Chapter 172

“Is there no family here?”

“There is. There’s my father, stepmother, and stepsister.”

“Then is there someone who will come looking for you?”

At the question about family and who would come looking for him, Baeksan looked at Baegar again.

After meeting his serious gaze for a while, Baeksan slowly turned his head beyond the darkness.

His stepsister, Baekseolhyang, was an extremely realistic person.

As befitting her position as the head of the World Returner Association, her mind worked quickly, and she was sincere even to her stepbrother, himself.

But before that, she was also a Returner.

Having lived through a harsh world, Baekseolhyang also had a tendency to calculate everything before acting.

She had a perfectionist streak.

That part also applied to him, who had just become family.

But even she had someone to whom such calculations did not apply.

And that person, in the end, was Kang Ha-chan.

Annoyingly, he was the one who would likely rush over first upon hearing that she had disappeared.

“It seems there is someone who comes to mind.”

“…No.”

“Cherish those people. If you do, you’ll be able to adapt and live here soon.”

Baeksan snorted at those words.

“Stop talking nonsense. I’m not leaving here anymore.”

“You sound like a teenage girl.”

“One more word and I’ll smash your mouth.”

Baegar chuckled, coughed once more, and leaned against the wall.

Blood began to seep through his bandages again.

It was clear that his strength was waning.

By the time Baeksan found him, his vital organs and body were already damaged.

Holding on like that was only possible due to his mental strength and the body of an S-class Hunter, but in reality, his injuries were such that he could die at any moment.

“…The ones who attacked me had a completely different vibe from Hunters or Returners.”

“Doesn’t my word mean anything?”

“Be especially careful of the one with a black gem embedded in his forehead. My gut tells me he’s dangerous.”

Despite being told not to speak, he spat it all out, then laughed and dropped his head.

Seeing this, Baeksan opened his mouth.

“Baegar.”

There was no response to the call.

Seeing this, Baeksan stood up and generated red lightning at his fingertips.

Then he lightly touched his finger to Baegar’s heart.

Zap!

“Ugh!”

His heart started beating again, and he regained consciousness, looking startled.

“What are you doing, dying on your own like that?”

“…Cough, was I gone?”

“Yeah, you left your last words.”

“Damn, you did something that doesn’t suit me.”

But Baegar had only regained consciousness momentarily, and there was no sign of his complexion improving.

“Hey, if you clear this floor, you can get out, right?”

“Cough, cough, that’s right. According to the rules of the Tower of Apocalypse, you can only leave after clearing the floor you challenged.”

Hearing this, Baeksan stood up.

“Tch, don’t die and hang on.”

Baeksan’s red eyes flashed as he swept his bangs back.

“At least die outside.”

As Baeksan turned and started walking, Baegar wiped his mouth while watching his back.

“You really are like a teenage girl.”

Ignoring his words, Baeksan kicked off the rock and leaped up.

It had already been nearly a day since he entered this place.

Baeksan had roughly figured out everything about the 23rd floor.

‘The rocks I’m standing on are all illusions.’

After running around all day, all Baeksan saw were Dimensional Beings and rocks.

There was no sign of the conditions or stairs to ascend the Tower of Apocalypse.

So Baeksan’s eyes turned to the endless darkness below.

Only a pitch-black space existed there.

Baeksan stood at the edge of the rock, looking at that place.

Only that place remained.

Crackle!

Red sparks erupted around Baeksan’s body.

Although she had recently been humiliated by Kang Ha-chan.

She was the one who had reached the peak of strength in the dimension she was trapped in.

Facing danger was familiar to her.

So, naturally, she handled the rising tension without a care and lightly lifted her foot off the rock.

Soon, Baeksan’s body began to fall into the darkness.

Passing by the floating rocks, Baeksan continued to fall, her white hair fluttering.

After a while.

When the surroundings were filled with only darkness, Baeksan descended using the red lightning flowing from her body as a guide.

After a while, Baeksan’s eyes opened.

The scenery in Baeksan’s eyes had changed.

One by one, lights appeared along the path created by the darkness.

Watching this, Baeksan began to move.

“I don’t know everything about the Tower of Apocalypse.”

As she spoke, Baeksan’s muttering began to flow.

“From what I can see, it’s impossible to ascend this place unless you’re one of them.”

Crackle!

As she spoke, red sparks flew from Baeksan’s hand.

And those sparks gradually began to take the shape of a sword.

“But I can’t take someone who’s about to die. I’ll need a new one.”

With the Bazra formed, Baeksan’s eyes shone red.

“Then the best thing would be to catch a healthy one.”

As she spoke, Baeksan’s figure blurred.

In an instant, she closed the distance, and her Bazra split the wall, embedding the sword into it as sparks surged.

“Right? You Dimensional Being bastards?”

Beyond the wall, a black skeleton revealed itself.

The skeleton, holding a white spear made of dragon bone, did not break under Baeksan’s Bazra.

“You’ve got a nice weapon.”

Baeksan immediately kicked the skeleton with her leg.

As the skeleton retreated with the sparks, Baeksan aimed her Bazra and spoke.

“Let’s see how far you can block.”

At that moment, red Aura began to flow around Baeksan’s arm.

With the explosive force, red lightning burst out in all directions, and the Bazra’s light burned red.

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