“I admit that you are powerful for a human. But it is not enough to make me submit under you.”

The White Ghost King meant that Woohyuk was not a worthy opponent.

Although he was currently confined like he was in exile, he was still the dimension manager.

He had the confidence not to lose against a human who could not properly handle demonic energy.

However, because of Asura's demonic energy, it was impossible to kill him just by manipulating the system.

When the White Ghost King stood up and took on a provocative stance, Helena intervened in the conversation.

“Wait, don't we have to deal with those demon kings first? Their numbers increased while you two were flirting.”

On the screen floating in the air, there were now two additional demon kings.

Currently there were a total of 3 demon kings talking with each other with serious expressions.

Astaroth, the Demon King ranked 29th.

Orobas, the Demon King ranked 55th.

Andras, the Demon King ranked 63rd.

All the demon kings from Ars Almadel Circle had gathered.

“I concur, White Ghost King. While I would like to continue the conversation we were having, it seems that the situation is...”

Boetius also spoke up to help Helena.

The White Ghost King nodded and spoke to Woohyuk again.

“It appears you have Lemegeton. If you want me to be your va.s.sal, you must first try sealing those three in Lemegeton. Then, I will give you a chance.”

“Understood. But I'd like to hear the suggestion you mentioned earlier.”

Since the White Ghost King was the dimension manager in this location, he was able to help Woohyuk's group directly or indirectly.

He could temporarily raise their stats or grant new skills.

As Woohyuk stared at him, the White Ghost King moved his finger toward the air.

Afterwards, a series of system messages appeared in front of Woohyuk's eyes.

[You have been granted the authority to manage and control the 2nd floor stage by the White Ghost King.]

[Would you like to move to the control room on the second floor now?]

[YES / NO]

The stage on the second floor was the Colosseum where Woohyuk had faced Ivanov in a tournament match.

Woohyuk asked a question to the White Ghost King with a displeased expression.

“Do you not intend on facing those demon kings in person?”

“I do not feel the need to do so. Personally, I look forward to the battle you will have against the demon kings.”

The White Ghost King was keen to test Woohyuk's abilities a little more.

If he judged that Woohyuk was worthy of the name Asura, the White Ghost King would submit to him.

Woohyuk also realized his intention and didn't retort anymore.

“We wish to follow him. If he loses control over the power of the Demon G.o.d, things would become extremely complicated.”

“No, I want you people to wait here. If I judge that his abilities aren’t enough to defeat them, I will send you as well.”

If Eteria Rodinus intervened at the same time, it would be difficult to properly evaluate Woohyuk's qualities.

When the White Ghost King rejected Boetius' request, Woohyuk slowly turned to Helena as she took out a lemon jelly.

“Just stay here and watch, Witch of Profanity.”

“…Sheesh you’re such a jerk.”

Helena pouted and turned away from Woohyuk.

Then Woohyuk threw a container full of lemon jelly at her.

“Take it.”

“Oh my, you look really handsome today, Lord Asura.”

Helena immediately changed her att.i.tude and accepted the container.

Watching her contradicting actions, Woohyuk was satisfied.

'I'm glad I found out how to tame that saintess.'

The plan was perfect.

One day, he would make Helena reveal all the secrets of Eteria Rodinus and even teach him Rosa Eterna.

While coming up with an ambitious plan, Woohyuk pressed the [YES] b.u.t.ton.

***

A pitch-black s.p.a.ce.

Woohyuk was surrounded by hundreds of screens.

All the scenes reflected in each screen were the images of the second stage, the Colosseum.

There, a wide variety of partic.i.p.ants were fighting for each other's lives in a tournament.

'…This is interesting.’

It was his first time experiencing something like this.

He was the manager of the survival game.

Suddenly, as he felt a sense of disparity, Woohyuk carefully watched one of the screens that had drawn his attention.

'A humans fighting a beastwoman.'

They were both probably Ivanov's men.

Currently, a beastwoman with twin swords was being pushed back by a blond man with a two-handed spear.

The beastwoman had suffered a deep wound on her left shoulder, so it seemed like the victor would be the blond man if things continued like this.

'Let's learn how to manipulate the stage first.'

He couldn't fight the Demon Kings without any rehearsal.

The second stage was the only stage where he could have one-on-one battles like this.

Even if he couldn’t seal all the demon kings on the second stage due to the lack of time, he would have to do the most he possibly could do.

As the White Ghost King had done, he lifted his finger, and the screen that Woohyuk was watching flew towards him.

'Oh, it's like working on a computer.'

Woohyuk focused on the beastwoman on the screen.

Then, her status window popped out on the side of the screen.

[Satori]

-Cla.s.s: Mercenary (3rd Cla.s.s)

-t.i.tles: Goblin Slayer (Strength +5, damage to all goblin tribes +10%), Beginner Adventurer (Loot acquisition rate +5%, senses and movement speed +5% in ruins)

-Stats

Strength: 112 +5 (Goblin Slayer) +10 (Skilled Gladiator's Twin Swords)

Vitality: 128 +5 (Beginner Adventurer's Belt), +5 (Apprentice Craftsman's Ring)

Agility: 143 +5 (Wind Earring)

Intelligence: 84

Spirit: 107 +5 (Meditation Earring)

-Other

Strength growth speed +15%.

10% increased chance of loot acquisition.

'How weak.'

She must’ve received the t.i.tles Goblin Slayer by hunting goblins only in the Primordial Forest, while Beginner Adventurer could be obtained by anyone who explored several ruins or completed small adventure quests.

The traits in the Other category were the pa.s.sive skills of the 3rd Cla.s.s Mercenary, but people with other cla.s.ses could also have those kinds of additional stats gains.

