What do I do? I meant to cheer the soldiers on in this battle, so how did it end up like this?
To understand that, we must go back a very long time.
Yes. It began approximately thirty seconds ago...
Everything started when the Blood General suddenly charged at me.
I saw such a perfect angle that I couldn’t hold back and threw him with jujutsu, my specialty. I was worried the General might get hurt, so I temporarily stored his armor in my subspace and used magic to soften the impact as much as possible, but...
Apparently, that blood-red armor was something connected to the General’s life—
Ugh. Trying to remember something from so long ago is giving me a headache.
In any case, now was not the time to be making a V sign.
Mr. Tower. Please wait just a moment.
「Overall Evaluation: S」
「Ability Points +5」
「An additional reward choice is provided to you for setting an example.」
「1 - Combination (E)」
「2 - Sixth Sense (E)」
「3 - Machine Understanding (E)」
Without choosing, I ran at full speed to the forward base.
Before I was forcibly dragged to the Rest Floor, I had to fix the mistake I’d made.
A two-minute sprint. I quickly arrived at the forward base.
“Yuyeon-nim! What on earth happened?!”
Screeech—!
After slowing down, I explained to the soldier.
“I’m sorry. I really didn’t want this to happen, but it was an accident.”
“...I will listen carefully.”
The soldiers’ solemn gazes gathered on me.
I calmly organized the situation and explained.
“I wanted to pack lunches for you soldiers, so I was preparing them, but then I suddenly had a sad thought and wanted to cry.”
“A sad thought, you say...”
“But if I cried near you soldiers, it would be noisy, so I went far away to cry, and then I met the Blood General.”
“?”
“I tried to avoid combat, but somehow, out of habit, I used a technique, and the General died instantly.”
“Yes...?!”
Mm. It was a perfect explanation with nothing omitted.
“If... if the Blood General died instantly, then—”
“I’m sorry. The General disappeared, and then all the ghouls collapsed too. There was nothing left for you soldiers...”
“Huh... Huuuh...”
“Still, just in case, I left the ghouls’ corpses behind. Do you have any use for them?”
“N... no. Ghoul corpses must be burned as quickly as possible. We will handle the disposal.”
“If they need to be burned quickly, I’ll burn them. It was my mistake, so I should finish it. Please rest.”
“A mistake? We are truly grateful to you, Yuyeon-nim.”
“That’s right! If Yuyeon-nim hadn’t been here, we would all be dead by now!”
Hmm. Is that so?
Thinking about it, he was right.
The soldiers had died every time on Hell difficulty.
“I only did what I had to do. Ah, and...”
Rustle, rustle.
I took the Blood General’s greatsword and armor out of my subspace pouch.
「You have acquired Maid Points.」
“Ahem...”
“These were originally meant for you soldiers, so I’ll give them to you.”
“No. It’s all right. Yuyeon-nim, you are the one who defeated the Blood General. How could we accept them?”
“!”
I was faced with an enormous problem.
This was that situation I’d only ever seen in books.
An extreme situation where people pushed and pulled, yielding to one another, and I had to arbitrarily decide the standard of etiquette.
As the soldier said, I was the one who defeated the Blood General, but this was merely me accidentally stealing what should have belonged to the soldiers.
So I thought it was proper to give them the spoils I’d obtained, but...
“Yuyeon-nim...?”
If the soldiers refused like this, was it proper etiquette for me to keep them?
Or was it proper etiquette to refuse once more and firmly return them to the soldiers?
I was confused by this situation where I couldn’t accurately judge what etiquette demanded.
I should have read more books!
“Yuyeon-nim. We truly are fine. To begin with, we cannot use such a massive greatsword or armor. Nor do we have any intention of handling objects imbued with a vampire’s power.”
“Is that so?”
“If anything, we would be grateful if you took them, Yuyeon-nim. All we could do is destroy those items so that the vampire’s power does not spread.”
“I see.”
I received an enormous hint.
This was a situation where accepting them was proper etiquette.
“Then I’ll take these items. I’m sure they’ll be useful someday.”
“Yes. Thank you, Yuyeon-nim.”
“I’m grateful too. Ah, too much time has passed...”
“Time, you say?”
「You will move to the ‘Rest Floor’ in 5 minutes.」
「Due to time overrun, a random reward will be selected.」
「You have acquired Sixth Sense (E).」
Five minutes. That was tight if I wanted to cremate the ghouls.
“I’ll see you again next time. Please stay healthy.”
“You’re leaving—”
Scurry.
After saying goodbye, I ran off, then came back again.
I almost parted without even properly finishing my farewell, which would have been rude.
“—are you...???”
