Stuck in The Tower

Chapter 148 Entering the realm,

we looked ahead.

After the rough explanation of the 35th floor, a change occurred in the field.

-Koo-Goo-Gung

[The area of each boss is expanded!]

[Survive.]

The five pillars of light at the end of the field emitted light at the same time and the range increased.

The terrain changed according to the increased range.

Stones rose, and the ground receded and sank, becoming swamps, and mystical grasses and trees growing and becoming gardens.

It’s still not that wide. If you don’t go looking for it, you won’t be able to enter the area.

I focused on that look.

There is a place you are looking for.

Safe Zone. I tried to figure out the location through authority.

[The use of the power is restricted because it can directly affect the team game.] [

If you approach within a certain distance, you can check the safe zone with the power.]

Blocked by the system.

There doesn’t seem to be an easy way to get there.

It’s only when you’re strict

If we’re going to balance it out, we’ll mess with the big guild guys over there who work as a group.

Unity is a strategy and power is a cheat.

Whoa.

He let out a small sigh.

If I look at it in heat, I’m the only one who loses. Let’s think of a way to win.

I checked the system notification log. I already memorized it in my head, but just in case.

“The place with the highest survival rate is the hermit of Dolsan in District 2. If the entire field becomes the territory of the boss, you may have to aim for it.”

“The other teams must have the same idea, right?”

I nodded at Kim Sodam’s words.

A large guild team is aiming for us, but their ultimate goal is to climb the tower.

Rookies are people who have been trained and supported by large guilds at astronomical amounts of money.

It was clear that he had no intention of losing it in vain.

They’ll probably try to get us out before the area covers the field and fall into the safe zone.

“There are two points of this competition.”

Holding a sword and shield, Kim Seo-gyun frowned and said.

“Occupy the safe zone, survive in the boss’s realm. Both are connected. After occupying the safe zone, if the area becomes the boss’ territory, it will be safe.”

That’s right.

There is no answer to simply fighting. Even if we destroy all the large guilds, what use is it if we die?

Let them go their way, and we have to go upstairs to make sense.

You have to think well.

It is risky to first look around areas with low survival rates, but if you succeed, you can win the competition without much friction.

I would have done that if we hadn’t been chased by the guild guys.

Even though there was a limit, if you enter a certain distance, you can find a safe zone with authority.

“As long as the large guild is waiting for it, there is no possibility that it will end smoothly.”

The 35th floor has many participating teams.

I don’t know exactly how many people are up, but since 20 teams have joined, you can think of it as about 100 people.

The important thing is how many of the 20 teams are not affiliated with a large guild.

“Shouldn’t I join Oh Ji-hyeok?”

Choi Young-mi asked anxiously.

I don’t know anything else, but it is certain that Oh Ji-hyeok was recognized as a team.

Raising the power even a little is the right choice.

‘I can’t figure out the location.’

this is the biggest problem

Communication Artifact given by Oh Ji-hyeok.

So far, they haven’t noticed that we’re eavesdropping, and they’re constantly reporting.

-I will move to point 2.

– To maintain the reporting system in case of engagement and to come to the final assembly area.

– Roger.

-Do you place personnel in the 2nd boss area?

-Leave 3 people and get out immediately if it is dangerous.

– We will proceed.

Actually, listening to it didn’t help much.

If you say point number 2, who knows. In the end, you just have to figure it out on your own.

“Once we move. While moving while identifying the safe zone, join Oh Ji-hyeok or another combined team. When we find enemies, let’s bypass them.”

“great. If we fight recklessly, we will only lose.”

“As long as the enemies move organically, it’s over once you’re surrounded. There is too much difference in the number of people.”

My teammates agree with me.

Ko Dae-jin and I started to move in the lead.

Our role is important. Because you have to scout faster than the enemy.

As I continued to run, thoughts swirled in my head.

A Narrowing Field Dangerous Area A large guild and an allied team to serve as reinforcements.

I could have dragged them into guerrilla warfare or stabbed the joining team before they merged.

You can run to the place where Rookie is from the start and break his morale.

If that doesn’t work…

‘There’s also a way to use the field boss.’

A huge difference in number of people.

I didn’t get much useful information from the communication artifacts, but I did get some clues.

More than I could have imagined, there are many large guild teams that have reached the 35th floor where we are, and that all three rookie teams are here.

I was expecting one or two teams to fall somewhere else…..

“Kihaaaaa!”

While running forward, a monster popped out from the ground.

A fish-like creature with legs.

Although it looked funny.

“Kheop!”

It was a 3-star monster.

God Jin, who was ahead of him, knocked him out with a narrow car.

The mouth of half of its body had sharp teeth, and it had the characteristic of dissolving anything it bit into acid before chewing.

If it was in the early 30th floor, even Godaejin would have stopped.

but.

– Kwajijik!

Ko Dae-jin also succeeded in betting on the 34th floor and improved his specs. Equipment as well as stats rose significantly.

Go Dae-jin calmly thrust his sword into the man’s mouth and shattered his brain.

The outer skin is hard, but the mouth is relatively soft.

“I was only thinking about the boss, but even monsters roam the field.”

“The tower is like that.”

The exploration continued as if it were nothing special.

We kept moving.

“Why aren’t there any?”

After 30 minutes, I felt a strange sense of deja vu.

Even though it was only 30 minutes, our movement speed was considerable.

I thought I would find one safe zone, but nothing was visible, and the time for the field boss’s area to increase came before I knew it.

[The area of the field boss increases.]

-Koo-gu-gu-gung

light spreads.

A halo of light spreading along the floor.

The earth, which is eroding at a very rapid rate, passed under our feet before we knew it.

