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[Welcome to the Veritas System.]
[Chat┃Why did those Yeoun bastards enter Floor 45? (79)]
Maybe?
(79 comments)
-Maybe what, asshole
└(Author): lol
└└Stop being cryptic and just say it
└└└(Author): lolol
-Did they figure out the acquisition conditions for the movement skill (presumed)?
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[Chat┃They’re just trying again, right? (20)]
Just saying
(20 comments)
-Who would believe that
└(Author): Whatever then
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[Analysis┃Isn’t this the movement skill acquisition condition? (Has analysis) (391)]
Those Yeoun guys got the acquisition notification and entered Floor 53 the very next day, right?
But the next day they’re going around Floors 45 and 46? lol
Anyone can see this is related to the acquisition conditions
(391 comments)
-You said there’s analysis, where is it?
└(Author): I wrote it;
└└We decided to call that your brain fart, you delusional bastard
-Remove the analysis category tag, asshole
└(Author): Then what do you need to do to get an analysis category tag ㅡㅡ
└└You should at least bring experimental video links if you don’t want to get cursed at. What is this, writing down your brain fantasies and claiming there’s analysis lol
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[Chat┃Hey fuck, there’s really something there, isn’t there? (Yeoun talk ㅇ) (192)]
These guys went around 45, 46 yesterday and today they’re doing 47, 48????????
(192 comments)
-Definitely suspicious. Getting something named like a movement skill then doing this…lolololol
└2222
-What were the acquisition conditions those Vertanic bastards wrote with their brain farts?
└1st and 2nd place together breaking shortest records, breaking shortest records consecutively several times (was it 9 times?), killing Floor 53 floor boss with meteor?
└└………We couldn’t get it even if we went, what kind of conditions are those fuck
└└└If even one of those is real, it’ll seriously cause relative deprivation; who wanted to be born as a D-rank scrub..ah.. tower lord hyung this isn’t right
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[Chat┃No, evil Yeoun aside and all that, (32)]
Logically, is it right for them to break the shortest records they set themselves…? Does it make sense for 8 people to do that on Floors 45~49
(32 comments)
-Jealous?
└(Author): Yeah I fucking am..I really want to live like that for once
└└Nope you can’t~lol
└└└(Author): Fucking bastard come out with your real ID
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[Chat┃Crazy bastards’ current status (271)]
Today they cleared 50 and 51…….
At this point it’s really suspicious
Even Bright Sol who updates his social media fucking often hasn’t updated lately. Didn’t Slope gag them? When the skill appeared, I heard some guy in front of the tower was saying Bright Sol wasn’t him or something;
(271 comments)
-It’s obviously a movement skill but Yeoun kids probably can’t reveal the skill because they don’t know the conditions right now? If a big guild like them says “we don’t know the acquisition conditions either;;”, it would hurt their reputation lolol
└I think this is right too. That Slope bastard even refuses sponsorships saying it’s not cool to put company names in conquest alliance names lol
-Wow but I wouldn’t be able to do it even if I knew;; What kind of time reduction, it’s not like the neighbor’s dog’s name
└22 Isn’t this like saying you need to awaken as at least a B-rank hunter, join Yeoun, then break new records several times with the 1st and 2nd ranked?
└└The commenter above is subtly dissing other guilds. It’s a condition that top guilds can sufficiently achieve, but the tone implying it’s impossible unless it’s Yeoun Guild is unpleasant to see.
└└└?? I’m the one who wrote that comment, what did I diss? Where in that comment did I mention other guilds? I talked about Yeoun because Yeoun got the movement skill, are you feeling inferior? lol Are you a Thousand Swords related person? lolololololol Pathetic. Instead of managing online opinion, go grind towers. It’s only a matter of time before you get pushed back by the second wave~lol
└└└└lolololololololol Thousand Swords kids are really pitiful.. They worked so hard to clear Floor 55 but couldn’t even be fast by a few days and all attention got stolen by Yeoun kids ㅜㅜpoor~hope you hang in there..!
