I Have Supported My Favorite Character for 10 Years

34. The bondage of pain

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Wow—

[Guild leaders who wish to enter the tower are requested to apply before midnight today.]

[Additional information: Those entering the tower for the first time must be accompanied by an accompanying person.]

A notice about guild content called [Tower] Was sent as a message.

At the same time, a notification came that a series of messages had arrived.

Wooow—

[Mister Chugwan: Hello, Pomaljo, this is Yeongeun-gwan, whom I saw last time ^^ This time, a guild content has been opened. Would you like to participate? ]

[Yuna: Unnie, will you climb the first tower together?]

Mr. Chugwan seems like a fairly decent person….

Yuna is someone she met once last time and had breakfast with.

I don’t know the details about her yet, but since I heard that Jenna is a close friend of Yuna’s contractor, my guard softened a little.

But, seeing as they are asking for two people to participate at the same time, I guess that means they can climb the tower together.

“… “Is that possible?”

[Is it possible for people from different guilds to climb the tower together?]

When I sent the same reply to both people, the reply came back like a knife.

[Mister Chugwan: You can do this with an alliance guild!]

[Yuna: Yes, we can be allies.]

I was worried that I needed to find a guild member because I needed a ‘companion’-

If you are an allied guild, you can accompany me, right?

They said that the key to a tower is for the minimum number of people in the guild to clear it quickly. The goods are fixed, and the final reward is divided by 1/N according to the number of people who entered.

The rule for soup is that about 5 people usually go together.

[Mister Chugwan: Normally, we divide it into N breads, but I don’t need that hahahaha. Fomaljo can just keep 100% of the reward goods.]

[Yuna: Let’s go in together! Since you are still a newbie, I will return the bus to you hahahaha. I will give you all the goods.]

“But I don’t need to do that.”

I heard that the guild run by Chugwan is the best, so I should try it out and enjoy it.

I sent a message to two people at the same time.

[Good. Let’s go together.]

***

A huge spire.

The pitch-black tower, reminiscent of a skyscraper, was the place where the glitches of Benon World were accumulated.

The goal of sponsors and contractors is to find and destroy boss glitches that are re-created at regular intervals.

The professor in charge, standing in front of the spire, held up a bundle of parchment and shouted.

“Dear sponsors! “I hope you receive a map each!”

The tower is not something you just climb up without knowing anything.

Every time a glitch regenerated, the tower spit out a map, and the paths to advance were drawn on the map.

In the form of two or three paths. A form that gives choices on each floor.

“Wow, this seed is tough. Why is the difficulty level like this? How many elites are there? .”

“Isn’t that because Fomaljo came?”

“Ha…. Was it really true that there was a real upward standardization?”

As soon as I received the map, two people approached me.

“Pomaljo! “You came first!”

“Lucky brother!”

Two people speaking while raising their hands at the same time. From the looks of it, it looks like we came together –

They were both embarrassed at the same time.

“… “What, you’re not going with your regular teammates today?”

“What are you talking about? I was planning to go with Unyi oppa today. That guy doesn’t go with his teammates? “Become the guild leader.”

It seemed like the two people didn’t know that I contacted them at the same time.

Should I have told you this?

“… “You two are in the same guild anyway, so I thought you would notice when applying for an alliance guild.”

Alliance guilds are concluded between guild leaders, and I signed an alliance contract with Mr. Chugwan.

I already told Yuna about the process.

But for some reason, the two people look like they have no idea.

“I made a bit of a mistake on this one. Well, if you don’t like the membership, you can cancel….”

As I spoke while scratching the back of my head, the two people clapped their hands.

“No, no, no, I don’t care at all. hahahahaha, there was a time when I even carried this kid-“

“No, Unyi oppa, I don’t care. “You just have to treat this guy like he doesn’t exist anyway.”

“… “There is no one.”

I was laughing while watching the two people playing Tiki Taka, and as if the entrance had begun, people were flocking to the entrance of the tower.

“Please enter the next team!”

After-

Something makes my heart flutter.

The dungeon wasn’t fun because I just watched the kids running around, but I was a little excited because I got to go into the tower myself.

I urged the two people.

“Anyway, then everyone agrees that we just keep going like this, right? “Then, since everyone is here, please come in.”

