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Leveling with the Gods
[Translator – NumbaWon ]
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Chapter 34
Agamnon sat down next to YuWon, smiling widely. It was kind of uncomfortable watching soone with a rough face like him forcefully smiling.
“Hargaan is kin to the Ruler of the Skies…”
YuWon stared at the coffee that Agamnon ordered for him.
“Shouldn’t you have at least greeted him?”
Agamnon shrugged in response, “I couldn’t due to my objective.”
“Your objective?”
“I ca here to et you.”
“You didn’t have to spell that part out for . So tell , what do you want?”
YuWon’s straightforward question made Agamnon pause before answering.
“Kim YuWon. I heard that you ranked first in this Tutorial.”
Agamnon’s words tipped YuWon off that he had looked into him.
Ranking first place inevitably attracted attention because players that rank the highest in the Tutorial were most likely to beco Rankers. And this Tutorial was special among all the Tutorials because it had completely overturned previous records. That’s why there were so many guilds going after the pool of talented people from this Tutorial.
“Also… Sir Hargaan was only second place.”
Zeus’s direct kin, Hargaan, had participated in this Tutorial. He had the potential to not only beco a Ranker, but a High Ranker. Yet, he failed to clear the Tutorial in first place, all thanks to YuWon.
“From what I heard, it seems that there was a dominating lead between first and second place. Everyone’s saying right now that a monster entered the Tower.”
“What an honest complint. Thanks for the kind words.”
“You’re quite laid back.”
Agamnon took a sip of his coffee.
“Sir Hargaan ntioned how you two are like friends.”
“Like friends?”
“Isn’t that a strange thing to say?”
“A bit.”
YuWon did find it odd. You were either friends or not friends.
‘ ‘Like friends,’ he says.’
It wasn’t all that hard to figure out if you thought about it. YuWon and Hargaan weren’t friends yet. But Hargaan said he and YuWon were ‘like’ friends. That ant only one thing.
‘So he wants to be friends.’
YuWon didn’t know if he should like it or not. He presud that, at least at first, Hargaan only wanted him to join his team because of his skills, which was likely the right assumption. And Hargaan probably saw him more amicably over ti thanks to their rivalry. Now Hargaan looked at YuWon favorably. This wasn’t a bad thing for YuWon.
Agamnon continued speaking, “And it seems that you haven’t ford a team yet.”
“I don’t particularly like being associated anywhere.”
“That was a smart call. Connections you form during the Tutorial don’t last since most players don’t beco Rankers. In fact, over half the players don’t even attempt to climb the Tower.”
Agamnon looked at YuWon with a soft smile.
“However, you’re different. You have the potential to ascend beyond a Ranker and beco a High Ranker. So, don’t you think you should climb the Tower with people fit to accompany you?”
His voice was filled with pride.
YuWon got the gist of what he was saying. Actually, YuWon knew what business Agamnon had with him the mont he showed up.
“Join Olympus. Co under the graces of Lord Ares. We can prepare anything you want.”
YuWon guessed right. Agamnon’s goal was to recruit him into the guild.
Olympus was, among the large guilds, the one that put the most effort into recruiting new players.
YuWon smiled faintly. It was an interesting offer.
“Anything I want?”
“Yes. Lord Ares is different from a lowly being like Hargaan, who doesn’t even know his own mother. He is the son of Lady Hera and Lord Zeus, a great being that has already beco a High Ranker.”
Agamnon reached his hand out to YuWon.
“If you grab this hand, you will beco one of Olympus and Lord Ares’s n. It will be far better than joining hands with a mutt like—”
“Stop.”
YuWon finally reached for his coffee.
Gulp, gulp—
He gulped the lukewarm coffee, chugging it in one go.
Clatter—
Drag—
“Thanks for the drink. I’ll be going then.”
“What?”
Agamnon was shocked by what YuWon said as he got up from his chair.
“Are you refusing an offer from Olympus?”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
A snide smile and contempt filled Agamnon’s face as he stared at YuWon.
“What? ‘Fit to accompany ’? ‘Doesn’t know his own mother’? ‘Lowly being’? And ‘mutt’?”
“Are you taking sides because he’s your friend? How could you refuse an offer from Olympus based on a flimsy relationship you ford during the Tutorial…”
“I even rejected the personal offer from Hargaan, Zeus’s son, because I don’t have any plans of being associated anywhere.”
YuWon asked Agamon with a bit of a laugh, watching him stay in his seat, “What about you, though? Zeus and Hera are Ares’s parents, not yours.”
Agamnon’s face filled with rage, dripping with killing intent. If it weren’t for the penalty of attacking a lower floor player, he might have already attacked YuWon.
But YuWon was completely unphased by Agamnon’s reaction.
“I only have one answer.”
As if he was finished, YuWon started walking away.
“I can’t be seen with deviant lowlifes like you guys.”
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After YuWon had left, one by one, the custors left until the restaurant was silent. To be more precise, the custors had fled from the anger and killing intent exuding from Agamnon.
At the center of the restaurant, he remained alone, stewing in his anger.
A mont later…
“Are you okay, sir?”
Agamnon’s subordinates ca to the restaurant looking for him.
Agamnon, who had been seated in place, trying to control his anger, slowly collected himself.
“… How many Jackals are we able to call on right now?”
