I Became a Gallery Newbie Beloved by Transcendents

The rescue team seemed to be coming later than I had expected.

The night passed, and they hadn’t arrived even by dawn.
During that time, I had killed four beasts of the same level as the one-eyed beast I first encountered, and only then, with the sunrise, did figures that looked like the rescue team appear in the distance.

Large-bodied felines approached me.
Their fierce glares made it easy to guess what kind of misunderstanding they were having.

Me, standing there with 10 feline children.
This scene was certainly enough to cause a misunderstanding.

I could hear the voices of the feline warriors approaching with large strides from afar.

“That’s him, the one who kidnapped our children!”
“We must kill him!”

[NPC – Feline Beastkin 2nd Tier Warrior Kentra]
[NPC – Feline Beastkin 3rd Tier Warrior Zete]
[NPC – Feline Beastkin 4th Tier Warrior Bitus]

…They’re already completely misunderstanding.
Aura began to rise on the swords and spears held by the three large felines.

Thirteen male and female feline warriors began to surround me and close in.

“You, are you a member of the slave cartel?”

With such a misunderstanding, I couldn’t just disarm myself.
I thought hard while holding the great sword Karnavalt.
How could I get out of this situation without friction?

Just as I was about to open my mouth, the ten feline boys and girls rushed in front of me and spoke in unison.

“Mr. Yuseong is the one who saved us from the slave cartel humans!”

The first to step forward was Mike, the feline I had first met.

“Those corpses over there, they’re the slave traders…”

The children all stepped forward and testified to my innocence.
Those testimonies were, of course, more effective than any explanation I could give myself.
The feline warriors removed all doubt at the children’s testimony and believed in my innocence.

“We apologize.”

Bitus, the 4th tier feline warrior, bowed his head to me.

“We almost committed a great disrespect to our benefactor.”

Then, the other feline warriors positioned around also bowed their heads.
Mike, who had been standing back for a moment, approached Bitus with quick steps and whispered something.

Mike held out to me an item she had taken from the bag Bitus was carrying.
It was a scarlet bracelet. It had intricate patterns engraved on it.
What stood out was the yellow fur naturally flowing from the end of the bracelet.

“It’s a token of friendship with the Wuyet tribe of the feline raceee.”

I accepted the bracelet Mike held out.

[Bond of Trust]
Category – Accessory
Effect: Slightly increases mental power in ‘Forest’ backgrounds.
Description: A bracelet that proves friendship with the ‘Wuyet’ tribe of the feline race.
Grade: C

Although its grade and effect were inferior to the Bracelet of Anti-Evil I was currently wearing, this didn’t seem to be a bracelet where such effects were important.

“Not just the Wuyet tribe, but felines from other tribes will recognize this bracelet too. The owner of the Bond will be viewed with less wariness than other humans.”

Gifts were always welcome.

“Thank you.”

Notification windows began to cover my vision one after another.

『You have successfully completed the quest – ‘Feline Rescue’.』

[You have cleared the 3rd floor stage.]

[‘Player – Han Yuseong’ 3rd floor stage score is being tallied.]

[You chose and succeeded in the higher difficulty option among two choices. Additional points are applied.]

[You succeeded in rescuing more than the minimum required number of 8. Additional points are applied.]

[You have met the additional points requirement ‘Defeating a Strong Enemy’. Additional points are applied.]

[Defeating a Strong Enemy: Fulfilled when eliminating a being with a tier difference of 1 or more during stage progression]

[Defeating a Strong Enemy – ‘Slave Cartel 4th Tier Combat Personnel Rainer’]

Before my score was reflected, I saw the current 3rd floor scores of those climbing:

1st – Union Leader: 674 points
2nd – Sinclair: 412 points
3rd – Black Hand: 383 points
4th – Tracking: 378 points
5th – Argul: 374 points
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[Score tallying is complete.]

[Han Yuseong: 1,682 points]

You’ve exceeded four digits again.

[You will be automatically moved to the ‘4th Floor Waiting Room’ in 3 minutes.]

The 3 minutes passed quickly.
Only when it was time to leave did I pat the heads of the feline children who were being friendly.

As the children gradually dispersed,
Mike scurried up to me.

I held out the last remaining sandwich in its container to Mike.

“Eat it alone later. You should eat it within today so it doesn’t spoil.”

Mike received the sandwich with both hands and smiled brightly.

“Thank youuu.”

Mike looked up at me with green eyes.

“Now, where are you thinking of going?”

Well.
I don’t know what will come out on the 4th floor stage either.

I patted Mike’s head.
The yellow cat tail swayed gently.

“See you next time.”

I uttered the same words I had said to Ricelin and Younes on the 2nd floor stage.

“Yuseong…?”

I saw Mike’s eyes widen round.

Immediately after, I felt a sensation of my body floating for a moment.

The scene before my eyes was dyed with light.

When it returned to normal, the scenery had changed.
From the very wide and vast Beast Forest, the scenery had changed to that of a high school auditorium again.

Hmm.
Does the waiting room size keep expanding or something?

Notification windows began to appear in front of my eyes again.

[Welcome to the 4th floor.]

[You are awarded 800 coins for clearing the 3rd floor.]

[Registering 3rd floor ranking score.]

