Transcendent Gallery.

For the first time, a post was uploaded with an attached video.

Title: Looks like I killed almost all of them.

Author: ㅇㅇ*

- The boss monster with the marker above its head hasn’t shown up yet, so I guess it’s not over.

But if you watch till the end of the video, something a little weird happens.

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A massive cavern.

A lantern hung from a cord on the cave’s ceiling.

Clap!

As soon as the sound of clapping ended, the lantern’s light went out.

A woman holding a Transcendent Gallery terminal lay sprawled on the floor, looking immensely bothered.

In front of the cave wall, a square projection window from the terminal screen appeared.

Inside that window, comments flooded in.

ㄴ Admin: Watching a video on Transcendent Gallery... man, this hits different.

ㄴ Ice Queen: Frozen frozen! Yes! So exciting!

ㄴ rlly lololololol we got a video on TG!!!

ㄴ I lived to see this day 🙂🙂

ㄴ srsly encoding?

ㄴ lol the only uploader is one climber, but it still takes time to encode huh.

ㄴ Suwang: Oh, it’s up. Hooook! Hoooot!

ㄴ (making face like a caveman discovering fire)

ㄴ Heavenly Demon: It begins.

ㄴ 30 minutes, sweet.

ㄴ A full 30 min—hell yeah, I got my feast for the eyes today!

“Oho...!”

Dragon’s Lair.

A woman using her coiled tail as a pillow tapped the comment window.

“As expected, quite a decent-looking face...!”

She rested her hand on the translucent floating keyboard above the terminal.

Tuu-dadadak!

Her long red hair, as ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) lengthy as her tail, flowed over her arms, but she typed away, unbothered.

ㄴ Demon Dragon King: Beltui~ The climber’s face is quite visible, yes it is~!

The dragon, Belortea.

After the 【Demon Dragon King】 left a comment, more followed.

ㄴ Sword of Light: Hmm, his face in the sunlight looks good.

ㄴ Ice Queen: Frozen frozen frozen! The scenery is nice!

ㄴ Pioneer: I was about to say “What scenery?!”... then accidentally imagined the frigid Ice Kingdom.

ㄴ Yo, look. You can see him clearly—climber dude’s got solid features.

ㄴ Why’s everyone acting like it’s new? Didn’t he post a selfie back when he got confirmed for Pandemonium?

ㄴ That was two months ago, man. 😢😢😢😢

ㄴ ...Wait, he's from 21st-century Earth? So there’s no way to meet him then.

ㄴ ? Are you a girl?

ㄴ High chance he's just a guy bro. No point simping.

The Skaldmagra on screen opened its jaws.

In the video, sound instantly disappeared.

ㄴ Gutter Swordsman: Both of them used Silence right away, huh.

The climber’s body moved.

Han Yuseong dove in front of a soldier who had lost his mind and was about to stab his comrade with a spear.

ㄴ His mouth’s moving. What’s he saying here?

ㄴ ㅇㅇ*: What was it... I think I said “Open your mouth.”

ㄴ ‘Open your mouth’ 😨😨😨😨

ㄴ That soldier opens his mouth like he’s hypnotized 😨😨😨😨

ㄴ slrp

ㄴ And what exactly did he want the mouth open for...?

ㄴ ㅇㅇ*: What do you mean what for, you f*ck. I had to shove the Nurha herb in his mouth.

ㄴ Ah~

ㄴ Suwang: Eheheeee~

ㄴ Ah─

ㄴ Close your mouths, you animals.

ㄴ Animals (literally true)

“Hehehhehet.”

A loose smile spread on the Demon Dragon King’s face.

ㄴ Demon Dragon King: Beltui~ What a delightful line, yes it is~

ㄴ Archmage: Half the mages handled it calmly. Not bad.

Onscreen, Han Yuseong shattered the Skaldmagra’s rock-hard body—

His whole body glowing with white Body Fortification aura.

ㄴ Gutter Swordsman: Hmm, it’s not a bad idea to confirm if you can destroy those things with a Sword Aura burst.

ㄴ LMAO he’s already coaching

ㄴ Tbh he’s right though

ㄴ Sword of Light: Try narrowing the distance between your arms a bit.

ㄴ Persistent, aren’t you. Looks fine to me.

The white Sword Aura blazed fiercer.

ㄴ Kyaaa~ look at that radiant Sword Aura shine!

A horizontal slash.

With a sharp blade arc, the Skaldmagra’s head was sent flying.

ㄴ Sword of Light: A clean Thursahogg.

