Chapter 333: Eighty-First Floor, Monstrous Might and Malevolent Spirits (1)
Time at the rest area passed swiftly. Perhaps it was because the seventy-ninth floor had also been a place of respite. From the outset, the tower hadn’t been particularly generous with the time in the rest area, but the atmosphere was livelier than ever.
The eightieth floor marked the conquest of eighty percent of the tower. There was a collective sense that the summit was finally in sight, that the end was within reach.
Caught up in the excited mood, I spent time with my party, enjoying the moment. I also met Park Sang-Hyuk, the climber who had gathered and passed along the achievement points from lower-ranked climbers.
He is a bit of a fanatic, honestly.
Of course, I was sincerely grateful that he supported me. That sort of admiration added to my divine strength, after all.
Still, locking eyes with me and exclaiming, “Ooh, Light Su-Hyeok!” right to my face—
Well, that is dizzying in its own way.
Of course, just because we were in a rest area didn’t mean I spent all my time relaxing. I joined in just enough to match the mood, but my focus remained elsewhere.
I sparred with fellow climbers, including Alexei, devoted myself to training, and deepened my bond with my spirits.
I even went through my third bout of mana depletion, and each occurrence seemed to grow more painful than the last.
The cracks began reaching deep into the core of my circuits.
Thanks to the divine power that filled them, however, both my mana circuits and physique were becoming increasingly resilient.