I Became a Gallery Newbie Beloved by Transcendents

Just before going to eat a hearty meal, I remembered that I needed to ask about the .

Title: What’s this Tower Exchange Meeting about?
Author: ㅇㅇ*
-It’s showing on something like an electronic display that there are 21 days left.

ㄴ GalleryMaster) It happens every 25th of the month. 5-10 people are summoned to one space regardless of tower difficulty or tower number. However, floors 1-10 gather together, floors 11-20 gather together, and so on. The last one is for floors 90-99. Because floor 100 is the completion.

ㄴ ㅇㅇ*) Is it something like this? Hard difficulty 3rd floor, Normal difficulty 10th floor, and say Easy difficulty 5th floor. They can all be mixed together like this?

ㄴ GalleryMaster) That’s right. As an exception, if it’s the same numbered tower, you can ‘add friends’ to be summoned together.

Hmm.
It sounds like you can form a team in advance.
difficulty, where I don’t know if there’s anyone else besides me. I can’t form a team in advance.

ㄴ ㅇㅇ*) Is physical attack… I mean, killing possible between players?
ㄴ LightSword) It’s possible. The Exchange Meeting has 3 themes in total: Martial Arts Competition, Dungeon, and Mission. Coincidentally, only in ‘Martial Arts Competition’, where they explicitly set up a platform for fighting each other, killing is fundamentally blocked. In Dungeon and Mission themes, murder is possible.

So that means killing could happen in Dungeon and Mission themes, which are designed for cooperation with people from other towers.

ㄴ GalleryMaster) Murder rarely happens. Especially in lower floor exchange meetings. But the probability isn’t absolutely zero.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ*) Right. I, who’s already screwed in this probability game, can’t let my guard down just because the probability is low
ㄴ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Look at that self-deprecation ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
ㄴ Probability! Pandemonium! 0% survival rate!!
ㄴ GalleryMaster) Should I block this guy?
ㄴ ㅇㅇ*) ㅇㅇ Just for two days.
ㄴ GalleryMaster) Okay.
ㄴ Ah fuck please spare me

The GalleryMaster favors me.
You’ll die if you swear carelessly. It’s probably favor stemming from pity, though.

ㄴ ㅇㅇ*) Is there any information that people at the exchange meeting can see about me? Can they see which tower I’m from?
ㄴ GalleryMaster) No, what’s visible is the floor you’re currently on. They won’t know your tower or level unless you tell them yourself.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ*) Even if I’m called to the exchange meeting on the 3rd floor after clearing the 2nd floor, they’ll probably look down on me.
ㄴ GalleryMaster) Well… we’ll see what kind of people you get matched with when the time comes. What’s important now is your growth.

That was right.

ㄴ LightSword) Come back after eating a meal. I’ll set the direction for your training.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ*) Okay.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ*) But how much time do you think I should dedicate to training before entering the 2nd floor of Pandemonium?

ㄴ ArchMage) I don’t know what LightSword is planning to do… but it would be better to set aside about 15 days at most. You need to fully resolve the 2nd floor to participate in the exchange meeting in a safe situation. You’re not thinking of clearing the 2nd floor after the exchange meeting is over, right?

Of course, I had no such intention.
Exchange meeting.
I had to clear the 2nd floor before that.
Even if I clear the 2nd floor and go to the exchange meeting as a ‘3rd floor climber’, there was a high probability that I would be the one with the lowest floor number among them.

ㄴ LightSword) If you properly understand what I’ve organized, that amount of time should be enough.
ㄴ ㅇㅇ*) Alright. But what happens if the exchange meeting starts while I’m in the middle of the 2nd floor?
ㄴ GalleryMaster) You’ll be forcibly summoned to the exchange meeting while in the middle of the 2nd floor. Unless you have the item , you’ll be summoned unconditionally.

The exchange meeting is practically a gangster.

