# 46
46. Let me know of failure (1)
The next day.
Early morning when the day’s schedule was over.
As I was sitting on a chair at the training center wiping my sweat, the sky lit up.
[Welcome to Pick Me Up!]
[Loading has finished.]
[TOUCH ! (optional)]
This is a familiar access message.
However, there was an alarm indicating a new announcement.
[Apology notice for server error]
[About the unsavory disconnection that occurred a few days ago…]
Below that, the masters staying on the lower floors of the tower were simultaneously disconnected, and it was explained that this was due to a sudden server short. An apology was posted.
The guy who appeared just before the 10th floor was cleared.
I couldn’t figure out the circumstances behind it, but I knew that it was related to him.
[Error compensation!]
[1. Special rewards for all masters! 500 gems will be given.]
[2. Get rewarded and get one more! 50000 gold will be paid.]
[3. There is another one. Raise your hero’s affinity! Gift certificates are given.]
[4. It doesn’t end here, right? Any day of the week! All dungeons will be open for 3 days.]
After closing the announcement, Amkena went into the mailbox and received a reward.
And he started touching the control panel.
Pyororong.
Isel approached, sprinkling star dust.
[Congratulations on Loki’s promotion!]
Bpabang!
Isel set off the firecrackers he brought from somewhere.
“…”
There is no one in the training camp.
There were Aaron and Dicka not too long ago, but they also went back.
As I sat still, Issel tilted his head.
[You look upset, did something happen?]
“I met your original.”
[original? What to say…]
Issel, who was thinking hard, opened his mouth.
“Were you the co-CEO of Mobius?”
[No way!]
I lifted Isel’s open mouth and closed it.
Isel said in a trembling voice.
[How much did you hear?]
I summarized the information I heard about this game from him.
Issel nodded with a serious expression. I said with a smile.
“I have no intention of arguing too much. Nothing will change. I climb the tower. You just need to help me with that.”
[Ah okay…]
“So what’s going on?”
He wouldn’t have shown up to talk in detail.
Issel erased his stiff face and smiled with a smile. Then, he took out a golden ticket the size of his body from his bosom.
[Do you know what this is? Gift ticket by name! Whatever you want!]
Isel held the golden ticket in his hand and shook his body as if he were dancing.
‘Is it a gift?’
Pick Me Up has a gift function.
It is to set up a special ball or give a reward to a hero you like.
Of course it’s not free.
Depending on the value of the gift, you have to pay gold, and in the case of a rare gift with a high grade, you need gems or advanced materials. The watch I asked for during the large-scale expansion of the facility was a similar concept to a gift.
“Are you going to give this to me?”
[To be precise, the master! Hmmm! Even that stupid guy knew Loki’s excellence.]
Issel held out the golden ticket.
I took the ticket and checked it out. The figure of a fairy was embossed on both sides of the ticket, and the number ‘10000’ was written in the middle.
‘Under 10,000 gold.’
Basically, gifts are paid, but you can use the function for free if you use a gift certificate that is very rarely given as an event.
‘It means that he thinks highly of me.’
Giving me a gift certificate with only one gift means that of all the heroes here, you value me the most.
In a way, it was natural.
It’s not just me, it’s the truth.
It’s because he’s the protagonist who broke through two seemingly impossible missions in a row. If you watched the strategy screen, you would have known that I was at the center of it, even though Edith and Iolka were outstanding.
it must have been amazing
Even though he didn’t do anything special, the heroes survive on their own.
I had a hard time on the 10th floor, which was out of the normal difficulty level, but I cleared it. The results are even more encouraging. With the loss of only two useless first-stars, the leading member survived.
I sighed and returned the ticket to Isel.
“I don’t need it. Give it to others.”
[‘Han(★★)’ refuses the gift.]
Issel, who received the ticket, widened her eyes.
[Are you really okay? can i get anything Delicious dishes! fancy clothes! Awesome decorations! You can have them all?]
“Not all.”
There are thousands of items in the gift shop.
A delicacy made from rare ingredients. A splendid outfit worn by nobles. A work of art with an elegant atmosphere. If you raise the conditions a little more, there are things that transcend imagination. Of course, you can’t buy something like that with 10,000 gold.
I got up and left the camp.
And I walked slowly to my house.
Issel followed closely.
“Why are you following me? I’m going to bed.”
[Wait for a while.]
Issel spun around on the spot. The star dust scattered from the wings gathered in one place and a small wooden statue was created.
[Purchase the ‘Warring Horse Statue’ with a gift voucher.]
[Give the ‘Warring Horse Statue’ as a gift to ‘Han(★★)’!]
[Tips/You can give a gift to your favorite hero. Get the hero’s affinity as a gift!]
“What is this?”
[A gift from the master!]
A dignified warhorse with its front paws raised is engraved.
I took it and looked it back and forth and left and right. The molding isn’t bad. The finish is also well done.
Some heroes would be happy if they received this.
I tossed the statue at random.
The statue hit the side of the fountain and tumbled, breaking its front legs and splitting its upper and lower bodies.
Isel’s mouth fell open.
I lifted Isel’s mouth once more and forced him to shut it.
Then I closed the door and went in.
‘If you’re going to give a present, give it to everyone.’
If you give it to only one hero, the other hero will be dissatisfied.
Although I was the most active, I did not risk my life alone. Appropriate non-gong peddling was the basis of a master. But to throw it away just because you received a gift certificate.
If you don’t use it properly, it’s worse than not using it at all.
‘A warhorse statue?’
Each hero has different tastes and wants.
It’s not that I don’t like being handed anything.
