Regression Is Too Much

40 – The 2nd floor is too suspicious (1)

[You have entered the 2nd floor.]

As soon as I opened my eyes, what I saw was a fountain made of stone.

A large square. Fountain in the center. Numerous alleyways closely connected to the plaza.

In the center of the circular fountain, two cute baby angels were aiming their bows at each other, and water streams gushing out from the ends of the bows intersected in the air, creating beautiful colors.

Next to the fountain, an angel stood on a large wooden board and was arguing about something, and three or four men in brown clothes were nodding their heads as they listened.

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“… Hmm.”

When I turned my gaze and looked around, I saw a medieval fantasy-style city. House made of wood. Floor made of stone. Small alley. Blue skies and lots of people.

Literally woke up in the middle of a medieval city.

“… “

I was a bit nervous and wary of my surroundings, but people were busy going their own way without paying any attention.

Come to think of it, the feeling of touching the skin is a bit awkward.

“… Have you changed your clothes?”

I was wearing a full leather set including a leather top and bottom, leather protective gear, and leather shoes, not the modern clothes I’m familiar with now.

Even when I entered the portal, I was wearing jeans and a hoodie, but as I entered, the clothes naturally changed.

Judging by the disappearance of the cell phone in the pocket… When I entered the second floor, everything I had seemed to disappear.

“… There is another one.”

I will correct it. Almost everything I had is gone. The ‘Berserker’s Elixir’ I stuffed into my pocket was still there.

You cannot bring items from Earth, but… It seems that the items obtained from the tower can be taken to the next floor.

I was wondering if there was a way to use this, but I felt a presence from behind, so I unknowingly avoided it.

“… Uh?”

A large black man who froze in the same way he tried to put his shoulder on me. I don’t think he had any intention of hurting me, but I instinctively avoided it because I trained hard to avoid it.

“… Brother, you move quickly.”

A black man awkwardly scratching the back of his head. His clothes, like mine, were wearing a full set of leather, but it seemed to be basic equipment given to all players, judging from the fact that the person in front of the fountain and the people around him wearing the same clothes were not uncommon.

“Well, good.”

The black man, who had been scratching the back of his head, smiled broadly and showed off his white dry teeth.

“Dude, you were just summoned, right? I’ve seen them appear out of thin air. I must have been about 10 seconds faster? My name is David Trout. Nice to meet you.”

“… “

He held out his hand and asked for a handshake, but I didn’t bother.

Because it occurred to me that if this black man suddenly gave his strength to fight, he might regress. No, he seems to be 2 meters tall.

“A style that hates touch? Sorry sorry. There was a lack of consideration.”

But even though I didn’t respond to the handshake, David cheerfully laughed it off.

He was talking to me in fluent Korean, but when I looked closely, the shape of his mouth and his voice didn’t match. It’s probably because there are convenient settings like automatic translation magic attached to the tower.

“It’s nothing else… I was going to ask you to go together temporarily. Did you come up with a stage goal?”

“… No.”

“Me too. It’s time to let you know, but if this was an online game, it would have been ruined long ago. How can you be so unkind?”

David shakes his head and makes a joke. It was a brief conversation, but I could tell. This black man… It’s hugely expensive. And when I’m around the insider, the giga side is faster.

“Hey, buddy. Where?”

“… Go away.”

I left David, who kept trying to continue the story, and approached the angel who was speaking passionately by the fountain.

“You know? Just take the token!”

As if the explanation had ended just in time, the men who had been listening to the story in front of the angel each scattered somewhere.

“Ah, nice to meet you! Climber! Welcome!”

“… “

Like David, an angel who boasts crazy tension and jumps in place.

“Did you have a hard time? Ahhh, I don’t know what the guy who designed the 0th floor was thinking. No, isn’t he just made to die? Isn’t it just that you’re not a fallen angel?”

“… “

“But rest assured! Because Archangel Raphael, who is in charge of floors 1 through 5, loves humans! We will not force you to your death!”

Single single laugh and clap! Beating angel.

Then a familiar message window appeared before my eyes.

＜2Nd floor＞

-Clear Conditions: Cleared by receiving recognition from the city residents and bringing a token of recognition. However, you must not leave the city area. Climbers get along well with each other!

-Clear Reward: Depends on the grade of the mark.

