Convenience Store 24: The Tower of the End 1st - Chapter 119



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Episode 119 Cultural Spread

After a while.

“therefore…….”

The ice magician folds the crust with a bread bag that has not a single crumb left.

Stare at the index.

“Is this what you mean by ‘join the pioneers’?”

“Yes. Your ability is beyond doubt.”

“hmm…….”

The corners of the Ice Magician’s mouth twitch faintly.

“If you join the Forerunners, it will be good for upgrading your Wood-Pad. There is no other clan that is as good at accumulating contribution points as we are.”

“But if I upgrade my pack, what exactly are the benefits? Am I right?”

“That’s right. You can buy more and more items. You don’t have to wait like other raiders, and there are items that you can only buy by leveling up.”

Lee Ji-soo took out a few special stamps and waved them in front of him.

“Indeed… … I understand.”

Sylvia adds a word to the nodding Binggeulmaje.

“Then you can eat as much of your favorite red bean cream buns as you want.”

“… … .”

Looking at the face of the Ice Demon Lord, which had brightened so much that it was clearly visible.

I thought.

‘That guy totally took the bait.’

“… … Good. I understand that this is the advantage that pioneers have. Then let me ask you one thing in return. Is all you want from me a ‘strategy’?”

“That’s right. Our goal is the top floor of the tower. Just do as the advance party did.”

“It’s good because it’s simple.”

“So, what do you want to do?”

Binggyeolmaje turns his head towards me in response to Lee Ji-soo’s question.

“Can I ask you just one thing?”

“Just ask.”

“I heard that upgrading your pack will increase the number of items you can purchase.”

I nodded.

“Yes.”

“So, if I could buy five items, would it be possible to fill all five with only red bean cream buns?”

“oh…….”

I was inwardly amazed.

While running a convenience store, I have seen various purchasing patterns of customers.

Naturally, most people wanted to buy different types of products.

But the Ice Magician was different.

‘This guy is real.’

While I was thinking to myself.

The Ice Magician extends his hand to Lee Ji-soo.

“Then there is no reason to hesitate. I will join you again.”

“I thought about it carefully.”

A few dozen minutes later.

‘He went.’

Lee Ji-soo, the pioneers, and the newly joined pioneers, Bing-gyeol-ma-je, left the convenience store.

‘By the way, this is the first time I’ve seen someone who likes bread so much.’

I’m so scared of giving the Wood-Pad to the Ice Magician.

“I want to buy all the red bean cream buns I can with this!” he said.

But in the end, the red bean cream bun he brought with him was gone.

‘If I had the money, I would have sold them too, but today the red bean cream buns sold well.’

Come to think of it.

Suddenly, I remembered what the raiders who bought red bean cream buns said.

[The sweet red bean cream bread recommended by Binggeulmaje is going to be confiscated! Oh my, here, get some gold.]

[Red bean cream bun is the best food? Big Bam is the ultimate food… … . That guy touched my pride.]

When I think about it, all of the words I said had the nuance of restraining the Ice Demon.

It seemed like something had happened outside.

‘Well, as long as you follow the rules, it doesn’t really matter. Anyway, I guess I’ll slowly wrap up today’s business.’

I glanced at the empty shelves.

I went back to the counter and settled the sales.

‘Now the amount of money I’m making has increased significantly. How much is this?! It’s almost 3,000 gold! Hehehe… … .’

I’ll level up with this money soon.

‘It’ll cost 10,000 gold to develop the ability this time too.’

It may cost more.

I put the money I exchanged into my subspace pocket and cloak.

I got up to leave work.

‘But it’s good to have as many abilities as possible. Anyway, it’s almost time for the synthesis to end. How many days are left?’

It’s been quite some time since the can entered the synthesis.

It is almost time for the synthesis to be completed.

I opened the status window and checked the remaining time.

Special Note: 5 days left until T-9999’s synthesis is complete.

