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Reaching the 60th Floor
Upon reaching the 60th floor, everyone froze. The condition
was that the challenge could only be undertaken in a 20-
person raid.
"Huh?"
"20 people? Does that mean we have to wait for the next
wave of examinees to arrive?"
"This is bad!"
"What's wrong, Leon?"
"We're on the 60th floor now, right? If these conditions
continue, the boss on the 90th floor will only be accessible
with a 50-person raid."
"That's impossible!"
"Exactly why it's bad. We might run out of time!"
"What should we do?"
"We can manage 20 people, but when it gets to 40 or 50, we'll
have to gather those who've given up on climbing this far.
And since 50 is the maximum raid size, anyone beyond that will be left out..."
Damn it, these are the worst rules!
We can't go back to gather people, so we either wait or retire
and start from the first floor. If we retire five times, we're
disqualified.
Besides, if the boss is defeated while we're gone, our chance
to clear it might vanish.
No one's foolish enough to return to the first floor with that risk...
But if we don't go back, we can't gather people... a dilemma.
What to do...
We gathered all ten of us.
"From here on, I'll speak frankly, so listen carefully..."
Everyone looked serious.
Leon began explaining what he had figured out so far.
"To clear the 90th floor with 50 people, including us ten, we'll
need two 40-person raids (80 people) on the 80th floor.
Furthermore, we'll need three 30-person raids (90 people) on
the 70th floor. And five 20-person raids (100 people) on the 60th floor..."
"Moreover, we'll have to cut ten people at each ascending
floor... on the 90th floor, we'll have to cut 30 people."
"We need to gather almost all the examinees up to the 60th floor. Waiting for others to climb up will take too much time.
So, we need to split into two groups of five: one to gather
nearly 80 examinees on the upper floors, and the other to
bring the remaining examinees up to the 60th floor and
beyond."
"Finally, to challenge the 100th floor with these ten, we need
to leave at least ten days... I think the final boss will be a solo
challenge..."
"Most likely, the 100th floor will be a duel until only ten out of
50 remain."
Everyone listened intently.
"That makes our unity absolutely crucial. Betrayal is
unacceptable!"
"Now, I want to hear everyone's opinions."
"To begin with, this plan is based on Leon's predictions,
which might be wrong, and we might be able to ascend with
regular 10-person raids."
"That possibility can't be denied, but the person who created
this test seems quite malicious, so I think Leon's predictions
are accurate," Harbel interjected.
"Indeed!"
Alexia agreed.
"We understand the plan, but the problem is who will declare retirement?"
"Exactly!"
"I'll go!"
"Well, I expected that. I'll go too. I'd prefer to act in a five-
person party!"
"Of course, we'll go too."
"Yeah."
"Who's the last one..."
"O-of course, I'm going too..."
Tact reluctantly agreed.
"Here's a request: I want you to give us all the prize money
and SR or higher items..."
"What? Mine too?"
"Of course!"
"I don't care about money, so I'll give it to you, but what will you use it for?"
"We need to bring almost everyone who's lagging behind in
the lower floors, and we'll need to negotiate as we cut ten
people at each floor!"
"In that case, I understand!"
"Me too."
"Understood."
"Damn it, fine, I'll give it, just give it!"
Tact reluctantly provided his share.
"The remaining upper party will have a tough time too. With a
large group, there will be those who don't listen, and you'll
have to manage them and the order of ascension.
Roughly calculated, even with smooth management, it will
take at least five days to reach the 90th floor, so you need to
manage within ten days, or none of us ten will be able to
challenge the 100th floor."
"I see!"
"Alexia, take charge! Garcia and the others, handle those who
don't listen..."
"Leave it to me!"
Alexia patted her chest.
Leon checked the current floor status of other examinees on
his phone.
Currently, about half seem capable of climbing this far on
their own, and the other half are mostly in safe zones.
Only five have completely retired, so we need to bring almost
everyone.
The 10-person raid on the 50th floor alone will likely take four to five days...
"Everyone! Are you ready?"
Leon looked around.
Everyone had expressions that showed they knew what to do.
"Alright, retire!"
"Retire!"
"Retire!"
"Retire!"
Tact was the last one left.
Garcia glared at him sharply.
"I know, retire!"
The five were teleported to the dungeon entrance.
