Chapter 24
The moment Seojun’s sword pierced precisely at the intersection.
The crackling sound started right in front of his face.
It happened in an instant.
Blue lightning currents flowed rapidly into the sword.
The blue lightning was absorbed by Seojun’s sword, turning it white.
The sound of sparks crackled close by, and the sword grew heavier with a tingling sensation.
Seojun swung the sword.
The white lightning, which had settled on the blade, exploded with a crack and shot towards the wall.
Crash!
The lightning struck the bookshelf attached to the wall, lingering for about a second before disappearing.
Thud.
The books hit the floor first, followed by the collapsing desk.
“Wow, what’s going on?”
– “Using magic directly?”
– “What did he do? It wasn’t a weak point attack, was it?”
– “He’s doing something only he can do again.”
It was exactly as it appeared.
A clue to attacking the Tower Lord.
‘So, he was the real creator. As expected.’
Seojun smiled contentedly and leaned back.
Crackle!
Lightning flashed above him.
Seojun once again identified the faint intersection and thrust his sword into it, then swung the sword towards the Tower Lord.
White lightning flew towards the Tower Lord and struck the shield.
It could have been dodged with teleportation, but the Tower Lord didn’t move and held his ground.
Cracks appeared on the translucent spherical shield.
“So, even your magic can break it, huh?”
Blue lightning drew lines in the air, and white lightning responded in kind.
The attack and defense repeated, the cracks in the shield growing larger until it finally shattered.
Immediately after, Seojun swung his sword towards the glass case behind the Tower Lord, sending lightning crashing into it.
“You wretched insect!”
The Tower Lord’s pupils dilated momentarily.
He had no choice but to teleport out of the way.
Crash.
The glass case finally shattered.
Inside, a ring the size of a soccer ball began to glow and tremble.
The Tower Lord, who had dodged to the side, furrowed his brow.
He began glaring at Seojun.
“Huff… You thought breaking that would solve everything, didn’t you? But that was a mistake. The core only refines the infinite mana drawn from the tower to make it easier for me to absorb.”
Seojun shrugged his shoulders and replied.
“You seem flustered.”
– “LOL”
– “Looks like it solved something to me.”
– “Did he discover the nature of the infinite mana?”
– “Transformer, huh?”
Despite Seojun’s taunt, the Tower Lord remained unfazed and continued speaking.
“Even without the core, I can still use infinite mana. In fact, with more mana flowing in, my power becomes stronger. I’ll use this power to finish you off quickly.”
The Tower Lord’s face began to glow blue, with veins bulging.
“Why so chatty?”
Seojun slung his sword over his shoulder and said.
– “Look who’s turned into an explainer, are you flustered?”
– “Got hit by a transformer.”
– “Just need to hold out.”
– “Let’s go, Phase 3!”
Players with experience quickly realized the truth: that surviving for the limited time meant the Tower Lord would self-destruct.
Seojun also picked up on the hints from the chat.
“The AI level is quite low. If it doesn’t use lightning, there’s no way to break the shield. It digs its own grave by using lightning.”
“Even if the boss only uses basic magic and shields, he’ll eventually die when the stream ends. LOL.”
“Then, die.”
The Tower Lord extended his hand.
The generated magic felt much stronger than before as the air was sucked in.
And then the Tower Lord vanished.
He reappeared behind Seojun.
“You wretched insect.”
Boom!
Thunder struck, and a blue line was drawn.
Seojun heard the sound and dodged to the right.
As he tried to stab his sword into the lightning, the ground next to him rose.
Seojun sharply altered the trajectory of his sword to smash the rock, causing the lightning to disappear.
The Tower Lord vanished again and reappeared in front of Seojun.
Seojun didn’t miss the Tower Lord’s hand, which had bulging veins.
Boom!
The Tower Lord’s magic began to lash out fiercely.
It was much stronger and faster than before.
Within the downpour of magic, Seojun tried to discern a pattern as best as he could.
“The difficulty level is insane.”
“And the boss dodges everything.”
“Are we supposed to solo this or not? They made the difficulty ridiculous after putting so much effort into this.”
“I agree. The developers seem a bit twisted.”
Ice arrows narrowly missed Seojun on both sides.
Simultaneously, lightning struck from behind.
“I don’t know how long we need to hold out, but it would be better to finish this than let him self-destruct, right?”
Seojun dodged to the side and immediately stabbed his sword into the lightning.
The sword began to charge white.
“Don’t dodge while reading the chat, you idiot.”
“Declaring to finish it in the middle of all this.”
“The lightning charging on the sword looks really cool.”
White lightning shot from the tip of Seojun’s sword.
At the same time, blue lightning flew towards him.
Two spells intersected in the air.
It was dangerous.
“He trusted his shield and just fired it off.”
The Tower Lord’s refreshed shield shattered, and Seojun dodged the lightning.
He then drew his sword from the scabbard and plunged it into the center of the spell before pulling it out.
Electricity gathered again.
“I’ll end it here.”
Now that the shield was down, it was an opportunity.
Crash!
Lightning struck from the tip of Seojun’s sword, and as expected, the Tower Lord was not there.
He had teleported.
But then,
“Gah!”
A sound came from the right.
“What happened?”
“Why is there a sword stuck in the Tower Lord’s stomach?”
“Mages sure have weak bodies.”
Seojun’s right hand was empty.
Predicting the teleport, he had simultaneously used lightning and thrown his sword.
Seojun approached and pulled the sword from the mage’s stomach.
The Tower Lord coughed up thick blood from his mouth.
Holding his waist, the Tower Lord lifted his head and glared at Seojun.
