A Wimp's Strategy Guide to Conquer the Tower

Aliamari, the shut-in alchemist.

Unless something truly unusual happened, she did not directly participate in climbing uncleared upper floors.

She was not even summoned while they were climbing.

Once the tower clear was over, the summoner would call for her separately.

Then her time alone would begin.

Of course, she was still being given detailed reports about the overall tower-clearing process.

From Rajix the herb gatherer, or from the fairy maiden Gyeon Dallae, whom she had recently grown much closer to.

Ding!

: ...Fortunately, I came to my senses early, so there was no great danger. But it does seem like we need countermeasures against mental attacks from that incubus bitch.

: Fuck! What the $#%& are you idiots even doing? Have you memorized the Three Principles of Summoned Entities or not?

: We are working hard to prevent a recurrence. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

: Prevent my ass, you &%#@!

: Stop swearing so much. We’re reflecting on it too.

: Is swearing really the problem right now?

Mari was furious.

How dare nothing more than a copy of the Succubus Queen lay a hand on the summoner?

Just imagining it made her whole body tremble.

Once someone fell into a dream, they became extremely vulnerable to outside attack.

Fortunately, he had been unharmed, but what if it had been the true Diamat?

‘Damn summoned entities.’

There were three LSSR-rank beings, and they had still exposed the summoner to danger.

‘They’re unbelievable.’

She needed to accelerate the plan she was currently designing as much as possible.

She had to complete it quickly.

The AI version-upgraded active offense-defense homunculus.

It was an idea inspired by Earth’s AI systems.

A homunculus that, once commands were input in advance, could automatically protect the body and counterattack enemies without her needing to move it directly.

However, it was still unfinished.

For now, each homunculus unit was still relatively large, and there were not many of them.

She had to make them smaller, increase the number of units, assign various attributes, and also refine a commander homunculus that could control them all.

‘Then the summoner will become invincible.’

With enough force to send even that old Mad Demon flying in one shot.

And then this world would endure for a long, long time.

Earth.

What a rich and livable world it was.

She had been summoned before to worlds with civilizations similar to Earth’s past.

But in those places, it had not been possible to communicate with the outside like this through a tablet.

Why?

Because they had already collapsed.

Earth’s scientific civilization was powerful, but also far more fragile than it looked.

If one weak link snapped, it would crumble with terrifying ease.

What if the boundary between the towers and the world vanished, and monsters overflowed out?

First, the transportation and communication networks that were one of the greatest advantages of Earth’s civilization would collapse overnight.

Cars would stop running, planes would no longer fly, and ships would disappear from the sea.

Communication through networks would become extremely limited, and even the use of electrical energy would become difficult.

Restoration would, naturally, be impossible.

And then the world would fall apart.

The only person who could stop that was the summoner.

Only if he remained safe would the world remain safe too.

She had to make it for him quickly.

Little intelligent golems, little humans engraved with the Three Principles of Summoned Entities, the AI version-upgraded active offense-defense homunculus.

‘But who is Jinsuk?’

According to Princess Fairy, he had called that name when he woke up.

She was probably a woman who had some connection to the summoner.

That made Mari feel a little uncomfortable.

‘It’s such a tacky name.’

Mari is better than Jinsuk.

And looks too.

First, there was something to do before entering.

Since the Tracking Talisman had been activated, maybe they should at least figure out roughly where Diamat was.

“Princess, how many Tracking Talismans do you have?”

“I have prepared enough that there is no lack.”

“Use just one. Let’s at least check the direction.”

“As you command.”

FWAAAAASH!

The Tracking Talisman burst into flame.

Gyeon Dallae thought carefully.

“Did you get a direction?”

“It is northwest, and the distance is very great.”

If it was northwest and very far away...

“China or Europe?”

“This girl thinks so as well.”

Let’s go to China first.

Using the Ring of Tower Exit, they moved to the Beijing Tower.

He should reduce the number of people a bit too.

Rajix and Blood Wolf were excluded from the raid.

Since it might get dangerous, he told them to stay home and relax.

“Let’s do a repeated clear.”

“Yessir!”

Juhyeok re-entered Floor 80 with the group.

A repeated clear.

This time too, he entered the dream domain.

‘What the—?’

It was a karaoke room.

It was full of hazy smoke.

Jinsuk was dancing a sexy dance with music playing, a cigarette in her mouth.

‘......’

A perfect recreation of Jinsuk, cigarette and all.

