Leveling with the Gods

C620

Players who reach floor 100 gain an additional rank based on their achievements and abilities.

Diablo earned the title of "The First Demon King."

Thor was named "The Heir of Lightning Bolt."

Lee Rangjin became known as "The General Chief."

And so on...

All of them acquired Divinities with names closely related to their lives, along with additional power.

And now...

YuWon revealed his rank to everyone present.

"The Otherworld Adversary?"

"Wasn't he an Outer?"

People in the conference room felt puzzled.

Clearly, until recently, he had displayed the power of Shub-Niggurath, leading them to believe he was an Outer.

But now, he revealed a completely opposing Divinity.

Names that could never coexist.

YuWon sensed the confusion on their faces.

"It's as Heavenly Demon said."

YuWon continued, patting the head of the goat that had approached him.

"I am an Inner. Though I possess power similar to theirs."

Whoosh-.

As he spoke, YuWon concentrated his magical power in his eyes.

[Golden Cinder Eyes activated.]

[Heavenly Demon Spirit activated.]

[Gigantification activated.]

[Uranus Heart activated.]

[Sensory Field activated]...

Multiple abilities manifested in his body.

Golden Cinder Eyes, Heavenly Demon Spirit, Gigantification, Lightning Bolt...

Furthermore, abilities that anyone familiar with him would recognize sprouted from YuWon's body.

His presence expanded to the maximum. That presence filled the conference room. YuWon, who had decided to show his true self, seemed like a giant.

Most of the players gathered in this place were High-Rankers, some even in single digits.

However, none of them could remain indifferent to YuWon's presence now manifesting before their eyes.

Abilities that even high-level High-Rankers would covet on their own.

And besides, the Name of an Outer and a Divinity that could oppose them.

'It's admirable.'

Not only those who had forgotten admired YuWon. Zeus, who had recognized him long ago, felt the same.

Never before had YuWon shown his entire self so closely.

The present YuWon was a completely different person from the one Zeus had first known.

There was only one way to describe YuWon, who possessed all these abilities.

'He is the ideal Player.'

There was no other way to express it.

Zeus knew how YuWon had been created and how he had lived.

He had even experienced all his future companions.

Son OhGong, Hercules, Odin.

All of his companions had worked hard to create the current YuWon.

It was impossible for him not to be perfect.

Moreover.

'No one could have foreseen that ability.'

YuWon had even taken on the Names of the Outers.

The Black Woods and the goats that appeared in the conference room.

Clearly, they were following YuWon.

In other words, he had acquired the ability of Shub-Niggurath.

A once feared being was now on his side.

In terms of individual ability, YuWon's power was truly overwhelming.

So much so that it was frightening to have him as an enemy.

Whoosh-.

YuWon, who had filled the conference room with his presence for a moment, restrained his Arcane Power and took a deep breath for a moment.

'A shock therapy like this should be enough.'

Except for Pandora, who had remembered him from the beginning.

Observing Son OhGong, Hercules, Baruna, and Asura, who had regained their memories after him, he realized that at least two conditions were needed for memories to return.

Recognition and impact.

And now, YuWon had given them an impact.

The Name and power of an Outer were nothing but terror to them.

Showing them that Name first and then revealing a Divinity that opposed it...

There couldn't be a better shock therapy than that.

Moreover...

'With the passage of time, my lost Name is also gradually coming back.'

YuWon had been feeling it for a few years now.

The gazes of people who seemed not to know him at all were slowly changing.

And the same had happened recently.

"That customer, I feel like I've seen him somewhere..."

The snack vendor looked at YuWon with curiosity.

He seemed to think that YuWon wouldn't hear him due to the distance, but YuWon could hear his words clearly.

And it wasn't just that.

"Now that I think about it, I feel it too."

"You too?"

"Yes. But I can't remember it well. Black hair isn't that common in the Tower."

The accompanying merchants.

And besides them, most people felt it.

YuWon's face was quite familiar.

At one point, he had ascended to the single-digit rankings.

Anyone interested in the rankings should have known YuWon's face.

Thus, even common merchants were starting to remember YuWon little by little.

Of course, Zeus, exceptionally, had remembered YuWon's existence by his own power.

The same was true for Tsukuyomi.

And now...

"...I see."

Lee Rangjin, seeing the Golden Cinder Eyes in YuWon's eyes, nodded.

"Kim YuWon. Yes... I had completely forgotten about him."

Eyes like Son OhGong's, the Golden Cinder Eyes.

There was no other player with those eyes except Son OhGong.

And not only that.

"There is no one who can forget him."

"Puhahaha! Behemoth, that bastard. He tricked us twice!"

Michael and Diablo, who had experienced YuWon in the Great Heavenly Demon War, were also the same.

Diablo, who left the conference room with a roar.

And some others also began to remember YuWon.

YuWon felt that the gazes of people looking at him were changing one by one.

And in the meantime...

He felt that his own existence, which had been slightly erased, was gradually regaining its color.

'It has returned.'

-----------------

Not everyone remembered YuWon.

Most of those who regained their memories were those who had close contact with YuWon.

