I Became a 6★ Gacha Character

Chapter 574: Northern Alliance 4

The deep forest story had become so chaotic that even viewers who summarized Han Se-ah's broadcasts were left scratching their heads.

-Recent summary of Miss Han's broadcast.TXT

Made friends with beast-kin, got gate location tips, one day per floor

Picked up baby dragon on 65th floor, don't know if it's important?

Freeloaded sacred relics on 66th and 67th floors, broke through to 68th

Cat beast-kin on 66th floor walk around with bare chests

Cow beast-kin on 67th floor walk around with bare chests

Horse beast-kin also have dangling things out

Grace's eyes still sparkling

Irene mama ate 67th floor sacred relic, got barrier and physical enhancement buff

Judging by Teacher Roland's expression, he's following along brainlessly but seems to feel disconnect with the pace

-Is this supposed to be a summary, you fuck?

┗I couldn't cut it down any more than this

┗For real lol, what else could you remove? It's just facts

-Couldn't you just say beast-kin don't wear clothes? lol

┗Those are the three most important lines in this summary though?

┗Three lines? Is the dangling part important too? Are you gay...?

-For real, Teacher just stands there dazed and follows along lol

┗??? in my day we spent three months per floor

From Han Se-ah's perspective, she was unfairly criticized for having only one camera while all sorts of events were happening simultaneously. How chaotic must it be for the viewers?

"So this is the 68th floor. We're moving so fast I can't even appreciate the scenery."

"I'm grateful to the beast-kin for helping us advance quickly, but it's a bit hard to adjust."

Even Irene and Grace, who were direct beneficiaries of this free ride, smiled awkwardly.

No matter how OP our party might be, born as 6★ characters who'd never struggled in combat, gate exploration wasn't something you could accomplish through brute force. For our party, Tower exploration had essentially meant "guarding the tent while Grace did all the hard work."

But after the beast-kin appeared and found gates for us, it became "Grace doesn't have to do the hard work and we don't even need to guard a tent."

Especially for Irene, who for religious reasons had considered exploring the Tower and defeating the Demon Lord as a pilgrimage of hardship, she seemed to be wondering if this even qualified as hardship anymore. It was like going on a volunteer mission but ending up enjoying a buffet at a five-star hotel.

Compared to the days of spending 2-3 months to climb a single floor, not bathing and sleeping outdoors, this felt like receiving full service at a luxury hotel.

In this strangely uncomfortable situation of being uncomfortable because it was too comfortable, we arrived at the village on the 68th floor.

"This is the Thunder Bird village, warriors!"

"What's all this commotion!"

68th floor, Thunder Bird village. As hundreds of people—beast-kin, mages, and our party members—came rushing in, a woman with long horns on her head jumped out in surprise.

...Don't only male deer have horns?

Well, it's a fantasy world after all.

There were various beast-kin with horns ranging from those so tall they seemed uncomfortable to walk with, to those with tiny horns about a hand span high. Occasionally there were some with no horns at all, but they all had hooves instead of feet, suggesting this was a village of deer beast-kin.

If the 67th floor was populated by muscular cows and horses, the 68th floor was home to slender deer and gazelles. These beast-kin were better described as agile rather than powerful.

And since this was the Thunder Bird tribe, the deer woman who stepped forward as their representative and the warriors behind her all had blue lightning crackling from the horns on their heads. Makes sense—having climbed this high in the Tower, they should at least be able to use elemental magic.

"Hey! Hand over the sacred relic!"

"Are you insane, Stone Hoof! How dare you bring humans here!"

"...No, wait a moment. And you, just shut up for a bit."

The wolf beast-kin pushed aside the Stone Hoof tribe's champion, who had almost made the already complicated situation worse, and began conversing with the deer beast-kin.

The tongue truly is the source of disaster—he spoke in a way that invited misunderstanding. The deer beast-kin eyed the panting old mages with suspicion, sensitive to their mana. She probably thought the two tribes had joined forces with human mages to invade.

"...Whatever else happens, we definitely shouldn't let that bull beast-kin take the lead, right?"

"Urgh, if we reach the next village, I'll take the initiative."

Our companions clearly found this absurd too, chuckling as they watched the wolf beast-kin shove the bull beast-kin aside.

I mean, really, how could a high-ranking representative of an entire tribe open with "Hand over the sacred relic!" Even rookie bandits raiding a merchant caravan would be more polite than that.

