[To climb to the 51st floor, you need an achievement of conquering a tower.]
Blocked by a condition he had never heard of before, Wakamou found himself unable to climb the tower.
He was stunned for just a moment. Regardless, he had to climb the tower anyway.
Who would have thought they’d try to block him in such an absurd way?
Does the Korean Tower fear Wakamou’s growth?
In the end, as if on a casual sightseeing trip, he easily conquered the American Tower and proudly returned to the Korean Tower.
Of course, he couldn’t tell the viewers why he couldn’t climb, but he felt he had to inform his comrades.
Manager Wanda Haye and the Association President were astounded by the unheard-of condition.
The Association President, who was making some ominous comments, said that the test given by the tower he faced didn’t feel like that.
He insinuated that Wakamou Inarizushi was the odd one.
Just in case, he also asked Liu Wei and the King of Authority, but there was no situation where a tower demanded that one conquer another before climbing.
“Have they run out of material?”
No matter how much, it’s said that there are over 10,000 types of monsters worldwide; surely they wouldn’t block his entrance just because there were no elite bosses to fight Wakamou.
Or was it to send him to America just to show off how strong our Korean climbers are, only to have him demolished and mocked as a beaten loser?
Anyway, the long and arduous journey had finally ended, and it was time to climb the 51st floor.
After America and even Russia—it felt like nothing but a hectic whirlwind of days.
Who knows what kind of monster will pop out this time? Didn’t Dalki appear on the 50th floor?
Though everyone had made efforts to climb to the 50th floor, the existence of Wakamou Inarizushi increased the difficulty to the extent that they could go beyond getting hurt to actually dying.
When informed about this, everyone was brimming with confidence, saying that they were prepared for it.
Whether it was due to a lack of fear or a vague feeling that Wakamou would protect them.
“I mean, we can’t even guess what will come out, so isn’t it a loss to be scared?”
Wakamou couldn’t say anything to Sadako’s pointed remark.
According to the 51st-floor information of Incheon Tower, it would be a raid-style large monster that would appear.
So-called [Raid Dungeon] style.
However, Wakamou already had experience fighting a giant raid monster on a previous combined level.
So, something unforeseen might pop out on this level as well.
Each had thoroughly prepared—having climbed up to 50 floors, they’d greatly increased their abilities, focusing more on strengthening than skill acquisition, but for Wakamou, who couldn’t experience such things, it was a sad, unrelatable story.
What is a skill tech tree…
What are skill enhancements and stat investments….
If he could add more stats, he would put them all in strength, and he pondered daily about whether the tower only gave him mana—Adelheid was the only one with similarly messed-up stats.
But for her, just like Wakamou, it was an entirely different story, making it hard to relate.
Moreover, even Adelheid asked him what stats to invest in, leaving Wakamou as the only one using stats for money.
‘Jackson…when are you coming…’
Either way, everything was prepared; everyone was ready to enter the tower.
Spending almost 400 of his hard-earned belief and additional points—though it was somewhat unexpected, but thinking about it, since Wakamou learned it, it was natural for Wakamou’s familiar to learn the [Skill] as well, helping them to master it diligently.
Compared to before, the current members were several times stronger.
While waiting for broadcasting time, Olga, commenting she’d watch the broadcast, was given forms so she could enter anytime, and the other members were also covered with VTuber character fantasies.
Liu Ying was in such a growth spurt that the more she ate, the taller and more prominent she became—to the point where without an illusion, the height difference made it look like cosplay.
On the other hand, Mare Pirate showed no change, to the extent she didn’t need an illusion.
Even Aoi Asuka was revealed to have increased thigh fat from not exercising, yet Mare Pirate’s physique hadn’t changed at all!!
“Asuka, eat in moderation!”
“Asuka’s happiness!!!”
“So what on earth are you eating?!”
“I secretly go to the collab café, boss. Hamu-hamu pang-pang is delicious.”
“You’re living life to the fullest, going to places I haven’t yet.”
“I indulge in all pleasures as per the subconscious desires of the boss.”
