After hearing that Lady Daphne scolded the government officials, I came to my senses.

Right now, we’re bragging about being a Daphne-possessing country, but if you exclude Team Daphne, the overall skill level of our country’s hunters isn’t particularly great.

This is the first time we’ve even eaten the 〈Laurel〉.

You know that Team Daphne agreed to open up a new floor for another country, right?

What will you do if another wave hits while Team Daphne is away from our country? What if it causes an international dispute with another country?

Everyone, please stop mentioning Lady Daphne’s personal life like her romance and get your act together;

How frustrated must Lady Daphne be to even film a video like this?

From today, I’m going to challenge the tower. I’ve already formed a team, and I’ll only recruit people who have been to the tower before.

Let’s all work hard.

└I also came here to write a post like this…… I think it’s more helpful to climb even one more floor in the tower than those leaving hearts on that video

└Right. I really empathize with the sentiment that Lady Daphne must have been so frustrated to film that video. I can’t say I haven’t been complacent, believing in Lady Daphne. Watching the video this time and seeing her explain everything one by one, I reflected a lot

└It’s Ssuni. I don’t know if anyone remembers, but I wrote an apology post on the bulletin board saying that Lady Daphne saved my younger sibling. Since then, I’ve been steadily challenging dungeons and donating to Lord Peneios’s sponsorship organization. This time, I plan to go to the tower. My goal is to become a mercenary capable of being dispatched when a wave hits. Let’s all cheer up.

└└Wow what; I remember this post. Back then, I only left critical comments…… Ssuni, who takes action, is much better than a jerk like me. I’ll be cheering you on

└└You’re cool, Ssuni. If there’s a spot left when you form your team, send me a message.

└└Lady Daphne has truly made a person; this is what positive influence is…… The original poster is amazing too.

└└Wow…… You’re a different person

└Yeah, our guild was only chasing money, so our skills didn’t improve. After watching the video this time, I decided to change my career path.

└Thanks for writing a post like this. Even after watching the video, I was just admiring and envying without much thought, but this makes me come to my senses. Right, people all over the world watched it together…… right?

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At a time when public opinion on the internet was heating up, Team Daphne was taking a break on the 51st floor.

It seemed that the government officials, whose hearts were set ablaze after watching this broadcast, were sending loving gazes, making it too burdensome to rest on the 50th floor.

The gimmick of the 51st floor was darkness, so it had a structure without any windows. Even after defeating the boss monster, the interior remained pitch-dark. Suji was sitting on a sleeping bag with 〈Breathing Fire〉 placed on the floor.

The sight of the orange light emitted by the 〈Breathing Fire〉 flickering in all directions in the darkness had a certain charm.

She stared at it blankly for a long time before raising her head to look at her teammates.

The party members who easily defeated the 51st-floor boss had nothing to particularly reorganize, so they just sprawled out and rested in their respective spots.

Even though she had often seen her teammates resting in the tower, for some reason, they looked particularly boring today.

“I suddenly had a thought.”

“What thought?”

“Isn’t it too drab here……. that’s what I thought.”

At Suji’s words, Peace and Saint laughed out loud.

It seemed that everyone was having similar thoughts.

Until then, they were so used to living in the tower that even if there were some suffocating aspects, they focused on the bigger goal and didn’t pay attention to the environment.

But now, they had tasted the sweetness of rest.

Things like the feeling of lying on a soft, fluffy bed, the sensation of lying in a hammock under the sunlight while listening to the sound of waves, and the satisfaction that can only be felt when eating freshly cooked dishes.

Everyone seemed to agree with those words, as no one could refute and only smiled bitterly.

Suji lay down on the sleeping bag she took out from her inventory, looking somewhat disappointed.

They had decided to rest for just an hour for the sake of Suji and Elaine, who had worked hard filming the video, and planned to climb the tower again soon.

While Suji was lying down, Saint checked the online reactions again.

“The reactions seem to be going in the expected direction. There’s a considerable amount of data using the words ‘challenge’ or ‘Tower of the Sage’ together.”

“That’s a relief.”

“I wonder if it’s because the team leader filmed the video so kindly?”