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[Chat┃You bastard..this is what unemployed Vertanic losers want..please.. (162)]
Did you get the movement skill? If you answer I’ll give you 1-day immunity from Vertanic flaming ㅇㅇ
(162 comments)
-If you were him, would you look at a place where bastards were checking Han River water temperature in real time wishing for your suicide?
└(Author): Is then the same as now lol?
└└Hard to do Vertanic stuff with someone with 0 empathy really
-Hey if you’re going to give immunity, give it for life, what’s 1 day lololololol
└(Author): The bastard didn’t save the country, what lifetime immunity lolololol
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[Chat┃What..Yeoun kids entered Floor 52, something big is coming soon (321)]
Just saying
(321 comments)
-Huk huk will another notification pop up?
└Probably not, it only pops if it’s first time. The whole alarm only pops for national first conquest or world first, right? Right now America and other countries are all in chaos asking what skill it is
└└At this point shouldn’t the country do something for them?
└└└Dream big. Those National Assembly bastards would only change their treatment if dungeons burst in their own homes and hunters had to save them
-Ah fuck I’m so curious. What if it’s not a movement skill and we’ve been making a fuss for days for nothing lol????????lol
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[Chat┃53…how much is left (62)]
I feel like this is 120% what you get when you clear this!!!
(62 comments)
-It was around 2 hours 16 minutes when they cleared it a few days ago, so roughly that? It’s been over an hour and a half since they entered, so results should come out soon if fast
└Looking at the record again, it doesn’t make sense..
└└Light Magnet was blatantly using Stigma, seeing him use 11 at once and Vertanic flipping out still gives me chills
└└└But why didn’t that bastard use it before when he could have?
└└└└I don’t know that either..lol
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While everyone was swallowing their saliva and watching the steam from the meteor Do Hyeonwoo summoned, the familiar notification window announcing conquest success appeared along with the additional notification everyone had been waiting for.
[Notification: You have acquired the special skill ‘Leaping Steps (A)’ by achieving the acquisition conditions.]
[Notification: Viewing detailed skill information.]
“AHHH! It appeared! Wow! Finally!”
“Crazy… So it was right that you need to break new records nine times with eight people.”
Unlike Jang Hyeonseong who threw his weapon on the ground and cheered, Seo Subin shook his head in shock. He thought the acquisition conditions were ridiculous.
For Doun, Samin, and Kim Siwon who had already acquired it, only the conquest completion notification appeared, so they realized the movement skill acquisition was complete through their guild members’ reactions.
“Did you get the movement skill?”
Doun asked Seo Subin while breathing out with a flushed face. Seo Subin nodded in confirmation.
“Still, I’m glad the acquisition conditions we guessed were proven correct. Otherwise we would have had to rack our brains again figuring out what the conditions were.”
“Right. Everyone worked hard. Jiwon, hurry up and mine the magic stones.”
Samin wrapped up the conquest among his excited guild members. Killing the floor boss wasn’t the end. They had to collect magic stones and complete treatment of injured guild members’ wounds for the conquest to be truly finished.
Seo Subin first checked on tanker Park Sangyeon’s condition, who had handled skills and attacks in the vanguard with Doun.
“Sangyeon hyung. Let me look at your wounds first.”
“Yeah.”
Park Sangyeon glanced at Doun while receiving Seo Subin’s heal. Though not as much as the first conquest, he still showed signs of being somewhat conscious of having a tanker there. It wasn’t a satisfactory level, but whenever they had maintenance time and he heard something whispered from Samin, the number of times he definitely left defense to him increased.
“Wow. Still, Sangyeon hyung has way fewer injuries than before!”
“Well, Doun hyung handled a lot.”
Park Sangyeon answered Seo Subin while sending a look to Doun. Feeling the gaze, Doun turned his head.
“Why me?”
“No. Subin said I had fewer injuries than before, so I answered that it was because Doun hyung handled things well.”
