1.

I don't think I've ever had a cool breeze in my life.

- Hey.

But if it's a hot wind, once.

I've felt it one day.

- Heard a lot of names.

A sudden gust of heat erupted from behind his back.

- You're a grey spider.

-.......

- It's hard to pronounce. What do you think, Grey? Friendly and nice. Grey, why is it so damn cold in here? No windows, ventilation? This is where people live, right?

The ‘gray spider’ sighed and turned around.

The man was red and hot.

The season turned red in the fall, but it resembled the sun rather than that man's hair and maple leaf. His eyes. His mouth is always slightly raised. White glowing teeth. Everything was wobbling like the summer when I was born in the wrong season.

A sleeveless uniform was branded with a 'bang’.

I used my field of view magic to look at the back, and on the back of my robe, I saw, "Hey, 24093;"

- You're a fucking lunatic.

The man who was hot as summer must have tasted the heat in his head.

Above all, I even smelled hot.

I'm not sweating, I'm sweating. I'm sweating.

Whether it was a lie to say that the usual practice was restless, the man's blood and pores were always clean, and there was no room for waste to accumulate. A man's sweat is more transparent than a baby's sweat.

It's like dew on a sunapple.

I could only feel the temperature in the man's sweat. Heat gust. Sunshine on well-torn muscles. Hot dew. A smile that glows fiercely, as if it had a smile on its face.

- Why not?

All of them denied death.

- Are you jealous?

- How the hell did you get to the top of this station? I'm not gonna ask you if you visited a secret lab that only I could climb. One, I'm gonna waste my time, and two, I'm gonna give you a chance to show off.

- We gray kids are so smart. Stargazing.

- And I'm not gonna fight. Because if I fight here, my precious research tools will fly away. Sword Sword. I'm trying my best to keep my composure. I ask you to stop taunting me for your life and for my peace. Or I'll kill you, you son of a bitch.

You're better than I thought.

The sword sat on the couch. I stumbled across a couch 600 years ago when I destroyed an empire, and the flurries around my butt were a fantastic treasure. Instead of studying the ‘Grey Spider’, it was also her favorite place to sit down and rest when the world became a nuisance.

Hey, this couch is a fucking joke. What is it? Shit.

It was also a magical item with intelligence.

- Shhhhh!

- Tell me something, before you rip your mouth off and squeeze it with a scarf.

- This couch already opened its mouth and bit my fancy ass!

- I know you're a legendary hunter. Sword. It's only been a full day since we got to the 50th floor, right? I've been blabbering about your accomplishments ever since.

- Butt! Aaaaarrgh! My cute little ass!!

- I've been watching you lose in my tower. I didn't expect to see you first. So, what's the deal? Working with us to get to level 51? Or are you trying to fight us again?

- My butt is ripping!!

- Fuck.

The gray spider smashed the couch with a cane. Then the couch let go of the sword's butt and shut its mouth.

- Ha, ha, ha... Ha, ha, ha... I almost died.

- Tell me what to do.

- No, I'm just curious. I heard you've been stuck here for over a thousand years. I came to see a man do something like that.

- So what?

- Seems more normal than I thought. Ow, that hurts.

Sword grabbed my butt. The gray spider frowns.

Who's normal now?

- You're gray.

- …… I've heard a lot of things, but it's been a long time since I've been normal.

- I'm angry at what I deserve. Be angry and take responsibility in your own way. Everywhere I look, I'm a normal adult.

The sword shrugs.

The gray spider was ridiculous.

- You mean to tell me that six constellations were nailed in the basement of the steeple, and that you know that there are dozens of worlds we've punished so far?

- There must be a reason for everything.

-.......

- I can tell by the look in your eyes. Either you're just a spoiled brat, or you're a spider web player with your own rules. Gray is the latter. Something that might have hurt you a long time ago, but it's okay to get over it.

- … ha. The son of a bitch we've only met three minutes ago is mimicking the sage.

- I don't think you're cocky.

The sword grins.

- Took you a thousand years to get there, took me a thousand years to get here. A person's life is about waiting to meet someone.

-.......

- So if I'm your destiny, I'm sorry. Not me. The sword stands.

- I need to climb the tower more alone than anyone.

- What are you talking about?