Suji nodded her head in satisfaction.

At that moment, Saint, who had been scrolling through, smiled contentedly and slightly hid his terminal from Suji’s view.

Usually, she wouldn’t have paid attention to it, but now she was particularly bored. And Saint looked too delighted.

Suji unknowingly asked.

“What are you looking at?”

“Are you curious?”

“Huh? Yes.”

Saint turned the terminal so the party could see it, smiling brightly.

On the screen was an absurd wedding composite image made with the official photos of Hunter Daphne and Elaine.

She had reluctantly taken an official photo once at the request of Yeonju and Seunghwan.

As a result, even if it was a carefully made composite photo, she immediately recognized what the original was.

Since Suji covered most of her face with a helmet or mask, her face in the photo was overlaid with a veil. On the other hand, Elaine, who didn’t mind revealing his bare face even in public, remained in his neat, original appearance.

She frowned and glanced to the side.

She felt that not only herself but also Elaine was staring intently at the composite photo.

“I want to be by the side of the person I love.”

The words she had heard from him that day on the back of the unicorn suddenly came to mind again.

This situation suddenly felt uncomfortable, and her face felt somewhat hot.

“What kind of prank is this? Even non-humans, and even humans, are going too far. They’re doing this for their own amusement. Is there any need to block Elaine’s marriage path? Don’t you think so?”

Suji hurriedly spilled out the words and waved her hand as if to say to put it away quickly.

“Why would Elaine’s marriage path be blocked? If it opens, it opens.”

However, Peace giggled as if he had seen something funny, and Saint, who had been excited since earlier, asked.

“Shall I send you this photo file later?”

Suji got up from her seat in surprise.

These people, whenever they catch an opportunity.

“Send what? Let’s slowly head to the next floor now.”

As she spoke and turned her back, Elaine’s calm voice was heard.

“By email.”

Suji turned around, flabbergasted.

Elaine had a calm face as usual.

‘Even though he said something about love……’

But come to think of it, it seemed like she was overreacting.

It was just a fun photo with a colleague, and it was something they could laugh off. If she thought about it, it was also a memory…… It wasn’t a composite made with a photo she hadn’t publicly released.

Handling it like Elaine was the most mature thing to do.

Suji stared at him for a while, then sighed and turned her head.

Why did she have to care about someone else’s feelings?

Elaine was someone who would take care of his own love.

She felt upset for no reason.

“Let’s just beat up the monsters.”

She spoke with determination and summoned the 〈(Incandescent) Shackles of the Annihilated〉.

“Weren’t we supposed to rest a bit more?”

“Hey, Saint! The team leader got angry because you teased her too much.”

“What did I tease? And didn’t everyone like it? No, was it just me?”

“Let’s go together.”

Voices poured out from behind, but they didn’t quite reach her ears, which had become somewhat embarrassed.

After that, they continued to climb the tower.

51st floor, 52nd floor, 53rd floor…… and the 80th floor.

In the section from the 51st to the 60th floor, they even had the leeway to film strategy videos.

It was true that the higher they climbed, the more challenging it became, but there was still a difference between monsters they had caught once and floors they had never cleared.

The 80th floor, where they had been struggling all along, but this time, they took on their respective positions much more comfortably, and the time was also shortened.

The confidence that came from knowing the exact status and patterns of the opponent was that important.

“From here, it’s a new floor.”

Suji nodded at Elaine’s words and looked around at her party members.

Except for brief moments of rest, they had cleared it all at once, so everyone must have been tired, but their eyes still sparkled with excitement and elation at visiting the tower after a long time.

As the team leader, she could say with certainty that it would be a huge loss not to challenge the 81st floor when they had the current level of concentration.

“Let’s do one more floor and then rest.”

“Sounds good.”

“Let’s go.”

“Let’s do it.”

Just before entering the first gate of the 81st floor, Suji stopped for a moment and glanced at the log.

From now on, they were opening a new floor.

If you think about it, it’s the “main game.”

How thrilling must this moment be for them, for whom everything is a betting factor?

It would be like watching ants diligently carrying food inside a glass ant farm.

She gritted her teeth and moved her stopped feet.