“Myles…” Rashn’s eyes glowed. “To think I can’t sense any magic from you… What an interesting fellow you are. Did you radically increase your strength in the short time we haven’t seen each other?”“Why did you call me here?” Myles asked.Asgar raised his scythe a little. “Know that you’re in the presence of the one and only Nether King. Give respect, or your head will roll.”“I doubt you can make my head roll,” Myles casually replied.Silence followed.“Hahaha,” Rashn broke the silence. “You have some funny bones in you, too. Good. Good.”Puck also chuckled and said, “I want him as my puppet, Father. Can you make it possible?”“Puppet? Who? That guy?” Rashn cast an angry glance at Puck, causing her to put up a confused expression. “You still don’t understand how strong he is, do you?” He paused for a brief second, making his daughter wonder if he was going to whip her. “Then again, even Asgar can’t seem to grasp his strength, so it’s only natural that you couldn’t, either.”“Does tha
Justin and others were fighting black-backed hyenas, and the ground and ceiling started vibrating. The monsters stopped fighting and ran away as if running away from an approaching disaster.“What the hell is going on?” Biskie’s heart rate went up and down against her will. She had to jump to her left and right to avoid getting crushed by the sections of ceiling that kept collapsing. “What can cause an earthquake this vicious? Is the entire first floor going to collapse on us?”“If that happens, we’ll die for sure,” Casey worriedly said.“The vibrations didn’t come from above,” Ria glanced down. “They came from below.”“I just had this crazy thought…” Justin said. “Maybe, Myles is fighting someone.”“Huh?” Biskie looked at him like she was looking at an idiot. “He’s strong, but how can he make waves come up here? Doesn’t that sound too exaggerated even if it's Myles who’s fighting?”On the 66th floor.Puck thought she had died, but Asgar had shielded her, or she would have probably di
Thousand years had passed in the dimension since Myles and Rashn started fighting. Neither of them were able to bring the other to their knees.“Why isn’t your stamina going down even after we fought for so long?” Rashn was utterly frustrated.“If only I had my magic powers, I would have wrecked his ass long ago,” Myles thought. “But with this body, there’s only so much I can do in this spiritual dimension that suppresses my power but enhances his powers.”Rashn’s bones were covered in bruises. “At this rate, our fight will never end.”“I have the same feeling,” Myles suffered many cuts and a hole near his right shoulder.Both of their wounds were taking longer to heal than they had expected.“Then, let’s postpone this battle to the next time we meet,” Rashn suggested, “assuming you don’t ever step foot in my dungeon again.”“You mean Abaddon’s dungeon, right?”Rashn squinted his eyes for a second but then forced out an angry smile and snapped his fingers.Both of them appeared on the
“A human?”That was the last soul everyone watching probably expected to come out of the 66th floor.“I-Is he the Nether King?”“T-The Nether King can’t be a human, right?”“Maybe he shapeshifted into a human to deceive us?”“That’s definitely possible.”“Let’s not lower our guards.”The top mages that had humans as well as woke animals among them were on full alert.Cerberus, on the other hand, didn’t recognize this human that just walked out through the door. It growled in a threatening manner.“Yo,” Myles waved his hand at Cerberus and kept walking, confusing the undead monster a little bit.Cerberus could very much tell that Myles wasn’t the Nether King, but… should it attack or should it not?A human had never come out through this door, so it seemed a little perplexed for a moment.Nevertheless, it had received no orders that it shouldn’t attack any human that would come out of the 66th floor, so it kicked the door shut and thrust its tail toward Myles from behind.“Watch out!”
Two weeks later.Kong and the twin sisters came out of the dungeon with a large power crystal in their hands, shocking the guards.“W-Where did you get your hands on a power crystal?”“Can you please tell us? We’ll pay you for the information.”The guards requested without any shame. Power crystals could be sold for great money, of course, but if they were to give one of these crystals to a high-ranking mage, they would be making acquaintances, which would later be of great help to them.Kong had a similar plan. He was thinking of giving it to one of the city council members so that they would consider making him a warden.It was extremely hard for one to directly become a warden, but as long as the mage rank was within top 2000, it was definitely possible.Kong joined the team of the twins, so his rank was also below 10,000, but it wouldn’t be enough for him to become even a vice warden, so he was planning to bribe a city council member with this rare power crystal.Kong and the twin
In the warden’s office, Don Saber just finished eating lunch and was licking his hands clean.A woke-dog rushed into his room. “Sir, that guy’s here.”“That guy? Doesn’t he have a name?” Don spoke with a temper.“T-The one who beat you the other day…” he folded his hands and humbly said. That human is here, sir.”Don’s eyes widened. “Bring him in. Now!”“Y-Yes, sir!”After the guard left, Don realized that his heart was beating fast. (Why’s he here? He didn’t come here to pick on me, did he?)Soon, Myles entered the room, and Don ended up standing before he knew it. “Please sit down,” he gestured.“I didn’t come here to have a chat,” Myles straightforwardly said. “First, I appreciate that you took the bounty off my head. Second, I want you to do me a small favor.”Don folded his arms across his chest. “I’m listening.”“I want you to get me a pass into the central prison.”Don’s heart skipped a beat. “That’s not small favor! W-Why do you want to go there? That’s a place even we wardens
Don went out to get an appointment for Myles to meet the city lord. He knew a council member, so he believed he could use their influence to get the appointment. That was the idea, though he wasn’t sure if it’d work out or not.Myles, meanwhile, didn’t return to Ria’s house. Instead, he went to Rockell’s house. Rockell was the rice mill owner who had given work to Myles for a day and paid him about 2000 dollars. More than that, he treated Myles well, so Myles wanted to return the favor.However, when Myles came home, he was shocked to see someone else living in the house.“Where’s Rockell and his family?” he asked the new resident who was a woke-coyote.“I don’t know. He’s sold his house to pay off his debts.”“Debts?”“You don’t know? When it stormed a couple weeks back, his warehouse was destroyed, and all the goods he stored there were spoiled. It was a huge loss for him. Most people would have committed suicide from suffering such a sudden loss, but he’s a strong ram. So, I’m sure
“Why did you want me to buy this Duck park of all places?” Kong asked the twins.“When we were exploring the dungeon in the past, we heard its previous owner saying that he buried his treasures here. Maybe if we look around, we might find them.”“If we really find a treasure, I’ll promise a long night for both of you,” Kong replied, making them both blush. Then he noticed a family of woke-sheep under a tree. “Hey, you!” he snapped his fingers. “Come here.”Rockell hurriedly came over by himself.“What are you doing here? Don’t you know this is a private park?” one of the twins yelled at Rockell.“I’m sorry, ma’am. I’ll leave now,” Rockell said, his posture loose and meek.“You’re not leaving without paying,” Kong blurted. “10,000 dollars. Pay that, and you can leave.”“T-Ten thousand dollars?” Rockell’s heart shook. “Even if I sell all of my wool, I wouldn’t be able to make that much money.”“Then sell your family’s wool, too,” one of the twins mockingly said, making Kong snicker.“Ye