I Became a Gallery Newbie Beloved by Transcendents

Protective Qi.

ㄴ HeavenlyDemon) The Heavenly Demon is the foremost expert in Protective Qi.
ㄴ Oh great Heavenly Demon, please maintain your dignity!!!!

Senior HeavenlyDemon explained Protective Qi better than I expected.
He really is an expert.

ㄴ HeavenlyDemon) Have you ever played in water? The sensation of water rippling around your body when you’re in the sea or a river. Imagine achieving that sensation with your mana.

To put it very simply, maintain the feeling of mana lightly covering your body.
Following that explanation, I was able to naturally maintain an aura-like state enveloping my body.

Fortunately, or perhaps unfortunately, unlike the fluctuations in sword energy, it wasn’t completely pure white.
It was a bit more transparent.

After about eight hours of research, I took a photo of the Protective Qi I had achieved and uploaded it to the gallery.
The white aura covering my arm.

Title: This took quite a while.
Author: ㅇㅇ*

-Successfully covered everything meticulously. No problems with movement. Can withstand opponent’s attacks reasonably well.
Armor is the primary defense anyway. This is for deploying quickly in emergencies, right?
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ㄴ Correct, you understand it well.
ㄴ As always, your learning speed is fast.
ㄴ SewerSwordSaint) As you roll around, you’ll get a sense of when to use it.
ㄴ WaterKing) Wow, that’s fast. So fast.

ㄴ HeavenlyDemon) Now the next lesson will be on fist techniques and footwork.
ㄴ FamousOne) Even the Little Heavenly Demon doesn’t get this much attention. This is quite surprising indeed.

ㄴ ㅇㅇ*) How do you increase the tier? I don’t think the tier automatically increases just by raising the mana stat value.
ㄴ LightSword) Mana value does have an influence. But more importantly, it’s about enlightenment.

ㄴ Even us ordinary Easy and Normal folks have mostly reached tier 5. Knowing how to imbue weapons with qi and properly circulating and accumulating mana makes tier 5 possible.

ㄴ After all, we weren’t just randomly summoned to the Tower either.
ㄴ It means we were summoned because we had the potential to reach tier 5, whether innately or through effort.
ㄴ Pioneer) Yeah, that’s right. We might seem insignificant here, but everyone’s got some skill.

ㄴ Sniff, thank you, Pioneer.

ㄴ Pioneer’s always looking out for us ordinary folks ㅇㅇ

ㄴ HeavenlyDemon) Tier isn’t an absolute measure of power. A being with greater potential might reach tier 4 later than one with less potential.
ㄴ SpearKing) Still, you should be cautious if the opponent is tier 7. From tier 7, it’s the stage of developing a ‘unique domain’.

ㄴ ClosedRoomTheorist) By that logic, you should be somewhat careful with tier 6 too, as they can imitate domains to some extent. – This world is made up of vast closed rooms

ㄴ ㅇㅇ*) What about the Hard difficulty seniors?
ㄴ ArchMage) Tier 9 and above. After returning alive, I realized you have to reach tier 9 to clear Hard difficulty floor 100.
ㄴ DragonKing) Beltu-i- That’s right. The 95% who couldn’t do that died.

ㄴ ArchMage) There must be some who reached 10, but I’m not one of them. Any tier 10 hands?

ㄴ WaterKing) As if they’d raise their hands! Most are probably tier 9. Even those who reached tier 10 might not be sure if they actually hit tier 10 lololololol

Hearing these numbers, I suddenly felt how far I was from the Hard difficulty seniors.

For now, I’ve learned what I needed to know immediately.

ㄴ ㅇㅇ*) I’ll rest well today and depart tomorrow morning.

Tomorrow, I need to enter the 4th floor stage.

ㄴ Priestess) Is it true that there are still two days left on the inter-dimensional trade cooldown?

The two seniors who lined up to trade with me inter-dimensionally were Priestess and HeavenlyDemon, right?
Priestess would have to consider trading based on the stage I’m in, but the trade with HeavenlyDemon was quite tempting.

Learning fist techniques and footwork from the most powerful person in the martial arts world.
It was very appealing.

This was since yesterday, when I realized after being able to release sword energy that using LightSword senior’s Dragon Slaying Sword with sword energy as a reference point opened up much more versatile methods.

I inhaled the cream bacon pasta that I had brought for lunch but hadn’t had time to eat.

Sitting cross-legged, I held the Dagger of Blood.
Stabilizing sword energy emission.
I continuously released sword energy to practice that.

Swish swish swish!

I also kept practicing the Protective Qi I had just learned to use.
Mana replenishes while resting anyway.
It replenishes faster when you manipulate mana.

I trained thoroughly to eliminate any variables during combat.

[The level of skill ‘Concentration Enhancement’ has increased. Lv.5]

It was a welcome gain.

Hmm.
Since being summoned to the Tower, I had never failed to sleep properly, but today I slept even more deeply than usual.
Was it because I had faced information about the death lurking after the 13th floor?
Or was I just tired?

Last night, I ate pork rice bowl. As usual, it was food I had brought for the 3rd floor stage but hadn’t been able to eat.

