The Tutorial Is Too Hard Chapter 74:
Tutorial 13th Floor (2)
Going past the bonfire room, I entered the stage where long message opened in front of my eyes as soon as I entered .
[The 13th Floor’s trial will start . ]
Explanation: At the west of the Akan Continent, at a nameless volcanic island in middle of the ocean, there is a hidden temple of the monks who worship the God of Duel .
This temple is a secret place where monks trained to perfect their arts since ancient times .
Challenger, the one who belittles their life long dreams and talents and proclaims yourself as the true master of combat, achieve victory against the monks and prove your words .
[Clear condition]
Achieve victory from at least 15 rooms .
It looks like the 13th Floor is not that complicated .
The theme seemed to revolve around a main character of the story **** the **** out of the monks and fighting the duels against the monks to prove his words .
The setting about the main character belittling the monks could be the result of the God of Duel’s negative impression about me .
It also means the challengers who had been receiving positive responses from the God of Duel would receive a large welcome here .
I think that’s very plausible .
This is the first time for the theme of the Stage to have a story related to a **** from the Tutorial .
From this Stage, I think I might be able to get some information about the gods of the Tutorial .
In this Stage, I need to achieve victories from at least 15 rooms .
I wonder how many rooms there are in total .
Let’s go find out .
I looked around dark stone room .
There was nothing .
It was a dark space . There wasn’t even a single candle light .
Silence .
It feels strange to not even hear the slight whistle of wind .
My senses already had surpassed that of human being . Still, I don’t hear anything .
Does this room have sound proofing?
Towards the front, I can only see a small wooden door .
Besides that door, there was nothing here; it was as if the room was a prison cell .
The door had ‘0’ written on it .
Does it mean it is the room number 0?
I opened the door and got out of the room number 0 .
Like the stone room, a dark corridor continued .
I walked for about five minutes, until I reached a wooden door at the end of the corridor .
The door had the number ‘1’ written on it .
It is the room number 1 .
The setup’s theme seemed to be the stone room and corridor repeated with the difficulty of the trial increasing with the number .
I opened the room number 1’s door and entered it . A monk who was sitting in meditating position greeted me .
As if it was supposed to be obvious, the room was dark without a single candle light . However, the monk glared into my eyes .
[So, it is you, the arrogant one that the temple master spoke of . ]
The monk got up as he said those words to me .
His hospitality to the guest is terrible .
I brought out a small lantern from the inventory and held it on my hand .
Although I had the effects from the night vision and eye light skills enabling me to maintain vision inside darkness, this was our first meeting . I found the lack of proper lighting to be unacceptable .
I slowly observed the monk’s appearance .
He was about two meters in height .
He was a hardened muscular man . He did not appear to be armed .
His clothes reminded me about monks from Tibet .
He didn’t have any armors either .
One thing unique about him was that his fangs were reaching below his chin .
He is not human .
He had protruding facial features and red skin .
He looked like a demon from Japanese legends .
“I don’t know who the arrogant one is . Anyway, don’t you need weapons or armors?”
[As I thought, you are arrogant . Just what are you asking to a monk who is seeking the ultimate height in art of fighting . Relying on such petty tools will only get in the way of the training . They will not help in true growth . ]
This one sure likes to spew out nonsense .
I can understand the idea of not using weapons for a while for the sake of development .
However, weapons and armors should never be regarded petty tools .
Weapons were created and improved upon by humans to emerge victorious in wars and battles . They were the pinnacle of technology .
In this Tutorial, there were many things besides weapons made by humans . However, their purposes were all same .
Weapons were developed to attack and kill opponents .
How is anyone supposed to challenge the ultimate height in the art of fighting by excluding such weapons?
The ultimate height in the art of fighting; the meaning of the words is clear .
In the end, the only purpose of conflict is victory .
Achieving victory, one after the other… The destiny of certain victory could be said as the ultimate goal of any art of fighting .
[You are unenlightened . Victory is just one of the effects of the art . ]
He is really stuck up . I don’t think we can communicate .
Victory is everything .
Developing one’s fighting ability is just a method towardsvictory .
Do you not understand why the name of the **** that the monks, the ones who wishes to complete their art of fighting worship, is called the God of Duel?