But he realized it soon enough.

That this was a dream.

‘No, why is it always Jinsuk?’

The sexy dancing was nice to look at, sure.

She had once been a girl he’d briefly had a crush on.

He had never even managed to properly speak to her.

Now he did not feel anything in particular.

Right then!

TSHHT! SLASH!

Hearing that sound by his ear, Juhyeok woke from the dream.

A battle was unfolding before his eyes.

“You bitch!!!”

“Kyaaaaak!”

Diamat’s Copy had approached the group while they were dreaming.

But Gyeon Dallae’s talismans flew out, Mad Demon unleashed a crescent qi blade, and Meatshield seized Diamat’s head in a hand like a pot lid.

And then the other summoned entities woke from their dreams and joined the attack.

Everyone had come to their senses faster than before.

“Die!”

CRUNCH! SLASH! CRRRK!

A light, easy clear.

[Kill Demonic Beast Lord Diamat (Copy) 1/1.]

[You have succeeded in the Floor 80 Mission.]

[Reward: 8kg of high-grade Magic Stones.]

[Exiting Republic of Korea Black Tower (NO.2).]

SPOT!

They moved using the Ring of Tower Exit.

The place where Juhyeok emerged was the Beijing Black Tower.

Gyeon Dallae activated another Tracking Talisman.

FWAAAAASH!

“Well?”

“It is Beijing. And the distance is close.”

They had finally found it.

Diamat was in Beijing.

“Let’s do one more repeated clear, get used to the dream, and then go catch it.”

“As you command.”

At that, Cossack sidled over.

“Summoner Bong.”

“Why?”

“Did you meet Jinsuk again in the dream?”

“...N-no, I didn’t.”

“Aw, I think you did. Want me to find Jinsuk for you?”

“Come on now! I said I didn’t meet her, so why do you keep pushing it?”

“Yessir.”

Tsk! He really was frighteningly quick on the uptake.

Still, what if Jinsuk showed up again?

I seriously don’t feel anything for her anymore.

The second repeated clear began.

A beach with a blue sea.

One woman came running from far away.

‘...Wow!’

It was Staff Sergeant Bae in a bikini.

Did we come to the beach?

‘Hmm.’

I should’ve brought sunglasses.

Better keep my expression under control.

Right then!

Staff Sergeant Bae’s form slowly changed.

Before long, it turned into the Succubus Queen, Diamat.

‘Ah, right. It was a dream.’

Now he could realize it immediately.

To the point that Diamat herself was appearing in his dreams.

Still—

‘Not bad.’

Even if it was a dream for the sake of brainwashing and seduction.

If it felt good, then that was enough.

It was still better than a nightmare, wasn’t it?

Anyway, after experiencing it twice, he had adapted.

Mad Demon and Gyeon Dallae did not even get caught at all.

And the summoned entities were waking up much faster too.

The restaurant that sold douzhi.

Lingling—Diamat—decided to accelerate her work of bewitching high-ranking Chinese officials.

Originally, she had intended to take her time and proceed slowly, but the situation no longer allowed for that.

She had to elevate her status as a human.

So she would have something to protect her in case she was discovered.

Not a physical shield, but a sociopolitical shield.

For example, what if she became the mistress of a Chinese Standing Committee member, or even of the Chairman?

Even if someone learned her true identity, they would not be able to charge at her recklessly.

The entire nation of China would become her shield.

The Succubus Queen’s bewitchment was not some low-grade skill.

It was an authority that made the target truly fall in love.

Smile.

Diamat smiled in a deeply seductive way.

At that, the customers all stared blankly at her.

‘It’s this easy.’

She was overflowing with confidence.

An ordinary human could never resist her bewitchment.

Diamat was not a monarch with great individual power.

Measured in physical force, she was among the lowest of all monarchs.

She was a monarch who created factions.

With just a word from her, she exercised power by creating slaves willing to throw away their lives like blades of grass.

If she truly put her mind to it, it would not even take three months to make every leader on Earth kneel at her feet.

Then why had she not done it already?

Because of Earth’s summoner.

If that bastard discovered her, she could be captured before she even built up a power base.

‘I can’t just wait in hiding anymore.’

The time for hiding had passed.

Even if she had to force it, she needed to create a faction.

This afternoon, she planned to enter Zhongnanhai together with a Communist Party official she had already bewitched.

Soon, every power holder in Zhongnanhai would be in the palm of her hand.

