Leveling with the Gods
chapter-558

C34

The first player who mentioned his Name was the Tutorial Administrator.

"A guy named ■■■ has entered."

He didn't remember the Name well. Instead, he only recalled the news that a formidable guy had arrived.

The Tutorial Administrator was the Administrator of the lowest layer, but his power was the greatest among the Administrators.

He was in charge of selecting Players from the inhabitants of various worlds and dimensions.

It was the first time since Son OhGong that he mentioned a Player from the lower layer.

"Why? Is he an important guy?"

"It's said that the son of Zeus has participated this time. What is that guy doing?"

At that moment, the Administrators' attention focused on Hargan.

The lineage of Zeus inherited the Lightning. Although he became a Player belatedly, his ability was already at a considerable level before starting the Tutorial.

Perhaps he would become a formidable spear that would replace them and fight against the Outers in the shortest time possible.

However.

"That guy is the second one."

The result was completely unexpected for the Administrators.

"A guy from an insignificant world called 'Earth' surpassed Hargan and passed through."

"Is that possible? A guy who isn't even of Pure Blood?"

"Certainly... it's the first time since The Great Sage, Heaven's Equal."

The surprise didn't end there.

"The Chimera Creator died at the hands of that guy."

The Tutorial Administrator who said that muttered that it was a nuisance but also smiled.

"Thanks to that, we have to rewrite the end of the Tutorial from scratch."

Player ■■■ has broken all records in the Tutorial to date.

He even defeated the Chimera Creator and completely changed the ecosystem of the Tutorial.

It was an anomaly and a radical change.

The change began to make waves from ■■■.

The First Floor Administrator was even more shocked.

"That guy fought against an Olympus Ranker and drew."

It was absurd.

Even if the battle took place on the First Floor, drawing with a Ranker was unheard of.

The Great Sage, Heaven's Equal had fought against the Chimera Creator on the 50th floor and won, but that was after he had adapted quite a bit to the Tower.

However, a newcomer who had just passed the Tutorial drew with an Olympus Ranker.

"If it's him, it might be possible."

Hastur thought after hearing the news. The battle against the Outer Gods, which was considered impossible to win.

He wondered if that guy could defeat Yog-Sothoth and Shub-Niggurath.

However....

'■■■... What was it?'

He had forgotten it for a while.

■■■.

A Name composed of only three characters.

Fwoosh-.

Hastur thought slowly as he burned in flames.

'Kim YuWon.'

The forgotten Name came to his mind, and memories related to it passed like a movie.

'Why did I forget it?'

He fought against Foolish Chaos. As if he came from the future, he avoided Ragnarok and Gigantomachy.

Foolish Chaos's plans were thwarted one after another.

Then he avoided the first invasion of Shub-Niggurath and eliminated her along with Odin.

He gained the Name of Shub-Niggurath.

He took the power and the name of N'yog-Sothep, Nyarlathotep, and Yog-Sothoth.

And finally, he took the power and the Name of Azathoth.

Hwa-rar!

Hastur's cloak turned into ashes and swirled.

In his gradually clouding sight, he saw YuWon's face looking down at the cloak in flames.

[...I thought you had disappeared.]

In the last moment.

The Name, which had disappeared along with Azathoth's, came to his mind, and Hastur murmured as if lamenting.

[We had forgotten you.]

The throne shattered.

The Impious King who blasphemed and loved the world from above no longer existed in this world.

To not forget Azathoth's Name, they had spent a long time engraving it in their heads.

However...

Precisely another person.

They had forgotten the name of someone they shouldn't forget.

[Kim... Yu...]

Hastur thought as the last remaining heads turned into ashes and flew away.

If they couldn't think of the variable Kim YuWon.

They might lose this war.

Craack~

YuWon stepped on the ashes scattered on the ground and extinguished the flames.

"The ones below are four with this... no, five, including the one on the first floor?"

Somehow, the Great Celestial War turned into bait that attracted many Administrators.

Five out of a hundred.

It wasn't a large number, but not all Administrators would act the same way.

That was evident in how he immediately warned Zeus.

Undoubtedly, some of the Administrators opposed the idea of expelling Guilds and Players.

'This should be enough for those guys to hide for a while.'

They had lost four comrades in an instant.

Now that even the 95th Floor Administrator was injured, cautious types wouldn't move recklessly.

So...

'Judging by how they targeted this tournament, we must assume that the groundwork has already begun.'

He couldn't waste time.

Thinking about what he had to do next, YuWon remembered a game he used to play on 'Earth' a long time ago.

"This is what they called a mafia game."

Chi-ik.

YuWon stomped once again on the ashes that had been Hastur and extinguished the flames.

Frrr, frr~

The flames gradually went out.

Next to him were Son OhGong with a disgusted expression and Pandora bandaging her wounds.

And beyond that...

"..."

There were people in silence looking at YuWon with eyes of surprise. The eyes of those people were fixed on the black ashes that YuWon was stepping on.

