Leveling with the Gods

Side Story 97

Kyaaak-.

The power flowing through her hands was extraordinary.

It seemed like YuWon's clothes would break at any moment.

The hands gripping YuWon's shirt collar were trembling.

Pandora looked very tense.

"As expected, where are you going again?"

"Don't try to carry everything on your own. It's not necessary."

Son OhGong jumped for joy, as if he had been expecting it.

And Hercules, while patting YuWon's shoulder, shook his head.

"...What?"

YuWon looked at each of them with a bewildered expression.

"Why are you all so exaggerated?"

Swoosh-.

He grabbed Pandora's hand that was holding his shirt collar. Her hands were still trembling.

"Where am I going? What have you all been eating?"

In response to YuWon's question, who seemed perplexed, the three made a bewildered expression.

"Weren't you going to disappear like before?"

"A moment ago, you seemed about to go somewhere."

"I like looking at the sky."

In response to YuWon's answer, Hercules looked at Pandora.

To the question of whether it was true, Pandora nodded.

"Yes."

"...But why are you so exaggerated?"

"I'm just worried."

"Sigh-"

"What's wrong. Me too."

In response to Pandora's answer, the two seemed completely relieved.

YuWon responded without hesitation.

Pandora also had a considerably relieved expression.

"You all have good instincts."

Of course.

It's not like they were completely wrong.

"Since I decided to bring you, it's not like I haven't thought about it."

YuWon placed Danpung, who was lying on his head, back on Pandora's head.

Normally, the little one preferred Pandora's softer head to his.

"But..."

YuWon looked at Pandora, who was still gripping his hand tightly.

Pandora, who only looked at him.

Even when everyone else had forgotten him, she had waited for him alone for years.

Thanks to her, he was able to come back.

To disappear again would be disrespectful.

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Floor 100.

The highest place in the Tower, and where one obtains the Ranker title upon reaching.

In that place, the main forces of various Guilds began to gather.

"It's obvious what they're looking for."

"Seeing it doesn't change anything. The fact that the core has been discovered doesn't change."

"They're chasing a big dream. Has it been discovered?"

"There was a time when they moved against Zeus. Maybe it was then..."

The Administrators gathered on the 100th floor spoke as they watched the Players gathered under the clouds.

The number was not as large as 10 years ago, but there was none who was not special among them.

Simply being there meant that they were already Rankers who had reached the top of the Tower.

"It seems we won't be able to avoid a fight."

This was inevitable.

It was not known with what judgment they had come there, but for them, the "Dreamer of the Great Dream" had a special meaning.

After all, he was the reason this fight could begin in the first place.

Swoosh-.

The Administrators' gazes turned back.

The top of the high mountain rising to the clouds.

What is the owner of this highest place in the Tower thinking now?

Whoosh-.

The purple mist hidden in his robe stirs.

The Great Dream, along with the Administrators, looked down and spoke:

-The sea I longed for.

He didn't want to waste time either.

The Rankers living in the world they had created were gathering in one place.

In the idea that only by fighting them could he create the world he desired, he was willing to accept this situation.

-Fight with everything we have. Whatever the result, we have to see it through to the end.

The other Administrators agreed with his determination.

Until now, the Players had only attacked the Administrators.

It was natural that they showed their teeth after the negotiation had failed.

-Don't worry about the pawns.

At that moment...

The Great Dream, ignoring the Administrators discussing, spoke:

-Just need to catch one.

"One?"

"Who are you referring to?"

"Zeus? The Great Sage, Heaven's Equal?"

"Hercules. It's him. He's not an ordinary guy."

The Administrator who had fled from Hercules kept mentioning that he was dangerous.

However...

-It's him.

The person the Great Dream truly mentioned was none of them.

"Who is it?"

"It's the first time I've seen him."

"He looks familiar..."

The face revealed in the purple mist was YuWon's.

A Player they had never seen before.

It was a face that was not registered in the Rank Management Office.

"Judging by how far he has come, he must be a Ranker."

"But there's no information about him in the office."

"Suspicious guy."

Regardless of his skill level, all Players who become Rankers attract attention from the Rank Management Office.

However, there was no information about YuWon in the records.

Even though it was clear that he was a Ranker for reaching the 100th floor.

"Are you really saying that guy is more dangerous than Zeus or Hercules?"

-We must be cautious. He is a guy with many secrets.

These were difficult words to understand.

No matter how many secrets he had, he couldn't be more dangerous than single-digit High-Rankers, including Zeus.

The Administrators put aside the doubts in their heads and nodded.

"Understood."

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"It's suffocating."

Thor, upon reaching the 100th floor, felt an inexplicable oppression.

Other Rankers felt the same.

The air pressure they felt every time they breathed was definitely different from any other place.

"The Administrators are gathering."

"How many are there?"

"I don't know."

