MTLNOVEL Chapter 2 - Boom!!!
Suddenly, a massive tower appeared in the center of the continent.
As if it had been there from the beginning.
On the first day that anomaly occurred.
Yohena received a revelation from the goddess.
If they don’t reach the top floor of the tower within 400 days, this world will be destroyed.
And the person who will reach the end of that tower will appear 40 days later.
And she was blessed.
The power to heal wounds.
And the power to make others stronger.
At first, she wondered why such powers were necessary─
With the appearance of the tower, monsters began to rampage in the world.
And Yohena wasn’t the only one who received a blessing.
Using the power of the Sweetie Order, Yohena sent letters calling for those who received blessings from all over the world.
Those who received blessings, the ‘heroes’, began to gather in Elysium, the city in front of the tower.
40 days later.
While fighting hard with other heroes to defeat the monsters summoned from the tower today as well.
Yohena was finally able to meet the Revealer.
“I’ve finally met you, Revealer!”
“……”
They were more taciturn than expected.
But. The Revealer’s power was real.
When the ‘Purification Tablet’ the Revealer had emitted light─
At the center of Zone 1 on Floor 1 of the tower.
The crack in the gate that had been endlessly spewing out monsters was completely healed.
“Revealer. You’re amazing…!”
Seeing them solve so easily a problem that had taken a month of effort, Yohena was moved.
This person is the Revealer chosen by the goddess.
With this person, we will surely be able to reach the top floor of the tower.
That’s what she thought.
“Wow, Revealer. Congratulations! If it’s golden, a 4-star hero contract will─”
“Ah geez, another reset failed.”
“Come─ What? Revealer?”
The Revealer disappeared before her eyes.
The voice she heard for the first time since meeting the Revealer was filled with deep disappointment, anger, and regret.
Thud.
Suddenly, something caught on Yohena’s toes.
Bending down to pick it up.
What the Revealer had been fiddling with all along.
It was the Purification Tablet.
She tried touching her fingers to the tablet here and there like the Revealer had done, recalling her memory, but it didn’t ripple with the sacred bright light as it had in the Revealer’s hands.
Just a plain black stone fragment.
“No, surely not, it can’t be. Haha.”
A familiar voice reached Yohena’s ears as she stood there dumbfounded.
Looking up, a person wrapped in a robe.
Ark, the only shop owner in Elysium.
Had he seen it too?
The moment the Revealer disappeared.
Although his expression couldn’t be seen clearly because of the hood, his voice was quite flustered.
Eventually, Ark turned his back and left the sanctuary.
Even after that.
For a long time, Yohena stood there blankly.
Waiting in case the Revealer might return.
The Revealer did not return.
I saw the protagonist disappear before my eyes.
On the way back, I pinched my cheek again.
I was still in the world of ‘Last Felix’.
I lifted my head and took in with my own eyes the world I had only indirectly viewed through the small window of a smartphone or app player.
A place where people live.
A place where peace lingers.
…For now.
The game setting of Last Felix.
I don’t remember exactly, but─
According to what I saw in the tutorial.
If the tower is not conquered, the world will be destroyed.
It was a cliché story.
…If only it wasn’t my story.
For someone like me who aims for a long and thin life, a time-limited life was too harsh.
It’s only been 2 months since I was discharged from the military!
I still have a pile of games in my library that I bought but haven’t played yet!
“Let’s calm down. Let’s think calmly.”
Returning to the shop, I muttered while looking at the pile of gold coins in the chest.
It’s definitely gold.
It had an excellent healing effect.
First, what I need to figure out is.
My exact situation.
I took out the smartphone I had been checking earlier but put aside midway, and checked the strange application again.
LF is probably short for Last Felix.
I’ve checked the shop overview and quests.
Next is shop research.
[Shop Research]
[General Store LV.1 (Max LV.10)]
[A magical shop where various items are stocked daily, weekly, or monthly. Revealers can purchase various growth materials.]
[Level Up Condition: Clear Floor 5 of the tower / 100 points]
[Unlock Benefit: The shop owner can purchase all items for free.]
[Additional Function: Blacksmith LV.0 (Max LV.10)]
[Not built yet.]
[Construction Condition: Clear Floor 3 of the tower / 300 points]
[Additional Function: Alchemy Workshop LV.0 (Max LV.10)]
[Not built yet.]