ㄴ Absolute Monarch: Impressive balance even while on top of the Skaldmagra’s body. Core strength is excellent. What’s your lower body training?

ㄴ ㅇㅇ*: Squats.

ㄴ Absolute Monarch: Ah, that hideous squat form from you 21st-century Earthlings who started appearing in the gallery...

ㄴ Absolute Monarch: Actually, we strike a similar pose sometimes.

ㄴ LMAO “hideous form”

ㄴ For real, Monarch’s right—we did those moves holding weapons too.

ㄴ Even just farming or wearing armor in battle, same motions.

ㄴ Yeah okay but the stance is a bit different tbh.

ㄴ Absolute Monarch: The stance is useful in combat when flexible—carry on.

ㄴ ㅇㅇ*: Got it... thanks.

Onscreen, Han Yuseong kept moving without pause.

From the Skaldmagra’s mouth, a crimson blaze burst forth.

Thanks to Han Yuseong’s efforts, the recovered soldiers and knights stumbled back in shock as the flames suddenly appeared with no warning.

When a Skaldmagra devours sound, the most terrifying thing is how even the most violent attack arrives utterly silently.

Whether it’s a brute-force physical attack or a direct elemental assault—

or a signature Sonic-based attack—it comes with zero warning.

Han Yuseong, along with the now-sane Fifth-Rank mercenary Hover and his men, desperately read the trajectory of each attack and countered in the silence.

After a dozen back-and-forth exchanges, the next Sonic wave came from a completely unexpected angle.

A flash exploded above the heads of the 30-scout unit.

No one had time to react.

Han Yuseong stepped in.

This time, he didn’t swing his sword.

He timed the throw of a mana-infused Binding Scroll perfectly.

The Binding Scroll completely erased the flames midair.

ㄴ Shrine Maiden: Hawawawa~ vanished! Perfectly vanished it is!! Hawawawaaa~!

Ecstatic, the Shrine Maiden cheered seeing the item she’d given put to good use.

KRRRRACK!!

Electricity-charged claws slammed into Han Yuseong’s shoulder.

It was as sharp as the killing intent in the Skaldmagra’s eyes.

Unfazed by the searing pain, Han Yuseong drove his sword into the Skaldmagra’s neck.

His Sword Aura and the Skaldmagra’s flame and lightning clashed dozens of times more.

Breaking through the layers of thunder and flame choking him, Han Yuseong pierced the hide of the second Skaldmagra.

Only then did the scout unit begin raining weapons and magic down on the monster’s body.

It wasn’t enough.

Han Yuseong judged that instantly.

He surged through the tangle of magical light and various auras, climbed atop the Skaldmagra’s head—

and plunged Mundum Exstinguit into its bulging eye.

──!

A fearsome pressure burst from Han Yuseong’s body.

Even onscreen, a white haze radiated outward.

The tower’s Enders watching instantly realized why Han Yuseong was emitting such force without directly attacking.

ㄴ Can’t talk, no one can hear him. He’s using killing intent to tell everyone near him to back the hell off.

ㄴ Gutter Swordsman: Smart move.

Even if he shouted, no one would hear.

So he exuded pure presence to get the message across. The Enders were impressed.

ㄴ Pioneer: You can’t just blast out killing intent. You need that “whooooosh” feeling to push people back. And he’s doing that on Floor 10? Damn.

ㄴ “Whooooosh”—lol but yeah that’s actually accurate 😆😆😆😆

ㄴ Suwang: True, true.

ㄴ Gutter Swordsman: What’s important is, you should still do this even when sound and speech work normally.

ㄴ Sage: You might want to learn what “patience” is.

ㄴ Name checks out 😨😨

ㄴ Gutter Swordsman: You know it’s a time war, clearing a stage. Be patient and your team or NPCs all die.

ㄴ Sage: There’s a thing called the art of abandonment. Those who can’t keep up should be left behind—it’s nature’s way.

ㄴ Gutter Swordsman: ?

ㄴ ? Translation: how is this guy a Sage?

ㄴ ?? That’s not the time to say that. You’re just tossing out burdens, lol.

ㄴ For real. Sorry for doubting you, Sage-sensei. You’re truly wise.

ㄴ Room Conspiracy Theorist: As expected, Sage has mastered even demon logic.

ㄴ Suwang: Now that’s a true nickname right there! 😆😆😆😆

Han Yuseong’s sword flared with white light.

The Skaldmagra’s swollen body burst grotesquely.

The Swirling Form.

An explosive kill via Dragonslayer Sword Aura.

ㄴ 😨😨😨 clean, precise kill.

