The Legendary Regressor Devours the Tower - Chapter 04

Chapter 4

Pulling out the dagger stuck in the guy’s neck, he gave his chest a light kick with his foot.

With that, the massive physique fell backward limply.

Although he was fully geared up with an expensive axe, helmet, armor, shoes, and gloves, a beginner was still a beginner.

His movements were monotonous, making them easy to dodge, but with Super-sensation added to the mix, Sungwoon could predict Han Geonu’s next attack with 100% accuracy.

‘It’s definitely good. For me, who needs to walk the path of the sword, it’s an incomparably useful skill.’

Anyway, that guy who picked a fight just now.

He was someone who had acquired a skill right upon awakening.

Bulgoe.

A skill that hardens the body combined with outstanding physical stats—it was no wonder a major guild would covet him.

‘If his skill were at least C-rank, it might have taken a bit longer.’

Since he had acquired it not long ago, it must have been E-rank.

Bulgoe made his body hard, but it couldn’t protect an already wounded area, which was why that happened.

Sungwoon flicked off the blood on his dagger and walked forward.

“Uh……”

The novice climbers watching the battle flinched and scrambled out of the way.

They had never imagined that massive giant would suffer such a helpless defeat.

Kerureuk—

Stepping past the entrance of the 1st floor, countless goblins welcomed Sungwoon.

Just counting those visible to the naked eye, there were more than 30.

They were monsters prepared to match 100 novice climbers.

‘I’ll kill them all.’

To get a high clear evaluation score, he needed to hunt as many monsters as possible.

Sungwoon kicked off the ground and sprinted forward.

“Kerureuk?!”

The goblins assumed defensive stances.

However, Sungwoon slit a goblin’s throat a tempo faster.

Slicck.

The goblin group was overcome with confusion at the instantaneous turn of events, and Sungwoon, not missing the opening, swiftly targeted the next goblin and severed its neck.

‘I can feel every single presence.’

Even all the goblins not visible to the naked eye.

Whoosh—

Footworking past a swinging club with ease, he slashed his dagger straight across a goblin’s throat.

The wild swings of their clubs.

As his senses sent danger signals, he was able to dodge them so perfectly.

It was the reason why, despite countless attacks, he didn’t allow a single effective hit.

Slicck.

On the flip side, Sungwoon perfectly targeted vital points by following the flow of mana, and goblin corpses piled up like bamboo shoots after rain.

“Kerureuk!”

Deciding this wouldn’t do, the goblins surrounded Sungwoon.

“You think you can corner and kill me?”

Sungwoon burst into a smirk.

When climbing the tower, one goes through all sorts of crazy things.

In that process, there are countless near-death crises.

Perhaps because of that, even when surrounded by goblins, he could only laugh.

It was just too hilarious that they thought they could subdue him with merely this much.

“Come.”

Sungwoon pulled out another dagger, held it in his left hand, and beckoned them with a crook of his finger.

“Keruruk!”

The provocation was effective.

The goblins rushed at Sungwoon all at once.

The battle ended quickly.

[You have slain 61 goblins.]

There were 61 goblins in total.

He succeeded in killing over 60% of them entirely on his own.

He wanted to eliminate the rest by himself too, but the climbers who followed behind seemed impatient and started charging at the goblins.

Left with no choice, the remaining goblins became their share.

[Tallying the results of the 1st floor.]

[1st Place – 61 kills]

[2nd Place – 7 kills]

……

2nd place had killed a whopping 7.

‘It’s that man.’

Sungwoon’s gaze shifted toward a slender male who was only about 170 cm tall.

Outwardly, he looked as though a light nudge of a fist would knock him down, but the robe he was wearing and the wand held in his hand appeared considerably expensive.

If Sungwoon hadn’t been here, that man likely would have taken 1st place on the 1st floor.

Because just like Han Geonu, who had picked a fight earlier, he had used a skill too.

‘The pattern of skill users monopolizing everything remains the same.’