“You insect…”
“Shut up.”
The tip of Seojun’s sword glowed, signaling the end of the Tower Lord’s attack.
[The Tower Lord Duke has been defeated]
[Fragment of Order (3/4) acquired]
“Go back and watch the final moment. It’s amazing.”
“Clearly, he let his guard down, right? Got lucky.”
“Stop talking nonsense. LOL.”
“He kept dodging the lightning, so he threw his sword. LOL.”
“Insane.”
“The guards won’t show up this time, right?”
Seojun looked around the tower and said,
[000]
[Defeated 3 rulers!]
[Another first!]
“Then I’ll claim my mission reward.”
[Clear the Tower Lord without using Weak Point Detection – Mission Reward: 1,417,000 won]
Seojun pressed the success button for the mission, which had risen to 1.4 million won.
The characteristic congratulatory notification sound played, and the prize money was transferred to Seojun.
“LOL. So much for safe assets; it was a highly dangerous asset all along.”
“We’ll see.”
“It would have been more fun if we did some betting too.”
“Only the boss is smiling.”
Bangju’ donated 100,000 won!]
[That was impressive. So it can be done with skill alone. Amazing.]
“Ah, thank you, Bangju, for the 100,000 won donation.”
But the donation message seemed significant.
Seojun realized why by looking at the chat.
“Oh, it’s the owner of the post.”
“Bangju was watching too. Amazing.”
“He’s a famous analyst.”
“A former pro in collectible card games.”
“Bangju says it can be done with skill.”
“Bangju says Seojun’s skill is on another level.”
“Bangju says if Seojun were a pro, he would have won.”
He seemed to be a well-known figure.
Seojun shook his head in disbelief.
“Alright, now let’s take a leisurely tour of the tower. No one’s here to disturb us.”
“Because you killed everyone. LOL.”
“I also want to get Weak Point Detection; it looks so cool.”
“Do you think you can cut through magic just like that?”
“I’m not even hoping for lightning, LOL.”
Seojun chatted with people while looking around the map and then descended.
As he exited the tower, a cutscene played.
“Oh?”
“I’ve never seen this before.”
“Is there anything on this stream that wasn’t a first? LOL.”
Amidst the colorful lights coming through the stained glass windows,
The sound of footsteps echoed.
A woman with purple hair cascading down to her shoulders, wearing a distinctive hat pulled low, walked in.
The screen shifted to a man looking up at a mural, and then the woman stood next to him.
Both wore neat uniforms.
The man spoke first.
“Where’s Alteon?”
The man, still looking at the mural, didn’t move.
“A friend did our job for us.”
The woman’s clear voice resonated.
The purple-haired woman also looked up at the mural.
“Is everything taken care of?”
“No. Only the rotten branches. Three out of four.”
“They must be talking about the boss.”
“Are they from the association?”
“Judging by ‘rotten branches,’ they seem to be from the association.”
The storyline of “Dawn of the Assassins” is briefly about the battle between the association and the assassins.
Although it was rebooted as a capsule game, the premise of assassins eliminating the evils of society, represented by the association, remained unchanged.
Assassins pursue chaos, while the association pursues order.
Assassins define the association as oppressive, and the association views assassins as unruly.
Here, chaos doesn’t simply mean disorder but a free state that can give birth to order.
“Are they assassins?”
A calm voice,
“I don’t know. They didn’t assassinate in their usual way.”
The woman’s voice tickled the ears.
“Boss, the developers say it wasn’t an assassination.”
“The developer officially says what the boss did isn’t assassination.”
“This might stir some controversy.”
Viewers seemed to focus on something unusual.
“Can we sway them to our side?”
This time, the woman spoke first.
“I don’t know.”
The man echoed the woman’s words,
“We’ll have to go see for ourselves.”
The woman sighed, turned, and seemed to be leaving again.
“You were thinking of going anyway.”
“Well, yes.”
The woman briefly removed her hat and adjusted her hair.
Her face, which appeared on the screen for a moment, was as beautiful as Christina’s from the tutorial, causing viewers to go wild.
“Are you all crazy? No matter what, she’s as beautiful as Christina.”
“So that lady is coming now?”
“Story-wise, they’re definitely from the association. LOL.”
“Should I abandon the assassins?”
“Wait, I realized I liked being oppressed.”
“So, what is this video about?”
“I’m so annoyed that only the boss gets to see this in the game.”
“So you finally caught the Tower Master.”
Eve Paimon laughed in disbelief.
It’s funny that she felt let down after setting the mission herself, but she didn’t expect the Tower Master to be caught so recklessly.
To defeat the Tower Master solo, you have to neutralize the barrier.
The easiest way was to use Weak Point Detection to break through it.
So, she set a mission for the streamer to find the barrier’s pattern without using Weak Point Detection.
It seems his vision was so sharp that he found and countered the pattern of the lightning magic, which appears for only one second. And he did it without using any skills.
Lightning Counter. Thunder Reflection.
It was a system included because it looked cool.
“Now that I think about it, he did defeat the other overlords recklessly as well. Hmm, now that the cutscene is out, the next stream will definitely focus on collecting all the shards of order.”
Eve Paimon didn’t have her employees working overtime while she aimlessly set the mission for the streamer to defeat the overlord.
She just wanted to verify his talent for identifying patterns.
And the skill to be the first to defeat the overlords consecutively.
Regardless.
“We just need to persuade that streamer.”
Other users?
To be honest, I don’t think anyone else could manage it.
“Just one week… ”
Eve Paimon called Kim Yoon-chan with a satisfied expression.
“Hmm. What gift would be good?”
