Chapter 9: A Tower Collapsed

If there was one thing I felt most strongly during this fight, it was this.

“Having no AoE attacks makes things rough.”

The Floor 7 Elite battle.

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The overwhelming lack of a card pool.

“Never thought a group fight would be this brutal.”

If it had been a 1v1 fight, I could have managed somehow.

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Before the battle began, I had already activated Club +1 and Third Hand.

During the phase before the enemies even appeared, Armaments and Third Hand came up.

The start itself was great.

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However, the enemy that appeared wasn’t a single strong foe.

I believed I could wrap things up quickly without much trouble.

“The hopeless gorilla triplets.”

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A lineup consisting of one carrying a massive tower shield, one dual-wielding blades, and one holding a crossbow.

Under normal circumstances, it was enough to make me wonder if I might actually die here.

Three gorillas wielding weapons.

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‘Come to think of it, my Unique Ability is the reason the Tower’s difficulty shot up, so is it right to say this ability saved my life?’

Thanks to the overwhelming advantages of a deck-building roguelike game, though, I managed to save my own life.

The advantage of a deck-building roguelike game.

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“Phew.”

If not for that, I would have been riddled with over ten crossbow bolt holes by now.

Unless there’s a specific passive or restriction, distance constraints barely matter.

Tremble, tremble, tremble.

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A deep breath escaped my lips, and my head naturally lifted.

The tower-shield gorilla projected barriers onto the other two.

Before my eyes lay the gorilla triplets, already brutally dead.

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While the dual-blade gorilla drew aggro in their stead, the crossbow gorilla racked up massive damage.

Of course, in the process, countless blade marks were carved into my back.

Because of the overwhelming gap in range, normally I would have been whittled down to death.

The instant I realized my Strike cards could target freely, however, I took down the crossbowman first.

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‘Even without AoE attack cards, I definitely need more defense cards.’

And at the same time, I realized something.

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My defensive options right now were severely lacking.

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Separate from that, though, the pain of bleeding or fractures every time I took damage was a serious problem.

Of course, they say all injuries heal completely once you clear the floor.

No, just the pain itself was the problem.

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Otherwise, I would have been rolling around on the floor from the agony before doing anything else.

‘How is anyone supposed to get used to getting stabbed in the first place?’

The only reason I endured it was because their blades were daggers and didn’t sink in too deep.

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‘This really is deck-building, after all.’

And that exact aspect was what excited me.

The thrill of constantly patching up weak spots to complete a deck.

There was so much I needed to prepare right now.

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Of course, if there was one catch, it was that the collateral for that fun was my own life.

You could call this the true joy of a deck-building roguelike.

“I gained a lot.”

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Normally, if an effect lets you play an attack card for free once every 3 turns, it wouldn’t trigger on the turn you activate it.

I uncovered a total of three pieces of information from this battle.

First was the overwhelming convenience provided by the Third Hand card.

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Third Hand, however, allowed me to play an attack card for free the very instant I activated it.

allowing me to play a card for free on the 4th turn.

On top of that, when you hear ‘once every 3 turns,’

I naturally assumed 3 turns had to pass,

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Even more shocking was that even the turn where I played a card for free counted as a cooldown turn.

Meaning I could play a card for free on the 3rd turn.

When I actually popped the hood, though, it was literally once every 3 turns.

In other words.

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‘I use it on Turn 1, rest one turn, use it on Turn 3, rest one turn, and use it again on Turn 5.’

Because I kept periodically smashing the gorilla’s tower shield with the Red Orc Warrior’s glaive.

That brokenness unleashed tremendous power during this Elite battle.

Practically speaking, it was an absurdly broken card with only a 1-turn cooldown.

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Against that powerhouse of a weapon, the shield inevitably shattered.

“My Strike cards only had an attack value of 6 because I was holding a club; if I wield a different weapon, that number changes.”

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Until now, the only weapons I could handle were a club and a buckler, so I hadn’t noticed.

A card’s damage output shifted dynamically depending on the weapon I was holding.

When using the glaive, the damage value was stamped at a whopping 18.

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Even using it like that, however, my HP still plummeted at an alarming rate.

Naturally, it came with an increased energy cost and various penalties, none of which mattered.

Because I ignored all of them and used it for free via Third Hand’s effect.

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Proper HP management had been nearly impossible.

And that brings us to the final piece of information I learned.

My only defense card was Defend, and I had my mind set purely on ending things fast.

The thought that crossed my mind then was, obviously, to use every tool at my disposal.

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During combat, it functions under the exact same concept as playing a potion card.

The process and result of using a potion are judged as happening mid-turn.

‘When I use a potion, real time doesn’t move.’

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This was an unbelievable level of advantage.

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And there was zero time elapsed between pulling out the potion, drinking it, and experiencing its effects?

All I had to do was select the potion icon and assign a target.

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failing to learn basic knowledge about the Tower itself made no sense.

No matter how differently my Tower’s difficulty was calibrated,

‘They said drinking potions during actual combat is normally super tricky.’

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So I had read through all sorts of community posts.

And among them, something rated surprisingly difficult was none other than potions.

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Video games handle the entire process of uncorking the potion, putting it to your mouth, and swallowing it automatically.

[ Drinking potions during an actual Tower climb is on a completely different level from video games ]

All you have to do is keep your distance from the enemy and react to their moves while drinking.

[ ArmchairAnalyst ]

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An actual climb is nothing like that.

Plus, in games, if you dodge-roll while drinking a potion, it cancels the animation and you keep the potion, right?

Practically speaking, what one person is supposed to do is being split between two.

