Chapter 3: Chapter 3

The healing potion had a somewhat viscous consistency, fortunately.

As I applied it to my wounds, it seeped in and dissolved into my skin.

The wounds didn’t fully heal, but at least the bleeding had stopped.

I carefully stripped the leather clothing off the dead citizen.

It felt gross, but walking around in my half-tattered clothes was even worse.

I grabbed the phone again—the gallery device.

I was about to tap on the Transcendent Gallery app when another icon below it caught my eye.

A lens-shaped icon, just like a camera app back in the modern world.

And sure enough, it was an actual camera.

"There’s no lens on the front, though."

It seemed to function differently from a regular smartphone.

But right now, I had something to take a picture of.

I had to let them know I almost died.

I pointed the camera at the massive ant with three human heads and took a picture.

There was no shutter sound, thankfully.

Seems like it’s set to silent mode by default.

If I ever run into something weird again, I could snap a photo from a distance and ask the Transcendent Gallery people about it.

[Transcendent Gallery]

Before posting, I noticed a flood of new threads.

- This guy suddenly stopped posting and replying. It’s been ten minutes already. No way...

It was blatantly obvious that all attention was on me right now.

Of course, most of them probably saw me like that.

Some curiosity to kill time.

I exited the thread and posted my own.

I attached the photo I just took.

- This bastard nearly killed me.

Attachment: 348593408.jpg

[A photo of a giant ant with three human heads lying lifelessly on the ground.]

So it’s not Easy Mode.

All the Normal Mode guys are saying their versions were smaller—

Why are you always the one implying I’m in Hard Mode?

That was nice, but...

Would I even understand what they were trying to teach me?

Before the Antsranthrope showed up, I had a question I wanted to ask.

So they all just died.

A fundamental question popped into my head.

Well, I can’t say for certain, but I believe...

Even if everyone died, those summoned to Pandemonium had at least some chance of clearing it.A tower where even the most qualified people still couldn’t survive.

The thought alone disgusted me.

Like Admin and Sword of Light said—

I had to clear the first floor first and confirm my difficulty level.

For now, I needed to squeeze as much information as I could before moving forward.

Title: Do all tower floors just involve fighting monsters?

- The first floor seems like that so far.

If you get too emotional, you lose judgment and die!

So "pointy-ears" was a slur for elves.

Nobody seemed to defend them, either.

Maybe they really had a bad rep.

Anyway. Quest floors, huh?

I wouldn’t really get it until I experienced one myself.

I’d deal with it when I got to the second floor.

Title: Did anyone else fight an Antsranthrope on the first floor?

- I still don’t know what difficulty I’m in. Just list what monsters you guys faced on your first floors.

Also, share any other info you have.

A flood of replies came in.

[Summary of Gathered Info]

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The first one was pure luck, but still.

Maybe I should think more positively.

Then came the problematic part.

For a second, I almost thought this sounded manageable.

But Pioneer’s short comment brought me right back.

One mistake and I die.

Sword of Light’s advice was solid.

I memorized everything.

Title: Cleared the first floor.

- See you on the other side.

I’d check the comments after I got back.

I closed the gallery and secured the device tightly to my waist.

I chewed on the rations from the dead citizen’s pouch.

Walnuts, peanuts, some jerky.

And I have zero intentions of dying in this insane place.