- There are more people in the world who are unluckier than I am. They can go up if they want to. I decided to climb the tower alone to prove it.

- Ha.

The gray spider laughs.

- What a sacrificial spirit.

- Yeah, that's great.

The sword bows.

- I'm sorry.

-.......

- I have to do what I want to do. No matter what. I give my life to draw a single sword in this world. I mean, I don't have time for you. I will fulfill my mission even if I become a ghost.

The ‘grey spider’ was overwhelmed by strange emotions.

It's because I felt that the man in front of me truly felt sorry for himself. The man seemed to know all about what he had to apologize for and what she had to accept.

It was a man who had been five minutes since I met him. However, the 'gray spider’ already felt a man's footprint engraved on his mind, in a dry land. It would take a lot of wind in this desert for it to wash away even the traces.

-.......

- You live longer than anyone else. Your watch is a little bigger, so the second hand is just a little bit more powerful to meet the hour. Wait. Live longer. There will be a better day than this.

- You…….

The ‘Grey Spider’ opened his mouth.

- So, annoyingly irresponsible.

- Whoo.

The sword smiles.

- I'm going up to 51 tomorrow.

- I didn't allow it.

- Don't worry, I'm gonna give you a remodel and get paid.

- You think you can get away with that?

- If you're annoyed, if you don't like it, follow me.

-.......

- I don't have a partner or a lover. But a stalker I don't know about, it's my destiny to carry. Follow me, and I'll make sure you get a good look at me climbing the 100th floor. Trust me, grey!

The sword's smile shines like the sun.

And it was hotter than the desert.

- You take the second floor!

2.

Holy constellation.

Target. Defeat the tower's forces on the 50th floor.

Quest progress. Good.

constellation [eye in maze].

Reveal the target, the features and terrain inside the tower.

Quest progress. Go.

constellation [bell rings].

The goal is to commemorate the names of those slain by the Horse Towers over the past 150 years.

Quest progress. Good.

constellation [Lonely Savior].

Target one enemy in the Horse Tower assigned to each Follower and win as a one-on-one duel.

Quest progress. Good.

And...

constellation [incarnation of love and lust].

Target, the head of the tower. Shake the elders' minds in any way.

Quest progress.

“Yi,"

Currently in progress.

“Son of a bitch!"

A magical storm strikes.

“Wow. This is really different..."

“I knew you'd come back alive! Rebirth or possession? Why, did you come back alive? ”

I hurriedly raised the odds and opened the Shrine of Heaven. You tear the shadows apart and attack the elders simultaneously. Kuaaang! There have been hundreds of explosions in the air.

- It's a zombie.

After the dust explosion, the elder is fine. He was still angry, flying towards me. Dozens of magic unfolded every time her fingers cracked. All my attacks were intercepted.

- I'm sorry, can't you just take my word for it?

"It doesn't matter. Go ahead. ’

- You're not stronger than you were 150 years ago.

I laughed bloody.

“Hey, gray. ”

“Die!”

“I don't think you're stronger than you were 150 years ago. Come on, you know. Come on."

“I'll kill you! I'll kill you myself!" I'll tear your soul apart and scatter it all over the world and shit on it! ”

That's harsh.

“You know what's left of the human mind! Sword!”

The magic unfolded by the elders of the tower was indeed splendid.

Every minute, a thirty-six split of magic shot out at me. Thirty-six of them had different directions, different speeds, and mercilessly slashed this side of the flow. An attack with no regularity. It was a carpet bomb.

Pot!

For the first time since the battle began, blood has been on my cheeks.

“You must have stirred up a man's mind, lived at will, and died at will! Watching you take down the 100th floor by yourself! You son of a bitch! You just died alone! ”

- Kuhahaha.

“The only mistake I ever made in my life was giving that man one chance!

- No, no, the 99th floor is surprisingly intense. I had no choice.

“Become ashes! ”

Whew.

A magical force like a blade touched my calf. Luckily, I wasn't cut off, but I felt some painful pain.

“Bastards like you do it all the time. I convince you that you'll be different, that you'll be different this time, with all kinds of rhetoric! The result is a failure! Sword, you're no different from them! That son of a bitch was right! ”

Honestly, it was dangerous.