However, YuWon did not try to force them to remember.

With just a few words from those who regained their memories, YuWon was able to reclaim his place.

"Have the Administrators forgotten you as well?"

Lee Rangjin, the General Chief of Celestial Realm, was playing the effective leader role guiding the Guilds in secret.

YuWon nodded in response to his question.

"In that case, the key is speed."

"I agree."

Michael responded to his words.

"Our best moment is the initial clash, only once. We have to seize the moment when they don't know much about this guy."

"Doesn't it seem too hasty?"

"They are scattered throughout the Tower. And judging by the fact that the Tutorial Administrator is not participating in this battle, there's no guarantee that all Administrators are enemies."

The meeting went on for quite some time.

Each Guild assigned personnel and selected forces to directly confront the Administrators.

The opportunity was unique.

They had to secure victory there.

"Don't you have anything to say?"

Zeus, who had been silent throughout the meeting, asked YuWon.

He wasn't interested in anything else.

Because he knew that the outcome of this battle would be decided by how YuWon moved, more than by those trivialities.

"Yes, I do."

"Then do it. Don't stay still."

Everything that needed to be said had already been said. Now only the movement of the most crucial Player remained.

"We just have to catch one safely."

YuWon pointed upward with his finger.

"Only the one at the top."

"The top?"

"Do you mean Floor 100?"

If you talk about the top of the Tower, there's only one place: Floor 100.

Indeed, it had been said that the strength of the Administrators increased as you ascended, so it wasn't difficult to understand YuWon's words.

"We don't need to discern which Administrator is our enemy."

YuWon brought up the most challenging aspect of this fight.

The situation where not all Administrators were their enemies.

There was no way to discern who was an enemy and who wasn't.

"But it's a fight that will end if we catch that guy."

However, that didn't matter.

The king of this game had already been decided.

And in response to YuWon's words.

Zeus opened his mouth with bright eyes.

"What do you know?"

"The Deva's betrayal, the rebellion of Celestial Realm, the division of the Demon Kings... it's all the work of that guy."

"That guy?"

"The One Who Dreams A Great Dream."

A Name that felt familiar.

As expected.

"That guy is also an Outer."

YuWon's words changed the atmosphere in the conference room.

They were Inners.

Since that day, ten years ago. All of them had been grinding their teeth when it came to an Outer.

"If what you say is true, then the other Administrators will know too."

"The others will also try to protect that guy."

Lee Rangjin continued Zeus's words.

The king of the fight was decided.

In that case, the other Administrators would naturally become pawns to protect the king.

"Can we believe it?"

"Of course."

"What is the source of your information?"

"I know because I've met him personally. Although he is unconscious and doesn't know it."

YuWon said that and looked at Zeus with a gesture.

About to be hit by a Great Dream Fragment, he relaxed and fainted at the sight of YuWon.

That's why he didn't know the detailed situation that unfolded afterward.

"That's all you have to say."

Perhaps to hastily move past the fact that he had fainted.

Zeus quickly changed the subject and ended the meeting.

"Destination: Floor 100. Target: 'The One Who Dreams A Great Dream.'"

---------------------

YuWon ascended to the roof of the temple and looked up at the sky.

The sun was setting.

The sky seen from the top of Olympus was a spectacular sight.

Worried about the gaze of the Administration, he couldn't stay for long.

Even now, he was attentive to possible Administration surveillance in the form of Envoys.

"There you are."

A voice came from below.

YuWon's gaze shifted to the bottom of the temple.

About ten meters below, he saw Pandora, Son OhGong, and Hercules together.

"Abba-!"

And Danpung too.

Boom!

The three ran towards YuWon.

Danpung, who was on Pandora's head, moved to YuWon's and hit him on the head with his small hand.

It was a way of asking where he had been.

"What are you doing? As if nothing, right here."

"Just... looking at the sky."

"The sky?"

Son OhGong followed the evening sky that YuWon was looking at.

For Hercules, who had spent a lot of time in Olympus in the past, it was a familiar landscape, but Son OhGong felt something different.

"It's beautiful."

Son OhGong, who had been admiring the sky with YuWon for a while, glanced at him and asked:

"Hey, can you tell us more about that guy who controls dreams or something?"

It seemed like he had heard the story during the meeting.

"I don't know, as I don't know how much he has grown here."

"A guy who grows?"

"That guy feeds on dreams. He must have grown more than before."

"And how do you know that?"

Even Son OhGong, who wasn't very observant, could sense that YuWon had special memories.

Ten years ago, that day.

YuWon fought alone against Foolish Chaos and Yog-Sothoth, and disappeared for several years.

A strange premonition.

Son OhGong's eyes narrowed as he looked at YuWon.

"This guy, don't tell me..."

"Don't go."

Crack!

It was then...

Pandora grabbed YuWon's clothes, who was looking at the sky.

"Don't go, YuWon."

-

KO-FI:

https://tinyurl.com/LEVELKO

-

(Up to '95' more ch4pt3rs)Publication of up to 6 weekly ch4pters, thanks.

---