Chapter 77 - Olympus’ Treasury (2) (2/2)
Yeon-woo could tell that Yvlke was genuinely praising him for his perforly unmoved even by Yvlke’s compliments
Perhaps because he was still dazzled fro such as Herreat weapon like Astrape breaking down into fine dust
But whatever the reason was, Yeon-woo didn’t feel anything despite his accomplishments
Rather, it occurred to hi very obvious and unsurprising
If others knehat he was thinking, they would point fingers at hiant But that was really how Yeon-as feeling
‘Maybe my experiences in Africa left me emotionally drained’
Also,
Yeon-woo’s head was currently full of questions for Yvlke
“Why did Astrape break down?”
“Ohyohyo That’s a secret I cannot answer”
“Then who is the Black King?”
“That’s also a secret”
“Why was I given this bracelet?”
“The Tower provides rewards according to players’ achieverinned as he fixed his monocle
But his attitudean important secret from Yeon-woo
“We Guardians are merely the custodians of The Tower We are here to execute the will of The Tower The rewards you receive are all given based on the performance you make So whatever you may have experienced, it is all because of the path you chose Therefore, there is notthe questions you asked”
Yvlke’s keen eyes let out a strange glow
“Oh, also, it is true that we, Guardians, watch players twenty-four-seven, but please do keep in mind that you are just one of the hundreds of e in The Tower”
“I will”
Yeon-woo answered with a nod
Just like what Yvlke said, he was nothing but a player whom the Guardians wouldn’t care about even if he died
However, the word ‘path’ Yvlke used kept bugging Yeon-woo
‘I suppose that is your path’
And it reminded him of what Hermes had said when he refused to be his Apostle
‘My path… What could he have meant by that?’
Yeon-woo narrowed his eyes
Gods do not speak amiss, for they are the rulers of all creatures So Her And he really wanted to knohat that ‘so about the Black King?’
But after a while, Yeon-woo shook his head
Even if he continued to agonize over this et any answer
Whatever path he was treading right now, he would at least bu
If so, what he had to do noas to focus on living the present
“Looks like you’re done putting on your thinking caps Then let’s talk about your rewards now”
Yvlke clapped as he laughed cheerfully
Clap
[Total Karma: 1,420,119 Points]
“Look at this nuht now, you have 10 rewards for clearing each floor, one for clearing the Beginner Zone, and another one for setting a new record, a total of 12 pieces of pending artifacts Would you like to take them now?”
Yeon-woo shook his head
“I’d like to cole reward”
Yvlke burst into laughter as if he had been expecting that answer
“Is there anything you’d like to receive?”
“Astrape”
“You silly You know that is already over”
“I’”
Yeon-woo refuted, but Yvlke pretended he didn’t hear what he said
“If you have nothing in your mind, then I will have the system decide for you”
The over 14 ht orbs hovering next to Yvlke flew into Yvlke’s fist
And when Yvlke opened his palhtly widened
The artifact that appeared on Yvlke’s hand was also familiar to Yeon-woo
A nine layered shi+eld with a is
“Your achieve that no one has ever accoive you this artifact as a reward”
Only then did Yeon-woo realize
Whatdid someone’s achievements have in The Tower?
He once questioned what kind of reould he receive if he accrued all his achievements
But he didn’t expect the result to come back like this
“Would you like to take this as your reward?”
Yeon-woo nodded
[You have acquired ‘Athena’s Aegis’]
Aegis fell onto Yeon-woo’s hand
He thought it would be heavy because of its nine layers, but when he held it in his hand, he was surprised to feel how light it was
Yeon-woo passed his hand over the smooth surface of the shi+eld
“It seems like my job is finished Perhaps I should take e popped up over Yvlke’s head
[The trial has ended Will you continue to the next floor?]
Yeon-woo nodded
A blue portal opened underneath his feet
Yeon-woo then disappeared into the portal
The inner Zone, a huge eappeared on every floor of The Tower
It was an announcement shown to all players in The Tohenever a record was broken
Its contents were si the previous record of the Beginner Zone and registering their score in the Hall of Fame
And when players found out that the undisclosed player was the hoarder, the whole Tower once again entered a period of agitation
Most of the players orried by the advent of the new talent, but there were some who expressed joy
Because it was the moment that the na-as finally thrown into the dustbin of history
But instead, the naraved deep inside their heads