Episode 8

## Release Dates

This is the 8th episode of *The Advanced Player of the Tutorial Tower*. In this episode, Hyeonu Kim tells about some of the "urban legends" revolving around his time in the tower. Then, Hyeonu is met by recruiters from the Ares Guild, who coerce him into joining their guild.

## Character Appearances

* Hyeonu Kim
* Seoyeon Lee
* Sihyeon Kim
* Seokwan Han
* Byeongho Kang

## Synopsis

Hyeonu continues to illustrate the "urban legends" surrounding him such as the time he cleared the tower while dancing. He just wanted to see one could defeat boss while dancing hoping that it would emancipate him from the tower. Then, in a fit of rage, there was a time he busted through ten floors by simply jumping super high. Seokwan was amazed after hearing the stories from him and, combined with his exam performance, he realizes how strong he has gotten. Hyeonu say that he would try everything if he was stuck in there. He then remembers about his student and that they should be out of the tower by now. Seoyoen wonder who that is and Hyeonu says he doesn't remember which generation they're from but he explains that someone got left behind in the tower somewhere between floors 50 and 60.

In a flashback, Hyeonu stand above them atop a pillar, wearing a horned skull masked and a tattered cape. The person asked if the he's a monster. He asks if they want to surrvive and he would teach them. At that time, Hyeonu says that he was fixated on the idea of martial arts and took them under as a protegee. Seokwan was confused but Hyeonu explains that he thought that reaching enlightenment would allow him to leave the tower (like in comics and novels). He trained the protegee with exercise such as balancing stones while crossing a rickety bridge, lift stone weights, and break pillars with their fists. He felt bad for them since he could only teach them brute strength and he was acting like a jerk at the time. He felt kind glad that he wore a mask. Then he asks them about what has happened in the past 12 years.

After their lunch conversation, Hyeonu returns to his room and opens his status window. He notices that the "tutorial limit has been reached" message has vanished and his age no longer reads 36. He just plans to focus on making a decent amount of money and do as he pleases. Though, he still wonders why the "endless loop has been removed message still appears". Upon clicking it, a new message expand that congratulates him on successfully escaping the tower. The next paragraph asks him to defeat the required bosses in order to move up to the "next level". The dungeon objectives read the following bulletpoints: Adoron's Laboratory, Woodland Village, and Swamp in View. Hyeonu is confused by all this but then he hears a knock at the door asking for him. A management staff member of the building says that some recruiters from the Ares guild have appeared downstairs. He says he's not interested but the staff member states that he's been ordered to bring him even if he refuses. Hyeonu senses that they won't stop until he makes it clear to him, so he goes along with the stadd member to the first floor.

In a lounge on the first floor, Hyeonu is seated on a couch across from two men. He said that he made it clear about his disinterested over joining a guild. The first person introduces himself as Byeongho Kang, the human resources manager of the Ares Guild as he has him his card. He saks if can actually make progress as a hunter without joining the Ares Guild. He goes on saying that there would be no need to struggle once he becomes a member but Hyeonu interrupt him and asks if he came all this way at this hour just to threaten him. The other man standing in the back yells at him for his tone, but Byeongho tells him to calm down. He advises Hyeonu not to do anything foolish seeing he probably doesn't know anything about their guild. Hyeonu says that he knows that they are "a bunch of scum" that have claimed more than half of Korea's dungeons.

Back at his lunchtime conversation with his friend, they explain about dungeon admission tickets, which are needed to raid a dungeon. They say that about 66 percent of all dungeons in South Korea belong to the Ares Guild. Among then are A-rank dungeons, which are perfect for farming, and D-rank dungeons that beginners can use for training. Seoyeon says that the guild has a lot of foreign capital. Because of this, The Ares Guild forces beginners to either join their guild or purchase the expensive admission tickets. Back in the present, the other man punches the coffee table between them, leaving a grave dent in the table. Byeongho says that he shouldn't run his mouth just because their at the association's housing as the have members within the hunters associations. He tells him that will eventually have to choose.