A blessing granted only to a handful of awakeners.

As a result, the tutorial had long since become a domain monopolized by skill users.

[A portal leading to the upper floor is being generated.]

[Climbers ranked 1st to 50th may enter, while climbers who failed to make the rankings will be automatically ejected.]

“No way!”

“Fuck! Give us a break up to 52nd place at least!”

The climbers who failed to make the rank screamed in anguish, but the system mercilessly expelled them outside.

With 49 people disappearing, a total of 50 people remained.

‘It should get a bit quieter now.’

Sungwoon moved his feet, entered the portal, and ascended to the next floor.

Balhae Guild.

The guild currently ranked 3rd in South Korea.

Park Seungbeom was a magic-type awakener who had acquired the ‘Blessing of Lightning’ skill upon awakening.

The Balhae Guild had welcomed Park Seungbeom with open arms when he came to them.

‘Thank you so much for choosing our Balhae.’

Balhae treated Park Seungbeom with utmost hospitality.

And understandably so, for he possessed the Blessing of Lightning.

A skill capable of growing up to S-rank.

Having acquired an S-rank skill right from the start, his growth speed would undoubtedly be dazzling.

Because of this, they lavished equipment items on Park Seungbeom without holding back—a robe worth 600 million won, a wand easily surpassing 1 billion won, shoes engraved with Haste magic worth slightly over 80 million won, and so on.

They generously supported him with gear items.

‘From what we’ve looked into, Cheonha recruited a talent as well and put them into this tutorial mode. The chances of running into them are slim, but keep it in mind.’

Cheonha.

A major guild ranked in 9th place, though significantly behind Balhae.

The fact that they recruited him right upon awakening meant he had to be a considerable talent, much like himself.

If he awakened around the same time and was recruited, the possibility of encountering him in tutorial mode certainly existed.

‘It’s fine. His limit is A-rank anyway.’

S-rank and A-rank.

Even if they were on the same standing right now, as time went on, the gap would widen like heaven and earth.

Even if they ran into each other, there was absolutely no reason to feel inferior.

‘That guy is the one who joined Cheonha.’

Park Seungbeom recognized Han Geonu at a single glance.

And for good reason: a novice climber like himself was decked out in high-priced defensive gear all over his body.

Seungbeom didn’t know where Geonu’s confidence came from, but Geonu was threatening all the climbers.

Including Seungbeom himself, who possessed the Blessing of Lightning skill.

Honestly, it would be a lie to say Seungbeom wasn’t pissed off, but he had no intention of stepping up himself.

What were the odds of winning if he went 1-on-1 against a giant like that?

Park Seungbeom was a novice climber with virtually zero real combat experience.

He lacked the data to get cocky relying on a single skill.

So he stayed still with the mindset of just watching, but then that guy locked his eyes on a man dressed shabbily and started striding towards him.

‘It’d be better if he didn’t stir up unnecessary trouble.’

Having been chosen by a major guild and stepping onto a royal road, it would be best not to cause accidents.

Perhaps his thoughts didn’t reach that far, as Geonu brought the axe he was holding down toward the shabbily dressed man.

Park Seungbeom sighed inwardly and shook his head.

‘What a hopeless bastard.’

Killing a climber like that would inevitably cause talk later on.

But that thought was merely an unnecessary worry.

‘He dodged it?’

Contrary to the expectation that he would die in a single blow, the man lightly dodged Han Geonu’s attack, and even after that, he dodged every single attack Geonu swung wildly.

Unlike Han Geonu who pressed on using skills, the man didn’t use a single skill and executed precise dodges without a single unnecessary movement, leaving Park Seungbeom utterly astonished.

If he entered tutorial mode, it meant that man hadn’t been awakened for long either, so how could such movements be possible?

Slicck—

As if it were laughable, the man subdued Han Geonu with a single dagger.

Watching that scene, Park Seungbeom felt goosebumps break out across his entire body.