‘Oh, there really isn’t much left now.’

Now, after five days, you will be able to see the changed can.

‘I’m a little worried, but… … .’

Just in case the can doesn’t recognize me.

Ah, memories of that guy flash before my eyes.

‘Hmm… … Now that I think about it, maybe resetting it once wouldn’t be a bad idea?’

I let out a chuckle.

That’s what I thought, though.

Still, I hope the ‘tin can’ I knew comes back.

‘Should I go back for now?’

* * *

A space where everything is pure white.

Tick, tick-

Amidst the strange metallic sound that filled the space.

“… … .”

Administrator, Gehanna looked at the bulletin board with the names of many towers engraved on it.

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[522 – Tower of Sorrow, challenging the 54th floor.]

[523 – Tower of Doom, challenging the 54th floor.]

[524 – Untitled Tower, challenging the 53rd floor.]

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“54th floor… … . It did get faster… … .”

As she looked at the ‘Tower of Doom’ and muttered softly.

“Haha, isn’t that great?”

A familiar voice came from behind me.

It was Barbatos, the Lord of the Abyss.

“what?”

When Gehanna asked indifferently,

Barbatos comes up next to her with a smile and looks at the bulletin board.

“It was struggling on the 50th floor just a short while ago, but now it’s been raised there. At that speed, not only will it avoid destruction, it might even leap to the top ranks in no time.”

“… … .”

That’s not wrong.

Since the Joker card appeared in this doomsday tower.

Because the Tower of Doom’s rankings have risen at a rapid pace.

“But is that all thanks to the Joker card?”

She didn’t think so.

“I wouldn’t have been able to do that if you hadn’t given me advice.”

“Haha, I don’t know about that.”

“Before the Joker card appeared, most of them didn’t even have the will to conquer the tower. Even the Joker card didn’t seem to have much interest in conquering the tower. What would have happened if you hadn’t encouraged him?”

Barbatos chuckles at Gehanna, who asks as if she doesn’t care.

“It’s true that he helped a little. But it was only his ability that raised the tower’s ranking. Think about it. Didn’t the towers that were already destroyed have Joker cards?”

“… … .”

That’s not it.

Each tower has its own joker card.

It was also true that there were significant fluctuations in the rankings among the top players depending on whether the Joker card was used or not.

“I know. I know, but what I’m trying to say is, why would you do something like that, even if it means breaking a taboo? What good does it do for you? It doesn’t do you any good at all?”

“… … He’s a talent that’s quite suited for the abyss.”

“ha…….”

A frosty sigh escapes from Gehanna’s mouth as she looks at the joking Barbatos.

“I’ll give you some advice: don’t interfere with the raiders any more. If you do, you could get fired for real.”

“oh…….”

Barbatos looked at her with a look of surprise, then smiled.

“Are you worried?”

“Just advice.”

Ss …

Through a black door that suddenly appeared between the white space.

Gehanna approaches with rough steps and slips away.

Barbatos smiled awkwardly at the sight.

“Advice… … . It’s not such a bad concern.”

Hurrrurruk-

Barbatos muttered to himself as he looked at the source of the abyss rippling in his palm.

“About twice… … .”

At that time.

Ss …

Once again, a black door opens between the white spaces.

Barbatos quickly shook his hand away and smiled kindly.

“The one who missed some advice… was you?”

I thought Gehanna was back.

The great tree, Yggdrasil, looks down at him and speaks.

“You were here? I’ve been looking for you for a while.”

Yggdrasil lifts a large branch and rests its chin on Barbatos’ shoulder.

“Let’s go quickly!”

“Where do you want to go?”

“Where are you going? Let’s go see what the Joker card has done. Isn’t that kind of fun to watch?”

Eventually, Barbatos moved to the large hall along Yggdrasil.

“Oh! Look at that! That looks so delicious!”

“It certainly looks better than the Abyssal Kang… … .”

Already within the chairman.

