Congratulations on clearing the 85th floor!

Rewards

290 Time Crystals

19 Corruption Fragments

4 Silent Reinforcement Fragments

21 Black Smoke Cartilage

1 Black Smoke Head Cartilage

Black Smoke Blade (9th Tier)

Weapon-specific Reinforcement Stones (Intermediate 40)

Weapon-specific Reinforcement Stones (Advanced 9)

Armor-specific Reinforcement Stones (Low-grade 910)

Armor-specific Reinforcement Stones (Advanced 12)

Smoke Ring x1 (Rare)

80,000 Gold

Normal Random Boxes x10

Rare Random Boxes x2

Epic Random Box x1

[The gate to the 86th floor’s 1st checkpoint has opened.]

Seeing the message signaling the clear, Suji let out a long sigh and stuck her sword into the ground.

The party members also saw the message and finally relaxed their tension, collapsing on the floor in various postures.

Elaine sat in front of the stairs leading to the next floor, Saint lay down using the legs of Peace, who was sprawled on the ground, as a pillow, and Nature reverted his transformed body back to its original form and sat down where he was, out of breath with an exhausted expression.

The 85th floor had three checkpoints, so it was a grueling battle that consumed a lot of stamina.

On top of that, although the boss monster was SSS-grade, it split into dozens, making it very tricky to deal with. Rather than the difficulty itself, it felt more like a test of endurance and concentration.

Still, it was better than an EX-grade monster appearing.

“Is everyone alright?”

“I’m okay.”

“Barely alive.”

“Hanging on by a thread.”

Tired voices responded from the team members, but one remained silent.

Suji turned to look at Nature.

Nature was an S-grade, higher ranked than Saint. But he looked far more exhausted than her.

From the 83rd floor, Nature had been struggling.

It couldn’t be helped. Saint was a teammate who had adapted and synchronized with them floor by floor until now, while Nature had abruptly joined starting from the 83rd floor.

‘Even considering that……’

Suji looked at him with worried eyes.

Nature didn’t even seem to have the energy to respond. She could see his chest rising and falling heavily as he lay on the ground.

Perhaps Elaine was right.

Not having a 10th tier weapon was likely a factor too.

In a situation where monsters multiplied, having even one more team member was advantageous as it spread out the aggro, but Nature seemed to have used up all his stamina just to barely survive.

She was about to ask Nature again if he was okay, but held herself back.

Now that she had accepted him as a team member, it felt wrong to doubt his abilities at this point. He was doing his best to work hard for the team, so if given a bit more time, he would catch up soon.

And if an opportunity arose to obtain a 10th tier weapon, they could upgrade Nature’s weapon too.

Suji gazed at the gate leading to the next floor, lost in thought for a moment.

She had been thinking of briefly recording some tip videos for beginners coming up from the 50th floor anyway, and also directly coaching hunters who wanted to party up.

There were also the overseas tours she had promised to countries that did not participate in the 〈Laurel Wreath〉 that needed to be resolved.

It seemed like a good idea to put the 86th floor and beyond on hold for now and handle other matters while first working on the team’s coordination.

“Let’s take some time to regroup.”

The team members nodded, looking relieved to hear those welcome words, but Nature didn’t even have the strength for that, only rolling his eyes.

Stifling a laugh, Suji approached Nature and reached out her hand.

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Team Daphne continues to break records in 〈Tower of the Sage〉. How many more times will records be shattered this year?

Team Daphne setting new records daily…… When will their overseas visits be?

Breaking through 3 floors in 5 days, setting new records again

Thorough analysis of the 85th floor buff experienced for the first time…… Facing the ‘real buff’

‘Daily new records’ Team Daphne, the solo record-making machine, also breaking view count records daily

Team Daphne surpasses 6 billion total views after clearing 85th floor

Although people were anxious due to the Rift appearing, the fact that Team Daphne had broken through 3 floors in just a few days shocked the whole world.

The atmosphere on the bulletin boards, where distrust towards Daphne had been rising as if on cue, reversed in an instant.

[Title: When getting the 80th floor buff, I didn’t expect the 85th floor buff to come this quickly;

On top of that, this buff is a base attack power +1% adjustment.

It’s crazy.

I never had any particular thoughts about our country, but this time I’m really feeling the patriotism.