Just who on earth is that guy?

‘Did he join a major guild like me? No. There’s no information on him for that to be true.’

It was too early to be shocked.

The man subsequently began killing goblins, and with every swing of his dagger, corpses piled up one by one.

Feeling a sense of urgency, Park Seungbeom continuously cast spells to kill goblins, but it fell far short of catching up to the man.

‘I can’t beat him with pure force.’

He had seen the overwhelming gap clearly with his own two eyes.

In that case, he just had to overtake him in other aspects.

The 2nd floor was maze exploration.

Each person had to quickly escape their assigned maze to ascend to the next floor, and 30 additional people would be eliminated here.

‘The maze must be escaped relying solely on my own strength.’

The tutorial maze was designed so that it wouldn’t react to any item whatsoever.

Furthermore, the exact same maze would never appear twice, so walkthrough guides couldn’t provide full assistance, requiring one to display their personal capabilities.

‘If it’s me, it’s possible.’

Pazzik—

As Park Seungbeom concentrated mana at his fingertips, sparks crackled at the tip and shot out in a straight line.

Blessing of Lightning was not a simple attack skill.

Having received power from Laiser, the God of Lightning, it could be applied in various ways.

For example, like this.

Pazzik—

The lightning that had extended in a straight line suddenly bent at a 90-degree angle.

The bent lightning changed direction once more before long.

‘I’m targeting the open spots.’

When two or three branching paths appeared, he adjusted the strands of lightning and pushed them forward.

Then, only one path would extend far out while the others hit dead ends.

Park Seungbeom severed the blocked strands and moved his feet toward the correct path.

As his progress through the maze went smoothly, the smile on his lips deepened.

‘I’ll show him that he can’t overwhelm everything with martial force alone.’

He acknowledged the man’s martial force, but Seungbeom was confident he wouldn’t fall behind in other techniques.

The problem would be paths with five or six branches.

‘Will I be able to control it?’

Before entering the tower, he had practiced splitting it up to six strands, but the control was considerably difficult.

Still, he had to pull it off.

Because if he delayed even a little bit, it would be hard to narrow the gap from the 1st floor.

[A portal leading to the upper floor is being generated.]

[Climbers ranked 1st to 20th may enter, while climbers who failed to make the rankings will be automatically ejected.]

[Currently, ‘1’ person has cleared the maze.]

At that moment, a message arrived for the climbers wandering in the maze.

“What is this……?”

Park Seungbeom stared at the message with an utterly dumbfounded expression.

He hadn’t even reached a third of the way yet, and someone cleared the maze already?

Just how?

Could there be someone with a detection-related skill?

Or else…… that man who recorded an overwhelming result on the 1st floor?

Park Seungbeom’s thought was spot on.

[Tallying the results of the 2nd floor.]

[1st Place – 10 minutes 37.06 seconds]

The one who took 1st place was none other than Sungwoon.

‘Having Super-sensation makes this so convenient.’

Being able to clear the 2nd floor in just 10 minutes was entirely thanks to Super-sensation.

Mana flowed through the passages of the maze, while blocked areas had some mana lingering stagnant.

Sungwoon quickly identified those aspects and sped up to push forward.

By picking up presences to read the surrounding features and terrain, he narrowed the margin of error, allowing him to arrive at the destination point without deviating even once.

“Did Rosalane clear it in 21 minutes?”

The 2nd floor record set by Rosalane, who finished with an SSS grade, was 21 minutes.

It was the world’s best record, but Sungwoon’s time was 10 minutes, cutting it down by a whole 11 minutes.

Would this record ever be broken? Probably not.

“It’s my first time going up to the 3rd floor.”

If the 1st floor was combat,

and the 2nd floor was exploration, the theme of the 3rd floor was Endurance.

In his past life, he hadn’t even gotten a glimpse of the 3rd floor.

“I will succeed no matter what.”

Sungwoon steeled his resolve as he ascended to the upper floor.