You know me, right?

Hearing this, YuWon put his all into controlling his facial expression.

Of course he knew him. Very well at that.

When Zeuss [Lighting Bolt] fell, his conclusion that Son OhGongs clone would help out was also drawn from that knowledge. However

At this point in time

He couldnt have known him. That was normal.

Of course I know. The Great Sage, Heavens Equal. The High-Ranker currently fighting with the Heavenly Realm.

So YuWon answered with Son OhGongs story that everyone know.

But I heard that you stopped your activities a long time ago?

It was a standard reply. Son OhGongs title of The Great Sage, Heavens Equal and his situation of fighting the Heavenly Realm. And even the fact that he had stopped his activities long ago was widely known by everyone. However

No, not that. Son OhGong wasnt asking a question like that. You Are we acquaintances?

It was a weird phrase. Acquaintances? Unless one was suffering from memory loss, there was no way someone would ask that question.

YuWon had a baffled reaction. Son OhGongs response was too weird.

So hes not here just because of Cinder Eyes.

At first, YuWon had thought that OhGong had come to look for him because of this skill. [Cinder Eyes] could only be obtained with the [Monkeys Eyes] with a hidden piece. This meant that YuWon had the [Monkeys Eyes] as a skill from the start.

The [Monkeys Eyes] was a skill that Son OhGongs family, the monkeys of Mount Huaguo, possessed. However, only Son OhGong currently had this skill.

The conclusion that Son OhGong wouldnt just watch as the [Lighting Bolt] fell was drawn from this reason.

I thought it was because he wouldnt let a player who had Cinder Eyes die

He had already thought about how he would explain himself in that situation.

There was not a single player who had purchased [Monkeys Eyes] from the Tutorial up to this point. From the beginning, [Monkeys Eyes] was far too expensive for its mediocre effect to buy in the Tutorial.

But in any case, it was true that one could buy this skill from the Tutorial. And YuWon had thought that he would be able to use that to smooth out the conversation

Explain clearly what you mean by that.

Cant you read between the lines? Are you an idiot? What cant you understand?

An idiot, huh I never expected to hear that from you.

Look at this. Son OhGongs lips curled upwards with an expression that said he expected this. As I thought, you really do know me, dont you?

YuWon furrowed his brows without saying anything.

He had uncharacteristically made a mistake. He needed to act like this was the first time he was meeting him, but he had reverted to his old speech patterns because of what Son OhGong said.

It really is hard to act in front of this guy.

YuWon looked into Son OhGongs eyes.

His gaze was full of intent. He had definitely said, As I thought.

YuWon didnt know why he came looking for him, but it was certain he knew something before coming here.

You What do you know?

I can see what your half of the eyes cant see.

Fwooosh

Vwwwwing

Arcane Power flowed out from both his [Golden Cinder Eyes] and enveloped YuWons body.

Even more so if we have the same eyes.

It was a familiar feeling. The feeling of being completely found out and seen through. The feeling of being naked in front of someone else didnt feel too good.

Then

Fwooosh

YuWons eyes turned red.

In that moment

[Cinder Eyes resists Golden Cinder Eyes.]

[Resistance failed.]

He hadnt expected too much, but as he thought

It doesnt work.

[Cinder Eyes] was a skill at a lower tier than [Golden Cinder Eyes.] From the start, it was impossible for an unevolved skill to resist the evolved skill.

In this moment, Son OhGong was looking at something through YuWons eyes. Although he didnt know what that was

So? What do you see in that fancy eye of yours?

The me that you know.

Inside Son OhGongs golden iris, another world was reflected through it.

I can see my main body standing next to you.

[Golden Cinder Eyes.] The unique skill that can peer through the truth, only possessed by Son OhGong in the entire Tower.

That skill had allowed him to look into YuWons eyes into a different world.

You definitely know my main body. And very well at that. No?

YuWon shut his eyes for a moment. It really didnt feel good to have his everything seen through by someone else.

How could he put this?

But Son OhGong wasnt someone you could trick by making excuses.

Youre right. In the end, YuWon nodded. In the world I was in, you and I knew each other.

The world you were in?

It wasnt an easy sentence to fully understand. Especially for someone like Son OhGong who wasnt that smart in the first place.

Maybe that was why Son OhGong just ignored it and continued asking, So? How did we know each other?

It seemed that not even the [Golden Cinder Eyes] were able to see the whole truth.

After contemplating for a second, YuWon gave an answer.

We were friends.

His [Cinder Eyes] that were looking into Son OhGongs lit up.

[Cinder Eyes resonates.]

It was a feeling he hadnt felt for a long time.

An antagonistic friendship.

Resonance.

Son OhGong looked at YuWons slightly opened eyes.

He wasnt looking through YuWons eyes anymore. YuWon was showing OhGong himself through the two similar eyes.

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Translator - Jreaming

Proofreader - BringTheRayn

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The distant skies and the view of the training grounds disappeared.

The scene that started to play in the two peoples eyes was that of YuWon laying down on top of a rock and Son OhGong standing in front of him.