[… How unpleasant . I won’t listen to your ridiculous words no more . Wield the weapon that you think is so great . I shall start the test . ]
“Why don’t you just tell me the content of the test?”
I put the lantern back inside the inventory as I spoke .
[You just need to either defeat or kill me and go to the next room . ]
That’s simple .
I had a knife on my waist . I threw the knife toward the monk’s face .
I quickly threw it . Because the knife was thrown so suddenly, the monk was not able to respond properly .
He managed to quickly swing his arm and sweep away the knife . However, the timing was too late .
The center of his weight was moving toward his back .
His back was further behind his knees . His shoulder was even further back .
As soon as I threw the knife, I charged forward and brought out the spear from the inventory .
Because of the spear’s length, the monk quickly came within the striking distance .
As soon as the monk came inside the striking distance, I succinctly stabbed him with the spear .
The spear tip precisely pierced the monk’s heart .
That was the end .
The monk bled from the hole in his chest and perished .
Monk, it looks like you won’t be able to obtain things like the ultimate height in art of fighting .
I know this is the first room, but I am a little disappointed .
Hoping the second room would be able to satisfy me better, I opened the door and left the room number 1 .
* * *
At the next room, and at the one after that, I was able to defeat monks with ease .
They were not able to catch up to my speed, so the results were obvious outcomes .
Finally, when I arrived at the fifth room, I was able to meet a monk that could somewhat catch up to my speed .
However, it was not enough to endanger my life .
Suuuguk…
Bleeding ferociously from his neck, the monk quickly fell back .
Was the cut a little shallow?
No, it wasn’t .
I thrusted my spear after considering the monk’s movement .
Hm… If I didn’t make a mistake, then…
Let’s just go and check .
I approached the monk again and stabbed him .
This time, the tip of the spear definitely pierced the monk’s neck .
I tried pressing **** the monk’s body that collapsed on the floor .
As I thought, the skin is tough .
Actually, I don’t think calling it tough describes it well enough .
The skin is solid .
They’re like iron plates .
Not just the skin, but the muscles underneath the skin and the bones were not like organic bodies . They felt like sheets of iron .
It was not like his body was really made of metallic parts, rather his body was simply as hard as metals .
Even his intestines had a surprising sturdiness .
It didn’t seem like his body was made this way through training .
He was probably born with such a body .
This is intriguing .
I had been killing each of them with a single blow wrapped in mana by striking them at the critical points . Because of this, I had not noticed until now .
It is a great advantage to be born with such a sturdy body .
It can be overcome with skills, abilities and magic .
However, that’s only when I am at a greater level than the opponent .
Against an opponent with similar levels in combat abilities, the one with superior basic stats will always win .
If two boxers of same skill levels fought, but one was a heavy weight and the other was a panther weight, it was obvious who would be the victor .
These **** are born with such ridiculous bodies, yet they are ignoring the effectiveness of weapons as they are talking about completing their art?
It was completely illogical .
[God of Duel is doing a fake cough . ]
It looks like that **** is agreeing to some extent .
I sat there and observed the monk’s corpse .
I don’t know what the name of their kind is, but I should learn about their special characteristics .
As I pass each room, the monks’ skill level increase noticeably .
The minimum clear condition is achieving victory from 15 rooms .
Around 15th room, a monk who is my equal in combat prowess might appear .
These are opponents I should be cautious against . I should collect more information to ensure my victory .
I performed an autopsy in detail and observed to determine if they had critical points on locations different from human’s body or it they had different joint structures .
[God of Duel finds this unpleasant . ]
[God of Slowness is sending wrath to someone . ]
Even without the message telling me who it is, I think I know who the God of Slowness is angry at .
I don’t care if you find it unpleasant or not . Just don’t get in the way of someone’s work .
[Kim Min-hyuk, 30th Floor: Are you busy?]
[Lee Ho-jae, 13th Floor: I was until a moment ago . ]
[Kim Min-hyuk, 30th Floor: When did you get to the 13th Floor? Do you have a moment to talk?]
[Kim Min-hyuk, 30th Floor: Yes . What’s up?]
Lately, Kim Min-hyuk really had no time, not even to catch a breath . So, he didn’t have the time to have a proper conversation .