Fortunately, both the deer and wolf beast-kin seemed accustomed to his crude manner and were able to resolve things through dialogue. The wolf beast-kin, who should now be called our commentator rather than our guide, began explaining everything step by step.

He told them about the humans from outside the forest, the invading orcs and stolen sacred relics, and the stories of the Goddess, the Tower, and the Demon Lord.

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If the World Tree tribe on the 66th floor was a village of guides, and the Stone Hoof tribe on the 67th floor was a village of tanks, then the Thunder Bird tribe on the 68th floor was closer to a village of mages.

More precisely, they were like an odd hybrid of mages, shamans, and martial artists.

"Hmm, it's hard to believe, but... since you have that helmet, I have no choice but to trust you."

"And the Lantern and Shield have also awakened in the hands of these humans."

Unlike the bull beast-kin who had immediately pounced on us wanting to prove himself through fisticuffs, these deer showed cool, logical thinking, carefully observing the sacred relic. That's more like how a village leader should behave.

The Invisibility Helmet sat quietly in the wolf beast-kin's hands, showing no reaction unlike the Crystal Shield, probably because it had been seized by orcs. The deer beast-kin, having calmed the lightning crackling from her horns, examined it thoroughly before finally believing our story.

Then without a moment's hesitation, she brought out the Lightning Spearhead.

'Isn't this progression too fast?'

With three sacred relics gathered, our story must be true. That seemed to be her thinking, as the sacred relic was presented before we'd even had a chance to settle down and rest in the village.

A simple spear about 2 meters long without any decoration. The shaft felt stronger than steel despite being made of wood, probably a branch from the World Tree, while the spearhead resembled a bird's talon—likely from the Thunder Bird itself.

On the surface, it looked like a "crude stone spear" you might craft from rocks and branches in a survival game. That is, if you ignored the vicious electrical current flowing through it before anyone had even touched it.

"Lightning? Roland, maybe?"

"No, why me?"

"You used lightning-attribute enhancement stones on your warhammer, right?"

"...That's just an enhancement stone. Wouldn't this suit Katie better?"

Its primitive appearance—a straight branch with something sharp tied to it with vines—combined with the ferocious blue current that threatened to electrocute anyone who dared touch it made it worthy of the term "divine object." Our companions huddled together, whispering about it.

The others thought the spear would attach to me since I'd used lightning-attribute enhancement stones, while I thought the opposite—that the lightning would strengthen Katie. In RPG games, the lightning attribute typically falls into two categories:

One is insane DPS with no holds barred.

The other is crowd control as potent as ice.

When discussing firepower in RPG games, the most representative elements are fire and lightning. Among the high-level attack spells Han Se-ah could learn, weren't fire and lightning the most powerful?

But conversely, lightning sometimes emphasizes crowd control effects. Just as ice attributes apply slowing and freezing effects, lightning attributes can apply paralysis and shock, making characters uncontrollable. So in my opinion, it would be better if Katie got the boost rather than me.

"Me with lightning? Why?"

"I'm in charge of defense, so if that lightning increases attack power, it would be better if you got stronger rather than me."

"De-defense... yeah, that's true."

If the Lightning Spearhead boosted attack power, Katie would become a well-rounded character with both crowd control and damage output. Approaching enemies would be slowed, and when slowing stacked to freezing, her lightning-infused aura would shatter them.

Conversely, if the Lightning Spearhead provided crowd control effects, Katie would become a nightmare for slow enemies despite having slightly lackluster attack power. The moment ice attributes applied slowing, lightning attributes would apply paralysis, potentially triggering both freezing and electric shock simultaneously. Imagine that.

As I was subtly trying to nudge Katie forward with these thoughts, I heard a voice:

-That power doesn't suit our family.

"Is, is that so, ancestor?"

Why are you killing our girl's spirit?

No, should I tell Grace to use lightning then? No matter how I thought about it, the Lightning Spearhead would be more efficient in the hands of my companions than in mine.

While I was still pondering this, the Lightning Spearhead suddenly rose from its place and flew toward me.

"No, wait!"

"Huh, what? I didn't touch this one either!"

As Han Se-ah's and my voices rang out, blue lightning enveloped my shield.

It's called a spearhead, so why is it going to my shield...?

Enjoy the chappy!