Chapter 276: Chapter 276 – Tutorial 60th Floor (0-2)

Chapter 276 – Tutorial 60th Floor (0-2)

I had only heard one thing, yet I could clearly feel the difficulty of the 61st floor stage . The concept of sacrifice where two or more people must challenge the stage . Are you out of your mind, god who designed the 61st floor?

At this point, rather than panicking, I was calm . It was just a crisis that needed to be overcome . It couldn’t be compared to facing an enemy with a huge power gap . It was even more so because there was no room for a detour .

Depending on how powerful the enemy is, we could gain the upper hand in many ways: surprise, conciliatory, escape, ambush, etc . However, stages with a sacrifice concept for a two-man attack had no way of doing anything . It’s hard to find a person at the same level, and even if he does reach that level, he must be sacrificed .

“For now, tell me more about the stage . ”

Kirikiri nodded . Come to think of it, Kirikiri also needed to rob the information this time . I didn’t ask, but she told them about gods and sources . She must have been confident that I would not be able to clear the 61st floor soon .

“Yes… Let me explain the stage first . ”

I silently agreed . Let’s hear it first . There might be some leads .

“The 61st-floor stage is divided into two sections . Each section can be chosen from its starting point . ”

“And two or more challengers have to target both sections, right? I can’t help the other side . ”

“Yes . ”

So far, it was understandable . Dungeons that were split into two often appeared in games .

“The problem is the difficulty level of the 61st-floor stage . ”

“Difficulty level?”

“Yes . It’s very, very difficult . ”

What was with that adjective?

There were so many stages that Kirikiri said were so difficult, but only the 6th and 35th floors came to mind .

“In fact, the 61st-floor challenger can’t clear it usually . ”

“That’s pretty rough . ”

“On the 26th floor alone, it is necessary to defeat the Demon King without anyone’s help, except for the Holy sword . ”

That had been crazy . The 26th floor, I remembered, was a fairly large party stage . On top of that, it was a stage where soldiers, knights, and wizards of the Imperial Army carried swords . The soldiers stationed at the front line fortress serve as a deterrent to the demons until they reach the Demon King

“Are we dealing with a big party of more than 50 people?”

“No, this is just measuring the level of difficulty considering 50 people . Instead, we can weaken the enemy at the expense of the challengers . ”

It was going well and suddenly it became too much . Sacrificing to weaken the enemy? Is this Yu-Gi-Oh?

“It’s not dangerous even if they’re offered as a sacrifice . It’s just that the victim challenger gets moved from the stage to the 60th-floor residential area . ”

Mmm . If it was just a problem with this difficulty, I think I could manage it with my ability . Of course, if I were to attack both sections without a sacrificial sheep, I wouldn’t be able to do it by myself . If I raised Hyung-jin well…

“And once you get rid of the bosses in each section, a new place opens, where the challengers from both sides gather again…”

I had to fight him . Damn it .

“What about the rules?”

“Clear or surrender . ”

It was fortunate that the surrender was an option .

“Why did you put this stage in? Sacrifice is no joke . It’s not a mafia game . Throwing away your colleagues one by one… So what are we supposed to do?”

Was it a stage where they wanted to break the trust between human beings?

It could be called excellent if it was intended to instill distrust and ill feelings toward each other . But what about the Hell Difficulty Challenger, who might be considered an apostle candidate?

“Heng . Not really . ”

“Then?”

“The number of Hell difficulty challengers are low . The challengers have no choice but to go with as little loss as possible . In the end, one team has to give up . ”

As little loss as possible . The main forces gather on one side, and the rest should be filled with those who were ready to sacrifice from the beginning .

“But if one side is too weak, the stage itself will fail . We need someone to sacrifice while another approaches the end . ”

It was a ridiculous game, and political elements were also enforced .

“There aren’t as many forced situations as I thought . If you’re a 60th floor Hell level challenger, you’re all in a hurry . Even if the majority of the group clears out, then the rest get ready for the next challenge . ”

There could be many situations . We could choose a rider and complete it peacefully in turn, if there were more than a hundred people in Hell difficulty . But if there was a shortage of numbers, there’d be a real bloodthirsty competition and political strife .

“We conciliate each other, form groups and factions, confront each other, and intervene again . It’s a stage where you have to come up with some sort of agreement after arguing . ”

What a tricky stage . At this rate, a new society will be formed between the 60th and 61st floors . Some will be sitting on the 60th floor while you’re relaxing in your area .

The case was different from the 30th floor of Normal, where Kim Min-hyuk was located . There were people who didn’t want to risk their lives because it’s a good place to live and could maintain a decent life even if they didn’t have to go outside . But in this case, it would become a society created by the concept of the 61st-floor stage .

“The 61st floor, in fact, is well-received… Heng . Sorry . ”

As I stared, Kirikiri quickly apologized . I couldn’t believe that the rating was good . Maybe because there were only crazy gods, the evaluation criteria were very crazy .

“Tch . This is a disaster . ”

At this rate, helping Lee Hyung-jin grow was not enough . Lee Hyung-jin would definitely not come up in fear of dying if I told him the details .

