth floor, we'll drill directly into it. ”

“Of course.”

Leading Ian and Arcane, the group enters the Tower of Ghosts without hesitation.

- Tyring!

- The party leader, Arcane, has entered the Spirit Tower.

- This field is required for all party members to enter at the same time.

- Do you want to enter the Ghost Tower?

-If you refuse to enter, you will be automatically removed from the party.

…… shorthand…….

And the entrance to the Ghost Tower, which swallowed up 30 people in an instant, began to sink back into silence.

* * *

“So you're saying there's a guild party in the Human Faction on Spirit Land? ”

“I see. You don't believe a word people say. ”

“Hmm… Besides our Gesto Guild, there was a guild that knew about the existence of the Ghost Tower……. ”

“You're too arrogant, Master Gabriel. ”

“Hmm?"

“Our guild has been raiding this place for a month. ”

“Oh, really? How far did you get?”

“If you accept my offer, I will tell you one by one. ”

Gabriel, master of the Gesto Guild, is looking very interesting now.

He moved to attack the Tower of Ghosts, but met someone he didn't expect and gained special information.

"I never thought I'd bump into this jerk. ’

Before entering the Maw of Oblivion, the person Gabriel met was none other than Ser Nook, a guild member of the Ballerguild.

I stumbled upon Ser Nook, who was unhappy by not joining the guild party.

Of course, Ser Nook had not yet described himself as a guild member of the Valor Guild, but Gabriel had already expected enough.

If you're a guild in a Human Faction that can get close to the Maw of Oblivion in the first place, there aren't many.

Even Ser Nook's proposal was very interesting.

“I don't want to give you specifics, but I'm leaving the guild soon. ”

“Something's wrong with the guild? ”

“Something like that."

“So?”

“I'll give you some information about the guild that went in there, and in return, give me a Death Coin. ”

“How much…? ”

“50,000 coins should be enough. ”

“Hmm……. ”

“From your point of view, it's an offer that can never be lost. ”

Ser Nuk suggested that you ask for Descoins for information about the Guild Party.

However, this offer was not just about trading information.

Giving information to an enemy faction's guild about their own guild party was a complete act of virtue.

‘Looks like you have a strong grudge against the guild. Wherever you go, there's always a countermolecule. ’

And from Gabriel's point of view, this information was worth 50,000 coins.

This was a rare opportunity to take over the top guild of a human faction based on information about the Ghost Tower.

‘50,000 coins is about 20 million pesos…… but it's definitely not small……. ’

One DesCoin's value almost resembles that of one.

And on the basis of Gabriel's home country, Argentina, one DesCoin is worth roughly 400 pesos.

Although 20 million pesos is close to 500 million KRW, it was definitely not a small amount of money, it could be said that 500 million is not a big deal if you can rob the top guild of a human camp.

“You think your information is worth 50,000 coins? ”

“Of course. I'm sure it's worth more than that. ”

“How can I believe you? ”

With Gabriel's question, Ser Nook's expression crumples slightly.

But he opened his mouth calmly again.

“Think about the situation. I'm alone here. ”

“So?”

“If I do anything wrong, I'll die right here. ”

Gabriel nods slowly as he stares at Ser Nuk for a moment.

His words were reasonable, and 50,000 coins were not that big when viewed in the guild.

“Good. Let's hear it, then. ”

“Good thinking. ”

“If it's useless, I'll blow your head off right here. Be careful. ”

Ser 'Nuk's face is frowned upon again by Gabriel's threats, but that doesn't mean there's anything we can do for him.

The moment he appeared in front of the Gesto Guild, he was already a curious man.

“Phew, let's talk then. ”

And so the story of Ser Nook began.

“So what's going on right now.... ”

And as the story progressed, Gabriel's expression began to change in time.