Geez, how infuriating to have an answer for everything.
Wakamou reached out to pinch the squishy cheeks.
Liu Ying nimbly caught his fingers, followed by Adelheid, while Sadako simply grabbed Liu Ying’s wrist.
“[Tower Entrance]!!”
Consuming nearly 400 of the collected abilities for the members’ enhancement. Of course, Adolf and Joseph were excluded during that period—since their combat methods still weren’t fully understood, and there were no points to spare, it was postponed.
Although Adolf seemed a bit disappointed, persuading her that he wasn’t favoring one side over the other was a real struggle.
As the dazzling light began to fade, Wakamou cautiously surveyed the surroundings, wary of any sudden ambush.
And something he hadn’t seen in the American Tower was there to greet him, the status window glittered as if welcoming Wakamou.
[Climbing the 51st floor world of Incheon Tower]
-Imposing a trial suitable for strong climbers
-Difficulty increases according to [Wakamou Inarizushi]’s achievements!
-Overcome the trial with your comrades!
-Survive [Green Skin Legion] for 30 minutes. (0:01)
[Platinum Achievement Conditions]
-Protect [Guardian Stone] without taking any damage (0/1)
-Protect [Guardian Stone] within the floor (0/1)
-No comrades to die (0/1)
-Defeat [Green Skin Commander] (0/1)
[Defense mission begins! Climbers must protect the [Guardian Stone] and withstand the onslaught of the horde!!]
“”””Gruuuuaaaaaaaaah!!!!””””
“”””Wuaaaaaaaaaah!!””””
A lot—a really lot.
Seeing the enormous number of goblin and orc units spread beyond the horizon, Wakamou’s party turned rabbit-eyed.
The warriors’ spirit, boosting their morale to the sky with mighty shouts, was so overwhelming it seemed suffocating on their side.
Though surviving for “30 minutes” was the standard criterion, [Platinum Achievement Conditions] laid out added conditions as if that was obvious.
Instead, it instructed them to kill the commander leading this enormous green skin unit while enduring.
Moreover, based on additional conditions, it seemed moving the [Guardian Stone] using a loophole from [My Worlds] was impossible.
This is what a Korean Tower should be!!
All potential cheats Wakamou could think of by experience were preemptively blocked entirely.
“Wow… It’s my first time doing a defense mission.”
Towers really give all kinds of missions. There was even a floor where Wakamou had to create a sculpture as a test, so the range was so wide it was unimaginable.
There were even tales of floors making you do sprint races or rock climbing instead of fighting, so it was only natural that the possibility of missions changing with class meant you couldn’t entirely trust the information.
And currently, to the VTubers of the Wakamou Corporation gathered here, a defense mission was given, asking them to endure on a battlefield.
As they entered as a party, it was the mission they were most likely to receive.
Thankfully, it was a floor where not just enduring, but also annihilating, was permitted.
However—the number of units they faced seemed no less than 100,000.
The scale of the Korean Tower was truly different from the American Tower.
“In America, they fussed over a few hundred, not even teasing. Now they’re pouring it in by truckloads.”
A lot—really too many.
The vast horizon full of them was suffocating, not to mention, even their guess of 100,000 had a justified reason.
“We’re surrounded.”
Aoi Asuka, unable to see the rear of the Guardian Stone, flew up and back, reporting as such.
“No castle walls, even!!”
Literally, how is it feasible to protect the floating [Guardian Stone], akin to a high hill, against over 100,000 green skin units without even castle walls?
Hajime Ichigo suggested creating walls with alchemy, but observing with a telescope, Adolf ruled it infeasible.
“Look at this.”
“Whew, there’s a dirt-load of them.”
Starting from rogues to archers to wizards. They seemed to have pulled every class except shooters, with orcs mounted on wolves and goblins perched on drakes.
Fortunately, there didn’t seem to be any flying monsters, but there were orc archers mixed, occasionally with flight monsters akin to hawks perched on their shoulders.
“The commander?”
“Cannot be seen.”
