Turns Out To Be a Genius Duelist

"91.8% contribution during the expedition.

"The only difficulty clearing reward doubles your contribution to the settlement.

"A total of 31,500,000 MP will be paid.

Achieved over 80% contribution as an individual Extra special rewards will be given.

Go to the 21st floor waiting room.

The 30-day mission is over.

Yoon-seok looked at the clock installed on the wall of the waiting room.

July 29, 2019.

Since the date of entry to the mission is 19 days, it actually took about 10 days...

“… 10 days. It's only been 10 days. ”

Even though I knew it, a laughter burst out.

How much time have I spent struggling alone on this mission?

“Phew……. ”

Yoon-suk slowly looked around the slammed waiting room.

I feel like I've returned home after a long and hard journey.

It seemed to make sense why the other challengers were wasting points on decorating the waiting room.

Of course, Yoon-suk wouldn't do that.

‘I've rested enough, so let's start now. ’

About 13 days until the next duel.

The 21st floor mission has been completed and cannot be retried.

There's no time to go on an expedition.

So what are we going to do with our time?

A few things came to mind in Yun Seok's mind, who had been working on a plan for a while. Most of it could be done outside the waiting room.

‘Let's start with what we can do here. ’

Yoon-suk opened his tablet.

And I checked my points.

The points add up to a total of 31.5 million MP.

‘But I will definitely give it back for the hard price. ’

We only got 31.5 million MP in this mission.

The value of MP and AP is essentially similar, although the items sold in the store are somewhat different.

Even given that the AP obtained in the 21st floor duel is 15 million, you've actually got a huge reward at once.

And this is not the end of the reward.

Twenty mechanical parts from Drakar's armor were ‘slaughtered’ stored in the subspace of Yun Seok.

One day you will be able to enhance 'Lean’ or use it to craft other equipment.

‘Maybe it's better this way. ’

Yoon-suk gave up on what he couldn't get.

Drakar, who was a recreated being, was really helpful.

Is that why?

Mission aborted and predatory is no longer possible…….

Well, this won't be so bad either.

After all, the most coveted "initialization" is power, and it can be taken away from us.

‘A special reward, by the way. ’

Finally, Yoon Suk opened the bottom of the drawer.

It contained a small ticket that glowed blue.

What is this stuff for?

* Last Rank EX - When you tear a ticket, you will be taken with your colleague to the palace where the Queen of Death resides. Can enter with up to 12 people. Can be used after 312 days.

When I felt it, I felt even more beautiful.

This is a special reward?

I don't pray. I know Yoon-suk now.

The Tower is a facility for training challengers.

And the ultimate goal is to use the challengers to kill the queen.

‘When the time comes, use this to kill the queen. ’

This ticket is subject to restrictions that will become available after about 10 months.

Yoon-suk guessed the reason.

You mean you're not ready.

Or something must happen after that.

The intent of the tower is now starting to appear.

Perhaps the 21st floor mission was designed to make the queen aware that she must be killed. ’

It's just a hypothesis, but it's quite plausible.

He will, too. The real queen is far from insanity, unlike the fake one. Perhaps the tower made the queen appear as absolute evil on purpose.

Even when the queen was about to give us a clue.

The tower has restricted its information by using extreme amounts of force to terminate the mission.

‘Why did I have to? Because you didn't expect me to act the way I wanted to when I found out? ’

I think so, but I'm not sure.

Is she an enemy or an ally?

On the contrary, is the tower an enemy or an ally?

Nothing can be easily cut yet.

Hiding their secrets is one thing.

That's why I decided to dig deeply.

We can't just be exploited without knowing.

‘Rick Gersei. ’

His past life in Shephernbad 500 years ago.

This will be the name that begins the journey of discovering secrets.

‘Why did the Queen call me by that name? ’

Yoon-suk pondered.

One easy conclusion did not come out.

Not only did I know Rick was his former life, but I'm sure she knew more than that.

- Wake up and we'll know.

Maybe waking up meant remembering your past life.

- You were him! Listen to me! You...

Then what was Rick Gersei like?

Why did she react when she heard her name when she was frustrated by something like a queen?

It was not easy to understand.

He was a Class F mercenary.

Of course, I possessed more skills than rank, but I wasn't as strong as Yoon-suk.

What makes him so special?

‘Wait……. ’

I was thinking with my tail between my legs.

I was shocked by one possibility that suddenly came to my mind.

‘What if the basic premises are wrong? ’

Yoon-suk calmly recalls Rick's fate.

- I'm sorry I'm late.

Trinity corrupted El and used him as a weapon of war.

And Rick sacrifices himself to purify her soul after a long chase.

All Rick wanted was for El to be free to live his own life.

- But what I want... It's not like this.

Unlike one of his wishes, El lost all hope and waited for death, slandering the world.

And then...

- You're a rare and unusual guest.

El was chosen by the tower.

And all of Yoon-suk's questions began here.

Did Rick Gersei really die?

If not, how could you possibly have been chosen and challenged, like El?

