Episode 227 – Strange events
Saaae~.
The wind is blowing!
It is literally a pure white wind. No, it looked more like a typhoon than a wind.
“It’s cold!”
Scarlett, who was trembling like a broken person, shouted.
Again─. And even the tears in her eyes freeze.
The frozen tears even stuck to her cheeks, causing Scarlett to shudder as if she was in even more pain.
“It’s colder—!”
That’s right. The theme of the third floor is none other than the glacier area.
It is much colder than the North or South Poles. In the sky, you can’t tell if it’s hail or snow… Ice particles… No, lumps are pouring out.
The land is made entirely of ice.
‘Wow.’
It is so cold that even my body, which is not affected by the weather, naturally starts to flinch and tremble.
Should I say that it is not a matter of the weather, but the concept of ‘coldness’ itself that penetrates the skin and irritates the bones?
Even though I’m not frozen like Scarlett, I feel something awkward.
To be honest, I didn’t feel bad. Rather, do you feel fresh and refreshed?
My head becomes clearer as I feel cool for the first time in a while.
You can say that my condition has actually improved.
“…… Hmm.”
However, there is a separate problem.
Scarlett is not the only one shivering from the cold.
Dina was squatting down, trembling, wrapped in several layers of the fur coat she had put inside her subspace bracelet.
Kania clings to my back because I am warm.
Me and Stia are mostly affected, but Selly seems to be cold too, and is snuggled up in Seria’s arms.
And… Remaining kind.
‘He’s a little surprising, though. No, I guess he’s more like a caring man.’
He was shouting into the air with his top down.
“Wow! “You can’t defeat me with just this much cold!”
I hope you collapse a little.
Even though he wasn’t immune to the cold like us and was just bracing himself, I forced him to put on clothes.
If I were to freeze to death here, nothing would be as meaningless as that.
In addition, the skin of the monsters here evolved to withstand the cold, so there was a minor problem that it was tougher than that of monsters in other regions, but it wasn’t enough to be a hindrance to us.
“Wow!”
By the way, the one who appears over there and roars is not Jasangnam.
Ice trolls are the most prevalent monsters on this third floor.
Blue-skinned, about 2 meters tall. There’s even a huge club made entirely of ice, like a character from a certain game.
‘I don’t think I would feel uncomfortable even if there was a man with a stab wound in that gap.’
I thought it would be fun to give him a stick and sneak him in among us.
Of course, I really have no intention of doing it.
It looks like Scarlett and Dina will freeze to death if they stay here for too long, so Stia and I have no choice but to carry the burden on this floor.
In fact, the 3rd floor is an uneventful floor other than the cold, so if we who are not affected by the cold go out, we have no choice but to be able to clear it easily.
Faaat!
The long sword stretched out in an instant and decapitated the ice troll.
He was killed so simply that it gave me goosebumps. I have already become this much stronger.
Although the Ice Troll is not inherently strong… If only 3 of them stick together, I could kill them when I head to the Black Forest….
Now, I have grown to the point where I can kill the person I was back then with a single sword, at most with two cuts.
“hehehe….”
With a small smile, I swung my sword at the group of ice trolls running towards me.
Every time you swing the sword, one head falls off. A truly one-sided massacre… !
How did I become so strong!
As I was chopping off the heads of the ice trolls like a narcissistic fool dancing with swords, Stia came up next to me and scolded me.
“Play in moderation. “All the kids are freezing to death.”
“Do you want to do it too?”
“… ….”
As Stia and I were happily dancing with our swords and harvesting the heads of the ice trolls, Dina, who was worse than others, screamed and cast her magic.
“Just do it in moderation!”
Quang!
A huge black sphere was created in the sky and crushed all the ice trolls.
If you can do this in a moment, shouldn’t you have done it a long time ago? I had this thought, but I didn’t dare say it out loud.
In the first place, each and every slip of the tongue becomes the beginning of a breakup between lovers.
‘I must embrace you with love.’
Actually, we are not lovers yet!
As Stia, who had become oddly sullen after being scolded by Dina, and I moved forward swinging our swords vigorously, we saw the gate to the next floor.
“How long did it take this time?”
