The Tutorial Is Too Hard Chapter 55:
I lied down on a gigantic ice throne and rolled around .
Compared to the motel room I had been using at the 60th Floor’s residential area, this throne was at least twice as big .
It would have taken someone with a **** five meters wide to sit here as intended to . I once questioned if this thing could be called a throne .
However, the last owner of this throne clearly called it a throne .
‘So, it must be a throne .
It’s good not to question something that already has an answer . ’
It was a habit I developed while I was stuck at the 60th Floor, not being able to clear the 61st Floor to be precise .
It was best not to look back on something that was already decided .
‘I cannot find the answer .
I don’t even know if there is an answer .
I already wrote my answer and submitted it as such a long ago . However, I don’t know when I’ll get the result back . I don’t know if there is an end either . ’
So, I decided not to look back .
Things like a question that does not have an answer or regretting a decision I was not sure about only rotted my mind away .
‘Maybe it is the cool air from the throne . I feel refreshed .
No, this is actually a special attribute of this place . ’
It seemed like just sitting around idly on my **** had cleared my head and mind .
It could be said that it felt like taking a nap at Kiri Kiri’s green plain .
That reminded me that it had been a while since I met Kiri Kiri . Also, it had been ages since I took a nap in her world .
Um…
I quickly erased the thoughts that were coming up in my mind .
I came to the 61st Floor to cleanse the leftovers in my head and chest . If I accumulated negative thoughts instead, that was no good . I could not let that be .
A message came while I was rolling around on top of the throne of ice .
[Park Jung-ah, 90th Floor: I just talked to Lee Yeun-hye . ]
‘Well done .
Good work . ’
[Park Jung-ah, 90th Floor: By the way, are you really busy right now? If you have time to spare, won’t it be better for you to see her off?]
‘Why is this lass on the edge again?
Is it just the mood?’
[Lee Ho-jae, 60th Floor: I’m busy, I’m ultra-busy . ]
[Park Jung-ah, 90th Floor: You don’t look busy at all . Next time, don’t ask me to do things like this . ]
‘Why is she acting like this again?
Was there a problem?’
[Park Jung-ah, 90th Floor: No, it’s not like that . I think Lee Yeun-hye hates me a little . ]
‘… That’s so out of the blue .
What are you saying? Do you think there is another person in this entire Tutorial that would welcome you and like you?’
[Park Jung-ah, 90th Floor: Enough with **** . Seriously, am I being too sensitive?]
‘How should I respond to this?
There is a long journey ahead to get to the right answer for this, and there are too many traps laying all over the path .
It feels like this will come back as a poison no matter how I answer it . ’
[Lee Ho-jae, 60th Floor: You have that independent image . Maybe she is just nervous?]
‘People call you iron-blooded witch or a sociopath wearing the mask of justice just to send people to graves . I’m saying maybe Lee Yeun-hye shriveled because someone like that sent her a personal message .
However, Park Jung-ah doesn’t hate that independent image .
She is thinking it is helpful in maintaining the Order of Vigilance .
I made the right choice of using this as the reason for Lee Yeun-hye’s reaction .
It won’t spoil Park Jung-ah’s mood . Moreover, it is a very plausible explanation . ’
[Park Jung-ah, 90th Floor: Is that so? Anyway, don’t ask me to do this kind of things from now on . I can’t speak politely to people . It feels like I’m getting rashes . ]
‘Are you saying you were polite to her?
Maybe Lee Yeun-hye’s response was on the edge because you were like that .
When someone suddenly changes attitude, others can see that as a sign of aggression .
I read it at a psychology book . ’
Around the Round 60, a player who used to be a doctor of psychology left the Tutorial after clearing it . Since then, the greatest authority in psychology and mental neurology had been none other than myself .
It was because I had been diagnosing the patient with the most serious mental illness daily .
Of course, I didn’t send my thoughts to her through the message .
[Park Jung-ah, 90th Floor: Also, you remember what I told you before, right? I told you it looks like something might be held again . Information about that is going to come in soon, so keep checking messages instead of ignoring it . ]
‘Yay…
I do need to continue clearing the 61st Floor, but well, I do have a reason .
Something is going to be held, huh…
Um… While at it, I think I should test that thing .
I should test if I can send my clone to other difficulties . ’
My clone was considered as a summoned monster instead of an actual player in Tutorial . I wondered if that meant I could send it to another difficulty by sending it to another person .
‘In that case, send it to the Order of Vigilance…
No . Perhaps I can send the clone to the outside world .
Damn it . Why did I think of this now?
I can send my clone to the outside world and switch my soul with the clone .
That’s perfect?’
[Perfect? Do dogs have horns? I’m not an ordinary summon monster, you original **** . ]
‘You were listening?’
[Isn’t that obvious you retard? Also, another difficulty is a completely different world from here . Once my link with you is gone, I can no longer maintain my life, you **** . ]
[You already know all this, don’t you? Enough of your useless thoughts . I don’t want to die for the sake of your stupid experiment-oriented mindset . ]
‘Tsk .
He truly is useless . ’
[What did you say?]
When I first made that bastard, I was full of hope for clearing the 61st Floor .
However, now that I made that brat, I really had no use for him .
I just ended up with symptoms of shattered mind after trying to split my soul .
Tsk .
[That’s my fault? You original bastard… I feel like the youngest son who was born from failed birth control . ]
My clone’s analogy was pretty good . I laughed by myself .
My mind was at a bit of ease now, so I could afford to laugh at a joke like that .
I should have come to the 61st Floor sooner .