ㄴ ㅇㅇ*) Then if I suddenly disappear and when I come back, enemy NPCs or monsters are surrounding my original position, isn’t that an instant death situation?
ㄴ HeavenlyDemon) That’s correct. That’s why the exchange meeting should be transferred from a safe space.

The conclusion was set.
Clear the 2nd floor within the remaining 21 days and reach the 3rd floor waiting room.
Then participate in the exchange meeting.

I closed the Transcendent Gallery and opened the [Coin Shop].
It’s not even a kiosk. Images of food were filtered as product examples.

Char Kway Teow seems to be Chinese fried rice as I remember… In the end, I chose number 1.
Ramen and a small amount of kimchi.
I thought about eating pork soup heartily, but unfortunately, pork soup was the menu I ate two days ago after my convenience store part-time job.

Anyway, this is a period where I’ll have to eat everything once.

Pop!

Suddenly, light rippled in the air, and a box fell.

Thud!

The purple-colored box looked extraordinary even at a glance.
There was a sticker on the top of the box.

Menu – 1. Ramen and a small amount of kimchi
Delivery coordinates: 666.666.66.532
Payment amount: 10 coins

What is this.
A delivery receipt?

A trivial piece of paper on top of a luxurious box.
Feeling the gap between them, I opened the lid of the box.

I carefully took out the object inside the box.
The sensation of a transparent container traveled through my palm.

I took it out.
When I opened it, I saw a bowl of ramen and a very small bowl of kimchi.

I lifted the noodles slightly with chopsticks….
I took a picture with the terminal.
Hmm, it’s plated nicely.

I pressed write and attached the photo.

Title: Do you guys know what ramen is?
Author: ㅇㅇ*
-Isn’t it mesmerizing
Attachment: 852903862.jpg
[Steaming ramen just received and photographed. With kimchi on the side.]

After posting, I took a bite of the ramen.

Slurp-

Hmm. As expected, ramen eaten after roughing up your body tastes like honey.
It’s the taste of when I used to squat and cook it with my friend at a campsite.

Since I was eating ramen with open, I could see comments being posted in real-time on my post.

ㄴ Ah that. I’ve already seen it in the Climber Gallery ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ You took a good picture though
ㄴ HeavenlyDemon) What is this…? Those grotesque noodles and that seemingly rootless broth……!
ㄴ Old man’s rage ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

ㄴ But the noodles really do look monstrous.
ㄴ But fr what is that?
ㄴ There are quite a few who haven’t seen ramen. Originally, when people from other dimensions are incorporated into the tower, their food gets stocked in the coin shop, right? It’s food that 21st century Earthlings eat.
ㄴ Priestess: Hawawa, I’m curious about the taste. But it doesn’t look very appetizing.
ㄴ ArchMage) Wow… you eat something that looks like that…?

Ignorant ones.

ㄴ ㅇㅇ*) Ramen is a great food made with numerous sciences. Tsk tsk.
ㄴ I’m really curious about the taste ㅇㅇ Will you do an inter-dimensional trade with me?
ㄴ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ What can you give to the climber?
ㄴ What else, the great family spear technique Dretpecan.
ㄴ Even the name sounds lame.
ㄴ You bastard, where do you live? Medieval Earth? I’m a knight from the Rompelt continent.

I had no intention of mocking that brother’s spear technique.
Whether it’s Easy difficulty or Normal difficulty, there must be something refined about a technique from a brother who completed 100 floors.

But the problem was that I needed a perfect lifeline right now.
A sturdy lifeline to save me.

In that sense, I had no choice but to pass on that brother.
After finishing the meal, I posted.

Title: LightSword inter-dimensional trade go go
Author: ㅇㅇ*

I don’t know anything so you set it up.

ㄴ LightSword) I’m setting it up.

Right after LightSword commented.
Another window popped up below the Transcendent Gallery window.

[User ‘LightSword’ has requested ‘Inter-dimensional Trade’.]

[Do you accept?]

I pressed the circular button next to the text.

[You have accepted the trade request.]