- Don't forget, Rick Gersei.

Are you sure this is a ridiculous elixir?

The fact that ordinary mercenaries became challengers and became special enough to make "Tower" and "Queen" important?

That can't be right.

Just Yoon-suk is normal until he comes to the tower. No, it was a life less than that.

Anything is possible in the tower.

- In the past, now, the tower is your enemy.

A new possibility opens up

The question becomes increasingly certain.

Rick Gersei didn't die that day.

As a challenger, you climb the tower and reach the secret hidden here.

I don't know what happened.

But the incident did not stop in the past life, but in the present life. Like El made himself a contractor after a long wait.

Suddenly, a new question came to mind.

"And what about El? Why didn't El say anything? You didn't know? ’

El really didn't know about this?

Well, it could be.

Or maybe he's lying to himself by not telling the truth like he did the last time.

Yoon-suk did not make a quick assertion.

"The Lady of Liberation is calling you.

Would you like to respond?

That's all I had to ask myself.

* * *

Yoon-suk didn't call El.

Only unfortunately, the time came and Yoon-suk responded.

A hut full of sweet smells.

“I'm okay...? ”

As soon as El sees Yoon-suk, he brings back the status.

It's full of worrying colors. Did she see all the time that Yoon-suk went back?

In conclusion, it wasn't like that.

I just know how many deaths I've had.

“I'm sorry I called you on break. I was too worried to keep quiet.... ”

Elle did not know the conversation she had with the real Queen in the halted time. And I wasn't resting, and I didn't even notice that I was thinking about Rick Gersei.

I wanted to use this point first....

Yoon-suk decided to ask.

“How does the queen know Rick Gersei? ”

“Yes?”

“Have you seen El? After hearing her name, I saw the look on her face. I think you were about to say something important, but the tower ended the mission as it was. ”

“ ……. ”

“Is there anything you can tell me about this? ”

“ ……. ”

El chose silence.

As always, silence became the surest answer.

Yoon-suk asked again.

“How did Rick Gersei die? ”

The answer never came back this time.

Yoon Seok's eyes were cold looking at El.

I thought there might be a number of such cases when I got her paged. The picture in one's head was different from the reality.

Do you think he's had a lot of faith in El?

Her silence wraps in a strange betrayal.

El opens his mouth with difficulty.

“… trust me. It was all for you. ”

Then, the last time I saw him, he said,

When Yun-Seok found out that Rick was his former life. El didn't tell me because he thought it would be good for him.

At that time, I believed him.

I thought you were an unconditional ally in the tower.

One is hard to do now.

It was already the second time, and Elle had to come and say in front of herself, "What's there to hide?"

“If it was really for me, would you give me the right answer? Have you ever met Rick Gersei in the tower? ”

“ ……. ”

El shuts up again.

Even this was too much to hope for.

Lu Shu smiled indifferently at the ice-cold teacup.

“Can you return me to the waiting room? ”

A request to end the conversation here.

Then El gritted his teeth and sharpened them back.

“... You don't want to see me anymore? ”

Is this what a hostile takeover looks like?

His voice is mixed with the betrayal of his words.

Instead, my head became cold.

Yoon-suk cleared his feelings from his voice.

“When we have WP, we will come to buy power. Well, WP is gathering at your discretion, so that's not gonna happen. ”

“Why, why are you doing that! I've done so much! I barely got one of these! ”

Elle raises her voice as she squeezes her hands out of her sleeves.

It's like a child with a swarm.

Yoon-suk did nothing.

I looked at El in the grave as if to just send him back.

Stuffy, static opposition.

After a long time, El opened his mouth.

“… nothing. ”

“What does that mean all of a sudden? ”

“Literally. Nothing, nothing. Because you didn't get to choose the tower! ”

Soon, Yoon-suk realized that that was the answer to the question a while ago. Of course, we didn't know if it was true or false.

That was an unexpected answer.

“So Rick Gersei wasn't a challenger? ”

“You won't believe me now, but there's a reason I can't tell you. ”

“Are you making excuses for that constraint again? ”

“An excuse...?" ”

He smiled as if to say it.

“Of course you do. That's what it's going to sound like. I understand. I can understand everything. So... ”

As hard as it is to endure, things drip down from your lips into drops of blood.

“I'll take you back to the waiting room. I won't call you first. I won't blame you for not being compensated. ”

El doesn't make excuses anymore.

Just as Yoon-suk tried to go his own way without being obsessed with good and evil, he just endured everything.

“But trust me on this one. The queen is your enemy. ”

Yoon-suk smiled coldly.

That's a funny thing to say.

The last queen I met said the tower was my enemy.

Who's telling the truth?

Go to the 21st floor waiting room.

I don't know, but it's weird.

The Blood Necromancer would have been gone a long time ago.

When you see the urge to destroy everything like this.

‘We have to postpone going back to Earth. ’

In a shabby waiting room all grey.

Yoon-suk stood still for a long time.

I felt very, very dirty.