“Yes. Please give my regards to Ravina-nim as well.”
“Understood. I pray for your fortune in battle, Yuyeon-nim.”
“Thank you. Please be happy.”
Scurry again. I ran toward the direction where the ghouls’ corpses were gathered.
Maybe it was because of the Sixth Sense I’d just obtained, but I felt like my field of vision had gotten wider. Or maybe not.
To be honest, I wasn’t sure. Even normally, I scattered mana around to detect my surroundings.
I was also constantly strengthening my energy sense with aura.
Still, I should experience Sixth Sense at least once.
I withdrew the mana I had been scattering out of habit.
I also quieted the aura that had been strengthening my energy sense.
It had been a long time since I sensed the world with only my pure physical abilities.
Now, let’s focus on pure Sixth Sense.
...
......!
I had absolutely no idea.
I peeked my eyes open and checked the skill window.
「Sixth Sense (E)
- An additional sense is added.」
I still had no idea.
As expected, Mr. Tower. You don’t make things easy.
Someday, I’d surely learn what Sixth Sense was useful for.
I scattered mana again and strengthened my energy sense with aura.
Ghouls’ corpses discovered.
I gathered the corpses in one direction with wind magic, then incinerated them all at once with fire magic.
Ah, how satisfying. Living while observing etiquette makes every day feel fulfilling.
“bb~”
After entering the Rest Floor, I took out the Maid Mansion.
And when I saw the lunch boxes sitting in the kitchen, I realized.
Ah, right. The supplies.
***
After Han Yuyeon cleared the 5th floor.
There had already been interest in Han Yuyeon, but this time, even more attention poured in.
Because humanity had finally cleared the 5th floor of Hell difficulty for the first time.
[Title: I thought Yuyeon-nim would win, but I didn’t think it’d be to this extent]
Author: Combat Analyst
(GIF of Han Yuyeon throwing the Blood General)
Everyone knows why the Hell difficulty climbers who barely made it to the 5th floor still couldn’t clear it
This bastard is one hell of a WOAT mob
If you even get hit by his attack, he sucks your blood and heals, and his own recovery speed is insanely fast too, the very definition of a WOAT bastard
He even regenerates if you cut off his head and doesn’t die
Why do you think nobody’s cleared it until now?
Even if you save Ravina from the 1st floor and preserve as many soldiers as possible starting from the 2nd floor, the strategy still doesn’t work in the end
It’s obvious there’s an immortality mechanic, but people die before they can figure out that mechanic and exploit it
But Yuyeon-nim treated him like she was playing with a child, erasing his weapon in the first exchange and his armor in the second exchange
I have no idea how she erased them, but maybe that was the mechanic, because that WOAT mob turned into bubbly foam and died instantly
Ah... she is simply!
Great Yuyeon
- If you look at how she tapped the castle wall with a broom and made it disappear, the answer is obvious
ㄴ For real, if she can pull off that kind of performance by just tapping with a broom that’s not even a combat weapon, there’s no way she can’t do it barehanded
ㄴ And it even looked like she was going easy
ㄴ Just how strong is full-power Han Yuyeon?
- I’m a newbie so I don’t really know, but wasn’t it not erased but put into subspace?
ㄴ WhyAmIMaid) Maid Subspace isn’t that all-purpose either. You can’t put in things someone else is holding or wearing
ㄴ lol fuck, if she put it into subspace then that’s a thief, not a maid
The options of an S-rank subspace explained by the fixed-nick maid user were as follows.
「Maid’s Subspace (S): A subspace prepared for the maid.
- You can store objects touched by your hand in the subspace. Objects stored in the subspace are maintained at the quality they had at the time of storage. Objects currently being used or worn by others cannot be placed inside.
- You can use the subspace shop with Maid Points.
- You can acquire Maid Points by increasing Master’s emotional satisfaction.」
This provided a certain amount of persuasion, but since it was not EX-rank in the end, someone suggested that perhaps Han Yuyeon’s subspace was EX-rank and its restrictions had disappeared...
However, when humanity’s strongest hunter, Johan Konrad, explained Han Yuyeon’s battle scene, the atmosphere was completely settled.
[Title: Summary of Han Yuyeon’s victory process according to Johan Konrad]
Author: ㅇㅇ
The reason the Blood General’s weapon and armor looked like they disappeared =
He says powers that are almost never handled together exploded in an instant and were extinguished in a split second
So what are these “powers that are almost never handled together”?
