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Chapter 120. What Must Be Done (3)

KOONG!

I touched the ground with a rough thud. However, I wasn’t hurt thanks to covering my back with Aether.

I quickly got up and looked around.

I was in an empty cave-like complex.

The only thing even remotely noteworthy were the rocks on the ground.

“...The Tower I know isn’t like this.”

In truth, there was only one Tower that I carefully designed.

Tower of Wish, the largest Tower in history that was on a league of its own compared to other Towers.

The place would be called an alternate world, and it was the place I would go in the future. In fact, I had to go.

But that was for a future time.

“What am I supposed to do now?”

“Uwoooah!”

While I was looking around, a scream rang out from above as someone else fell to the ground.

A familiar face and a familiar body.

It was Chae Nayun.

Was it a coincidence? Or were stupid people more likely to fall for the trap? Though, that would mean I was stupid too.

“Auuu....”

Chae Nayun rubbed her back, then widened her eyes when she saw me.

“Well, well, well, if it isn’t Kim-ssi.”

Then, she narrowed her eyes and said some strange words.

“...Is your head hurt?”

I put my hand forward. Chae Nayun seemed to hesitate for a moment, but she soon grabbed my hand and got up.

She dusted off the dirt on her butt and back, then asked.

“Where are we?”

“How would I know? Rather, how did you fall down?”

“Well, a crossbow shot an arrow at me. When I destroyed it, the floor suddenly collapsed.”

Crossbow... ah, come to think of it, the color of that crossbow was white.

One of the three commandments was [Cooperate with White].

But how the hell were we supposed to cooperate with a crossbow that tried to kill us?

“Wait a minute.”

I widened my eyes and looked forward. My Thousand-Mile vision quickly expanded out.

About a kilometer past the empty cave complex, I could see a group of dwarves at work. They were standing in front of a stone door, diligently pulling on a rope connected to it.

“I found the way. Follow me.”

I gestured at Chae Nayun and walked forward. Chae Nayun looked at me somewhat grumpily, then began to follow me.

“Where are we going?”

“There are NPCs up ahead.”

“NPCs?”

Tower NPCs, beings created by the Tower’s magic power that can only live inside the Tower.

These magic power existences were officially called ‘Tower residents’, but people liked to call them by the gaming language, NPC.

“There are even NPCs in this Tower?”

“I don’t see why not.”

Even an artificial Tower like this one was still a mystical space.

In any case, the two of us walked together in a running pace.

After about five minutes, we could see the dwarf NPCs.

“Wow, your eyes really are freak... amazing.”

“Just say freakish.”

It wasn’t like her to use more kid-friendly language.

“W-What do you mean? I’m always like this.”

Chae Nayun dodged my eyes as she flipped her hair over.

Ignoring her, I observed the NPCs up ahead. They were all wearing the same green clothes, but that was the only special thing about them.

“Ah! Who is it!?”

Once we walked a bit closer, one of the NPCs found us, causing the others to also look over.

“They must be here to help us!”

“O Venerable Giants! Please open this door for us!”

The dwarves ran up to us and pleaded.

“What do we do?”

“Hold on.”

One of the three commandments was [Have Faith].

I didn’t know what that meant exactly, but I couldn’t be too careless.

“...What are your names?”

“I’m One!”

“I’m Seven!”

“I’m Twelve!”

“Nevermind then.”

I counted the dwarves.

One, two, three... seven.

I couldn’t tell if I was supposed to trust them.

“Is there anyone else?”

“We have other brothers!”

“How many?”

“100!”