I Became a 6★ Gacha Character

Chapter 212: Source of Corruption 1

TL/Editor: Raei

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After a long stay on the 35th floor in preparation for the exploration of the 40th floor.

Many things happened.

Manaashi became the mascot of Han Se-ah's stream and a celebrity of the 40th floor.

Meanwhile, some of the research initiated by the Magic Tower was already yielding results, including underground exploration magic tools, Doppelganger Detectors, and a herbicide for the pale vines.

...No matter how I look at it, aren't we progressing too fast, making the Magic Tower struggle a step behind?

The 40th floor featured the first truly challenging boss, and it felt like the build-up was designed for a character with a natural 5 rating, not someone like 6 'Great Paladin' Roland.

What should I say, it felt like a character forcibly inserted into a game made by someone else.

It felt out of place.

"Ah, seriously! I wondered why the quest wasn't updating, turns out I need to increase the giant-type Naga hunt count! Isn't that mean? If we just explored without hunting, we could've been stuck on the 40th floor forever!"

-Have we hunted about 20 of them now?

-Yeah, ignoring the trap zones and just hunting the giant-types.

-Not 10 but 20, haha, so vague and mean.

-BB Games really enjoys messing with the players.

-Is this the weight of the crown... but didn't you just breeze through it? Suddenly I'm really irritated.s

Regardless of what I thought, Han Se-ah, who considers the 6 character as one also designed by Heroes Chronicle, could only grind her teeth at the cruel quest design.

Discovering that you actually had to increase your monster kill count to progress was a wicked twist.

Even the viewers, who took pleasure in teasing Han Se-ah, felt a bit taken aback.

Those who made mocking her a life mission were now empathizing with her.

But what could Han Se-ah do?

Aside from grinding her teeth and reluctantly accepting donations from viewers, there wasnt much else.

She couldnt just give up her title as the world's number one streamer out of spite and quit the game.

So, she looked at the updated quest window and set off to hunt the boss monster.

[While hunting the giant-type Nagas, I received a call from the Magic Tower]

[Their mana stones have a unique magical pattern... Magic Tower's explanations are always so complex]

[But thanks to the Magic Tower, we were able to find the source of the corruption... Now, all that's left is to purify it]

The boss monster didn't appear in a field naturally over time, nor did it emerge in a specific location.

It appeared only after diligently hunting the giant-type Nagas and selling their mana stones to the Magic Tower.

Was it an exaggeration to think that the game developers harbored malicious intent, forcing players to hunt the giant-type Nagas as a tutorial boss for large monsters?

Like a lagging story finally gaining momentum, a Magic Tower mage visited our tent.

I hadn't seen him before, but Han Se-ah, who had, welcomed him familiarly and received another magic tool.

"Thanks to the efforts of Hanna and everyone else, we've been able to uncover some of the secrets of the 40th floor! This magic tool will allow you to"

"Ah, yes. Thank you."

Han Se-ah, having politely dismissed the somewhat verbose mage, held an L-shaped, long rod in her hand.

It looked like a dowsing rod used for locating water veins, yet it was a magic tool.

It made one curious about the person who had crafted it.

When Han Se-ah gripped the shorter part of the L-shaped rod, the longer part started to tremble.

It appeared that, as an item developed by the Magic Tower for quest purposes, its functionality was reliable.

The party members, their eyes shining, seemed invigorated, now believing they could tackle the 40th floor.

The magic tool had been created thanks to the mana stones we provided, but if we didn't act quickly, other high-level adventurers or temple knights might also receive such tools.

We had almost lost the credit for the Orc Altar to other adventurers and Rebecca.

The same had happened with the Golem Layer; we werent the only ones hunting golems, so we had to act fast this time too.

Meanwhile, Han Se-ah was busy being teased by her viewers as a cultist.

-Is that tool part of the second coming of the Han Se-ah religion?

-lololol nice rods lolol

-It looks like something that would be featured on 'Unbelievable Stories' a lady searching for mana stones

-Why is she playing the game with a dowsing rod?

-Our magic rods, please listen to the mage and live happily~

"No, wait, everything was fine until now, why this? Depending on which mage from the Magic Tower you get, the magic tools turn out randomly?"

The Magic Tower, bluntly put, is a collection of research labs.

Even speaking of the Magic Tower as a whole, the results can vary wildly depending on which mage's research lab is conducting the study, and the state of their assistants... or rather, slaves.

A magic tool developed by a noble-born mage might prioritize style over practicality, resulting in annoying gadgets.

If its in the hands of a quirky, eccentric mage, you might get something like this dowsing rod, or even more bizarre items resembling Ouija boards.

The problem is that most mages are somewhat insane.

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Raei Translations

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Regardless of its appearance, thanks to Han Se-ah wandering around the 40th floor with the dowsing rod in both hands, like searching for water veins, we were able to locate the source of the corruption.

Although it looked absurd, the quest magic tool worked correctly as it was linked to the mini-map.

The entrance to this place was entirely different from the collapsing trap ground and the production ground where the giant-type Nagas were found.

"...How could we have missed this?"

"It must have been enchanted with magic that makes it impossible to find with the naked eye unless you have the tool."

Unlike the beast-den-like entrances hidden under tree roots, this place resembled a massive sinkhole, gaping wide like the maw of a monster.

It was so large, it was a wonder how it could have ever been missed.

Just as we entered the night plains instead of the day plains when hunting the Full Moon Wolves, the boss monster of the 40th floor, the source of the corruption, seemed to be hidden in another field.

Standing at the edge of a gaping abyss in the eerie poison marsh, the party members swallowed nervously, feeling the tension.

Yet, having met the Goddess in person, none of them showed fear, merely exchanging determined glances.

-Terrible, stinking, down there, they are there

"Then, let's go down."

"Hoo, may the Goddess' blessing be with us."

The steep path created around the edge of the pit seemed to allow descent without interference, as if it didn't want to hinder us from going down.

Like the spiral passage Han Se-ah and Katie had carved out when they were rescued, a single path was clearly laid out along the edge of the vast sinkhole.

Considering the boss keeps creating things, if left alone, would something crawl out of this passage?

"Hoo, it's so hard to breathe...?"

"We should probably cast a purification spell as we go down."

After a tense descent along the damp, sticky walls of the colossal sinkhole, the air became thick with the stench of rotting poison.

Just as the temple forces joined the battle from the 31st floor, the boss monster field was filled with poison.

The Full Moon Wolves had just been in a dark night plains without any moonlight debuff, but this was a debuff field, ramping up the difficulty.

Of course, this was irrelevant to our party, which included the natural 5 'Saint Candidate' Irene.

Our healing ability might be reduced, and the enhancement spell might not work, but with the purification spell strengthened and functioning as an immunity buff, we definitely have a cheat character in our party.

-Just breezing through again? Just breezing through again?

-Is this even a game? Isn't it more of a lottery simulation?

-The shield negates DoT and the purification skill negates everything else, what a joke

-Thanks to mommy Irene, were just breezing through again

-So, to beat the 40th floor boss, a priest is essential.

A soft, white divine energy descended on our party, blessing us.

It felt like a personal air curtain above our heads, instantly pushing the poison away from our vicinity.

At the same time, the chat exploded into activity.

"Right? I think if we ignore this poison and just go in, a boss passive will activate, leading to a party wipe. Of course, Teacher Roland might destroy everything before that..."

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