Even I alone know all the hobbies and tastes of Niflheim’s top 100 heroes.
After getting into bed, the sky darkened shortly after.
are you confused
Or do you have no idea
“…”
I can’t sleep.
I have to climb the tower.
There could be dozens of reasons.
However, I realized that an obstacle awaited me many times more powerful than the dirty difficulty of Pick Me Up rather than the low grade given to me.
It is the enemy within.
It’s not like the enemy inside.
If the hero has a problem, I can solve it.
Just like the maned wolf mercenary incident that happened a while ago, you can get rid of mice and birds without even noticing.
‘But if the Master loses his mind.’
Not sure yet.
It was a guessing phase. However, it seems that the guess is correct to the extent of 90%.
‘I’m good at it. I’m sick.’
I’m sick.
It is a slang word floating around among users of Pick Me Up.
The tone is funny, but the result is not.
Pick Me Up is called Lucky X Mangem.
One of the reasons is that the difficulty level in the beginning, when facilities and contents are not open, varies greatly depending on the luck of the first draw. If you choose a good hero, you can climb easily and comfortably, and if you get caught by a bad hero, you will roll and roll wildly while going through all kinds of hardships.
What kind of case is Amkena?
If you look at it objectively, you can’t see it as luck. The first 4 stars were combined with me, and after that, I changed all but one person in the 5-star draw. If so, are you out of luck?
‘No.’
He worked hard in the early days of the game.
The facilities were steadily expanded, heroes were fostered, and items were created.
It was proceeding properly according to the strategy I wrote.
What has changed is after the 5th floor.
After clearing the mission that should have been annihilated with my own power.
It started to deviate little by little.
In a state where the conditions weren’t ready, I did 5 paid draws and threw the last member to the 10th floor without properly nurturing it. In addition, he made various mistakes.
In this way, people called a master who relied only on heroes for strategy and did not look back at his responsibilities, a sick man. It is to mistake the hero’s ability for one’s own ability.
‘Can you take such a bastard up to the 100th floor?’
obviously. The master who repeated countless failures at the beginning of the game has a much stronger back heart.
It was the next evening that the speculation turned to certainty.
[Han Jenna Aaron Iolka!]
Isel’s cry calling out the members of the 1st party echoed through the training ground.
Jenna, who had been weaving her dagger between the wooden dolls, turned over and said,
“Oh, are you participating?”
“I guess so.”
It’s not a daily dungeon.
All four were combat members.
“Uh…”
Jenna furrowed her brows and got ready to go out.
Aaron sighed and followed Jenna.
The door next to the training center with a magic circle opened and Iolka jumped out.
Iolka left the training center with the hem of her dress fluttering.
distorted expression.
It doesn’t look good.
‘Of course.’
Due to repeated training and battles, the stress level is reaching a breaking point.
The 10th floor, which was especially fierce, became the catalyst. I’m trying my hand at it somehow, but it’s only a temporary relief. To solve this, the Master had no choice but to step out.
Four people from one party gathered in the plaza.
[Open the space-time gap!]
The door to the space-time gap opened.
I walked in the lead.
“I’ll finish it right away and come out.”
Three people follow.
The door is closed.
‘Is it the 8th or 9th floor?’
Climbing the 11th floor in this situation is irrational.
Although he had leveled up, Iolka’s level was still low. Since the 10th floor has been cleared, the entry restrictions have been lifted. The standard was to grow as much as possible in the stage before that.
If we add a condition here, it is to insert the last member, whether it is 1-star or 3-star.
The sooner you join, the better. It’s not like you can do your part by joining the party right away. It took time to adapt and fit in.
[Climb the tower and save the world!]
[Main Dungeon: Current number of floors to climb – 10]
‘Save the world.’
did this mean
But it doesn’t matter to me.
top attack. Everything else was discarded.
As I leaned against the wall and crossed my arms, a message indicating the number of floors to enter appeared in front of my eyes.
[The current number of challenging floors in the main dungeon is 11.]
[The door will open in 10 seconds. Get ready!]
“…”
‘After.’
It is confirmed.
I snapped my neck.
Then he drew his sword and put on his shield.
“Prepare It’s on the 11th floor.”
“Yes?”
While Jenna questioned, the surroundings became dark.
A crescent moon hung in the night sky.
The crescent moon sprinkled moonlight on the place where we stood.
‘The field is a graveyard.’
Monuments honoring the dead are erected everywhere.
Something creaks and stands up in the dreary and cold air.
[Floor 11.]
[Mission Type – Subjugation]
[Goal – Annihilate the enemy!]
[Skeleton Lv.11 X 14]
Skeletons standing on top of a graveyard bathed in moonlight.
It’s a sight that would make a normal person shudder, but the party members, including me, don’t even move. It’s because they’ve been through a hell that’s worse than that. Jenna scratched her cheek and said, ”
Skeleton
? ”
“It looks like it’ll break if you hit it.”
I chuckled.
Skeletons surrounded us with their jaw joints crackling. Each one was holding a sword, axe, mace, and other weapons in their hands.
Creak!
The skeleton in the front swung an axe.
The sound is cheesy once. I dodged the ax and then shot the cervical vertebrae with the edge of the shield. The skeleton whose bone fragments were broken could not move again. I looked up at the sky. From up there,
Amkena
was watching us.
‘First, take care of these guys first . I must think.’
“To position.”
“Go!”
“Yes!”
It’s a triangle, like on the 10th floor.
I’m in front, Aaron on the left, Jenna on the left, Iolka on the right, in the middle.
The fight started in the moonlit graveyard.