Only My Skill Tooltip Is Strange

38 – 2nd Floor, Griffin Hunt.

They met Kim Min-seong and Lee Soo-jung.

It was purely by chance.

“Hy, hyung!”

Kim Min-seong approached as if reuniting with a long-lost family member.

Lee Soo-jung followed behind.

Two insignificant Earthlings.

They were the species and number needed for the team right now.

‘And reasonably trustworthy.’

The two would be disappointed if they heard this.

Well, what can you do.

“Did you register as a gladiator?”

“I did, but….”

Kim Min-seong hesitated, mumbling his words.

The hesitant attitude, unable to ask outright, was quite endearing.

‘Rather than those b*stards who think they’ll win for sure and try to snatch a single bean, it’s better to have those who, feeling like they’re about to die, ask if they can share half a bean.’

It’s not easy to jump straight into a match right after becoming a gladiator.

“Follow me.”

When I suggested it first, Kim Minseong and Lee Sujeong’s faces lit up brightly.

“Just the two of you?”

Scarlett nodded as if she expected it.

“Now that there are ten of us. I’ll go sign us up for the griffin hunt.”

Scarlett headed to the registration office.

After she left, Kim Minseong asked in a trembling voice.

“Th-the griffin?”

“Why? Is it strong?”

“It depends on the work, but it’s usually set to be strong. It can fly, after all.”

“It flies?”

“Yes. It feels like a quadrupedal eagle. The body is a lion, the head is an eagle.”

Based on Kim Minseong’s words, I pictured the griffin in my mind.

‘A monster.’

Giant Black Lager.

I’ve faced large black lions before.

A flying lion wasn’t all that unusual.

“Kerrk. What’s your name?”

Gorak approached and spoke.

Since we were now a team, it seemed he wanted to introduce himself.

Kim Minseong and Lee Sujeong were also players of the Tower of Struggle.

They had encountered various races on the first floor.

Seeing a goblin didn’t make them jump in surprise and roll around.

“Today’s match is at 1 o’clock. Be here at the colosseum 30 minutes before.”

Scarlett returned and briefly informed us of the schedule.

“You three. Do you have weapons?”

I took out a dagger from my inventory and showed it.

It was the golden dagger I received from Daimus.

‘A treasure with an attack power of over 40.’

Ordinary equipment is no match for the golden dagger.

“……”

Scarlett seemed speechless, astonished by the majesty of my golden dagger.

“And you?”

Kim Min-seong and Lee Soo-jung took out fairly decent weapons.

It seemed they got them from a random box.

“…What? Didn’t you just come up yesterday?”

“Yes, we came up yesterday.”

“Then why is your equipment so good?”

“Uh…”

The golden dagger wasn’t the only problem.

From Scarlett’s perspective, their weapons also seemed unusual.

‘Blinky’s dung is backflowing.’

They must have done it because they could handle it.

I don’t think it’s something I need to worry about.

“We just did what we were told.”

Kim Min-seong roughly explained what happened on the first floor.

Scarlett frowned.

“Damn. The administrators are really too much. That crazy dragon conducted such an absurd game?”

“Yes.”

“Ha…”

Scarlett wasn’t the only one sighing.

The rest of the team also grumbled in disappointment.

“Weren’t there any mini-games for the previous batch of players?”

“No, we were sent up right after resting for a week.”

Half of them died because of the mini-game.

But it wasn’t entirely a bad thing.

Those who survived the mini-game could climb the tower from a more advantageous position than the existing players.

“…This isn’t as bad as I thought.”

Scarlett, who had been glancing enviously at the Earthlings’ armed state, muttered as she sensed the potential.

“With this level of equipment, I don’t need to bring my own. Good. Then later….”

Scarlett was about to adjourn the meeting.

At that moment, I interrupted her.

“Wait.”

“Why? Do you have a question?”

Scarlett’s face turned slightly red.

‘…No way.’

I sensed a strange change but didn’t bother to ask.

I had something else to say.

“Do you have any spare money?”

“…….”

* * *

“We need to eat.”

I received money from Scarlett.

Promising to repay her after winning the prize money from the match, I took 10 Nero Cooper.

“Th-thank you.”

Kim Min-sung and Lee Soo-jung.

I guessed neither of them had eaten.

I took them to a nearby restaurant.

As expected.

They devoured the bread without even glancing at me.

Even the orc Grash wouldn’t eat so crudely.

“…You only missed one day of meals. Why are you eating so fast?”

“I couldn’t sleep properly. Maybe that’s why, I was so hungry.”

No Earthling can earn money from the first day.