One wouldn't have to be foolish to know that the ashes were Hastur, who had recently disappeared with YuWon in the flames.

He had disappeared along with two Administrators and returned alive, and in an instant turned another Administrator into ashes with a giant flame.

'What is that guy... what the hell?'

Hargan, wordless, muttered lowly, unable to even laugh.

At first, he only thought of him as a nameless Ranker, or maybe a high-ranking Player who hadn't received a Ranking yet.

The true identity hidden within him was a monster of unimaginable proportions.

¡Zhuang-!

Clang~

Taishang Laojun, with the palm of his hand cut by the spear wielded by Asura, broke into a cold sweat.

He couldn't comprehend the current situation at all.

'Why am I being pushed back? Why?'

At first, he thought he could easily defeat this brat, even if it was only one round.

A guy who was in the three-digit Ranking even before he entered seclusion.

Moreover, he thought, what could a guy who has lost two of his three heads do?

And that thought didn't change even after they exchanged the first blow.

'I definitely had the advantage at the beginning.'

Out of every ten exchanges, three blows landed on Asura's body.

Each time, Asura staggered to regain balance and wielded his spear again.

He had great endurance. However, without the power of immortality like The Great Sage, Heaven's Equal, he was nothing more than a tree that would eventually fall.

Thinking that, Taishang Laojun threw himself into the battle.

But...

'Why?'

Zhuang-!

Once again, Taishang Laojun's palm sank into Asura's abdomen.

Gasp~

Despite staggering as if he would fall at any moment, Asura swung his spear.

Taishang Laojun's clothes tore.

The spear's tip deeply cut into his shoulder blade, and blood spurted upward.

'Why, why, why, why?!'

Taishang Laojun finally shouted as he saw Asura lunging at him like an undead that wouldn't die.

"Why won't you fall?!"

His hand struck Asura's chest.

Zhuang-!

The energy that shot through his palm shook Asura's body from the inside.

Asura's body shook violently.

Seeing Asura's eyes turning white in an instant, Taishang Laojun felt relieved, thinking that it was finally over.

And in that very moment...

Slash~

Asura, who staggered as if he would fall, exerted force again on the hand that held the spear.

"Why don't you beg me to lose?"

Impact sound~

"......"

The spear's shaft wielded by Asura hit Taishang Laojun's waist forcefully.

Taishang Laojun clenched his teeth to endure the impact.

If he could withstand this single blow, then it would be his turn to counterattack.

Or so it should have been.

Buzz, buzz~

The sword and the vajra aimed at Taishang Laojun's head and chest.

He had forgotten.

That Asura didn't have a single hand.

Flesh and bone tearing sound

The sword and the vajra penetrated, tearing flesh and bone.

Taishang Laojun's eyes widened with terror.

Strength left his body as the sword pierced his throat and the vajra tore through his ribs.

"Have you been... creating... openings... all this time...?"

Asura, who had been handling six arms and three heads, had been freely using one of them as a weapon to fight against Taishang Laojun with just a spear from some point.

Had he run out of Arcane Power, or was there a limit to the skill's duration?

At some point, Taishang Laojun stopped worrying about the four nonexistent arms and focused solely on the spear.

But...

"It seems like your real combat experience is quite poor after being in seclusion for so long."

That was exactly what Asura had been waiting for.

Complacency, that was Taishang Laojun's downfall, and what the cunning Asura had been seeking.

Whistle~

The sword that pierced his throat smoothly retracted.

Taishang Laojun's eyes dimmed.

Asura reached out for Taishang Laojun's head, whose life force was quickly fading.

Pukaak-!

His head exploded like a squashed fruit in no time.

In a short while, Taishang Laojun's body staggered backward and fell.

"I thought this guy was the strongest...."

Asura murmured regretfully while looking at his blood-stained palms.

"I was wrong."

Asura thought he would rather fight Taishang Laojun than the three mediocre Administrators.

He even judged that Taishang Laojun would only be more dangerous than the three Administrators if both possessed the same type of mana.

But, what happened?

Perhaps due to the time spent absorbing and getting accustomed to the Administrator's mana, Taishang Laojun had become a brute with only brute force.

"The real..."

Cutting sound~

Asura, now wielding two swords instead of the long spear, kicked the ground and stepped on air.

Whoosh~

"It's here."

The direction of his charge was the edge of the arena where the battle had ended.

It was exactly where the Administrator turned into ashes, and YuWon stood over him.

Shuaaaak-!

The first strike was simply a threat.

Asura, whose body was still warm from the disappointing battle, had no intention of ending the fight with a surprise attack like this.

So, just a little.

He intended to inflict a small wound to instill a sense of crisis.

"Are you still wandering?"

"…!"

YuWon's and Asura's eyes met as he turned his head.

In the instant Asura was surprised and hesitated...

YuWon's outstretched hand grabbed Asura's head and slammed it against the arena floor.

Kwaang-!