ㄴ Damn. He’s still moving like that after taking all those hits.

And then—

KWAANG! BOOM!

As the two Skaldmagras responsible for the Silence died, sound finally returned to the area.

ㄴ Hooooh, sound’s back 🙂🙂

ㄴ Demon Dragon King: Beltui~ That sound of Skaldmagra meat splatting on the ground. Thought it was a meteor impact.

ㄴ For real though.

ㄴ Doesn’t watching those wingless dragon-like monsters die make you sad? You feel kinship, right?

ㄴ Room Conspiracy Theorist: You think a real dragon would mourn a half-formed freak?

ㄴ Demon Dragon King: Beltui~ I am clapping like a seal at humanity’s vast imagination~

ㄴ Bro if you said that to her face you'd be dead.

ㄴ Demon Dragon King: Beltui~ That’s only natural.

Slaaash!

Han Yuseong flicked the blue blood off Mundum Exstinguit with a single swipe.

Leaning against a tree, Han Yuseong accepted a clean cloth from a soldier.

"Here, wipe your sweat."

"Ah, thanks."

On screen, Han Yuseong wiped his sweat and sighed.

ㄴ lololol what’s that? You tired?

ㄴ ㅇㅇ*: That sigh’s not from being tired. It’s from being pissed I didn’t level up.

ㄴ Fair.

ㄴ Shrine Maiden: Hawawa, you worked so hard! I want to wipe your sweat too~

ㄴ Ice Queen: Frozen! I could evaporate that sweat just by pinching his cheeks...

ㄴ At this point, he’s already stomping half the Normal Enders. Might not be the strongest, but judgment and sense are way above.

ㄴ Half? Bro he’s already up to their throats lol

ㄴ Nah not every Normal’s trash like you. There are Normals who hit Sixth-Rank and cleared the game.

ㄴ Dude, that’s just twelve people. Why you worshipping those freaks like gods lolololol

ㄴ ㅇㅇ*: What’s a Fatebreaker?

ㄴ Someone who overcame fate.

ㄴ It’s a title the tower itself gave them. They broke through the limits of a Fifth-Rank. Only twelve Normals hit Sixth-Rank in our cycle.

ㄴ Soon he’ll surpass even Easy & Normal. We must worship him.

ㄴ Can’t deny it anymore. He’s gonna hit Fifth-Rank soon anyway lol

“Hmm.”

Arkamer Empire.

One person watching the screen full of live comments shook her head.

Apparently, she disagreed with the “he’ll hit Fifth-Rank soon” comment.

"Han Yuseong’s Rank isn’t just about progression—it has a different density."

【Sword of Light】

Elena de Brinier studied Han Yuseong’s movements closely as she typed.

ㄴ Sword of Light: Expand how you use Sword Aura. It’s more versatile than you think.

ㄴ Sword of Light: And don’t stress about not ranking up quickly. It’s harder from Fourth-Rank upward, so take your time.

ㄴ Absolute Monarch: The more talent you have, the denser each pillar you build per Rank becomes.

ㄴ ㅇㅇ*: I’ve already achieved enlightenment on that point. If I work hard, I’ll get there eventually.

ㄴ Human... if Rank-ups came from hard work, I’d have been Sixth-Rank ages ago.

ㄴ Elf Guy: Kekekeke~ maybe your lack of effort is the issue, Noooormal?

ㄴ This damn elf getting roasted so much he’s now siding with them lololol

Onscreen, Han Yuseong and the scout unit resumed their advance.

Step. Step.

With Han Yuseong at the lead, the group moved toward the remaining two Skaldmagras in the distance—

until they all froze.

── Kwoooom.

The ground shook as a giant appeared.

No, it only looked like a giant.

It was a Skaldmagra hive cluster.

ㄴ That presence 😨😨😨

ㄴ Wait, he killed that and survived?

Right after—

Schlunk.

The massive cluster was cleaved vertically in half.

The bisected horde collapsed to the ground.

ㄴ Absolute Monarch: ?

ㄴ Gutter Swordsman: What?

ㄴ Heavenly Demon: What’s going on?

Behind it stood a knight in black armor.

But the aura they gave off clearly wasn’t human.

ㄴ ㅇㅇ*: That’s the weird thing I mentioned in the post. Someone killed the cluster and vanished—not human, I think?

Moments later, the knight’s long hair and face were shown on screen, and the comments erupted.

ㄴ Why the hell’s he there.

ㄴ ????

ㄴ Is that Dekan?

ㄴ Sword of Light: Yeah. That’s Knight Dekan.