[4th Floor Coin Shop]

Food 2. Drinks 3. Potions

As expected, it wasn’t much different from the 3rd floor.

So it’s pork loin cutlet.
Like the pork rice bowl, it seems to come with a side salad and soup.
Why does it feel like the prices are gradually increasing?

Crunch-

The tonkatsu I ate after a very long time was delicious.
What I realized while conquering the 3rd floor stage was that I could bring more food than I thought.
The inventory has a 60-slot registration limit, but there’s no weight restriction.

Coins held: 2,451

I had plenty of coins.
Thanks to the 1000 coins I received for winning first place at the exchange meeting and the 800 coins I got as a reward for clearing the 3rd floor.

Roll roll roll-

I rolled up the sleeping bag that had greeted me as soon as I entered the 4th floor and put it in my inventory.
I checked the clock hanging on the wall.

Current time, March 2nd
Time remaining until the next exchange meeting D – 23.

If possible, I wanted to reach the 9th or 10th floor before the exchange meeting.
I’m not sure if it’s possible, but.

Title: Entering 4th floor.
Author ㅇㅇ*

-If the situation looks bad after entering, I’ll come right back out.

ㄴ I wonder what crisis awaits the climber this time.
ㄴ What will it be this time. Surely not another quest type, right?
ㄴ Hey hey, don’t raise flags.

No way it would be another quest type, right?

ㄴ IceQueen) Brrr, be careful!
ㄴ Priestess) Hawawa, Climber Gong. Climber Gong’s fortune for today wasn’t bad.

ㄴ LightSword) Come back safely. If anything happens, come back immediately.
ㄴ HeavenlyDemon) Use what you’ve learned and write a reflection.

ㄴ AbsoluteMonarch) I wish you good fortune in battle.
ㄴ Lolololol Monarch hyung finally came back
ㄴ Well, he can’t resist seeing you off ㅇㅇ

ㄴ SewerSwordSaint) The most important thing is always to survive.
ㄴ ArchMage) Go go

After quickly scanning the send-off messages, I closed the Transcendent Gallery. Then I put the terminal into my inventory.
I took a deep breath.

“Phew.”

And exhaled.
Once again, the start of a tough journey.

Step step-

I moved my feet towards the gray door at the end of the 4th floor waiting room.
When I opened the door, light filled my vision.

『Pandemonium difficulty 4th floor is a dungeon type.』

Dungeon.

『Clear the dungeon, ‘Fortress of Golems’』

It was similar to the dungeon ‘Kobold’s Cradle’ I experienced during the exchange meeting.
I could see yellow and gray walls neatly laid out in an enclosed space.

Dungeon name: Fortress of Golems.
And true to its name, a golem made of navy blue rock was crouching with its body tightly curled up.

Step

As I approached, there was no reaction.
What is this?
Is it sleeping or something?

Swish-

I took out the gallery terminal from my inventory.

Flash.

I saw the golem’s eyes on both sides glowing red.
But still, it showed no signs of movement.

I photographed the golem with the terminal.

Title: What’s with this? It’s not moving and just staying still.
Author: ㅇㅇ*

-Do I just destroy it? Is this an easy part?
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This time, the chat responses came faster than usual.

ㄴ Shit, duck

ㄴ ArchMage) Duck.
ㄴ ArchMage) Or find cover.

ㄴ LightSword) Lie flat on the ground.
ㄴ AbsoluteMonarch) The mana core is at the nape of the neck by human standards. That’s the golem’s heart.

ㄴ IceQueen) Probably! Mana beam! Brr!
ㄴ HeavenlyDemon) Look closely at the eyes. The direction of the mana beam that will unfold is predicted there.

ㄴ Pioneer) Left first, then right.

Thud.

A rumble spread through the dungeon.

Wooooong!

I saw red light instantly condensing in the mouth of the navy golem as it opened wide.
I shoved the terminal into my inventory and lowered my body sharply.

Peeeeeeee─

Along with a strange sound, a red beam covered the entire horizontal area.

Kwaaaaaaang!!

My heart sank.

Shit.

Is this a bullet hell shooting game?
I held up the shield, Mirror of Transformation, with my left hand.

The hint is in the eyes.
The direction in the red left eye is diagonal. The direction in the right eye is vertical.

[Mana Body Enhancement Lv.5 – Activating skill.]

While manipulating mana, I also raised Protective Qi.

Kwaaaang!

I dodged the diagonal beam by lowering my body like an acrobat.

Keeeng!

I deflected the vertically descending beam by enlarging the size of the Mirror of Transformation.
I concentrated qi in both feet.

Tuwooong!

After bending my knees and then stretching them, I jumped up.
I literally soared through the air for a moment.

With the Dagger of Blood in my left hand, I struck the shoulder of the navy golem. I climbed up as if rock climbing.

The golem’s heart is the mana core at the nape of the neck by human standards.
I brought down the Sword of the Fierce King, imbued with sword energy, aiming for that point.

Kwaaang!

The body of the navy golem, its mana core shattered, tilted. I landed back on the ground.

Peeeeeng!

“……”

Beyond that, red lights flickered in the darkness.
Not just one, but about a dozen.

I stepped forward.
If I stop, I die.

Damn Pandemonium.