“The Jackals, sir?”
“That’s right. The Jackals.”
“But they are…”
The subordinate shut up, unable to finish his sentence. It was because he noticed the look in Agamon’s eyes. He knew because he had been serving him for a long ti. If he ended up saying the wrong thing here, it could be his head.
“We will need a few days.”
“How many?”
“Currently, the Jackals are doing collections. They’ll have to be finished with that before we’re able to gather a significant number of them.”
“Do we really need that much preparation in order to kill a single new player?”
“Please think rationally about this, sir. He’s set a historic record for the Tutorial. Do you really think a moderate number of Jackals will do it?”
After hearing his subordinate’s question, Agamnon got lost in thought for a mont, nodding his head.
Not just new players, but most players in the early floors would have a hard ti dealing with Hargaan. And YuWon was soone that had finished the Tutorial with a higher ranking, garnering the attention of many Rankers.
Agamnon could understand his subordinate’s hesitation. However…
“Then prepare about a hundred n.”
His mind had been made up.
Grit—
Agamnon ground his teeth, staring at the place YuWon had been sitting.
“When collections are over, kill Kim YuWon.”
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“So how are you planning on exterminating the Jackals?”
Two days later, Hargaan t up with YuWon again at night. It wasn’t difficult to et now that they had exchanged their player numbers.
“There’s a guy I have to et.”
“A guy you have to et?”
“It took a while to find where he lived.”
Step, step—
YuWon walked down the dark streets of the city.
It was quiet. Everyone was either closing shop or had already gone ho for the day.
“Why are we in the marketplace?”
“Just follow .”
YuWon’s eyes darted around the place as he walked.
Hargaan, who was walking beside YuWon, saw his eyes, recognizing that they had changed.
‘Those eyes again,’ thought Hargaan.
They were crimson-colored, the sa eyes YuWon had while fighting against Childe, the Chira Creator.
“Scoundrel, are you a kin of that Monkey?”
That was Childe’s reaction when he saw YuWon’s eyes. Though he said ‘Monkey’ in a degrading manner, Hargaan imdiately knew who that ‘Monkey’ was.
‘Son OhGong, ‘The Great Sage, Heaven’s Equal,’ ’ thought Hargaan.
He was soone that had beco a High Ranker after less than hundred years since starting his ascent of the Tower. He was famous among the players as the most talented fighter in the history of Rankers. Having raised his rankings on what seed like a daily basis, he ultimately beca part of the rulers of the Tower, one of the top High Rankers.
But also…
‘Not only ‘The Great Sage, Heaven’s Equal,’ but he also has the sa skill as hyung-nim.’
Many questions arose in Hargaan’s mind. What exactly was YuWon’s ability? Who was he really? And was he associated sowhere?
‘Is the reason why he won’t join Olympus because…?’
Hargaan’s steps ca to a halt while watching YuWon walk ahead of him. He rembered one of the skills YuWon had used.
‘Gigantification.’
It was a skill that blessed you with the power of the Giants. And it was a skill that only Hercules, the “Giant Slayer,” held within Olympus. However, it was a skill that all the Giants possessed. If YuWon was a Giant… And if that was the reason why he wasn’t joining Olympus…
As Hargaan’s train of thought continued…
“Huh?”
YuWon suddenly stopped in front of a shop.
It was a general store that sold all sorts of goods.
“Make sure you respond properly.”
“Respond?”
“We’re going in.”
Hargaan followed YuWon into the store that had most of its lights off, as if it was preparing to close for the day.
“Hey, owner.”
Soone ca outside from YuWon’s call. It was a young man with a gentle face, wearing white clothes, his hair tied back.
“Oh, I’m sorry. We’re closed for the day.”
The baby-faced young man approached them with a warm response.
“But if there is sothing you’re looking for, please leave your na and number, and I’ll contact you tomorrow.”
The young man pulled out a pen and notepad from his pocket.
The inside of the store was silent for a mont, before YuWon spoke.
“Mu WoonCheon,” YuWon said while narrowing his eyes. “I’m looking for a guy nad Mu WoonCheon.”
The young man’s expression was shaken.
“… Fuck.”
Dash—
The young man turned around and quickly ran for the back door.
Fwoosh—
“Where do you think you’re going?”
YuWon grabbed the back of the young man’s, Mu WoonCheon’s, neck.
While getting pulled back, WoonCheon swung his hand.
The small knife that was in his hand grazed YuWon’s cheek.
Ssk—
Crash—
“Kugh!”
WoonCheon’s body was slamd into the floor, denting the ground and shaking the whole store.
“Damn—it…!”
WoonCheon wiggled around, trying to escape YuWon’s grasp. But the only thing he could do was struggle. There was no way to escape YuWon’s hold.
‘H-How is he so strong…?!’
He was being pushed down with excessive force. However, what terrified him the most was that if YuWon squeezed just a bit harder, his bones could be crushed.
This all happened in an instant.
Hargaan was confused about what was going on, so he asked YuWon, “What are you doing?”
“This is the guy.”
“What?”
“Alias Cheon NamWoon. His real na is Mu WoonCheon. He’s a player from the martial realm that gave up on climbing the Tower,” YuWon said while looking down at WoonCheon. “This guy’s the King of the Jackals.”
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