Several administrators were chewing on abyssal gum and looking into the interior of the sphere.

Meanwhile, someone asks,

“That frozen thing. Is there really no way for us to taste it? Seeing the raiders getting so excited makes me curious.”

“I agree. As I kept watching, I felt like I was regaining the hunger that had been missing.”

“Can’t someone sneakily go to the Joker card store and get a few?”

“If you do that, you’ll get hit with the hammer of taboo.”

They were already detached from things like food and meals.

Still, it was inevitable that interest would be drawn to the sight of the raiders going crazy like that.

And the result.

“Okay, I tried to make it look as similar as possible today! Try it! This time, it’ll be really good, right?”

Some managers are determined to make it happen.

I also tried making food that imitates the food sold at convenience stores.

“What is this? It looks like a strange disc.”

“This? I made it by following the recipe for frozen pizza. Try it.”

“… … This? It seems a little different from what I saw?”

Originally, it was called frozen pizza.

It looked like various ingredients were placed on top of a round, disc-shaped bread.

Smul smul-

The thing the manager put out, which was full of green, seemed like it would cause problems if eaten.

“Well… … Let’s try it first. It might actually be a real frozen pizza.”

The managers took a slice of pizza and took a bite at the end.

“What do you think? Do you know why the raiders are going crazy?”

“… … .”

“At least one thing is for sure… … This is going to be crazy delicious! Phew! What the hell did you put in this?!”

The manager who brought the pizza scratches the back of his head awkwardly.

“Just… … a bit of basilisk entrails and a bit of gryphon beak. And… … .”

“Put that aside. How can I eat something that tastes worse than abysmal kang?”

“Uh, um… … .”

“Putting food aside, is there anyone who wants to fight me?”

Yggdrasil lifted its branches.

A stack of cards at the end of a branch swayed from side to side.

Administrators share information with each other.

It was a ‘copycat card pack’ that was made exactly like the card packs sold at the Fantasy Shop.

“Is there anyone?!”

“I will do it.”

Ignite approaches Yggdrasil.

I saw a pack of imitation cards in the hands of the Knight of the Blazing Flame.

Yggdrasil’s body shakes violently.

“Huh… … Hey, isn’t this the kind of thing you don’t like?”

Ignite, who values ​​principles and discipline more than anyone else, would challenge him.

“It remains the case that the work of the Tower should take priority over everything else. However, it is okay to take a break after finishing the work with all your heart.”

“Poo-ha-ha! How foolish of you.”

While Ignite and Yggdrasil were glaring at each other while holding the cards.

“Oh, what’s that? Is that a summon from the Joker card?”

“Is it a golem? It seems a bit small for something like that.”

The managers looking at the convenience store inside the sphere laugh heartily.

Meanwhile, an administrator gestures towards Vladimir.

“Hey, Vladimir! Come and look at this! You liked the golem, didn’t you? Look at that one! Isn’t it quite cute?”

42nd floor, Vladimir, the manager of the garden of giants.

He looked at the sphere with sharp eyes and shook his head firmly.

“Huh, that’s not even a golem. Since ancient times, golems have to be big. It has to be at least as big as the doomsday weapon I created… … .”

“That little thing is quite cute. What’s its name…? …T-9999?”

Throb-

In that moment, Vladimir’s body froze.

“What did you just say?”

“That golem’s name. It says T-9999, right?”

“……what?”

Vladimir checked the golem’s name again, as if he found it hard to believe.

His already pale face became even paler.

“Why, why is that ancient weapon in his hands…? …? But why is it already awake?”

Ancient weapon T-9999.

Drift around the tower and absorb its magic power.

The day when the energy recharge ends.

It was an event he created with all his might as a weapon to destroy the giants.

“But isn’t it still not the time for ancient weapons to be active?”

Why are you awake and active already?!

“Why is the size so small… … .”

Vladimir finally grabs the back of her neck.