Leveling with the Gods

Ten days had passed.

[You have cleared the 40th floor.]

During that time, YuWon had focused solely on hunting. At about four floors per day, he ended up passing through fifty floors altogether.

His level that had refused to grow through the lower levels continued to steadily increase. Susanoos Dungeon was as good as most upper floor hunting grounds.

On top of that

[Resentment was absorbed by Hell.]

Unknown messages were given as well.

Save me No, no, kill me

I want to get out of here! Please!

I dont want to suffer any longer!

The voices of the dead were heard every time he slayed Susanoos undead.

Resentment that had accumulated for hundreds and thousands of years and the souls that had changed because of it. These things started to flow into Kyne and into YuWons ears.

So tiring.

About after he reached the 40th floor, the rate at which he was climbing started to slow. The speed at which he was hunting had slowed down as well. Even though YuWon had the strength and skills far surpassing his current level, the difficulty of Susanoos Dungeon was still quite high.

On top of that

These voices are eating away at my sanity.

Hearing the voices of the dead was a first for YuWon as he wasnt a spirit master nor a necromancer. He felt that the more he heard the resentments of the undead that Susanoo had enslaved, the more his sanity would be ground away.

Just what was all this? Had he learned a skill that could hear the voices of the dead after acquiring Kyne?

He thought about it, but YuWon felt that wasnt the case.

These are voices I havent heard before. And hearing the voices of the dead is only possible for high-level necromancers like Susanoo

It was close to impossible for YuWon, who had no relevant skills.

One thing that bothered him was definitely the resentment of the souls that Kyne was absorbing.

I never knew Kyne would have such an effect.

Just where were these resentments going? He couldnt think of any place that they could go. He might have known if he was a necromancer, but that wasnt the case.

YuWon never even knew that Kyne had this ability to begin with, and none of his allies had known either.

> That glove Its got a peculiar ability.

That was the first thing Susanoo said after observing YuWon for a while.

YuWon was wondering why he had been quiet for so long, but looked like he was quite curious as well.

> Why arent you using it properly? What, is it your secret ace or something?

Secret ace?

> Yeah. Looks like youre the same as me, but why are you hiding it and not using it properly?

Susanoo saw YuWons expression after he had talked a while, and he gave a short laugh.

> Ah, alright. So it wasnt something like you feel guilty about using it or anything like that?

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> You havent used that item properly yet.

Susanoos gaze turned to YuWons right hand.

The black glove, Kyne.

It was true that he hadnt used [Hell] all this time. However, YuWons focus wasnt on that part. He said YuWon was the same as him.

Then how can I use it properly?

> Now, I dont know that.

So you just wanted to act like you knew.

> What? You punk, even if I tell you

Although a lot of complaints were said, YuWon didnt pay any attention to it. They werent necessary to him.

The important thing was the thing he said before.

Use it properly?

The clues about Kyne were still lacking. The one who actually used this item before, Hades, wasnt that close with YuWon, and even among the Big Three gods of Olympus, he was the Ranker most shrouded in secrecy.

Until now, YuWon had only used Kyne as an amplification item that could bring out his mana. Even with that, Kyne was quite a powerful item. However

Was I not using this item properly yet?

The properties of Kyne and the items original owner, Hades.

Its pretty decent information.

It was always good news to hear that one could increase the effectiveness of an item. It couldnt be helped that he would need to figure out how himself, but YuWon had some ideas.

He lifted his head and looked up.

A ceiling that wouldnt break with his strength alone.

Unless a Ranker as strong as Susanoo was to come here, that ceiling was probably unbreakable. No, perhaps the small tower itself was recognized as a dungeon, a test that could receive the support of the system. If that was the case, even if an Administrator was to come, they wouldnt be able to break it.

This will take a while.

YuWon settled his thoughts and brushed himself off as he stood up.

It was time to climb again.

And so, a month later

[You have cleared the 50th floor.]

[Your level has increased.]

[Your Strength has increased by 1.]

[Your Dexterity has increased by 1.]

[Your Constitution has increased by 1.]

[You have found Susanoos first legacy.]

[You have acquired Elemental Worshipers Garment.]

After clearing the 50th floor, he received the first reward.

It was a welcome sight for YuWon, who had only climbed with experience and leveling up in mind. When he grasped the clothes, YuWon nearly shouted in excitement, forgetting for a moment that Susanoo was there.

[Elemental Worshipers Garment]

Fire, water, wind, lightingarmor with the four elements and the blessing of the Elemental King imbued into it. You gain a strong resistance to each of the elements.

Increases resistance against the fire attribute.

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Increases resistance against the water attribute.

Increases resistance against the wind attribute.

Increases resistance against the lightning attribute.

By resonating with mana, the resistance against each element can be increased further.

