Leveling with the Gods

Side Story 64

YuWon's gaze turned towards Diablo, standing with a large sword in hand. It was impossible for the Leader of the Demon Race with shining ears not to have heard the conversation between YuWon and Chun Mujin.

The veins on his forehead swelled. Slowly, Diablo revealed his long horns and gathered Demonic Energy.

"Don't you have any intention of dragging this out?"

Crunch~

Anger mixed with the thrill of battle. Diablo's energy became as fierce as his face.

"It's not that I don't have the intention, it's that I can't."

Flash~

Diablo's large sword gleamed with red light.

At that moment...

Gwaaaaaat-!

The desert sand rose, and the terrain shifted. It was a simple technique that imbued Arcane Power at the tip of the sword and launched it, but it was as simple as it was powerful.

YuWon's hair tips were slightly cut, falling onto the sand.

As his gaze turned to the fallen hair, Diablo rushed towards YuWon.

Shuak-!

Kwaouuuuk-!

Diablo's large sword came flying from various directions. It was a large sword that, at first glance, seemed to have considerable weight.

And he moved it so fast.

'It would be difficult to simply dodge it.'

Diablo was a guy who relied on his physical ability. First of all, as the Leader of the Demon Race, his physical ability was unquestionable. To face Diablo head-on, it was necessary to resort to skills.

[Activating "Sensory Field."]

The senses expanded. In an instant, the direction in which the tip of Diablo's sword would move was felt clearly.

Pat-!

"…?"

Diablo's expression changed as YuWon's movement changed.

And at that moment...

"Didn't I tell you? I have no intention of dragging this out."

Fwoosh-!

The color of YuWon's eyes and the flow of energy flowing from his body changed.

[Activating "Golden Cinder Eyes."]

[The strength of the giant takes hold of your arms.]

Shuak-!

Tzzing-!

Diablo's sword was repelled. Diablo's eyes widened when he suddenly felt his body lifted.

Chiii-!

Diablo, who was flying, grabbed onto the sand with his nails to regain balance. Immediately, he looked at YuWon with a firmer grip on the sword-wielding hand.

"You…"

Fwoosh-!

The Golden Cinder Eyes burning in his two eyes and the giant's strength in his right arm. Behind YuWon, the figures of two people appeared at the same time.

"What the hell is that?"

"You'll remember later."

"…!"

Bang-!

Diablo was pushed back by the tip of YuWon's sword, which had suddenly turned to the side.

'Am I being pushed by force?'

Gigantification.

The ability that had turned Hercules into what he was now.

However, even with Gigantification, he shouldn't be pushed by just anyone.

Ugh-.

Diablo, who had received YuWon's sword, gritted his teeth.

Fwoosh-!

In an instant, the tip of his sword was enveloped in flames.

"I don't know where you got that ability, but I acknowledge your strength."

Kyuuu-!

The sword turned even redder with flames enveloping it.

"But that's not all."

The sword began to dance.

[Dance of the Heavenly Demon Flames (Heavenly Demon Flame Dance)]

Hwagaak-!

The sword attack with compressed flame danced around YuWon's body.

A sword attack that dyed the desert's land and sky red.

The Heavenly Demon Flame Dance was a high-level technique that Chun Mujin had created for Diablo, the Demon who controlled flames. It was a technique that could maximize Diablo's potential.

Diablo, wielding the technique, looked at the place enveloped in flames and ensured his victory.

"What do you think? Didn't you say it would take a lot from me?"

Diablo's eyes widened.

In the midst of the flames of the Heavenly Demon Flame Dance.

Fwoosh-!

Out came YuWon, staggering.

"You really have no luck."

There was no trace of typical burn marks or soot on YuWon's face.

"It just had to be fire."

YuWon could handle magic of various attributes, but he didn't handle them all at the same level.

Fire and Lightning, Darkness and Water. And among them, the attribute YuWon was most confident in was "Fire."

[The "Giant's Flame" dominates the "Heavenly Demon Flame Dance."]

[The "Golden Cinder Eyes" dominates the "Heavenly Demon Flame Dance."]

Whoosh-!

The flames that were supposed to envelop YuWon entangled around him.

Both the red sky and the flames enveloping the desert.

Everything ceased to be Diablo's and became YuWon's property.

'The Leader of the Demon Kings is Diablo, but the strongest of the Demon Race was Surt.'

A Demon of the same race and with the same type of power. The fire that Surt had desired so much was in YuWon. A fire of a superior concept. And even the eyes that dominated it.

For Diablo, YuWon was a natural enemy.

"What... what are you?"

Diablo, seeing the flames he had handled being taken away, asked in dismay.

Deputy Chief of the Heavenly Demon Cult, the Twelfth Demon King.

That alone was already surprising, but on top of that, he had the Golden Cinder Eyes, Gigantification, and Surt's Fire.

However, YuWon had no intention of answering Diablo's question. He extended his hand forward. In response, the flames enveloping the desert reacted.

Whoosh-!

"I'll return it to you."

The moment those words finished.

Fwhaaaah-!

Gigantic flames enveloped Diablo's body.

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The desert flames, which had been burning fiercely for a while, extinguished in an instant as if they had never existed.

Diablo, lying beneath them, lay on the ground as if he had lost consciousness. The Diablo of the World wouldn't die so easily, but it would probably take him some time to regain consciousness.

'It's hard to believe.'

