Han Se-ah had countless nicknames.

    This was a natural consequence of having so many viewers, leading to a variety of nicknames. Unlike broadcasters who only played in Korea, her nicknames differed completely between East and West, making it difficult to compress them into a single term like "that person."

    From "Baggage Carrier" to "Arsonist," organizing her nicknames into a text document would fill an entire booklet. In other words, this meant a diverse audience watched Han Se-ah''s broadcasts... and that viewers could find answers just by putting their heads together.

    "Hmm, it seems like repetitive movements that indicate direction and distance, like a bee''s dance."

    "Bees dance?"

    The problem might be that Han Se-ah wasn''t sure how much medieval common knowledge she should have.

    Even when viewers gave her the answers, she couldn''t relay them directly, acting like a broken translator as she glanced sideways at the chat while fumbling through the conversation.

    The light inside the lantern moved repeatedly in one direction, pointing toward the clearing where Roland had drawn his holy sword to practice. But since the holy sword could only be used once a day, they decided to experiment with the lich''s skull instead—

    Like a professional broadcaster, she read the script almost perfectly. Aside from her unnaturally shifting eyeballs, her explanation was so smooth you''d believe honey rather than saliva coated her tongue. This was the collective intelligence of viewers who had become "serious" about story progression.

    "Hmm, so bees do dance. No wonder they fly around so much over flower beds."

    "Katie? I don''t think that''s important right now."

    The verification method was simple. Han Se-ah would stay in the clearing, pretending to analyze the lantern while filming, while Roland, Grace, and Irene would scatter in different directions.

    Irene, carried by Katie, moved far away, and Roland headed in the opposite direction, drawing upon holy power. Meanwhile, when Grace moved with the skull, the lantern''s light pointed directly toward the skull without any deviation.

    If there were multiple detectable sacred relics—like the holy sword and the skull—simultaneously, I wondered what would happen, but that would have to wait until tomorrow. For today, discovering that it responded to sacred relics rather than holy power was sufficient progress.

    ''If the lantern guides us toward sacred relics, and it guides us toward gates...''

    Since I supported Han Se-ah''s effortless advancement, I couldn''t help but activate my "happiness circuit" while looking at the lantern.

    Though not common, in vast open-world RPGs, navigation systems guiding players along the shortest route would sometimes direct them toward "spatial teleportation portals."

    Unlike those idiotic navigation systems that tell you to bike to America, I''d experienced smart navigation that suggested moving through portals. So how convenient would it be if the Amber Lantern''s light guided us to gates in order to lead us to the next sacred relic?

    ''It''s not a sacred relic from some giant monster treated as a spirit beast, but from the World Tree—shouldn''t it be able to detect gates that have sprouted in the forest?''

    Of course, this was groundless fantasy worthy of being called a "happiness circuit," but I thought the possibility was quite high. After all, this was a lantern.

    There must be a reason why the sacred relic was a lantern, not a compass or anything else.

    In Heroes Chronicle''s Tower, adventurers'' lanterns recorded the locations of gates. Even though this function lost importance with Han Se-ah''s arrival, which created gates on each floor and allowed travel outside every 10 floors, lanterns still recorded gate locations as common knowledge in this world.

    So according to Heroes Chronicle logic, if lanterns recorded gates, wouldn''t a sacred lantern also have the function of finding gates?

    "Alright, I think we just need to check one last thing!"

    "What now?"

    "I want to see which direction the lantern points after putting the lich''s skull in my inventory."

    -Extradimensional space, no, ughhhhhh

    As I returned to the clearing with my "happiness circuit" running, ready to suggest an idea to Han Se-ah, she preempted me by saying exactly what I was about to propose. With around eight million viewers, many people must have had similar thoughts.

    After all, the only one who had forgotten that lanterns recorded gates was Han Se-ah, too busy freeloading. Regular viewers slowly conquering the Tower would still be gradually moving around, recording gates with their lanterns every day.

    So when hearing "sacred relic lantern," it was natural for them to make a fuss about using it to find gates.

    "I know, I know. But shouldn''t we experiment before going? If we follow the lantern all the way and no gate appears, and I end up running hundreds of kilometers through the jungle to the 67th floor without a gate, I know you''ll all shut up and treat me like a loser!"

