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Chapter 51 - Choosing the Infiltration Route for Nemesis Tower

Night in the magical nation of Nemesis Gear concealed both the stars and the moon. Only the pale blue magical light emitted from the tower's peak illuminated the world.

Soaring in its center was a giant tower of black iron. The steel tower, Nemesis Tower.

Its form, as if piercing the heavens, seemed to anchor the lightning of the gods to this very land.

◆ Nemesis Tower, Floor Structure

Floors 1-10, Security Checkpoint Zone. Autonomous security weapons and biometric authentication gates are permanently installed. No entry for the general public.

Floors 11-30, Magic Research Floors. Magic technology research labs, tactical development department, forging furnace area, and so on. Magical reactor cores are installed on each floor, supplying energy to the upper levels.

Floors 31-50, Military Computation Core. Armored unit deployment management, computation core, and unmanned tactical soldier storage area. Protected by strict information blackouts and a three-dimensional labyrinth structure.

Floors 51-70, Combat Force Storage Area. Sealing zone for reincarnated weapons and magical relics from the old world. An area that could be called a death trap, lined with organic metals and cursed weapons.

Floors 71-98, High Executive Floors. Engine rooms, audience halls, and personal research labs directly under Magic-Armored General Crow.

Floor 99, Throne Level, Core Ark. The central seat of control where Crow resides. The space itself is controlled by the "will of the reincarnator," where even information alteration can occur.

To this Nemesis Tower, sometimes derided as a floating tower.

Hero Ares,
Dark Elf Tiris,
Lightning Mage Bolt,
Thief Gilliam,

The Hero's party was about to challenge it.

"Going in through the front is something only an idiot would do."

Ares folded his arms and muttered while looking up at a projected three-dimensional diagram of the tower.

"We have three options, yes we do."

The thief Gilliam held up his fingers and explained.

Route ① Underground Exhaust Duct Route (Infiltrate from the lower levels).
Pass through sewage and poison gas to sneak up to the 10th floor. Numerous traps involving contaminated magic insects and gas filters.

Route ② Loading Rail Route (Enter from the middle levels).
Pass through a smuggling route along with magic equipment. Detection prevention magic is essential. Combat is unavoidable along the way.

Route ③ Floating Lift Route (Via the air).
Take control of an aerial supply lift for a forced transport up to the 70th floor. An all or nothing gamble. Failure to control it means a fatal fall. A breakthrough using military-grade code interference and lightning magic is required.

"They're all death traps, yes they are," Gilliam shrugged.

"The floating lift has a low probability, but it can get us close to Crow's floor in one shot," Bolt said in a low voice. In his eyes, there was no image of death by failure. He was a man who always aimed for the shortest path.

"Yeah, that's right. If we're gonna risk our lives anyway, the shortest path is best," Ares said with a growl.

"I'm gonna take the three of us to investigate the tower and figure out the floating lift's position," he said to Tiris, and then Ares and the others disappeared into the city's darkness.

Meanwhile.

On the 99th floor of Nemesis Tower, in the Core Ark.

A man sitting on a steel throne laughed quietly.

Magic-Armored General Crow Sakakibara. A reincarnator who was once ranked 5th in the world in e-sports and was chosen for the Japanese national team. A mad ruler who reconstructs even the physical laws of this world with code and magic.

"Hero Ares. As I thought, you would choose 'that one'."

An image of the floating lift appeared. On it were the numerous magic traps that would deploy simultaneously upon activation.

"He's probably already realized that a dual key of lightning and interference is necessary... but."

"That much is part of my 'guidance'. Now, dance in the hell of code analysis."

His finger traced the "tower's structural diagram" floating in space. The tower was alive. It was a magic formula with a will of its own. The more Hero Ares and his party moved, the deeper they were lured into Crow's trap.