A peaceful morning.
Dogs bark "woof woof," cats meow, giraffes... well, let's skip that one.
And once again, the world was turned upside down.
The cause was, of course, the sudden appearance of the "Tower Coin Casino" in My Home Tower!
As expected, countless Climbers were flocking to the casino, continuously spending Tower Coins in hopes of changing their fortunes.
The government did react to the word "casino," but since My Home Tower wasn't state property, and there was that incident where they almost postponed talks for 100 years, they were cautiously monitoring the situation for now.
For reference, besides the casino, the trial floors and rest floors were steadily bringing in Tower Coins, and recently many Climbers had reached the 10th floor to challenge the boss trial.
However... the Climbers who reached the 10th floor faced a trial they never expected.
"You have arrived at the boss floor. Please select your desired trial from the list below."
1. Super-lol-crybaby-lol-coward-lol-exclusive Difficulty
2. Total Weakling~♥ Loser~♥ Completely Weak~♥ Difficulty
3. Completely Pathetic Weakling~♥ Go Die~♥ Difficulty
4. Can't Believe You're This Bad? How Pathetic wwwww Difficulty
5. I'm Tired of Mocking You~! Just Kidding, I'll Mock You More lol Difficulty
6. Hmm? Aren't You Pushing Yourself Too Hard? Pfft~♥ Difficulty
7. [OVERWHELMINGLY DIFFICULT] Difficulty
"Which difficulty level would you like to select?"
The selection text featured Rukki's signature mocking tone, delivering a six-hit combo of wide-area taunts.
Most Climbers were almost baited into pressing difficulty 7, but...
From an ordinary Climber's perspective, challenging the "OVERWHELMINGLY DIFFICULT" level seemed unreasonable.
As a result, people chose various difficulty levels according to their personalities, and information about each difficulty began to emerge.
The first person to clear difficulty 1 was Kim Chun-sik, a [Soldier] class.
He had recently resumed climbing the tower for rehabilitation therapy, specifically to overcome his trauma with rabbits by climbing My Home Tower again.
With his consistently wise judgment in solving problems, Kim Chun-sik chose option 1, the easiest to clear.
"Boss Monster - [Mayfly Rabbit]. Defeat it."
"[Mayfly Rabbit] has died of natural causes."
"You have cleared the 10th floor trial!"
"?"
The boss died as soon as it appeared, instantly clearing the trial!
"As a reward for clearing difficulty 1, you receive [Character Card - Inabark Levitain Rukki]."
Moreover, the reward was a strange card with a picture of a Bunny Girl therianthrope.
"...Looks irritating somehow."
The card depicted someone with a mocking smile that somehow made people feel annoyed just by looking at it.
Afterward, Kim Chun-sik completed missions like "have a meal" on the 11th floor, "shop for 3 or more items" on the 12th floor, and "eat 2 or more street foods" on the 13th floor before returning to the military.
In fact, he was still an active-duty professional soldier, and today's tower climb had used up his precious vacation time!
This was because the [Soldier] class was a special class only available to active military personnel, and if you were discharged from the military, various penalties would be applied, making it a class with many flaws!
In exchange, it allowed the use of guns and grenades without penalties, and even mortars with minimal penalties, so its advantages were quite clear.
Following Kim Chun-sik, Park Chun-ja and Elizabeth also challenged and cleared the 10th floor.
Park Chun-ja encountered [Cockroach Rabbit] as the boss in difficulty 2 and cleared it easily, while Elizabeth chose difficulty 3 and met [Wasp Rabbit], but cleared it without much trouble.
For reference, Otaku chose difficulty 7, got absolutely destroyed, developed trauma, and quit climbing.
After that, reviews from Climbers who barely cleared difficulty 4 against [Mantis Rabbit] and difficulty 5 against [Blade Dragonfly Rabbit] began appearing on the Gallery.
At the same time, it was revealed that the rewards for difficulties 1-5 were all Rukki character cards!
Even more, the pictures on the cards were all different depending on the difficulty, stimulating collectors' desire to complete the set!
And just today, there was an eyewitness account from a Climber who died challenging difficulty 6 and revived outside the tower.
