Gi-Gyu no longer had any excuses to procrastinate taking the 30th-floor test. Suk-Woo’s problem was for Suk-Woo to deal with, the public had lost much of its interest in the masked ranker by now, and no one from the Smurf Guild could come after Gi-Gyu now. So, now was the perfect time.

With his new Egos, Gi-Gyu was ready to take the 30th-floor test.

“Haa…” Gi-Gyu exhaled deeply. Ever since he decided to take the test, he had been feeling an overwhelming sense of anxiety. It was growing with each passing day, so he had been unconsciously delaying taking the test until now. 

-Don’t be so nervous!

Brunheart exclaimed with his usual cheerfulness.

-I’m sure you’ll be all right, Master.

El reassured Gi-Gyu.

‘Why am I so nervous?’

This emotional state was alien to him. The ominous feeling told him that taking this test would mean losing something. However, one of Gi-Gyu’s goals was to ascend the Tower. He had to pass this test to continue climbing the Tower: It was that simple. So, he couldn’t halt his progress based on a vaguely ominous feeling. He wished aloud, “I hope the 30th-floor test is the same as all the other tests.”

For some unknown reason, the difficulty levels of all the tests he took till now were...