Chapter 68 The Tower (10) (1/2)
“Look who’s popular. Uhaha.”
Yeon-woo looked at the table with a slightly irritated face.
Phante burst out laughing at that sight, and Edora also smiled with her hand covering her mouth.
It was because the table was now full of invitation letters from several clans for Yeon-woo.
This meant that his performance had drawn the attention of clans all over The Tower.
Most of them were from small and unknown clans, but some of them were from quite large ones.
“So, hyung, what’s your plan?”
Phante asked with a grin.
“What plan?”
“Regarding those clans. Seems like everyone wants you. Even the Eight Clans might come to you. But you’re going to move by yourself, right?’
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Just like many other places, The Tower also followed the law of the jungle. Therefore, most clans were always looking for strong new recruits.
If they could recruit someone strong, they would be able to ascend to greater heights, and in turn, assert greater dominance over The Tower.
As such, Phante was curious as to what choice Yeon-woo would make.
As far as he knew, Yeon-woo had a strong sense of individuality.
Although Yeon-woo seemed to have established a close relationship with Kahn and Doyle in the tutorial, he heard that Yeon-woo didn’t clear the sections as a member of their team. Which suggested that he had cleared the whole tutorial as a solo player.
Thus, he wondered whether or not he would continue to walk the unconventional route of a solo player even after entering The Tower.
But Yeon-woo’s answer was somewhat vague.
“For the time being.”
“Huh? What do you mean ‘for the time being’? You mean you’re only planning to go solo for a while, and then look for a clan when your value increases?”
“Think however you like.”
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“Hmm.”
Yeon-woo waved his hand as if he no longer wanted to bother with his questions.
Phante gave a puzzled look as he failed to guess Yeon-woo’s plan.
But of course, even though Yeon-woo just answered vaguely, he clearly had no intention of joining any particular team or clan.
‘Even if I join a clan, it’ll just get in my way.’
In the tutorial, Yeon-woo had become acquainted with quite a few people.
Though he had become somewhat attached to some of them, he never got to fully trust them. Because he was well aware of how his brother had fallen into the path of demise.
He didn’t want to leave anything that could backfire and become his weakness. So he tried to keep a certain distance from people he met, and Henova and these siblings weren’t the exception.
‘Well, if I were to join a clan, there would be only one reason for it.’
Yeon-woo chuckled as he thought about the possibility of him joining a clan. But the laughter was full of murderous intent.
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‘It’d be to sneak into their safe house and stab a dagger into their hearts.’
But that would be a story for later as he was still too weak.
‘For the time being, I’ll have to focus on building up my strength by gathering all the hidden pieces that Jeong-woo left for me. It won’t be too late to have my revenge after that.’
Even though he got rid of Leonte’s right-hand man, Bild, he was well aware that he had been lucky.
So Yeon-woo wasn’t going to face them head-on.
For now, he had to suppress his vengeful thoughts and act as a normal player trying to reach the top.
‘I will never belong in a team, a clan or anything related to other players. Just stay low and hide myself.’
Yeon-woo’s eyes glowed with determination.
‘And when the time comes, I will rise up and cut their throats.’
Therefore, the first thing Yeon-woo had to do was to enter Olympus’ Treasury.
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Therein lies a very important artifact that he must acquire.
“Are you guys done drinking coffee? Then let’s get up..”
“Yup.”
“Okay.”
But the moment they got up from the table,
“Hmm… This place hasn’t changed much since the last time I was here.”
A man stepped into the terrace.
He had a long red hair that looked like a flame blazing fervidly.
And before they knew it, the surrounding noises had vanished. Even the tails that had been watching Yeon-woo from outside the cafe disappeared.
The man looked around the terrace as if it were familiar to him, then turned his eyes to Yeon-woo with a warm smile.
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The moment their eyes met, Yeon-woo’s face stiffened.
‘Why is he here?’
Yeon-woo’s head was filled with questions.
“You’re the Hoarder, right?”
The man spoke to Yeon-woo with a smile on his face. A very placid and benign looking smile.
But there was a powerful charisma in his smile that almost overwhelmed him.
Most of the people who came to recruit Yeon-woo spoke with honorifics. But the man in front of him spoke in a manner that was almost as if he was looking down on him, and it also came across very naturally.
It felt like the area surrounding the man was completely under his control.
Yeon-woo knew people with this power very well.
‘Rankers.’
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He didn’t expect to meet a player from the higher floors here.
Furthermore, Yeon-woo knew who the man in front of him was.
‘Bahal, the Flame Fist.’
A man known to usually have a gentle personality, but when it came to fighting he would become aggressive and bring everything down to ashes.
He was one of the executives of Red Dragon, and also, an old member of Arthia.
Not only that,
‘He was once Henova’s disciple. But I thought he would never come back to the Outer District after being expelled by Henova. Why is he here? Is it because of what I did to Night Watch? I thought that what happened to the clans in the Outer Distric didn’t concern them. Was I wrong? Or is it simply to recruit me just like other clans?’
Various ideas filled his mind.
Still, he didn’t forget one thing.
‘Whatever the reason may be, I can’t look surprised.’
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Rankers were mostly people with superhuman abilities and endless combat experience. For them, reading an ordinary player’s expression and guessing their thoughts based on that was as easy as flipping their palms.
It was true that Bahal was one of the enemies Yeon-woo had to take revenge upon one day, but that day surely wasn’t today.
So Yeon-woo tried to hide any sign of agitation as much as possible, and answered with a silent nod.
Bahal gave a slight smile at Yeon-woo’s response.
“I’ve heard you have a blunt personality, and it looks like it’s true. Well, that’s not a bad thing.”
Bahal said with a gentle laugh.
“If you don’t want to talk for long, I’ll make it short then. I want you to join Red Dragon.”
“…!”
It was such an unexpected remark.
Yeon-woo’s eyes became slightly bigger.
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“I don’t know if you’re aware of this, but this is the first time we’ve ever made a recruitment offer to a novice. And you are that lucky novice.”
Bahal continued with a grin hanging on his lips.
“If you join our clan, we are willing to spare no effort to help you climb The Tower. And believe me, the support we can provide… I’ll just say it’s beyond what you can ever imagine. So, what do you say?”
Yeon-woo closed his mouth tightly.
Even as far as he knew, it was the first time that one of the Eight Clans had offered a novice to join their ranks.