Diamat’s smile deepened further.

But right then!

FLAPFLAPFLAP!

A black object suddenly flew into the restaurant.

The customers eating there were startled too.

“Huh? Isn’t that a bat?”

“Why is a bat out in broad daylight...?”

“Should we catch it and eat it? Bat meat’s a delicacy too.”

A bat?

‘No way.’

Diamat recognized it the moment she saw it.

That was no ordinary bat.

‘...A vampire.’

She had been found.

The summoner.

He had come.

Cold sweat ran down her forehead.

The captivating smile she had been using to charm people vanished in an instant.

Diamat immediately declared the dream domain.

The unique authority of the Succubus Queen, which put all beings within a certain radius to sleep in dreams.

Thud, thud, thud, thud...

People collapsed and fell asleep.

The flying bat crashed to the ground too.

Pop!

The bat transformed into a human.

‘First I kill this one.’

At that instant!

“Uuuugh, repeat after me! Diamat’s blood is the tastiest of all, ta-tast...”

Sleep-talking.

But her name had come out.

That meant he was still aware of her existence even while trapped in the dream.

Which meant her authority had not been properly carried out.

How?

He was lower rank than she was.

‘Because he’s a dark race?’

That had to be it.

Diamat approached the vampire.

The moment she raised her nails to stab out his eyeballs—

A chill!

A dense killing intent flew at her from somewhere.

‘Damn it!’

There was another one.

Maybe even more.

SWOOOSH!

She activated invisibility.

TSHHT!

Then she quickly slipped outside.

She ran into the narrow alley beside the restaurant, but—

“Hello there. We came to catch the true one.”

A man stood in front of her, blocking the way.

“You thought invisibility would keep you from getting caught?”

Damn it!

She cast the dream domain again.

“Uhhik?”

Thud!

Cossack collapsed.

Then came his sleep-talking.

“...Mmmh, Jinsuk? Why are you here? You’re uglier than Diamat. Try harder.”

Who the hell is Jinsuk?

And this one had also identified her specifically.

Fwaaap!

She spread her wings.

She intended to flee into the sky.

Whirl!

Diamat shot upward.

But right then!

BZZZZZZT!

“Huh?”

CRACKLE!

SHWAAAAK!

A terrifying presence came crashing toward her.

“Blink!”

SPOT!

She dodged out of the way, but—

SHWAAAAK!

The massive lump of magic changed direction again.

“Blink! Blink! Blink...”

POP-POP-POP...

No matter how she struggled, she could not evade it.

In the end—

“B-barrier!”

She threw up a shield, but—

BOOM!

BZZZZZZT!

CRACKLE!

BOOOOM!

“Aaagh!!!”

The follow-up hit struck her.

FWOOOOOSH!

Diamat fell.

THUD!

“Haa... haa...”

She had not died.

But one of her wings had been blown away.

It would take days to regenerate.

“Don’t move! If you move, I’ll shoot.”

A magic gun?

Then that meant a soldier of the Magic Empire.

Really, he had summoned a little bit of everything.

A vampire, an assassin, a soldier of the Magic Empire.

‘Dream domain.’

Authority activated.

Thud!

“Uhh, Staff Sergeant Veronica Caliber! I was told Diamat would cover my shift today.”

This is insane.

Every last one of them was recognizing her even inside the dream.

She had to hurry.

The ones who had fallen asleep first would wake up soon.

But—

“Light!!!”

A holy knight?

Just how many of them are there?

Their classes were all over the place too.

‘Dream domain.’

Thud!

“Mmm, Sir Meatshield, why are you wielding another weapon instead of me? Diamat has poor grip and cannot be used as a weapon.”

What the hell?

Leaving aside the fact that they kept referring to her, every one of them was out of their mind.

The dream domain had limits.

The more often one got caught in it, the shorter the dream time became.

Leap!

She ran quickly, trying to get out of the alley, but—

“You cannot pass here. The warrior will capture you.”

“......”

A barbarian warrior.

The strongest physical tank class.

And judging from that aura, he was at the entrance of LSSR.

Would the authority even land on him?

‘Dream domain.’

Stagger!

The giant swayed, barely staying upright instead of collapsing.

“D-do you think I look like I am a-about to fall asleep? Never...”

Right.

It would not work very well on him.

Still, it could buy her time to run.

Leap!

‘As long as I lose this one.’

