11 - That Tower Was Too Tall (3)
That tower was too tall.
The first thing Sena, who had returned from a hellish dark fantasy world, saw upon her return was an incredibly tall tower.
“It’s a returnee! A returnee has come back!”
“Hello, this is the Tower Climber Association. You are Returnee Yoon Sena, correct?”
While she was standing there blankly staring at the tall tower, not knowing what to do, a man in an immaculate suit approached her.
“Yes… That’s right. I’m Yoon Sena.”
“That’s wonderful. You must be confused after returning, would you like to come talk for a bit?”
The man guided her to the back seat of a luxurious foreign car.
Her clothes were in tatters with blood stains, and her purple hair was covered in dust, but the man didn’t mind as he put Sena in the car.
[Tower Climber Association]
The place the man took her to was a building that, while not as tall as the tower, was still incredibly high.
“S, S-class! An S-class has finally appeared!”
The association members cheered after running various tests.
She had no idea what being S-class meant, but Sena was happy.
She, who had been hated in both her original world and the other world, finally had a ‘possibility’ of not being hated anymore.
It was a common story.
Just like in novels and comics, a returnee coming back with great power and dominating everything.
Sena was happy to be the protagonist of such a story.
However, that happiness didn’t even last half a day.
Sena was shocked when she received the contract from the Tower Climber Association.
“In exchange for supporting everything related to tower climbing… I have to broadcast my daily life 24 hours a day?”
“Cheon No-ran, are you ready?”
“This one is always ready.”
Cheon No-ran was smiling slyly, probably happy to be going to fight after a long time.
“The battles I’ve had since returning weren’t really battles.”
“Then what were they?”
“They were hunts.”
She answered with a chilling smile.
‘Honestly, I doubt she hasn’t killed anyone since returning.’
I kept my mouth shut and opened the gallery management window.
[Once a day, if you enter a fixed nickname or IP in the gallery management window, you can move to the world where that user resides.]
[You can also return once a day by entering ‘Return’ in the gallery management window to go back to your original world.]
“That fixed nickname is…”
[NotATowerClimber]
As soon as I entered the gallery user’s nickname in the management window, light enveloped my body.
“Huh?”
But I was being transported to another world alone.
There was no change for Cheon No-ran.
‘Who’s going to protect me if she’s not there?’
At that moment, Cheon No-ran leapt up.
Swoosh—
Thump!
She forcibly jumped onto my shoulder and was wrapped in the light with me.
If she can interfere with the otherworld gallery system, she must be beyond the Realm of Manifestation.
When I stared blankly at Cheon No-ran, she grinned at me.
“That’s why this one told you. The only thing you can trust is your own power.”
Ding—
[You have arrived at destination Earth-457.]
[WARNING! A user who is not the Returnee Gallery Manager has intruded during interdimensional movement.]
[Assessing user Heavenly Demon Returns All Demons Kneeling for interdimensional travel suitability…]
[Target is suitable for movement.]
[Target’s power level is too high.]
[A penalty will be imposed on user Heavenly Demon Returns All Demons Kneeling.]
Swish—
As soon as we arrived in the other world, notification windows popped up one after another.
At the same time, nausea rose in my throat.
“Ugh.”
Cheon No-ran patted my back and whispered.
“Everyone feels that way the first time they travel between worlds. You’ll adapt.”
“If you knew, you could have told me earlier… Uweeeeck!”
In the end, I couldn’t suppress the queasy feeling and vomited.
Passersby glanced at me as they walked by.
It happened to be in a bar district on a dark night, so there were many drunk people around.
To be treated like a drunk when I can’t even drink alcohol.
‘This is so fucking embarrassing…’
“Urgh…”
“This one will make you some pickled plum soup. Bear with it until then.”
As my nausea subsided a little, I looked up at the sky.
I could see a tower piercing through the clouds.
“This tower is disgustingly tall. Ugh.”
“Stop talking.”
[Foolish humans. The tower will soon open.]
After I spent a long time throwing up everything I’d eaten today, a huge hologram suddenly appeared.
Long hair, two pairs of large horns, and demonic wings.
“It’s the Tower Demon.”
“You know that thing?”
“I’ve seen him many times while running from those hunter bastards.”
She stroked the D-class hunter sword attached to her waist.
I didn’t bother asking where Cheon No-ran had fled to escape the hunters.
For someone as powerful as her, she probably traveled across multiple dimensions.
[Do you want wealth! Do you want honor! Do you want power! You can get anything in the tower! Those who seek opportunity, climb the tower!]
The Tower Demon revealed its pointed fangs and drew people into the tower.
“Urgh… I’m going into the tower…”
“I’m sick of this life! I’m going in!”