On the screen, slots appeared that looked like you could put items in, similar to inventory slots.

And there was a small chat window.

[Caution! ‘Dimensional Gallery’ provides two trading opportunities per 30 days! After using all 2 chances, it will be available again after 30 days!]

[Caution! For the trade to be successful, both parties must register one item each!]

[Caution! Only one item can be traded per transaction!]

[Hold the item you want to send and say ‘Designate’!]

“Twice a month?”

[LightSword: Sorry, but I’ll need to use both chances. I have two items.]

As expected of this damn tower.
There’s no way it would allow unlimited trades or the convenience of me not having to trade anything.

[ㅇㅇ*: ㅇㅇ As long as I can survive properly, it doesn’t matter, right?]

[LightSword: Don’t worry about that.]

[ㅇㅇ*: What should I send you?]

[LightSword: One is that ramen thing you just posted about. And for the other one, send the cheapest thing you have. Ah, for the food, don’t open the container, send it in that container state so I can receive it safely.]

Even if you tell me to send what I have…
It was awkward to send the sword I was already holding because the Nameless Knight’s Straight Sword could break.
The rest were all useful items too.

The deliberation wasn’t long.

Along with the ramen, I decided to send jerky, which was relatively cheap except for water.
I placed both hands on the ramen and jerky in their containers.

“Designate.”

The two items disappeared from sight and appeared as miniature icons in the trade slot.

[Trade completed.]

Zzyeok-

Two items popped out of the space that opened up.
One was a thick book. The other was a rectangular box.

“…What is this?”

Arcamer Empire.

-Grand Duke Briniere, Your Grace.

The silver-haired woman furrowed her brow at the voice coming from outside the door.

“What is it?”

-His Imperial Majesty wishes to see you. He says he absolutely wants to invite you to this banquet….

“Tell him that if he seeks me out one more time, I’ll blow his head off. Deliver my words without changing them.”

-…I’ll keep that in mind, Your Grace.

Grand Duke.
Elena de Briniere’s red eyes were directed towards a translucent window on the left.
It was written there.

【Climber Gallery】

She clicked on one of the most noticeable posts.

Title: Don’t act rashly. If you stay calm, you can clear the 62nd floor. That’s why we have our 《Conquest Alliance》.
Author: AllianceLeader
-There will be no betrayal. We will reach the top without any dropouts.

ㄴ Fr it seems possible.
ㄴ Has there ever been so little damage in Hard difficulty?
ㄴ SwordEmperor) At this rate, won’t we clear the 66th floor without any damage too?

Elena was displeased.
It was like looking at a broken mirror.
Like seeing herself when she was full of hope.
It’s an image that will soon crumble.

“You don’t know the essence of Hard difficulty.”

They don’t know why no one left any records about the 66th floor.
Elena hoped for their illusions to crumble, yet also hoped they wouldn’t.

“Grow stronger quickly, climber.”

An anomaly.
She wanted to cause a ripple among them.
From the very bottom.

《 2nd Floor – Score Ranking 》

1st – AllianceLeader: 784 points
2nd – Tracking: 412 points
3rd – Sinclair: 399 points
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The score ranking only publicizes the scores of active climbers currently climbing.
That’s why Elena’s name couldn’t be there.
She was already someone who had completed the tower and come out.

Elena smiled faintly as she looked at the purple container that appeared before her.

“Is this what they call ramen?”

She opened the container.

“…The smell isn’t bad.”

Imperial Sword Star.
Dragon Slayer.
Demon King Beheader.

All were epithets referring to just one person, Elena de Briniere.
That’s why even if she uttered such outrageous words to the Emperor, no problems arose.

Slurp-

“Mm…!”

A satisfied smile formed.
Elena pushed the Climber Gallery to the right and opened another gallery.

【Transcendent Gallery】

The only joy in her life that gave her amusement these days was here.

She posted.

Title: It’s edible.
Author: LightSword

– It looks strange, but it tastes good.