Asuka answered Wakamou’s question. Commanding such a unit surely meant a distinct outfit for the commander, but it seemed they were skillfully hiding, knowing Wakamou would straightaway target the commander.
[Once ready, we shall begin.]
The [Guardian Stone], nearly the size of a house, was almost impossible to safely remove, and any damage evasion for such a huge stone was near impossible.
There was a suggestion to metal-encase the surroundings and raise walls to dome it with metal using Mare Pirate, but what if an orc riding a rhino came charging and crashed through it?
The bard-like class was vigorously beating drums mounted on the twin-moving metal, engifting surrounding monsters with a red aura.
“Yeah, this feels like real tower climbing.”
With a sharp grin of nostalgia for the unreasonable difficulty, Wakamou looked at Adolf.
She, shaking with anticipation, was eagerly waiting for orders, her eyes gleaming with the desire to start the feast.
“The countless might be somewhat excess, but the raw presence of war… that intense heat… the flowing blood and life bursting and flooding back, the severed breaths and with them the despair and fear of encroaching death…!! Oh, the artistry of time itself! Right, Wakamou-sama?!”
Ding─
As if to answer instead of words, opening the broadcast, Wakamou waved to the faithful, and Adolf suddenly pushed her face in.
“Followers of the fox!! Now! Let’s have a time to pray for faith with our Führer today! Worship them!”
“This shouldn’t be done!”
“Oh… is that so?”
“Add GOAT at the end of the sentence.”
“Worship Wakamou like the goat!”
-Why do goats climb cliffs? Because they are stubborn.
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Ahㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-The leader who climbs the tower just like a goat climbing cliffs….
-Look at Asuka advising Adolf, but they’re so cuteㅋㅋㅋ
-Well, she’s been drawing her whole life. Does she know what a meme is?ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Asuka saying this isn’t it is hilariousㅋㅋㅋ
“0th generation, assemble! Strike a pose and stand firm!!”
With hands raised high in a Y shape shouting praise to the sun, next to Asuka, Mare Pirate struck a magnificent pose, and Ichigo, seemingly accustomed by now, assumed a peculiar pose.
It seemed like everyone was kinda prepared, so even though Wakamou hadn’t heard anything about it, he awkwardly assumed a pose.
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Why always exclude the leaderㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Just casually posing, all prepared beforehand.
-Did the Wakamou Special Forces arriveㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Although, usually, the boss doesn’t take partㅋㅋㅋ
-And Lucia taking pictures casually, what’s that ㅋㅋㅋ
-All this, but there’s zero tension feeling, every time.
There’s no tension at all.
-Where is Joseph?
-It’s going to take weeks for that young lady to reach the 50th floor.
-That’s sad…
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“Everyone, move a bit more to the side! Stretch your arms! I’ll set the camera for reservations! Let me join too!”
Oddly, there were no viewers questioning why Lucia’s camera worked despite electronic devices supposedly not functioning. It seemed too natural, and there was no reason to question taking pictures with a camera.
Snap snap as they enthusiastically took commemorative photos, manipulating the broadcast screen to show the lonely figure of Joseph Khan watching from the waiting room.
Joseph, with envy written all over his face, munches on a cucumber given by Mei while watching his comrades taking group photos.
-Is this a real sitcom??? LOL
-Why show the waiting room screen LOL
-Thought Mei disappeared, but she’s there too? LOL
-Cuddling a doll like that is just too cute.
-If the leader is giving goods, it must be really cherished and loved.
-Couldn’t it be his goods?
-Wouldn’t that be even cuter?
-Haha LOL
-LOL
-But why is he eating a cucumber like a snack LOL
-In a way, he’s a monster humans can’t understand.
-The soda tastes like cucumber too, damn it LOL
-Why is this real LOL
Viewers were shocked watching Joseph eating cucumber with shaving cream and cucumber soda.
Meanwhile, the highlight was him pouring tea every time Mei’s cup got empty.
-LOL
-Russian tea directly poured…
-Tea poured by Joseph!
-Even if it’s radioactive, the leader can handle it.