Mana and aura
(Video of Johan explaining with a serious face)
Han Yuyeon was like this from the 2nd floor too, but even on the 5th floor, from the moment she entered, she never let her guard down for even an instant and kept scattering mana around to run scans
On top of that, she kept circulating aura inside her body and maintained tension the whole time
She may look kind of airheaded, but in reality she was in ultra-serious mode
Grandpa Johan said it was his first time seeing the phenomenon too, so he didn’t understand it exactly
But his guess is that in a split second, she compressed mana and aura into a single point at her fingertips, then detonated it while controlling the explosion radius to an extremely small scale
When she detonated it, she even set up a reverse barrier to reduce the area of damage and amplified the explosive power at the same time
The result was that unbelievably calm-looking erasure phenomenon
- This is so fucking absurd for real
- Blood General strategy = use mana and aura at the same time to destroy his weapon and armor
ㄴ If I get dragged into Hell difficulty, I’ll clear it like this too ^^
ㄴ Reposting~
ㄴ How the hell are you supposed to do that on the 5th floor, you damned Tower bitch
ㄴ To begin with, if you’re not a maid, you can’t even learn all of it lol
A martial prowess with no visible limit, one that could safely be called overpowered.
If she had shown this much strength on merely the 5th floor, just how much stronger would she become as she climbed?
The frightening part was that even now, Han Yuyeon had not once shown any sign of exhaustion, nor had she ever revealed her bottom line.
[Then from the next broadcast we’ll seriously see the 6th floor for the first time]
[I feel like Yuyeon-nim could just clear the 100th floor too]
How far could Han Yuyeon go?
From the 6th floor onward was an unknown realm that humanity had never seen.
Harsher trials would surely be waiting, but at this point, no one was worried about Han Yuyeon.
Then, a point that had to be addressed came up.
[Title: But does Hell difficulty have bases every 10 floors too?]
Author: ㅇㅇ
Up to Hard, there are bases every 10 floors, so you can return to Earth
Then what about Hell difficulty?
If she can return to Earth, then when Yuyeon-nim returns to Earth, does someone else get dragged into Hell difficulty?
- Oh, true?
- ? I still haven’t gotten an exemption ticket, am I fucked?
- At this pace, she’ll reach the 10th floor in no time
This was a serious issue.
If there were bases even in Hell difficulty, and if there was an option to return to Earth...
If Han Yuyeon chose to return to Earth, someone else could be dragged into Hell difficulty.
Right now, because Han Yuyeon was overwhelmingly strong, an unusual atmosphere of enjoyment had formed. But if someone else were dragged in, there was a high probability that only miserable and meaningless deaths would repeat once again.
At the sudden problem dropped before them, those who had not yet received Hell exemption tickets began to tremble.
- Can’t Yuyeon-nim just clear up to the 100th floor?
ㄴ Hard ended at the 100th floor, but there’s no guarantee Hell only goes up to 100 floors too
ㄴ Shameless bastard, Yuyeon-nim has already endured for humanity for 7 years, and you’re saying that?
ㄴ If Hell has no floor limit, are you going to ask her to endure there for the rest of her life?
Han Yuyeon had already sacrificed far too much for humanity.
A girl who had been only ten years old had endured inside the Tower for seven years and sacrificed herself.
How could they ask her to sacrifice even more?
Even if Han Yuyeon was strong, demanding sacrifice from her simply because she was strong was far too shameless.
A festive atmosphere and an anxious atmosphere began to circulate at the same time, and then a strange anomaly occurred.
[But why isn’t Yuyeon-nim’s broadcast starting...?]
An entire week.
Even though more than a week had passed since she cleared the 5th floor, Han Yuyeon’s 6th floor broadcast had not begun.
[Han Yuyeon, turn on the broadcast]
[Info: It’s not Han Yuyeon-nim turning on the broadcast, the Tower is broadcasting it]
[Don’t tell me broadcasts don’t work from the 6th floor onward or something?]
[It’s a place with no info at all, so she’s probably preparing thoroughly. Just shut up and wait]
Right. Wait. Han Yuyeon would need to prepare too.
But after another week passed, the forum users who had been waiting like that began to reach the limit of their patience.
Han Yuyeon’s broadcast, where she smashed through Hell difficulty, was far too stimulating, so even while going about their daily lives, humanity blankly waited for the broadcast.
[Apparently Yuyeon-nim has already cleared up to the 30th floor, bye~]
[My friend said he’d hold his breath until Yuyeon-nim’s broadcast came on, but he ended up dying]
[Just how much preparation is she doing for it not to come on?]
[Waaah... Yuyeon mommy... show us the 6th floor...]
As the forum users were growing darker by the day, what was Han Yuyeon doing?
“I’m gonna become a master of supplies, nyam.”
On the Rest Floor where starlight sparkled, she was focusing on cooking.
Nom nom nom.