"Join our side..."
Zeus was still there.
An unreadable expression and voice.
As expected, he was a difficult person to talk to.
"What do you an?"
Sothing was going on.
Zeus recognized it imdiately.
It must be Zeus who was imprisoned and couldn't get out, but rather, his expression and tone seed more relaxed.
"There will be a war."
"Do you an Ragnarok?"
"...Did you know?"
Zeus knew about Ragnarok.
'How the hell'.
Question marks floated above YuWon's head, but he didn't show them.
It was Zeus.
Although it was the first ti he had a proper conversation with him, he turned out to be a difficult person to handle even verbally.
But he couldn't be deterred.
"It'll be easier to talk to you if you know."
Sensing that this was going to be a long conversation, YuWon sat up straight.
"That's right. It's Ragnarok."
"And when you say 'us,' you an Asgard, right?"
"Yes, that's right. That's where we'll imprison you."
"You have the audacity to suggest that."
"I don't care."
It was also strange for YuWon to make such a suggestion.
If it weren't for Hercules's approval, he wouldn't have made the offer.
No.
"If it weren't for OhGong, I wouldn't even dream of it."
This choice was a combination of OhGong and Hercules.
Hercules agreed to join Zeus. Furthermore, in the future where Son OhGong existed, Zeus finally fought against Hercules and other colleagues.
He couldn't be sure that Zeus in the present would lend a hand in Ragnarok just because the outco in the distant future worked out that way.
So it's 50%.
Half and half.
"So I ask you. Will you?"
"Outside of here, don't you think I'll betray you?"
"If you were, you wouldn't be saying this."
"And what if I'm saying this because I hope you think that way?"
The words went round and round in circles.
YuWon sighed in frustration.
"Don't play with ."
"I haven't had a conversation with people in a long ti, so forgive ."
Zeus raised his hand.
That gesture...
It made all the conversations they had had so far nonexistent.
He really had skills in dealing with many people. Zeus grasped the essence of the previous conversation as a 'flow.'
The ti Zeus lived was much longer than YuWon's, who returned using the Clock Movent.
Of course...
YuWon's ti was not so watery and blind as to be caught by such words.
"Let's not say anything insincere from now on."
Pak.
YuWon's eyes burned.
One golden eye and one red eye.
[The 'Golden Cinder Eyes' capture the truth]
The Golden Cinder Eyes t Zeus's eyes.
"Neither you nor ."
"...Are those the Golden Cinder Eyes?"
Indeed, Zeus also knew about the Golden Cinder Eyes.
The Golden Cinder Eyes might not fully comprehend the true intentions of a high-ranking being like Zeus, but they could get a clue about whether his words were sincere or not.
From this mont on, it was a matter of YuWon's abilities.
And the YuWon that Zeus knew was a being with the ability to see one step ahead of himself.
"You're not fun."
"Is it fun to see a human playing with your tongue?"
"Is that so?"
It was difficult to lie to soone who has the Golden Cinder Eyes. Zeus had no choice but to accept that.
"What do I get?"
A direct question.
Now there was a bit of dialogue.
"I will let you go."
"Then I'll have to ask you the sa question again."
As if already knowing the answer, Zeus asked again.
"Outside of here, don't you think I'll betray you?"
"I think it's very possible."
"And?"
"Then I'll have to capture you."
"You? ?"
"Three years."
YuWon raised three fingers.
"That's the ti you will have to use your power to help us, after that, you are free."
"Just..."
"I think it's worth making a bet of that level. If you can turn the King of Olympus into our ally, don't you think?"
Zeus frowned.
Three years.
Only three years.
YuWon was saying that within three years, Zeus would be released and could undo his debt with his enemies.
It seed like a joke, perhaps.
But Zeus simply didn't see it that way.
YuWon told Zeus not to tell lies.
-"Neither you nor ."
Were those empty words or a trick?
It didn't seem so.
But then...
"I'm serious."
YuWon's words now ant that they were sincere.
Two people had the sa conversation. But the three years were not the sa for both.
'Three years is a long ti.'
YuWon was in no way underestimating or belittling Zeus.
'He has experience in the ga.'
Ti flows the sa for everyone, but the value of ti is not the sa for everyone.
If he lost three years for this, YuWon's plans would be seriously compromised.
"I'm not going to propose this multiple tis. The fact that you consider it too much ans it will be difficult to beco allies."
Absolutely true.
"Decide here."
YuWon crossed his arms where he was sitting, waiting for Zeus's response.
"Will you be released and fight with us? Or will you remain imprisoned here until your punishnt is complete?"
Floor 55.
The world of the night, with its very short days and very long nights.
Also known as the Demon Realm.
"Is Asgard preparing for battle?"
"Already in Muspelheim, OhGong challenged Surt to a fight."
"He gets into trouble as soon as he goes out."
"You don't understand. No matter how high that guy's rank is, the opponent is Surt."
"But really, is this the beginning of a battle between Muspelheim and Asgard? This is going to get big."
The race that ruled the Demon Realm was the Demons.
