Leveling with the Gods

Side Story 45

A fierce fire demon engulfed the village.

Screams filled the air.

In the midst of the crowd desperately fleeing the flames, a red-haired woman stood.

"Hurry up, fools. If you die, there will be a penalty."

Swinging her red hair, she inhaled the black smoke as if it were a floral fragrance.

She gazed with satisfaction at the landscape she had created.

"The flowers have bloomed beautifully."

Her words were lost amid the screams; no one heard them.

These flames were the source of her happiness.

"Suryaaa-!"

Huaaaah-!

At that moment, the flames split, and a crimson fire enveloped Surya.

Fuaaaang-!

Waves of fire clashed and exploded in opposite directions.

Smiling, Surya greeted her former companion who appeared in front of him.

"As expected, you're the first to arrive, Agni."

"What are you doing, Surya?!"

A man with crimson hair tied up.

Agni looked at Surya with eyes full of anger.

As a High-Ranker who mastered flames, Agni had eyes that could see and sense fire wherever it existed.

Moreover.

He could go anywhere where there was fire.

"Why?!"

"Do you need an explanation? Anyway, now we are enemies."

"You, really...."

Huaaaarrr-.

The anger intensified the fire.

That was the nature of those who mastered flames.

"Are you saying you've betrayed Deva?"

"Oh."

Pufaaaaah-!

The two clashed.

"That's what you're saying."

Pun, pufupufup-!

Huaaaarrr-!

The flames erupted into the sky like fireworks as Surya and Agni collided.

Agni's flames devoured Surya's, and vice versa, in a constant struggle.

Two who control the magic of the same element.

And furthermore, they know each other well.

'I can't defeat her easily.'

Even for Agni, his opponent was Surya.

Rank 185.

In terms of rank, she was only a few places above Agni.

It's not that Agni believes she is less skilled, but the faction following Surya in Deva is larger.

'Fortunately, the damage to people isn't severe.'

Perhaps due to the awareness of the penalty?

Not many died trapped in Surya's flames.

The flames didn't suddenly rise but bloomed gradually, allowing evacuation.

Moreover, Surya had even opened a path for people to escape.

'What is she seeking?'

Realizing this, Agni suddenly felt a strange sense of oppression.

If it wasn't the village she sought from the beginning, then...

"You have no sense of smell, Agni."

Agni's eyes widened in surprise at Surya's words.

"Now do you understand?"

"Don't tell me...."

"I called you from the beginning."

If there was a fire in the village, Agni would be the first to notice.

Surya couldn't ignore that. Her goal was never the village from the beginning.

"And probably..."

Surya raised her head, stopping.

"Others will come soon too."

Guooooo—.

The sky dyed red by the flames opened up.

In the sky, Deva's ships began to appear one by one.

"Fortunately."

Tack-.

Surya snapped her fingers.

At the same time, a cloud blocking the sun suddenly opened, and a huge ship appeared.

'Hidden in the clouds?'

Since when was it hidden there?

Agni's suddenly ignited fiery gaze turned toward the ground.

A village in flames.

People fleeing from the fire.

Agni appeared in the village burned by Surya, and beneath him appeared Deva's ships.

That means...

"Don't come!"

At Agni's shout, the descending Deva ships stopped for a moment.

But only for a moment.

They couldn't ignore Surya, who had betrayed Deva and set the village on fire, no matter how much it was Agni's order.

Agni looked at the disobedient ships and filled with anger.

"I said don't come!"

An empty cry.

Deva should have heard his cry.

"It's too late, Agni."

Wiiiii—.

A tremendous amount of Arcane Power emanated from the enormous ship.

Under the ship, cannons ready to fire, filled with Arcane Power, could be seen.

Surya, who had prepared this situation in advance, moved her hand without hesitation.

"Fire."

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Flash!

Light burst from the sky.

The enormous ship Surya had prepared had a power level different from the hastily appearing other ships.

The bombardment began.

Deva's ships were destroyed in an instant.

Agni fought to contain the damage but was ultimately blocked by Surya.

After the ship's bombardment ended, what appeared was a village in ruins and Agni with a battered body.

"Suryaaaaa!"

"Your end is today, Agni."

Surya, she, mocked Agni.

Above her head, the Rankers following Surya emerged from the ship and formed a line.

Chiii—.

Steam rose from Agni's body.

Deva's support forces had been completely eliminated by the previous bombardment.

Now, only Agni, who had suffered damage to block the bombardment, remained.

'I have to survive.'

At this moment, Vishnu was not in Deva.

It is not known to what extent everything has decayed, but his death could lead to the destruction of Veda.

Right now, he just had to survive.

Hwarr-!

Flames erupted from Agni's body. Agni infiltrated the village turned into a sea of fire by Surya.

Surya, as if not wanting to lose Agni, also jumped into the fire.

"Do you think you can escape?"

Hwaaaak-!