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Title: Wow, 1st place is Private again.
Author: ㅇㅇ

And again, the only one with four digits OMG A monster is coming up for real What do you have to do to get this score??
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(Photo of the 3rd floor ranking window taken with a climber terminal)

《 3rd Floor – Score Ranking 》

1st – Private: 1,682 points NEW!

2nd – Union Leader: 674 points
3rd – Sinclair: 412 points
4th – Black Hand: 383 points
5th – Tracking: 378 points
6th – Argul: 374 points
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ㄴ It must be luck.
ㄴ Are you stupid? Can that be done by luck? If it’s 2 in a row, it’s not luck. A real one is coming up.

ㄴ I’m starting to really look forward to it. When he comes up to the 30th floor and gets the climber terminal, his first post on the Climber Gallery will be…
ㄴ SharpSpear) As expected of mere Normal difficulty players, you’re making such a fuss. Don’t waste time on 3rd floor stuff and go train.

ㄴ Lolololololol Your great Hard difficulty 1st place just got beaten by a new newbie. You must be really concerned, right? Lolololol
ㄴ LetMeGoHome) Well, Union Leader probably won’t be intimidated, but he must be paying attention. A newbie scored 1000 points higher than him. Seems like there’s something about this guy.

ㄴ Come up quickly lololol At this rate, we’ll see him soon. Considering the exchange meeting period, it probably took less than 3 days to clear the 3rd floor??
ㄴ This is what you call a supernova.

ㄴ These guys have nothing to rely on so they’re fussing over a mere 3rd floor newbie….
ㄴ No, we’re fussing over a ‘3rd floor newbie who got 1st place twice in a row with four-digit scores’, I like everything except the poorly set nickname. Come up quickly.

ㄴ LifeAnalyst) If he does this on the 4th floor too, I’ll acknowledge him
ㄴ At this rate, he might, right?

ㄴ Ahhh!!! It feels so refreshing to see all those show-offs pushed down one rank each~~ Private, fighting

“I didn’t expect him to clear the 3rd floor faster than the 2nd floor.”

The black-haired woman who muttered while looking at the gallery screen on the terminal glanced at a talisman hanging on the wall of the room.

“It’s obvious I can’t trade multiple items, so I put all my essence into this one talisman, but I still haven’t been able to give it to him, tsk tsk.”

The woman, Soyohwa, was waiting for the inter-dimensional trade cooldown to end for Han Yuseong, the only Tower climber in the Transcendent Gallery.
A life that was very boring and utterly tiring.
Because Han Yuseong was the only one giving her a sense of fun right now.

Flutter-!

Soyohwa tightly tied her long hair as she watched the talismans hanging on the line suddenly flutter all at once.

Then she got up from her chair and walked towards the window of Taehyogung (太虛宮).

The Central Plains martial arts world.
Monsters that started appearing 40 years ago.

The most notorious great monsters in martial arts history, Muyeon (霧煙) and Heukmok (黑目), tore through the atmosphere and descended.
As soon as they landed on the ground, they swept away 590,000 martial artists.

With the appearance of monsters that martial arts power couldn’t easily deal with, the martial arts world was driven to the brink of collapse.
Those who resolved that situation were beings like herself who had returned after completing the ‘Tower’.

Muyeon died together with Soyohwa’s master in mutual destruction.
Soyohwa risked her life to kill Heukmok.

After that, no more great monster-level beings descended, but mid to high-level monsters were still targeting the Central Plains.

Like the monster in front of Soyohwa right now.
A snow-white snake monster with a thousand heads.

Soyohwa lightly threw a talisman into the air.
Soyohwa spoke in a low voice.

“You’re going to die.”

Rip!

The talisman was torn apart in all directions in mid-air.
And then.

Screech!

The snake monster’s body was also torn apart in all directions.
Blood and flesh rained down like a downpour.

Soyohwa stood on the balcony railing and took out her terminal.

This time, she entered the , not the where she could only lurk.

Title: 4th floor waiting room
Author: ㅇㅇ*

-Thinking of practicing sword energy a bit before going to the 4th floor stage. Real combat is indeed the most helpful.
I almost died to a 4th tier swordsman though. But thanks to that, I think I’ve gained some insight.

ㄴ ??? Why did you meet a 4th tier on the 3rd floor.
ㄴ Lolololololol Wow damn so that’s why the score is so insane.

ㄴ AbsoluteMonarch) You must have achieved Defeating a Strong Enemy.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ*) That’s right.

ㄴ LightSword) What was the technique that almost killed you?
ㄴ ㅇㅇ*) When he stabbed his sword into the ground, some kind of shockwave came at me. I had a strong feeling I’d die if it touched me. It just grazed me but my right arm got twisted.

ㄴ LightSword) That’s Sword Energy Explosion. You would have died if it touched you more.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ*) Thanks to your footwork, I was able to penetrate through the gap in the shockwave.
ㄴ LightSword) The fact that you judged and executed that in that moment is purely your own ability.

ㄴ Damn talent monster lolololololololol
ㄴ Pioneer) It is surprising to meet someone who uses Sword Explosion on the 3rd floor.

Tap- tap tap.

Soyohwa wrote a comment.

ㄴ Priestess) Hawawa, you worked hard. Climber, good job.