“Ah. What did I do. I’ve only been getting help from guild members for conquests. Still, I’m less upset knowing you got hurt a little.”
Doun was really concerned about the tanker’s existence. Of course he knew Park Sangyeon had good defensive skills. Skills that offset a considerable amount of impact to his body and absorb smaller amounts were essential for tankers. But no one would like getting hurt.
Even though injuries healed quickly with healer treatment and potions, the shock inflicted on bones, muscles, and organs was always chilling and hard to endure whenever experienced. But Park Sangyeon in the tanker position silently stood in front of his colleagues to take the magical beasts’ attacks.
“Thanks to hyung, I really got hurt way less than usual conquests. Honestly, I should give you some of my magic stones.”
“Why would you give me your magic stones. Hyung has money.”
Doun said this with a grin. Now that guild members had become close, jokes came out regularly too.
“Wow, but humanly speaking, we deserve a day off. We got the movement skill too, and need to practice. And my head is about to go crazy…”
Choi Jiyoon, the Fallen Angel of Sewon District, sat on a vine and lightly shook her head left and right. It was also tiring to provide necessary buffs and debuffs to conquest members moment by moment, and handle magical beasts they couldn’t process thoroughly.
The presence or absence of buffs made a difference in the burden hunters attacking actually felt. In Yeoun’s case, they trusted the powerful damage of attack-type hunters and didn’t consider detailed detour routes in conquests. So the supporter role helping attack-type hunters use skills efficiently while reducing their burden as much as possible was important.
“Ugh… I saw too many magical beasts in one day, I think my mind is getting contaminated.”
Kim Siwon pressed his eyes tightly as if tired and sprawled near Choi Jiyoon. Jiyoon handed him a cool towel that had been kept cold in the ice box, saying he worked hard.
“I checked the Veritas board just in case, but it seems no general notification appeared this time? Looking at all the nonsense being posted.”
It was when Jang Hyeonseong, who had checked the board, was scratching his nape.
“Min-ah. How about we rest tomorrow? We need to practice skills and think about what to answer reporters. It’s not ‘how about we rest?’ but let’s rest.”
“Sounds good. Everyone worked hard doing two, three floors a day… No, the guild master is talking and these people?”
Samin looked at guild members who were creating distance to try the movement skill before his words even finished. The ground was dented and vines that had been rolling on the floor were flying in all directions. He lightly swatted away a forearm-sized vine flying quickly toward his face.
Though it had the appearance of vines, the vine with rock-level hardness immediately crumbled at Samin’s gesture.
“I really live like this, hyung.”
Samin spoke to Doun sitting beside him in a complaining tone. Doun smiled warmly and answered:
“Maybe everyone does this because they trust you’ll handle things well?”
“They just have no interest in whatever I babble about. Those enemy-like people.”
When Doun responded warmly, Samin quickly made a sad expression. After getting the answer she wanted from Samin, Choi Jiyoon also left her seat without regret to try the movement skill.
Doun looked at the place mixed with dust and loud noise and murmured to Samin beside him:
“I’m interested in what you say though. You said we’re resting tomorrow, right? Is there anything you want to do?”
“…”
“Samin?”
When Samin didn’t answer, Doun turned his head slightly. Samin was breathing heavily with his large hand covering half his face.
“What’s wrong?”
“The more I look at hyung, the more you seem to have a talent for driving people crazy.”
“Me?”
“Yes. How can you say something that hits people’s hearts like it’s nothing?”
“…?”
Doun wondered why he was talking nonsense again and replayed what he had just said. Then he smiled slightly and nudged Samin with his shoulder.
“Are you that happy that I said I’m interested in what you say?”
“…Yes. Really fucking, impossibly so. I felt like dying from happiness just now.”
Samin buried his face in both hands while suppressing the urge to hug Doun. It was the moment he learned that people could want to die when too happy.
‘Really cute, Samin.’
Doun let out a small “Haha” and laughed pleasantly. It was a happy afternoon.
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
