Chapter 27 - First Move (2) (2/2)

A challenger who knew about the return stone.

I didn’t know what difficulty they were in, but it was interesting.

‘I wonder what they were thinking when they posted this.’

Interested, I scrolled down further.

「 4th and 5th floors were manageable, but it’s killing me that the 6th trial is another trial of competition. 」

「 I used up all my questions, so I can’t get any more information. I’m going to die. 」

「 I’m even more fucked because I’m on the hard difficulty. 」

The hard difficulty.

It was the same as mine.

‘Is it already time for the 6th trial…’

The 5th trial must have been really short if they’re already on the 6th one.

Putting my intrigue aside, I kept scrolling.

Drr.

「 The fucking admins barely tell you anything even if you ask a question. 」

「 And ‘that bastard’ told everyone about the 4th and 6th trial and now everyone in the community is staying quiet. 」

「 Are all of us low rankers just supposed to die off? 」

「 People like us have to stick together if we want to stay alive. 」

「 Post a comment if you have any intentions of sharing anything. 」

“Hm.”

I think I’d figured the situation out.

‘The same thing that happened before the 4th trial is happening again now.’

And the ‘bastard’ he’s talking about is probably the same exact person as before.

Surprisingly, this was way more information than I anticipated.

Of course, I wasn’t going to reply to it.

‘I don’t have anything to share, nor do I have any intentions of sharing anything.’

I was considered a high ranker, seeing that I was 16th after the 4th trial.

I also hadn’t used any of my questions, so I had a lot saved up.

Plus, I didn’t want to expose any unwanted information about me.

It was then—

「 DancingWithGoblins – What are you even talking about? You got something wrong with your head? 」

The new listing started gathering some attention.

「 ModernOrc – I mean I guess there are a bunch of hunters who retired from going crazy. 」

「 SalaryLupin – I’m also a D-rank hunter. Am I gonna go crazy also? 」

「 HonestGamerHunter – Stop sprouting your bullshit about this tower and go play some games. 」

No one seems to believe him.

‘I mean, who’d even leave a legit reply to somethi…’

「 HurricaneSwag – Same, fuck. Can we talk one on one? I’m also in the hard difficulty. 」

「 SelfHealThief – Same. I got some info. Can we get together? Also hard difficulty. 」

“…I guess there are.”

You could tell that these people were at their wit’s end.

I was surprised to find that even the lower-ranked challengers bought a return stone.

‘If they were that desperate, they should have just stayed and kept training.’

I didn’t understand why they would waste 500 points like this.

Although I probably shouldn’t assume their situations.

‘Anyways, it looks like more and more people are starting to return.’

I’m assuming that this was because they were finishing up the 5th trial now.

“Good thing I came before everyone else.”

I was satisfied with my choices and kept searching online.

「 Yall know anything called the tower of trials? 」

「 If you’re a civilian make sure you don’t get swept away by the ‘Tower of Trials.’ 」

「 Looking for people to team up in the tower of trials 」

There were even posts warning normal people about not accepting the tower’s invitation.

‘It’s about time since there are probably easy difficulty challengers.’

Simultaneously, the tower seemed to garner a lot of attention.

「 What’s this tower and why is this the only thing people are talking about? 」

「 I heard there’s this dungeon called the tower of trials that’s even taking civilians, is that true? 」

「 Is this just a big prank? What’s the tower of trials? 」

I could tell that it was reaching the mainstream audiences at this point.

‘I don’t know how this will affect anything but…’

I knew one thing.

I had to climb up higher.

‘So the 6th trial is another competitive trial and the 5th is probably an individual…’

I’d probably have to kill more challengers.

That fact didn’t really come as a shock.

‘If I have to fight, I’ll fight.’

Actually, I was more curious to see the rewards I’d get afterward.

I didn’t know if it was because I’d already killed someone or if I’d become too accustomed to the tower.

A part of my brain felt missing now, but it wasn’t all bad.

I’d stay like this at least until the 8th floor.

“The 8th floor…”

Once all the features of the tower were unlocked, I planned to use all of my questions.

So until then…

All I had to do was keep going.

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Tag yourself, I’m HurricaneSwag

Another slow chapter just preparing for big boi story

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