Chapter 500 - Common Enemy (6) (1/2)

‘Skeleton King Tablet!’ Yeon-woo managed to figure out why the giants’ spirits suddenly diverged from their scripted responses.

On the fortieth floor, Yeon-woo had given the Skeleton King Tablet to Boo as a means of awakening his previous identity as Faust. The Tablet must have catalyzed with the spirits, causing an unexpected reaction. There were no details about the lore of the Skeleton King. His younger brother had also researched the Skeleton King’s background and only found unverifiable information, such as how an undead creature had been raised from the corpse of the last giant king or how the Skeleton King had originally been a soldier deployed by the otherworld gods.

Yeon-woo felt that it would be difficult to dig out more information about the Skeleton King than what his brother had already found, so he hadn’t given it much thought when he tossed the Tablet over to Boo. ‘But why is it causing a reaction now? How come this didn’t happen when Jeong-woo was here?’

Yeon-woo’s younger brother had made the Skeleton King Tablet earlier than he did. Furthermore, considering that Jeong-woo had broken through the sixtieth floor long before Yeon-woo had even entered the Tower, it was difficult for Yeon-woo to understand why things had changed. He pondered what he might have unknowingly included from his brother’s path.

『Give it up…!』 The spirits continued their demands, and the Great Warrior’s spirit transformed into a gigantic undead being. Its muscles and skin were intricately entangled like vines over its hard bones, and it had a bizarre appearance that mixed characteristics of the Skeleton King with those of a giant ghoul.

The spirit looked straight at Yeon-woo and grabbed the hilt of a large sword, pulling it out of the giant’s sword tomb slowly. There was an earthquake, and the hill where the sword tomb was located began to collapse. Once the Great Warrior drew the giant sword out completely, its tip reached the sky and a magical field spread out from it in concentric circles.

[A magic field infused with the magic of the ‘Crawling Chaos’ is spreading throughout the ‘Legions of the Great Old Warriors’]

[The ‘Legions of the Great Old Warriors’ have been afflicted with ‘Infection’.]

[‘Old Warrior 1’ is mutating.]

[‘Old Warrior 2’ is mutating.]

…

[‘Infected great demon legion’ has appeared.]

Like the Great Warrior, all of the other spirits on the floor transformed into a new form of the undead. Perhaps because they had obtained a new body rather than a spirit form, their ferocity had grown more intense.

Boom! Boom! Boom! The air seemed to boil, and the heaven and earth shook.As the legion’s desire for combat mixed in the air, Yeon-woo felt his skin sting. A mighty force that was not inferior to that of gods and demons raged like a storm, reminding him of the ancient warriors who once proved their worth by commanding and conquering entire universes and dimensions!

[Vimalacitra smiles quietly while reminiscing about the past.]

[Cernunnos smirks.]

[All gods of death show strong contempt for those who defy death and trying to rise once again.]

[All the demons of death have sharp gazes after observing the appearance of their old foes.]

[Most gods watching the situation are terrified.]

[Most demons watching the situation are rubbing their chins and wondering how they can take advantage of their old foes.]

Many of the gods and demons of the ninety-eighth floor expressed their thoughts and concerns, although the godly societies had the most intense reactions. Just as dragons did not have a good relationship with the demons, the gods had always been in conflict with the giants.

[The Hidden Quest (Legion of the Great Old Warriors) has been updated according to the new changes.]

[A Scenario Quest (King’s Proof) has been created.]

‘Scenario quest?’ Yeon-woo’s eyes widened slightly at the phrase he’d never seen before despite undertaking a lot of hidden and sudden quests. Using Time Difference, he quickly looked through his brother’s journal for any clues, but Yeon-Woo could not find anything related about scenario quests. ‘What is this?’

While Yeon-woo was asking himself these questions, a new window opened up.

[Scenario Quest / Proof of the King I]

[Description: In ancient times, there were giants, who have since disappeared. They proved their self-worth through their courage, but the changing tides of time caught up with them. As the years passed, all their traditions and knowledge disappeared. Even those who remembered them or commemorated their existences in tales and lore all disappeared.

‘Valdebich’, the last king of the giants and the Great Warrior, made a contract with an otherworld god to bring back the golden age of the giants. He became the ‘Skeleton King’, but even then, he was eventually forgotten.

However, the longing that ‘Valdebich’ possessed during his life remained even after his death. He longed for someone else to succeed him. Thus ‘Valdebich’ and the legion of giants under his command left numerous sword tombs on the sixtieth floor that contained their thoughts and spirit bodies, testing and observing players for many years.

The aspirations of the giants were very simple. They wanted to find someone who would stand atop the entire universe and all its dimensions! The giants longed to step on their foes, regardless of who they were, and obtain the highest peak in the universe.

However, in the end, they failed, and so they hoped that someone might inherit their strength and perspective to carry on their aspirations. They wished for the birth of a new king.

You have appeared with the tablet that ‘Valdebich’ cherished, awakening and angering all the giants’ spirits on the floor. However, they have been tormented by sleep for too long and swam through an endless nightmare.

Liberate them all from their ongoing nightmares, which were created by the influence of the ‘Crawling Chaos’, and pass their test to acquire the title of ‘Great Warrior’. If you succeed, you will obtain Valdebich’s high-level recognition.]

[Conditions:

Owner of the Skeleton King Tablet

Holder of the Hidden Guest (The Legion of the Great Old Warriors)

Possessor of skill and achievements favored by the giants]

[Time limit: - ]

[Reward:

1. Title ‘Great War Soldier’

2. Entrance to the hidden stage ‘Land of the Fallen Giant’

3. Skeleton King’s Sword