    -Just go for it! If you get beaten up, that''s not my problem

    -Hey, our mama''s legs are tired, why don''t you just go by yourself?

    -If you''re really curious, why not just send Grace and Roland off on a date to check it out?

    -Seriously lol Roland is a heavy-armored warrior but surprisingly fast. Not even a dexterity build, but he''s insane at charging straight ahead

    -Tanks always look fat and heavy but they''re pretty fast lol they advance while crushing everything in their path lol

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    Much to some viewers'' disappointment, scenes of me carrying Grace while madly rushing through the deep forest following the lantern''s light never materialized.

    That''s because a wolf beast-kin suddenly appeared at the clearing and began talking with Irene.

    "We found a gate, human children. If you take that, will it lead to the Stone Hoof tribe''s village?"

    "I don''t know which village it leads to. But it should take us to the nearest village."

    "Then it must be the Stone Hoof tribe that guards the Crystal Shield."

    The beast-kin warriors'' tracking abilities were beyond imagination, having found a gate in just half a day.

    At this point, it seemed like cooperating with beast-kin warriors was the standard approach rather than Han Se-ah freeloading. Even if viewers other than Han Se-ah made it this far, they''d probably progress at a similar pace.

    The reason they could find gates so quickly was simple.

    "At this point, shouldn''t we stop using the word ''natives''? They may not wear clothes, but they seem very systematic."

    -If we filter out the freeloading and look at this speed, aren''t the beast-kin just awesome?

    -Don''t compare them to other races from the measly 40th floor, these are elite NPCs that appear from the 66th floor lol

    -When you think about it, monsters get stronger by floor level, so aren''t beast-kin insanely powerful?

    -Even in Maple Story, the neighborhood pigeons in late-game areas were stronger than world-ending dragons lol

    -I thought it was just a forest, but they''ve even built roads lol If we''d wandered around below without knowing, it would''ve been hell

    It was because the beast-kin had cleared the entire area around their village.

    Not below the trees, but above them.

    Most predators that roamed below the trees were active hunters like the shadow fang tiger, moving energetically and actively hunting prey. Conversely, most monsters that settled above the trees were the ambush type, hiding before suddenly attacking.

    So just as they had set up a temporary base on the 65th floor, the beast-kin had built roads in the trees around their village.

    Using dense branches as roads, they created skyways by weaving vines and placing wooden planks on top. With these tree-top roads extending like spider webs in all directions, how easy would it be to find gates?

    They just had to run quickly along the well-maintained roads and patrol from above.

    "It was near the edge of an outpost we built to drive away predators. If it had been outside our territory, it would have been hard to find, but fortunately, it was within our domain. Shall we go right away?"

    "Hanna, what do you want to do?"

    "...Let''s go immediately. But will the Stone Hoof tribe listen to us?"

    "We have the fairy emblems and sacred relics, so it should be fine, right?"

    "Oh, right."

    At Han Se-ah''s suggestion to strike while the iron was hot, the mages who had been feeding the baby jewel dragon while neglecting gate research reluctantly began moving.

    They could study a baby dragon''s ecology in a non-human village within the Tower! Why was the gate discovered in half a day, not even a full day! If they could observe for just one more day, or even half a day, they could write at least one research paper!

    While Han Se-ah smiled cheerfully at the beast-kin''s remarkable efficiency, the mages grumbled with their lips jutting out. But with Charlotte Cavendish, the Magic Tower''s unofficial power player, standing firmly behind them with sharp eyes, they could only climb up the trees without even trying to make excuses.

    "Irene, want me to carry you?"

    "No, I can climb this much."

    A wolf beast-kin who would serve as our guide climbed up first, followed by the mages and Charlotte, then slowly up the vine ladder.

    Grace, who jumped up without even touching the ladder, and Irene, who climbed slowly saying this much was fine as long as she wasn''t running vigorously. Han Se-ah followed, secretly filming Irene''s voluptuous hips, and then Katie, Katie...

    "Aren''t you coming up?"

    "Hmm."

    Was she sulking?

    Enjoy the chappy!