-So that’s why Russia lost.
-Haha LOL
Starting with humor, easing the tension and drawing laughs from the believers.
In the serious and life-threatening challenge of ascending the tower.
This is VTuber broadcasting, where adding humor to ease tension has become the norm.
And Wakamou’s camera starts to soar.
Bringing viewers close to the imposing guardian stone and eventually capturing the vast green-skinned army beyond the horizon.
Viewers realized with bated breath that the green-skinned army—seen lining up with the rotating camera—had surrounded the party.
Many, there are an overwhelming number!! Even for a [Defense Mission], this show of force is unprecedented.
At most, it’s at a level where it’s enormously abundant by American standards.
But this is like an army comparable to the movie [Emperor of the Ring].
The presence, the heat, was on another level than that of fake soldiers created with CGI.
Moreover, there were goblin groups inside makeshift towers built on rhinos and wolves ridden by orcs and drakes.
Starting with an orc archer with a hawk on his shoulder, a goblin shaman resembling a wizard with robes and staff decorated with monster remnants—and Orc Wizards too.
There were countless types of Orc Fighters filling the vanguard.
Goblin rogues brandished poisoned daggers, giggling and ready to pounce at any moment.
-Oh shit LOL [Emperor of the Ring]?
-The recreation of the valley war is insane.
-Nearly 100,000 troops are stationed in the Pelennor Fields!!
-It really looks like 100,000 LOL
-Damn, it’s orc central LOL
-Is this balanced right?
-Not even a castle but just on a high hill???
-Even if the leader is strong, this is too many!
-Should they transform?
-If that were easy, it’d happen often….
-Kaioken takes away your lifespan.
With more overseas viewers, there was a sense of upscale humor in their responses.
Astounded, they marveled at the army, comparing it to the acclaimed fantasy film [Emperor of the Ring] covering a plain with its vast forces, questioning how they could possibly overcome it.
Furthermore, it was a [Defense Mission], meaning they were bound to protect the guardian stone.
It wasn’t mere words; a scene unfolded that seemed ripe for death, riddled by arrows from afar without even approaching.
And soon, the camera turned to Adolf.
Entrusted with raising morale before the battle began, his speech was meant to ignite spirits along with his debut.
Though slightly uneasy about it. But, for the first collaboration, what kind of mishap could occur?
“Let me ask you, comrade! Do you wish to climb? If needed, more radical and all-out than imaginable today! War!! Sweep them without mercy against our enemies confronting Wakamou Führer!! Charge and sweep and sweep again! Total war!!!”
-Oh, my hand raised itself…!!
-Despite appearances, his voice resonates with a true German spirit~
-Speaking with a knife in one hand like a madman.
-In certain ways, his presence is overwhelmingly imposing.
-Total war!! Total war!! Total war!!!
-Wipe out those stinking green bastards!!
“Now comrades, rise resolutely and start the storm!! It’s war!! Let’s trample our enemies!!!”
“””Woooo!!!”””
“Wow… wow…”
-Why is the leader so hyped up LOL
-Didn’t you entrust him! He did well with the speech!!
-Didn’t he rouse the comrades as requested?
-Propaganda is, in essence, a form of art.
-I agree, you are indeed an artist.
“In Russia, there’s the Kant philosophy debate, where they even have shootouts over the ‘Critique of Pure Reason’ by Kant. They’d bash heads with beer bottles over interpretation differences of Descartes’ philosophy. It’s a country where culture and savagery coexist. With a book in one hand, vodka in another, and a gun on the coffee table before you, that’s Russian culture.”
“Why are you telling me all this while we’re having tea, Joseph…?”
“Russians can deliver great speeches too…”
-LOL
-Why do they keep showing the waiting room LOL
-Why is Joseph so timid…
-Our Soviet won’t lose to Germany either…!!
-This competitive spirit is insane LOL
-Russians really do read a lot of books ㅇㅇㅇ
-Great authors even died in duels in that land….
-What’s with this botch!!!