Chun Mujin was speechless at the unfolding situation before his eyes.

Diablo, lying on the ground.

No one but Chun Mujin knew how much his strength had grown in the last 10 years. His strength had increased by leaps and bounds, as much as his rapid ascent in the Ranking. To the point where it could be thought to be comparable to the great Son OhGong or Hercules.

And yet.

'Diablo, so quickly...'

Chun Mujin's gaze turned to YuWon.

From the beginning, he didn't seem to have the intention of killing Diablo. If he did, he wouldn't have just returned the flames.

Chun Mujin said to YuWon, approaching him:

"Impressive. It really ended quickly."

"It's thanks to that guy's confusion. He was so bewildered by losing the flames that he couldn't react properly."

"Confused or not, the result doesn't change. And the one who made it possible was your ability."

Chun Mujin recalled the flames that had disappeared in an instant.

"There were also the Flames of the Demon Race mixed in."

It was he who had been with Diablo for a long time. He was familiar with demonic energy. He could feel the demon flames mixed with YuWon's energy.

The essence created by the gathering of flames from Muspelheim.

In other words, the Heart of Fire.

"Also, Gigantification and the Golden Cinder Eyes. What are you?"

Abilities that could overturn the Tower on their own inhabited the body of a single Player.

That such a thing was possible...

If he said that there is such a guy somewhere, they would call him a liar and spread rumors.

"It would take time to explain. Even if I explained, you might not believe me."

"Is that so?"

"Yes. So for now..."

YuWon turned his head again to Chun Mujin.

"...Let's first find that guy."

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Diablo, who quickly regained consciousness, fortunately did not attack again.

He was as proud as he was stubborn.

It was embarrassing to challenge him immediately after losing, and above all, he wasn't sure if he could win if he fought again.

"I still have a long way to go."

Diablo muttered, gripping the giant sword. He regretted not pushing himself harder over the last ten years. Thus, Diablo decided to return to the Demon Realm and polish his strength from scratch, leaving Heavenly Mountain.

Kiiing-.

YuWon and Pandora followed Chun Mujin to the altar room.

The altar room, which was about 20 square meters in size.

Upon entering there, Chun Mujin looked at the two with a worried expression.

"What are you doing here?"

"Didn't I answer that? I said there was someone I was looking for."

"Yes, but who do you mean, and why are you looking for him here?"

His tone of voice was somewhat anxious. He felt that he was hiding something.

'Well.'

It seemed that he didn't have to think too much to know what it was.

'If he forgot what happened with me, he might think he's still here.'

Originally, that was the reason why you couldn't enter the altar room without Heavenly Demon's permission.

"Is it because of the Holy Fire?"

Chun Mujin's shoulders trembled. At any other time, he would have been much more surprised, but his opponent this time prevented him from doing so.

"Do you know that too?"

"It's not here. I already have it."

"What?"

Swoosh-.

YuWon walked past Chun Mujin.

At the end of the altar room.

Behind the wall where Chun Mujin originally sat.

Something blocked YuWon's view as he walked towards it.

['Golden Cinder Eyes' resists 'Soul Sealing Method.']

A long time ago.

With the eyes of a level 10 Player, YuWon couldn't pierce the sealing method. At that time, the skill gap between YuWon's ability and Chun Mujin, a High-Ranker, was as vast as the sky and the earth.

However...

['Golden Cinder Eyes' destroys the 'Soul Sealing Method.']

The sealing method of Chun Mujin was not difficult for the current YuWon to break.

Huaak-!

Eyes that pierce the truth. The Golden Cinder Eyes destroyed the sealing method.

It disappeared as if the sealing method had never existed.

YuWon looked at the crushed energy flow and put on a slightly embarrassed expression.

'It seems it will be quite difficult to restore it.'

Back then, there was no need to go through this path since Cheon Mujin had opened the way for him.

The sealing method destroyed by the Golden Cinder Eyes almost didn't retain its original form.

Touch-.

A drop of cold water fell on YuWon's face.

A damp cave.

[You have entered the Heavenly Demon's Cave.]

The Heavenly Demon's Cave hidden in the altar room was revealed.

"Wait a moment. In there..."

"Don't follow me."

YuWon's voice directed at Cheon Mujin, who was following him, sounded low and tense.

The atmosphere changed. Chun Mujin, whose body had frozen for a moment, hesitated before moving his feet again.

At that instant...

Skaaat-.

A sword blocked Chun Mujin's view.

Feeling a chill, Chun Mujin instinctively unsheathed his sword.

Clang-!

Psssh-.

There was a sound as if something exploded when the two swords collided.

The sound of swords clashing echoed in the cave, and Chun Mujin's body rose slightly from the force of the impact. Chun Mujin, pushed by the force, quickly recoiled.

At the same time he fell, Chun Mujin frowned at the pain in his numb wrist.

'Who the hell...?'

-My Master told you not to follow him. Didn't you hear?

A murderous aura threatening to decapitate him at any moment. Chun Mujin looked at his opponent wielding the sword against him.

It was a vaguely familiar face.

A face he had probably seen at some point through the Player Kit.

'It can't be.'

Chun Mujin was someone who was very interested in Rankers who used swords. For him, the person in front of him was an opponent whose face and news he had seen and heard several times through the Player Kit.

"...Susanoo?"

One of the Three Precious Children.

Susanoo stood between YuWon and Chun Mujin.

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