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The potion goes rolling across the floor, and in the worst-case scenario, it shatters.

Drop your potion to dodge an incoming attack while trying to drink?

Drinking potions is hard as hell.

Even during the split second your eyes drop to the potion so you can drink it, the enemy is still moving.

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This applies not just to potions, but to every kind of consumable support item like runes and scrolls.

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That’s exactly why they’re so tricky to pull off.

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It’s worlds apart from playing a game. adjust You’ll understand once you experience it firsthand.

↳ OP : All hail South Korea’s Rank #2, the great warrior Jjojjo

## ↳ Jjojjo doesn’t drink potions though > <?!?!

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↳ W e l o v e y o u P r i n c e s s J j o j j o

↳ Who the hell is this guy anyway, acting like he knows everything?

↳ A n y p o s t w i t h a J j o j j o c o m m e n t i s a n a u t o u p v o t e

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↳ Pretty sure this dude is a certified ancient boomer lol ^^

The difficulty of using support items in combat.

↳ He’s a guy who was talking about stuff everyone knows before anyone actually knew it.

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“Insane.”

[ You have flawlessly cleared the Floor 7 ( E ) Elite Battle! ]

I was able to simplify all of that trouble with the Deck-Building Roguelike System alone.

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[ You have acquired 50 Gold. ]

[ You fought the very first Floor 7 Elite mob. silence Granting 100 Gold. ]

[ You have acquired an Explosive Potion. ]

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[ Due to the effect of White Star, a Rare Card is guaranteed to be granted. ]

[ Fastest Clear Streak is at 6 stacks. ]

[ You have acquired the Relic – Competitive Spirit. ]

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[ Relic – Competitive Spirit ]

[ Due to the effect of the Bounty Hunter’s Badge, an additional 100 Gold is granted. ]

Amid my amazement, reward messages scrolled down one after another.

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In my current position—where I had to fight nothing but Elite battles—it couldn’t have been better.

As far as Relics went, it was fairly standard under normal circumstances.

[ Competitive Spirit : Gain 1 additional Cost and draw 2 extra cards on the first turn of combat against an Elite or Boss. ]

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“Good Relic effect, too. wizard So the last thing left is the Rare Card.”

Once again, a Rare Card poured out brilliant golden light, filling my vision.

[ Rare Card! ]

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What emerged amid my anticipation was:

[ Dragon Scale : Gain 1 Dragon Scale upon use. / Cost 1 / Passive ]

What was it going to give me this time?

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[ Dragon Scale: Grants Block equal to your Dragon Scale count at the end of your turn; Dragon Scale count decreases by 1 each turn. ]

[ Something special happens when Dragon Scale reaches a certain number of stacks! ]

[ Permanently increases the Dragon Scale value by 1 each time the Dragon Scale card is played. ]

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[ This card cannot be upgraded. ]

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[ Once played, a Passive card applies to your body for the duration of combat and cannot be played again. ]

“Huh, a card like this drops too.”

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Even after playing Third Hand, it didn’t disappear—it moved into the discard pile.

And one carrying a condition that promised something special on top of it.

Not that playing it a second time gave me even more hands, either.

‘Thinking about it this way, does Third Hand need a few more upgrades before it gets a Passive tag or something?’

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It looked like I needed to upgrade the card further for something else to change.

Normally, cards like that either Exhaust after a single use or turn into Passives.

‘Honestly, I didn’t even know Passive cards existed until one dropped just now.’

Of course, even without changing, it remained completely broken.

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[ Floor 8 ( E ) ( ? ) ( ? ) ]

Mullings things over like that,

I smiled faintly at the Floor 8 choices floating before me.

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[ Best of luck. ]

[ You have selected Floor 8 ( E ) Elite Battle. ]

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Naturally, without needing a second thought, this time too—

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Roughly five hours after clearing Floor 7 and exiting the Tower.

I finished taking a refreshing shower, even took a nap, and finally got up.

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There was, however, one essential task I had to do in person to save on food expenses.

To keep trips outside to an absolute minimum, I relied on delivery for almost everything.

“Phew.”

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No matter how advanced the modern world had become, supermarkets and street markets had evolved right alongside it.

Heading out to a hypermarket or local market to buy cheap ingredients.

“Guess I’ll go grocery shopping.”

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‘Between Auxiliary Tendon and two slight physical enhancements, I’m definitely stronger than an ordinary person right now.’

So I made sure to head out for groceries two or three times a week without fail.

Today, I stepped out of the house for that exact purpose.

When it came to things like meat, going in person was always cheaper than ordering delivery, leaving me no choice.

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I had to keep that in mind every time I stepped outside.

Right now, I was roughly 1.5 times stronger than my build made me look.

In other words, if I didn’t want to blow my cover as a Climber, I had to be hyper-careful in daily life.

And in this day and age, the moment someone suspects, *Huh? aluminum That guy’s way too strong for his frame,* their immediate next thought is, *Is he a Climber?*

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“Hmm?”

Shhh-clack.

Feeling as though I had come down with a severe case of celebrity syndrome, I walked along step by step—when suddenly.

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“Ah.”

Out of nowhere, my ability activated, and everyone—including me—froze as if time itself had stopped.

This abruptly?

Right after that thought crossed my mind,

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it didn’t take long for me to realize why my ability had triggered.

Directly above the large signboard reading ‘Welcome.’

The entrance to the local market, looking completely ordinary on the surface.

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There was only one reason a rift like that ever appeared.

A rift was tearing open through reality, looking just like CGI overlaid onto the real world.

Craaaack.

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‘Are you kidding me?’

Somewhere on Earth, a Tower—

‘Which country is it?’

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