“Ohh… “

David, the black man who exclaimed behind me when he came. If there was a problem, he heard that reaction and the angel’s tension rose even more.

“If you go to the villagers, they will give you the task they deserve! These days, it’s called a quest! Anyway, if you clear the quest and return to this place with the mark!”

Pangpang!

An angel tapping a wooden board standing next to it with his palm.

“This floor is clear! As a bonus, you can choose one reward for each tier! Even the rewards are paid after safely moving to the first floor! There is also no fear of being stolen! Literally lay the pheasant and eat the eggs!”

“… ?”

Is there such a proverb?

Anyway, the wooden board had four levels written on it: Bronze/Silver/Gold/Platinum, and I decided to read the details later.

“Archangel Raphael loves you humans! There is only one thing you need to do! Effort! Endless self-development! Drawing a better future is the essence of human beings! Show your potential!”

“Ohhhhh!!!”

Clap clap clap clap!

I decided to look around the plaza with the fountain a bit more, leaving behind the angel giving a speech completely immersed and David, a black man who gave a hearty applause.

Once… As the angel said, the archangel seemed to love humans, and there were no signs of a direct threat. What I’m most wary of is the situation where I can’t get out of the entrance and return infinitely… Because it didn’t seem like it.

Of course, reassurance is prohibited. I tried to go to a place like an inn and sleep, but at night people could change suddenly.

And… If you try to abuse the rules, you can see the possibility of abuse.

I could feel the gaze here and there.

While trying to ignore his gaze, he walked quickly.

The place they are moving to is where the men who heard the explanation from the angel earlier went. They were reading a large poster pasted on one side of the plaza, which I could easily read even though it was in English.

“I see… This is the rumored M.Z. Is it… “

“As expected… M.Z. Damn… “

“… ?”

All the men talking about the posters were white, but at first I thought I heard it wrong.

However, I was soon convinced when I saw the signature scrawled at the end of the poster. No, I thought the initials were M.Z.

“… Is it Michael Jeter?”

It must have been the initials of Michael Jeter, later touted as America’s greatest player. I remembered the name clearly because he was a nobleman who held the fate of my coin.

“Oh, do you know? I thought it was known only to the American community… My Asian friends also get news quickly.”

A white man turns his head to look at me.

“… Do you already have a community?”

“Huh? There is Of course, it’s not an official community, but… Ordinary people don’t listen to what we are saying anyway.”

He said that the United States already has an informal climber community. No, if you think about it, there should already be in Korea. The forerunner of Playernet must have already been set up somewhere on the web.

“… Prepare the potion.”

Michael Jeter, as if he had been through the same experiment as me, was recommending acquiring potions first.

What Michael Jeter recommends is the ‘potion training method’. He trained like crazy to the point of tearing all the muscles in his body, and suggested a training method to recover by swallowing potions.

“… Are you smart?”

If I didn’t have a body that regresses when I get hurt, I would have trained like Michael Jeter. Torn muscles are said to become much stronger during the recovery process.

But it was just useless advice to me now. In the first place, if the muscles are excessively torn, in the yard of returning, what kind of super recovery do you mean? I was destined to become stronger by simply raising my stats.

“Then slowly… “

Now I was about to look around the city to get a sense of the quest.

“Hey, hey… “

“… ?”

A woman with a large golden pattern floating above her head was running frantically toward the plaza from the back of a narrow alley.

“Whoa, Whoa!”

His stats must have been quite decent, but his jumping speed was on the fast side.

“Where are you going?”

She was forced to stop when three men waiting nearby blocked her alleyway with their bodies.

“… “

There was no violence whatsoever. It didn’t even seem like he was using his powers.

He is simply blocking the alleyway with his body.

Furthermore, the men blocking the road… Were quite poorly behaved. They are by no means strong.

Judging from the performance the woman showed now, I thought I could just jump high and jump over the men or push her by force…

“… What do you want.”

A woman who negotiates instead of violence.

After watching a series of skits, I was convinced.

＜2Nd floor＞

-Clear conditions: Receive recognition from city residents and bring the token of recognition to clear. However, you must not leave the city area. Climbers get along well with each other!

-Clear Reward: Depends on the grade of the mark.

Get along well with other climbers.

Violence is prohibited on the second floor.