-Dragons are indeed botched LOL
“Ready!!!”
With Wakamou’s starting declaration, an enormous green-skinned army began their charge.
“To say it bluntly, if they prepared this because it’s considered trivial in the US, I’d be a little angry.”
Beyond the retreating Wakamou, the orc riders displayed incredible mobility, rocketing towards the hill in an instant.
Not even scaling the hill, Ichigo’s wall wasn’t meaningful before their leap capability.
And just as the orc riders aimed arrows at the guardian stone.
“…?!”
Gone.
The massive guardian stone was nowhere to be seen.
And briefly astonished—a flash of lightning and massive light burst forth, revealing a huge creature before the orc riders.
Giiiiiiing──
Producing a heavy, weighty sound, it took a step, and the orc riders buzzed against it like birds against a window.
“It’s Jackson’s Moving Fortress!!”
Repaired and reactivated after its destruction during the Seoul liberation raid..!!
But it’s different this time! Jiang Yeoul, Wakamou, and Mei were driving the treadmill tirelessly.
The [Moving Fortress] with a triple engine to boast great speed and massive movements unlike before unfolded its majesty on level 51.
“Hehahahahaha!! What can you do from way up there!!!”
And the red light enveloped Mare Pirate’s entire body.
It was a [Buff].
Mare Pirate, buffed with [Idol’s Blessing], effortlessly raised and hurled stones piled in the fortress garden with all his might.
“Then let me show you! Laputa’s Lightning!”
In delight, Adolf launched the [Idol’s Thunder]’s extensive attack by pressing a button in the cockpit!
With lightning chasing life, struck orcs instantly char and fall torched to ashes.
“Hoho? Hahah! Behold! Monsters are like trash!!! Hahahaha!!!!”
-This tension is sky-high in a way LOL
-Is this the secret Nazi weapon…?!
-I saw this in that one Metal Xlug!!!
An artillery-manned fortress crawled forth on numerous legs, moving its ports to unleash [Idol’s Flame] in every direction, turning the plains into a hellfire.
Meanwhile, the goblins, not just suffering the assault, fired themselves as projectiles at the fortress to retaliate.
The sight of goblins crawling up the fortress like a swarm of ants was downright repulsive.
With every other entrance barricaded, the goblins naturally swarmed the sole entrance.
And standing guard at that entrance, Aoi Asuka and Hajime Ichigo took deep breaths at the surging goblin wave.
Clack—
Could the Alchemist handle that kind of numbers alone? Her friends shouted that Asuka was also there.
And eventually, Ichigo raised two pistols with an unconventional design.
“I’m a heavy weapon guy, and this is my new toy.”
Beside her, Asuka readied a machine gun, pouring bullets into the face of a goblin as their eyes met.
The only vulnerability—the tower’s interior weakness… resolved through costly item purchase… the skill was bestowed by Wakamou!!
Ichigo’s pistols spat fire aiming at goblin heads swirling in on their entrance.
Though they attempted closing the gap quickly as rogues to kill, the sharp blade wielded gun with a red aura.
Blossoming, fluttering plum blossom.
-Plum Blossom GUN style…!
-The birth of a new era’s martial art..!
-The protagonist invents a new technique after all LOL
-Ichigo, that small thing doesn’t suit you!!!
-It’s refreshing!! Delightful!!
Radiating plum blossoms, Ichigo danced like performing a sword dance and stylishly fired her pistols.
Rather than targeting by sight, driven by an instinct akin to monstrous foresight, she pulled the trigger in anticipation.
Not attacking the enemy but the predicted path they’d take, they toppled as if voluntarily lunging to death at ruined goblin rogues.
An eerie foresight marksmanship that seemed voluntary.
A reverse tilt with pistol barrels joined end to end garnishing an artistic pose Ichigo didn’t forget as she holstered the guns.
Hundreds of goblin corpses littering the entrance displayed Ichigo standing gloriously in the frame.
“Hehe, don’t I look fabulous.”
As she winked with a cute smile and made a V sign with her hands, the chat exploded.
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