Homelessness is natural.

‘Did they have trouble sleeping?’

As tired as I am, I get hungrier.

Even on the first floor, I never experienced hunger, so this unfamiliar hunger felt more vivid.

“I’m glad I got to meet you like this. Truly lucky.”

“…Lucky. How much did you raise it?”

“14. I gritted my teeth and allocated all the bonus stats to luck.”

The equipment obtained from the mini-game and the points earned from the tournament.

Combining the two, a fairly decent player is born.

Even as an Earthling, I wasn’t immediately outmatched by beings from other dimensions.

“So, hyung. What’s the plan?”

“Plan?”

“Yes. You always have a plan.”

Kim Min-seong looks at me with sparkling eyes.

Lee Soo-jung glared at Kim Min-seong and frowned.

“A plan….”

To be honest, I have no idea.

‘It’s like picking up a coin that fell in front of me. Why would I need a plan for that?’

But Kim Min-seong’s gaze was strange.

He seemed to be expecting something, which made me feel quite burdened.

“In novels like this, there are usually hidden pieces, right? We should look for them, hyung.”

“Hidden pieces?”

“Hidden equipment, skills, artifacts. Things like that. Of course, we’ll find them, right?”

Kim Min-seong’s tone was strange.

‘…Why is this guy talking as if he left the hidden pieces with me?’

There was something akin to conviction firmly embedded in his voice.

Not that it was unpleasant.

It was just that his reaction, full of anticipation, was a bit unsettling.

‘Does he really think I’m a regressor?’

It’s a misunderstanding that makes my head spin.

Compared to this, Daimus thinking I’m a dragon feels like a fairy tale.

“…We have to find them.”

I know nothing.

I am just a new player summoned to the tower a week ago.

Hidden piece?

There’s no way I can find it.

Zero possibility.

“…You.”

So, I use the misunderstanding to my advantage.

‘Just like that guy.’

Why were Kim Min-seong and the Latin guy I killed yesterday so happy to know that I am a regressor?

A regressor who used to kill people left and right doesn’t kill me?

Am I useful in the future?

They delude themselves and fantasize.

They think they are chosen.

“Me, me?”

“Yes. You have to find it.”

“……”

Kim Min-seong is momentarily flustered.

Then he quickly changes his expression.

A smirk spreads across his face.

“I’m the one who finds it? The hidden piece on the second floor.”

What is he talking about?

“……”

I nodded seriously with a rough gesture.

I didn’t want to crush Kim Min-seong’s enthusiasm.

“Let’s go. To catch the griffin.”

* * *

The Colosseum is a multidimensional space.

On the outside, it looks like a single Colosseum, but inside, multiple spaces overlap.

That’s why many matches can be held simultaneously.

‘Though the popular matches are predetermined.’

The audience craves bloodshed.

They want the other players to end up just like them.

Either die and be eliminated or become the emperor’s slave.

A match where points are at stake.

Or, a match where the player can no longer use the elimination prevention option.

Especially popular were the matches of players who had only one elimination prevention option left.

Because if they die one more time, they won’t be able to enjoy the benefits of the elimination prevention option anymore.

“There’s a match this time, senpai.”

“……”

Lunchtime.

As Daimus skimmed through the application list, the manager of the second colosseum, Orc Agar, approached him.

“Don’t look down on me.”

“There’s nothing I can do about it since senpai is short.”

Agar slyly dismissed Daimus’s complaint.

“Are you going to host this time, senpai? There’s a dwarf in that team.”

Preferably, players of the same race shouldn’t die.

A common thought among most ascendants.

You never know.

There might be immense potential hidden within that guy.

‘Litol…’

Daimus shook his head.

Putting in a monster in bad condition, subtly saving them from crises.

That can only be done a few times.

‘I can’t look after them anymore.’

The causality obtained from human entertainment wasn’t infinite.

Considering the others taking away from it, the causality allowed to Daimus was close to dust.

“…There’s an orc too, isn’t there? Don’t you care about him?”

“Orcs are different from dwarves.”

There are many orcs.

The weight of one dwarf and one orc was different.

“If you ask, I might help you.”

Agar whispered in a nasal voice.

Temptation.

The temptation of a female orc…!

Daimus suppressed the goosebumps rising all over his body and pushed Agar away.

“Enough. Her fate ends here.”

The life of a fellow tribesman and his own purity.

Daimus valued his purity more.

“Well, I can be satisfied with a small senior.”

“……”

Ignoring Agar’s regretful gaze, Daimus checked the new member of the Scarlet team.

“……”

[Oruin]

What were you thinking, joining this party?