“Approximately 4 hours… ? “It was really fast.”
If the fight seemed to be going on for a bit, it was because Dina used her magic to end it all in one blow.
“Now I just have to deal with those.”
Just like on the second floor, there is a boss monster on the third floor.
The official name is very simple, Ice Troll King.
The difference is that it is several times larger, several times harder, and several times stronger than a typical ice troll.
Other than that, the only thing he can do is give command to other ice trolls.
Actually, that’s the problem!
“Guuu!”
The Ice Troll King must have spotted us watching from hiding, pointing at us and screaming.
He is giving command to the ice trolls. Kill us.
Approximately 50 ice trolls listen to his orders and begin to march towards us.
“… “It’s annoying!”
When Dina, sensing that this fight could go on for quite some time, raised her arm to cast her spell.
“… Ah?”
A strange event has begun.
Kugugugugung—!
The ground shakes. Earthquake? No. This is the Tower of Babel, not any other place. Not only do phenomena such as earthquakes do not exist, but even if an earthquake were to occur in Babylonia, the inside of the Tower of Babel would not be shaken as the space itself is a separate concept.
So, this is it now.
“The Tower of Babel is shaking.”
This space itself, the Tower of Babel, is twisted, mixed, and shaking.
An unexpected event was occurring that could never have occurred.
According to the story, there is no reason for the Tower of Babel to naturally shake, as it will remain intact for a few years to come.
Then, there is only one remaining case: someone is intentionally influencing the Tower of Babel….
‘It’s impossible.’
What do you think is the reason why the Tower of Babel has been able to exist so well?
This is because it is a space that is difficult for even the devil to mess with.
A legendary tower covered with ancient magic that we cannot even interpret, and not only that, but also blessed by the goddess.
No matter how much the devil he is, if he influences the Tower of Babel, he has no choice but to consume a lot of stamina, and if the warrior party attacks while he is exhausted, he will face death.
That is why the Tower of Babel still exists today.
However, there is no way the devil would be in a hurry to shake the Tower of Babel just because we came to attack it….
There is only one thing left.
‘Drinking.’
Only a demon god who has already influenced the Tower of Babel once in the distant past could do something like this.
‘But, why?’
Why did you stay quiet until now and now intervene? Did they decide that we could pose a threat to them?
If continuing to grow like this is not enough, if you reach the end of the Tower of Babel and even receive advice from an angel.
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He may have decided that he could really be in danger.
So, if you have decided to eliminate us… It makes sense that he barged in while we were on the third floor.
In this glacier area, there is virtually no one who can move normally except for me and Stia.
You may be able to move your body a little by force, but you are not as free as you are outside.
So, the third floor would have been the most appropriate space for an attack to eliminate us.
‘… No, don’t think about it now.’
First of all, surviving here is the priority. Instead of shaking, let’s watch carefully to see if anything unusual happens.
Blah blah blah!
Cracks begin to appear in the sky on the third floor, and within them, something similar to Dina’s magic power… However, a much more unpleasant magical power begins to flow out.
That magic goes straight to the Ice Troll King and seeps into his body.
Wow!
At the same time, the Ice Troll King’s skin turns dark red and his muscles begin to swell and grow even bigger. It has evolved.
Similar to what me, Stia, and Celie received.
The demon’s blessing.
However, the level is much lower than that of the goddess. It won’t be easy to bestow her blessings like a goddess who has given her all.
‘I’m glad. At this level, it’s not difficult….’
However, the strange events did not end there.
Wow!
The gate behind the Ice Troll King turns dark red and starts shaking like crazy.
And before long, a monster appears behind him.
Like the Ice Troll King, a huge golem that has been blessed by the demon god and is oozing black magic.
This guy was the ‘Giant Statue’, the boss monster on the 5th floor.
Moreover, this guy is not the only one.
The gate fluttered several times after that, and boss monsters from different tiers appeared.
4Th floor boss ‘Night Crow’
5Th floor boss ‘Giant Statue’
6Th floor boss ‘Sand Worm’
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14Th floor boss ‘Nightmare’
And, until the last layer, the boss ‘Fallen Angel’ on the 15th floor.
Everything received the blessing of the demon god.