I came to the floor to earn some points and also clear my mind before hatchling came out of the egg .
I felt so refreshed . I wondered why I didn’t come here sooner .
I knew this feeling won’t last long . Still, it felt great for the moment .
I got up from the seat .
I had been rolling around doing nothing long enough . It was time for me to move .
I came down from the gigantic ice throne and headed to the portal .
[Will you enter?]
‘No . You know I can’t . ’
“Return . ”
I mumbled the activation word . I left the space covered in ice . Instead, I was teleported to a dark and narrow space .
There was a familiar looking bonfire .
It was the entrance of the 61st Floor .
There were three portals in front of me .
One of them lead to the 60th Floor .
The other two each led to different Stages .
I needed two parties and clear both Stages simultaneously .
Once the Stages were cleared, I could enter the boss room after activating the portals on both sides .
It was simple .
However, summon monsters or clones were not acknowledged as a different challenger when entering the boss room .
‘What about Yong Yong?
Yong Yong can be considered a resident of Tutorial who was born here .
Could Yong Yong be acknowledged as a challenger?
Yong Yong is not my summon monster or clone .
If the dragon gets acknowledged as a separate entity… Um…
Actually, that is unlikely to happen .
Still, well… I got to try, as always .
I can’t just do nothing . ’
“Enter . ”
A moment later, I was standing in a scorching desert .
I had seen this place before, and it was still horrible to look at .
I was not receiving damage from the heat, but I was not feeling comfortable in this horrible weather condition either .
It was extremely hot and dry .
Moreover, the wind was mixed with sand . It was annoying .
I cast mana shield to block the sand wind and walked forward .
“Land-folding . ”
I had no intention of standing in this unpleasant environment for long . I had no intention of fighting sticky monsters one by one here either .
‘Let’s just get to the last room . ’
I walked as I folded the space . I was able to get to the end of the desert before long .
At the end of the desert, there was an oasis with a portal in the center . I walked toward the top of the portal .
‘This suddenly reminds me of the time when I got to the 61st Floor for the first time . ’
At that time, I already heard information about the 61st Floor from Kiri Kiri when I cleared the 59th Floor .
Still, thinking it might be different somehow, with expectations, I stepped on to the portal .
“Teleport . ”
* * *
[Welcome . It’s been a while . ]
A giant’s voice could be heard from a distance . It sound like it was echoing from the far .
Next to the huge, empty throne, there was a red giant who was sitting next it . I lifted my head and looked at the giant .
There were red hot magna overflowing around him .
“It sure has, old man . ”
[I see you visited another place before coming here . How’s the former queen doing? Same as always?]
“Well, same as always of course . She is still mighty concerned about skin aging . ”
An explosive noise could be heard . It was painful in my ears .
Instead of the pain, the fact that I could not identify the noise hurt me more .
My body was still that of a human being .
I focused my mind to cover my ears with mana field, and I was able to identify the noise .
It was that old giant’s laughter .
[She has frozen skin, yet she is concerned about aging? Looks like her stupidity has not changed with passage of time!]
“I can’t be sure about that? The former queen said the same about you . ”
Once again, a deafeningly loud laughter spread through the area .
‘Will you stop laughing?’
[About your arrangement, is it not yet?]
‘Arrangement? Can that be called an arrangement?’
“It’s far . I still have a long way to go . ”
[That’s a vexing fate . You possess incredible strength, yet you still cannot be used . You had already become the most powerful sword of all, yet you are still not complete . ]
“Maybe this is also a step in the direction toward the completion . ”
[You are saying something similar to a certain **** . Are you saying you are still an incomplete sword?]
[There is no sword that’s being created without a purpose . When you become a complete sword, what will you do with your strength?]
‘What is this question for?
It’s a difficult question to answer . ’
“I’m not sure . For now… I won’t be able to decide what the sword is for until the tempering is complete . Don’t you think?”
[Because you are still an incomplete sword? That’s a funny way to put it . In that case, what about the intent of the sword makers?]
“I have my own free will, old man . I am not like a sword . ”
‘… My voice is getting lower from being so annoyed .
Is he interested in hearing the answer again?’
[In that case, what does your free will tell you?]
“I don’t know . ”
[Hahaha . That’s right . You don’t know . However, we do, don’t we? King . ]
“That’s right . ”
‘This old man really doesn’t know to think about others . ’
“Let’s stop talking about dangerous things . ”
[I am sorry . Because I am getting old, I want to hear a definite answer . That’s why . ]
[When the time comes, decide carefully . We already entrusted our will to you . ]
[Your indecisiveness should not lead to ruining the decision . ]
[In that case, shall we begin?]
The red giant finished what he had to say . He picked up the giant sword that was stuck on the floor and lifted it up .
With that as the signal, the giant knights who were sleeping inside the magna walked out of it one after the other .
Two hundred units .
Considering the strength of each unit, the fact that they were all gathered in this space alone was irrational . Their combined strength was that significant .
[King . Please keep up the good work as always . ]
The old giant and the two hundred giant knights raised their humungous swords and assumed poses that appeared to be signs of respects .
I knew nothing of their courtesy, but I could at least tell that they were ready for the duel .
I didn’t bother to bring out any weapon to wield .
My body was the weapon, so I just took a step forward and raised my hand .
* * *
[Lee Ho-jae, 61st Floor: It is not the day of the great harmony?]
[Park Jung-ah, 90th Floor: That’s right . We didn’t find out anything yet . We don’t know the date or the reason for it being held . However, it is definitely not the day of the great harmony that will be held . ]
‘This is going to give me headache . ’