People who had come armed with weapons and armor to enter the tower, as well as people who had just come for drinks, all entered the tower as if entranced.
“Ah, the Tower Demon is an incubus. I forgot that. Don’t worry. If you hold this one’s hand, you can resist the demon’s evil energy.”
Cheon No-ran grabbed my hand.
‘This is the first time I’ve held hands with a girl…’
[WARNING! WARNING!]
[A returnee in Distress Level 4 exists in the world you are in.]
[This alert will sound once every 2 hours until the distress is resolved, the returnee dies, or one month passes.]
A siren sound perfect for driving people insane rang in my head.
Still, I had received 5 million points, so I had to do the job.
“I need to talk to the Tower Demon.”
“What kind of talk?”
“We need to go up to the 10th floor to meet the fixed nickname who called us.”
Swoosh—!
Cheon No-ran suddenly grabbed the hem of my clothes and jumped into the tower.
Once we entered the tower, the Tower Demon we had seen as a hologram was sitting on a sofa drinking wine.
“You have arrived, Heavenly Demon.”
“It’s been a while, Tower Demon.”
“What brings you to my tower? Have you come for a drink?”
“There’s no time for jokes. I’m going up to the 11th floor.”
When Cheon No-ran told the demon her point, he looked me up and down with an unpleasant gaze.
“For the Heavenly Demon, but the one beside you hasn’t been verified.”
“This child is the Returnee Gallery Manager.”
“Oh?”
“The Manager child and I have come to save a gallery user in danger.”
“I don’t understand why the Goddess of Return chose someone like him… But if he’s the Returnee Gallery Manager, I must let you through.”
Snap!
Woong—
As he snapped his fingers, a black portal appeared.
The Tower Demon bowed neatly to Cheon No-ran.
“May the blessing of the tower’s summit be with you.”
[☆Title: But why is the new manager the manager when he’s not even a returnee?]
[Author: CommanderTeacherAndTrainer(Apocalypse-999→Earth-001→Apocalypse-999)]
[Content: Can’t non-returnees not even observe this gallery?]
Recommended 35 Not Recommended 4
-NotATowerClimber: He’s going to be a returnee soon
ㄴWhat nonsense
ㄴNotATowerClimber: I just called him to our world lol
-Seems like they can call prospective returnees too?
ㄴAuthor: I couldn’t access the gallery until right before my return
ㄴ(Don’t Know? Icon)
-The current manager and former manager are sex partners I saw them
ㄴAuthor: ????
-Hohoho,,, it’s the goddess’s guidance,,,
ㄴAuthor: Grandma just go to sleep
[☆Title: If the file manager hadn’t gone missing, the manager wouldn’t have abandoned the gallery]
[Author: ㅇㅇ(Fantasia-001→Earth-001)]
[Content: I miss you, file manager..]
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-The current manager is doing well so why are you bringing down our mod’s morale
ㄴAuthor: When Golden Demon was posting, tactical nukes disappeared in 1 second
-Hawawa watashi is a newbie and doesn’t know who the former file manager is hawawa
ㄴAuthor: There was someone called Hero, yeah
-You’re talking about the young Hero,,, he went missing after returning,,, I wish he were still alive,,,
ㄴAuthor: For real lol
-So are we impeaching the current manager?
ㄴAuthor: Are you crazy I’m just saying I miss him
ㄴThe suffering returnee idiots had to endure after the former manager abandoned the gallery and before the current manager came…!
[Title: I know the manager’s identity]
[Author: FantasyNostalgia(Earth-275→Fantasia-001)]
[Content: He’s a baby goddess born to the former manager
The father is the former file manager Hero, yeah
They went missing because they’re busy with childcare, yeah]
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-That’s just your brain fiction, you bastard
-I’m an idiot for falling for it again
-How the hell would a goddess and human have a child, you idiot
-Fooled again
-The idea that beings busy with childcare would entrust the gallery to the child they need to take care of is nonsense from the start
-Stop the brain fiction, damn it
-(Get Out of the Returnee Gallery Icon)
-Nice troll lol
-Nice bait lolol
[Title: Yo! I met the manager!]
[Author: NotATowerClimberAtAll(Fantasia-019→Earth-457)]
[Content: (Photo of meeting the manager and Noran at Tower floor 11)
I got permission from the manager and the Chinese character fixed nickname to post this
This isn’t doxxing
I’m verifying this to stop brain fiction rumors]
-Is the manager a baby goddess?
ㄴAuthor: No, you crazy girl, can’t you see the male-female pair?
ㄴSo the manager is their child?
ㄴ(Pedo Treatment Gun Icon)
-So who’s in Distress Level 4?
ㄴAuthor: Don’t know? If there were only 3 returnees in this world like the manager’s world, it’d be easy to find them, but there are over 500 here..