“Everyone relax! You have entered the realm!”

Timing to alert teammates.

[You have entered the territory of Jahaltan, the predator of the swamp.]

[Survival rate 65%]

[Please move carefully.]

A message appeared saying that we had entered the territory of the boss.

Should I escape immediately?

The moment I had that kind of trouble.

[A safe zone is created within the area.]

An important message came to mind.

Create a safe zone!

There was a reason why I couldn’t find it even after walking around the field.

“It was created within the realm.”

What a wicked composition.

[Tip. Each area on the 35th floor has 3 or 4 safe zones.]

Even a tip message came to mind.

There are 3 4 safe zones in 5 zones.

Obviously, when the competition started, there were 18 safe zones left.

If you do the calculations…

“It means that there will be 4 safe zones in 3 areas and 3 safe zones in 2 areas.”

“It was said that up to 18 teams could survive, but in reality there may be less. Wow, why is the difficulty level like this?”

God Jin sticks out his tongue.

If four safe zones were created in an area with a 1% survival rate, only 14 teams might survive, not 18 teams.

You never know. If there is a team that goes into another area and is wiped out, it will decrease further.

feel it again

Another name people call the 30th floor is the road of despair.

It was gnashing of teeth, but after all, we were lucky.

“Still, where we’ve entered is a survival rate of 65 percent. It’s an easy field.”

Things are better than the other 30% and 40% survival rate areas.

Not to mention places in the 1% range.

It’s a pity that you have to go there yourself for the quest… but

calm down. You can finish the quest later. Let’s start with something certain.

“Is this the realm?”

“Ah, does it make sense for the environment to change so drastically?”

Team members join us as we went ahead for reconnaissance.

The surrounding area has already become swampy.

Mossy trees soar into the sky, and swamps of unknown depth stretch all around.

the problem is.

-Team A23 has entered the swamp. I’m going to check the safe zone.

– Move as quietly as possible. Get out after securing the safe zone.

– Roger.

-C09 team will also move.

-check.

It wasn’t just us coming here.

two teams.

I don’t know which way it will come in, but one thing is certain.

“If you fight, the field boss will appear.”

That a monster with a name will attack us at the same time as we fight them.

Zahartan, the predator of the swamp.

what the heck is he Was it an NPC like the rulers I met on the 19th and 29th floors?

Or a boss-level elite monster?

Maybe it was a special existence that only inhabited the 35th floor.

Meeting either way is a no-brainer.

“The ark.”

“huh?”

Deokchun, who was on his shoulder, pointed to one side.

A place where rotted trees piled up far away.

-A

pair of eyes were shining there.

Oh maybe not?

Even if you’re not very lucky, it doesn’t make sense for the boss to appear as soon as you enter the area.

Still, he held the sword in his hand.

The team members who saw me hardened also prepared for battle.

The point at which the tension reached its peak.

-Quaguaguagwang!

“Kraaaaak!”

A lizardman with a height of up to 5 meters jumped out holding an ax in both hands.

[Zhaltan, the boss of the 3rd area, appears!]

“Damn it! Fall back!”

Anxious premonitions are not wrong.

He pushed his teammates back and ran forward.

The feel of the muddy ground.

moist air.

–

All of that hardened at once.

[Fire Bomb (A) Lv.7]

[Skill level up!]

[Fire Bomb (A) Lv.8]

Powerful firearms sweep the front.

Increased destructive power as the level rises.

furthermore.

[The seal of fire is with you!]

[Feline’s red hair attribute flame is applied!]

The equipment and seal I have.

[Buff Dice (B) Lv. 3]

[4]

[Cry of Destruction]

– Atrophy the opponent’s body and mind.

The effect of properly used Buff Dice was embedded in the skill.

[Armageddon Fragment Badge (A)]

-A badge containing fine fragments of Armageddon, the meteorite that destroyed a world.

-I feel intimidated.

-Inflicts greater damage on a shrunken target.

The newly acquired artifact showed a response.

Aaaaaang!

A huge explosion swept across the battlefield.

* * *

Field on the 35th floor.

-Ku-gu-gu-gu-gung

The man who was moving stopped at the vibration that shook the ground.

The four guild members who followed him also turned their heads to where the noise was heard.

All of them wore high-quality equipment, but it was inferior to the equipment of the team leader.

The places they passed by were lined with the corpses of monsters.

A hill where pit bulls run down.

“A bastard.”

The team leader raised an eyebrow.

Rookie Choi Seong-mo of Sangun.

He had a hunch that Evileye was there.

Because it couldn’t have been made unless it was that level of explosive Evileye.

“Ah, can you hear me? I’m going to the swamp so that you know.”

Choi Seong-mo, who took out a communication artifact from his pocket and reported it to the other teams, turned around.

“Only your teammates go?”

The head of another team, who was moving with a wide distance, called Choi Seong-mo.

sharp eyes.

A woman wearing red armor with a long sword in one hand and a spear attached to her back.

It was Lee Ha-young, the rookie of the Daseong Guild.

The number of team members following her is 6 people.

“Alone is enough.”

“Confidence is good, but you know it’s embarrassing when you apply it, right?”

Lee Ha-young twisted her head and said, but Choi Seong-mo just kept raising her mouth.

“Nothing like that. You lead your team to the rendezvous point.”

“Yeah, whatever. If it’s dangerous, shoot a flare.”

Choi Seong-mo picked up a long sword at the place where Lee Ha-young left without regret.

Item he received when he became a rookie.

[Pataesando 破太山刀 (AAA)]

-Sword that can even bring down mountains

-The strong force is with you.

It was time to check its power.