Red flames wrapped around Agni's body.

Agni, trying to escape hastily, reappeared with a burn on his shoulder.

"Ugh..."

Kiiiing—.

And right after, a barrage of shots.

Kwaaaat-!

He dodged the reach of the bombardment and the attacks of spears and the abilities of Surya's subordinates.

He relied on his mobility, but there were too many. Agni didn't expect that the forces that joined the Administrators would be so significant.

'Since when has Deva decayed so much?'

Kwaaaaauu-!

At that moment, a rain of fire fell on Agni's head.

Judging that he couldn't dodge it, Agni vigorously waved his arms and generated flames.

Pheeerr-!

The flames that rose upward blocked the rain of fire.

However, in that single instant, when he diverted his gaze elsewhere...

"I got you, Agni."

"...!"

Huaaaak-!

Pufupufupufung-!

As if they had set a trap beforehand, a series of massive explosions occurred where Agni arrived.

The red flames pushed the flames enveloping Agni's body.

Even without that, Agni, who was anxious to escape, couldn't cope with her, Surya, who had prepared her skills in advance.

Chiiii-.

In the place where the flames had passed.

Agni, with a vivid red body, staggered with a hunched body.

"Don't feel so aggrieved, Agni."

Step by step~

As the distance between Surya and Agni shortened, the bombardment naturally stopped.

"First of all, we are not the owners of this Tower. We just borrowed it for a while, after they handed it over to us."

"...Are you afraid of the Administrators?"

Although it seemed like he had trouble standing, Agni's eyes shone with a crimson red color.

Surya nodded in acknowledgment to Agni.

"I set a condition for them. I told them to kill Vishnu. Then, I would gladly join your side."

"Surya...!"

"I needed to be sure. Sure that we could defeat monsters like Vishnu, Zeus, Hercules, or The Great Sage, Heaven's Equal."

At her request, the Administrator gladly turned Vishnu to dust.

It was then...

When Surya decided to side with the Administrators.

"Those guys are just dogs who follow my orders anyway. The problem is you, guys like you and Yama..."

Surya smiled at Agni with a meaningful smile and extended her hand.

"What do you say, Agni? Would you like to join us?"

"Join?"

Agni smirked and raised his middle finger.

"Eat this."

"What a pity. But if you had said yes, I would have made you suffer more before killing you."

Surya reached her hand toward Agni.

Sharp and curved red nails.

In an instant, she extended her hand to Agni's throat and bid him a final farewell.

"Then, goodbye, Agni."

Shuaaaaak-!

Turup-.

The hand stopped in front of Agni's eyes. Agni, who raised the corners of his mouth without the strength to smile, looked at the warrior who stood between him and Surya.

"If you had come a little earlier, nothing would have happened."

"What a rude way to speak to your savior."

Kwaaak-!

The hand that grabbed Surya's wrist.

Surya's eyes widened as her interrupted struggle unfolded.

This was the territory of the Devas.

If another Deva Ranker had intervened in the fight, she wouldn't have been so surprised.

However.

"Atena, why...?"

"I received an order from my father."

Gooooo-!

At that moment, a massive chariot appeared over Surya's ship.

"From now on, Olympus will protect the Devas."

Athena and the warriors of Olympus, who had arrived on the Sun Chariot, appeared on the Devas' battlefield.

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Rumble.

A sky filled with dark clouds.

Four Administrators walked through the valley, buffeted by strong winds and lightning, conversing among themselves.

"It seems we underestimated them."

"No one thought it would be an easy battle. It was a mistake to underestimate Celestial Realm and The Great Sage, Heaven's Equal."

"Four have already died... "

The plan to overthrow Celestial Realm had turned into a bubble.

The faction of Taishang Laojun had disappeared, and four Administrators had died.

The losses were considerable.

And more so because this happened after killing Vishnu and being confident of victory.

Maybe they could lose.

A feeling of unease began to blossom.

Moreover...

"Wasn't there one more?"

This time, even an unregistered variable in their Ranking had intervened.

"Do you mean that guy, Kim YuHun?"

"Yes."

"Has anyone identified him?"

......

Silence.

None of the Administrators knew anything about the mysterious player named Kim YuHun.

What kind of skills he had.

When he had completed the Tutorial, and even where he had been until now.

Chirp~

The steps of the four Administrators walking side by side came to a halt.

Now was not the time to worry about that guy.

Rrrrrrrr-.

The roar of a beast gradually sounded.

At the end of the dark valley, the slitted eyes of a red reptile glowed in the darkness.

"You've waited a long time, Vritra."

Vritra.

One of the oldest monsters in this Tower.

Located at the pinnacle of the Dragon Race, a being that had been asleep since shortly after the battle against Indra.

-What are the Administrators doing here?

Rumble-!

Before his question, an Administrator looked up at the thundering sky and mentioned the name of a Dragon, known as the strongest.

"We've come to see Ananta."

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