What are you?

Are you sleeping?

Son OhGong questioned YuWon, who had laid down in his spot.

OhGong had gone for a quick bathroom break, but someone had come in and started sleeping with a sleeping mask on.

Im not asleep yet.

Then get up and get out of here. This is my spot.

The sun shines the best here, YuWon, who had just found a good spot to take a nap, replied with an annoyed tone.

Seeing this, Son OhGong asked, baffled, I didnt kill you after acting like that?

Yeah. I wonder.

Rumble!

Suddenly, a lighting bolt fell from the sky.

It couldnt compare to Zeuss [Lighting Bolt,] but after it hit the ground, it split the rock YuWon had been laying on.

The rock instantly disappeared.

Get up.

Pang

Son OhGong hit his palm with his fist.

I know you arent dead.

Bzzt, bzzzt

Inside the deep pit that was just created, surrounded by the electricity that hadnt faded yet, YuWon stood up.

And right after that, a battle started.

Rumble!

Their fight lasted for quite a while.

And this scene seemed to be enjoyable for Son OhGong.

Oh, you fight well.

As Son OhGong spectated the fight with an excited expression, he asked, But is that really you? Its quite different from the you right now.

Thats when I had been a Ranker for a few decades.

A few decades? Youre not even a Ranker now, though?

Bang!

YuWon and Son OhGongs fists collided.

The mountain crumbled underneath them, and lighting bolts fell like rain from Flying Nimbus.

Thats really you?

Son OhGong had also become a Ranker pretty quickly. He was the one who took the shortest time to become both a Ranker and then a High-Ranker.

But even then, seeing YuWons growth rate was enough to surprise Son OhGong.

So, who won?

I lost.

No matter how fast ones growth was, the opponent was The Great Sage, Heavens Equal.

YuWon lost to Son OhGong in their first fight. After the fight ended, Son OhGong didnt kill him, and they were able to fight again after a few years.

Around this time

The fights repeated multiple times. On about the tenth time, YuWon was able to get his first victory.

Maybe you got a little attached to me, so you started to follow me at some point.

My main body? Why?

How would I know? Only you know why you did it.

After some time, it had become natural. Not friends but not enemies either. YuWon, who had never built a team before, started to move alongside someone else.

I was annoyed at the start. That someone was next to me. I wasnt used to it.

YuWon had never stayed together with someone else. Not even back in his youth at the orphanage. Everyone treated him with discomfort, which led to either neglect or violence, and he felt uncomfortable having people around him.

That was probably why he climbed the Tower alone.

Then why did you move around with me? Did you open up your heart to me?

How could I get rid of someone who couldnt even die? We went around together because there was nothing I could do.

Shwooo

The vision Son OhGong was seeing through YuWons eyes changed. He saw the figure of YuWon trying to get rid of Son OhGong, who had just been following him around like it was a normal thing to do. And the repeated fights.

It really was difficult to see if they were friends or enemies.

But while we were doing this, the wall broke.

Rumble

When the calm sky had started to shake, YuWon and Son OhGong both felt the disgusting feeling nearly simultaneously.

The wall that never wavered broke for the first time, and entities no one could have ever imagined poured in from the outside.

After that, we simply fought, and fought again. It really was easier for us to get closer when we fought together rather than fought each other.

The monsters beyond comprehension that were eating up both the world and its Rankers. Looking at them, Son OhGong narrowed his eyes.

What are those?

The monsters he could see werent the real Outer Gods but an image created through YuWons vision.

Outer Gods. Gods from outside the Tower They were called a lot of things.

So theyre all gods, in any case.

They were existences that deserved to be called as such.

There definitely were a lot of beings inside the tower that called themselves gods. The Big Three gods of Olympus, Odin and Thor of Asgard, The Three Precious Children. They all called themselves gods and showed off abilities worthy of that title.

However

Not one of them could truly be called a god.

Just how can something like that exist?

Son OhGongs face went white.

The twelfth clone was different than the true Son OhGong, the main body of The Great Sage, Heavens Equal. That was why he became afraid of the Outer Gods shared with him through YuWons eyes. Because rather than being explained to him through words, he was directly feeling what they were.

Did you fight against those things?

It wasnt just me.

The people that sat around each other. Odin, Hercules, Chronos, Asura, Son OhGong And YuWon. They sat together and started to talk.

Everyone here fought together, and we lost.

That doesnt make sense.

They were all High-Rankers. And a few of them were beings that Son OhGong, who had no interest in the world, knew as well. In particular, there was probably no Ranker who didnt know Odins face.

Really? You lost even though everyone gathered like this?

We lost horribly as well.

Most of the Rankers that fought against the Outer Gods died, and only a minority were able to survive.

It wasnt a fight they could win.

That was the conclusion everyone came to.

That was why this gathering happened.

Lets decide now

The one who asked for the gathering was Odin.

He began to speak while looking at two of the people, YuWon and Son OhGong, On the one who will be sent back to the past.