His current mana was enough to defeat the floor of the fourth floor with a single strike. Moreover, he had still to test the full capabilities of his physical body which had been reborn after defeating Agares.
However, instead of challenging the fifth floor, Yong-Ho chose to go back for now. The ostensible justification was that he believed it would better to fight the master of the fifth floor after receiving the Brigada jewelry from Burgrim, whereas the actual real reason behind his decision was that he might desire to mit suicide if he had to unleash the power of his desires again.
'But I'll still have to take care of it.'
He picked a box of light, with the power of Greed, and received a good looking pair of manacles in the air. They looked like an item for a bare-handed fighter.
'I'll give these to Eligor.'
Eligor now possessed strong mana. And recently, he had been honing the Southern Martial Art, taught by Ophelia, which was a bare-handed art, so the manacles were perfect for him.
"Are you already leaving? Why? Don't you want to try the fifth floor?"
It was the voice of Gusion, who seemed a little sad. But, he couldn't change Yong-Ho's mind.
"No, that's it for today. I'll e back tomorrow with the Brigada jewelry. Please take care of Kaiwan."
"Don't worry. I'll watch over her. The price of her facing the truth won't be small, but I'm sure she'll overe it."
It wasn't just a pretense that Gusion cared about Kaiwan. Yong-Ho sincerely hoped that Kaiwan would overe her troubles.
"I'll see you tomorrow then."
"Yes, I look forward to it. Young Master."
Yong-Ho, who was about to turn around after saying farewell, suddenly stopped in his tracks. He asked back unknowingly.
"What?"
"Farewell."
"No, not that."
Yong-Ho pressed him for an answer, but Gusion just ignored him. Catalina, who was standing behind him, gave a small smile.
In the end, rather than pressing for an answer, Yong-Ho just lightly chuckled. Instead of asking more questions, he turned around. Unlike the first time, Gusion now felt quite pleased.
'I'll keep going.'
For the day when he'll be able to conquer the Arena.
Yong-Ho stepped forward. The man in the beast mask silently appeared and led Yong-Ho and Catalina out of the arena.
***
The next morning, Yong-Ho overslept. Fatigue, which had e in exchange for the liberation of Greed, was acpanied by an inexplicable dream.
[Master, are you all right?]
[Sometimes you need to forget about everything and take some well earned rest. How about taking the day off for today?]
At Lucia's worried tone, Yong-Ho breathed out a sigh of relief. Although Lucia was connected to his mind, she was fortunately unable to see his peculiar dream.
"No, it's okay. I've already had quite a good rest. I've got a lot of work to get done today."
As he replied to Lucia, Yong-Ho clenched his fist. The bination of his natural mana and the power of Greed was still very weak.
'I've only just opened the door.'
Instinctively, he understood. And he also seemed to understand what Aamon meant when he had earlier spoken of the Seven Deadly Sins.
'Only those who possess the power of the Seven Deadly Sins can reign as kings. Only they can rule the world.'
At the moment the Crimson Ogre, Victor, was overwhelmed by the power of Greed, Yong-Ho too was overe by such power. It was because he had just taken a small glance at the huge iceberg hidden beneath the surface of the water.
Mammon, the King of Greed.
The fact that Yong-Ho himself was the successor of such a great figure had just struck a new chord within him. It had already been a rather long time since he had inherited the House of Mammon, but it was the first time that he had ever felt so strongly about the significance of his existence.
Yong-Ho stood up. After stretching, he washed his face with the water left in his room.
He began the day.
After spending the morning eating and carrying out some personal training, Yong-Ho took Catalina, Eligor and Skull to visit Bugrim's workshop. Burgrim, who seemed to be much more tired than usual, weled Yong-Ho. The dark circles under his eyes seemed to have formed during the night.
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