First of all, there was a risk that two people had to solve a 50-person stage . Besides, there was a suspicion that the sacrifice could actually die .

Even if Kirikiri kept that part to herself, Lee Hyung-jin won’t come up because of the last criteria . There were only two results that Lee Hyung-jin would face in that section .

Being left behind on the 60th floor or dying to me . Either way, it was like death . If you were as timid as Lee Hyung-jin, you might be consumed with fear that I might neatly kill you and leave .

Perhaps, as soon as Lee Hyung-jin gets the information about the 61st floor, he would seat himself on the right stage . If he had enough ability, there were some stages that were better to stay at, than the residential area . There were already other challengers who spent their time challenging the stage, which was easy to attack, enjoyable, easy to live on, and more . Lee Hyung-jin would take that path, too, instead of coming up to the 61st floor and taking risks .

The conclusion was that Lee Hyung-jin should not know the information on the 61st floor . No matter how much I lied, Lee Hyung-jin would be curious about the information on the 61st floor that I cannot clear .

I’ll ask Kirikiri separately .

Naturally I looked at Kirikiri . Kirikiri crossed her fingers over her lips .

It seemed like a gesture of not telling, but it wasn’t . When asked, Kirikiri said that there was a price .

“Privacy . ”

“Heng . ”

The information value for the 61st-floor stage should be raised so that Kirikiri could not answer Lee Hyung-jin . One of the few elements with abnormally high prices was privacy . Just like how information about the gods was scarce, information related to privacy was difficult to find . Many just made up their own tales .

“I’m the only challenger here to reach the 61st floor of Hell’s difficulty level . The 61st-floor stage where I’m blocked can be a clue to infer my ability . I’d like to designate information about the 61st-floor stage as private to protect my power from others . Is it possible?”

“It’s possible if you pay . ”

“The price?”

There was a price for privacy settings?

“Certain amount of information . ”

There was plenty of information . It was Kirikiri who’d been giving me any information, but she’d often blocked my questions, saying I had to save money on information . Thanks to this, the amount I had, had been overflowing by now . I didn’t know the exact figures .

“You said before that if you got enough information, you could give me privacy, right?”

“I did . ”

It was a long time ago . The first time I met Kirikiri, the second time, or the third time . I didn’t even remember .

“The value of information required to know privacy is proportional to the value of information paid when designated as private . ”

“Okay . Then I’ll pay for all the information I have for privacy designation . ”

Kirikiri nodded . I wondered if Kirikiri had been managing my information in a frugal manner . Come to think of it, the price of information was not expressed in figures . The only way I could tell was for Kirikiri to tell me the price of the information was just around the corner . If she had collected my information price steadily starting a long time ago .

The dragon, whom I met as a manager, did not say anything about my information . It told me there was no problem with the source, the gods, or any story . If my thoughts were true, the price of the information I had could be much higher than I guessed .

“That part is my privacy . Heng . ”

“Whew . ”

I decided to put an end to this idea . I didn’t have to worry about what I couldn’t figure out .

“Did you set up my privacy?”

“No, not yet . ”

“Not yet?”

“Yes . Not yet,” Kirikiri said again . There was another requirement I didn’t know of .

“Please let me know if there is another way to control information . ”

Kirikiri told me not to forget that information costs were being spent on telling me that, but I still asked .

“Unlike privacy that applies to everyone, there is a way to control information about a single person, a specific person . ”

“How can I do that?”

“It’s only applicable if the target person says the given keyword himself . ”

Who’s the target person? The one who’s in charge of information control?

“Yes . ”

Should we let Hyung-jin tell Kirikiri the keyword himself? It was tricky . Why do you have this kind of function? I should only tell Kim Min-hyuk later . There may be people who are already using it .

“None,” answered Kirikiri . As I stared at her, she made an X on her mouth again . It was a little different from before . Oh, she also needs the price of information to tell me this .

“Okay, let’s move on . What’s the keyword? No, I guess I should decide it myself . ”

Kirikiri nodded . Of course . Not all keywords were set in one word .

What should be the keyword? I thought about it . Nothing really came to mind . I looked around, and I couldn’t think of anything . All that was here was a blue field, a gentle breeze, and a trembling pair of rabbit ears .

“Terrapin . ”

(T/N: It’s a soft-shelled turtle, originally written as Ja-ra or Ja-la, can also mean sleep . )

“What do you mean? Did you mean sleep?” Kirikiri asked back . I guessed she didn’t understand my thoughts because it was so spontaneous .

“No, it’s a reptile . Terrapin . ”

“Ew . I hate reptiles,” Kirikiri mumbled . Her face crumpled up as if it were gross . She must really hate it . “Why a reptile?”

“There’s an old story that’s been passed down in our country . Byeoljubujeon . ”

(T/N: Byeoljubujeon literally translates to The Rabbit Exhibition, but I’m using the original term, for originality’s sake ^^ )

(Note from Imagine: The former TLs used “turtle” as the keyword but for accuracy sake we are changing it to “terrapin”)

Finished