Therefore, her current stat gains would not be of great help in the actual battles.

Her equipment was also barely good enough for a mercenary.

Compared to her status window, Woohyuk’s was like the status window of a G.o.d.

The difference between him and her was that he had looted all the good items in the Primordial Forest and the Adventurer’s Canyon.

'But this is probably the norm among most adventurers.'

While they had gained practical experience during the tutorial, they were still beginners by the standards of the Eeth Continent.

The people of the Eeth Continental people had received the game system from birth and had fully adapted to it.

Without including the adventurers with natural gifts, these stats were very normal among adventurers.

Woohyuk clicked his tongue and looked at the status window of her opponent this time.

[Buschkov Vladimir Dmitrović]

-Cla.s.s: Knight (3rd Cla.s.s)

-t.i.tles: Orc Slayer (Strength +10, damage to all orcs +10%), Beginner Adventurer (Loot acquisition rate +5%, senses and movement speed +5% in ruins)

-Stats

Strength: 121 +10 (Orc Slayer) +20 (Troll Chief's Two-Handed Spear)

Vitality: 132 +10 (Intermediate Adventurer's Belt)

Agility: 127 +10 (Subjugation Ring) +10 (Ordinary Craftsman's Earring)

Intelligence: 78

Spirit: 115 +10 (Monk's Earring)

-Other

Strength growth speed +15%.

Vitality recovery rate +20%.

'He’s not very different compared to her either.'

Since he was an Orc Slayer, he had probably partic.i.p.ated in quite a lot of subjugations, but he wasn't strong enough to overpower Satori in terms of stats.

In other words, the reason he was currently winning was purely due to the power gap of their equipment.

According to his appearance, he seemed to be Russian.

He was most likely being treated better by Ivanov than Satori, a beastwoman.

Given that Ivanov was a racist skinhead, this was a convincing a.s.sumption.

'I should let Satori win.'

Buschkov was most likely a skinhead like Ivanov.

He had the same tattoo as Ivanov on his forearm.

According to his knowledge, that tattoo was related to their affiliation to skinheads.

Woohyuk immediately opened Satori's status window again and manipulated it to give her an advantage.

[Satori]

-Cla.s.s: Mercenary (3rd Cla.s.s)

-t.i.tles: Goblin Slayer (Strength +5, damage to all goblin tribes +10%), Beginner Adventurer (Loot acquisition rate +5%, senses and movement speed +5% in ruins)

-Stats

Strength: 112 +5 (Goblin Slayer) +10 (Skilled Gladiator's Twin Swords) +100 (Austiya's Blessing)

Vitality: 128 +5 (Beginner Adventurer's Belt), +5 (Apprentice Craftsman's Ring) +100 (Austiya's Protection)

Agility: 143 +5 (Wind Earring) +100 (Austiya's Protection)

Intelligence: 84 +100 (Austiya's Blessing)

Spirit: 107 +5 (Meditation Earring) +100 (Austiya's Protection)

-Other

Strength growth speed +15%.

10% increased chance of loot acquisition.

Austiya was the highest ranking guardian deity among the deities of the beastmen tribe.

She obviously hadn’t actually received Austiya’s protection.

Woohyuk had simply given the buff an appropriate name.

Thanks to his help, Satori was able to turn the tables on Buschkov.

Stab!

Satori, who lightly avoided the two-handed spear blade, stabbed her twin swords in her opponent’s side.

“Cough…!”

Buschkov sat down, screaming an inaudible sound.

He looked up at Satori with an expression of disbelief.

No matter how much he thought about it, there was a distinct change in her movements.

Afterwards, Satori gave a final blow, killing Buschkov, and Woohyuk nodded in satisfaction.

'I quite like this ability.'

He felt like he was a G.o.d.

While he wasn’t omnipotent, he still felt like the game master of online games.

Woohyuk observed Satori's reaction to her unexpected victory.

'She seems to be very surprised herself.'

Perhaps she had received a system message related to Austiya's protection in the middle of the battle.

After reading her status window, Satori prayed with joy and grat.i.tude.

Then, Woohyuk tried to manipulate her in a different way.

“Urgh...”

This time, she was given a debuff.

Satori fell to the floor with a pale expression as Woohyuk nodded in deep thoughts.

'I can do all kinds of adjustments.'

The question was whether this would also work on the Demon Kings.

Woohyuk chose Amii as the guinea pig of his experiment.

“Have you summoned me, Lord Asura?”

“I need you to cooperate for an experiment for a while.”

“An, an experiment…? Just what…”

Amii couldn't finish her sentence, because Woohyuk sent her to the arena where Satori was located.

After that, a full-fledged human experiment began.

“Arrrrggghhhhhhhhh!”

Amii screamed in pain on the screen.

Satori was surprised by the sudden voice, but because of the debuff she had received, she couldn't move.

She lay on the floor, not realizing who was screaming.

Woohyuk nodded as he had obtained the desirable(?) result.

'There is a limit to what I can perform on Demon Kings.'

He could inflict damage by manipulating the system, but he couldn't take measures to prevent Amii from moving like Satori.

Woohyuk restored Satori's condition to normal and immediately summoned Amii to his side.

“Lo, Lord Asura… Is there something I was guilty of…?”

“No, you did well enough.”

Thanks to her, he could prepare for the battles against the Demon Kings now.

Woohyuk switched the screen and scanned the list of partic.i.p.ants currently waiting for a match.

It was about time the demon kings reached the second stage.

Woohyuk waited for a while, then a familiar name entered his vision.

[Andras].

The lowest ranking demon king within the Ars Almadel Circle.