He was definitely the strongest of the beings the summoner had called.

If she just got rid of this one, there would be no more helpers.

Diamat was sure of that.

At least until she came face to face with Mad Demon.

“The sight of you fleeing with your tail between your legs is pitiful beyond words.”

“...Aaaah.”

She recognized him instantly.

“M-Mad Demon? Why are you here?”

He had come outside too?

Those fucking bastard administrators.

Shouldn’t they have told her this in advance?

What the hell was she supposed to do in a situation like this?

They had sent her out to give a trial, but the one undergoing the trial was herself.

And—

“Are you stupid? Or do you simply not understand the meaning of giving up? At this point, you should have realized there is no escaping.”

A woman had appeared behind her before she even noticed.

She was floating in the air like a ghost.

“......”

This woman too was legendary rank.

Just how many LSSR-rank beings were there?

‘D-dream domain!’

But the two of them did not even blink.

At the same time!

TSHHT!

Yellow papers filled the sky overhead.

And Mad Demon rushed at her with terrifying speed.

‘Hah!’

In the end, she dropped to her knees.

RATATATAT!

Dozens of Demon-Repelling Talismans slapped onto Diamat’s body.

Tap.

Mad Demon placed a hand on her head and said in a chilling voice,

“From now on, if you attempt any reckless move, I will immediately twist your head off.”

“U-ugh...”

“No dreams, no seduction, no anything. Understood?”

“......”

“Answer!”

“I-I understand.”

“Polite speech!”

“...I understand.”

Diamat had no choice but to give up.

Beside him was Gyeon Dallae. Behind him stood Cossack, Bardin, Veronica, and Jepetto like bodyguards. In front of him, Mad Demon and Meatshield held Diamat on her knees.

“Young master.”

“Hm? What is it?”

“I just received a message from Lady Aliamari. She asks whether Diamat has been captured.”

“Oh? Tell her we caught it.”

“I already did, and she sent back that it should be killed immediately.”

“Our shut-in Mari must be very worried.”

“I share the same opinion.”

Diamat’s eyes widened round.

‘Aliamari?’

Wasn’t that the crazy foul-mouthed alchemist?

‘That bitch came to Earth too?’

It was absurd.

There were four LSSR-rank beings.

From the beginning, this was not someone she could ever have dealt with.

Juhyeok slowly opened his mouth.

“Now then, let’s begin. Miss Diamat, what was the purpose of manifesting on Earth?”

Diamat had already given up.

She spilled everything in a torrent.

Everything she was allowed to say.

“So in other words, there are these beings called administrators, and they sent Miss Diamat outside the tower in order to give me a trial?”

Nod nod.

A nod of affirmation.

“And the purpose was to bewitch Earth’s political leaders and provoke war?”

Nod nod.

“And you failed before you could carry it out?”

Nod nod.

“Hmm.”

Juhyeok looked at Gyeon Dallae.

Truth or lie?

“It does not seem to be falsehood.”

“That’s a relief. We caught her before things got out of hand.”

“It is because the heavens aided you, young master.”

Now all that remained was deciding what to do with Diamat.

“Do you have any last words?”

“...P-please spare me.”

Huh?

Why was the mighty Succubus Queen acting this pathetic?

“You want to live?”

“Yes, please.”

All of a sudden, he felt a little sorry for her.

“Haa, I’d like to let you live too, but I think there’ll be strong opposition. Mari will definitely have something to say too.”

Diamat’s eyes flashed.

She thought she could vaguely tell what kind of person this summoner was.

He was not cold or cruel.

There was a very high chance he was the opposite.

If so—

“I-I have many uses. I’ll do anything the summoner tells me to do.”

She subtly twisted her body, sprinkling in a hint of seduction.

At that instant!

SHAAAAA!

Terrifying killing intent surged toward Diamat.

His summoned entities were glaring at her like they wanted to tear her apart.

This was dangerous.

She might die right now.

“I-I’m not just saying that. I-I can swear by the heart of a monarch.”

Right then!

Ding!

A message rang out in Juhyeok’s consciousness.

[The true Floor 80 boss Diamat has requested to defect to the Player on the basis of the free will granted to it.]

‘Huh?’

[If you accept the defection, the true Diamat’s abilities will decline and it will become bound to the Player.]

[A converted defector will ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) be treated as a separate group from the Catalog roster and will receive discriminatory application compared to formal summoned entities.]

‘A defection...’

What should he do?