"...In difficulty 6, you face [Sea Umbrella Snake Helmet Jellyfish Rabbit]...!"
"Stop lying and tell the truth."
"No, it's true..."
"How the hell is this true?"
According to the testimony, a helmet jellyfish with a bizarre rabbit face inside its body floated through the air, and each of the jellyfish's tentacles was made of black and white striped sea umbrella snakes.
Now only information about difficulty 7 remained to complete the data on the 10th floor, but...
Information about that trial with the [OVERWHELMINGLY DIFFICULT] level was strangely scarce.
The reason was surprisingly simple.
"AAAAARGH!!! Hiiik, guk! AAAAAAAH!!!"
"UWEEEEEEEK!!!"
All the Climbers who challenged difficulty 7 died inside and, upon revival, were either screaming or vomiting!
Their mental state was completely shattered by the terrible fear, and whenever someone tried to ask what they had seen, they would convulse and have difficulty breathing, making it impossible to get any information!
Curious about this, a Climber with the [Fire Mage] class quickly climbed My Home Tower to challenge difficulty 7 and see for himself.
"AAAAAAAARGH!!!!"
In the end, he too screamed and thrashed in agony upon revival.
However, he had taken [Rabbit Calming Pill] from the 9th floor beforehand, and combined with his naturally strong stomach, he was able to quickly overcome the fear without major trauma.
As soon as he recovered from the trauma, he drew a detailed picture of the monster he had seen... [Flying Giant Centipede Rabbit] and uploaded it to the My Home Tower Gallery.
And then he was banned for a year for posting disturbing content.
Finally, Ban Hwi-yeol, who purchased [Majestic Angel's Silver Thread Candy] from My Home Tower, immediately took the item to the [Glory] guild to report.
Later, chaos erupted again when the chairman of a domestic conglomerate bought this "hair loss treatment" for 2.5 billion won.
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And in the conference room on the 99th floor of [My Home Tower], a meeting was being held as usual today.
"We need more Tower Coins...!"
"Then why not increase the price of holy water?"
"Yeah, should we raise it tenfold even now?"
"No, I was joking, but you're taking it seriously."
Tricia was desperately collecting Tower Coins to upgrade to [C-Grade Administrator] and unlock electronic devices and internet access.
She was taking even Rukki's jokes seriously and trying to adjust the price of holy water.
Zergos, who felt that Tricia's behavior was unusual in her desperate attempts to secure Tower Coins by any means necessary, expressed his doubts.
"I don't quite understand. Is there a reason you're trying to collect Tower Coins so desperately?"
Tricia stood up abruptly to answer.
"I'm going to raise my Tower Administrator grade! Once I reach C-grade, I can use Earth's electronic devices in the tower!"
"I didn't know that was possible... Wait, does that mean...?"
"That's right. The real key here is the 'Administrator Grade.' If I can raise my Tower Administrator grade to the maximum..."
"Perhaps, in the not-too-distant future, it might be possible to leave the tower."
"Exactly!"
When Tricia clapped her hands in affirmation, everyone's expressions brightened.
The hope of being able to leave the tower.
The expectation of freely enjoying Earth's culture that they hadn't experienced in Eriel.
A fire of motivation ignited in everyone's hearts and began to blaze.
"Anyway, suddenly increasing the holy water price would be a bad move. I think it's better to raise it slowly, following the market rates and prices outside."
"Right, if we're going to raise anything, we should consider increasing the tariff."
"It would be good to adjust the tariff once more before meeting with the government."
"I'll look for other ways to earn Tower Coins besides holy water!"
Zergos, Lilithis, Cyan, and Yurining each contributed, and the meeting progressed smoothly.
"Oh, then can I sell Tricia's photo book that's sealed in the 84th floor library?"
"Yes! You can sell it!"
"?"
When Ju Ji-ye jokingly declared she would sell the photo book, Tricia gave permission. (?)
"Are you serious?"
"I'm always serious."
Rukki was bewildered, but Tricia nodded with her usual smile.
And so... another peaceful and strange day at My Home Tower came to an end.