Chapter 14
Zzzzt…
A huge arrow that looked like it might explode any second if left alone.
‘I need to deal with that first.’
Kanghan reached out to touch it—
Bzzzt!
He frowned as a strong electric spark jumped out.
Even touching it with bare hands wasn’t easy.
But…
‘I can’t use Cheonma Divine Power just yet.’
Gritting his teeth, Kanghan suppressed the electricity sparking from the arrow and grabbed it tightly.
‘Let’s get this thing out of here.’
Whoosh!
He lifted the massive arrow and threw it off the cliff.
Not long after—
BOOM!
A huge explosion echoed from below the cliff.
‘If I left that alone, the whole cliff might’ve blown up.’
Wasn’t this supposed to be a bonus mission?
Why is the difficulty so high?
He had just started the game, and the ground he stood on almost got destroyed.
The treasure chests were floating in the sky—there’s no way to reach them without wings.
‘Did they assume I could fly because I cleared the maze map with an SSS rank?’
The maze was said to be easily cleared by flying species.
He had earned a high score there too.
So this bonus tower must’ve also been designed for those who could fly.
But…
‘For a human, this is impossible.’
Below was a cliff where a single fall would mean instant death.
What could someone without wings even do here?
After thinking for a bit…
“In times like this, it’s time for collective intelligence.”
He turned on TowerTube.
Right away—
“Oh, Cheonma’s streaming!”
“Why didn’t you go live yesterday?”
“Did the E-rank result shock you? LOL”
“That E-rank is just a nasty rumor, right?”
“No way he’s an E-rank, haha.”
Viewers flooded in, immediately asking if he really got ranked E.
‘News spreads fast…’
Kanghan answered calmly.
“Yes. I got evaluated as E.”
“No way…”
“It’s true?”
“How can that be…”
“Seriously? That’s gotta be a temporary trait.”
“I thought Korea finally had a promising player…”
“Is your trait going to disappear after a few uses?”
“Show your trait window!”
As he confirmed his E-rank, viewers seemed certain it was a temporary trait and bombarded him with questions.
Kanghan just shrugged.
“There’s no specific time limit mentioned. And the trait window doesn’t respond when I tap it.”
“Trait window doesn’t work?”
“That’s lame.”
“Then show us your status window at least.”
“It’s not like an E-rank has anything worth showing anyway LOL.”
With the trait window unusable, people wanted to see his status window instead.
“I mean, the trait rank already came out. Is it really worth showing?”
He shrugged again—
[‘CH111’ has donated 10,000 TP.]
[Show your status and I’ll donate 10,000 more.]
A massive donation alert popped up.
“10,000?!”
“He just spent 13 million won to see a status screen?”
“Technically 26 million. He said he’d send another 10K.”
“Insane…”
“Isn’t that CH111 guy a Chinese government scout?”
“No, I heard it’s a Japanese team pretending to be Chinese?”
“Either way, it’s definitely a foreign scout.”
CH111. Whether it stood for “China” or was just a disguise, one thing was clear:
No ordinary person would throw 10K TP at an Iron-rank player like this.
“Hm. That’s a strong offer.”
Whether it was China, Japan, or somewhere else, it was hard to ignore 10K + 10K TP.
After all, revealing your status was pretty common PR for players.
And…
‘If I show my status, will others see it as E~SSS too?’
Kanghan, curious, said:
“Alright. Let’s go.”
He opened his status window and hit the camera icon.
Name: Kanghan Lee
Level: 16
Trait: Cheonma’s Physique (Rank: E~SSS)
Strength: 10+
Agility: 10+
Stamina: 10+
Mana: 7
His status window appeared on screen.
“What are those stats???”
“Strength, agility, AND stamina are 10+?”
“I’ve never seen multiple ‘plus’ stats before. Whoa…”
“Is this the power of Cheonma’s Physique?”
Viewers were shocked by the three ‘10+’ stats.
“But why is the trait ranked E?”
“This feels totally OP though…”
“Must be temporary after all.”
“That’s the worst—getting it and losing it… what a waste.”
They couldn’t see the E~SSS range and assumed it was just E.
‘Looks like others only see it as E.’
What he saw and what others saw—it was different.
A really unique trait.
Once Kanghan showed that the trait window wouldn’t open either, he closed everything.
“So you don’t even know when the power will fade?”
“This is disappointing… I’m unsubscribing.”
“Nah, I’ll stay till the trait disappears. Gotta see the fall LOL.”
“Dude, that’s cruel.”
Some who expected Kanghan to be Korea’s new star left in disappointment.
Even if he explained the trait showed E~SSS to him, it would just sound like excuses.
‘Well, let them go.’
While he thought that…
“Where’s the rest of the 10K, CH111?”
“Guess he ran off lol.”
“Still got 10K for being E-rank. Not bad.”
“For real, haha.”
CH111 didn’t send the second donation.
‘Guess he gave up after seeing the trait rank.’