I've surpassed mortality, but now I'm being pushed by a gray spider. Maybe it's the first time I've dealt with the Grand Wizard. Or did the opponent's fury explode to maximize its magical power?

“Many! Many! You son of a bitch!”

Strong.

Even if you open the Magic Necromancer's First Asayuji gum,

"How dare you make me wet with so many emotions!"

It was simply sabotaged.

She seems to know what hunger is.

“What's so special about it? Rubbish!”

The bayonet blade and the bayonet sword may be simultaneously unfolded.

“What on earth would conquer a tower by herself to show off to the unhappy humans who are worse than themselves! Sword, you showed me something! ”

The elder quickly noticed my aggression and twisted it, knowing what thirst means and suffocation.

“Did you know! After you died, there was something called a saboteur. Ha! Isn't this a funny masterpiece? Religion! You tried to show us how great humanity can be, but the result was divine greatness! Humans, people, never admit they're greater than themselves. I'll admit it when I'm a god! Sword! After all, you just made another person in this world! ”

Verb, viper, soldier, inscription 26454, inscription. Even self-immolation.

From the first sky to the ninth sky, the elders stepped on all the heavens, broke through, and eventually were heard in front of me.

"I'll ask you again! ”

She also burst a vein. I cut myself with the sword I pulled out, and blood spurted from my forearms and thighs. But none of the wounds were fatal. Have you lived too long to take on new wounds now?

The elders came to the front.

A magical force discarded like a spear crossed my blade.

“Why shouldn't I kill you? ”

"......."

Biceps.

My heart ached.

‘…… a semi-renal.' ’

The sixth sensation that has occurred to me since I met the tower and saw her trauma and the screams that have been happening in Sambaman. That's when he raised his head.

A glimpse of the past or future of the person I'm fighting.

This bizarre phenomenon does not have a certain law. Like déjà vu, without any notice, sometimes the landscape that pierces the heart of the other person also pierces my heart.

Follow me.

Not the voice the messenger gave me.

The voice the sword gave to the elder sounded like a hallucination.

Wait. Live longer.

Engrave my eyes with the sight of me going up the 100th floor.

Even if I become a ghost, I will fulfill my mission.

Trust me!

The elder's emotions overlapped his voice were also conveyed. As the swordsman said, the elder followed behind him, like a wealthy daytime dream.

When the sword rose to the 99th floor, the elder waited quietly on the 90th floor.

You don't tell anyone.

.......

A week.

.......

Six months.

.......

Three years.

...... Yes.

Six years later, the elder quietly stood up.

You turn your back and mutter small.

Asshole.

The hallucinations broke there.

“Idiot! ”

I thought I heard a thump.

I think it was a hallucination.

But the sight that had been unfolded before my eyes for a moment really shattered the mountain like glass. The elders rush forward, overcoming countless pieces of glass.

Knng!

Her fingers reached out and grabbed my neck.

“I don't know why I didn't rebuild the sixth spire! Why have they left the ruins for over a hundred years? To nail, seal, and sacrifice your remains in the sixth tower! ”

"......."

“Pay for your defeat! Sword! Unlike other humans, unlike constellations, I will tell you that you are also a failure! Never again shall man have hope in vain! ”

My fingers were digging through my neck.

The messenger watched without saying a word.

Beyond the Elder's back.

The elder yells at the sword, but he's right behind you. I squint at the pain of biting my neck, and look behind me, all the way to the end.

-.......

The messenger insisted.

I was expressionless.

Seeing the look of regret and guilt without a single word, ah. I didn't know where. Somehow, I felt like I had to come to this moment today to see what I had been feeling for a long time.

“... No. ”

I muttered.

“What?"

“Sword...... Your rival did not fail. ”

I raised my left hand.

Cough.

I grabbed the wrist of the elder holding my neck.

“Elder. Sword never fails. ”

“Now what...?"

“I told you, even if you become a ghost, you will fulfill your mission. ”

I looked down at the elder's eyes.

“The sword did not fail. He's just dead. ”

"......."

“He's still going up the 99th floor. But it's a principle, not a man. From the first floor...... back from the beginning."

I told you.

“Right?"

"......."

The Elder is silent.

Yeah, I do.

- You're right.

The messenger slowly opens his mouth.

- I'm still doing the 99th floor quest. Confucius.