The Tutorial Is Too Hard Chapter 267:

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“Kkeureuk,” the monster croaked .

“Just a little more . Don’t you think this part is less resistant to burns?” I noted .

[That’s because it’s a hot-spot, where it’s groin would be located . ] Ahbooboo said .

“It doesn’t have an organ there now . It’s just a stump . ”

Ahbooboo groaned at my words .

Why was he complaining about it? He was just burning a monster .

[I heard this monster was originally a human being . Then, wouldn’t it be natural for that part to hurt?]

“That’s interesting . It’s surprising that it didn’t suffer exceptionally, even though it lost an important organ . ”

[Why is that interesting?]

“First of all, I need to find out whether it’s actually feeling genuine pain or phantom pain . ”

Instead of setting fire to the source, Ahbooboo kept asking me questions .

[Why do you have to know that?]

“When we actually hit that area, if it feels more pain, we can continue to use the place as a weakness . Of course I’d want to research more . If it’s pain is caused by phantom pains, the monster is aware of his body structure when he was a human being . Even if it’s unconscious . I’ll find out . I don’t know if other monsters are like this monster, but this is the only subject we’re given right now, so I can’t help it . ”

I kindly explained the purpose of the experiment to Ahbooboo, but he didn’t seem to think the experiment was necessary . .

[Warrior, I beg you, can we stop torturing this creature with its groin?]

“Kkeereuk,” the monster croaked .

[Look . That monster’s voice, which used to sound grotesque before, now sounds pitiful!]

“Okay . Let’s test it out just a little more . ”

[You said the same thing an hour ago . ]

I was in the middle of a series of experiments with Ahbooboo when the door of the room opened . A man walked in and exclaimed, “Oh, my God, this is crazy . What am I looking at?”

“Oh, the search for the source has started . ”

The man who came in through the door was a giant warrior, over two meters tall and muscular . He seemed like the typical warrior in a game . That man had come into the spire less than ten minutes ago . I stopped my experiments and waited, but I guessed he wouldn’t leave so easily .

The man had strode in with quite a pompous attitude . “Hey, you crazy m*therf*cker, what if you die? It’s popular among bounty hunters, but do you know how much the monster is worth?”

He thought I was a bounty hunter?

“If you leave the monster behind now, I will spare your life . ” The man waved his hand, acting as if he were being kind to me .

This was interesting . It took so long for a man to come up to the room that I thought someone with a cautious personality would arrive . But now that I saw him, it doesn’t seem to be a personality problem, it just took him a long time to climb the stairs of the tall spire .

“Are you a bounty hunter, too?”

The man nodded at my question . It appeared that the first of countless people to search for their source was this bounty hunter . I couldn’t believe he came to this monster faster than the native gods . Maybe it was because bounty hunters were professionals who usually worked in the front line of this field, so the man had the ability . I was sure that he had the skills, and he knew a lot of information .

[Whew, tsk tsk . ]

* * * * * *

“Yes . The ancient demon was known to have been sealed by the founder of the kingdom, but in fact, the founder of the kingdom built a new kingdom with the help of the demon . The royal family had kept and maintained ancient demons deep underground for generations . ”

“Why didn’t he kill the demon before?” I questioned .

To answer my question, the man speculated, “It’s rumored that the demon and the kingdom’s founder signed a contract . But I think the royal family was hoping that one day it would use the power of the demon again . Back then, the kingdom lost the war and its influence was greatly diminished . ”

“Maybe so . ”

The man was a better storyteller than I thought . He was kneeling next to the monster, talking to me without any interruptions .

“Then what?”

“Because of the incident I mentioned earlier, the ancient demon was released from the seal, and the royal family and the knights were exterminated . At that time, there was a famous sorcerer in the capital of the kingdom . Maybe that monster is him . ”

The sorcerer was a kind of wizard who accepted the spirituality of God and spread his teachings to the world . Although he was similar to priests who used sacred spells, there was a noticeable difference . The native gods here had many of the characteristics of primitive religions, unlike those seen on other stages . The sorcerer took advantage of the power of God present in nature, but it was hard to say that he was a believer who supported the gods directly .

Anyway, such a sorcerer stopped the demon . His reputation in the capital city skyrocketed, so he must have drawn people’s attention .

“Yes . All the people in the capital looked up to him . It is said that there was a bond between the people and the sorcerer . An observer who was at the capital said that everyone in the capital cheered for the sorcerer . And…”

It was a story I knew better than this guy, who must have been overwhelmed by the people’s power . Unlike the 57th floor, where work was carried out on a planetary scale due to the well-developed technology, it was limited to the capital of the kingdom, but that alone contained too much power . The sorcerer eventually became a monster, not a hero, and the native gods that appeared belatedly made the surroundings a mess while fighting for the power of the monster’s source . In the mess, the monster disappeared somewhere and must have found its way all the way over here .

The source was certainly an unusual power: a kind of power that could only be found in cartoons . The power that might remind you of Dragon Ball Z, the famous anime .