Don’t know if this is patriotism or Daphne-ism though……

└They said the 81st floor boss monster was EX-grade. But floors 83 to 85 were SSS-grade, so they were manageable.

└└I think so too.

└└└It’s really funny. Look at us saying SSS-grade is manageable lolololol

└└└└So what if we do? We are the country that has Daphne

└Our team was challenging the tower and couldn’t break through the 40th floor. We were going to try one last time before coming out since we have to leave after 3 failures lolol but we broke through thanks to the national buff lolololol

└└Not just them, apparently the tower success rate suddenly increased lol There were statistics related to the national buff too] [Title: At this rate, we’ll become a gigantic Korea

No matter the unification, our country’s territory isn’t that vast, immigration applications are exploding for real

└Immigration applications? Because of Lady Daphne?

└└The S-grade waves have been quiet recently, but once they start appearing, it’s everyone’s problem. AAA-grade waves have hit other countries a few times too.

└└└Yeah, not just the national buffs, but also the level of hunters we have. People are seeking out safe countries.

└└I think many hunters realized the huge difference in skill level when Lady Daphne uploaded videos. It’s true that a lot more people want to come visit in person, if not immigrate.

└I’d want to immigrate too…… These days, being a developed nation isn’t about eating and living well, but having lots of tower buffs and a well-established civil servant system, right?

└└222 If you have zero interest in being a hunter then maybe not, but Korea’s buffs are on another level…… The monsters you can hunt change, which changes your income. Coming makes sense.] [Title: Where did all those people who said Lady Daphne was interested in politics go?

Also, where are the ones who called her an attention seeker?

They were being loud until a few days ago.

└The people stirring up controversy over nothing, saying she’s into politics, are so pathetic…… Even if she was interested in politics, how is that controversial?

└└222 That’s what I’m saying. So many hunters are felons, so why is Lady Daphne always criticized over trivial things? When she does so many good deeds too?

└└└It’s because she’s a young skilled woman getting unfair hate.

└└└└Yep, if a white man in his 40s had the same skills, everyone would shut up and gratefully accept the buffs.

└└└└That’s true lol After the First Gate, so much time has passed but people still haven’t come to their senses that hunter abilities are different from innate physical abilities lol There’s no male or female

└└└I see it a bit differently. I think part of it is because she doesn’t act arrogantly as the world’s top hunter. I do business with hunters, and the nicer they act, the more the other party tries to one-up them and handles things poorly. You have to flip out once in a while for them to be meticulous, thinking you’re strict.

└└└└Yeah, when someone is nice, you should be grateful, but they keep taking advantage of her goodwill so now they’re full of themselves.

└Seeing how quiet it is, looks like they all got reported and suspended? Lolol

└Just in case, could they have been those Messiah guys?

└└What’s Messiah?

└└???

└└Messiah? The cult that accurately predicted some wave?

└└└Yeah, they kept posting weird stuff then went completely silent after Lady Daphne took the 〈Laurel Wreath〉…… Those nutjobs wouldn’t have just disappeared. They must be up to something somewhere.

└└└└;;; No way, right? Even if they’re a cult or whatever, they’d be busy making a living. No need to attach meaning to every word spouted by kids full of inferiority complexes.] [Title: I heard Lady Daphne is going abroad?

Apparently she’s going on an overseas tour to fulfill her promises now.

Wary of the waves……

└Wary of the waves222……

└How will we live with the sky empty without Lady Daphne

└Where is she going?

└└I just read an article and it said she’s dividing it into visits to 3 countries each?

└└└Team Daphne needs 10 bodies to handle it all

└Maybe the waves will follow Lady Daphne? Lolol

└└Is that supposed to be a witty joke to laugh at? I wish that were the case.

└Did you guys not know…… Lady Daphne is already out of Korea.

└└??????????

└└What?

└└I think she left to resolve that issue with countries that didn’t participate in the 〈Laurel Wreath〉. I got her autograph at the airport.

└└└??????????? Really? Didn’t she just clear the 85th floor early this morning? But she already left?

└└└└Yeah, I think they didn’t announce it beforehand in case too many people gathered. I met her because I work at the airport.

└└└└└Dude…… I’m so jealous……

└└└└└You must have been an independence activist in your past life;

└└└It’s true, there’s an article about Team Daphne going to the UK;