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[Chapter of Beginning]

A huge cave.

High ceiling with no end in sight.

Stalactites are showing their sharpness in the background in the distance. Only a lantern, whose source is unknown, illuminates the surroundings.

“Are you all here?”

The total number of people in the party is 7, as the trio, Azel Jenna, and Yeon Geun-gwan Yuna each have one contractor.

“Yes, there is no problem here.”

“It’s the same.”

All 7 people entered. At the same time, the portal that brought us to this unfamiliar place closed.

They said that even if you die here anyway, you can go back outside.

Nevertheless, there is considerable tension as the portal closes.

Soon, something of a gigantic shape appeared in front of us. No, more accurately, it appeared naturally as if it had been there from the beginning.

‘Something’ with countless legs of jet black color, similar to the walls of a cave or the outer wall of a tower.

Each bridge seemed to be 5 meters long.

No, will it be more?

On top of the legs there was only one huge body, and on that body were two long arms.

In between, there are countless eyeballs.

The eyeballs began scanning the seven people, as if each of them had a sense of self.

“Again… Meeting… Strangers….”

I can’t even guess where the vocal organ is –

The low, deep voice of that being echoed throughout the cave to the point where it was deafening.

My daughter and I were startled and covered our ears, but the other people seemed familiar.

Mr. Chugwan said with a shy smile.

“I should have told you in advance, I’m sorry. hahahaha, Mr. Taecho’s voice is a bit loud.”

I think we’re already used to it…

“… “Mr. Taecho?”

Yes, is it an ancient being? That’s the official name, but-

“It’s just a nickname given by sponsors. Even if you climb the same tower every time and reach the top, you have to start from the first floor when you climb the tower again every month. It feels like I’ve come to a village from the beginning. hahahaha.”

“Aha… “Then I guess that Taecho guy is giving me some kind of item to get things started?”

Don’t you start by getting monsters in the beginning village in Porx Monsters?

Most of these types of roguelike games are like this when such creatures appear.

“Oh, that’s not it.”

“… “Then why is that guy here?”

Before Yeongeun Gwan could answer my question, Yuna opened her mouth first.

“Mr. Taecho, please open the portal on the first floor.”

It seems like the role is just that of a gatekeeper who opens a portal.

Mr. Taecho’s eyes, which had been staring here and there at Yuna’s words, instantly focused on Yuna.

He stared at her quietly, and then her gaze turned to her uncle-

Soon, those eyes turned to me.

Hundreds of eyeballs.

It was as if each eye was trying to penetrate into my inner self. I don’t even think it’s gross. Somehow, it feels like my feet have been ripped off.

Suddenly, the man from Taecho, who had been standing still, slowly moved his many legs.

Kukukung—

He bent his legs and looked at me closer.

“Uh… Uncle from the beginning?”

“Why is this guy acting like this all of a sudden?”

Yeon Geun-gwan and Yuna were taken aback by the unexpected behavior of the ancient being. The tower goes up once a month.

The two people, who had already spent several years in Benon World, thought they knew all about his behavior patterns.

Just stand still, say a few words and ask to open the portal, and the portal will be opened.

Just like a gatekeeper.

But now he has clearly moved. This is the first time for the two people, who are praised as ‘old-timers,’ to witness an ancient being moving its legs rather than its eyes.

Jenna and Azel reflexively stepped forward as if to protect Heavenly Luck.

However, heavenly luck stopped them.

“I’m fine, guys.”

There is no basis to say it is okay.

But, I don’t feel any hostility.

There is no reason for this man to show hostility towards me.

Soon, the ancient being raised its legs again. Then, like nothing happened, it went back to its original position.

He opened his mouth.

“Good…. I hope you get lucky this time….”

Hope you’ll be lucky ‘this time’… ?

It sounds as if you haven’t had any luck before.

However, perhaps I was the only one who felt this way, Yuna and Mr. Chugwan casually bowed their heads and entered the portal opened by Mr. Taecho.

“Thank you.”

“Thank you.”

“Let’s go in too.”

The four of us entered first, and I followed Azel and Jenna into the portal.

That time when you leave yourself in the portal.

I heard the voice of an ancient being muttering behind me.

“Fate…. Can you carry it, you unique one? .”

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“The tower… It must fall… The bondage of pain… “