It was simple but effective. An item that granted strong resistance against the four most common elemental attributes. Additionally, it was a cheat item where one could increase the resistance even more by pouring mana into it.

Although its physical resistance is weak, I can sufficiently dodge those with Sensory Field.

Shwip

YuWon took off his Pyromancer Robe and put it into his inventory and immediately put on the dusty Spirit Worshipers Garment.

And so an hour later, YuWon moved towards the next level.

> This is interesting.

YuWon hadnt heard Susanoos voice in a while, but as always, he ignored what Susanoo was saying as most of it wasnt useful at all.

> It definitely showed you being a player at the 21st Floor on your player kit, but the way you fight looks like an experienced High-Ranker. And yet your skills are severely lacking to be a High-Ranker

Stop buzzing around. Youre not even a fly.

YuWon picked his ears and swatted his hands as if shooing a fly, but as this had become quite common, Susanoo didnt pay it any heed and continued talking.

> And youve definitely become stronger than you were when you first entered.

YuWons growth rate was surprising even for Susanoo, who had been by his side this whole time.

As YuWons level increased one by one, his skills had also noticeably increased. This was an expected change.

In the field of fighting, YuWon was someone who had already become one of the highest ranked High-Rankers and had even fought against the Outer Gods.

Battle sense? Currently, there probably werent that many who could compete against YuWon in battle ability in the tower.

The skills he had didnt even need to be discussed. [Cinder Eyes,] [Gigantification,] [Holy Fire,] and so on. He had numerous skills that even High-Rankers would be envious of.

Same with the items. If Hades were to find out that Kyne and Edge of Nightfall were crafted from the Divine Dark Crystal, he would definitely try and acquire them.

All this meant was that the engine inside him was already quite incredible, but the problem came from the body that was utilizing the engine. Because of this, as YuWons level and stats increased, his power didnt grow additionally but exponentially.

> You Just what are you?

This was the question that swam around inside Susanoos head, but YuWon didnt answer this time either.

Susanoo closed his mouth again.

The next time he spoke again was when YuWon had reached the 60th floor.

> This part will be quite difficult.

?

For the first time, YuWon was intrigued at something Susanoo said.

Difficult? That wasnt something Susanoo would say. He probably said this to match YuWons level, but the fact that such a word came out of Susanoos mouth was shocking.

What is it?

> Are you finally curious now?

A smile crept onto his face, but he closed his mouth again. He was probably taking his revenge like Since you didnt listen to me, I wont listen to you.

YuWon sighed with regret. If it truly was a dangerous floor, it wouldve been nice to get one or two hints from Susanoo, but if he wasnt going to answer him, he could only face it head on in the end.

Step

Creak

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He walked up the stairs and opened the door. The door was rusted and worn out, just like the doors to all the other floors.

[You have arrived at the 60th floor.]

The message appeared after the door opened, and he took a step inside.

The first thing YuWon did was to scan the interior of the floor.

Unlike the other floors that were decorated with different background elements, the 60th floor had nothing. It literally had nothing. There werent any of the common stones, nor furniture, nor walls. It was truly just an empty space.

Is there really nothing?

After looking at his surroundings, YuWon walked forward.

If there really was nothing, all he had to do was to move towards the door to the next floor. But there would definitely be an entity that guarded that door.

Just as he suspected

There is.

In the distance, YuWon saw something as small as a dot. It was pretty far away, about a few kilometers.

YuWon used [Cinder Eyes] to check the form of the target.

Is it a knight?

It was a knight sitting on the ground in heavy, full plate armor with a helmet on its head.

While approaching it, the knight seemed to detect YuWons presence, and it slowly lifted its head.

Clank

As the rusted armor moved, it produced an unpleasant sound.

YuWon moved closer and looked down on the sitting knight.

It still wasnt moving, probably because YuWon wasnt close enough.

Is this the thing you said would be difficult?

Creak

The knight stretched its knees and started to stand up. Seeing that, YuWon swung his sword. There wasnt a need to wait for it.

Bang!

The sword slash infused with [Holy Fire] cut at the knights feet. However

Chiiiiiii

The sole unrusted sword of the knight had blocked YuWons slash. It had done so while sitting down and with amazing speed and precision.

It definitely

YuWon observed the knight standing up and readjusted the grip on his sword.

Feels dangerous.

The blue glint from its eyes shining through the helmet wasnt ordinary.

Although it definitely was an Undead, YuWon could nearly feel its essence from when it was alive.

It was different from all the other Undeads he had met until now. It felt like he was meeting a living entity for the first time since entering this tower.

The knight finished standing up and raised its blade.

At that moment

[Defeat the Death Knight, the Knight of Knights, Arthur.]

The identity of the knight in front of him was revealed through a message.

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Arthur?

YuWons eyes grew wide.

Was it really Arthur?