[Construction Condition: Clear Floor 8 of the tower / 500 points]
[Additional Function: ???]
[Not unlocked yet.]
[Unlock Condition: Clear Floor 10 of the tower / ??? points]
Like a research tree in a simulation game, or a skill tree in an RPG game, various descriptions were attached in a row.
In the original game, new functions were gradually unlocked as you reached certain floors of the tower.
It could be seen as a visualization of that.
Except for the point investment.
It seemed that you could earn points by completing quests you saw earlier, and use the accumulated points to upgrade or build new buildings.
“Hmm……”
It was originally free.
I felt a bit cheated.
And, next.
[Revealer Shop]
[Currently Available Items]
Lowest Grade Growth Elixir (10 daily / 100 weekly)
Lowest Grade Fire Token (3 daily / 10 weekly)
…
Daily Divine Stone Pouch (1 daily)]
Weekly Divine Stone Pouch (1 weekly)]
Monthly Divine Stone Package (1 monthly)]
A familiar screen.
It was exactly the shop screen from the game.
From the items for sale to the purchase limit.
The only difference was.
That there were no prices listed.
Originally, the items in the daily shop were all useful for growth, but it was disappointing more than once or twice that you couldn’t buy them all because the gold cost was too high.
“No way.”
I touched where the ‘Daily Divine Stone Pouch’ was drawn.
At that moment.
Jingle─
A pouch dropped from thin air where there was nothing.
Opening it, there were 10 small jewels emitting a brilliant radiance.
“Wow, I feel like doing gacha.”
They were divine stones.
Just enough quantity that if there were twice as many, you could do a single pull.
Thud. Thud. Thud. Thud.
Jingle. Thump. Clang. Roll.
As soon as I pressed, items were created from thin air and fell to the floor.
From experience potions to breakthrough materials, all sorts of miscellaneous resources.
It felt like using a cheat key, so I was excitedly pressing away when.
Creak─
The door opened.
“Huh…?”
And a familiar voice rang out.
The saint I met earlier at the Sanctuary of Revelation.
It was Yohena.
Her gaze fixed on the items scattered on the floor, then on my face with the hood off for a while, and finally on the smartphone in my hand.
“Th-Th-The Purification Tablet…?! Why does Ark have it?”
Yohena hurriedly fumbled at the side of her saint’s robe, and pulled out something that looked exactly like my smartphone, though I’m not sure where she got it from.
…I guess that’s what the protagonist dropped when they disappeared earlier.
“Gasp.”
Suddenly, Yohena approached me with a frightening intensity.
“Ark, you know something, don’t you? How do you have the Purification Tablet? Are you perhaps related to the Revealer? Why did the Revealer disappear? Do you know where they went?!”
She grabbed my collar and started shaking me violently.
More accurately.
She grabbed my collar and started dangling from it.
Saint, you’re so weak…
By the way, the shop owner’s, that is, my name is ‘Ark’.
Mother, I’m sorry. I lost my name.
“Wait, wait, please calm down……”
“How can I calm down?! Ark, you know how long I’ve been waiting for the Revealer, don’t you?!”
No, I don’t.
The more violently she shook, the more violently certain parts shook, forcing me to avert my gaze.
Whoosh─!
In a moment of carelessness.
Yohena gave up on grabbing my collar and snatched the smartphone from my hand.
Then, looking at it closely.
“It’s true. It’s certain. This is exactly the same as the Revealer’s Purification Tablet……”
Of course it is. It’s from the same manufacturer.
“Ark, you were just looking into this tablet, right? Why can’t I see anything? Look, look at this. You saw it earlier too, right? This is the Purification Tablet that the Revealer dropped and left behind.”
And then, while confiscating my smartphone.
She handed me the smartphone that was said to have been used by the Revealer.
Reflexively, I took it and looked at the screen.
[ERROR: Unauthorized access. (Reason: Account deleted)]
[SYSTEM: Analyzing user……]
[SYSTEM: Cannot re-register due to existing assigned permissions. Permission code: NPC_0043_ARK]
[DEBUG: Executing debug mode. Searching for nearby devices……]
[DEBUG: Nearby device found. Initiating pairing.]
“What is this?”
Strange messages were pouring out as if a blue screen had appeared.
Right after that.
Boom!!!
The smartphone I was holding turned into light.
And then it exploded.
“Waaagh!”
“Kyaaaah!”
Yohena and I screamed simultaneously.