At this mont, when the Tower was in an unfavorable position.
They were excited for the upcoming battle.
"So, which side are we on?"
"What are you talking about? Muspelheim."
"That's right. Are Asgard and we on good terms?"
"Well, the final decision is still..."
"Forget it, have a drink."
Dum-.
The tall glasses clinked. The strong yellow liquor swirled, and the demons began to drink.
And there was a person watching that scene. No, a demon was present.
"These pitiful things..."
Mamos.
After descending to floor 58, he ca to have a drink alone and was annoyed by the conversation he heard behind him.
The war.
That terrifying and imnse word they spoke so easily.
The demons should view it with more seriousness than anyone else, but they spoke of it as if it were a party.
That was how it was.
The reason the 'Demon King' Guild couldn't simply watch the fight between Muspelheim and Asgard.
"It's because of idiots like them that we're always at war."
To maintain the guild, there was no choice but to pay attention to the guild mbers.
No matter how big and powerful a guild may be, mbers will leave the guild if it doesn't fit their personality and preferences.
This is especially true in the case of demons.
They loved to fight, they loved blood.
That's why they chose the Demon King Guild, not other guilds.
Such a Demon King would not be able to avoid this great war.
"Hah-."
Mamos put down his glass with a sigh and clenched his jaw.
"I'm bored."
He had stopped and descended from the Tower at the behest of his father, Belial, but there was nothing else to do here.
A boring day.
There was nothing to do here.
"Hyung-nim (older brother) seems to be having fun lately."
Mamos muttered as he placed his Player Kit on the table.
"I have nothing to do..."
Ding-.
Then, his Player Kit buzzed.
'A ssage from father?'
But Mamos' eyes widened as he read the text.
"Eh?"
[My dear brother Kim YuWon: Where are you?]
A ssage from the saved number of YuWon.
Mamos, who was drinking alone, quickly replied.
[At a bar on floor 58]
[My dear brother Kim YuWon: Where is the bar?]
[This is the XXXX bar, and it's in the city center]
There was no response.
Mamos bit his nails and stared at the Player Kit.
'Why did he ask for my location, maybe...?'
His hands trembled with excitent.
His heart swelled at the thought that perhaps, just perhaps, he would be reunited with YuWon.
At that mont...
Clack-.
The tavern door opened, and a new custor entered.
Mamos' eyes remained fixed on his Player Kit.
Naturally, his eyes did not turn to his surroundings.
But then...
"You were close."
A familiar voice ca from behind him.
Mamos turned his head upon hearing the voice, and his eyes caught sight of YuWon's face.
"H-Hyung?"
"How have you been?"
Druk-.
YuWon imdiately sat down in front of Mamos.
A cold greeting.
Mamos smiled widely and nodded, as if nothing had changed.
"I've been good, and what about you, hyung?"
He was about to ask, "How have you been?" but Mamos nodded.
"Even if I didn't have to ask how you've been, I could hear it all."
Rumors about YuWon were heard even if one didn't want to hear them. Even Mamos was interested in YuWon.
"I heard that you rescued the Great Sage, Heaven's Equal from the Celestial Realm, and even gained a ranking because of it."
"That's what everyone says."
It was because of that ranking that the Golden Castle and the Valkyries were interested in YuWon.
He knew that rankings were important for Rankers, but it seed to be the sa for players.
"It's unusual... No, it's unprecedented, so it makes sense for them to say sothing."
"I know."
"But why are you here? I heard that you've already climbed more than 60 floors."
Once YuWon climbed up, he rarely ca back down.
That was sothing Mamos knew well, as he had climbed the tower with YuWon once, albeit for a short ti.
But then YuWon ca back down.
Right here.
In the Demon Realm.
Mamos's eyes sparkled.
He suddenly rembered the conversation from the table behind him.
Mamos asked incredulously, "Could it be... that the Great Sage, Heaven's Equal has sothing to do with the fight against Muspelheim?"
YuWon saved the Great Sage, Heaven's Equal on the 50th floor.
He knew YuWon was more calculated and foresighted than anyone.
He had saved the Great Sage, Heaven's Equal, and the fact that the Great Sage, Heaven's Equal was moving so conspicuously now...
Mamos thought it had sothing to do with YuWon.
Or maybe not.
"It's not entirely unrelated."
YuWon didn't deny Mamos's words.
"Even with Asgard?"
"Yes."
Mamos felt his head warming up at YuWon's response.
The boredom and freedom he had felt monts ago had disappeared.
Like a child in an amusent park for the first ti in his life, Mamos laughed and asked, "What are you going to do now?"
"I see the word has already spread around here."
"Well, if it's going to be a war, it's more fun to do it with you."
Mamos laughed heartily.
As expected, the demons of the Demon Realm would never engage in a fight like this.
"I have to ask you a favor."
Upon descending to the Demon Realm, the first thing YuWon thought of was Mamos.
For two reasons.
The first reason was that he was the friendliest to him among the demons he knew.
And the second reason was...
"Where is your father?"
It was because of his origin and affiliation.
"I need to et the Demon King."
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