The last time we had a long conversation was when we met during the day of the great harmony .
[Kim Min-hyuk, 30th Floor: I found out some rough details about the mystery event . ]
Oh… Already?
[Lee Ho-jae, 13th Floor: I also found out a little about the event . ]
I was talking about the information I got from Kiri Kiri .
I gave him the clues, the foreigner and second .
[Kim Min-hyuk, 30th Floor: Why are the clues so short? You… You got all other information first and used your leftover allowances to get them, didn’t you?]
Tsk . This is why I hate bastards who are quick to notice things .
[Kim Min-hyuk, 30th Floor: Still, they are new clues . I’ll keep finding more about the event . Ah, I posted what I found about the event on the community, so check there . ]
You already released it?
I think it might have been better if you released it after gathering more information .
I brought out a towel from the inventory and haphazardly wiped off the blood from my hands and arms . I left the fifth room .
I sat the corridor between the room number 5 and 6 and read the community forum while quenching my hunger .
First, I brought out a wide heat stone and a mug .
I poured milk into the mug and spread chocolate powder inside .
When I was in elementary school, they gave us milk in which Iwould put chocolate powder in it and drank it . I am not sure if it would taste similar .
I placed the mug on the heat stone and warmed up the milk .
Finally, I brought out a pack of dry bread cookies .
Until recently, I was fine with eating just meat jerkies . However, perhaps because of the memories from the 12th Floor, I want to eat something tasty .
Of course, it was not like I could recreate the delicious meals that Idy made .
To make something like that, I’ll need skills related to cooking in addition to the ingredients .
Still, I don’t want to keep on eating tasteless nutrients either .
In the end, this was what I came up with .
I decided to cook as much as I can within the bounds of being able to cook successfully .
I am not sure if I could call what I am doing right now as cooking, but…
I can at least pour the chocolate powder into milk and heat it on the heat stone .
Next time, when I summon Idy, I should really learn how to cook from her .
I sipped on the milk as I thought that .
It is not as sweet as I wanted it to be, but it is all right .
I tore opened the bag of dried bread cookies and opened thecommunity .
[Notification . This is the information regarding the new comprehensive event, the ‘competition . ’]
It seemed the name of the event was competition .
The notification contained all the information obtained by the Order, neatly organized .
It will be held before the Round Five ends .
All challengers can enter the competition .
It is possible to not enter the event .
It is possible to forfeit during the event .
There is a prize for the winner of the competition .
The reward is estimated to be some kind of a skill .
We have not yet obtained any information about the competition’s rules .
The information were the ones that were obtained by the members of the Order by asking the Managers .
Because of the problem with the allowances in information, the information had constraints or were summarized .
Still, they collected almost all of the information they needed .
They just need to find the rules about the competition .
It should be possible to obtain information about the rules before this round ends .
There are quite a few members left who should be able to clear their stages before the round ends, so…
The community was busy with people talking about the competition .
Many were worried . However, because it was possible to not attend or forfeit, and because they believed the Order of Vigilance will handle things no matter what happens, there were quite a number of positive responses .
The mood was similar to the responses before the very first day of the great harmony .
Everyone was excited like children on the eve of a picnic .
It was at that moment that a new piece of information came up at the community .
It was not from a member of the Order . It was from some other challenger .
[Lee Chun-hye: Regarding the competition’s rule, I’ve heard that it will be in the format of individual or team battles . I just heard it from a Manager . ]
The community lit up in flames again .
No, it was already up in flames, but now it was burning with even greater intensity .
Soon, people’s interest turned to the prize of the competition before the topic shifted to people’s prediction on who would be the winner .
Of course, the name that attracted the most attention from otherswas mine .
Other rankers of the Hard Difficulty were mentioned often as well .
Even though I was at the Hell Difficulty, since I was only at the 12th Floor, there were quite a lot of people who theorized that I would be weaker than the players at higher floors of the Hard Difficulty .
There were people fighting over who was right . Watching them made my head complicated .
Seriously, why are they fighting like that? Some were praising me, and some were even severely dissing me in the process .
In the end, these people have nothing to do with me, yet they are going at it .
Ugh .
Of course I will win the competition .