If they really wanted to recruit him, they would’ve kept the promise.
Kanghan made a mental note—
‘I’ll never take a deal from those guys.’
No need to work with people who break promises.
He switched topics.
“Alright, you saw my E-rank. Now take a look at this place.”
Whoosh.
He turned the camera.
“Where is that?”
“Never seen this map before.”
“Is that even an Iron Tower?”
Viewers grew curious.
“I used an Iron Tower No. 777 ticket and ended up here.”
“777? Isn’t that a treasure map?”
“I thought Iron Towers only went up to 99?”
“Wait… is this a new tower?”
“Glad I didn’t unsubscribe LOL. This is new!”
But then—
“How are you supposed to open those floating treasure chests?”
“Gold 777 just needed you to open the lid, but this is harder.”
“Just use a flying spell?”
“You’d need to be Gold-rank to use flight LOL. Iron can’t do that.”
No useful advice from the viewers.
‘Time to call the chief.’
Rather than viewers, the Goblin Chief would be more helpful.
He summoned the Castrated Goblin Chief.
Fwoosh!
From a red portal, the goblin chief appeared.
“Long live Cheonma! Ten thousand years of glory!”
“Still not used to that LOL.”
“Can’t believe that goblin’s so polite now.”
“Guess we won’t see him once the trait disappears.”
While viewers joked, Kanghan explained the situation.
“I have an idea,” the chief said.
Another red portal opened—
“Kik!”
“Kikikik!”
A group of goblins appeared.
The chief grabbed one.
“Go! Number 1!”
Whoosh!
He threw the goblin off the cliff.
“Kiiiiiieek!”
The scream echoed as the goblin fell—and vanished.
Then a message popped up:
[‘Goblin #1’ has died.]
[‘Goblin #1’ has lost 1 level.]
“Kikikik… It failed. Go, Number 2!”
One after another, the chief tossed them off.
Number 2, 3, and finally 4—
“Kiiik…!”
One managed to cling to a treasure chest.
“…Are they okay dying like that?”
“Yes! Thanks to you, we goblins have our own realm. We can revive in the Ten Thousand Goblin Hall! We just lose levels!”
“But that makes you weaker.”
“Kik! Goblins are weak anyway! We’re useless later!”
“What a guy, lol.”
“Removing him from the tutorial was enough of a favor.”
“LOL.”
“Wait… if the trait disappears, will he go back to the tutorial?”
“Don’t jinx it!!”
While the chat joked—
“Number 4! Open the chest!”
But the goblin was too weak to do it.
Grunting and struggling, it failed.
“You useless thing!”
The chief threw Number 5 and 6 together.
Two goblins flew through the air…
And surprisingly—they didn’t fall.
“Kii?”
They floated near the treasure chest, standing mid-air.
It seemed like there were invisible platforms near the chest.
“There’s something to step on near the chest!”
“Yeah, they’re not floating for no reason.”
This changed everything.
“I don’t need to throw goblins anymore.”
“Huh?”
“I’ll open them myself.”
Kanghan said—
“Cheonma Divine Power.”
The aura flared.
His body felt light, and a skill came to mind.
Cheonma Sovereign Steps—a footwork skill he got in his sleep.
He’d never used it before, but something told him—
‘It’s like Cheonma Divine Fist. It’ll activate automatically.’
He crouched—
Zoom!
Launched like a cannon from the cliff.
[Skill ‘Cheonma Sovereign Steps’ has been activated.]
While flying, Kanghan realized:
He could control his body freely in the air.
Zoom!
He reached the chest where goblins struggled—
Click!
Opened it with one hand.
[You have opened a treasure chest.]
[You have received 1,000 TP.]
[Bonus active: TP x2.]
[You have received 1,000 TP.]
Total: 2,000 TP.
‘Compared to a Gold Tower, the rewards are 1/10.’
Even though the difficulty felt much higher.
Still, there were plenty of chests.
‘Let’s open as many as possible in the 10 minutes Cheonma Divine Power lasts.’
Zoom!
Kanghan flew through the sky, unlocking chests one by one.
“He’s just flying around like a superhero LOL.”
“Now I see why it’s a limited-time trait…”
“As a Korean, I gotta say—this is OP as hell LOL.”
Viewers, seeing how overpowered he was, became even more certain the trait had a limit.
At the 25th chest—
[The Guardian is now on high alert.]
[The Guardian descends into the Sky Vault.]
So far, only arrows had fired.
Now, the guardian itself was coming.
‘Guess they won’t just let me loot forever.’
But where would it appear?
As he looked around—
CRACK!
A flash of light exploded behind him.
“Kiiik?!”
From the cliff where he started—
[‘Castrated Goblin Chief’ has fallen to his death.]
[Revival unavailable.]
[Level -1.]
No revival this time.
‘What hit him?’
Turning to look—Kanghan saw it.
Zzzzt…
A massive sword of light stuck upright in the cliff.