Holy power was given rise through religion . On the other hand, the source was made unexpectedly by people under unknown circumstances . Rather than divine entities, the power was passed on to their representatives and heroes . Finally, it was influenced by the people’s level of civilization and history .

Recently, I learned a lot of information that I hadn’t known through the stages . Every time I cleared the stage, the Dragon gave me a lot of information, but there were still about two things I wasn’t sure about .

Many of the sources that appeared on the 40th floor were relatively small and weak . After killing them, a piece of rock called root debris could be found, but I didn’t know how they were created . At first, I thought there would be a parent source for such monsters, but the only source I faced were the ones who had lost their minds . It was unlikely that they would be able to reproduce strategically to increase their numbers .

The second was about me . How was I capable of using the source? Of course there was the power of the source from the God of Remorse, but I was not aware how I had used it back then, and the Dragon had refused to answer . This was the question I had to ask as soon as I met with Kirikiri .

“May I go now?” the bounty hunter begged .

“No . ”

Tears welled up in the man’s eyes at my answer, making me feel bad for making a tall man sit on his knees, his head facing my chest . Why was this man so afraid of me? I didn’t even hit him . I just suppressed him with mana and told him to talk .

[You’re not really asking because you don’t know, are you, Warrior?]

“I’ll do anything . Please don’t kill me…”

I turned my head away from the man who was begging in a desperate voice and looked into the monster that was spread out on the test bed .

After checking its muscle condition, vascular structure, and location of the internal organs, I found that it had a weird flow pattern of mana . I also found out that the position of the source’s power was consistent with the place where I kept mine, and took note of what order it flowed in .

What do we do now? I had been experimenting for so long that my neck felt stiff .

Before reaching the 13th floor, I had routinely dissected enemies . Upon entering the 13th floor, I began to feel skeptical and refrained from dissection . From then on, people who could talk, and not monsters, came out as enemies . Since the human body structure was well known, I didn’t have to bother to dissect it . After that, I stopped experimenting . But whenever necessary, I would capture enemies alive and conduct experiments . After all, anatomical knowledge greatly helped in combat .

Either way, the number of times had decreased significantly, and now it felt awkward to dissect and experiment with the enemy . I didn’t know what to do with such a great experimental subject in front of me .
I needed insight .

“I need more insight on the monster . Is there any way to further study it?”

“What?” The man didn’t understand what I was saying and showed a confused expression, so I promised I’d let him live if he came up with a useful idea .

“Well… uhh, sorcery maybe? There are some who have mastered sorcery just for torture purposes . That monster used to be a great sorcerer, so maybe this’ll help . ”

The man’s idea was excellent, and I replied in a pleased voice, “Very good . It’s a great idea . Maybe we should invite a sorcerer . ”

“Oh, how?” he asked in an uneasy voice, sweat dripping off his face . I didn’t think he was going to get me a sorcerer .

I raised my hand to the window instead of answering . From the window, I could see the fireballs flying towards the spire . Dozens of fireballs crashed into the wall of the mana I had made, and dissipated .

“Magic? Ah, no, gunfire boosted by magic,” I noticed

Outside the spire, shouting was heard, followed by a second roar . I murmured as I looked at the shells that were fired, “That unit will include a sorcerer, right?”

[Warrior’s theory sounds very probable . ]

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There was no sorcerer, and unfortunately, I only captured a commander of a useless unit .

“Damn it . How can there be no sorcerer?” I groaned .

“Eh… well, there was no sorcerer in the original unit,” the commander replied .

Wasn’t there supposed to be a sorcerer? What the heck? I had no choice but to inquire more from the commander .

The commander introduced himself as an officer of a country, in pursuit of the source, but I forgot the name of the country as soon as I heard it . In addition, he was commanding the vanguard of the great army, which was still running hard here .

“What kind of vanguard shoots a cannon?”

On hearing my words, the commander showed their equipment, which was smaller than I thought and looked more like a mortar than a cannon . It seemed quite useful to me, too, but this must be a military secret, and yet, they were willingly sharing with me .

“What’s the total number of troops?”

“A little over forty thousand . ”

Forty? I thought I heard wrong . After all, why would you send 40,000 people to catch a powerless monster? Even if the monster regained its strength, it was wise to deal with it with a small number of elite soldiers rather than sending a great army . The average soldier was just a scarecrow in front of a certain level of strength .

“It was an inevitable mobilization since the armies of other countries are also looking for the source . ”

“Well… you did say you were aiming for a number of countries . Commander, how many soldiers are running this way now? Irrespective of their nationality . ”

“Eh… I think it’ll be two hundred thousand if I round it off . Not only soldiers, but also hunters, adventurers, mercenaries, wanderers, and traders . ”

Two hundred thousand if rounded off? According to the explanation of the stage, the native gods would soon also begin to seek their source . If the gods began to quarrel over monsters, this area would naturally be destroyed like the capital of a kingdom that had already been blown to bits .

How many of the 200,000 people would survive? I could bet that most of them wouldn’t .

What should I do?

Tutorial 59th floor (2) > End