"Normal Rankers should deal with the Envoys. Don't approach the Administrators."

Now that the battle was approaching.

Each Guild divided its members into High-Rankers to deal with the Administrators and others to deal with the Envoys.

They could no longer hide after coming this far.

YuWon looked up at the top of the cloud-covered mountain.

He thought he was a guy who liked high places.

He had chosen the highest mountain in this already tall world to settle.

'It's not far.'

YuWon closed his eyes for a moment.

When he did, the annoying noises around him disappeared.

Along with the feeling of being alone in the world, the surrounding landscape changed.

When he opened his eyes again, YuWon was in the middle of a forest.

And in front of YuWon.

The Great Dream could be seen standing, revealing his presence.

"There you are."

-...!

The Great Dream turned and looked at YuWon.

In a completely purple landscape.

The Great Dream, cautiously, asked YuWon.

-How did you get here?

"I don't know."

YuWon ignored the Great Dream's question and continued.

"Just wait for me. It won't help you to run."

Whoosh-.

YuWon opened his eyes again. The original landscape returned to his sight. Facing the battle, the other Players were already prepared.

And among them...

Clank-.

YuWon began to walk alone towards the clouded mountain.

"Where are you going?"

Son OhGong, noticing YuWon's movement, asked.

As expected, he had good reflexes.

"To catch the Dreamer of the Great Dream."

Zeus asked in response to YuWon's answer.

"Do you mean the Outer blending among the Administrators?"

'Blending...'

It wasn't a completely incorrect statement. However, from YuWon's perspective, who knew about the Great Dream, he didn't fully agree.

However, YuWon responded.

"Yes. That guy."

Whatever type he was, that wasn't important now.

"This is not an individual battle; it's a war. And you are the one who knows the enemy best."

The excuse was concern for the war, but Hercules's intention was clear.

He was worried that YuWon would act alone once again.

"More than anything else, I guess playing without a plan is not your style, right?"

"It's not that I haven't thought of other plans."

"Then?"

"This is the best way. I go and cut that guy's throat first."

YuWon's words were full of confidence.

If someone else had said this, it would have been considered arrogance.

Throwing oneself into the midst of the enemy, where the Administrators were gathering, could only be considered a suicidal act.

However...

"A plan without a plan... It's more than strange; it's refreshing."

Zeus agreed with YuWon's idea.

Crack, crack-.

At that moment, the Lightning Bolt emanating from his body began to rise into the sky.

"Yes. This is the place for that."

Crackle!

The Lightning Bolt tearing through the clouds gathered, creating the shape of a spear.

"Let's risk everything we've achieved so far. And let's clash against them."

From a small spear the size of a human to one large enough to pierce through the entire mountain.

Astrape.

The most powerful spear Zeus could create, and a skill that was also his symbol.

'It has become larger than before.'

Even allied Players who weren't in the line of the spear felt their bodies numb.

It seemed that the defeat against Ananta had impacted him quite a bit.

Incongruously, traces of the time he had spent polishing the spear could be seen.

"I will take care of the pawns."

A mountainous figure rising towards the sky, piercing through the clouds.

Zeus moved his hand towards that mountain where the Administrators awaited the Players.

Flash!

A thunder echoed in the sky along with a flash of light.

Boom!

The thrown spear pierced the mountain.

A pillar of light rose upward, and from within, the screams of many subordinates waiting could be heard.

The preemptive strike had begun.

Zeus, instead of devising elaborate plans, decided to throw the spear he had been perfecting.

And the next moment...

Khihihihi-.

Kakakakaka-.

Accompanied by sinister laughter, numerous Envoys that had survived Astrape's attack appeared.

"Here it begins."

Kung-.

Thor stepped forward, wielding Gungnir in one hand and Mjolnir in the other.

"Asgard!"

"Life forever!"

Asgard's army roared loudly.

[The "Heir of Asgard" takes control of the battlefield.]

[Resists all negative effects.]

[Allied damage is reduced by 15%.]

[Part of the allied damage is redirected.]

Thor's influence spread across the battlefield. Under his command, not only Asgard but also various Great Guilds began to mobilize.

Just before the Envoys following the Administrators clashed with the Rankers of the Great Guilds.

Kwrang-!

Somewhere, another Lightning Bolt rose into the sky.

Crack, crackle-.

It was a Lightning Bolt as colossal as Zeus's, rivaling it.

The Lightning Bolt, shining with a golden color, soon took on a gigantic form.

"This, this..."

"Seriously? It can't be-"

Kyaaaaaa-!

A colossal roar that shook the earth.

A Dragon with hundreds of heads, covered in golden scales. Its appearance halted the imminent collision between the Envoys and the Players.

-I was hungry, so this works for me.

The Monster King Ananta.

He opened his mouth with gleaming eyes as he looked at the numerous Envoys in front of him.

-Well then, let's eat well.

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