Skills with no cooldown? I become the Undead Scourge! - Chapter 102

Twelve minutes later.

Endless Tower Global Rankings.

The Necromancer was still in first place, but the display refreshed once again.

Because the Necromancer’s cleared floor had changed to the 65th!

Meanwhile, Nanami was still at the record of the 63rd floor, toiling away on her attempt at the 64th!
That was already a two-floor gap!

This drew the attention of all Awakened across the globe.

The Necromancer had broken their previous pattern of clearing one floor in the morning and one at night, and was now charging through floors continuously!

Moreover, they cleared the 64th floor in ten minutes, and the 65th floor in twelve!

Overwhelmingly suppressing Nanami, who was in second place, by two whole floors!
Within Longxia.

In all the major city’s dungeon halls, Longxia’s Awakened were as if pumped full of adrenaline.

“Holy crap, this is insane, the 65th floor already!”
“Yu Qingcang is only at the 59th!”
“My god, he’s still not even level 53! You still can’t see him on the level rankings!”
“Who knows what level he actually is?”
“Who cares what level! This big shot is from our Longxia! Let those scumbags from Sakura go eat sh*t!”
“Wonder if the Necromancer big shot will keep going?”

…

On the other side.

In Sakura’s various dungeon halls, a cloud of gloom had settled once again.

Suppressed by two floors, with such short clear times… Nanami couldn’t catch up even if she rode a horse!

Originally, they thought Nanami and that Necromancer were evenly matched, even feeling Nanami was slightly more dominant.

But now it seemed.

The gap between the two was like an unbridgeable chasm!

The worst part was, Nanami was Sakura’s number one Onmyoji!
While the other was just a regular-class Necromancer under level 53!
This massive disparity in class and apparent level was the most insulting part.

A Necromancer under level 53, suppressing Sakura’s top Onmyoji!
“Damn it, how is this even possible!”
“This person is definitely suspicious. I suggest a strict investigation!”
“Investigate what? Global Datafication is the will of the world, humans can’t interfere!”
“Nanami is still on the 64th floor, who knows if she can even clear it, this…”
“Sigh, it’s hopeless. Can’t win means can’t win.”

…

Another eight minutes passed.

Suddenly.

The ranking board refreshed again.

But this time, it wasn’t the Necromancer’s floor count that changed.

It was Nanami’s!
Nanami’s floor count changed to the 64th!

And the time… was almost exactly thirty minutes. Nanami had cleared it right at the time limit!
Sakura’s Awakened watched this scene without much emotional fluctuation.

Clearing the 64th floor at the absolute limit in half an hour, compared to the Necromancer big shot clearing it in ten minutes… the gap was just too vast!

At that moment.

Nanami also emerged from the dungeon.

Her face wore an expression of excited frenzy, laughing wildly with exhilaration.

“Cleared it in one try, cleared it in one try, haha… Let’s see what that Necromancer has to compete with me now! Hahaha…”

She seemed almost delirious with excitement.

Unfortunately…

After Nanami finished shouting, she sensed the atmosphere around her was a bit off.

She had cleared the 64th floor, so why were there no cheers or applause?
No one was even there to flatter her.

The mood in the entire dungeon hall felt somewhat oppressive.

What’s going on?

Nanami was confused. Did she fail to get that last bit of the Boss’s HP before time ran out?

Just then.

A maidservant, her face grim, spoke up: “Master, although you cleared the 64th floor… that Necromancer, he… he…”

The maidservant didn’t know how to say it, the words just wouldn’t come out.

Nanami frowned.

Gritting her teeth, she said: “Dammit, did he clear the 64th floor too?”

That would be terrible!
If that Necromancer also cleared the 64th floor, his time was definitely shorter than hers. She cleared at the absolute limit, having maximized her technique, even sacrificing several dodges to squeeze in more damage!
It was extremely tight!
If the other cleared it too, his clear time was most likely faster than hers.

She couldn’t understand.

Just a Necromancer… what gives him the right!
She turned to look at the Endless Tower Global Ranking board.

Sure enough!

That Necromancer was still first!

“Dammit, he really cleared it, he cleared the 64th too…”

Before she could finish.

Nanami suddenly froze, her eyes wide as she stared, afraid she was seeing things.

On the ranking board, that Necromancer’s floor count… was actually the 65th!

Not the 64th!
Nanami even wondered if she misremembered the floor number, but she just cleared it, and her refreshed count was indeed the 64th.

That meant.

During the half hour she was inside the 64th floor, that Necromancer cleared two floors!

He cleared the 64th and the 65th!
“What on earth is going on?” Nanami was dumbfounded, turning to ask.

She looked somewhat disheartened.

“Ten minutes after you entered the 64th floor, that Necromancer cleared the 64th,” the maidservant said cautiously.

“Ten minutes! He cleared the 64th in ten minutes? Huh? Are you joking with me?” Nanami instinctively retorted.

She had toiled so hard, even risked sacrificing several dodges, tanking hits to deal damage, finally clearing the 64th at the absolute limit.

And the result?

That Necromancer cleared it in ten minutes?
“It’s true,” the maidservant was almost in tears.

Thinking to herself.

I wouldn’t joke about this, the rankings don’t lie!

“Then… what about after?” Knowing there was no faking this, Nanami asked urgently.

“Then, about twelve minutes later, that Necromancer cleared the 65th floor…” The maidservant’s voice grew smaller and smaller.

Nanami glanced back at the ranking board.

That’s right, the Necromancer’s floor count was indeed the 65th!
She impulsively almost charged in to continue her run immediately.

But she stopped in her tracks.

This attempt at the 64th floor was extremely tight. She had used every trick up her sleeve!
Furthermore.

Four pieces of her equipment had been damaged in the process!
Without repairs, going in would be suicide!

Most crucially, even with her equipment intact, if she went in, she couldn’t beat the 65th floor!

Even if she barely managed to clear it, time-wise, she could never beat the Necromancer’s twelve-minute clear. The gap was just too huge!
At this moment.

Nanami seemed to lose all her strength, standing dejectedly in place.

The odd looks from the surrounding Awakened fixed on her, the absence of flattery… this awkward atmosphere made her skin crawl, as if being sliced by a thousand blades!

She refused to accept this!

“Help me repair my equipment. Fastest speed possible!” Nanami forced herself to rally, gritting her teeth as she ordered the maidservant.

The maidservant was stunned, her face changing dramatically.

If she continued charging floors now, wouldn’t that be seeking death?
But before she could open her mouth to dissuade her.

Suddenly.

Right before everyone’s eyes, the Endless Tower Global Ranking board refreshed once more!
The Necromancer dominated the first place, and the floor record changed to the 66th!
Nanami, of course, saw this too, and this final development completely erased the last sliver of hope she had been clinging to!